Finding a diet that is safe and that will give you rapid weight loss can be difficult but it is essential if you want to become slimmer, healthier and fitter. There are a few common mistakes that most people make when attempting to lose weight. These mistakes can cause ill…
4 Essential Tips For Quick Weight Loss
Losing weight is not easy and it sometimes can be expensive, especially if the dieters can not wait to see their self fit, slim and sexy. Everywhere you look quick weight loss diets are being offered as the solution to weight problems. A lot of people put their hope in…
Eating For Better Health – Water
Water makes up 70%-75% of our bodies and is of course an essential part of our dietary needs. We can live for up to four weeks without food but no more than three days without water. It forms the bulk of blood and tissue fluid, meaning that it’s essential for…
Eating For Better Health – Vitamins
We hear about vitamins all the time but have you ever stopped to ask yourself, what is a vitamin? The technical answer to this question is that a vitamin is an organic chemical compound – or related set of compounds – that cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by our…
Eating For Better Health – Proteins
There are certain foods that the body needs to have, without them you are going to end up with major health problems down the road. Jason Vale from ‘The Juice Master’ refers to them as ‘the six essential dietary needs’ and says, “The human body has six primary dietary needs,…
Eating For Better Health – Minerals
Minerals are also an important component of our diets. They form critical structural elements, control the action of our muscles and nerves, buffer the pH (acidity) of our cells and extracellular fluids. They make up only a small percentage or our body weight – about 5% – but the role…
Eating For Better Health – Fats
Getting the right amount of fats is also critical to our well-being. Fats provide us with energy. In fact, gram for gram, fats are the most efficient source of food energy. Every single gram of fat provides nine calories of energy. In comparison, carbohydrates and proteins provide only four calories.…
Reasons for a Detox Diet
Maybe you have read a lot of articles discussing detox diets, its efficiency as well as its drawbacks. And because of the many write ups that you have read about it, you are now confused as to whether or not you should try this regimen. Some articles may have written…
A Detoxification Diet Plan
A detoxification diet, is a specialized diet plan that you use only for a short amount of time. Its purpose is to rid your body of accumulated toxins. It is often used by people who have alcohol or drug problems but can also be useful for eliminating the environmental toxins…
3 Simple Steps To Detox Your Body
We all live in a highly toxic world, even our own homes are covered in toxins that we may not be aware of. Paints, solvents, wood preservatives, foam formaldehyde in sofas and mattresses, carpets and even bedding are all sources of highly toxic chemicals that can leave us with a…