People who spend a full year on a strict low-carbohydrate diet can lose weight, but they might be happier — and lose just as many pounds — if they focus on reducing fat intake instead of carbohydrates, new research suggests.

Weight-loss strategies like Atkins and South Beach promote sharply cutting carb intake so that your body burns fat for energy. These diets are known as ketogenic plans because, in the absence of carbohydrates, the liver breaks down fat into fatty acids and particles known as ketone bodies. Read the rest of this entry »

What do you think are the three or so most important supplements someone might want to take daily?

What supplements are the most important depends on your gender and your age. If your diet is lacking, a basic multivitamin is a good idea, which simply assures that you are getting the recommended daily doses of a number of essential vitamins. Beyond this, if you are a woman, I recommend you consider both calcium (600 mg twice a day) and magnesium (200 mg twice a day).  Read the rest of this entry »

Today’s fast-paced world leaves people little time to worry about their health—that is, until a medical emergency forces them to reassess their habits. That’s when it becomes apparent how much influence lifestyle choices have on our quality of life. For example, each day in the U.S., more than 4,000 people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition marked by high levels of blood glucose that can lead to serious complications and premature death.

And while there is no cure for the disease, it can be managed by eating healthy foods, exercising, maintaining a healthy weight and, if needed, medications or insulin therapy to regulate blood sugar levels. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of us have heard throughout our life that eating fruits and veggies is very important…  It really is true that eating fresh fruits and veggies every day is essential to a healthy diet and a healthy body.

If you are not eating your daily greens and colorful fruits, now is the time to start introducing these into your diet. Read the rest of this entry »

The scientists are modifying a well known additive used as a thickener in foods like salad dressings and ice cream into a weapon against obesity.

The team is converting the starch-like substance called gellan gum into a liquid which can be drunk but then turns to a gel when it reacts with the digestive juices in the stomach.

The substance, which contains virtually no calories, then slowly breaks down in around six hours. Read the rest of this entry »

Nutritionists have long recognised that vegetarians and others who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables are much more likely to be slim than those drawn to a standard modern diet of highly processed foods.

But now it seems it is not just down to the fact that fruit and vegetables contain fewer calories.

Tomatoes are rich in the compound lycopene, which scientists believe may help to make people feel more full by lowering appetite hormones. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to take Omega-3 supplements you should know some advice about it because some study suggest they can improve mood. Is there really a link?

Omega-3 supplements can be good for your mind as well as your body. Fish oil is the prime source of two key omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexanoic acid (DHA). Epidemiological studies have demonstrated significant inverse relationships between annual fish consumption and prevalence of major depression: The more fish eaten, the lower the levels of serious clinical depression. Read the rest of this entry »