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Why do we eat even when we are full?
When we eat even when we are full, we often blame it on our lack of will power. However, there are various subtle and unconscious processes in our bodies that cause us to ignore our hunger signals, and guess what? This simplified explanation of these complex mechanisms will help you to take some practical steps…
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This is what happens in your body when you consume a packet of store-bought cookies
The extent of health epidemics like cardiac diseases, diabetes and hypertension in a society have been found to coincide with the level of processed food eaten by the general population. Large-scale studies conducted in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. establish a direct connection between the amount of processed food eaten and increased risk of…
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5 Ways you can add more whole foods to your diet- starting today!
This article is going to give you an overview about how eating whole foods and cutting down on processed and ultra-processed foods can change your life to a healthy perspective.
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What does “being healthy” mean?
I don’t remember a time since my mid-teens when I have not thought that I was overweight. Even when I was at my thinnest, I thought I needed to lose the fat on my behind. If only I’d known that in the future (now!) people would be working their asses off (literally) to grow their…
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28 healthy things you can do while you wait
Modern life has reduced waiting time considerably: we order food online instead of waiting in a supermarket lines; we use internet banking rather than go to the bank, take a number and wait for our turn to see the bank teller, and where I live, you can check on the hospital app when your appointment…
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The struggle is real!
Like me, you might have heard that fat cells don’t die. As nature’s cruel joke, all us dieters, exercisers, trying-to-look-gooders are cursed with keeping our fat cells once they are born in our body even after we lose weight, so as soon as we take a bite of the next slice of cake we dare…
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Five things I learnt from my weight-loss journey
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss. The whole concept of calories-in-vs.-calorie-out is outdated. It’s best to lose weight at one’s own pace while listening to your body giving a chance to your metabolic rate and hunger hormones to adapt to the new dynamics. Find ways to keep that metabolic rate high. Understanding and…
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It’s Garbage-in-Garbage-out, not Calories-in-Calories-out
Ever woke up feeling tired and achy? Went on a run and found that your pace was lower than normal for no apparent reason? A lot of times we can track these drops in energy and vitality to our food intake the previous day or earlier in the day. How many times do we think…
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My Weight Loss Journey: The Butterfly Effect in Action
Up until my early 40s, I had struggled with my size. I couldn’t remember a time when I consciously felt happy about the way my body looked. How sad is that at my slimmest weight with a BMI of 22, I was still conscious of my big behind and dreamt of a flatter tush. Little…
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Not all processed foods are created equal
By definition, ultra processed foods have five ingredients or more and are filled with sugars, oils, fats, anti-oxidants, stabilizers and preservatives 3. Most of these ingredients are not found naturally and are responsible for 90% of the sugars in the average American diet. Read on to find out what happens in your body when you…
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