Slimming For All

South Beach Chopped Salad with Tuna Recipe:

Salad

• 1 can (6 ounces) water-packed tuna

• 1/3 cup chopped cucumber

• 1/3 cup chopped tomato

• 1/3 cup chopped avocado

• V3 cup chopped celery

• Va cup chopped radishes Continue reading »

Cutting Your Carbs Changes The Game.

A 2006 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition set out to look at the effects of carbohydrate restriction on different cardiovascular disease risk factors, but what they found was valuble information for those looking to lose weight (as well as fight cardiovascular disease). These researchers found that when the people in the study cut their carbs, their body’s starting metabolizing fats differently. They were actually able to detect these changes at the genetic level. The ‘rules’ of weight loss change when you start cutting your carbs. You can eat more fat (even saturated fat) without negatively impacting your health. You will also lose more weight faster and easier (more on that later).

Cut your carbs and your body’s biochemistry changes – for the good! Continue reading »

The Atkins diet is a modern weight loss phenomenon. Founded by Dr Robert Atkins, 1930-2003, it was first published as a diet book, “Dr Atkins Diet Revolution” in 1972. This was followed by a series of books on the subject. There were worries about the safety of the diet and although it dwindled in status, it became popular again in the 1990’s.

The popularity of Atkins as the ultimate fast weight loss system was helped by the rise of the celebrity fascination and the fact that many celebrities that had shown fast weight loss, attributed this to the Atkins diet. The diet became very popular, with some hotels and restaurants offering special menus for followers. Continue reading »

Nearly everyone who has ever been on a diet, or who has ever read about diets will have heard of Weight Watchers. They have been the most recognizable product in the diet field since the early 1960’s. They are not really a diet as such, more a brand that is well known in the weight loss industry as being one of the leading players, in helping others to reach the weight that they want to achieve.

Weight watchers has Probably the largest amount of dieters of any of the weight loss clubs and the fact that they have been established for that amount of time is an indication of their success. They have been estimated to have around 20,000,000 involved in their diet clubs at any one time. Continue reading »

Weight loss seems to be everywhere these days, there are countless articles, TV shows and books about the subject and yet the problem never seems to go away. On the contrary obesity, by all accounts, seems to be on the increase. Whenever they is a news report we seem to hear more and more about how being overweight is now becoming the norm. And yet many who would like to, cannot seem to find the best way to shed those extra pounds.

Being overweight can lead to great many health problems, as well as just being uncomfortable and feeling hopeless if you keep trying, without success, to diet. High blood pressure and heart disease as well as many other illnesses are believed by many health authorities to be made worse by being overweight. Continue reading »

According to a recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition, drinking 5 cups of green tea every day can help you lose twice as much weight – particularly in your belly.

This may be due to catechins, antioxidants found in green tea, which are believed to boost energy and the burning of fats. Experts also think that catechins “may influence body composition in other ways.” Continue reading »

Cherry Snapper Ceviche Recipe:

•4 cherry snapper (tilapia) fillets, medium dice

•3  fresh limes, juice of

• V2 teaspoon red chili garlic paste (sambal oelek)

• 2 ripe Roma tomatoes, medium dice

• 14 yellow Spanish onion, medium dice

• 2V2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped

• Kosher salt Continue reading »

Many of the weight loss diets that are popular today can be quite complicated to follow and awkward to apply to everyday living. Take the GI diet for instance where you apply different values to foods, based on their glycaemic index number Then you add up the number of these that you are allowed to eat in any one day. This can be extremely difficult when going out, unless you would like to go and ask the chef what is in your meal. And with the Atkins diet you can forget about going for a pizza with your friends.

For many dieters these diets are cumbersome to use in everyday living and can lead to many just giving up and returning to their normal eating habits. The Traffic Light Diet has found a very good way to simplify this. They have devised a straightforward weight loss system that is easy to follow and can be used in most social situations, such as when dining out. Continue reading »

The high fiber diet is one of the more familiar weight loss diets that still have a good following. This is possibly a more gentle and easy to follow weight loss system than the more extreme diets such as Atkins. Many dieticians and nutritional consultants favor high fiber diets as they are generally considered to be a safe option that can have a positive effect on health.

It is always advisable to check worth your doctor before embarking on any weight loss diet. The high fiber diet has had many fiends and very few critics in the weight loss world and is thought by some to have beneficial effects on health, as well as being a good, reliable way to lose weight. Continue reading »

The Gi plan diet certainly seems to be taking off at the moment. Endorsed by an ever-growing band of celebrities it seems that this is the diet of the moment. But how exactly does the GI weight loss program differ from the other diets on the market and what does GI stand for?

The Glycaemic Index weight loss system is based on the fact that some sugar-based carbohydrates affect the glucose levels in the body differently to the more complex starch based carbohydrates. A nutritional expert called Dr. David Jenkins made the claimed discovery, that many sugar-based foods do not greatly affect the sugar levels in the blood, in the early 1980’s.

This means, according to the GI diet, that foods that provide a slow delivery of sugar to the body will be helpful to weight loss, in that it will prevent the dieter from feeling the need for energy and so curb hunger and the need to keep on eating. Continue reading »