Health
How to Speed Up Your Aging Metabolism
Have you ever heard people say that your metabolism starts to decline when you hit 25? While you’re young, you might be able to get away with eating and drinking your way through the weekends without much effect on your waistline. But, as get older, the foods we eat and the activity we do (or…
Read MoreHow The Sugar Industry Has Been Lying To You
I like to think that we can trust researchers to report the facts correctly. Especially when it comes to nutrition and health! However, newly released historical documents show otherwise. During the 60’s, the sugar industry paid researchers to down play the link between sugar and heart disease and shift the blame to fat. This research…
Read MoreIs Your Inability to Say No Stopping You from Losing Weight?
According to Shannon Ponton, star of The Biggest Loser Families, one factor that’s worsening Australia’s obesity crisis is people’s inability to say no. While many professionals look to blame things like eating too much sugar and not having enough time to work out, Ponton says “as a society, we’ve forgot what the word no means”.…
Read MoreWhy You Should Avoid Diet Soft Drinks
Zero sugar. Zero calories. 100% taste. Seems like winning doesn’t it? But, as with most things in life, when it sounds too good to be true, it usually is! And the same goes for diet soft drinks. Just because a can of Coke Zero doesn’t have any calories, doesn’t mean it’s as good as water.…
Read MoreBeat stress the natural way every day
Stress is a significant problem in today’s world, so it’s important to learn how to beat stress using healthy techniques that you can maintain as part of your everyday routine. Learning how to beat stress is part of adopting a healthy lifestyle Even if you are eating a healthy nutritious diet and exercising regularly, you…
Read MoreAvoiding potatoes? Do you really need to?
Avoiding potatoes seems to be high up on the list of just about everyone who’s trying to lose weight. Is this a legitimate weight loss hack? Or are you avoiding that delicious potato salad for no good reason? Are you avoiding potatoes of all kinds? Just the white ones? Confused about sweet potatoes? (Can something that…
Read MoreIdentify weight loss scams before it's too late!
As I’ve mentioned before, the weight loss industry is a multi billion dollar industry. Unfortunately, this entails countless weight loss scams. These false fads have only one aim: to take your money. They are not interested in your health, fitness, and overall well-being. Some are just downright dangerous. Telltale signs of weight loss scams You’re…
Read MoreSkinny Fat explained and solved
Are you tired of being skinny fat? Had enough of being told that you have nothing to worry about because you aren’t overweight and your body fat levels are acceptable? And whilst you might not be tipping the scales, no matter how hard your work out your body remains soft… undefined… lacking tone… with no…
Read MoreIntermittent fasting: no food for thought
Intermittent fasting has been receiving a lot of attention in the dieting industry. Sometimes it’s referred to as ‘staggered calorie intake’. One specific take that’s quite popular is the 5:2 philosophy, where you are meant to eat ‘normally’ for 5 days, and then fast for 2 days. (Fasting here means eating very restricted calories.) It…
Read MoreHealth secrets for sustained weight loss
Have you ever enviously looked at someone who is fit and toned, and wondered what their secret is? Wondered why it seems to be so easy – effortless even – for some people to keep in shape? Well, perhaps it’s time that we revealed these health secrets. The health secrets that will help you lose…
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