Should You Drink Green Tea and Expect to Lose Weight?
Catechins In Green Tea Aids Weight Loss
The Japanese, particularly the ones who live on the island of Okinawa, are amongst the longest-lived people in the world. We’ve been quick to adapt to their cute portions of fresh food, but some of their other cultural quirks – such as sumo wrestlers and geishas – have not yet entered the American mainstream.
Today I’m going to discuss green tea…that hot, steamy drink that is commonly served as ‘house tea’ with your sushi and now shows up in markets and bodegas in glass bottles and cans. A lot of people are aware that drinking green tea can help you lose weight, but I’d like to dish out the details so you know exactly how to utilize this weight loss tool for your body.
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How To “Sneak In” That Exercise
Jogging is a good form of exercise, but there are others too!
Exercise is essential to weight loss, health, happiness, strong bones, heart health and preventing disease, so it’s time to find one that you enjoy. Don’t wait any longer – get started TODAY!
Excuses
It’s time to find the time to exercise. It may already feel like your day is too full with so many different things, but your body can’t afford to skip exercise. I suggest making a list of all of the things that fill your day, and then numbering them from highest to lowest by priority. Surely something can be cut or at least reduced so you can try and squeeze in some activity. Exercise doesn’t
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How To Maintain Your Sanity With Cold Salads
Cold Salads: Fast and Delicious
It’s hard for anyone to keep sane when juggling work and home life. Somehow the line between those two worlds tends to blur and you’re left with more than you can handle and no time to cook. Or someone will come home hungry and you’ll have to quickly switch from your working person mode to homemaker mode. Both men and women struggle with this delicate balance, and more often than not, crumble under the weight of fast food take out. Enter the cold salad: one of the most under-used dishes in your diet arsenal.
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Should the “3 Day Diet” See the Light of Day?
Avoid high sodium meat packed with preservatives
I make a point to keep abreast of every fad diet around, and I was alarmed to find yet another terrible diet is on the march: the 3-day diet [1]. This awful diet causes the person to eat small breakfasts and lunches, which is fine, but then tells you to consume a cup of ice cream or two beef franks along with dinner! The portions are just ridiculous, and it looks like anyone on this diet must want to starve during the daytime and then stuff him or herself at night. Which is not the point of a diet, especially with heart disease on the rise, since the last thing we need is more sodium from preserved meat such as beef franks.
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Examine the psychological side of dieting
Healthy weight loss is the main topic on this blog, and though I always discuss the technical aspects I feel people should know, I think it’s important to evaluate the psychological side too. Emotional eating or eating because of stress are often overlooked, but they are just as serious as the foods you choose to eat. As humans, we are wired to eat for survival. But there’s a 15-minute delay between actually being full…and our minds reporting to us that we’re already full, which is called your appestat. This means your appestat can create a hunger battle within your mind since it has a lag time between your mind and your stomach feeling full. Today I’d like to discuss two salient points that I feel fad diet supporters have failed to tell you as they relate to the psychological side of dieting.
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Green salad with apples and walnuts
In recent years, research[1] has showed that eating 5 – 6 mini meals throughout the day, also referred to as grazing, is more beneficial in aiding weight loss than eating 3 larger meals in a day.
Why Mini Meals Work
There are a couple of reasons why mini meals are so great for people trying to lose weight. First, it teaches portion control by default. If you pre-package a mini meal or snack, such as a 100 calorie package of almonds, you will likely eat much less than if you were just snacking on a large bag of almonds. Second, losing weight and changing your dietary habits is very challenging for many people.
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How to Handle The Big Sloppy Meal
Southern Fried Anchovy: this would qualify as a diet buster
If you want to lose weight when eating out, you should ask for half portions even before the food arrives at your table. This really makes your healthy weight loss efforts count, as you won’t be tempted to overeat. But what about situations where you are unable to get half portions, or it’s inappropriate or difficult to request them? Situations like attending a business conference where you don’t want to take home leftovers or a fine dining restaurant where it’s not polite to ask for a doggie bag? Healthy weight loss is important, but so are social graces.
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Bringing Life to Packed Lunches
A salad always adds color to packed lunches
It seems like every day is a rush for the average American family, so packing a lunch each day can be overwhelming and another “to-do” to add to your inevitably long list. However, making a packed lunch is simply one of the most significant things you can do for the environment, your wallet and your health. Packing your own lunch can reduce the styrofoam and other trash from store/restaurant take out lunches. We all need to do our part to reduce waste, not to mention saving a lot of money that would otherwise be wasted on packaging and food delivery costs.
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Is Frozen Yogurt Bad For You?
Berries go well with frozen yogurt!
Frozen yogurt is all the rage right now [1], especially with so many new types, brands, flavors, and stores being introduced. It’s cold, delicious and nutritious, but it can also pack a lot of sugar and hidden calories, as well as artificial ingredients. Today I’d like to discuss the pros and cons of frozen yogurt to help you decide if it’s the best dessert for you.
Grocery vs Store-Bought Yogurt: Health Benefits
Not every yogurt is created equal. Grocery or supermarket frozen yogurt is very inferior to most yogurt-shop varieties, as most commercial yogurts are subjected to heat, which kills the beneficial bacteria [2]. Eating the beneficial bacteria in the more tart frozen yogurt brands, such as Pinkberry and Red Mango (called probiotics, also in regular, non-frozen yogurt), helps your digestive system process food. But beware because not all frozen yogurt brands contain these special live bacterias, so if you are not sure, ask the store! More often than not, because live active cultures are such a health benefit, the yogurt store will advertise them in their product.
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Fruit vs. Vegetables: The“Good”Food War!
Which will triumph in this bizarre turn of events?
One of the most interesting nutritional health questions I’ve heard these past few weeks was posed to me by my young son. He asked: “What’s better for you, fruit or vegetables?” This is not a simple question to answer, and I love how my son’s inquiry has offered me something new and challenging to think about and now share with you.
Because a lively argument is so much fun, let’s do this debate style and hear from each side of the table, point by point. We should also clearly identify what’s considered to be a fruit and what’s a vegetable.
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