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1). Carbohydrates and the Glycemic Index You may have heard about the glycemic index and wondered what it is all about. The glycemic index is a ranking of carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. It compares foods gram for gram of carbohydrate. Carbohydrates that breakdown quickly during digestion have the highest glycemic indexes. The blood glu... 2). Improve Your Health With Fiber Your fiber intake is a critical factor in weight loss and general well-being. Health professionals advise that adults should eat at least 25-35 grams of fiber each day. The current average in western countries such as Australia and the United States is well below the recommended levels. For many people, increasing your fiber intake would very likel... 3). Why High Blood Cholesterol Is Dangerous Cholesterol, like fat, cannot move around the bloodstream on its own because it does not mix with water. The bloodstream carries cholesterol in particles called lipoproteins that are like blood-borne cargo trucks delivering cholesterol to various body tissues to be used, stored or excreted. But too much of this circulating cholesterol can injure ar... 4). What Makes Our Blood Cholesterol High? Your blood cholesterol level is affected not only by what you eat but also by how quickly your body makes LDL-cholesterol and disposes of it. In fact, your body makes all the cholesterol it needs, and it is not necessary to take in any additional cholesterol from the foods you eat. People with heart disease or those who are at high ris... 5). Weight Loss Recipe: Tuna Patties With Lemon Dill Sauce Lean protein is your diet is essential to weight loss and weight maintenance. Tuna fish is an excellent source of lean protein as it is lower in fat than red meats. Losing weight isn't about hunger, misery and crash dieting! By learning to make, delicious, easy-to-prepare, nutritious food your body needs and will enjoy – losing weight ... 6). Secret Weight Loss Tips For Women Over Forty! If you have ever joined with a male friend in a weight loss programme you may have noticed that men are able to lose weight more easily than women. Life seems cruel sometimes. Men hold a metabolic edge over women because they have more muscle, and muscles are the "workhorses" of the body. Many women who felt slim at 35 years, still wei... 7). Carbohydrates in Food: Good Carbs and Bad Carbs Whether you're trying to lose weight or just want to eat healthier, you may be confused by the news you're hearing about carbohydrates. With so m 8). Are You Lactose Intolerant? Do you know anyone who can't consume milk or milk-based products? The condition is not uncommon and these people are classified as lactose intolerant. Lactose is the main carbohydrate or sugar found in milk, and in varying quantities in dairy products made from milk including yoghurt, ice cream, soft cheeses and butter. Lactose (milk s... 9). Passionfruit Cheesecake Delight: A Yummy Down Under Australian Dessert OK. There are many sensational cheescake recipes from around the world. Connoisseurs will, no doubt have enjoyed baked versus cold, French versus New York cheesecakes and many more as well. Perhaps you are looking for a refreshing change. Why not try this traditional, sensational Aussie cheesecake! Ingredients Fi... 10). The Truth About Fat In Foods Fat has had a lot of bad press and for many people, just a mention of the word can evoke misery. You can try to lose it, try to hide it, try to avoid it, but your body still needs it! Did you know that fat helps to insulate our nerve cells, keeps us warm, balances our hormones, keeps skin and arteries supple, lubricates joints and is a component in... 11). Bust Through the Weight Loss Plateau! Dieters dread the plateau. You're on a roll, losing weight steadily and happily for weeks. Your confidence is high and your goal is in sight. Then suddenly your scale freezes. No matter how hard you try, those extra pounds just refuse to budge. You've hit a wall and you know the frustration of seeing no progress could easily lead you to gain back w... 12). Love the Skin You're In! Your skin is the body's largest organ. It weighs between two and four kilos (or 4 and 8 pounds), covers between one and two square metres (9 to 36 square feet) and completely renews itself every seven to ten weeks, with approximately five million dead skin cells rubbing off on a daily basis. Your skin reflects your state of health and ... 13). Preventing Osteoporosis Last month my 74-year-old mother while walking, tripped on a small tuft of grass, fell - and broke her rib! Her recovery has been painful, debilitating and at times depressing. It also affected my elderly father who relies heavily on her day to day. Surprisingly, this instance of fracture was not due to osteoporosis. However my mom's e... 14). How To Look 5 Years Younger! How is this possible? By taking steps to improve your overall health and well-being so you will look and feel younger as you get older. Good nutrition, exercise, sleep, sun protection and a good skincare routine can help you maintain your youthful appearance and well-being at all stages of your life. Your skin is the most visible indicator of your ... 