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Food: Dream Big, Eat Less
You'd think if you were really hungry and salivating over the last delicious meal you had, you'd be MORE inclined to chow down next time you eat--right? Nope. Not necessarily, if you're a woman.
Weight Loss Stalls: Are Weekends to Blame?
If you're finding your weight loss efforts are stalling, don't take weekends off your diet. According to a new study out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, weekend eating patterns could be a key reason for sluggish weight loss.
This is the first study to carefully monitor daily body weight, calorie intake and calorie expenditure for several weeks throughout a year, and to demonstrate that increased caloric intake is a problem on most weekends.
Proof: Food Journals Double Weight Loss
A long-term weight loss trial undertaken by Kaiser Permanente has shown how using a food diary can double a person's weight loss.
» moreWatermelon, Works like Viagra...
"Is that a watermelon in your pants or are you happy to see me?" Sounds silly, but research by Texas A&M's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center has determined that eating watermelon might increase libido.
Watermelon is packed with key nutrients like lycopene, beta carotene, and the phytonutrient citrulline which, when converted by the body into arginine, helps relax blood vessels, similarly to Viagra.
» moreFruit, Sugar Gives You a Pot Belly...
New research by The University of California, Davis claims that fructose--found in fresh fruit, fruit juice, and jams--may cause people to accumulate belly fat.
After 10 weeks of being fed a "normal diet" the 33 study participants--overweight and obese adults--were split into two groups. For the next 10 weeks one group received 25% of their calories from fructose and the other group was fed the same amount from glucose.
» moreBig Breakfast Diet: A Diet That Works?
Stop me if you've heard this before... but before you click out, keep reading - it gets interesting. Eating a big breakfast with copious amounts of (gulp) carbs and protein, followed by a low carb, low calorie diet the rest of the day has shown some pretty promising results - and get this; obliterates the low carb only! This according to a new study presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
I will now attempt to break this down in the simplest terms possible (so that I can understand what I've written).
» moreExercise Reduces Hunger in Lean Women NOT Obese Women
You'd think that the heavier a person is and the more exercise they do, the more benefits they receive-right? It doesn't seem that way. A new study has determined that exercise reduces hunger in lean women, but NOT obese women.
» moreUSA: No Longer the Fattest Nation in the World
UPDATE 6/25/08: According to NHANEs / CDC data - USA has a 34% obesity rate - far higher than the latest Australian figures.
Congratulations America, you are no longer the heavyweight champions of the world.
The obesity rate of the US is currently at 25%. However - according to a new report - another country now has an obesity rate of 26%.
Who is it?
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- alex on Food: Dream Big, Eat Less:
There's an amazing "diet" in fitness magazine this month that lets you...
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- BeautiFitt on Weight Loss Stalls: Are Weekends to Blame?:
We should blame ourselves for having misconception about the food we e...
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