Eating More Protein Helps Keep Fat Off

Posted on November 24, 2008. Filed under: weightloss | Tags: , , , , , , , |

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An Australian study into diets that help to move fat deposits or keep fat off altogether has found that eating higher protein meals helps to burn fat more efficiently, especially for those who are already overweight or obese.
“Study participants were put on two protein-enriched meals and one standard meal, which all [...]

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Your Waistline Could Double Your Risk of Premature Death

Posted on November 17, 2008. Filed under: health, weightloss, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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This news item at Medical News Today says it all:
Large Waist Nearly Doubles Death Risk:
“The researchers wrote that previous studies relied heavily on BMI (body mass index, a person’s weight in kilos divided by the square of their height in metres) to assess the link between body fat (adiposity) and risk of death, [...]

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ALS Could Be Linked to Diet Soda, Aspartame and Formaldehyde

Posted on October 3, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , , |

The next time you drink or eat something with “Diet” in the name think again! I have spent many years telling my clients about the dangers of using aspartame and other chemical sugars even showing the research that proves that they can cause diabetes and weight gain. There is nothing diet about them and they [...]

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The Evolution of Food and Fitness

Posted on August 11, 2008. Filed under: health | Tags: , , , , , , , |

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Over the years the ‘right’ path to health and fitness has been governed just as much by adaptation to our environment as our evolution has. We have adapted to new knowledge, availability, technology and more in our minds, bodies and diets and this course of action hasn’t necessarily been in our best interests [...]

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Minerals Foundation for Health

Posted on July 31, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , |

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A Biochemist I know told me last year that without minerals we cannot process or synthesise vitamins from food, and as the basis for many of the cellular chemical processes minerals are needed for all health. Now that sounds great and we get lots of minerals from our food, don’t we.
Don’t be so [...]

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Pour Me A Little More of That Red Wine; It’s Good For Me!

Posted on July 3, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , |

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For years we have been hearing about how good Red Wine is for us and lucky for me I am only sensitive to white wine (it gives me headaches), so the lastest news will justify my having a little more on occasion .
Actually I don’t drink that much, but I have to [...]

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Vitamin D for Brain Function We Now Need More Sun

Posted on April 23, 2008. Filed under: health, wellbeing | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Now I know I am going to get a little controversial here but we have been told for years to cover up in the sun, yet now we are all suffering from Vitamin D deficiency. Perhaps it is time to realise that we need to have balance in all things, even sun exposure.
Even just a [...]

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