The following research was released this week. THURSDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — A brain enzyme that appears to boost body heat in order to burn off excess calories from a high-fat meal has been identified, but because the research was performed in mice, it might not apply to humans. Learning more about how this [...]

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Thanks to the people at healthy living for this great info!  Check out # 5….VERY IMPORTANT Unrealistic weight-loss goals are really tough to live up to. Here are five of the leading myths that lure people into trouble with weight loss, and the truth about them: Myth 1: Your ideal weight is what you weighed [...]

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Now that I have been doing this for awhile, I get a lot of questions from friends, and friends of friends, about what is the best diet plan, program, product, process, etc.  I guess they figure that anyone who has lost 70 pounds is qualified to tell them how they should do the same.  I’m [...]

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40% According to the Centers for Disease Control that is the percentage of Americans who get no exercise at all.  The same survey found that about 68% of men and 53% of women are overweight. The diet industry is raking in billions of dollars per year, and the number keep going up.  Why isn’t anyone [...]

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Okay…I really want to fall for this one, but that alarm keeps going off in my head.  Sure there are health benefits, but they come wrapped in fats and sugars.  Yes, flavanols have a huge number of health benefits, but if you are like me, this is like giving me permission to eat a whole [...]

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OK… usually when I see something strange billed as a “health food” I tend to be skeptical, and the information usually ends up in “Reasons I Am Mad”.  So when I recently read that one of the best things I could do was to turn my chia pet into a refreshing soft drink I was, [...]

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When I first started my journey to health, one of the suggestions made by my doctor was that I seriously needed to cut back on my sodium intake. Given that fact that my blood pressure was running about 160/120 at the time and I was already on powerful blood pressure medication it was very good [...]

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Wow…me writing about exercise.   Who would have thought?  Actually I am not going to start off on a high note with this new category.  Today was a work-out day for me at the gym.  I have three sets a week of different types of exercise.  Pull Exercises and Abs, Push Exercises and Abs, Leg Exercises [...]

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This is an informative article with good ideas and it’s fun too!  19 Weight Loss Secrets From Around the World  By Joe Kita – Readers Digest Thailand – Thai food is among the spiciest in the world. Hot peppers raise your metabolism, but the real benefit of food with a little zing is that it [...]

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There is actually a website entitled Free Fad Diets. If you just HAVE to go look it is at (http://www.free-fad-diets.com).  Try hard not to go look… One of the diets it is touting is a gimmick we have all fallen for at one time or another, and one that I still struggle with even though [...]

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