Drink Diet Soda? You'll Probably Gain Weight

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Drink Diet Soda? You'll Probably Gain Weight

Some of the dangers of diet soda stem from the highly processed sweeteners it contains, high fructose corn syrup and aspartame.  If these dangers haven’t convinced you, maybe the fact that you haven’t reached your weight loss goals will convince you. Whatever the reason you are decided to cut the diet soda (and we hope that you are), good for you!  It surely means you are on your way to better health.  Cutting diet soda can help you live a better, and healthier life.

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Mediterranean diet lowers heart disease risk

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Mediterranean diet lowers heart disease risk

A new study says the Mediterranean diet lowers your risk for heart disease. What is the Mediterranean diet? The Mediterranean diet is a diet that is based on traditional foods people having been eating for many years in Mediterranean countries like Greece and Italy. Researchers in the past have said that people who consume a Mediterranean diet are exceptionally healthy compared to those who do not. Specifically, people who eat a Mediterranean diet tend to have a lower risk for many deadly diseases. Numerous studies show the Mediterranean diet can help with weight loss, prevent heart attacks and strokes, prevent type 2 diabetes, and prevent premature death.

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7 Easy Vegetarian Breakfast Ideas

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7 Easy Vegetarian Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast is the both the most important meal of the day and one of the hardest to prepare with our busy mornings. But these 7 breakfast ideas can be prepared in a jiffy or even parts of it the night before. Breakfast gives you the energy you need for the day and starts up your metabolism, a.k.a. your fat-burning engine. Consider these 7 ideas tomorrow morning. 

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“Clean” up your diet and change your life

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“Clean” up your diet and change your life

For the past several years there has been a dietary term called “clean eating” or “eating clean” that has followed on the heels of the organic, local and slow food movements.  Clean eating simply means eating foods in their most natural, whole state as possible while reducing the intake of processed and packaged foods to a bare minimum.  Foods eliminated would be prepared items such as frozen pizza, boxed or canned goods, sugary desserts, soft drinks, or anything that contains unnecessary food additives such as high fructose corn syrup, other added sugars, excess salt or chemical preservatives. 

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Importance of Self-Esteem for Weight Loss

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Importance of Self-Esteem for Weight Loss

We've talked about all types of weight loss strategies and trends recently on the blog. From intermittent fasting and weight loss myths to juicing and detoxing for losing weight, there are sure no shortages of tips. However, we wanted to bring it back to basics and to something that often overlooked as a weight loss strategy, and that's self-esteem. More often than not, people lose weight thinking they will develop self-esteem and while this can seem the case in the beginning of a massive weight loss journey, deeper self-esteem issues can make for a long and difficult or vicious cycle of crash diets and starving yourself. 

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Coffee may lower inflammation and reduce risk of diabetes

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Coffee may lower inflammation and reduce risk of diabetes

According to a new study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, drinking coffee may lower inflammation and reduce the risk of developing diabetes. The study found that people who drank coffee were about 50 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to people who did not drink coffee. The scientists believe that the reason for a reduction in the risk for type 2 diabetes could be the effect coffee has on the reducing the amount of inflammation in the body. 

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Focus on food for better vision

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Focus on food for better vision

One of the numerous complications that affect eyesight as we get older is a condition called age-related macular degeneration (AMD).  This chronic eye disease affects as many as 15 million Americans and millions more around the world.  It’s the number one cause of severe vision loss and legal blindness of people over the age of 60 in the U.S.

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Sugar, Sugar: How much is too much?

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Sugar, Sugar: How much is too much?

Sugar has certainly come under fire as a culprit for a plethora of health concerns, ranging from cancer to obesity. The average American consumes approximately one third of a pound of sugar each day, translating into nearly 130 pounds of sugar per person every year. As a nation sugar usage exceeds 9 million tons a year.

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5 Food Recalls from 2015

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5 Food Recalls from 2015

From salmonella, E. coli and even metal bits, food production has run into some issues this year. Here are 5 of the latest food recalls you need to know about from 2015. 

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Summertime Eating Tips

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Summertime Eating Tips

Don't gain weight at your summer festivities this year. It's important to enjoy the baseball games, concerts, bonfires (yes, we love S'mores too) and the beach, but eating healthy can help you enjoy these events even more, versus feeling bloated. Here's our tips. 

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6 Tricks to Reduce Belly Fat

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6 Tricks to Reduce Belly Fat

Belly fat – we all dread it. For many people, the waist is often the first place excess fat goes. Here are 6 realistic tricks you can try to rid your body of that belly fat.

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Avocados to Treat Leukemia

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Avocados to Treat Leukemia

A new study out of the University of Waterloo in Canada published in the journal Cancer Research, is giving us one more reason to love avocados.  The team of Canadian researchers has found a lipid in avocados that fights acute myeloid leukemia, a rare type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow.   

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Fight stress with tea

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Fight stress with tea

Being stressed out can have a detrimental effect on our health, as well as put a damper on our weight loss goals.  At a basic level, stress is our body’s reaction to a situation that is seen as potentially dangerous.  

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FDA Bans Trans Fats: Here's How Your Health Will Improve

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FDA Bans Trans Fats: Here's How Your Health Will Improve

News broke this week that the FDA is giving food manufacturers 3 years to rid all of their products of trans fats. Also called "partially hydrogenated oils," these are the key source of trans fatty acids in the American diet. We explore.

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80/20 Rule: Eat to Live

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80/20 Rule: Eat to Live

Have you heard of the 80/20 rule? Originally called the Pareto Principle, this theory can be applied to many different areas of your life...and it might just be the secret to losing weight and actually keeping it off. Here's what you need to know. 

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Eat Carbs Now

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Eat Carbs Now

Carbs in the summer? This doesn't seem right.  Warm months are no place for hearty meals when we are trying to stay slim and fit into our bikinis, right? But if you think about it, the summer is when we are most active and expending the most energy.

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Why You Need to Stop Drinking Diet Soda

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Why You Need to Stop Drinking Diet Soda

Giving up soda is a big change for a lot of people.  Even cutting back from let’s say three sodas to one a day, can be life-altering and very beneficial to your health.   For some people the changes are a bit less drastic and mean switching from regular to diet soda.

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Should you eat the same thing every day?

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Should you eat the same thing every day?

Who's eating the same thing every day? Raise your hands. Some experts say it's important to change up what you eat. But is this the full truth? We explore.

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Belly Fat Gone: 12 Food Ideas

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Belly Fat Gone: 12 Food Ideas

Belly fat (aka visceral fat) is serious business. A big waistline puts you at increased risk for many health problems including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Here are ways to lose it for good this time.

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Coffee and Your Health

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Coffee and Your Health

There has been so much about coffee in the news these past few months. A number of significant studies have look at its effects on reducing everything from heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Here's what you need to know. 

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