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Water and How It Helps Weight Loss

November 3rd, 2008 | Add a Comment

H2O is well know for it’s health benefits. It has also long been credited with helping people who are trying to lose weight. The reasons why though are not so widely known. Many suspect that drinking water will help you feel fuller thereby eating or craving less high calorie food. There’s some truth to that. Others might suggest that fumbling with a water bottle gives you something to do with your hands and that it takes your mind off of eating. There’s also truth to that. There may be plenty of truth to these suggestions, but water also fulfulls a fundamental need for the body. It is needed for metabolism. We know that metabolism plays a huge role in weight loss. But how does water fit in? Well, it’s like this..the … Read entire article »

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Foods That Boost Your Metabolism

August 31st, 2008 | Add a Comment

Why is it that some foods that make you fat and others don’t? This because the foods that cause you to gain weight take very little energy to burn. They are processed almost immediately and usually stored in your body as fat. Foods that make you skinnier are usually foods are harder to digest and therefore speed up metabolism by using up more energy during the digestion. The foods that speed up metabolism are considered “negative calorie foods”. Unfortunately these foods don’t possess any magical properties that erase the number of calories in your body (don’t we wish?) so the name can be a bit misleading, but they are still beneficial. What really happens is that these foods make your body work harder while digesting them. Foods like this already possess a … Read entire article »

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Metabolism: Can You Control It?

October 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment

No two people metabolize food at the same rate therefore no two people have the same metabolism.  We all use our calories at different rates, with different results.  Our metabolism, like our fingerprints, is unique to each of us.  But the need to understand and accommodate this metabolism is an issue that we all face. The dictionary defines metabolism as the sum of all biochemical processes involved in life, or the sustaining of life.  Concerning our health, metabolism is related to the intake and use of food. More specifically, it refers to your ability to utilize our food to the fullest extent. Right now, the greatest results in raising our metabolism come from exercise and building your muscle mass, while reducing your body fat.  Adding more muscle to the body causes us … Read entire article »

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