Discover the Secrets of Good health

Flickr: hillie1947Obesity has met its match. No, not by some miracle cure concocted in a top secret government laboratory. Not even close. One word, Amish!
Researchers recently discovered that the very physically active Amish were NOT affected by obesity genes; that some claim leave people genetically prone to obesity.

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If you want a smaller, healthier you, keep it simple. Start seeing food as fuel. There are YES foods that fuel your body and NO foods that exhaust your body. Make it a habit to choose YES foods and you’ll be well on your way to a slimmer, healthier, and more energetic you.

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Fall is fast approaching. You can tell by the slight nip in the air, the myriad of school buses on city streets and the huge banners flying high outside of practically every gym in town offering huge discounts to new members.

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New research shows we are hungrier after doing lots of thinking.
“Caloric overcompensation following intellectual work, combined with the fact that we are less physically active when doing intellectual tasks, could contribute to the obesity epidemic currently observed in industrialized countries,” (via ScienceDaily)
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Having a well stocked kitchen is like having armor for health and fat loss. This requires consistent and planned grocery shopping and preparing, but having a continuous supply of healthy staples makes healthy eating that much easier. Here are some kitchen essentials:
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I bet you’ve heard the groan-worthy pun that goes “I’m on a seafood diet … I see food and I eat it!” But, jokes aside, seafood is one of the best sources of protein, essential oils (fatty acids), and health-boosting nutrients. Are you eating enough?
The Food Standards Agency in the UK says:
We should be eating [...]

Food journaling has been shown to be very effective in helping people shed pounds. Recent studies have actually demonstrated that it doubles weight loss compared to those who don’t. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed that taking pictures of meals was even more effective than journaling. Here are details of the [...]

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It’s got four beef patties, four slices of cheese, two rashers of bacon, barbecue sauce and two sugared buns. It contains 71g of fat, 34.7g of saturated fat, 1930 milligrams of sodium, and 74.8g of protein.
Welcome Australia, to the world of gastronomic gluttony.

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Celebrities, they’re MORE than willing to give their opinion–whether we ask for it or not–and lately some of them are all wound up about diet.
Pamela Anderson doesn’t like Matthew McConaughey’s meat, Ted Nugent finds fat people displeasing, Sir Paul McCartney is perturbed by Gordon Ramsay’s anti-vegetarianism and someone named Jamie Oliver thinks people in [...]

You stir the sauce for dinner and you try a teeny bit … and a bit more … and another spoonful. You grate some cheese and slice a hunk off to nibble on. And maybe more olives find their way into your mouth than into the salad. It’s easy to clock up an extra couple [...]