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• The Top 10 Reasons To Exercise
  Here are the top ten reasons to exercise. These will explain the major benefits to exercise and hopefully help you create the motivation necessary to make exercise a permanent part of your lifestyle.
  Published 01Sep2009, viewed 647 times

• 7 Foods That Speed Up Your Metabolism
  Finding foods to speed up metabolism is enormously beneficial in giving your body a natural metabolism boost and improving your weight loss efforts!
  Published 01Sep2009, viewed 1314 times

• How Protein Helps Weight Loss
  Increasing your intake of protein for fat loss is definitely a good strategy to employ. Even if you keep your overall calories the same but simply increase the portion sizes of foods with protein and slightly reduce your intake of carbohydrates, your body composition will automatically change! The old saying, 'You are what you eat' holds true! There are a number of mechanisms through which protein can promote weight loss (fat loss).
  Published 31Aug2009, viewed 494 times

• Type 2 Diabetes Diets
  Type 2 diabetes is a disease that is becoming more common in today's society. It results mainly from poor lifestyle choices and dietary habits and results in a range of health problems including increased risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and obesity.
  Published 31Aug2009, viewed 943 times

• The Glycemic Index- How Important Is It ?
  It was previously thought and to a large extent still is, that simple carbohydrates are absorbed and utilised quickly in the body and complex carbohydrates are absorbed and utilised slowly.
  Published 26Aug2009, viewed 557 times

• Alternative Thyroid Treatments
  There are many alternative thyroid treatments that can help to increase thyroid function naturally rather than simply using thyroid hormones as a long-term solution.
  Published 25Aug2009, viewed 275 times

• 'Which Thyroid Function Test Should You Have?'
  There are a variety of thyroid function tests that may be performed in order to assess how well a person's thyroid gland is functioning rather than just the standard blood test for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) that is usually performed. These thyroid tests involve collecting information from a variety of sources.
  Published 25Aug2009, viewed 392 times

• Do You Have Normal Thyroid Levels?
  'Do I have normal thyroid levels?' is a common question that people ask when they are having trouble losing weight. Unfortunately, diagnosing thyroid conditions is often difficult even when a person exhibits low thyroid symptoms.
  Published 25Aug2009, viewed 1048 times

• Diets Don't Work!
  Diets are not a sustainable approach to weight loss and if people are serious about losing weight and keeping it off then they must learn correct eating habits.
  Published 27Jul2009, viewed 337 times

• Fat Burners - How to Select the Right One For You
  Many people try to lose body fat like they study for exams; by cramming! They try to lose as much body fat in as short a time as possible. Of course this approach never works. Whilst it is possible to lose weight fast, it is impossible to lose body fat fast.
  Published 25Jun2009, viewed 285 times

• Fat Burners- A Great Help or a Waste of Money?
  Thermogenics (fat burners), is the name given to a group of compounds that have the effect of speeding up metabolism. Thermogenesis, as the name suggests, means the production of heat within the body ['thermo': heat, 'genesis': the beginning]. Heat is a by-product of energy production. Therefore, if more fuel is burnt up by the body, more heat is generated.
  Published 23Jun2009, viewed 687 times

• When is a Calorie Not a Calorie
  It is important to be aware of the calories in food when it comes to assisting your weight loss efforts. The 'Golden Rule' when it comes to weight loss is: 'Calories (energy) In' must be less than 'Calories (energy) Out'. By doing so you create a calorie (energy) deficit in the body and can therefore lose weight. However, the source of those calories can also have an impact on the type of body tissue you lose.
  Published 15Jun2009, viewed 283 times

• Reading Food Labels
  Reading food labels and understanding what they mean is essential if you want to maintain good health and lose weight. However, food manufacturers often use deception marketing techniques in order to mislead consumers into making wrong food choices.
  Published 08Jun2009, viewed 492 times

• Here's 7 Reasons Why Most People Never Get In Great Shape
  It is actually very easy for anyone to get in great shape as long as they are willing to do the things that are necessary. Unfortunately though, most people never achieve their physical goals. Here are the main reasons why:
  Published 08Jun2009, viewed 287 times

• Weight Training For Women
  If you speak to women about their physical goals the most common response you get is that they want to lose weight and tone up. Unfortunately, the vast majority of women who want to lose weight and tone up won't even consider incorporating the most effective principle into their lifestyle in order to get the results they want.
  Published 04Jun2009, viewed 578 times

• The Top 7 Weight Loss and Exercise Myths
  Here are the top 7 weight loss and exercise myths that are commonly held beliefs for many people.
  Published 03Jun2009, viewed 326 times

