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Gesta: The “One Weekend” Diet 2007-11-23 08:18:15 The Gesta diet was created by dietician Madeleine Gesta for movie stars who had to lose a lot of weight in a short while. This diet is at the same time a good way for general recovery. It takes only two days and includes proteins, calcium, and vitamins that provide energy. It is characterized by balance, relaxation, and a lot of rest.
The diet has two phases. The first phase allows the body`s cleansing of toxins and the second is of stabilization.
The diet has three meals per day. Each meal follows the four-two-one ratio (four parts glucids, two parts proteins, and a part of lipids). The amount of recommended food for a meal is eighteen ounces . For this diet you should 0.40 gallons of water daily but never during meals.
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In the morning, when you wake up, drink with small swigs 0.13 gallons of water for toxins elimination. After thirty minutes, drink a grapefruit juice (very rich in vitamin C and potassium). After fifteen minutes, drink a can of fat-free milk with a teaspoon o Read more:Weekend
Coffee: Friend or Foe? 2007-11-13 10:40:16 Coffee may have benefic effects because it contains high amounts of antioxidants and can reduce the risk of certain diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, or Parkinson`s disease. However, coffee may also have side effects.
Due to the antioxidant properties of coffee, the risk of cardiovascular disease and inflammation can be decreased for women who drink coffee, according to a recent study. The regular coffee consumption, especially decaffeinated coffee, may lower the risk of having Type 2 diabetes.
Older women who consumed coffee throughout their life appeared to have better memory and cognitive skills. Caffeine may have a key role in preserving their cognitive skills, showed the study.
Small amounts of caffeine may reduce the risk of Parkinson`s disease for women who followed a therapy with postmenopausal hormone, according to the study. Moderate-to-high levels of caffeine may decrease the risk of Parkinson`s disease for women who did not follow a hormone th Read more:Coffee
What Does It Take to Have a Healthy Snack? 2007-11-08 06:36:19 When you`re hungry and lunch is still hours away don`t avoid taking a snack. You don`t have to feel guilty as long as it`s healthy for your diet. If the snacks are well planned and taken with moderation they may offer you energy, provide you with necessary nutrients, and satisfy your hunger.
For instance, you may choose whole-grain snacks. They have considerable amounts of fiber and complex carbohydrates that give you energy. You may choose low-fat whole-grain crackers, whole-grain crispbreads, and whole-grain pretzels.
Choosing fruits and vegetables as a snack may help you feel fuller without a big amount of fat or calories intake. They also give you minerals, vitamins, fiber, and nutrients. Nuts and seeds may also be a good alternative for a healthy snack as long as they are consumed in moderate amounts. They contain mostly healthy monounsaturated fats, they may offer a feeling of fuller but they are high in calories.
Low-fat dietary products may also offer the expected results from Read more:Snack
Vegetables: Selection, Storage, and Serving 2007-11-02 09:50:51 Vegetables are usually recommended in a diet but you need to know more about how they should be selected, properly stored, and served. Vegetables are an important source of dietary fiber that does not contain cholesterol, is low in calories, sodium, and fat.
Vegetables may help prevent some diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Spinach, green peppers, and broccoli are sources of antioxidants and help protect tissues by slowing down oxidation. Carrots are rich in vitamin A, asparagus in vitamin C, chicory is a source of vitamin B-6, magnesium, calcium, and riboflavin.
Buy only high quality vegetables and try to enhance their flavour and preserve their nutrients. When selecting them, look for vegetables with blemish-free surfaces and characteristic shapes. Choose only the vegetables you plan to eat during the next few days. If you keep them longer they can lose taste or nutrient levels.
Avoid vegetables with wilted or damaged leaves. Choose in-season vegetables if possible b Read more:Vegetables
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Weight Loss Drugs: Are They Sufficient? 2007-10-24 10:32:22 Weight loss drugs combined with a regular workout and a low-calorie diet may produce significant weight loss for obese people. The effect of weight loss drugs is to make people feel fuller after eating a small portion of food.
These drugs are recommended for obese people only and should be taken only under medical supervision. The FDA approved appetite-suppressant medications such as phentermine and sibutramine for obese people who want to lose weight. Appetite-suppressants decrease the appetite by impacting the brain chemicals that control it.
