Besides stimulating appetite, "stress causes increase in (the stress hormone) cortisol, which sends signal to the fat cells in the abdomen to store fat," explains Shawn M. Talbott, Ph.D., author of The Cortisol Connection Diet (Hunter House Inc.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 12.29.09 | No Comments
Divide your plate into quarters and fill half with vegetables, salads, and fruit, a quarter with lean protein, and a quarter with a starchy vegetable, advises Katherine Tallmadge, M.A., R.D., a Washington, D.C.-based spokesperson for the Dietetic.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 12.22.09 | No Comments
"It slows down the rate of eating" says Bonci, the director of sports nutrition at hte University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. This can help make you fully aware of what you're putting in your mouth... Read More
Fitness & Health | 12.10.09 | No Comments
Eating a low calorie salad as a first course enhances satety and reduces calorie entake by up to 12 percent during the rest of the meal, according to research at Pennsylvania State University... Read More
Fitness & Health | 12.10.09 | 1 Comment
Commercial made smoothies - especially the ones with frozen yogurt, sweetened syrups and mysterious thickeners but little or no actual fruit - are the ones to watch out for, says nutritionist Nanncy Clark, M.S., author of Nancy Clark's Sport Nutr.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 12.8.09 | No Comments
No, it won't fill you but it can help you burn calories faster. A study from from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, found that drinking 500 millimieters of warm water caused people's metabolic rates to increase by 30 percent. The study sugg.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 11.26.09 | 1 Comment
It's harder for your body to utilize excess calories that are consumed at one time, "explains Catherine Christie, Ph.D., R.D. director of nutrition programs at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and coauthor of Fat Is Not Your Fate (.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 11.26.09 | No Comments
The key is to burn more calories through exercise and to knock calories out of your diet, says Clark, the sports nutritionist in private practice at Health works Fitness Center in Chesnut Hill, Mass, "Eating just 200 ferwer calories per day could.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 11.10.09 | 1 Comment
Become A Morning Eater with a bowl of corn flakes with strawberries. Members of breakfast club who eat a substantial morning meal burn 5% more calories a day than those who shrink food in the morning. And one study found that 78% of participants.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 11.10.09 | No Comments
Exercise can be an antidote for a variety of ills, but you need to know how to invest your sweat, For example, a new Univeristy of Alberta study found that strenght training is better than cardio work at releaving lower-back pain. Peop.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 10.27.09 | No Comments
Certain practices, including eating in front of the TV, eating while standing up, or eating off your kid's plates, can make you easily forget how much you've put in your mouth, says Kathleen Zelman, M.P.H., R.D., director of nutriotion at WebMD.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 09.26.09 | 2 Comments
Dog aren't just a man's or woman's best friend: they are also great excercise buddies. Research at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that when people were given loaner dogs to be responsible for, they started walking more often and for lo.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 09.26.09 | 1 Comment
It may sound counter intuitive but consuming two 500-calorie lunches four hours apart can actually help you cut your overall calorie intake for the day. (Try having one at noon and another at 4 p.m.) "The purpose of this second lunch is to ruin y.. Read More
Fitness & Health | 09.24.09 | No Comments
