Deprivation is a bad thing for dieters, according to Dietician Cynthia Sass (co-author of Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy), as trimming more than 500 calories a day can slow down one’s metabolism and could even trigger more intense food cravings. This is why diet experts recommend to trim your food intake wisely.Women’s Health magazine compiled a list of to-do’s in trimming down, depending on how fast you want to lose the excess weight, all without having to ditch the cake.How to lose one pound pe…
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Ways to Detoxity Your Body
January 16th, 2008 
Ardent Editor If you seem to feel sluggish at times and you feel that you’re eating habits need to improve, it might be a good time for you to do a little “spring cleansing”. This only means that you will be detoxifying your body. Detoxifying your body can bring about a rejuvenated you. You’ll be able to recharge as well as renew your body. The benefits that fasting can bring about is truly phenomenal. You can liken it as having your body come out of hibernation. Essentially, it’s how you jumpstart your body …
Healthy Snacking
February 16th, 2007 Ardent Editor Part of caring for oneself is to be able to provide enough nutrients to the body while feeling good about it. After all, it’s no use if you’re not happy with what you’re eating. That being said, here are a few feel-good treats that would definitely be an awesome experience for your palate as well as your overall emotions. CoffeeThis caffeine-induced beverage is known to boost one’s physical and mental performance if taken in moderate amounts. It is definitely something to include in every day’s …
The Importance of Healthy Eating
February 15th, 2007 Ardent Editor Having a healthy diet is a very valuable asset in the long run. When you turn 50 years old and you’re still healthy as a 20-year old, then you’ll be thanking the high heavens because being healthy at that age is an apparent rarity. One of the reasons why people suffer from so many diseases and complications during the latter years of their life is because they are now paying back what they owe their body years ago. The years of abuse have caught up with them. Every potato chip, every layer of ic…
Losing Calories To Lose Weight
February 14th, 2007 Ardent Editor One of the primary reasons why people are unable to significantly lose weight is because the amount of calories they take in is much more than the calories that they burn. And so, the solution to this is to be able to obtain a calorie deficit. It is very much easier to do this endeavor if one goes about it slowly and surely. It might be bad for you if you suddenly drop a big chunk of your daily calorie intake because the body might go into shock and thus give you the stimulus to even eat more. T…
Low Calorie Diet Plan
February 14th, 2007 Ardent Editor The idea of cutting back on calories in order to lose weight is a very significant fact. However, there are those people who absolutely cringe at the thought of ditching and not eating their favorite ramen noodles anymore. For those people who love to eat ice cream, they automatically shut off any idea that they might not be able to enjoy those types of foods anymore. Fortunately, there are food alternatives to those people who sincerely want to have a reduced calorie diet. Here are some suggest…
Evaluate Your Eating Habits
February 12th, 2007 Ardent Editor People aren’t fond of exercise programs simply because it takes too much time. And when they look at themselves in front of the mirror and see more fat than muscle, it begins to discourage them all the more. The typical advice that most fit people will give these unfortunate souls is to eat healthy and to exercise. Though these two suggestions are sure fire ways to take out the fat that is already stored in your midsection, here are some proactive ways to lose weight. Lessen and monitor your cal…
Ways to Eat Healthier
February 12th, 2007 Ardent Editor People have a difficult time trying to fix their diet. For them, it may seem an impossible and improbably task for them to swap their deep-friend, crispy chicken fillet burger with some whole wheat bread, an apple and a bunch of grapes. People nowadays instinctively flock to those food groups with a more attractive and better flavor than those one with a bland, predictable taste such as carrots or apples. The dilemma that most people face nowadays is that they don’t actively eat healthy foods an…
Recommended Daily Calorie Intake
February 8th, 2007 Ardent Editor Men and women are no doubt, biologically different. However, the physical attributes are not the only things that men and women differ in. Because human beings need to be able to obtain sustenance in order to survive and function properly, they are, in fact, eating animals. And even though men and women are in the everyday habit of eating, they also differ in the amount that they need to eat. That only means that men and women have different calorie needs on a day-to-day basis. The calorie requi…
How to Read Food Labels
February 8th, 2007 Ardent Editor Do you ever wonder why food manufacturers put the food labels on their products? For some people, they seem to think that these additional labels seem to improve the packaging or make it more aesthetically attractive. However, these food labels such as “fat-free” or “fortified” mean something and if one looks more closely, it may be the one thing that can turn your health around. In fact, if one decides to choose foods that are in the vicinity of “fat-free” and “low calorie”, it may just be a pe…