by angela.booth on October 20, 2008
For people that are interested in forming a diet for gastric bypass surgery, there are not many resources that are currently available to these people. This created a huge demand for people that are looking to form a diet plan for post-surgery recovery. The most important thing to remember for people that are recovering from [...]
by angela.booth on September 29, 2008
Though it sounds almost too good to believe, there really are foods that speed up a slow metabolism that are readily available in every grocery store. You may already be eating some of them without even knowing it. The more foods that speed up a slow metabolism that you eat, the hotter your internal fat-melting [...]
by angela.booth on September 28, 2008
Before we start calculating BMI, let’s discuss what BMI is, and what it isn’t. BMI, or the body mass index, is a tool that’s used to determine whether or not a person is at a normal weight for his or her height. It was invented between 1830 and 1850 by mathematician and scientist Adolphe Quetelet. [...]
by angela.booth on September 26, 2008
BMI calculations might seem like some esoteric and complicated process that you have no hope of figuring out. That’s not true. BMI isn’t magic or some scientific secret withheld by those in the know. If you’ve ever used a BMI calculator online, then you know that you put in your height and weight, and it [...]
by angela.booth on September 25, 2008
Though one of the most popular tools used today to determine whether someone is at a healthy weight or not is the BMI, body fat and lean muscle tissue don’t figure into the equation. This has led many experts to discount BMI as an archaic measurement that isn’t accurate for many people. What is BMI, [...]
by angela.booth on September 23, 2008
You’ve heard of the BMI – the Body Mass Index – and you wondered what it was. It sounds complicate. Is it a new way to lose weight? The BMI isn’t a meditation or an exercise or diet plan, it’s simply the measure of your body mass. It compares your weight and height, and boils [...]
by angela.booth on September 17, 2008
There are many quick weight loss centers out there, and many people have used them to try and lose the weight that they do not want. But do any of those centers actually work? For many people, these centers can not provide for them anything that they can not provide for themselves. If you have [...]
by angela.booth on September 13, 2008
Vitamin B12 is a nutrient that is found in our food and we need it to keep our nerve cells healthy and to keep our red blood cells at optimum efficiency. It is also extremely important for proper digestion; in fact, our stomach acids grab the B12 from food and mix it with IF, which [...]
by angela.booth on September 5, 2008
You can dress it up in any way you please, but when it comes right down to it, when you go on a diet, the goal is calorie reduction. When you take in fewer calories than you need, your body gets its energy from its fat stores. The only thing you really need to be [...]
by angela.booth on September 5, 2008
It seems as if everyone has weight loss tips, but it can be very hard to separate the good ones from the bad ones. Whose tips can you trust? 1. One very reliable source for weight-loss tips is the health-care industry. Visit several medical websites, such as WebMD, Healthline or Mayoclinic.com. These are well-respected sites [...]