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Basic Rules For Counting Calories
Many people consider counting calories as an effective means to losing weight. But most people don't really have an idea or understand how to effectively keep track of calories consumed to determine proper weight loss. Here are the basic rules of calorie counting that people should know about. Know How Much Calories You Need Before you keep track of your calorie intake, you need to know how many c... [Read More]
Getting Your Body to Burn More Calories
Losing weight is just a matter of calorie count. If you take in more calories than your body can consume, the excess gets stored as fat and you gain weight. Take in less than what your body consumes and you lose weight.Aside from counting calories, you can also help your body lose weight by making it better at burning calories. Your body's fat-burning capacity can be improved and will also help yo... [Read More]
Ways of Saving on Calories
Effective dieting is mainly about saving on the calories that you consume everyday. Following a diet can help. But for those who may not be able to follow certain diets for long periods of time, certain diet tweaks can help them save up on their calorie intake and may help them even lose weight. Yogurt For MayoWhenever you eat something with mayonnaise in it, you might consider using yogurt instea... [Read More]
Calorie Burning Foods
Losing weight is all about burning those excess calories in the body. The more your body burns calories, the more weight you can effectively lose in your body, provided that you do not put in as much calories back from the food that you eat. One of the best things that you can do to avoid this is by eating more foods that actually helps you burn more calories. How Food Burns CaloriesThe food that ... [Read More]
Ultimate Flat-Belly Summer Foods
Dieting all summer will amount to nothing if you keep making bad food choices. Fortunately, Eat This, Not That! has created a list of essential summer foods to keep you in shape for swimsuit season. Quinoa¼ cup of quinoa packs only 170 calories, and has only 2.5 grams of fat. But, it has 7 grams of protein, and 3 grams of fiber. Quinoa is a whole-grain product, which means it's healthier th... [Read More]
Thermogenic Foods
What are thermogenic foods?Thermogenic foods, as defined by Wellsphere.com are foods that "naturally speed up our metabolism and 'cremate' calories. Thermogenesis, the process of heat production is one of the biochemical processes that make up metabolism."Medfinds.com explains that thermogenic foods "essentially take more energy to process/digest than what they provide, so they help... [Read More]
The Green Way to Burn Calories
Men's Health shares a number of calorie-toasting exercises that, aside from keeping you fit, benefit the environment as well Running: 1 hour at a 9-min.-mile paceCalories burned on a treadmill: 902Calories burned running outdoors with hill sections: 943Energy savedRunning for 30 minutes a day on a 2-horsepower treadmill uses about 2,000 watts a year and costs $50.Go the extra mileAdd stairs to bur... [Read More]
Body Mass Index for Teens
One of the things that a growing teen, whether a boy or girl, likes to ask is that if he or she has the right weight. That is, of course, considering their age. And one of the things that will help them out with this is by knowing their body mass index or BMI. The BMI allows them to calculate the body fat that a person has through his or her height and weight. This means that it is possible for th... [Read More]
Obesity and Food Culture
In an article written by Bridget Murray (Monitor Staff), she outlines the real reasons, as explained by Kelly Brownell, PhD., a Yale University Professor, why Americans are heavier now than ever before. Toxic food environmentBrownell explains that the reason why we have grown fatter over the years is not so much because we lack self-control but because the fast-food industry has grown more and mor... [Read More]
Taking Advantage of Diet Loophole
Whenever health conscious people hear the words "calories" and "diet" together in one sentence, the first thing that comes to their mind is a backbreaking struggle against hunger. Too often, they also have that dazed feeling that they are left with after they have been staring at their dinner plates for far too long. It is always a pain to try to figure out precisely how many c... [Read More]