We are always against fad diets that never truly work, so this new book from the American Heart Association was a welcome addition to our library. It’s refreshing to see a book that covers a whole host of issues while helping the reader get ready to lose weight the sensible way. It covers not only [...]

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• Review of the South Beach Diet Supercharged Out of all of the diets, by far the one that has received more than a fair share of adherents is the South Beach Diet. While there are plenty of those that may criticize this diet plan, for many others it does work and quite well. However, many feel that......
• Review: YOU on a DIET: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management by Michael F Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D Title - YOU on a DIET: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Author - Michael F Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D Format - Hardcover, 370 pages Publish Date - 2006 Publisher - Free Press, Simon & Schuster, Inc ISBN - 0743292542 and 9780743292542 From the authors behind YOU:......
• The New Glucose Revolution By Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller, Thomas M.S. Wolever, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri, Thomas Wolever Anytime it takes five people to write one book, you’ve got to wonder whether the subject matter is really difficult, or if there was a shortage of available projects on the market. The New Glucose Revolution tackles a pretty complex subject, but we failed to see how five people were......
• Review of Dr Shapiro's Guide to Picture Perfect Weight Loss Tomorrow is a holiday, which is why you are reading a book review today. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend. Enjoy the fireworks and BBQs! Dr. Shapiro's book The Guide to Picture Perfect Weight Loss combines several interesting factors into one plan to help readers lose weight. While you......
• The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough by Nathan Pritikin When Nathan Pritikin found out that he had heart disease, back in the 1950’s, most dietary concepts were pretty basic. He was one of the first to try out a low fat, high fiber diet to improve heart health and his results were pretty amazing. Fast forward to today and......

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The definition of one calorie, officially, is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one liter of water one degree. Thus, a calorie is actually not a tangible item, but rather a unit of measure. Calories actually measure the energy contained in a given food or beverage item that we [...]

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• Sunday Roundup - Don't Eat Bland Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you got your fitness cap on along with your cup of joe today. Check out the links below for some great weekend reading. The Fitness Health Network presents: Lazy Man and Health writes about Post Workout Nutrition. Get Fit Slowly says Maybe I Need A Remedial......
• 100 Calorie Diet Review The 100 Calorie Diet is a type of diet that was created by a pair of sisters, Tammy Trimble and Susie Trimble, and they lost more than 100 lbs following this diet plan that they have put together. They believe that by keeping track of calorie consumption in units of......
• Fiber is the Beginning to Improving Your Diet One of the ways to greatly improve your health and give a boost to your diet is to add fiber to your diet. Fiber makes the trip through your body with no real change in its structure, since the human body lacks what is needed to digest it. Despite our......
• Do You Eat Enough to Fuel Your Body? When you first start on a weight management plan, it’s easy to look at calories as your enemy. In fact, many people fall into the trap of actually consuming too few calories, which can make it harder to lose weight, especially over time. Your body needs to have fuel in......
• Retrain Those Taste Buds One of the biggest problems for many people on diets is that the food simply doesn't taste good. It's very hard to stay motivated on your diet when you feel like you're eating cardboard and bad cardboard at that. After years of indulging in your favorite fatty foods, your palate......

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