The Skinny on Sleep and Your Weight
If you’re like most people, you’re getting less than adequate amounts of sleep on most nights. A 2013 Gallup poll found that U.S. adults get an average of 6.8 [...]
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What to Eat and Drink to Fight Colds and Flu
I recently called our pediatrician’s office and asked when I should bring in my 6-year-old daughter to get her vaccine. “As soon as possible. We only have five [...]
Obese People Need More Vitamin E, But Get Less
A recent study suggests that obese people with metabolic syndrome face an unexpected quandary when it comes to vitamin E — they need more than normal levels of the [...]
Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days
Obese children who cut back on their sugar intake see improvements in their blood pressure, cholesterol readings and other markers of health after just 10 days, a rigorous [...]
Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort Of. Not Really. Ish.
Perhaps no two words together are more likely to set the internet aflame than BACON and CANCER. So when the World Health Organization classified processed meat as a group 1 [...]
Light Exposure Linked to Weight Gain in Children
A world-first study by QUT’s Sleep in Early Childhood Research Group has revealed pre-schoolers exposed to more light earlier in day tend to weigh more. Cassandra [...]
Banana Skin Can Help In Weight Loss & Boost Your Mood
It also protects your body from heart disease, heart attacks and stroke Banana skins are not rubbish after all if scientists are to be believed. The peel is rich with [...]
The 12 Best Foods to Eat When You Hit a Weight-Loss Plateau
As a dietitian, I’ve given the weight-loss plateau pep talk countless times because it’s so common. A majority of my clients start losing one to two pounds per [...]
Gluten-Free Diet Hurts More Than it Helps
A girl on my floor won’t eat pizza at Late Night with me. That’s right. Even after a long, rigorous day of studying she refuses the carbs that Late Night so easily [...]
6 Things Successful Diets Have in Common
Many diets have stood the test of time. They became popular a long time ago, but people are still doing them and still getting results. This includes, but is not limited [...]
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