You’ve made your New Year’s resolution once again: you’re going to try shedding some pounds. But you need a diet plan-preferably a free one. Where to go? The following six websites offer free diet plans that will help you keep your New Year’s resolution. 1. SparkPeople (www.sparkpeople.com/) SparkPeople is a great resource for people trying ...
Following a low glycemic diet and avoiding high glycemic foods is one way to try and control blood sugar with diet. People trying to lose weight may benefit from a diet of low glycemic foods because keeping blood sugar steady is one way to avoid excessive hunger. In common terms, this is sometimes referred to ...
I remember it was after I heard something about another scientific research which revealed that being overweight is bad for health. Every time I heard something like that I would promise myself that I’m going to lose weight, but I failed miserably and completely. However, this time I made a decision that I must do ...
There are a lot of differing opinions, and misconceptions, out there about the Mayo Clinic diet. First of all, it has nothing to do with the Mayo Clinic, or mayonnaise; which were my first and second guesses when my sister first told me about the diet. But, despite the misleading name, it is an effective ...
For those of you who have been hiding under a rock, the Atkins Diet has become one of the most popular diets on the market today. This carbohydrate-reduction diet, and the weight loss that occurs, happens through certain steps that have been provided by Dr. Robert C. Atkins, the creator of the diet that bears ...
It’s a new year, and one of the most common forms of new year resolutions involves losing weight. In fact, health and fitness experts say that 45% of all North Americans vow to lose weight at the start of each year (source). And yet, like many new year’s resolutions, millions of well-meaning Americans end up ...