That’s the thing that is on everyone’s mind. Our world, our country, ourselves. How do we really stop being fat? A great question, but not an easy one to answer. Ten years ago I made up my mind to stop being fat. Having grown up with an unhealthy relationship with food, my weight grew to [...]
When the words oils and fats are mentioned, healthconscious individuals tend to run for cover. What they fail to realize is that there are good fats and bad fats. Complete avoidance of intake of oils and fats would actually be detrimental – rather than beneficial – to their health.
The Truth about Fish Oil
Essential fatty acids [...]
One aspect of lifestyle that is often overlooked is time spent sleeping. Getting adequate sleep is often sacrificed due to the demands of job and family. In the Sleep Heart Health Study over 1400 men and women were surveyed about their sleep habits and its relationship to diabetes and prediabetes. It was found that sleeping [...]
When Should I be tested for Diabetes?
1) Screening for diabetes usually involves obtaining a blood sugar reading before breakfast, also known as a fasting blood sugar. A blood sugar value over 126 mg% indicates type 2 diabetes. Ideal fasting blood sugar is less than 100 mg%.
2) Opinions are divided regarding whether to [...]
How do I prevent type 2 diabetes?
If you have a close relative with type 2 diabetes (the kind that usually develops in adulthood), you are at risk for developing diabetes yourself.
1. The most important way to avoid developing diabetes is to pay close attention to nutrition and exercise and to maintain a healthy weight. The particular [...]
Desk job making you fat? Easy ways to shed that jelly belly for good!
By Wendy Chant MPT, SPN,
Author of Crack The Fat Loss Code
Weight gain on the job is so prevalent now, that some nutritionists
have coined the term “the office 15″ to describe the average of 15
pounds that about 45 percent of women gain just [...]
By Wendy Chant,
Author of Crack the Fat Loss Code
When it comes to losing fat, success doesn’t happen overnight.
Sometimes it doesn’t even happen over a few weeks, a few months or a
few years. Don’t rush it, don’t crash and don’t expect too much of
yourself too soon. Life is for the living; for the making of mistakes
and [...]
Mention Vitamin D to most people and they will try not to yawn. One of the less glamorous vitamins it is known as the sunshine vitamin because our skin, when exposed to the ultraviolet rays in sunlight, manufactures vitamin D. Not unexpectedly sunscreen on the skin blocks this production. The remainder of our body’s supply [...]
The FDA recently approved the weight loss medication Xenical (orlistat) for over the counter sales. Xenical has been available by prescription for several years and has been used by doctors in the United States to aid in weight loss programs. This medication works by blocking the intestinal absorption of the fat (triglycerides) in food. If [...]
