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Many diets include only advice concerning what to eat and what to eliminate from your diet.

Most of them do not even mention working out.

Well, this is not the case for the P90X Nutrition Plan.

Even if it is a nutrition plan, its main focus is on working out.

Duration: this program is designed to last for 13 weeks and has three phases.

Aim: it assists dieters not only in their fight against extra pounds but (more…)

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Fat burns fat.

As strange as it sounds it is real.

We’ve already talked about this in a previous article when we concluded that there are some fats and oils that simply increase the fat burning process.

But there are other aliments that if consumed in the right amount are likely to speed up your fat burning process and help you lose weight in a healthy way.

I am not talking about wonder pills made from natural plants that promise (more…)

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I’ve often wondered exactly how important is for me the way I look.

Of course, I think that a beautiful figure is a sign of health, meaning that the right posture, the proper exercise program and the healthy diet are elements of beauty.

Nevertheless, the opinion on what beauty means and what we are prepared to risk for it varies from woman to woman.

A recent study was conducted precisely on this matter by the University of the West of England and it focused on women studying on campuses all (more…)

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Ever since I was little I was taught by my mother that it’s good to drink a lot of milk in order to have healthy bones.

That’s because calcium was thought to be the king of minerals.

However, lately I’ve come across other studies which suggest that calcium intake may not be all that efficient or good.

1. Greater amounts of calcium do not lessen the risk of fractures

Calcium certainly is vital for bone growth and development. The daily necessary amount of this mineral is of about 700 mg. While (more…)

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Just the other day I was googling for something and I came across this diet: The 3 Hour Diet.

I said to myself that it must be another fad diet. Moreover it sounded impossible to achieve.

I mean a three weeks diet, a seven days diet or a five days one seem unrealistic, but a 3 hour diet is impossible. So, I had to check it out and see what it actually meant.

I immediately realized that I was wrong and the three hours didn’t (more…)

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I think we’re all convinced by now about how important metabolism is with respect to our weight and general health.

It influences the way diets work on us, or on what and how much we can afford to eat in order to maintain that ideal weight.

So, it is natural to try and keep metabolism at its best.

Here’s what I’ve recently found out on this matter: in case you feel like your metabolism does not work properly, see if any of the following apply:

1. You exercise in the same way every day

This means that there isn’t very much diversity in your daily workout (more…)

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The hot summer days are coming and we already feel the need to increase the quantity of liquids we drink each day.

This is definitely a positive thing if we consider how healthy it is to drink liquids for our diet, but also for our skin and hair.

Unfortunately many of us do not choose to drink only water and from time to time want something different, like a glass of juice or even a soda.

The next the question obviously comes up: regular or sugar free.

Well, you don’t have to worry about that if you try out these three (more…)

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You might already be aware of this, but, as we age, we need to diminish proportionally our food intake in order to keep the ideal weight.

In other words, you might say that the older you get, the smaller your food servings need to be.

Why does this happen?

The reason is that metabolism slows down as we get older. Scientists say that this is due to the fact that the activity of the mitochondria – the cellular (more…)

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We’ve talked before about what to do to fight stress and avoid seeking consolation in foods that are not very good for us and our health.

But what to do if just taking a walk, or doing something fun doesn’t unwind us after a long day at work and we are still craving for chocolate cakes with many calories?

Well, some types of chocolate are OK and really work on putting you in a good mood. But we cannot always choose chocolate as a way of solving our problems.

So, the solution is to find other aliments that can make us happy and (more…)

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We are all familiar with the food pyramid.

We all know that at the basis of the pyramid there are the most important aliments that should be included in most of our meals, while those at the top should be consumed only from time to time.

But what about the vegetarians?

How does the vegetarian diet pyramid look like?

Since more people are turning towards a vegetarian diet each day, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Oldways organization decided in 1997 that it was time to come up with a healthy Vegetarian Diet Pyramid.

This pyramid is organized on four layers and comes with extremely (more…)

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