Getting fit and losing weight after pregnancy
You're back home again. You're happy, but maybe not physically fit. That's perfectly normal, since your body has gone through significant changes during pregnancy and has worked very hard during the birth of your baby. When you give birth, you ... [... more]
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Breastfeeding and your diet
Breastfeeding makes a healthy diet important. Fluids, especially water, are also important for a good supply of breast milk. Breastfeeding uses a lot of energy and nutrients such protein, calcium, iron and vitamins. A strict diet to lose weight ... [... more]
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Weight loss ... all about
Fad diets don't work, but what does help long-term weight management? If you want to lose weight or even gain weight, how can nutrition and exercise help? Learn how to read food labels, what proteins and carbohydrates really do and even how to ... [... more]
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Weight loss - common myths
Dieting has led to many unhealthy misconceptions about weight loss and caused long term difficulties in maintaining a healthy body weight. There are no magical foods or ways to combine foods to reduce body fat. To lose weight, you need to make ... [... more]
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Lisa R. Young, Ph.D.
The No Diet Reality Guide to Eating, Cheating, and Losing Weight Permanently The Portion Teller Plan is a sensible eating guide and the end of diet deprivation. No forbidden foods, no calorie counting. Welcome to diet liberation. Would you ever ... [... more]
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Bob Harper
BOB HARPER is a world-renowned fitness trainer and one of the stars of the TV reality series The Biggest Loser, which is ending its fifth season this spring. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Take Charge, Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Change ... [... more]
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Marty Becker, D.V.M.
A Dog and Owner's Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together Got a canine couch potato? In just a few weeks, man's best friend can become man's best exercise buddy. Here's how! Like their owners, more than half of American dogs are ... [... more]
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Rebecca Powell Marx
REBECCA POWELL MARX is a ChefMD partner, a medical television producer, and a journalist. Ms. Powell Marx is a 2007 International Health and Media FREDDIE Award winner for the ChefMD website. A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing ... [... more]
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Alisa Bowman
On Losing Weight without Being Hungry-the Ultimate Guide to Weight Loss Success Tried diet after diet and still can't lose weight? It's time to call the expert. In The Skinny, Dr. Louis Aronne, America's top weight-loss specialist, shares the ... [... more]
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Big fat myths
You will lose weight this way, but its mainly lean muscle you are losing and the end result is your metabolism will really slow down. When your eating patterns return to normal the weight will go straight back on (plus a few more) as your body ... [... more]
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Why Australians should lose weight
People who are overweight or obese are at an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes. Many of the deaths attributable to excess weight are due to chronic diseases. In 1996 (the most recent ... [... more]
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Weight loss myths - quiz
Try our health quiz to separate weight loss myths from fact. Learn the facts about diet, nutrition and weight loss. It sounds like your knowledge of healthy ways to lose weight is limited. It might be a good idea to seek professional help to ... [... more]
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