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I love summer.

I love that I can go for walks in the park, that I can play with my dogs outside without feeling cold, I love barbeques and virtually any type of outdoor activity specific to this season.

But there is something I don’t like especially when I am on a diet.

Everywhere I go I see people eating ice cream.  Now don’t get me wrong. I love ice cream.

What I don’t love is that it has too many calories. Well, there are some diet ones in the supermarkets which claim not to have too many calories (more…)

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I’ve always been a fan of jogging: it’s easy, it’s fun, it’s effective, it doesn’t cost anything-except for the equipment and a right pair of shoes- and you don’t have to go to a gym to do it.

What’s a better way to start the day than with 30 minutes of jogging in the park, enjoying the fresh air and working out at the same time?

We could say that jogging is a type of work out good not only for your body but also for you spirit.

Although I’ve always preferred jogging outside, enjoying the nature, during the cold season I go running at the gym, like most people do. I’ve heard a (more…)

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I’ve talked to you in a previous article about the wonderful benefits of lentils to our diet.

I tasted them and I thought they were delicious.

Unfortunately I soon found out that most dishes that have this legume as a main ingredient have too many calories.

Well, this except for soup.

I would’ve liked to be able to eat Indian lentils with curry, but as soon as I found out that a serving has almost 500 calories, I saw in this dish something that I couldn’t afford to eat too often. So, instead of having it in an (more…)

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I’m sure you already know it’s good for your diet to avoid deep fried foods or pizza, even thou they taste delicious.

But did you know another good reason you should avoid them is because they can make you suffer from acid reflux?

Your diet has a lot to do with causing acid reflux and if you have had that burning sensation in your throat or a piercing pain right under your chest bone, wondering if it was a heart attack, then you know how severe a problem acid reflux can be!

What actually happens is that when we eat, the stomach releases (more…)

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I must confess that lentils are still new “territory” for me.

I’ve always heard people say how good they are, but I haven’ had the curiosity to try them until recently, since they didn’t look so appealing to me.

Moreover, I thought that there is only one type of lentils, the brown ones.

I was surprised to find out that they come in 5 different colors: brown, green, red, yellow and orange. The brown and green ones can be used in soups but also served as a main or side dish; the other ones dissolve quickly which is why they are used mostly in cream soups or stews.

Besides their delicious taste, another thing that convinced me to have (more…)

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The red blood cells in your body which carry oxygen to all the body organs have a life span of about 4 months post which they are destroyed and replaced with new ones.

Yes, the red blood cells play a vital role in keeping us alive and healthy – something which we take for granted all our lives.

These red blood cells are formed in the bone marrow and the body requires sufficient quantities of iron, folic acid, Vitamin B12 mainly to generate RBCs and it is our diet which provides these raw materials.

So definitely a poor diet is the cause for Iron-Deficiency Anemia and (more…)

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Did you know?

• More than 220 million people worldwide have diabetes.
• Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States; More than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
• World Health Organization projects that diabetes deaths will double between 2005 and 2030.
• Type 2 diabetes comprises 90% of people with diabetes around the world, and is largely the result of excess body weight and physical inactivity.

Type-2 Diabetes or the “Lifestyle disease” has slowly emerged as (more…)

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Fast food is the easiest and most convenient choice after a hard, long day at work.

You can find fast food restaurants or take-outs at every corner where you don’t have to wait more than 5 minutes for your order and everything tastes deliciously good.

Not to mention that a fast food menu, which usually consists of a burger, French fries and a soft drink, is cheaper than in any other restaurant that serves healthier food.

For all of these reasons, the fast food restaurants industry has turned (more…)

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I have several friends who are underweight and who are trying to improve their looks.

Their choice and the advice they received from their training adviser was to try and build muscle.

This means following a tight workout program and, at the same time, eating certain foods which fuel the training sessions.

Which foods are the best for building muscle?

I’ll give you some hints below. In fact, these foods should be eaten not only if you want to gain weight by building muscle, but also when you follow (more…)

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1. Sea salt is healthier than regular table salt

I myself have switched from using regular salt to using sea salt.

I must admit I gave up to the trend saying that it’s healthier than what we usually sprinkle on our meals.

However, I decided to look into the matter a bit.

Well, the first thing I found out is that sea salt has the same chemical composition as regular salt, meaning sodium and chloride.

Secondly, sea salt is obtained by evaporating sea water, without (more…)

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