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Pick up any magazine or watch any television show and you will see features and advertisements to help people lose weight. It is one of the hottest searches on the search engines and the one thing that everyone seems to want to talk about. However, there is a forgotten group of people in the world, especially in this country, whose most basic needs are not being met. These are the people who need to gain weight, including small children who are still in the most important growth and development cycle of their young lives, people who are recovering from serious illness and those who are trying to build additional muscle mass. Continue reading →

Every few years there are new diets introduced suggesting that if you count calories you will be more conscious of them, and therefore you will eat less and lose weight. But being conscious of calories is not the same as choosing not to eat as many. Simply acknowledging the calories in that bacon triple cheese burger with extra bacon and chocolate milkshake is not going to negate them. It will not block their artery clogging cholesterol, saturated fat and simple carbohydrates that leave you feeling hungry even though you never burned them off. Continue reading →

More than 23 million people in the United States alone have diabetes, a disease that happens when the body is unable to make enough insulin or is not able to properly use insulin. Instead of moving into the cells, sugars build up in the body, which can lead to a number of serious health issues, including kidney disease, and heart disease. After being diagnosed with diabetes, patients may think that life as they know it is over. Actually, diabetics can live long, healthy lives, as long as they take their medications, exercise, eat healthy and keep their weight down. There are two main types of diabetes – juvenile diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. A third type of diabetes is known as gestational diabetes. Continue reading →

Too many people look at the numbers on the scale, get upset and then do something drastic. One of the first things that people tend to do when they need to lose a little weight is to start eating very small meals or, worse, stop eating altogether. While they may lose a little weight initially, the pounds that they drop will be water weight only and will come back quickly. Not only will the weight come back, but you will find that it becomes very difficult to lose any more weight at all. By eating a diet with too few calories, you have turned off your metabolism, the furnace that burns the fat. Even when you are trying to lose weight, you need to have the right amount of calories in your daily diet to ensure that you are getting the proper nutrition and that you have enough energy to get through the entire day. Continue reading →