Top 10 Foods That Are Good For Both Low-Fat and Low-Carb Diets

A lot of people use popular diets to lose weight and help them live healthier lifestyles. Two very popular options are low-carb and low-fat diets. All though these diets seem to be at odds with each other, they do have some common ground with healthy lo- carb vegetables and low-fat meats.

Here are my Top Ten Good For You…

FDA Rejects Another Proposed Diet Pill

U.S. health officials declined to approve the experimental weight loss pill Contrave and want the company to conduct an additional study to address potential heart safety concerns.

This was the third time since last year the Food and Drug Administration rejected a proposed diet pill.

The announcement sent shares of the company plunging nearly 75 percent in pre-market trading.

The FDA’s request…

Children May Pack on Pounds After Tonsillectomy

Weight gain is common after children have their tonsils removed, an analysis of four decades of research concludes.

Researchers from Saint Louis University found that 50 percent of the children in the studies gained more weight than expected as part of normal development, according to study lead author Dr. Anita Jeyakumar. While not “hugely surprising,” the findings are important to…

Dieting? More Sleep Helps Burn Fat

If you’re trying to lose weight by cutting calories, make sure to get a good night’s sleep. According to a new study, too little sleep appears to hinder your body’s ability to burn fat.

In the study, 10 overweight but otherwise healthy volunteers on a low-cal diet spent four weeks confined to a research lab. Their diets…

Weight Loss Helps Incontinence

If you’re among the millions of women who suffer from urinary incontinence, losing weight might just ease your symptoms, a new study suggests.

Published in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the study found that when women lost about 8 percent of their body weight — an average of 17 pounds for this…

Top 10 Foods That You MUST Have

There are foods that are foods that are healthy and then there are foods that are powerhouses. I’ve got 10 here that are supersonic super foods that you absolutely should include in your diet if you want to lose weight, get as healthy as you can and look your best!

Here they are:

1—Tomatoes. The all-powerful tomato can do all kinds…

Weight Management

Obesity is a chronic condition, meaning it is unlikely to be cured, so behavioral interventions are needed to help people change their habits and improve their quality of life and their psychological functioning. The goal of weight management for obese people is to help them improve their unhealthful dietary and sedentary habits. Weight-Management Strategies

Behavioral change interventions typically include a…

Weight Loss Diets

With over 50 percent of the population of the United States and other industrialized countries being either overweight  or obese, a great number of people want to lose weight. However, weight loss is not easy—and not often successful.

Weight gain is a result of consumed energy in the form of high-calorie foods eaten in excess of the body’s…

Water

Definition

Water is hydrogen oxide and it is composed of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. It has a molecular weight of 18.016 and is the most universal solvent known. Purpose

Water is the most universal solvent known. In the human body, it is capable of dissolving simple elements, ions and large organic molecules. Because of water’s ability to…

Vitamins, Water-Soluble

Vitamins are essential organic substances that are needed in small amounts in the diet for the normal function, growth, and maintenance of body tissues. Water-soluble  vitamins consist of the B vitamins and vitamin C. With exception of vitamin B6 and B12, they are readily excreted in urine without appreciable storage, so frequent consumption becomes necessary. They are generally nontoxic…

Vitamins, Fat-Soluble

Because they dissolve in fat, vitamins  A, D, E, and K are called fat-soluble vitamins. They are absorbed from the small intestines, along with dietary fat, which is why fat malabsorption resulting from various diseases (e.g., cystic fibrosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease) is associated with poor absorption of these vitamins. Fat-soluble vitamins are primarily stored in the liver and…