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Food & Nutrition

Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat for Correct Weight Loss

10 March 2010
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Carbohydrates, protein and fat are known as macro-nutrients. Macro-nutrients make up the bulk of our everyday calorie intake. Not all carbohydrates and fats are created equally. Choosing macro-nutrients wisely could help one’s weight loss efforts tremendously. It also allows one to sustain a healthy lifestyle without deprivation. A healthy physique is simply a natural by-product of a healthy life.

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Complex Carbohydrates and Refined Carbohydrates for Sustainable Weight Loss

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Knowing the difference between complex carbohydrates and refined carbohydrates is essential for anyone wanting sustained and correct weight loss. Often, not being able to distinguish the difference is one of the main reasons that most people are not able to lose weight. In desperation, most people cut out carbohydrates all together.

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Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Insulin Resistance and Weight Loss

18 February 2010
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Carbohydrates are the most widely consumed substance in the world, after water. It is cheap, plentiful and often sweet. Sweetness has an important evolutionary bearing on our food choices as it was a signal that the food was safe to consume. This evolutionary programming returns to haunt us in these modern times as excess refined [...]

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6 Fast Food Health Effects

19 December 2009

‘Super Size Me’ has an apt tag line of “a film of epic portions”. This 2004 documentary was directed by Morgan Spurlock. Mr Spurlock was followed for a 30 day period during which he only dined at McDonald’s. The average calorie consumed daily was 5000 calories. The documentary focuses on the changes wrought on his [...]

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Do Artificial Sweeteners Really Contribute to Weight Loss?

4 December 2009

Research seems to tilt against artificial sweeteners with regards to weight loss. Safety of use is still very debatable with Nutrasweet supported studies providing conflicting data from independent studies.

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Gandhi’s Appetite

3 December 2009

Ever wondered what a man of peace eats? In the case of the great Mahatma, apparently nothing much at all.
A study of his autobiography, and Arundhati Bhanot’s Food for the Soul, reveals Mohandas K. Gandhi as a man fastidious about his food. His aim in terms of dietetics appears to mainly concern the overcoming of [...]

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Bollywood Bodies

22 March 2009

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the Indian film industry. Bollywood is the largest film producer in India and one of the largest in the [...]

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The Difference Between Multi Grain and Whole Grain Bread

24 February 2009

Bread is a favourite with most people.
With the increased awareness in health nowadays, you definitely may have come across multi-grain breads or whole grain breads. The fact that it has “grain” in its name, seems to imply that it is healthy. Well there is a difference.
A multi-grain bread is made from at least two different [...]

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