Tag: Weight Loss Concepts
Sweetness is perhaps the most revered and coveted taste by all. That’s why all paediatric medications are so palatable.A bite of processed chocolate elevates our mood in seconds. And who is responsible for all this: the pristine white crystals of sugar!However, in this article, we are using the term ‘sugar’ to cover all sweet substances that is even sugar...
Sugar or rather sweet items is some thing that everyone cherishes.A little bit in cakes, chocolates, mousse who doesn't like the sweet taste.However, lately the kind of review scientists and nutritionists are presenting about sugar kind of makes rethink our choice of sugar as great food but that still doesn’t stop me from eating it (in moderation though).If we...
Imagine waking up to a day with no rules on what and how much you eat.You no longer have to face the dreadful weighing scales and you only think about food when you are hungry.What a perfect world would that be?! But is it possible? Absolutely it is. Just go on a diet or join a weight loss program...
We all need a dose of positive reinforcement every now and then.That little extra push to keep us going and does not make us lose our focus.It’s applicable to our weight loss goals. But when it comes to weight loss, motivation alone does not work. You got to see good and quick results to keep you motivated.Out of the...
Obesity is a health condition which now has received global attention from experts of all fields related to nutrition and health.Extensive research has been conducted to not only identify treatments but also to identify causes in order to design treatments focused on that cause.Most of us aware of the common causative agents of obesity: poor diet, lack of physical...
Weight loss paraphrases into calorie restriction and exercise.Calorie restriction is mediated by various diets and perhaps one of the most controversial diets is low carb diet.Origin of low carbs diet dates back to 1864, when William Banting wrote his famous Letter on Corpulence that suggested four meals of meat or fish per day and strictly avoid starch or sugary...
Among the number of fad diets, emerges a scientifically sound diet called low glycemic index diet.This diet again focuses on carbohydrates, blood sugar levels and insulin levels.But it is way different from low carb diets since it allows you to eat good carbohydrates. (Read Carbohydrates and weight loss).This plan is not just about eating pasta while losing weight, but...
The principles of nutrition are rather confounding.Various studies come up with diverging and conflicting results and everyone has a different set of argument which supports or opposes the study.Same is the case with fats.One moment you enjoy drizzling olive oil on every next meal, the other moment you are advised to go fat-free.Fats make you fat would be true...
Dieting is the number one weight loss effort based on the idea that the lesser you eat the lesser you will weigh.And the commercial streak of nutrition widely exploits this mindset and bombards the public with expensive fad diets.The US national surveys conducted between 1950 and 1966 reported that 14% women and 7% men were trying to lose weight.In...
Relapse is a retreat to original behaviour. Recovering alcoholics and drug addicts relapse.Even regular people relapse when they make a new resolution and fail to keep them.Or probably every time you fail to keep a promise, you are lapsing.So, even dieters relapse.And like every other lapse case, this is also a scene of a crisis. So who is to...