By: Lena Hanson | 2010-04-01 | Desserts No matter how important your health is to you, it can be hard to resist sweet desserts. I think one important success factor when changing your diet and trying to limit your carbohydrate intake, is having some alternatives that are healthier than your normal choice of dessert. read more
By: Lucy Moreno | 2010-04-02 | Diet Low carb, high protein diets have gained in popularity in recent years and are being promoted as the best way to lose weight. People who follow these plans will get up to 50% of their calories from protein. On popular example of a low carb, high protein diet is the Atkins Diet. While lots of people report good results with these kind of diets, they are quite controversial. Some nutrition experts say that high protein diets can be harmful to the body. read more
By: CharlesFederer | 2011-03-27 | Health & Fitness It was not always this way. Not long ago in the United States, a man who worked on a farm did the equivalent of 15 miles of jogging every day; and his wife did the equivalent of 7 miles of jogging. read more
By: jared | 2010-09-22 | Nutrition A lot of times when people such as my clients come to me to lose weight, they tend to be heavy eaters at night. This is because of stress, working long hours, and a horrible diet. All of these traits are very common among many people when they embark on a fat loss journey. But there are ways around these cravings. read more
By: David John Lloyd | 2011-02-16 | Wellness * Low GI Foods, 40 and Under on the Index. These are low carb breakfast slow-release foods. All pulses - beans including baked beans, lentils, chickpeas, the brassica family of vegetables, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower especially the stalks, wholegrain nuts, rye bread, oats and oat bran, apples, plums, pears,cherries, acocado, leaks... read more
By: Scotty McGee | 2010-03-26 | Weight Loss There has never been so many diet plans out on the market today. Whether it is low carb diets or new fad diets for celebrities. The biggest hype seems to always be around low carb diets for some reason. Low carb diets are pretty self explanatory. You cut out as much carb intake as possible and load up on proteins and fats. read more
By: Sandy Miller | 2010-04-02 | Diet We know the Atkins diet revolutionized the world by introducing the most comprehensive and effective high protein low carb diet to combat a much publicized weight gaining epidemic happening in the US at the time. The only problem was, for many, this type of carbohydrate depletion was very difficult to keep up long term, and the weight would come right back! read more
By: Tracy Shaffer | 2010-03-30 | Weight Loss Knowing what foods are the correct ones to eat is the most misjudged part of dieting. Even if you know what is in your food, do you know the correct diet to be on if you are trying to develop your muscles? If you want to lose fat and develop you muscles at the same time, then you should be on a high protein low carb diet. read more
By: Lena Hanson | 2010-04-01 | Recipes Many people are used to eating a lot of bread and when they can't eat the usual high carbohydrate bread or bagels, they don't know what to eat for breakfast anymore. Flax, also called linseed, has a lot of fiber and therefore it is great to use in low carb breads. Almost all of the carbs in flax are fiber, the net carbs are close to 0. read more
By: Joanna Verdan | 2010-03-27 | Diet If you feel like you are being bombarded with advertisements and claims about various weight-loss programs and products - you are not alone. There are various methods that people are using to get rid of excess weight and apart from the bogus claims and hype that accompany most of these schemes - some of them can be dangerous to your health. read more
By: Dr.Kavita Shaikh | 2011-05-04 | Diet Do you know what the most dangerous disease is? Well, it’s not what you must have thought, because majority of us think that only Cancer, AIDS and Heart attacks can kill people. There is another hidden danger that is lurking around like a fearful monster and awaiting its next victim to send down the grave. read more
By: ygo belmonte | 2010-12-22 | Chocolate The creamy and rich sugar free chocolate is dream of many dieters, as they can have delicious low carb chocolates when on a South Beach and Atkins dieting type. read more
By: Lisa Beverley | 2011-08-08 | Weight Loss Almost all meats are a good source of protein from pork, but is of lower quality so they tend to stay away from pork base. A good diet to follow is usually simpler then I follow a diet that gives me all the ingredients for a healthy diet, body building. read more
By: DirkHambridge | 2010-12-08 | Home & Family You don't need to eat a radically different diet if you choose to follow a low carb diet. You can eat a low carb diet while only making a few changes to your current diet. People who want to limit their carb intake have several options available. With some practice, a low carb diet will come just as naturally as your current one. read more
By: Colin Winston | 2011-02-20 | Weight Loss Can you smell the meat cooking on the grill? If you want to start on a low carb diet such as the famous Atkins diet program, you'll need to consider several things. Diets like this have been tremendously successful for many people in the past, and the appeal of eating as much meat, cheese, and pork skins you want may be enough to interest you in this type of diet. There is a lot to be said for high protein diets, as long as they are followed with some wise decisions. read more