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Losing Weight With a Low-Fat Diet

Losing Weight With a Low-Fat Diet

By on February 21, 2013 in Weight Loss, Fitness

If you are going to embark on a low-fat diet and lose weight, it helps to have some tips and tricks for success. It’s pretty hard to have long-term success if you are just “white knuckling it” regarding fat in your diet. If you don’t have a diet plan besides just “I need to cut [...]

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Physical Fitness Tips For Senior Citizens

By on October 10, 2012 in Health and Vitality

The baby boomers are the largest generation in this country’s history. But did you know that the first of this generation reached the age of 65 in 2011? So as the baby boomers turn into senior citizens, there will be a growing emphasis on physical fitness for seniors as the senior population explodes. And the [...]

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Why Dieters Fail

By on November 25, 2011 in Guest Articles, Health and Vitality

Dieting can be a vicious cycle for many, even for determined dieters. Have you been trying to lose weight for years and failing? The reason could be as simple as unrealistic goals, says Dr. Hall from the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases. The common rule for weight loss is to burn 3,500 calories and lose a pound. It turns out this rule is not correct, and could be the reason many are failing. Losing weight is more complicated than just burning calories. Dieters often set unrealistic goals and give up. Dr

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Quick Tip for Weight Loss

By on May 31, 2011 in Guest Articles, Nutrition

Obesity-related health problems are on the rise, with some health experts claiming the condition to be one of the most dangerous health problems confronting public health professionals today. When eating at home, a trick to avoid helping yourself to seconds (or thirds) is to keep serving platters in the kitchen and fill your plate there – not on the table. A recent study showed that people had very skewed perceptions as to the amount of food they had consumed. Most subjects believed to have consumed 1 or 2 portions, but in fact had 3 or 4!

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