Standard American Diet Attributed to Obesity and Poor Health

Standard American Diet

The Standard American Diet is one that focuses on food for pleasure and convenience, rather than being a diet that encourages good health. The daily caloric content of this diet is high, generally around 2500 calories for the average

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Eating Slower Improves Weight Loss

When dieting you are watching calories, portion size and nutrition anyway, so why bother being worried about how fast you eat your meals? The fact is that eating slower and chewing your food more thoroughly is a very simple way of promoting weight loss for a few

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How Colors affect Hunger and Appetite

Research indicates that bright colors, such as reds and greens, are more appetizing than dark colors, such as purples and blues.

If you are looking for a new way to decrease your portion sizes at meals without battling your hunger then adding appetite suppressant colors, such as blues, purples and blacks can have a significant

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Tips For Planning Your Weekly Meals

Follow these five essential tips for planning your weekly meals to help you stay on track with your diet.

Planning your weekly meals like I do may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you are following your own diet plan then I highly recommend it to you. Here are five essential tips for planning your weekly

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Weight Loss Obsession

A healthy obsession with weight loss is sometimes what it takes to reach your weight loss goals.

Am I obsessed with weight loss? Right now, maybe yes. My husband calls it weight loss obsession, but I call it weight loss commitment and both of us are right. Sometimes you need to submerge yourself into your weight loss program so that you can just manage to stay on

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Eat More, Crave More

Eating large meals and high calorie snacks can be at the root of hunger and the reason why the more you eat, the more you crave.

If you are also someone who is overweight, then likely you too have experienced the Eat More, Crave More vicious cycle and understanding why this happens may help to overcome it. To begin with, when you allow yourself to consume many calories in one sitting your blood sugar and insulin levels will spike up quite drastically and then fall

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Tips to Avoid Overeating

Overeating is one of the primary causes of weight gain. Try these helpful tips to avoid overeating that are simple ways to lower your daily calories.

It’s a fact that all dieters must know – if you overeat, you are going to gain weight. In fact, overeating is one of the reasons why so many of us are now looking to drop some pounds. There are some tips that can help you avoid overeating. Some will work for you and others will not. Dieters should experiment to see what works best for them and then they should stick with

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