DietMotion

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…)

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…)

The weight loss process can be accelerated if you can find methods to increase the body’s fat burning processes. You can do that by using fat burners (which is easier, but unhealthy) or you can do it through old, healthier ways.

Here are 15 ways to increase the body’s fat burning process, except your regular exercises.

1. Reduce your calorie intake with 10%-15%

The formula is simple, you eat less = you weight less, but be careful and don’t exaggerate! (more…)

It looks like the nightmare both for men and women is finally over. No more bloating, cramps or feeling nervous, or at least that’s what I hope for.
SmartChocolate PMS Bar from Jamieson Laboratories is a premium rice crisp chocolate bar that is fused with natural botanicals to help relieve both the physical and the emotional symptoms of PMS.

White willow bark is often referred to as “herbal aspirin” and it can help to ease menstrual cramps by reducing levels of hormone-like compounds that cause pain and inflammation in the body. (more…)

How calories work?

I have briefly talked about how calories work and what’s the chemistry behind losing weight, but some of you asked me to try to explain it in another way.

This is simply mathematics. One kilogram (2 pounds) of fat is 7000 calories and according to the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another. This means that you have to find a way to transform the 7000 calories (more…)

Ontario residents with questions about healthy eating and nutrition can now seek out free answers online or by telephone.

Health Promotion Minister Jim Watson has launched the free EatRight Ontario telephone service to provide what he calls “credible information”.

Watson says the service will connect people directly with registered dieticians to discuss healthy food choices and explain diet-related health risk factors. (more…)

A typical daily food plan tells you how much of each food you can eat. Many people, however, are not very clear on portion sizes. That’s why you may have to measure and weigh your foods until you can recognize a typical portion by sight.

For a couple of weeks, use measuring cups and a food scale to measure all the food you eat. In time, you’ll recognize what a half-cup of rice or 3 ounces of meat looks like and you can stop measuring.

Where and how you eat

If you eat while watching TV or talking on the phone, (more…)