For instance, Orlistat, is a lipase inhibitor that blocks the breaking down of dietary fat. When this happens, the body takes in fewer calories.
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that contain metformin are usually used to treat diabetes may help obese people with Type II diabetes lose small amounts of weight. People have different experiences with weight-loss medications. Some register weight loss up to twenty-two pounds in a period of six months while others may experienc Read more:Weight
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Anabolizant Steroids: Are They Worth Taking? 2007-10-22 12:47:13 Many young people take anabolizant steroids to obtain a fast increase of their muscular mass, but is this the best choice? Even if the desired results show up, they might last for a short period, and the side effects are a matter of concern.
Some of the substances used for doping are analgesics, narcotics, androgen anabolizant steroids, corticosteroids, substances that stimulate the central nervous system, diuretics, or peptide hormones. However, the androgen anabolizant steroids raise the greatest interest in the market.
Androgen steroids have some negative effects on men and women who use them for muscular mass increase. Anabolizant steroids may produce long-term side effects for different organs or sometimes even lead to behavioral changes for those who use them.
For men, steroids produce steroidal acne, hair loss, dilatation of eye balls, water retention (hypodermic or intramuscular), and the genital organs may become atrophied.
Women are also affected by steroids intake. They can Read more:Steroids
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Use Physical Activity to Fight Depression 2007-10-22 12:40:50 Physical activity can increase your energy, make you sleep better, and bring a brighten mood. Physical activity cannot replace therapy or medical care for depression but it can make you feel better and self-confident.
People who have depression are dealing with fatigue, motivation problems, or lack of energy. The key is to get started. Be patient with yourself, and try not to see the exercise program as a burden. You can get the same fitness benefit if you break your exercise program into smaller pieces throughout the day.
Practice regularly and choose only physical activities that you enjoy, so you can stick to your plan. There`s no need to push yourself too much. Studies showed that it`s more likely for your mood to be improved by moderate exercise than excessively workouts.
Choose aerobic activities like biking, brisk walking, swimming, or jogging. Stretching or lifting weights are also benefic. If you are a sedentary person, take it step by step. A good place for you to start may b Read more:Activity
Run for Your Health! 2007-10-22 12:36:17 If you plan to lose weight, running is a great way to burn some calories. While you`re running your body burns about one hundred calories per mile.
Running is a benefic activity for anyone, regardless of the fitness level or age. First of all, make time in your schedule for this kind of workout. For beginners, twenty minutes a day, three times a week should be enough. If you consider this too much, take walking breaks.
For example, start by running for four minutes and walk for one minute. As your resistance increases you could give up the walking breaks or even increase the time spent running.
You don`t have to be concerned about the equipment. Running requires only a pair of running shoes (not tennis, walking, or cross-training shoes), a digital sports watch, a well-fitted sports bra for ladies, and a heart-rate monitor that helps you maintain the effort at a normal level.
If you don`t know how hard you should work, the “talk test” may help. Your pace is good while you can hold a Read more:Health
The “Negative Calories” Diet 2007-10-22 12:28:09 The “negative calories” diet seems to be helpful when the regular diet can no longer be followed. No food has zero calories, however this diet is supposed to help the organism produce more enzymes than necessary to separate the calories in the food.
For example, when it comes to eating an apple which contains about fifty calories, the number of calories burned in excess is approximately twenty-five. This number is different from one person to another.
Some of the foods allowed during this diet include:
Animal proteins: any kind of lean meat, hard-boiled eggs, non-fat milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, soft cow cheese.
Vegetable proteins: green vegetables (broccoli, cucumber, cauliflower, green bean, turnip cabbage, radishes, spinach, asparagus, celery, garlic or cabbage), red beetroot, tomatoes, carrots, onion. Fresh fruit are always good: pineapple, strawberry, grapefruit, lemon, mango, apple, peach, orange, raspberry, papaya, and kiwi. Avoid nuts, hazelnuts, or chestnuts.
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Five Diets for Losing Weight 2007-10-22 12:11:16 Here are five diets based on low-calorie consumption that could help losing weight.
