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1). Abdominal Exercise And Weight Loss Abdominal Exercise When most people start on a weight-loss regime the first thing they wish to attack is their waistline. They start off with visions of turning a beer gut into an abdominal six-pack. After a few weeks of strenuous exercise nothing appears to happen and soon they lose confidence and give up. This article is... 2). Affect Of Alcohol On Women Women and Alcohol It is often quoted that females have a lower tolerance to alcohol than males and this is an indisputable fact but few people ever go on to tell exactly what the affect is and why. Hopefully this article will help shed light on exactly what happens when you drink alcohol and why you often do things that you regret late... 3). After Christmas Weight-Watchers Christmas Is Over – Weight-Watchers Return To Watching. It is always sad when a holiday comes to an end, especially a holiday like Christmas that means so much to so many people but stay positive, - it’s only 363 days until the next one. For now the priority must be to reclaim your body and take control of your life again and that star... 4). Beating Obesity In Children Beating Obesity In Children 5). Beware The Food Pyramid The food pyramid was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the early 1990s as part of a program to encourage the growth of healthy eating habits from a young age. From the outset schools that were keen to introduce healthy eating habits from junior school level upwards embraced it. We all accepted that USDA had produced a new key to guide... 6). Colon Cancer - The Maori Factor Recent research by a New Zealand University team into colon cancer has uncovered a very interesting phenomenon that sheds light on why colon cancer is almost non-existent in the Maori race. Naturally this fact created a spin-off from the original study because if the reason why the indigenous Maori people avoided this disease could be found they wo... 7). Daily Calorie Intake Control Your ideal daily calorie intake depends upon various factors such as your age, activity level and whether you are trying to lose, gain or maintain weight. During the past two decades obesity has doubled in the United States and much the same is true of other countries. If people do not start taking action now they will experience reduced life expec... 8). Dietary Guidelines For Adults Dietary Guidelines For Adults 9). Digestion Digestion is a major problem in 21st century lifestyle. Everybody is too busy to sit down and eat properly, or healthily and there is a massive increase in colon cancer cases. The question we must ask of ourselves is why does this happen? Followed by what can I do about it? Why Indigestion? Let's start with why does this... 10). Healthy Eating For Children Healthy Eating For Children 11). Iodine Deficiency. The Biggest Health Threat Today The Problem Iodine deficiency is one of the major health risks today in the eyes of the World Health Organisation and this is a sad state of affairs because it hasn't been a problem in developed countries for a very long time, now it is a problem in every country. There is an old saying that indicates: "You are what you ... 12). It's Ok For Weight-Watchers To Eat More At Christmas. It’s OK for Weight-Watchers to Over-eat at Christmas The upcoming festive season can be a major headache to weight-watchers due to the temptation that started confronting them the moment the stores went into holiday mode. Dieters should never forget that they are human first and weight-watchers second, and that humans do submit to temp... 13). Nutrition Facts Facts about nutrition are becoming important to a greater number of people and that is terrific news for your health. There is an old saying that states: “You are what you eat.” – This holds true today just as it did centuries ago; even if it was originally coined when the majority of people received insufficient food. Today it refers more to the w... 14). Oatmeal Has Great Benefits To Cholesterol Watchers And Weight Watchers. The Roll of Oatmeal (Porridge) in a Healthy Diet Oatmeal, or porridge if you live outside the US or Canada, play a major role in our modern diet yet few seem to know the true health benefits it gives. Oatmeal provides two of the required three daily servings of whole grains required in a healthy and balanced diet and this alone should ... 15). Safe Food Storage - Refrigeration Storing Food Your Refrigerator: It is many years since schools stopped teaching cooking and domestic science and the result is that few people in the below 35 age bracket are familiar with risks presented by refrigerators. This article is aimed at covering a few basic rules that will help us store food in a safe and hygien... 16). Safe Weight Loss Part 1. Safe weight loss is about maintaining health whilst losing weight, it is not about losing weight rapidly; this has never worked and never will. This article is to be published in two parts over two days and will be stored in our news blogs archives for future viewing. Aim for one pound (450 grams) each week because this level of weigh... 17). Safe Weight Loss Part 2. Keeping it off Our first weight loss article on this subject dealt with losing one pound per week, which is achievable for everybody. This article deals with keeping weight off after you lose it, or controlling weight. There is little point in going through with a diet and changing your exercise regime only to see the weight return; t... 18). Simple Weight Loss Active weight watchers consistently ask what foods can I eat and what foods should I avoid. This is a genuine thing because if you have set a goal to lose weight you want to be sure that you are eating the right things. The good news is that there are very few foods that you should avoid such as: - Any type of fast food. (Pizza’s, burg... 19). Taking Care Of Inner Health Taking Care of Inner Health 1. Inner health is a very important subject because 95% of life threatening diseases starts inside our bodies where we can’t see what is happening. By ignoring symptoms we often allow the problem to increase until treatment becomes difficult or, in the worst cases, impossible. It is also true that one hour o... 20). Taking Care Of Inner Health 2. Taking Care of Your Inner Health 2. The first of these two Inner Health articles dealt with diet, healthy eating and exercise habits. This article deals with hygiene and avoiding the dreaded “tummy bugs.” Poor hygiene can lead to food poisoning and gastro-enteritis. The biggest cause of food poisoning is transmitted from ... 