• Insulin Resistance- Are You At Risk?
  This insulin resistance article explains how insulin resistance (IR) is characterised by an inability of the body cells to bind insulin and allow nutrients to flow into the cells. As a result, elevated levels of glucose remain in the blood stream, leading to many serious health issues.
  Published 01Jun2009, viewed 290 times

• How You Can Get 6-Pack Abs!
  If you mention the words, six-pack and summer together, most people immediately think of beer. Images flood their mind of relaxing, warm, summer days spending time with friends and having a couple of coldies! In this article, we're more concerned with the other type of 'six-pack' the abdominal type and how you can get them fast!
  Published 24May2009, viewed 408 times

• The Truth About Carbohydrates and Weight Loss
  When someone decides to lose body fat whether it is for summer, an event or simply to improve their health, one of the first changes they consider making is to their eating habits. Once the decision is made, the next step taken is to research their possible diet options. This is where many problems start because of the confusion, mis-information and deception that occurs in this area.
  Published 24May2009, viewed 380 times

• Speed Up Metabolism
  It seems that almost everyone you speak to these days is on a diet or would like to lose body fat. One word that often pops up in conversation is metabolism. It is usually in the context of, 'I've put on so much weight so I must have a slow metabolism'.
  Published 24May2009, viewed 515 times

• Get Rid of Cellulite Forever!
  Getting rid of cellulite forever is actually easier than you think. The fact is that cellulite is nothing more than normal fat that overlies connective tissue that has a different structure than other parts of the body that don't have cellulite.
  Published 24May2009, viewed 1354 times

• How To Select Foods For Maximum Weight Loss
  The type of food you select in order to assist your weight-loss efforts can have a massive impact on the results you achieve. If you are serious about losing as much weight as possible, make sure you use the following suggestions when it comes to selecting the right foods for you.
  Published 24May2009, viewed 305 times

• Insulin, Leptin & Ghrelin: The 3 Fat Hormones
  Insulin, leptin and ghrelin are three hormones that have a massive impact on your ability to lose weight and keep it off. By understanding the functions and actions of these 3 hormones in your body you will have a much greater chance of controlling them and therefore accelerating the fat-burning process in your body.
  Published 24May2009, viewed 1095 times

• Lose Weight Without Dieting
  The most common way people try to lose weight is by dieting. This may involve skipping meals, following one of the popular 'Fad Diets' or by simply restricting existing meal sizes. No matter which one of these approaches people choose to use, they are inherently destined to fail.
  Published 22May2009, viewed 252 times

• The Weight Loss Secret That Guarantees Success!
  People are constantly searching for that one strategy or principle that is guaranteed to help them lose weight quickly and easily and of course, with little effort.
  Published 22May2009, viewed 299 times

• Weight Loss Made Simple
  Many people over-complicate the area of weight loss by focusing on the minor details rather than the fundamentals. As a result, they get lost and, more often than not, hopelessly confused about what they need to do to lose weight.
  Published 01May2009, viewed 296 times

• The Truth About Shake Diets
  Now you can finally learn the truth about shake diets.
  Published 27Apr2009, viewed 366 times

• 6 Reasons Why You Should Have Small, Frequent Meals
  Consuming 5 or 6 small meals a day is enormously beneficial from a weight loss point of view and cannot be over-emphasised. This article explains how small, frequent meals can help you lose weight fast!
  Published 16Apr2009, viewed 331 times

• The Perfect Diet For Weight Loss
  The Perfect Diet outlines exactly how you should structure your daily food intake in order to maximise your weight loss efforts. It is the approach used by professionals in the fitness industry in order to help their clients achieve amazing results in a short period of time without dieting!
  Published 12Apr2009, viewed 364 times

• 3 Ways To Stop Late Night Snacking
  If you ever feel hungry after dinner or wake up hungry in the middle of the night then these 3 strategies can help you overcome late-night snacking fast!
  Published 09Apr2009, viewed 319 times

• The Best Way to Lose Weight Fast!
  The best way to lose weight fast is also the strategy most commonly used in the fitness industry for helping people achieve amazing results in a relatively short period of time.
  Published 03Apr2009, viewed 499 times

• Weight Loss: A Scientific Approach
  Losing weight is simple and easy to do. Virtually every diet and weight-loss program can help people shed the excess kilos in a short period of time. The problem is, losing weight and keeping it off long term is actually quite difficult.
  Published 03Apr2009, viewed 292 times

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