Boost Your Metabolism

Metabolism is a mystery. You may know that mastering it is the key to losing weight, but what is it? And where is it? Turns out it's the engine that drives every cell, and that means it's everywhere. Your metabolism helps you walk, talk, fight off illness, even read this article. Its fuel is calories. Each one you consume goes into the metabolic tank that powers the machine that is you. Keep that tank filled... read more

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Portion Distortion- The Growing Plate

Back in the day, portion sizes were much different than those of today. Here are some facts I bet you did not know. Take the QUIZ!!!!

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Popular diets-Obesity

The answer to the perennial question "What's the best diet for losing weight?" is any diet that you can stick with for a long time. It should be as good for your overall health — your heart, bones, colon, and psyche — as it is for your waistline. It should offer plenty of good-tasting and healthy choices, banish few foods, and not require an extensive and expensive list of groceries or supplements.

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The Health Ranger Answers Common Questions About Nutritional Supplements (transcript)

(NaturalNews) The following is a transcript of a broadcast of The Health Ranger Show. You can find the downloadable audio of this program here: http://www.naturalnews.com/Index-Podcas...

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How to Calculate Carbs: Useful Tools

Here's a blogger with some great links to help people with diabetes calculate the carbs in their food.

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Bitter Melon Has Potent Anti-diabetes Effects

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Substances isolated from bitter melon, a plant eaten and used medicinally in much of Asia, could provide the basis of new drugs for treating diabetes and obesity, an international team of researchers reports.

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Egg Consumption Poses Risks for Diabetic Men

A new study suggests that consuming more than six eggs a week seems to raise the risk of dying from all causes.

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And diabetics seem to face an even higher mortality risk, according to the study that was limited to men.

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