Whether your focus is on cancer prevention, weight loss, heart health, or just maintaining good health, you can’t ignore the significant benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. Just when you think that the research-backed rationale for this diet is old news, new evidence puts it back on the radar. As a health fact, making the eating…
It seems every few moments we are bombarded with the latest and greatest product for losing weight. These products always come with promises of the most effortless weight loss that you have ever experienced, and that you will feel great the entire time you are losing weight. The weight loss industry in the United States…
Digestive enzymes play a crucial role in nutrition. Without them, the food you eat won’t be digested into the form in which the body can absorb and utilize. Before we embark on what digestive enzymes and weight loss are all about, it is important to note that you can get enzymes in your food or…
AMPK is classified as a type of enzyme that plays a role in maintaining energy balance. It is made up of three proteins which are known as sub-units, which together create the functional enzyme. AMPK is found in a number of tissues in the human body which includes the fat cells, muscles, skeletal muscles, the…
If there is something that you will start to learn early when it comes to finding your own fitness and health routine is that the types of diets that may have worked for your friend or a family member may not work so well for you. Fortunately, today there are many diets to choose from,…
Emotional eating is a very real problem in the world today. If not addressed in the early stages, it can lead to much more severe eating disorders such as or . In most cases, one will need professional help to overcome these disorders. Emotional eating, however, is still manageable because we can nip this problem…
Whether you’re looking to lose weight, want to have more energy or simply want to improve your overall health, you’ll likely hear that green smoothies can help you reach your fitness goals. There are several ingredients in the smoothies that can improve virtually every function in your body, and you may even start to feel…
Metabolism is the process of converting calories from the food we eat into energy. It’s an essential biochemical process to sustain life.The metabolic process combines the energy obtained from the calories and oxygen to help regulate heart rate, blood circulation, hormones and breathing and also supports the body at rest as well as during exercise. Weight loss…
Let’s face it, there are tons of fad diets clogging up the market, and virtually all of them promise to help you lose a lot of weight in an unbelievably short amount of time. Even if the claims are true (they rarely are), it’s more important to go about weight loss the healthy way. Before…