Slimming For All

Hollywood diets come into fashion and go as fast as the length of skirts or hair color. More recently, America was busy with a diet of Dr. Atkins, and now his philosophy out of fashion, and in its place came the new diet. The most popular among the rich and famous is now considered South Beach diet.

South Beach Diet is very easy to follow. No need to count calories and carbohydrates. There are a few simple rules that determine what products you can eat at each of the stages of this diet. If you stay within these rules, Continue reading »

Greek Salad Recipe:

• 8 leaves romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces

•1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and sliced

• 1 tomato, chopped

• 1/2 cup sliced red onion

• 1/2 cup crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves

• V2 teaspoon salt

Combine the lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, and cheese in a large bowl. Continue reading »

Not as popular now as the more heavily publicized diets such as Atkins, South Beach and The GI diet, low fat diets still have a great deal to recommend them. Although diets based on lowering the amounts of carbohydrates, recommend the intake of a variety of fatty foods, many dietitians have long been of the opinion that a low fat and high fiber diet is the best combination for weight loss and health.

There have been many diet books covering the low fat weight loss diet, such as the Rosemary Connelly Diet. This maintained that a very low level of fat together with an increased amount of dietary fiber, as in whole meal bread, pasta and brown rice, would aid weight loss and help you to maintain a satisfactory level. Continue reading »

Artichokes Benedict Recipe:

• 2 medium artichokes

• 2 slices Canadian bacon

• 2 eggs

• 4 tablespoons Mod Hollandaise Sauce

Wash the artichokes. Cut off the stems at the base and remove the small bottom leaves. Stand the artichokes upright in a deep saucepan filled with 2″-3″ of salted water. Cover and boil gently, 35-45 minutes. Turn the Continue reading »

Have you ever thought about how interconnected Weight loss and metabolism?

Our body constantly burns and burns the energy required for our performance, and we constantly nourished with food. The two balance each other and the process is metabolism. Just how quickly it proceeds depends on several factors – the level of your activity, age and heredity.

The body to spend more calories you need to speed up the metabolism. Difficult, but possible. That’s why Weight loss and metabolism are interrelated. Continue reading »

Mod Hollandaise Sauce Recipes:

• VA cup liquid egg substitute

• 1 tablespoon Smart Balance spread

• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

• Vz teaspoon Dijon mustard

• Dash ground red pepper

In a 1-cup microwaveable liquid measure, combine the egg substitute and the spread. Continue reading »

Jorge Cruise teaches you how to eat every 3 hours and lose weight.

The 3 Hour Diet was founded by fitness guru, Jorge Cruise. Cruise is known for his famous 8 Minutes in the Morning workout program for weight loss. Even though he is not a nutrition expert, Cruise has been able to say that he has been overweight at one point in his life.

With this particular diet, Cruise believes in a diet which has a strict time line of when one should eat and what he or she should eat. This diet has three necessary steps that one should follow: Eat breakfast within one hour of rising from bed, eat every three hours and stop eating three hours before bed.

Why should you eat every three hours? According to Cruise, if you don’t do that, you’ll essentially turn on your body’s starvation protection mechanism or SPM. When this happens, your body conserves fat and burns muscle so that you will survive. Continue reading »

Vegetable Quiche Cups To Go Recipes:

• 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach

• % cup liquid egg substitute

• % cup shredded reduced-fat cheese

• 1/i cup diced green bell peppers

• VA cup diced onions

• 3 drops hot-pepper sauce (optional)

Microwave the spinach for Continue reading »

The 100 Mile diet is not so much a diet program as it is a lifestyle. The 100 Mile revolves around the idea of eating locally raised or grown food.

It maybe the because of the “home” theme, but the 100-Mile diet has “struck a deeper chord” among its practitioners which now involves whole communities. Home raised and produced foods are now being called “the new organic.” In the 100 Mile diet website, they are saying that their foods are “better tasting, better for the environment, better for local economies, and better for your health.” Continue reading »

The media hype surrounding Acai Berry is making claims that it’s the new super food. The benefits of Acai berry seem to be almost endless and people across America are going nuts over it.

Acai Berry has an extremely high concentration of antioxidants, omega fatty acids, fiber and other nutrients. Besides promoting weight loss, Acai Berry is known to increase energy and stamina, fights heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases.

Acai Berry can also improve your vision Continue reading »