Diet Articles :

Healthy Diet: Always Thinking But Never Acting?
Many people fall in love with the “idea” of change. That is why the “idea” of a diet is so alluring. It sounds so Hollywood (for whatever reason!) to say, “Oh, I simply can’t eat that... I’m on a diet.” But, for many people, a diet is ju...

Oolong Tea for Weight Loss?
Chinese researchers claim that "the polyphenol compound in tea - especially Oolong tea - can help obese people battle the bulge." The research was part of 5 year study looking at genetic causes of obesity. Rolled Oolong tea leaves From wikipedia .Oolong...

How Much Water Should You Drink?
We all know the importance of adequate hydration. However, water consumption requires a balance of sorts and it's entirely possible to drink too much water. Over-hydration and hyponatremia - although rare - can be a problem (particularly among endurance...

Diet Water
From the strange-products-from-japan department comes Diet Water... the perfect weight loss beverage.I wondered if this picture was a photoshop job - until I found another Japanese "Diet Water" productFrom I am bored .From Gokkun UPDATE: Sapporo Diet W...

Healthier Trans Fat-Free Cookies?
Cookies without ingredients like trans-fat or sugars seem to have a different taste to me. Maybe this will change with the new trans fat-free shortening discovered by the researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada.Known as CoaVel, the ingredient ...

Yes, Exercise Does Make You Hungry
Many people believe that engaging in exercise leaves you feeling hungry. Some take it further claiming that you end up eating more - thus negating any calorie deficit from the exercise. So what is the truth?Researchers in the UK have concluded that exer...

Portion Control: The "Half-Trick"
One great tip I learned from reading French Women for All Seasons was the “half-trick.” Famous author, Mireille Guiliano, first became known through her book, French Women Don’t Get Fat . Her latest book provides more insights and numerous reci...

A Visual Guide to 15 Healthy Snacks
Most vending machines are stocked full of junk food. With a bit of planning it is possible to replace those snacks with foods that will nourish your body.The challenge is to balance convenience with nutrition.Here is a pictorial guide to a selection of ...

The Truth About Food
The BBC have made every episode of TV series "The Truth About Food" available on-line . The series explores the various myths and ideas about food and diet.As part of the series the producers performed various experiments on different people to determin...

5 Ways to Easily Improve Your Breakfast
Often one of the challenges of maintaining a healthy weight management program is finding good choices for breakfast. Some of my favorite alternatives to sweetened sugar cereals include whole grains such as quinoa, amaranth or good old-fashioned oatmeal...

CLA Shown to Aid Fat Loss
Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is back in the news again. Researchers have combined data from 18 previous studies and arrived at a conclusion:Given at a dose of 3.2 g/day, CLA produces a modest loss in body fat in humans. (from study abstract )CLA is a ...

Digital Retouching: Because Men Need Muscles
Over a year ago I looked at the widespread practice of retouching photos . We used to call it airbrushing - but now the term photoshop has entered the vernacular. For the most part, women have been the subject of retouching - but men are not immune eith...

Fruit and Vegetables For Weight Loss
Most diets focus on what you should not eat, and some diets count the calories you should eat, but a better approach is to focus on eating good foods. Researchers found that overweight adults who were instructed to focus on lower-calorie foods lost more...

Vintage Diets: Girls With Skinny Figures
It's not often you seen an ad for a weight gain product. This one (from Physical Culture magazine 1934) claims that Kelp-O-Malt tablets will cause a gain of 5 pounds in one week....

What Motivates You?
An especially important part of exercise, diet, and living a healthy life is motivation. Do you know what motivates you?...

Frito-Lay as Health Food
Frito-Lay is about to start using a health claim on some of it's foods. The application to the FDA will allow some Frito-Lay foods to state the following:"Replacing saturated fat with similar amounts of unsaturated fats may reduce the risk of heart dise...

Low-Fat Milk - Straight From the Cow
Scientists in New Zealand have been breeding a herd of cows that produce milk that is low in saturated fat. The cows are not the result of genetic modification - but have been bred from a single cow (name Marge) who was found during a large screening pr...

12 Diet Cokes a Day
Elton John, Victoria Beckham and even former president Bill Clinton are a few of the famous people admitting to being hooked on Diet Coke.I use to be too and I'm sure many people drink Coke from time to time, but Amanda Sanchez is a real Diet Coke addic...

National Action Against Obesity: Jordin Sparks Too Fat
Sure - angry debates are part of building television ratings - but this one had my stomach churning. Meme Roth - president of National Action Against Obesity speaks on Fox News (prior to the final of American Idol).It appears Roth has confused a singing...

LA Weight Loss Australia Goes Bust
Australian dieters have been left out of pocket after LA Weight Loss clinics closed their doors - according the Gold Coast Bulletin .The LA Weight Loss franchise has been operating in Australia for about a year - with at least 12 clinics.Yesterday, the ...

Jessica Biel: 10 Workout Tips
Us magazine recently talked to Jessica Biel's personal trainer Jason Walsh to garner some workout tips.I list these here not so you can try and be Jessica Biel - but because the advice is very interesting.Note: points 6-10 are from Jerry Owens (persona...

The Cell Phone Diet
Cell phones can do just about anything these days from searching the internet to downloading music and now cell phones may be used to help people achieve their weight loss goals. An innovative new program is being tested in Japan where participants can ...

Vintage Weight Loss: Sanitized Tapeworms
In the early 1900s a "nutrient absorption" product appeared. Call it an early version of Xenical..."No diet, no baths, no exercise. FAT - the enemy that is shortening your life - BANISHED. How? With sanitized tapeworms - jar-packed" No baths? What? Flic...

When is Organic Not Organic?
When is organic not organic? When the USDA decide to water down the rules. The Organic Consumers Association has been petitioning against a proposal to allow non-organic ingredients to be labeled as organic.The USDA proposal is essentially this:Nonorgan...

5 Myths About Men and Women
In the world of the diet industry - it seems that men are the next big "pot of gold". Weight Watchers are campaigning , and even have created "workouts just for men". Perhaps men have some extra muscle groups somewhere that women don't?I know a number o...

News Roundup
Culture Bias bill - protecting short people and fat people Massachusetts lawmakers are trying to legislate protection for those who are fat or short. Japan changing shape: Big-Small-Big The body shapes of Japanese women are changing. They've gotten tall...

The Saturated Fat Debate
Sally Fallon, author of Nourishing Traditions has been in Australia promoting her book. Fallon promotes the benefits of saturated fats (from research undertaken by the Weston Price Foundation ).Fallon has come under heavy criticism from the Dietitians A...

Healthy Meal Ideas For Kids
How many times have you created a healthy gourmet meal for you child - only to have them look at it like it's poison? Many health books and magazines have meal ideas for children - but sometimes they lack a reality check.Here is a days healthy eating fo...

One KFC Ad You'll Never See
When you spend a lot of time surfing the interweb you often see certain pictures appear again and again on various websites. One of these pictures is that of an overweight boy at McDonald's.Someone then took this picture, enlarged it, coupled it with so...

Low-Glycemic Load vs Low-Fat Diet
A team of researchers from Children's Hospital, Boston, recently conducted a survey to determine whether insulin secretion affects weight loss with 2 popular diets: a low–glycemic load (40% carbohydrate and 35% fat) vs. low-fat (55% carbohydrate and 2...