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Weight loss: Diet doesn’t matter a lot

Posted: March 5th 2009 By editor1         under: Health News     Tags: , , , , , , ,

A new study says that no matter whether you are on low fat or low carb diet, they don’t seem to have any effect on weight loss if you don’t burn as much calories as you consume. The study has been published in the Journal Medicinewith

These new findings remind us of the Age of Enlightenment and the law of conversation of energy the concept that has lost now in this fad-diet world.

According to which all diets have not been created as equal. Frank Sacks, who is a professor at Harvard School of Public Health, led that study and he says: “We have found in this study that diets are not simply about losing weight.”

Some smart ways to lose body fat

Posted: November 27th 2008 By editor1         under: Food and Fitness     Tags: , , , , , , , ,

When it’s about losing fat, many think that different diet pills are the best answer to the never-ending question of how to lose fat. But you must keep this in mind that these diet pills bring about a lot of side-effects aside from their wonderful results and secondly, they often fail to provide long lasting results as you often begin to gain weight again when you off these pills. The same happens with many other surgical procedures that are quite popular these days for losing excess fat of the body, as they can’t give you a permanent solution and you may begin to gain fat quite soon.

The smartest way to lose body fat is to burn this fat, but for the majority of the people burning body fat is a real effort. It requires taking a lot of exercise or a low calorie diet or both. But most of the time a nice combination of some good exercises and proper healthy diet can do wonder and make you feel about your shape the way you want to.

Nutrients and Their Role in the Body

Posted: October 16th 2008 By editor1         under: Food and Fitness     Tags: , , , , , ,

What we actually mean by perfect health, it is the state of having a smooth and healthy skin, supple body, a charming face, sparkling eyes and an efficient digestive tract. As a whole we can say perfect health is a feeling of absolute well being. More over it keeps you energetic throughout the day and also provide you with an active mind.

Perfect health can be attained only through a good diet. In order to achieve this state one should be peculiar in what he is eating. The foods which we consume should be rich in nutrients. Our body requires carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, fats, vitamins, iron, calcium, salt etc in sufficient amount to keep us healthy.

The food can be primarily classified into four main categories.

  • Carbohydrates and fats
  • Proteins
  • Mineral Salts
  • Vitamins

Carbohydrates and fats provide the major portion of energy required by our body. The major part of energy is consumed for maintaining the correct body temperature. About 3/4th of the energy produced, itself is required for this purpose. The remaining energy is used by the muscles, both internal as well as external. Fats act as a shield which protects the organs from all kinds of injury and it also allows the storage of energy for future. However over consumption of these food items leads to over weight.

Tips to keep hair strong and healthy

Posted: September 15th 2008 By editor1         under: Hair and Skin Care     Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Everyone lose hair on a daily basis, unfortunately many people rapidly loss hair than the generation of the new ones in replacement. It results in thinning hair and possibly leads to partial or complete baldness. Hereditary character also plays a key role in the intensity of hair loss but improper care of hair along with an unhealthy lifestyle may cause early hair loss.

The following are some useful hair care tips that you can use to perk the scalp up and improve hair look.

General

A healthy lifestyle means healthier hair for your personality. Excessive stress, smoking, lack of sleep, inadequate exercising and malnutrition are not healthy for your hair.

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