The low fat diet is useful as long as the consumer understands that fats are necessary for the absorbtion of vitamins A, D, E, K, calcium, and hormone production. A balance between the amount of fat and calories from carbohydrates should be maintained. Therefore, if the fat quantity increases, the amount of calories from carbohydrates should decrease.
The low fat diet should include cold cereals with milk, fruits, toast, cottage cheese, cheesy pita chips, and chicken breast sandwich with salad, rice pilaf, beef and pepper sauté.
The high-fiber diet is popular because of the benefit that vitamin B provides. This diet does not refer to the cereal bars that many people grab in the morning on their way out. People should consume cereals with nonfat milk, wheat germ or fruits, low-fat cheese, whole wheat crackers, rice pilaf next to beef and pepper sauté, carrots, fruits, and crunchy tuna salad.
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Binge Eating Disorder: How Can You Fight It? 2007-11-26 12:18:10 Binge eating means that you eat more than you should and cannot control yourself. Eating a lot, in itself, does not mean you have a binge eating disorder, although most people suffering from binge eating have problems with how much and how often they eat.
The binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder. Both obese and normal-weight people may suffer from this disorder, but the cases of overweight people with binge eating disorders are more numerous. Binge eating occurs more frequently with women than men.
Researchers have not found, so far, the causes of binge eating disorders. Almost half of the people with this problem suffer, or have suffered in the past, from depression. Whether binge eating disorders may be caused by depression or not isn`t known yet.
The binge eating disorder appears when people eat a lot, even if they are not hungry, until they feel uncomfortably full. This type of eating disorder makes people eat more quickly than usually, and by themselves, becaus
The Blood Type Diet 2007-12-06 08:02:45 This nutrition plan was created by Peter D`Adamo, and is based on the blood types.
For people with O-type blood , the recommended diet is low-carbohydrate, low in diary products, and high in proteins from meat and fish. The specific foods that must be avoided by people with this blood type are oranges, avocados, and Brazil nuts.
People with A-type blood should not eat red meat. Fish, vegetables, and a low dairy intake are allowed. These people should also do only light exercises.
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type “B” people should eat plenty of meat, dairy food, fruits, vegetables, and some fish. People with this blood type should avoid bacon and chicken.
People with AB-type blood should combine the diets from A- and B-types blood.
A sample diet specific to A-type blood:
Breakfast should include grapefruit juice, coffee, herbal tea, water with lemon, or oatmeal with soy milk. At lunch apples, one slice of wheat bread, or a Greek salad are allowed. For lunch, a herbal tea is indicated. As a snack, people
Soft Drinks Not So Soft When It Comes to Gaining Weight 2007-12-13 08:27:40 Soft drink consumption results in increased calorie intake, and reduces the consumption of fruits and milk, showed a recent study. Also, consumers of soft drinks have an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the same study.
Soft drinks are one of the main factors that lead to obesity, although not the only one, according to existing data, stated study's co-author Kelly Brownell.
Sodas have other effects beside satisfying thirst. Soft drinks may increase hunger and make people crave for other foods because of their high level of sweetness. Researchers noticed that the calorie intake is actually greater than the amount of calories from soda, because the soft drinks makes people eat more.
Soft drinks consumption is also responsible for lower intakes of calcium, fiber, fruits, and milk, showed the study.
Soda consumption is strongly connected with Type 2 diabetes, study proved. The risk to develop diabetes is twice as big for women who consume one or more sodas per day, than th Read more:Drinks
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Most Popular Low-Carb Diets 2008-02-14 09:27:47 Low-carb diets limit the intake of certain carbohydrates. Researchers believe that carbohydrate intake increases the insulin level, which leads to weight gain. Two of the most popular low-carb diets are the Atkins diet and the South Beach diet.
The Atkins diet has four phases. The first three focus on weight loss, while the last one centers [...] Read more:Diets
Gesta: The “One Weekend” Diet 2007-11-23 08:18:15 The Gesta diet was created by dietician Madeleine Gesta for movie stars who had to lose a lot of weight in a short while. This diet is at the same time a good way for general recovery. It takes only two days and includes proteins, calcium, and vitamins that provide energy. It is characterized by [...] Read more:Weekend
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