Posts tagged as:

Weight Loss

Building up more Muscle Mass

April 4, 2010 Body Building

Do you want to build up more muscle mass? You are not alone. Increased efforts to build up muscle usually result in significant fat loss at the same time. But building up more muscle mass is quite a difficult task. Without the right guidance it will be very difficult for you to do so. You [...]

Read the full article →

Water is Necessary to Lose Fat

February 13, 2009 Weight Loss

Since one of the more important functions of the kidneys is to eliminate toxic waste from our body through urination, adequate water supply in the body is of utmost importance. When we are in a semi-dehydrated state, our body’s instinctive reaction is to hold on to whatever water there is in the body in order [...]

Read the full article →

Eat Fats to Your Advantage!

February 13, 2009 Diet & Fitness

There are two types of fats that are part of our diets. Harmful fats increase blood cholesterol levels, clog arteries, increase fat storage and healthy fats that increases energy, stimulates fat burning and muscle-building hormones, improves insulin function, improves skin texture and strengthens the joints. In the past two decades, a lot of people have [...]

Read the full article →

Eating to Lose Weight

February 13, 2009 Weight Loss

A common misconception among people is that simply balancing your calorie intake with your calorie expenditure will lead to fat loss. The equation of calorie balance is not this simplistic. The recombinant effect of each food on the body’s hormones and blood sugar levels including the diverse nutrient contents of each food that make a [...]

Read the full article →

Why Skipping Meals is a Sin

February 13, 2009 Weight Loss

Skipping meals to induce lesser calorie intake does not do you any good. All it does it slow down your metabolism, cause muscle loss and triggers the body’s starvation responses. Especially if you skip breakfast! Skipping breakfast and making up for it during the day and then going to bed encourages your body to store [...]

Read the full article →

How Many Meals Daily

February 13, 2009 Weight Loss

Nutritionists and doctors say that the human digestive system needs only 3 hours to digest each meal and that the proteins we get from those meals are retained in the bloodstream only for a maximum of 3 hours as well. If you sleep 8 full hours daily, you have 16 waking hours. Divide this by [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →