All Entries in the "Weight Loss" Category
An Overview of The Zone Diet
The Zone Diet is similar to the South Beach diet in some ways. But here the emphasis is less on adjusting the Glycemic Index by adjusting the types of carbohydrates and fats consumed and more on the proper ratio of these with proteins.
The basic idea of the Zone Diet is to adjust the ratio of [...]
Why You Can’t Just Stop Eating
One sure way to lose weight, it might seem, is simply to stop eating for a while. Simple as it sounds, that idea is fraught with potential problems.
The basic weight loss equation certainly remains valid in this case: using more calories than are consumed results in weight loss. If you don’t take in calories by [...]
What Is the Body Mass Index, and is It an Important Tool?
The BMI (Body Mass Index) has become a useful tool in managing weight and body fat percentage in the last 20 years. Calculating it requires only simple arithmetic and can be performed by anyone. It’s important because it provides an objective measurement that, combined with the appropriate scale for age and body type, helps someone [...]
Is Weight Loss Surgery The Best option For You?
Diet and exercise are the preferred twin partner methods for losing weight and excess body fat. A proper diet and age-appropriate, regular exercise will help almost anyone stay fit and in the correct weight range.
But, unfortunately for some, other methods are sometimes needed. Whether through long-term poor development of willpower, genetic disposition, disease or other [...]
An Overview of The South Beach Diet
The South Beach Diet is a phased approach to weight loss and nutrition. In the three major phases dieters will eat selected foods and avoid others, in order to balance the glycemic index to lose weight and achieve optimal metabolism.
The Glycemic Index
The GI is a measure of the relative amount of blood sugar created in [...]
The Importance of Proper Weight Management
Proper weight management is about much more than simply focusing on a single number, your weight. There are other, very important, objective measurements to add to your intellectual toolkit – BMI, waist circumference, body fat percentage, muscle-to-fat ratio and others – in order to achieve a physical result.
That physical result, too, should be more than [...]
Weight Loss – Is Spot Reducing Possible?
There are no miracles in weight loss, though there are lots of myths. You may have heard a new one making the rounds: cortisol will ‘dissolve’ fat around the waist. Not so.
Whenever you take in more calories than you use, the remaining energy is stored in chemical bonds between adipose tissue (fatty deposits). In adult [...]
Is Dieting Right For Everyone?
There’s no single answer to the question posed by the title that is right for everyone, of course. There are a variety of natural body types, some very thin, others on the stocky side. Still, official sources state that people now consume about 22% more calories daily than they did a generation ago. In light [...]
A Better Understanding of Low Fat Diets
Like any approach to dieting, the benefits of a low fat diet can be overstated. One of the largest studies on the subject, following over 50,000 women for eight years, found no evidence to support the view that a low fat diet lowered the odds for heart attack or stroke. Nor did it help reduce [...]
A Better Understanding of Low Carb Diets
It’s unfortunate that the phrase ‘low carb’ (like many diets) is sometimes associated with diet fads. Sensible people may dismiss them because of that. But far from being based on junk science, a low carbohydrate diet can be healthy and just the right choice for some.
No single dieting method is perfect for everyone. But low [...]
