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Food for Thought: Why we need to question the NZ diet

13Mar

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Food for Thought: Why we need to question the NZ diet

Healthy eating should be easy. Eat plenty of fruit and veggies, strike the right mix of protein and carbs, cut back on the booze and sugar and she'll be right - right? Healthy eating is deceptively complex. But we also know it's an issue of some urgency for New Zealand. Our ballooning obesity rate presents a public health crisis, and much of that can be traced to diet (exercise and lifestyle too, of course - but we'll shelve those for another day). Consensus has formed around some of the culprits: the sweet sting of sugar, increased portion sizes, and more processed food. We'll explore those how those trends, shaped in part by the multinational food giants, have taken root in New Zealand. We'll track how New Zealand's diet has evolved. In a matter of generations, we've moved fr...

What other Options When Diet and Exercise Fail?

6Mar

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What other Options When Diet and Exercise Fail?

Treating obesity can often be difficult. If you’re affected by obesity, you know first-hand that addressing your weight and improving your health is not always an easy task to accomplish. The scope of weight-loss options are wide and can often be confusing and intimidating. More than 93 million Americans are affected by the disease of obesity. Obesity carries with it various other diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea and more. Combined with obesity, these conditions may greatly impact an individual’s quality of health and life. What are some weight loss options: Gastric bypass and other weight-loss surgeries are major, life-changing procedures. While weight-loss surgery can help reduce your risk of weight-related health problems — such as type 2 diabetes, h...

Diet or Exercise: Which Is Better for Weight Loss

28Feb

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Diet or Exercise: Which Is Better for Weight Loss

You’ve heard it over and over again: Diet and exercise are the keys to a healthy weight. As it turns out, though, one is far more important than the other. If you’re looking to drop pounds, your best bet is to focus on food. Despite the constant message to burn fat and calories away at the gym, people who only change their diets lose more weight than those who only increase physical activity, according to a report in the journal Systematic Reviews. You might have heard that muscle weighs more than fat. That’s true, but it doesn’t mean you should claim that bigger number on the scale is all muscle. “That’s a few pounds, not 20 or 30 pounds,” says Nolan Cohn. “It’s not an excuse for the weight gain.” Still, don’t cancel your gym membership. The Systematic Reviews study found that pa...

What are Health Benefits of Whole-Grain Diet

9Feb

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What are Health Benefits of Whole-Grain Diet

Several studies have suggested health benefits of whole grains and high dietary fiber intake, including for glycemic control and insulin sensitivity. There has been controversy, however, about whether whole grains and fiber are beneficial for weight regulation, partially because there hasn’t been data from controlled metabolic studies. The new study, led by Dr. Phil Karl of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine and Tufts University, provided food to participants for eight weeks and may help explain how whole grain consumption is beneficial for weight management. People who ate a diet with whole grains lost close to an extra 100 calories per day due to a combination of increased resting metabolic rate and greater fecal losses. This is compared to people who ate...

The ketogenic diet: Is HIGH FAT plan more Effective in Weight Loss?

4Feb

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The ketogenic diet: Is HIGH FAT plan more Effective in Weight Loss?

On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run almost entirely on fat - insulin levels become very low and fat burning increases dramatically, and it then becomes easy to access your fat stores to burn them off. So what do you eat on a ketogenic diet? Avoid eating most carbohydrates - the fewer carbs the more effective. This means completely avoiding sweet sugary foods, plus starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes. So how do you know you’re in ketosis? It is possible to measure it by testing urine, blood or breath samples, but there are also some telltale symptoms which don’t require any testing. Look for a dry mouth and increased third, increased urination and ‘keto breath’ - this is due to a ketone body called acetone escaping via the b...

“What Is The DASH Diet, and Why Is It So Effective? “

23Jan

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“What Is The DASH Diet, and Why Is It So Effective? “

If you are looking to improve your health, the DASH diet is the way to go. For the seventh consecutive year, the DASH diet has been ranked as the best overall diet in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual diet ranking. Unlike better-known diets such as Weight Watchers or the Jenny Craig Diet, the DASH diet’s main priority isn’t weight loss—it’s merely an added bonus. Instead, the DASH diet, which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, aims to lower high blood pressure and enforce healthy eating patterns. So how does the DASH diet work? It’s simple. Based on the diet’s guide, you set a daily calorie intake determined by your age and activity level. Then you follow easy serving size guidelines to help cut down on sodium and fill up on nutrients. If you are focused m...

Are you an Endomorph Body Type? Here’s your best Diet!

17Jan

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Are you an Endomorph Body Type? Here’s your best Diet!

How does the Endomorph Diet work? One’s body type doesn’t just help determine how easily one loses or gains weight, but it can also pretty much affect how and what type of foods fuels one’s body best and help shed weight. Case in point, an ectomorph can eat just about anything without gaining a kilo, while an endomorph is carb-sensitive. Regrettably, unlike other body types, the latter also finds it difficult to make up for poor dietary habits with exercise. She needs to get her diet right to lose weight, feel energetic, and for good health. Why do endomorphs have to watch their calories A study by the American Medical Association indicates that compared to other body types, one of the reasons an endomorph struggles with her weight more is because she is very sensitive to even the sli...

2017 Health Trend: One order of Golden Milk Please!

4Jan

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2017 Health Trend: One order of Golden Milk Please!

One thing that plays a major part in any health related issue is the food habits and vitamin consumption which is required to keep your body well-functional. Golden milk is one such drink that the people have introduced as a trend to obtain maximum fitness and health due to its large array of health benefits after regular intake. Golden milk is not artificial milk that is manufactured in factories. It is regular milk mixed with turmeric and infused with spices such as pepper, cinnamon, and ginger. The drink acts a natural sugar-free antioxidant drink which purifies the body and gets rid of all the unhealthy particles. This drink works well for the people who prefer organic products as well as the people who want to save the money and make their own things rather than buying factory manu...

Red cabbage microgreens help reduce LDL cholesterol

19Dec

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Red cabbage microgreens help reduce LDL cholesterol

Research in animal studies has uncovered that red cabbage microgreens help reduce LDL cholesterol – bad cholesterol. Microgreens are gaining traction in the food industry and showing up in more dishes. Microgreens are a tender, immature plant which grow within two weeks time. Researchers suggest that microgreens can offer greater benefits to health as opposed to their fully-grown counterparts. Red cabbage has already been found to help protect against excess cholesterol and so the researchers wanted to see if their microgreens counterparts could offer greater benefits. The researchers wanted to test the benefits of red cabbage microgreens on mice who consumed a high-fat diet as a means of reducing cardiovascular disease risk. The mice who consumed the red cabbage microgreens had redu...

Improve Your Blood Circulation NATURALLY in a Month

12Dec

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Improve Your Blood Circulation NATURALLY in a Month

A healthy circulation is very important if you want to remain healthier for a long time. To improve your blood circulation, there are certain common foods that you can add to your diet. 1. Orange - rich in vitamin C and bioflavonoids, that can strengthen the walls of the capillaries in your circulatory system 2. Pumpkin Seeds - rich in vitamin E, they can help promote an effortless circulation of blood and oxygen and prevent blood clots 3. Ginger - known to stimulate the production of healthy red blood cells, and also help boost blood circulation to a considerable extent. 4. Garlic - a natural blood thinner, it has the ability to clear up clogged arteries 5. Watermelon - as it is rich in lycopene, it can prevent the build-up of plaque in the arteries 6. Nuts - rich in vit...