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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…)

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…)

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…)

Yesterday at my local gym, I was doing my regular exercises, minding my own business, but there was a man of about 45 years old “coaching” (I mean supervising not to hit anyone) his son of 10. OK, this is strange too, but there is something else I want to talk about.

This man was watching me and kept telling me all the time “that’s not good for you”, “you’re waisting you’re time”, “you’re pushing too much”, “don’t stay like that”, “do like this”. The bottom line was that he wanted to tell me that no matter what I do there (in the gym) I will not lose weight unless I will eat exclusively chicken sup for as long as it takes to lose all the fat. (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…)

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…)

These days, everybody tries to eat as healthy as possible, to eliminate the toxins from our food, from our drinks and from our bodies. Maybe you think that a natural diet will keep you safe from toxins. It’s not true.

Our skin acts like a giant tongue and absorbs the substances it get in contact with. Most of the people that follow a detox diet or are eating as healthy as possible are missing a point: the cosmetics we put on our skin every day are absorbed and the toxins get directly into our systems. (more…)

This is the time that everybody expected for the entire year. Take a few days off, forget about work, about the city and problems and just go and relax in a heavenly location.

You should be careful though and avoid all inclusive holidays if you don’t want to gain back in just 1 week every pound you worked at the gym to get it off.

It’s impossible to stay away of the delicious dishes and services the hotels lure you with:

• unlimited meals and snacks including breakfast, lunch and dinner
• unlimited beverages including premium alcohol, juices and soft drinks (more…)

Eating healthy food doesn’t mean switching to salads. Healthy cooking is easy because in many cases, you can can change the recipes so they offer a healthier alternative.

Keep fats to minimum

It’s a good idea to minimize ‘hidden fats’ by choosing lean meats and reduced fat dairy products. Processed foods can also have lots of hidden fats. Dietary fats are best when they come from the unrefined natural fats found in nuts, seeds, fish, soy, olives and avocado because this fat is accompanied by other good nutrients. A little added oil can be a good thing. If you add a little oil to vegetable and legume dishes, it will help your body absorb fat soluble vitamins and antioxidant phytochemicals.

At the shop

Low fat cooking begins when you are shopping: (more…)

Sports drinks are precisely formulated for utilization during exercise and contain three main ingredients:

• water,
• carbohydrate (6-10%)
• sodium.

The benefits of these drinks include

• the offset of fluid losses,
• the replacement of energy (50-80 calories per cup),
• the boosting of fluid absorption into the blood
• the sweeter taste, of course. (more…)