15). How To Have Great Looking Skin Great skin is something that nearly everyone can cultivate. Our skin is affected by our: . Genes . Inner nutrition - what we eat and drink . Exercise . General health and well-being . Emotional health, and . Outer nutrition - how we take care of our skin While we can't alter our genes, we can ... 16). Aloe Vera - A Wonder Herb For Skin Aloe is grown mainly in the dry regions of Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Because of its many therapeutic uses, it is now commercially cultivated in the United States, Japan, and countries in the Caribbean and Mediterranean. However, in many places you can grown your own Aloe Vera plant quite happy in a pot as a household plant. Des... 17). Is Your Diet Risking Your Health? Have you noticed that fad diets rise and fall in popularity like the latest fashions or current pop songs? We’ve seen (and seen off) the soup diet; the grapefruit diet; the no carbs diet; the only carbs diet and so on. I remember as a teenager eating only hard boiled eggs for a week! I lost a tonne of weight, but I’m never going to do it again! Are... 18). Eat Your Way to Weight Loss Experts tell us we are what we eat. A disturbing thought when we consider how much sugar, fat and white flour is consumed daily, hidden in ready meals and fast foods. It’s time to change the bad habits we have developed over the last three decades and start eating to improve health, not destroy it! A vital area of life that requires ou... 19). Diet Sodas - How They Can Affect Kids Many of us have grown up drinking caffeinated diet sodas as an alternative to sugary regular sodas. We figure this is a better choice rather than loading our and our children's bodies with large quantities of sugar. Whilst diet sodas do help us avoid a sugar overload (which can lead to weight gain) we should also be aware of the effects of caffeine... 20). How To Minimize Stress In Your Life Every parent gets stressed. Its a part of life. How we deal with our stress will help shape the emotional health of our children. This article shows simple keys on how to deal with stress appropriately. Use these simple tips to minimize stress in your day to day living. Lower your expectations and you will suffer less disappointment... 21). Six Simply Ways To Eat More Heathily With so much 'diet advice' around today it is little wonder if you feel somewhat confused. Whether you are wanting to lose weight, maintain your weight or help your family eat more healthfully....these six, simple ideas will help you to eat more heathfully. 1. Stay away from the inside aisles. When you grocery shop... 22). If No One Sees You Eat It, There are Zero Calories! If you are trying to lose weight, aren't getting the results you want and want to give up... stop! Take stock and see if you have fallen foul of these 'diet traps'. 1. If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories This might sound ridiculous, but you might be surprised to find that many people act as though this wer... 23). Lost Your Job? Keys To A Quick Recovery You may be astonished to realize that retrenchment may occur more than once during the life of the modern day worker. In fact, career advisors report 24). Lose Weight With Living Foods Losing weight doesn't have to be boring when you focus on living foods. What does this mean? Simply by making sure your plate reflects a range of colours, you'll naturally create more balanced and healthful menus complete with a range of living foods. What are living foods? They are re live, colourful, fresh and raw - fruits, vegetable... 25). How to Curb Carbohydrate Cravings! - You are free to publish this article in its entirety, without changes as long as the Copyright and Author's Bio, remain in place and the URLs a 26). Count Colors Not Calores to Lose Weight! If you need to drop and few kilos and don’t know where to get started, stop counting calories and start counting colours. When it comes to losing weight, make sure your plate is piled high with a range of colourful fruit and vegetables. You’ll naturally create more balance and health-filled menus. Why? Colour not only brightens your mo... 27). 10 Keys to Rise From Retrenchment and Move on to an Exciting You may be astonished to realize that retrenchment may occur more than once during the life of the modern day worker. In fact, career advisors rep 28). How To Know If You Are Eating Too Much Salt For most of us, eating healthfully means cutting down on salt. Even if cutting down your salt intake won't reduce your waist measurement, it'll make you a healthier person, better able to follow your weight management programme. But it's not that simple. Have you ever been confused by the nutritional labels on food? Salt or sodium, wha... 29). Your Food Can Prematurely Age You! Did you know that the food you eat could be prematurely ageing you? Science has made some amazing discoveries in the last decade in nutrition. We really should be taking note of what we put in our mouth because more than ever, "we are what we eat". Do you know the impact of what you are eating? Probably not. It's time to find out because over-indul... 