To be clear, there is not one official diabetes diet. Instead, a “diabetic diet” is actually a series of guidelines set by the American Diabetes Association to help diabetics get control of their blood sugar, whether they take insulin or not. This diet also induces weight loss at the same...

In order to live, we must eat. Somewhere in our history, we stopped eating to live and started living to eat. This obsession with food has led to not only obesity in adults, but a rising obesity in children. Let’s examine the eating habits that can lead to obesity in children and the ways to change...

People who are obese commonly experience sagging skin once they lose the weight. When the body’s fat level increases, the skin stretches to accommodate the extra fat and often loses its natural elasticity. The longer a person is extremely overweight, the harder it is for the skin to bounce back...

When watching our health, what we eat is just as important as how much we eat. Too many of the wrong tasty treats can be an invitation to diabetes. Obesity is one risk factor for diabetes that is easily eliminated by developing good eating habits. For those who have already developed diabetes, dietary...

Using the latest in video game technology, Nintendo managed to take something that many people dreaded –exercise — and create a gaming system to propel home-based fitness to the next level. The Wii Fit and the more recent Wii Fit Plus have both been huge hits — not just with gamers, but...

A nutritionist is a person who is trained or an expert in the science of nutrition. If you are interested in losing weight, you may inquire about hiring a nutritionist to assist in your weight loss journey. How can a nutritionist help you lose weight? Typically you would hire a nutritionist for a five...

Weight Watchers is one of the easiest diet programs to follow, whether you attend live meetings or use their online program. For added and continued weight loss success, here are a few tricks you can use to help make this diet program even easier. Once you begin your weight loss journey on Weight Watchers,...

Detoxification and cleansing are two words you’ve probably heard a lot of lately. Everywhere you look there are ads for this detox diet or that colon cleansing diet to help you lose weight. So, just what does it mean to go on a “body detox” or to “cleanse to lose weight”? Here’s...

Even before the “official” diagnosis, people that suffer from acid reflux disease have already learned to avoid certain foods. This is because diet has a huge effect of acid reflux symptoms. acid reflux, also known as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), may exhibit an array of symptoms...

We lose fat in two ways: burn fat with exercise, and burn fat with muscle. As we increase our muscle, we burn more fat. It’s a wonderful cycle to get caught up in! Work out, lose fat, build muscle, burn more fat. Other than doing your exercises routinely, there are foods you can eat to help build...