Posts Tagged ‘diet’

Contribution of Various Foods to Saturated Fat Intake in the American Diet

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Saturated fat tend to promote more weight gain body than any other food. So there should be always some careful check on the diet which contains saturated fat.

Food Group Contribution

(percent of total sat fat consumed)

Cheese 13.1
Beef 11.7
Milka 7.8
Oils 4.9
Ice cream/sherbet/frozen yogurt 4.7
Cakes/cookies/quick breads/doughnuts 4.7
Butter 4.6
Other fats 4.4
Salad dressings/mayonnaise 3.7
Poultry 3.6
Margarine 3.2
Sausage 3.1
Potato chips/corn chips/popcorn 2.9
Yeast bread 2.6
Eggs 2

Saturated fats promote weight gain in body . The above chart makes us aware of the food which contains saturated fats so that we can plan our diet for weight reduction.

Above this some diet pills or weight loss pills can also help us to reduce weight gain.

5 ways to lose weight without dieting!!!

Friday, October 17th, 2008

You must have gone for fad diets or crash diets to lose your weight and deprived your self with yummy food and nutrition and still the outcome coming to you is same over weight problem.

So in case you have given up the idea of diet, then just try these little modification in your life style

1.Never skip breakfast so that you do not end up eating whole day long.

2.No post 8 pm carbs in your diet and just try to close your kitchen after 10pm to avoid those munchy snacks which you eat after your diner.

3.Go for a vegan diet with lots of fresh fruit and vegetables.

4.Chose liquid diet so that your stomach feels full and you do not tend to eat much.

5.Add more steps in your foot by following an active life style.

Adopt these simple, painless strategies to lose weight instead of going for diets. Above all some safe and simple methods are also like going for weight loss pills.

Change 5 Bad habits of your life style and increase 10 years in your life!!!

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

By just changing the  key 5 habits given below one can cut the risk of early death especially  for the middle aged people:

1. over weight

2. cigarette smoking

3. low activity

4. low quality diet

5. no light or moderate alcohol

If your life style includes all of the above five of the five risk then there is 5 times increase in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disorder and 3 times risk of dying from  cancer .

Diet connection with blood types!!!

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Here am talking about the diet habit according to the blood types. Yes, its true and also amazing to know that even blood type matters in one’s diet.

The lectins in our food reacts differently with the ABO blood type to a lesser extent with an individual’s secretor status.

The unique dietary recomedation according to the blood types are:

Blood group O : diet recommends that this blood group eat a higher protein diet.

Blood group A :   diet recommends that this blood group eat vegetable free from red meet, a more vegetarian intake.

Blood group B: blood type diet claims that people of blood type B are the only ones who can thrive on dairy products

Blood group AB : in terms of dietary needs this blood type needs to be an intermediate between A and B blood type.

Top reasons for fatigue!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Feeling fatigued? You are not alone.

You need a check-up. A physical & mental analysis is required as fatigue can mysteriously appear and then go away just by taking a short train ride. Its just that the mind  & body are not in sync. It can happen to anyone.

And if you are overweight, fatigue can be your second life. Some of the major reasons for fatigue are:

  • Anemia
  • Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
  • Too much Caffeine
  • Undiagnosed Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
  • Undiagnosed heart disease
  • Food Allergies

In any case, it is imperative, that a doctor be consulted immediately.

If you are over-weight, losing weight should be first on your mind.

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