Thanksgiving meals require a lot of high fat ingredients that help you to put on weight over the holiday period. Listed below are the ingredients that are usually to blame for causing expanding waist lines during the holiday season. Although many of the substitutions are not ideal, they are an improvement.
To some extend high fat [...]

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For many people, trying to diet during the holidays is like trying to find the perfect Christmas gift for Aunt Edna: almost impossible. No diet pill or weight loss program can overcome the irresistible draw of fudge, eggnog and candy canes.
Conventional wisdom is that most people gain from five to ten pounds of fat during [...]

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This article from John Davenport explains how you can turn an unhealthy holiday meal into a healthier dinner which will not leave you feeling fatter and heavier!
Any one who is struggling with their weight knows that the holidays is a dangerous time. Among all holidays, Thanksgiving is the worst of all holidays because it’s centered [...]

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The paleolithic diet, also known as the Stone Age Diet or Cave Man Diet, is simply a return to eating the foods that humans would have consumed before agriculture and farming became common. Also, it emphasises eating raw foods, as cooking would have been a rarity.
The paleolithic diet is intended to emulate the ancient diet [...]

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The Cabbage Soup Diet is possibly the most infamous diet ever created. When people talk about strict weight loss diets, often the first that springs to mind is the Cabbage Soup Diet. People often feel slightly revolted at the thought of eating nothing but cabbage soup, with memories of over boiled cabbage served in school [...]

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The Egg Diet is not a diet consisting of only eggs. However, it does involve eating a larger part of your protein allowance in the form of eggs. The egg diet has its origins in the induction phase of the Atkins Diet, as eggs are one of the healthiest ways to consume a high protein, [...]

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Nuts are not enough to be a diet in themselves, but should form part of a healthy and well balanced diet. Nuts are a great source of protein, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals, and Nuts are 10-25% protein, high in both mono- and polyunsaturated fats, and a good source of dietary fibre. Nuts are also [...]

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There are no foods which are intrinsically linked on a singular-consumption basis to illness, disease or decline of body function. Yet, there are foods, such as fugu, which when improperly cut or prepared can result in death. In essence, “there are no bad foods”.
Nevertheless, there are foods which have low nutritional value, and if consumed [...]

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Junk food is a common term used for any food item that is perceived to be unhealthy or to have poor nutritional value. The phrase was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972. Examples of junk food may include, but are not limited to: hamburgers, pizza, [...]

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One of the most important things you can do to help your overall health is maintaining a healthy diet. Good nutrition is very important to success in all diets. Diet planning is not going to do any good unless you are following it. Personal Diet Plan involves your lifestyle, eating habits, and what your goals [...]

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