30). How To Find Really Healthy Food in the Grocery Store Do you really know what is healthy food? We all try and stick to choosing healthy items when grocery shopping or eating out, but how well do we really know our foods? Discover how to find out about reading between the lines, what to look out for in labels and how to dine out healthily. When shopping in your local supermark... 31). Ten Tips For Winter Wellness 1. Go for a walk even when the weather is really cold – your body has to work overtime to get warm and you may burn up to 50% more calories than you would on the same walk in summer! But remember, go a little slower until you get warm and keep up the hydration. 2. If you find it hard to get motivated to exercise in winter…just think of... 32). Escape The Stress! In the western world, there is one thing common to many work places. Stress. There are many causes and all of us could spend a lot of time and dollars 33). 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This article will sho... 36). Protein And It's Amazing Weight Loss Power! According to the latest statistics, the obesity epidemic continues to grow worldwide and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. An astonishing 59.6% of Australian and New Zealand adults are overweight or obese, while 30% of Australian and New Zealand children are clinically overweight. More than half of the American population is overweight. 37). Safeguard Your Skin The harhness of summer and winter can take their toll on our skin's condition. To look after your skin throughout the year in all seasons, use these simple tips to safeguard your skin on the inside and outside of your body. Inside: Drink water steadily throughout the day - at least two litres or 8 glasses. In hot weather y... 38). Sleep Can Help You Lose Weight! If you want to find a way to lose weight faster, and you think there is nothing new under the sun, then what I’m about to tell you will really make you nod off. According to Dr Kenneth Goodrick at Baylor University, a good night’s sleep is a vital ingredient for weight loss. He believes that lack of sleep robs people of th... 39). Say "Goodbye" to the Dreaded Weight Loss Plateau (c) Kim BeardsmoreDieters dread the plateau. You're on a roll, losing weight steadily and happily for weeks. Your confidence is high and your 40). Essential Nutrition For Every Woman As a woman, your body is very complex. Throughout every phase of your life you will require extra care and nutritional support. Today's scientific advances support a number of natural choices for women, like soy. Still, the fact remains that calcium, folic acid and iron continue to be the most important nutrients that can impact a woman's total hea... 41). Feeling Tired? No Pep? No Zing? Tap Into Breakfast Smoothies I'm 40-something years old, and for 40-something years breakfast has been a pain. Some of my earliest memories are getting ready for school with my mother insisting I eat a bowl of cereal. It just never interested me. Once high school started I was skipping breakfast and grabbing two apples on the run for lunch. All my life breakfast simply wasn't ... 42). Weight Loss Recipe: Curried Chicken & Mango Salad Losing weight doesn't have to be boring when you focus on bright, colourful meals. What does this mean? Simply by making sure your plate reflects a range of colours, you'll naturally create more balanced and healthful menus. Not everyone has the time or the patience to count calories, but assessing the colours on your plate is something anyone can ... 43). How To Reduce Your Risk Of Breast Cancer We hear it all the time…lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and 44). How To Ask For A Pay Rise! Negotiating a pay rise is not something many people do on a regular basis. By applying these keys you will be well positioned to improve your negotia 45). Are Your Kids Sabotaging Your Weight Loss? If you are a mom at home on a diet, you will probably related to a frequent situation I encounter as a weight loss consultant. Many of my clients wi 46). Mad Carb Disease! Not All Carbohydrates in Foods Are Bad Whether you're trying to lose weight or just want to eat healthier, you may be confused by the news you're hearing about carbohydrates. With 47). Why Do We Gain Weight? There are many factors that cause us to increase body weight, yet three stand out from the rest. Our genetic make up: Every cell in our body has a central control panel, that is a nucleus that contains our genes and chromosomes. This is the instruction manual for your body and this is inherited from your parents. It is this inst... 48). The Wonders of Soy For Women! The humble soybean boasts some extraordinary benefits. This nutritional powerhouse has stayed under wraps for too long. Apart from being the only vegetable protein with all amino acids essential for our health and well being, the humble soybean has many other virtues...including an excellent foundation for fast, safe weight loss program. 49). Lose Weight Or Lose 13 Years! We hear it all the time…lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy. In January 2003, the Journal of the American Medical Association featured a study finding that obesity appears to lessen life expectancy, especially amo... 50). 10 Nifty Ways To Prolong Your Website Visitors Increasing the length of time a visitor is on your website will dramatically improve your conversion to sales. Use these ten points to check you are Browse Pages: 1 [2]