How Calories Affect Your Weight, Your Health and Your Body

With the growing obesity epidemic, our society has begun to focus attention on effective methods to lose weight. The result has been a social obsession with “miracle diets” which has introduced a surprisingly controversial debate about calorie consumption. You may have heard the phrase “a calorie is a...

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Healthy Eating While Breastfeeding

A lot of first-time moms wonder about what they should be eating while breastfeeding. The answer might surprise you – essentially, you want to stick to the same healthy dietary choices you made while pregnant. In fact, breastfeeding has been called the “miracle diet”, because you actually burn from 200-500 calories...

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Basics of a Proper Diet

Nov 10, 09 Basics of a Proper Diet

Posted by Patrick McDowell in Articles, Diet, Nutrition

Everyone wants to eat healthier, however many of us barely understand what that means, let alone where to start. We wrote this article to try to take some of the mystery out of it, and help put you on the right track. By definition, a healthy diet is defined as being a nutritional regime that either improves your health or maintains...

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The Importance of Vegetables

Oct 23, 09 The Importance of Vegetables

Posted by Patrick McDowell in Articles, Healthy Living

It’s a well-known fact that including vegetables in your diet is a great way to improve your health. However, most people do not understand why vegetables promote good health, or how they can have beneficial effects on the body’s general functions. The importance of vegetables cannot be overemphasized, since they should ideally...

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Good Health Starts with Proper Nutrition

Dec 03, 08 Good Health Starts with Proper Nutrition

Posted by Patrick McDowell in Articles, Healthy Living

As adults, we sometimes forget the basics., We go about our merry way, eating and drinking whatever takes out fancy, regardless of the harm it may cause our body. As children, many of us were constantly reminded to eat and drink the right food. We had to take vitamins, and at school our P.E classes required us to exercise at the...

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