Posts Tagged ‘diet’
Due to the word “diet,” there are many people who swear that diet soda is a healthy beverage. Unfortunately, this may be a somewhat misleading marketing strategy. While diet soda does not contain the high level of sugar that can be found in regular soda, this does not mean that it is a healthy choice [...]
By Tina Haupert
Two months later, I’m still celebrating my 30th birthday. Last Saturday, my uncle and aunt treated me to a fancy dinner at Top of the Hub, a fine-dining restaurant with gorgeous views of the city at the top of the Prudential Center in Boston. We enjoyed good conversation and lots of laughs while [...]
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By Su Reid-St. John
From Health magazine
If you want to walk off the weight fast, just add this simple do-anywhere 300-400-500 Diet Plan.
Here’s how it works: You eat about 300 calories for breakfast, 400 calories for lunch, 500 calories for dinner, and one 100-calorie snack. (Keep track using your favorite smartphone or online tracker like [...]
By Shaun Chavis
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Please indulge me a little this week. I’d like to share some of my sincere personal excitement with you over the release of our new diet book, The CarbLovers Diet.
We had been working on CarbLovers for two years…and so I was thrilled to hold a copy in my hands, finally! [...]
Making the decision to follow a vegetarian lifestyle can be a challenge for meat lovers. However, there are many health benefits associated with vegetarianism. Whether you make the decision to follow a vegan diet or a vegetarian diet, you may be doing your body a favor. Here are some of the health benefits associated with [...]
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Losing weight takes time and patience. However these sneaky tricks, courtesy of the CarbLovers Diet book, may help to speed up the process.
1. Automate eating.
Some people can lose weight while enjoying lots of variety in their food choices, while others discover that variety only stimulates their appetite. Frances Largeman-Roth, RD, calls this the “buffet [...]
All the meals in The CarbLovers Diet add up to at least 10 grams of fat-flushing Resistant Starch a day. But it’s easy to get the Resistant Starch you need on your own! Just use the list of high-Resistant Starch carbs and this quick RS cheat sheet.
Breakfast Carbs
Lunch Carbs
Dinner Carbs
10+ Grams of RS Per Day
1 [...]
By Shaun Chavis
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s announcement that she has the beginning stages of osteopenia (low bone mineral density) has led to speculation that her low vitamin D levels may be a consequence of her macrobiotic diet.
Now, a lot of people are thinking twice about their own diet schemes.
We’ve written before about how liquid [...]
By Tina Haupert
The older I get (I’m 30 now!), the more I find myself doing things that are healthy for me.
I used to eat vegetables because they were low in calories, and they’d help me lose weight. I’d also spend hours at the gym each week, on the elliptical or stair-climber, just to burn calories. [...]
We each have a handful of mostly harmless
half-truths we tell ourselves to assuage those nagging voices inside our heads
(I couldn’t possibly live without my morning coffee! I’ll clean that room
tomorrow! These jeggings are a great idea!), but when it comes to your diet,
little white lies can make a big difference…
According to a recent survey by [...]
