- Newsflash: Starving Won’t Work!
With fad diets out there telling us over and over again that to lose weight we need to deprive ourselves, it’s no wonder that so many people think that starvation is the best diet tool of all. I mean, we’re taught that food is the enemy, so it makes sense that if we cut food [...]
- The History of Fad Diets, part 3 – Diets in the 21st Century
Where have all these diets over the last millennium brought us? Crazy diets are still popping up left and right and in between. Diet books, diet pills, diet support groups, and diet meals on wheels are bigger than ever. And yet people are more obese than ever. Does the popularization of fad diets make people [...]
- Tater Power!
Not all carbs are bad for you, not even potatoes. That’s right, the carb of all carbs is not just empty calories like many people think, but is actually jam-packed with energy-boosting nutrients and can be a healthy part of your diet.
Potatoes contain phenol which is an antioxidant proven to fight diseases. An All Blue [...] - Is Dark Chocolate the New Diet Pill?
That’s right, chocolate does not need to be the enemy. You can eat chocolate and lose weight — you just need to know how to do it right. Here’s how:
First, always eat dark chocolate; and the darker the better. Good dark chocolate means that there is a high concentration of cacao, which has been known [...] - The Coconut Diet: A Healthy Lifestyle Diet
Some diets tell you that you can NEVER eat this or that. Other diets force you to ONLY eat these particular foods. The best and easiest diets to follow are the ones that suggest that in addition to your regular healthy diet, you ALSO ingest these certain things. So is the case for the popular [...]