121 articles on "calories"

Staying Healthy on a Low Carbohydrate Diet

Staying Healthy on a Low Carbohydrate Diet by: Marjorie GeiserIt is estimated that about 32 million Americans are following some type of low carbohydrate diet. This is the result of fad diet authors claiming that carbohydrates are the cause for ...

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10 Tips for Dining Out

There is no doubt about it; Americans are eating in restaurants more often than ever before. In 1970 Americans spent just 26% of their food dollars on restaurant meals. Today we spend 46% of food dollars on eating out. This is likely the result of a ...

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Elliptical Trainers and Burning Calories

Elliptical Trainers and Burning Calories by: Toby Pizur One of the most frequently asked questions is do the use of elliptical trainers help me burn calories compared to other cardio machines? With our busy schedules it is completely understanda...

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Lose Weight by Sleeping

Do you feel that you need to lose weight? Well then don’t just count calories. You might want to count sheep as well.Recent studies have shown that sleep deprivation disrupts a series of metabolism and hormonal processes. It causes increased hunger...

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Burger King: Eat Like a Pig

Burger King: Eat Like a Pig by: Victor Holtreman Sometimes I just have to shake my head... I was driving down the street when a spied a Burger King about a block away. It had one of those signs where they can promote a particular item or special...

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Eat Healthy for Life

Let’s not talk about diets. Diets are punishment – like beingsent to bed without dinner. Diets take some of the fun out of living. Many diets or supplements are harmful to your health or even dangerous, if you have certain risk factors. Forget an...

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Backpacking Food - What To Pack

Backpacking Food - What To Pack by: Steve Gillman Weight is always a concern with backpacking food you'll be carrying everything on your back. Some will tell you to find your weight savings in other areas, and argue for the necessity of hea...

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Does Fat Free Really Mean Free Of Fat

Does fat-free really mean free of fat?Do you know what the words really mean on food labels?In this article, you’ll discover everything you need to know about how to interpret food labels and make the right food choices.So what does “fat-free” ...

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Beware The Summer BBQ!

Beware The Summer BBQ! by: Tracie Johanson Now that it's summer, it's almost impossible to avoid the ever-popular summer BBQ. Some of our favorite meals are cooked over charcoal, but we still need to be aware that many of the tradition...

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The perfect diet combined with a healthy weight management

The perfect diet should be combined with a healthy weight management or activity program. Weight management may conjure up that dreaded “exercise” word. And exercise to some means pushing the body beyond limits, experiencing painful in joints, mu...

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