Archive for the 'Health & Fitness' Category

High Protein Diet

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

High protein diet is a common recommendation for body builders and athletes or sportspersons who need to increase their muscle weight and decrease body fat. It is also prescribed for people suffering from protein deficiency or those who want to lose weight. A high protein diet ensures that you have more energy throughout the day. [...]

Meal replacement bars

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Meal replacement bars have become extremely popular off late with their exalted virtue of zero fat content. However, it would be foolish to equate zero fat with zero calories as these meal bars provide adequate calories and nutrition that a person should get per meal. These are easily available in gyms and health clubs and [...]

Extreme Diet Dangers

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Men and women across the world often follow extreme diets driven by their desire to fit in a smaller clothes size. However, seldom do they realize that they are doing more harm than good by following such extreme diets that may help them lose body fat in the initial months but will not be effective [...]

How to calculate your nutrition needs?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Calculating your nutrition needs is not as hard as many people would think. It is common sense that is you consume the same exact amount of calories that your body needs throughout the day then your current weight will not change at all. If you devour more calories than the amount that your body will [...]

Getting Enough Vitamin C in your Diet

Monday, May 31st, 2010

In order to have a health immune system your diet should have enough vitamin C, as it contributes greatly to having a strong immune system. Great source of vitamin c are fruits like citrus, berries and strawberries, other sources of vitamin c are vegetables, pepper and tomatoes. If your body is not getting enough vitamin [...]

5 Belly Fat Burning Foods

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Have you being trying to loose that fat belly doing sit up and all kinds of exercise but you still don’t get the desired results, well am here to give you the solution to this problem. Even if you exercise several hours a day and still continue to consume foods that are filled with fat, [...]

The metaphysics of Ayurveda

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

For one to get a better understanding of different medicines that can be used to cure different diseases whether they are related or not, one needs to try out different medicines from different cultures. The ayurveda system is mostly classified as an alternative cure to several diseases, hence not many people use it as the [...]

5 Healthy Ways To Add Fish To Your Diet

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

Omega 3 fish oil is one of the essential nutrients found in fish products and helps in maintaining a healthy nervous system. They are important in nerve transmission because during the aging process there is the degeneration of nerves that is the main cause of diseases for the elderly. In addition, taking the right amounts [...]

5 Healthy Ways To Eat Bread

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

The key to eating healthy bread is to keep your eyes pinned to what is labeled as nutritional or ingredients in bread. To understand healthy ways to eat bread, it is good that you first know the available ingredients of making bread. First, you have to know the types of flour which is one of [...]

Health Tips For Vegetarians

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Since you are already aware of the benefits of eating a balance diet, it might be very difficult for vegans and vegetarians to have this because most of the foods that contain these components are derived from animals such as meat and eggs. This is however challenging for vegetarians because they have limited sources of [...]