How to Build Muscles

If you want to build muscles there are some things you should be aware of before you start. Here are a few pointers that can help you reaching your goals.
Eat 5-6 meals per day
To build muscles the body needs a regular intake of energy. If you want your muscles to grow, you will have [...]

2010 Dietary Guidelines and the Food Pyramid

Food guidelines have been around for many years. The latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines dates back to 2005, and it is now time for new guidelines. MyPyramid is a food pyramid that reflects the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines.
The Dietary Guidelines are jointly issued and updated  by the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) [...]

Michelle Obama – How to fight Obesity

Tips from the First Lady Michelle Obama on how to make changes towards a new and healthier lifestyle.
Focus on Moving Your Body
Michelle Obama pointed out that not everyone is interested in sports, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t focus on fitness. Fitness can be as simple as to make sure that you move your [...]

Unprocessed Foods – The healthiest choice

If you suggest natural foods to someone who has been dieting, you may see a queasy look on their face. Not too many people like what they think of as natural food. Unprocessed foods are certainly the healthiest foods we can eat, but unless you grow your own foods, they are bound to have come [...]

Health Benefits of Chili Peppers

Weight loss

Chili peppers can help you to lose weight. Japanese studies have shown that chili stimulates fat burning and also has a regulatory effect on appetite. Chili peppers increases you metabolism and curb your appetite for sweets and fatty foods.
Increases your metabolism
Research has shown that Capsaicin, the substance that makes chili peppers hot, increases [...]

What’s affecting your Vitamin C Absorption?

Vitamin C has many important functions and you really have to make sure that you get enough of this vitamin. For example, Vitamin C helps boosting your immune system and it is also important for skin, bone and connective tissue. If you are planning on getting pregnant you should know that Vitamin C protects [...]

Top 5 Antioxidants with high ORAC value

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come up with a scale called ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) that measures the antioxidant level in foods. Antioxidants protect our bodies from free radicals that cause aging and illnesses. Most people only get about 20% of the recommended intake of antioxidant (3000 ORAC units a day). This [...]

Adapt Stone Age knowledge to your diet

During the Stone Age the diet consisted of berries, fruits, vegetables, root vegetables, fish, eggs and wild meat. People lived close to the nature and were healthy. But then, people began cultivating the land and were getting farm animals. This meant that the eating habits changed and that milk, grain, corn, beans, lentils and [...]

Avoid diseases with Omega 3

Omega 3 consists of the healthy unsaturated fatty acids. By eating a lot of the important Omega 3 you could avoid many diseases.
Studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk for mortality from cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, it has been said to prevent cancer and Alzheimer’s disease as well as provide relief in [...]

Weight loss with permanent success

Have you tried all the latest weight loss programs without any permanent success and been wondering why it never works? Don’t worry. The answers are not as complicated as you might think. Let us give you a few weight loss tips.
Long-term program
If you want your weight loss to be successful you should avoid a [...]

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