50 articles on "carbohydrate"

Are You Eating the Right Carbohydrates?

Are You Eating the Right Carbohydrates? by: Kim Beardsmore Whether you're trying to lose weight or just want to eat healthier, you may be confused by the news you're hearing about carbohydrates. With so much attention focused on protei...

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Low Carb Diet Secrets Revealed!

Low Carb Diet Secrets Revealed! by: Jeff SmithYou may be considering a low carb diet program, but wonder if they really work, and if so, how well? Let's take the mystery out of low carb diets by giving you the 3 most important elements to t...

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7 Reasons Low Carb Diets are Wrong

7 Reasons Low Carb Diets are Wrong by: Charles Remington The human body is designed to run best on a certain type and balance of fuel. Unfortunately the latest low-carbohydrate fad diets are not fuel that the human body was designed to run on. L...

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How to Enhance Your Hair Growth

Hair is essentially a dead protein and thus to maintain a healthy hairline you should take adequate amount of proteins in your diet. Amino acids are the main constituents of proteins. Five kinds of amino acids are needed for hair growth namely, methi...

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Atkins & Low-Carb - Part 5

Atkins & Low-Carb - Part 5 by: Tracie Johanson With the popularity of low-carb diets today, most of us have at one time or another considered cutting carbs. In this series of articles we have discussed 'low-carbing' and whether or not ...

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What is the Glycemic Index

Over the last 30 years, research into food and blood glucose response has completely changed our carbohydrate classification system. It has been learned that it is impossible to predict the impact on blood glucose levels by certain foods, instead peo...

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Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program

Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program  by: A.M.Sall1. What is my BMI and how do I calculate it? BMI means Body Mass Index. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 19 and less than 25 among all peo...

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Carb Loading For Sport, Not For General Health

Carbohydrate loading is a concept that both athletes and the general pubic know of. This is largely due to the marketing of carbohydrate based products such as whole grains, sugary snack foods and sports drinks being the champion or elite sports perf...

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Nutrition For A Healthy Lifestyle

Nutrition For A Healthy Lifestyle by: John Gibb Nutrition for a healthy lifestyle can be a large step in maintaining your body’s physical performance and your mind’s well-being. Proper nutrition is often neglected in this day and age, with m...

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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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