Drinking green tea has numerous health benefits. It can lower cholesterol, enhance fat oxidation, and increase thermogenesis, which is the body’s rate of burning calories. Green tea is becoming a more popular form of weight loss as can be seen by the wide variety of supplement makers that are using it in their weight loss [...]

It comes as no surprise that an increased intake of vegetables is good for you, but will it make you lose weight?  The idea is an enticing one, but with the way that a lot of people feel about vegetables, the idea of eating more and more of them is not the most appealing one.  [...]

Celiac disease is the condition in which gluten causes injuries to the small intestine upon contact. It’s thought that about 2 million people in the United States suffer from the disease and not everyone that has it experience symptoms. Symptoms of Celiac disease include: bloating, diarrhea, gas, weight loss, cramping, fatigue, anemia, and vitamin and [...]

Dr. Barry Sears is the founder of the new Zone Diet. He spent years researching food and effects of food on our bodies in order to find the right zone for our diets. Because heart disease is genetic in his family he decided to view food as a drug. This view started a whole new [...]

Fiber was not so popular in the past; it had this kind of laughable reputation as being a bowel-regulator.  However, the benefits of a high fiber diet go far beyond regular bowel movements, whether kids and teens are willing to eat high-fiber cereals or not.  A high-fiber diet is a good idea for all age [...]

Before revealing the essentials of how to go about implementing a cabbage soup diet that will help you lose amazing amounts of weight in a short amount of time, a disclaimer comes first.  The cabbage soup diet is not intended to be permanent; the diet is designed to run for seven days and should not [...]

It’s been estimated that 30-50 million Americans are lactose intolerant. Though a vast array of people struggle with this issue, there are certain populations that are more widely affected than others. For example, about 90 percent of Asian-Americans are lactose intolerant and about 75 percent of African-Americans are also lactose intolerant.
You’ve heard the phrase “lactose [...]

During pregnancy women are encouraged to put on an optimum amount of weight. After giving birth many new mothers struggle to shed the weight that they put on during their pregnancy and turn towards dieting. If you are breastfeeding your baby there are effective ways to diet without depriving your baby of essential nutrients or [...]

The blood type diet has been around for more than a decade, with mixed results.  The difference between this diet and a lot of the other diets on the market today is that the blood type diet is not designed to lose weight.  Most fad diets are designed with weight loss (either temporary or permanent) [...]

A food craving is more than just a preference for specific type of food. It is an intense desire for a type of food, which we will go to enormous lengths to satisfy. People assume that giving into these cravings will sabotage your weight loss attempts. However, caving into your cravings won’t necessarily ruin your [...]