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Google is offering all of its employees a free bike to ride to work.

The bikes, manufactured by Raleigh Europe, will be offered to around 2,000 permanent employees of the search engine giant in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. All of the bikes - plus free helmets - will be branded with the Google name.

Holger Meyer, Germany’s first Google employee, came up with the idea and staff will be able to choose from a range of (more…)

What is a fad diet?

There is a lot of misinformation out there when it comes for nutrition and diets. A fad diet is supposed and promoted to improve health but may do nothing at all, or even have the opposite results if it is nutritionally unbalanced and unconfirmed by scientific studies. You need to be careful, because fad diets can be harmful to your health and your wallet.

Fad diets may:

• Promote quick weight loss or make unrealistic promises.
• Suggest special products or require dietary supplements.
• Require certain foods be eaten at particular times of the day. (more…)

With the Zone Diet, Jennifer Aniston aims for a ratio of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein, and 30% fat. According to Dr. Sears (the creator of The Zone Diet), this ratio will tune up the metabolism to burn fat, as long as you choose low-starch fruits and vegetables as your carbs. The Zone Diet also recommends lean protein sources and healthy fats, not just any meat or oil will do.

The Zone diet that Jennifer Aniston uses is intended to be a lifestyle pattern change instead of a temporary diet. The zone diet is in fact a safe eating plan that can be adopted for life if you desire. On this diet you are still eating from all of the food groups in the food pyramid, the only difference is that you are eating food in different ratio’s than what was commonly thought to be correct. You will still have a healthy and balanced diet, the main change is in the amount (more…)

Mariah Carey has a markable voice that helped her reach the top of the pop charts, but recently she made headlines with her remarkable weight loss story. She lost weight rather fast (according to the plan, in 11 days) on the new Dr. Howard Shapiro plan “The Picture Perfect Prescription”. Dr. Shapiro said, “We helped get Mariah Carey started with the weight loss she has achieved - she lost about 10 pounds (5 kg) during the time we worked together.”

This is not just another diet that tells you what and when to eat, it also works on your motivation and the basics of the diet are:

1. Stress control
2. Exercise
3. Eating nutritious food that tastes good
4. Reaching out, maintaining optimism

Day 1: Try something new.

Breakfast:
(option 1)
Mixed berries (more…)