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In today's world obesity is becoming one of the major problems worldwide. While it continues to spread like a pandemic, fighting it is becoming more and more challenging. This is because obesity can only be fought by watching your diet and exercising. And, therein lies the rub "our busy lifestyl...
Lifestyle changes that have occurred over the centuries can be attributed to the statistics showing increasing trend in obesity. Recent research has shown that nighttime eating could be a major player in increasing your weight. Nighttime fasting has been advocated as a measure to reduce weight al...
Losing weight at the age of 40+ becomes a completely different ball game. You are not just dealing with the slower metabolism; you may also be going through hormone imbalance, which can have negative side effects such as fluid retention, bloating, poor thyroid functions and weight gain. You sho...
You have probably seen the advertisements on television. For several years now, starch blockers have been offered as a possibility to assist in weight loss. Doesn’t that idea sound great? To think, you could just take a pill once or twice daily and eat all the starchy foods you love. Fresh ...
If you have tried to lose weight in the past and failed just because you couldn't keep yourself motivated, or simply you did not have a good motive to begin with, you are not alone. Many people wake up one day and say "I'm going to start losing weight from this day forwards". They watch their di...
Dieting or severe dieting called fasting are the two common methods used by many people as a quick weight loss trick. Ideally, fasting is depriving the body of its daily ratio of energy derived from food. It is usually effective in losing body mass but like all shortcuts, it is not entirely safe....
Today more and more people are becoming conscious about the way they look. To look trim and healthy is important to many. In this trend there are many gym classes and other courses that are that are opening up to supplement the growing demand of the cravings of people of knowledge that they desir...
Pregnancy is considered the best phase of any woman's life next to motherhood. The happiness and glow along with 'eating-for-two' results in weight gain which later becomes a point of concern. Weight gain is very normal in this phase, but 'how much is normal', is something we need to ponder on.
In recent times child obesity has been on a steady rise with distressing implications. Surveys show that in the last 30 years there has been an increase in number of obese children aged between 6 and 17 years. It has increased from 5.5% to 19.3% by the year 2008; which is an alarming threefold in...
An important discussion in male fitness is the reduction of those man boobs. Most individuals who go to the gym work out to get rid of man boobs. For men, it is such an unpleasant sight to have large man boobs. Having someone ask you to flex your chest than flip your man boobs is much better, so ...