Diet Articles

Calories Burned = Fat Burned = Weight Loss -
Low Intensity Workout vs. High Intensity Workouts. Let’s solve the debate on low intensity vs. high intensity workouts. There are many conflicting statement about how long and how hard you need to exercise in order to lose weight.

Coffee Drink Calories - How much damage can your favorite coffee drink do in additional calories added to your diet? You don't need to give up your favorite coffee drink, but just adjust your coffee order to make it more calorie conscious. Try these tips to make your next coffee drink guilt-free.

Daily Calorie Goals - The number of calories you regularly eat are reflected in the week-to-week changes of your weight record. Extra calories, obviously, can turn into extra pounds. So, it's important to regulate how many calories you eat each day in order to lose or maintain weight. If you can regularly meet these daily calorie goals, you should be able to reach your overall weight goal.

Determine Your Body Mass Index (BMI) - Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is a tool that can help adults determine whether you are at risk for a weight-related illness by correlating the ratio between your height and weight with body fat.

Diet Recipes - Since I always seem to be one a diet and trying to lose weight, I've included my personal collection of low fat recipes, low calorie recipes, low carbohydrate recipes, and diet recipes that I have collected (includes many recipes from my main web site that I have adapted).

Dieting Hints & Tips - Lots of dieting hints and tips for help you on your dieting goal.

Food Nutritional Value Chart - This chart is strictly an aid to help you on your favorite diet program in analyzing your recipes. All information is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions.

How To Eat Out On A Diet or How To Survive Without Blowing Your Diet! - Don't avoid restaurants when dieting! Eating out is fun and relaxing. You can eat out and eat healthy, too. Many restaurants offer delicious low-fat, low-cholesterol meals. The most important thing you can do is to be aware of healthy choices and to make wise choices.

Juicing For Weight Loss - Juicing for weight loss has such a wealth of body benefits that it is fast replacing water detox regimens. If a healthy diet and nutrition program is uppermost on your list of priorities, you will soon discover that juicing for weight loss is the optimal option.

Linda's Diet Statement - Eat to live, don't live to eat! I hate or dislike (hate is a strong word) the above statement because I am a true "foodie" who loves good food. I still love good food and always will. I just try to be selective in what foods I choose to eat at any given time.

Making Sense of Portion Sizes - Portion Control Secrets - Most of us tend to underestimate the amount of food we eat and tend to overestimate the recommended portion sizes for many foods. Almost everyone underestimates the amount of calories they consume, and people who weigh more do so to a greater degree.

Menopause and Weight Gain - After menopause and over a span of years (usually 10 or more), you may also see changes in your skin, such as increased dryness and wrinkling, and a change in hair texture. At this time, most women (around 2/3 of women) experience weight gain or difficulty maintaining their usual weight.

Resist The Stimuli Tempting Us To Overeat - Our relationship with food is complex. Eating is voluntary — and mandatory. Either way, we indulge. More than 67 percent of us are overweight, significantly so in many cases. Treat the information I'm about to provide with a certain respect. I have some ideas about how to get rid of that roundness in the area of your mid-section.

Why Weight Matters: Obesity and Your Health - We are a growing nation. In fact, according to the National Institutes of Health, more than sixty percent of Americans aged twenty years and older are overweight, and one-quarter of American adults are also obese. What does this mean for the health of our nation? Nothing good.

Beauty Articles

Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery - As people age, they often loose definition in their chin and jaw line due to fatty deposits, weakening muscles and loose skin where the neck and chin once made a right angle. By improving the neck region, patients' profiles look years younger and clothes and fashion accessories such as ties, turtlenecks, and necklaces are worn more comfortably.

I Admit It, I'm Vain! - I admit it, I'm vain! Guilty as charged! I think every women is vain to some degree. Face it, the face is the first mark of aging, as aging is an irreversible process. I care what I look like and how my skin looks.

Lip Balm Recipe - How To Make Your Own Lip Balm - Making your own lip balm and/or gloss is simple, very economical, and it is truly rewarding. By making your own lip balm, you know what products are going into it, and that you are using safe ingredients. I have made my own lip balms for a couple of years now. They also make great gifts.

Teeth Whitening - Teeth Bleaching - One of the first things people notice when they meet someone new is their smile. Teeth Whitening has become an accessible and relatively easy way to instantly improve appearance, create a positive first impression, and achieve a more youthful and radiant appearance.

Understanding Cosmetic Labeling – Decoding the Cosmetic Label - As we are learn more about our skin, the public is becoming more ingredient conscious. Understanding what substances make up a product can be helpful. This is not meant to be a complete list of every ingredient used in the industry, but will attempt to cover the most popular individual ingredients and categories that have gained recognition as of late.

