Well, if you put the flaxseed in water overnight, in the morning you will have flaxseed water. I have been told that it is like a gel and it has a light taste, not precisely pleasant. My neighbor lost his very prominent tummy by taking that drink for a few months. At the time the [...]
What’s included in the vegetarian food pyramid? Vegetarian Food Pyramid What’s included in the vegan food pyramid? Vegan Food Guide Pyramid It’s important to remember that you can consume too many calories following a vegetarian or a vegan diet. Too much of any food can lead to weight gain and the health problems associated with [...]
Depending on the source, a raw food diet is either a path to perfect health or to serious undernourishment. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Devotees insist that a diet consisting mainly of uncooked, unprocessed plant foods leads to a leaner body, clearer skin, and higher energy. They also believe it cuts the risk [...]
If you’re very overweight or obese right now, you might feel like the odds of ever achieving a healthy weight are pretty remote. But you can do it. And the benefits will be tremendous. So how do you begin?We asked Michael Dansinger, MD, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He’s [...]
For people diagnosed with a thyroid condition, the options may seem bleak. Some patients live with hypothyroid symptoms for their entire lives, even while taking Synthroid or other drugs. Others never get the right diagnosis and suffer through borderline low thyroid problems for years. One powerful way to address hypothyroid symptoms is with diet, by [...]
In January 2005, the U.S. government released a new set of dietary guidelines essentially telling us that as Americans get bigger, so does the length of time we need to be physically active. While it’s a little more involved than that, the guidelines from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human [...]
More than half of Britons would rather shift excess weight through drastic surgery than diet or exercise, a new poll has suggested. Women see weight-loss operations as the key to quick results while some men regard it as the “lazy option”, it found. The survey was carried out among 1,305 members of the public on [...]
“Diet” is often a scary word, because diet usually means deprivation. But there is a healthier and easier alternative that doesn’t deprive you of the foods you love to eat – the low carbohydrate diet. People diet for two reasons, to lose weight, or to improve overall health – or both. If you’re a healthy [...]
Recently, I got a call from a colleague who also happens to be the chief nutrition writer for a top newspaper. She’s a woman on a mission and she wanted my help. She’ll be turning 50 this December and is determined to drop those dreaded last 10 pounds once and for all to celebrate this [...]
There are certain herbs that affect digestion, metabolism and appetite, and in this way they impact weight loss. However, the FDA warns that some of these herbs and herbal substances should be avoided because they may cause serious and even fatal side effects. Among them are ephedra and senna. But, as we mentioned before, not [...]
