Tag: Crash Diets
ABC’s of Thinning Hair
Posted on Aug.23, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
About Thinning Hair
Many people have a misconception concerning “thinning hair.” So the obvious question needing to be answered is exactly what is meant by the term thinning hair?
Actually, the term itself is a misnomer. It’s nearly impossible for human hair to become thinner over time. What exactly is happening on your head … results in an optical illusion which becomes evident in every mirror you gave at.
You see … typically roughly 10% of your hair follicles [...]
Female Hair Loss: Finding a Hair Loss Solution
Posted on Aug.22, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
As a female, if you are facing thinning and losing hair, you are probably pretty stressed by it. However, you will not be worrying and causing more hair to drop once you understand some facts about female hair loss.
You see, in many cases, female hair loss is just a temporary occurance and hence, finding a hair loss solution to it is relatively easy.
Androgenetic alopecia is the hereditary form of baldness that affects 50 percent of men, and some women [...]
Fiber in a Nutshell?
Posted on Jul.04, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
There are numerous diets out there that guarantee that they are the ones that will work. We all know who and what they are. There is the no carb, low carb, carb and low fat, grapefruit, and soup diets, to name a few. While I believe that each of these diets can work for certain individuals in the short term, research shows that crash diets don?t work. Over the long term, these diets are not sustainable. After returning to normal [...]
Take Your Vitamins – But Take Them Sensibly
Posted on May.31, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
When it comes to vitamins, the more you take the better off you are, right? Actually, that’s not true and you can be wasting your time (and money) or even doing yourself harm by overloading on vitamins. To get the ultimate advantage from vitamins, be smart about what you’re taking.
The first thing to remember about vitamins is that pills or supplements shouldn’t be your only source of vitamins. Nothing – not even a daily vitamin regimen – is a substitute [...]
A Rapid Weight Loss Diet – Is It Good For You?
Posted on May.21, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
The so called rapid weight loss diet is one of the closest things to a crash diet. One description of a rapid weight loss diet is this – A crash diet is a diet which is extreme in its deprivations – typically severely restricting calorie intake. Meant to achieve rapid weight loss, a crash diet differs from outright starvation only slightly. Crash diets are typically unhealthy and are rarely – if ever – recommended by doctors or dietitians. Crash diets [...]
Fast Weight Loss Diets
Posted on May.18, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
When you see a diet that claims instant weight loss results red flags should go up. Infomercials that boast that their diets are easy and you can lose 30 pounds in 30 days are nothing more than weight loss gimmicks. Many people are duped by these diets because they sound good, and because they often have a celebrity or athlete to endorse them. Remember two things: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and celebrities [...]
Weight Loss
Posted on May.17, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
The concept of beauty changes with every century. Today, being beautiful does not mean having a beautiful face alone. A toned, slim body adds charm to a person?s beauty. Today, everybody wants to get rid of excess flab and cellulite and shed off those extra pounds.
Obesity or excessive body weight also leads to other ailments like heart problem, diabetes and knee pain. It is not possible for everybody to spare time for exercise. Some are simply lazy and do not [...]
Extremely Quick Weight Loss
Posted on May.16, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
A diet very low in calories is unlikely to provide adequate nutrition, so it leaves you feeling hungry, deprived and resentful. People have different reactions to this; some rebel, while others are convinced that they don’t deserve to eat normally and that they’ll never be able to, without gainin weight. In other words, crash diets set the stage for future eating disorders.
Also, very quick weight loss seldom stays off. That’s because most people’s bodies tend to have two metabolism ’settings’, [...]
The Healthy Way to Lose Weight
Posted on May.16, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Confused by all the diets on the market today? The best advice I can give you is to eat healthy food for weight loss. Fad or crash diets do not work and are not healthy. In fact, they can slow your metabolism and cause further weight gain. The best way to lose weight is to eat the right foods. A good starting place for a balanced diet is the USDA Food Pyramid. Everyone is different so you will need [...]
Don’t Starve Yourself
Posted on May.15, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
There is a reason why starvation diets are called “crash” diets. When you deny yourself of the nutrition your body needs to function, you will “crash”, literally, from fatigue and weakness. More than likely you will then “crash” into the pantry and eat everything in sight to satisfy your hunger.
In order to lose weight, you need to burn off more calories than you consume. A calorie is the standard unit of measurement for burning energy. To increase the temperature of [...]
















































