HEALTH & WEALTH for LIFE
Archive for May, 2011
Tip the scale in your favour
May 30th
If after-dinner snacking is a problem for you, try brushing your teeth after dinner. It works as a great signal to stop eating. If your main course at a restaurant is served with the typical “starch and vegetable,” ask to omit the starch and double the vegetables instead. Vegetable side dishes are usually small, so More >
Chew Your Food Properly
May 27th
No matter what you may think, digestion starts in your mouth. Your saliva contains enzymes that start the digestion process, and the enzyme, alpha amylase, breaks down the starches into smaller molecules that your body converts to energy. Then there’s lingual lipase, an enzyme that starts digesting the fat content found in food. And we More >
10 Minute Fat Burning Workouts
May 23rd
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3 Weight Loss Tips
May 22nd
“I really want to lose weight. I hate the way I look and feel, and I know things will be much better when I get the weight off. But I am just not losing anything. I think there must be something wrong with me.” Does this sound like you? Then I have 3 weight loss More >
How Long Will it Take to Lose Weight?
May 20th
Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. Every time I have a new client scheduled to see me for weight loss, I have a pretty good idea of how our first conversation will go. The first thing they usually want to know is how much I think they More >
Chefs’ Diet Secrets
May 19th
Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. Years ago when I was in private practice, I had the pleasure – and the challenge – of working with quite a few well-known professional chefs. It was great to get to know them, and to listen to them speak so passionately More >
Eat to Compete
May 18th
Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. As professional cyclists are racing down the coast in the Tour of California this week, I wanted to share these ideas from Dr. John Heiss of Herbalife on how to ‘Eat to Compete – 5 Reasons Why Endurance Athletes Need Fuel More >
Motor Neuron Disease
May 17th
Most South Africans know the name of Joost van der Westhuizen. A great great rugby player. Now as a victim of Motor Neuron Disease. Source: All4Women Most cases of Motor Neuron Disease – MND – progress quite quickly, with noticeable decline occurring over the course of months. Although symptoms may present in one region, they will More >
Sizing Up Sugar for Kids
May 16th
By Luigi Gratton, M.D., M.P.H. Sugar is a short-term source of both energy and pleasure. But the fact is kids today are on sugar overload! According to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, kids are getting a staggering 29 teaspoons of refined sugar per day. This overconsumption of sugar is More >
