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Weight Loss Diet: Healthy Eating, Losing Fat and Calories

Losing weight: Diet is the practice of eating in a regulated fashion to achieve a long-term objective. The most common objective is loss of excess body fat. Weight-loss diets restrict the intake of specific foods to reduce body weight. What works to reduce body weight for one person will not necessarily work for another, due to metabolic differences and lifestyle factors. There are lot of quick weight loss products available, but not all of them are efficient. The studies have shown that the best ways to lose weight are keeping a food diary or having a weight loss surgery.

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How high carbohydrate foods raise risk for heart problems   sciencedaily.com :: 2009-08-12
Doctors have known for decades that too much carbohydrate-filled foods like white bread and corn flakes can be damaging to cardiac health. New research reveals how these high carb foods increase the risk for heart problems. "Looking inside" the arteries of students eating a variety of foods, Dr. Michael Shechter saw what happens inside the body when the wrong foods for a healthy heart are eaten. Foods with a high glycemic index widened brachial arteries for several hours. When arteries are aggravated over time, a sudden enlargement of the artery wall can cause a number of negative health effects.

Certain vegetables combat cancer   scienceblog.com :: 2009-01-06
While it has been known that cruciferous vegetables (like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage) can help prevent breast cancer, the mechanism by which the active substances in these vegetables inhibit cell proliferation was not known - until now. Scientists in the UC Santa Barbara labs have shown how the power of these vegetables works at the cellular level. These vegetables contain isothiocyanates which are responsible for the cancer-preventive and anti-carcinogenic activities.

Men and women metabolize fructose differently   reuters.com :: 2008-06-28
Men and women seem to differ in how they metabolize high levels of fructose, a simple sugar used to sweeten drinks and foods. Short-term high fructose intake among men caused increased blood triglycerides (fats) and decreased insulin resistance, factors linked with an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. In the men, fructose supplementation caused significant increases in 11 of the 12 factors, like 5% increase in fasting glucose and 71% increase in triglyceride levels. Women showed 4% increase in glucose and 16% increase in triglycerides after the high fructose diet.

Weight Gain or Weight Loss Can Affect Unborn Baby   sciencedaily :: 2007-07-29
Gaining or losing weight in between pregnancies can have health implications for an unborn baby, warn two obstetricians. One study found that weight gain between pregnancies was associated with major complications for the woman and baby. The researchers studied 207,534 women from the beginning of their first pregnancy to the beginning of their second. They found increased rates of pre-eclampsia, pregnancy induced high blood pressure and high birth weight if a woman's body mass index (BMI) increased by 1-2 units. A rise of more than 3 BMI units increased the rate of stillbirths.

Losing weight after pregnancy: Diet + Exercise better than diet alone   sciencedaily :: 2007-07-19
Combination of dieting and exercise is a more effective way of losing weight after pregnancy than dieting alone. Women naturally gain weight during pregnancy and many lose it afterwards, but some women find it difficult to lose this additional weight. This retained body weight may be factor that contributes to obesity among women. By studying data a group of Cochrane Researchers found that women who did exercise did not lose importantly more than women who have a standard post-natal lifestyle. However, women who combined exercise and dieting did lose more weight than those with normal care.

10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet   abclocal :: 2007-05-21
Are you frustrated at yourself for having tried one diet after another, only to lose weight Initially by nibbling on fat-free celery, but then gained it all back, and then some? Elizabeth Somer says in book "10 Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet" that there are a few habits women practice that can undermine their efforts to be healthy and lean. In the kitchen, they taste test the meal. They order salads, then nibble French fries off partner's plate. They feed toddlers in a one-for-you-and-one-for-me fashion. Not realizing that every bite packs 25 calories. The problem is that all it takes is 4 bites a day and you'll gain 1 pound in a month.

Could a change of diet improve your lovelife   dailymail :: 2007-05-02
In her book The Orgasmic Diet, Marrena Lindberg claims most women suffering from sexual dysfunction don't need to turn to drug therapy. She says a few dietary changes are all that's needed. Through scientific research, Marrena has created a programme that she says not only boosts sex drive, but aids weight-loss, too. "In general, female sexual dysfunction is treated as a psychological problem. However, in my experience, many cases are linked to diet and nutrition." Maryon Stewart says: "In one recent study, we found 69% of the women we saw got their libido back relatively quickly with a healthy diet, supplements and an exercise regime."

Too much weight is trouble for couples trying to conceive   eurekalert :: 2007-03-08
If both partners in a couple are overweight or obese, they are more likely to have to wait longer before conceiving a child, according to new research. Researchers studied 47,835 couples and found that if both partners were obese the chances of the couple having to wait for more than a year before the woman became pregnant were nearly 3 times higher (2.74) than for a normal weight couple. If both partners were overweight, the likelihood they would have to wait longer than a year was 1.4 times higher.

Average woman spends 31 years on a diet   dailymail :: 2007-01-25
For many women struggling to keep slim and dieting can seem to last a lifetime - Or to be more precise, 31 years. For researchers have found that is how long the average woman spends on a diet. British women spend an average of six months a year counting the calories and more than a fifth are on a permanent diet throughout their lifetime in a never-ending quest for the perfect figure. But they aren't the only ones waging a constant fight against the flab: The average male spends 28 years slimming.

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