21). The Chefs Mindset Have you ever wondered what the difference between a great chef and an ordinary chef is? How can one produce food recipes that are remembered and another produce food that is quickly forgotten? Disregarding all the jokes about never trusting a skinny chef I can only say that the 80/20 rule applies in this profession the same as in other professions... 22). Weight Loss Diary 10 Days 29 thru 36. Wonderful news on my weigh in on Friday March 10; my weight is down by another 2 pounds (900 grams) in just a week. That is double my target figure and it seems to get easier each week. My weight is now 188 pounds (93 kilograms). That means that the seventeen-week program that was going to shed 17 pounds (8.5 kilos)wil... 23). Weight Loss Diary 11 From March 11 thru 17 Back to reality this week with the shock news that my weight did not go down enough to report; probably no more than a few ounces (around 50 grams). Hence I’m sad to report that my weight still stands at 188 pounds (93 kilos). I guess I became a little too complacent after the better than expected results of the p... 24). Weight Loss Diary 12 From 18 thru 24 March. After last week’s set back in my weight loss program this week is great because at my Friday weigh-in I was down to 186 pounds (92 Kilograms) and my waist belt is up one extra notch. Now that has sounded alarm bells because it is the final notch on the belt and I hate making extra holes. This puts th... 25). Weight Loss Diary 13 From 25 thru 1 April. This weeks weight loss diary could be the penultimate because after my Friday weigh-in I am down to 182.5 pounds (90.3 kilograms), just 2.5 pounds above my target figure. Last week I reported 186 pounds (92 kilo’s) but the scales were just below that figure so I guess I have shed a little over 3 pounds this week. ... 26). Weight Loss Diary 14 April 4 thru April 9. On Friday I weighed in at 183 pounds (90.5 kilo’s) and that is slightly up on last week. It is not a problem because last week was a distorted figure due to being unwell and not eating very much anyway. One of the things I have learned during this weight control period is never to become upset if the ... 27). Weight Loss Diary 15 From 8 April thru 16 April 2006. This is the final weight loss diary entry that I will be publishing because although I was still half pound (225 grams) short of my target weight on Friday April 14 I extended this session by another couple of days to make my target. Sunday’s weigh-in saw my weight at 180 pounds (89 kilo’s) the target I... 28). Weight Loss Diary 6 Days 6, 7 & 8 Now I’m truly into the rhythm of the program and the first weekend passed without problem. In fact I’m already finding ten-minutes of exercise to be insufficient and am now doing fifteen-minutes more acceptable. From doing this program before I do know that in a few weeks from now I’ll exercise for 30 minutes every second... 29). Weight Loss Diary 7 Covers days 9 thru 14 The great news is that at my Friday evening weigh-in I have lost 3 pounds (1.35 kilos) and that puts me 50% ahead of my target of losing 1 pound each week. My waist belt is feeling more comfortable as the new ‘one notch tighter’ position that was achieved last week so I am certainly achieving the major goal of mea... 30). Weight Loss Diary 9 Covers days 22 – 28 Four weeks ago I weighed 197 pounds (97.5 kilos) and my aim was to lose weight at the rate of one pound (450 grams) per week until I was down to 180 pounds; without giving up any food that I like. That is a reasonable weight for a man who is a little over 6 feet (1.83m) tall. At my Friday evening weigh-in my weight ... 31). Weight Loss Diary Article 8 Weight Loss Diary Article 8 32). Weight Loss Diary Day 3 Today is Tuesday February 7 2006, the third day of my weight loss program. Today I am nominating dairy products as the food item that I will not touch. This means that I give up dairy products for today only and will leave a space on my plate where dairy products would go. You may recall that yesterday I decided not to eat any bread. O... 33). Weight Loss Diary Day 4 This the third day of dieting in my weight loss program and it will be the last daily report in this series of articles to avoid you becoming bored with repetition. By now you will have the idea that I only give up one type of food each day and in general eat what I please - within reason. The caveat is that you must be aware of serving sizes becau... 34). Weight Loss Diary, Day 1 Weight Loss Day by Day Diary: Day 1: Sunday February 5, 2006. In response to an email I received from a reader I have taken up her suggestion to share my next weight control program by publishing my weight loss diary in article form for everybody to follow. I’ll start with a few personal details that will give... 35). Weight Watchers And Soda How many weight-watchers use 20+ TABLESPOONS of sugar in their coffee or tea? I guess the answer to that is zero. Why? Because all weight-watchers know that sugar has a high calorific value and is therefore detrimental to weight loss. Also using that amount of sugar will create liver problems eventually. So my question is: ‘If high levels of sugar ...