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The Fast Food Diet

29. January 2012

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The Fast Food Diet

Does the Fast Food Diet Really Work? The perception dieters have is that consuming any sort of fast food is against the rules. Contrary to popular belief, it is actually okay to implement fast food into your dieting regime. As long as you remember to choose items off the menu that contain the right nutrients [...]

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Eating at night makes you fat – False

16. January 2012

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Eating at night makes you fat – False

We have all heard the old saying that if you eat at night or before you go to bed you will put on weight. But is it true? The most logical answer is no! If you have been dieting like crazy and at the end of every day you sneak a granola bar before bed [...]

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All Fat is Bad – False!

15. January 2012

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All Fat is Bad – False!

Doctors have been trying to tell our thin crazed generation for years that not all fat is bad fat. As you know only too well there’s the fat that makes us look bigger that hangs around our stomach, bum and thighs (that fat we hate), but there are other fats as well. And they are [...]

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Boob loss during weight loss

11. January 2012

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With a smaller body comes smaller breasts but ladies, there is a way of enlarging them once you’ve shed the weight. Since your boobs consist mainly of glandular tissue and fat, exercising won’t increase their size but it can increase the size of your pectoral muscles which in turn can give your breasts a bigger [...]

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Menopause and Weight Gain

21. December 2011

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Women can begin experiencing the effects of menopause as early as forty. It happens to all of us as we pass the point of being able to have children and the wild hormones of our teenage years come back with a vengeance. The question is will you get fatter because of it? Unfortunately most women [...]

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Bread – what dieticians don’t tell you!

11. December 2011

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Bread – what dieticians don’t tell you!

Bread. Most of us have some form of bread everyday. In today’s fast paced world, quick and satisfying sells and that means we eat it all the time. Delicious and able to change consistently depending on what filling you feel like, bread is a dieter’s nightmare. Some diets tell you to eat loads of bread, [...]

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Coffee makes you fat, or does it?

2. December 2011

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So you have always wondered if all those cups of coffee you drink everyday effect your weight? The answer is of course! Here is a breakdown on the various ways to drink coffee and the effects it will have on your body. Black Coffee – This is technically the most healthy coffee to drink, no [...]

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Tanning and weight loss

23. September 2008

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Did you know that tanning can also help you to lose weight? It can cleanse fat-stored toxins, boost the immune system and burn fat. Body fat becomes water-soluble at 43ºC allowing the body to sweat it off. A 30 minute sauna creates approximately the same amount of perspiration as a 10 kilometer run. But if [...]

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