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What Role Does Sugar And Salt Portray In A Healthy Diet

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It is only natural to like sweets. Many people have become used to having something sweet daily as part of their standard food consumption. Yet too many sweets in the diet can lead to weight gain and health risks. The fact the sweets contain refined sugars add to the complications in the diet. source Refined sugars have negative health effects including hypoglycemia, arthritis, diabetes, headaches, suppression of the immune system, osteoporosis, and depression. It also is stored as fat within the body increasing the weight of the individuals that consume it. Replace the sweets containing the refined sugar with natural sweets such as fruits. Using the natural sweets to satisfy the sweet cravings will lead to weight loss and better health. Add grains and beans to the fruits to increase the natural goodness of the fruit. The natural sugar in the fruits provides the right kind of energy as well as essential fibers and nutrients. Avoid consuming sugary drinks such as tea, coffee, and sodas....

Why Your Friends Can Be Bad For Your Weight

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Being overweight is often viewed as a failure of personal responsibility. source “She just hasn’t tried hard enough.” “He eats too much sugar and he knows it’s bad, but he won’t give it up.” “Gosh, she’s reeeeally let herself go.” While personal habits are part of the weight-loss equation, the idea that they’re the  only  factor is misguided. “The notion that we are somehow islands when it comes to our weight simply isn’t true,” write Walter Willett and Malissa Wood in  Thinfluence: The Powerful and Surprising Effect Friends, Family, Work, and Environment Have on Weight. As hormonal and other physiological changes in midlife make unwanted pounds easier to put on than take off, it is important to remember that many other factors come into play, including how much money you make, local and national politics, the ubiquity of fast (and often unhealthy) foods, even the design of many homes (think of how many contemporary dining areas are outfitted with, or adjacent to, a ...

How to Lose Holiday Weight Gain

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The holidays are over, but the gingerbread men and eggnog may be lingering as the source of your expanded waistline. The weight you gain during the holidays has a tendency to stick around longer than intended, according to a 2014 study published in Physiology and Behavior. Making a few changes as to how you eat, and exercise may help you lose those extra holiday pounds and keep them off. Be sure to consult your doctor before embarking on your post-holiday weight-loss journey. source Take Your Time Losing Holiday Pounds While you may feel as though you gained your holiday weight in a few short weeks, you want to take your time when it comes to losing it. Fast weight loss may leave you feeling tired and hungry. Plus, when you lose weight too quickly it often means you're losing more muscle and water, and not the unwanted fat. To lose the fat, drop the holiday weight gain at a rate of 1 to 2 pounds a week. Depending on how much weight you gained over the holidays, it may take you into...

What Science Actually Says About Holiday Weight Gain

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If you’re starting to feel a little twinge of worry about staying Paleo – or just staying sane – between now and New Year’s Day, you’re not alone. The holidays are supposed to be a time of joyful celebration, but they usually come with a heavy dose of stress attached for anyone who’s trying to eat healthy, lose weight, or maintain a weight loss that they’ve already accomplished. source Unfortunately, most of the advice you’ll see is the same old generic list of recycled tips: don’t show up hungry to a party, choose your indulgences wisely, be aware that alcohol has calories…most of this you could have guessed on your own, and the rest of it you only needed to hear once. And if it really did work, holiday weight gain wouldn’t be such an issue! So instead of dressing up the same advice with a new photo, this article takes a look at  what the research actually says about seasonal weight gain and how you can fight back . Who Gains Weight, and How Much? First off, the facts. Forewarned ...

How To Recover From Vacation Weight Gain

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How can you recover from vacation weight gain? If you have gone on vacation lately, you may realize that it isn’t necessarily hard to eat clean.  The again, you’re on vacation, so that means your diet and fitness are on vacation also!  It becomes very easy to indulge in a “vacation binge fest” where you eat and drink everything that looks appealing. What isn’t  AS  easy is recovering from that vacation binge and losing the extra vacation weight gain baggage! Throughout this post I will tell you about my experience during my last vacation binge and what I am doing to get back on track. Vacation Fitness? Thoughts that go through your head early in your vacation: I’m on vacation, I need to let myself relax…  Even with my diet. Damn that Key Lime Pie sure looks good! French fries?  YES!  Double! Beer, margarita, rum punch?  YES!  Line them up! Thoughts that go through your head towards the end of your vacation: Holy crap, why did I eat all of t...