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I’m always trying to control  the number of calories I consume each day, no matter if I want to maintain or lose weigh. I need to know how much I’m eating, because I’m a gourmand and some times I overeat.

There are many good calorie databases on line, but the problem is that there are too many steps to take before you actually know how much you’re eating:

1. Weight each ingredient
2. Log in to a database to check the calories for your ingredients
3. Sum up the nutritional information
4. Keep a (written) track of everything you eat. (more…)

A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, Deakin University health researchers believe.

We currently know that the human tongue can detect five tastes: sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami (a taste for identifying protein rich foods).

Dr. Keast said that through this study we can say that humans have a sixth taste:  fat.

The study concluded that people have a taste threshold for fat, which vary from person to person. (more…)

The television is a marvelous invention, nobody can doubt that. In the last 75 years, since its invention, it was the major source of information and entertainment.

A recent study conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation, “Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds”, tell us that our children are watching TV an average of 4:29 hours each day and have a total of 10:45 hours of media exposure.

Children and teens spend about as much time with media as they do sleeping, and the overexposure could take a toll on their health, a new U.S. (more…)

You probably hear it a lot, that trainings are good for your health, but do you know why? Maybe if you know from the beginning what you could gain, you will be eager to go to the gym.

1. Exercise lowers the risk of heart disease

Exercise increases the ratio of good cholesterol (HDL) to bad cholesterol (LDL) and also lowers triglycerides. Through exercise the clotting in the blood is reduced, thus reducing the risk of heart disease.

2. Reduces the risk of colon cancer

Regular exercise helps regulate the digestive system. (more…)

I cannot believe this year has gone by so fast. It’s December one more time!

This gives you one month to look fabulous for the New Year’s Eve party. Don’t think you can eat all you want, because your New Year’s resolution will be to lose weight anyway. Statistics say 40% of Americans promise to lose weight in the New Year, however, almost 90% of those don’t succeed. This is the perfect time to stay focused, because December is the busiest month of the year.

Set goals

Don’t try to accomplish now what you couldn’t (more…)

A few weeks ago I was asked by Amanda Nelson from Rocket XL if I want to take part at a special testing of a new weight loss product, called Sensa. At first I was skeptical, I visited Sensa’s official web site, I read different opinions and in the end I said “Why not?”.

There are special incentives for you, offered by the producer. Based on the most dramatic change, 3 winners will be selected to win an additional 6-month supply of Sensa and other beauty products. All you have to do is send me “before” and “after” photos (more…)

It’s easy to be fooled by commercials when they promote a product as being “healthy”, but you don’t know anything else about it.
Here are a few myths about healthy products sold in supermarkets and health-food stores.

Myth: Cereal bars are healthier than chocolate bars

Fact: Don’t count on that. Cereal bars can be as high in sugar as chocolate and you can end up eating the same amount of calories or more.

Myth: Fruits are good for desert (more…)

Fad diets promise you will look better, lose the extra weight in only a few days and that you will not regain the lost weight.

Many people fall in this trap and I’m sure you tried or know someone who tried The Cabbage Soup Diet, The Grapefruit Diet, The Dissociate Diet or The 90 Days Diet. The results are the same, almost all the time:

• you lose weight, but that is mostly water and muscle tissue;
• you feel weak because your body lacks minerals and vitamins;
• you have unexpected craves; (more…)

Do you feel the urge to eat chocolate whenever you are upset or anxious, even though you are not hungry? It may not be your fault after all. The scientists are giving you a new excuse now: your chocolate craving may be determined by some bacteria in your stomach.

Sure, everyone has a vast number of microbes in their gut, but people who have a daily cravings for chocolate show signs of having different colonies of (more…)

It looks like a regular flip-flop to me, but they (Darren James and Dr David Cook, the developers) call it The Fitflop.

There is a footwear phenomenon in the last years that promises far more than just comfort and style. I don’t know what happened to Fitness, Pilates or weight lifting, but it seems like now all you have to do is change your shoes.

The most recent sensation is the FitFlop, whose producers try to convince the public that it gives you longer and leaner-looking legs. (more…)