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Weight Loss Facts

Waist Size is an indicator of health levels

Is your waist size important to your overall health? Largely people don’t seem to realise that where you carry any excess weight is an indicator as to an increased risk of health problems.
The circumference of your waist can give a pointer as to if your health is at risk. For women a healthy waist size [...]

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Drastic weight gain slows metabolism

If you want to lose weight quickly, perhaps you have a new dress you really need to fit into for the party next month, or maybe you are going on holiday soon and want to look fabulous on the beach in your bikini, it can be very tempting to go on a very low calorie [...]

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Reasons for weight gain

Of course we all know that if we eat too much, we’re taking in more calories than we’re burning off, so the excess is stored as fat and we gain weight, but there are other factors at play and it’s useful to know about them so perhaps you can identify some of the other reasons [...]

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Dieting, a male perspective

I talk about dieting and weight loss all the time with women. Women seem to love talking about it, to the point of obsession, but men seem to find it less of a fascinating topic of conversation and so I’ve had less chance to get the male perspective on dieting, so when I was invited [...]

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Diet and the Menopause

It has been proven that a healthy diet and regular exercise can help reduce the symptoms of the menopause, and also aid in preventing other illnesses associated with growing older, such as osteoporosis and heart disease.
Being overweight has been shown to increase the flushing associated with the menopause, which can be both annoying and [...]

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The healthiest protein choices

Protein in your diet is essential, but what are the healthiest ways in which to get protein into our diets?
Well you need to think lean. Any way in which you can make meat leaner and less fatty will be more healthy. Sometimes this is easily done yourself. Take the skin off chicken and turkey before [...]

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Don’t forget about fruit

When you are dieting it can be a to struggle to find sweet things to eat that are good for you. If you have a sweet tooth dieting can be a pain when you’re craving sweets and chocolate. Fruit is a really good substitute for those naughty but nice sweet treats and can really help [...]

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Will dieting make you moody?

The answer to this is that it might well do and you need to be prepared for this! Purely giving up your favourite treats and cutting down on the amount you eat and therefore feeling hungry and can make the best of us a little grumpy.
It has been shown though that cutting down [...]

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Age related weight gain

As we get older we often find we put on weight more easily than we did when we were younger. This may in part be due to leading a more sedentary lifestyle than you did when you were younger, but it’s also likely to be due to the natural slowing of the metabolism as we [...]

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Knowledge is key with weight loss

The other day I was talking to a man who had been trying and failing to lose weight. He was really fed up so I asked him what he was eating, suggesting he keep a food diary and perhaps he would spot some mistakes he was making. To be honest my first thought was that [...]

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