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Detox diets

Detoxification means to eliminate toxins. Detox diets are dietary programmes which range from starving to juice fasts and partial fasts (only some foods allowed). Understandably detox diets do not last long or even better they should not last long.

Does eating rate affect body weight?

Eating behaviour, like a diet program, is an ally in our efforts to lose weight. One such behaviour is the rate at which we eat. It is important to know how it affects our weight. You may have observed yourself that when we eat quickly we tend to eat more.

Weight management and bread

The public at large thinks that eating bread is an easy way to add weight. In fact when many decide they have to lose a few pounds the first food to be reduced or banned altogether from their diet is bread. However as bread consumption has gone down obesity is increasing.

Is red and processed meat causing cancer?

A Working Group comprising of 22 scientists from ten countries gathered in Lyon, France (at International Agency for Research on Cancer) to discuss the influence that the consumption of red meat and processed meat has on carcinogenicity. In order to do that the Group inspected more than 800 studies which examined the relation of cancer with eating red and processed meat.

Does exercising on an empty stomach reduce fat more?

In order to be most effective in losing weight it is best to combine energy intake reduction with regular exercise. A regiment of both diet and exercise is more effective in the short term and in the long term; that is we are more likely to steadily lose weight now and keep it low in the future. While the above have become common place…