Thursday, March 11, 2010

TRIGGERS THAT LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN

January 29, 2010 by  
Filed under Diet & Nutrition

There are three triggers that lead us to overeating and the key to avoiding this is to identify what the trigger is and what the foods may be. 
Trigger Foods 
Trigger foods are those foods which cause you to overeat or binge on, for example, if you open
a packet of biscuits, you have to eat them all; [...]

CALORIE RESTRICTION: GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

December 10, 2009 by  
Filed under Diet & Nutrition

By restricting your intake of calories, it may be possible to improve your health and live longer.  The people of Okinawa practice calorie restriction (CR) and are amongst the longest living people in the world.  We’re not talking starvation diets here, but a healthy, nutritious diet, low in calories.
Back in the 1930’s, researchers found that [...]

HERNIATED DISC: OVERVIEW AND TREATMENT

October 4, 2009 by  
Filed under Pilates & Yoga

Also known as slipped or bulging disc, this is actually much less common than we are led to believe: only about 5% of back problems are because of a prolapsed disc.  The term “slipped disc” is also misleading as this would lead us to believe that the whole disc slips out of place, whereas it [...]

WHAT IS A HEALTHY DIET?

August 30, 2009 by  
Filed under Diet & Nutrition, Featured

In order for us to avoid disease, stay fit, healthy and to enable our bodies to work at an optimum level, we need to take in the right fuel. But what is this and where can we find it?