There’s no shortage of exercise programs that promise to turn your body into a ‘fat burning furnace’. Usually these programs claim to harness the afterburn effect; referring to the additional calories burned while recovering from the exercise session. While the effect is real you should take the promises with a grain of salt. The effect becomes meaningful only after intensive
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Doubt is a common tactic in marketing of diet and weight loss books. By claiming that something you do is wrong, and perhaps even prevents you from losing weight, marketers sow the seeds of doubt. Like a cigarette company executive once said: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that
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While there are many forms of exercising, none can compare to the power of jogging and running. This article will provide you with a close look at how these exercises impact your overall fitness level, and ways you can improve your efficiency to burn extra calories. Simply follow this guide and you will see a noticeable improvement in your weight
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Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food—when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it’s harder to understand why we can’t seem to stop eating—even when we know better. When we want so badly to say “no,” why do
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Sometimes food is like a drug. When you are addicted to it, cookie is not just a cookie. It becomes an all-consuming obsession. A craving that demands satisfaction. In this article I outline how the food industry has turned their product into something that’s closer to a drug than real food. And it’s a drug that has millions hooked. The
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The average middle-aged man in a Western country eats more than 1.2 Million calories in a year. And during the same year this “average man” gains about 1 pound, which represents only 0.27% of his yearly energy intake. How is he able to so precisely match his energy intake and requirement? Does he perform complicated calorie calculations in his head
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How many times you’ve had this experience? You are not hungry, but as you drive by a fast food joint suddenly your stomach starts grumbling and you start to get hungry? It’s as if just seeing the fast food restaurant made you hungry. In fact, this is exactly what happened! Brain imaging studies have shown that visual food cues (ads,
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You know that you have to cut calories in order to lose weight. Most people do it by eating smaller meals. That’s the hard way. In this article I’ll share with you 5 diet and starvation free tips for cutting calories. With these tips you can easily slash 200 to 500 calories per day without feeling like you are on
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I can’t think of any other endeavor more confusing than weight loss. Experts abound and everybody has an opinion of what you should do. Whether calories matter for weight loss is one of those highly debated questions among gurus and experts. Some say calories are the only thing that matters, while others say you just have to avoid carbohydrates and
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If you aren’t doing it regularly, exercise is hard. And if you are anything like me, you would probably rather eat your old socks than start exercising. Is it even such a good way to lose weight? Many experts claim that it just makes you hungry, and because you eat more it’s futile as a way to lose weight. Others
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