Measure for measure, a way to cut calories
The holiday season brings with it an overabundance of advice on how to avoid gaining weight in the face of all those festive meals, cocktail parties and plates of cookies brought in by co-workers. Depending on whose advice you're inclined to heed, you can cut back on carbs, mind the glycemic index of the foods before you, fill up on fat or count every calorie.
Or maybe you could just use smaller plates.
That's the premise of "The 9-Inch 'Diet' " (PowerHouse), a book published last November... read more ››
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Obama Urges Excise Tax on High-Cost Insurance
WASHINGTON — President Obama told House Democratic leaders at a meeting on Wednesday that they should include a tax on high-priced insurance policies favored by the Senate in the final version of far-reaching health care legislation, aides said.
The White House has long expressed a preference for the excise tax on high-cost plans, which health economists say could be an important tool in controlling long-term health care spending for the government and for individuals and families.
But House... read more ››
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Herbs to Lower Cholesterol, Cholesterol Lowering Herbs
High cholesterol can be found in any person. Still, at more risk are people who lead stressful lives but also maintain unhealthy diets. In order to lower your cholesterol level, the best thing to do is eat foods that are low in fat content (especially one kind of fat – saturated fat) but also to increase the amount of physical activity. Cholesterol lowering herbs are generally available for people who do not start taking prescription drugs to lower cholesterol immediately. This article will... read more ››
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The Different Types Of Antioxidants And Their Health Qualities
Over the past few decades there has been an unprecedented interest in discovering the natural healing qualities found within the human body and trying to harness them as tools of disease prevention and treatment. In particular, a great deal of attention has been given to the chemicals known as antioxidants. These are found naturally in the body and are absorbed through our food and drink intake. When antioxidants are present at their optimum level they defend body tissue against the attacks launched... read more ››
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The Truth about Artificial Sweeteners
Overview
Anyone who knows anything about Health and Fitness knows that the number one enemy of any dieter or trainer is sugar . High levels of Glucose, Sucrose or Fructose causes fat storage, insulin sensitivity and increased hunger, eventually leading to obesity and possibly diabetes. But sugar is so prevalent in most food we eat, how do we eliminate the bad and substitute something good?
The answer lies in the yellow, pink or blue packets that accompany most white... read more ››
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