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  • Soft Drinks Not So Soft When It Comes to Gaining Weight

    Soft drink consumption results in increased calorie intake, and reduces the consumption of fruits and milk, showed a recent study. Also, consumers of soft drinks have an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to the same study.

  • Overweight Couples More Likely to Have Conception Trouble

    Overweight or obese couples are more likely to wait longer before having a baby, compared to healthy weight couples, according to Danish researchers. The chances that an obese couple waits almost a year before the woman gets pregnant are three times higher compared to a normal weight couple.

  • Losing Weight Through Hypnosis: Myth or Reality?

    The hypnotic state is a high state of concentration, relaxation, and suggestibility. Hypnosis can make people learn positive eating behaviors. More and more people are starting to see hypnosis as an easy solution to the difficult problem of losing weight.

  • Light Exercise Not Lowering Breast Cancer Risk

    Moderate exercise does not have any positive effects against the breast cancer risk, found a recent study made by University of Southern California researchers. Only long-term, strenuous exercise may help to some extent, according to the researchers.

  • The Warrior Diet

    The Warrior diet allows people to eat in the evening as much as they wish, without any calorie restrictions, while during daytime it allows for only small amounts of food. The diet, which controversial due to the fact that it does not use any form of calorie counting, was designed by a former Specia

  • Obesity Increases the Prostate Cancer Death Risk

    Obese men suffering from prostate cancer are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from it compared to normal-weight men, according to a recent study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center .

  • Most Popular Low-Carb Diets

    Low-carb diets limit the intake of certain carbohydrates. Researchers believe that carbohydrate intake increases the insulin level, which leads to weight gain. Two of the most popular low-carb diets are the Atkins diet and the South Beach diet.

  • TV Watching Makes Children Overweight, Says New Study

    The more time a three-year old child spends in front of the TV, the more calories he consumes, according to Harvard researchers. Increased TV watching is associated with larger intake of junk-food and decreased intake of healthy foods, such as vegetables, fruits, dietary fibers, or calcium.

  • The Blood Type Diet

    This nutrition plan was created by Peter D`Adamo, and is based on the blood types.

  • The “Emergency” Diet

    The "emergency" diet, with seven meals per day, is an easy diet that brings weight loss without starvation and may be followed for a week. The "emergency" diet also improves metabolism and eliminate fats easier.

  • Mood, Emotions Play Key Role in Food Choice

    The strongest craves for food occur when people are emotionally sensitive. Consciously or not, some people eat more when they face a difficult problem, have no occupation, or need comfort.

  • Lose Weight Fast with the Red Tea Diet

    The red tea diet is a low-calorie diet that may help you lose up to seven pounds within five days. This diet requires that you to drink four cups of red tea daily, at breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner, and eat only certain foods rich in carbohydrates and vegetables.

  • Staying Fit at Any Age: Essential Tips

    Staying physically active and exercising regularly may help avoid or delay disease and disability. However, older adults are sometimes wary about exercising. Some are afraid to exercise because they think they will get too tired or may suffer injuries. Yet older adults hurt their well-being more by

  • Obesity: Caused by Gallstones?

    Gallstones form in the gallbladder from solid material, mostly cholesterol. They may be as small as a grain of sand and reach the size of a golf ball. The silent gallstones are painless but the symptomatic gallstones cause abdominal or back pain.

  • User post: What Gives You Energy?

    Do you feel tired lately and have no energy? Try to fix the problem from the inside. Be careful what you eat. There are some things that may provide you the energy you need, and you may have no clue about them.

  • Sleep Disorders: Do They Cause Obesity to Children?

    Not enough sleep may lead to weight gain for children, according to US scientists. Previously, children's lack of sleep was found to cause bad school performance or emotional problems, but a recent study connects it to becoming overweight.

  • Five Misconceptions About Low-Carb Diets (I): the Atkins Diet

    When the Atkins diet was published, it gave rise to many controversies about whether low-carb diets really work or not. Soon, a battle started between high and low-carb diets. In fact, studies showed that the Atkins diet is as efficient as any diet when it comes to losing weight.

  • Ten Don’ts for a Successful Diet

    A diet may sometimes end up being more of a challenge, than a benefit. That's why you need to avoid some common mistakes if you want to successfully get yourself in shape again.

  • Portable Biosensor Showing When Food Is Contaminated

    Those concerned about food safety have a new tool to detect contaminated food. A new chemical biosensor developed by researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the Spanish National Research Council. It can detect the presen

  • Healthy Nails Maintained with a Healthy Diet

    The next thing a man is said to notice when, after a woman's figure, are her nails. The nails also need special attention, and the weekly oil bath is not enough. Spots and striations may show up on the nails of you don`t follow a healthy diet.