Is Soup The Best-Kept Diet Secret Of All?

June 2, 2009

Consider two simple scenarios you could be facing at lunchtime: when you have a solid food and water, you could eat those separately or you could premix them into a soup and drink the whole thing together. Which of the two techniques do you think will keep you full longer hence preventing you from snacking [...]

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Restaurant Meals Are Still Very High In Calories

June 1, 2009

If you are a person who regularly eats out then this news item should come as no surprise at all. With portion sizes constantly on the increase and restaurants forever trying to figure out how to increase the taste in their dishes, is it any wonder that the first casualty in this war on portion-sense [...]

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FitnessMantra Quotes #2: Make Time For Exercise

May 31, 2009

Another little fitness-quotation gem I came across yesterday and thought it worth sharing: Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. -Edward Stanley It’s a choice we make everyday: be healthy or not, stick to our diets or not, exercise or not. Well, [...]

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Is Salt Really That Bad For You?

May 30, 2009

Salt, how do we hate thee, let me count the ways! Sometimes the public is so quick to get on the nutrition bandwagon and demonize a perceived common enemy, that common sense and due diligence are often shown the door (case in point: our fear of saturated fat, cholesterol, … I could go on, but [...]

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How To Deal With A Slowing Metabolism As You Age

May 29, 2009

It’s well known that as you age, unless you take active steps to remain healthy and fit, you tend to gradually put on more fat and lose muscle mass. What is not so well known, however, is what those specific preventive steps really are. True, a healthful diet and frequent, well-planned exercise can help thwart [...]

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