Water - The Fountain of Youth! - For thousands of years, people of all countries have been seeking a mythical fountain of youth. If I told you that there is something that will give you beautiful glowing skin, diminish those fine lines and wrinkles, increase your energy level, and help your overall health, I bet you would be interested.

Younger Looking Hands - Keeping Hands Beautiful As We Age - A lot of us take care of our faces, but forget about our aging hands. Next to your face, your hands are probably the most visible parts of your body. Knowing how to maintain your hands as you age is the best way to make sure they look your best and that you, in turn, look your youngest.

Tea health

Whether it's drunk hot or cold, did you know that tea is one of the best things you can drink?

Tea drinking has been claimed to have health benefits for centuries, but only in recent years have doctors conducted studies to see if the claims are justified.

Considering the amount of tea drunk around the world every day, the news that the drink can be good for you is welcome indeed. Recent research has indicated that drinking tea as part of a healthy diet and life style can help maintain a healthy body including a healthy heart.

The value of tea may be due, in part, to its antioxidants. Like fruit and vegetables, tea is rich in antioxidants. (In tea these are known as flavonoids). Antioxidants in the diet may help the body in its management of free radicals – highly reactive substances capable of causing damage to body cells.

If that's not enough to convince you that tea is worth trying, take a look at some of these fast facts. Green and black teas offer the same health benefits. Many people don't realize that black and green tea contain virtually the same amount of antioxidants. In fact, whether hot or cold, bottled or using a bag, tea is probably the healthiest drink around.

Drinking four cups of tea is rehydrating – not dehydrating as is often said – unless the amount of tea consumed at one sitting contains more than 250mg of caffeine (the equivalent of five cups of tea).

According to the Harvard Women’s Health Watch, tea provides a few tips to get the most out of tea-drinking:

• Drinking a cup of tea a few times a day to absorb antioxidants and other healthful plant compounds. In green-tea drinking cultures, the usual amount is three cups per day.
  
• Allow tea to steep for three to five minutes to bring out its catechins.
  
• The best way to get the catechins and other flavonoids in tea is to drink it freshly brewed. Decaffeinated, bottled ready-to-drink tea preparations, and instant teas have less of these compounds.
  
• Tea can impede the absorption of iron from fruits and vegetables. Adding lemon or milk or drinking tea between meals will counteract this problem.

Tea contains fluoride, which has a well-established link to dental health. Studies have shown that tea can provide up to 70% of the fluoride you need. It's also thought that antioxidants in tea may help inhibit the growth of the bacteria that cause plaque.

Tea without milk and sugar has virtually no calories. And in hot weather, it seems refreshing. This may be because it can raise your body temperature and momentarily cause an increase in perspiration, which cools the skin.

Teas such as Lipton are made from tea leaves rich in natural antioxidants, plus other good stuff your body loves. As for the taste, with a range covering hot and cold teas, and green and black varieties, it boosts your taste buds, as well as your well being.

Facts on Caffeine in Tea Decaffeinated tea is not caffeine free. It still contains up to .4% by dry weight caffeine content. The longer the tea leaves have fermented, the greater their caffeine content. The smaller the tea leaf, the stronger the extraction of caffeine. The first and second leaves of the tea plant are believed to contain the largest amount of caffeine at 3.4 %. *Caffeine content (Ref.: International Food Information Council, All About Tea by William H. Ukers) Type of Tea Milligrams of Caffeine Caffeine Avg Per Serving Range Per Ounce* Black tea 40 25-55 5. naturally caffeinated Oolong tea 30 12-55 3.75 naturally caffeinated somewhat less than black tea Green tea 20 8-30 2.5 naturally caffeinated somewhat less than oolong tea, White tea 15 6-25 2. naturally caffeinated somewhat less than green tea Decaffeinated tea 2 1-4 .5 Caused from removing most of the caffeine from black, oolong, green, or white tea Herbal "tea" 0 0 0. Naturally caffeine free Does Tea Contain More Caffeine Than Coffee? Tea has only 1/2 to 1/3 as much caffeine as coffee when you compare them cup for cup. In dry form, coffee actually has less then tea in dry form. Next time you brew that pot of coffee, consider how much less your brewed cup of tea will have. Unless of course you consume your tea dry. (Ref.: Caffeine by The Institute of Food Technologists' Expert Panel on Food Safety & Nutrition.) What Determines Caffeine Levels? The amount of caffeine in tea depends on a number of things, the variety of tea leaf, where it is grown, size and cut of the tea leaf, and how you brew or steep as well as how long. Studies from the Caffeine Institute also show that caffeine levels can vary depending on the location of the tea leaf on the plant. (Ref.: Caffeine by The Institute of Food Technologists' Expert Panel on Food Safety & Nutrition, All About Tea by William H. Ukers)