Category: Weight Loss
Optimal fruit and veg intake is a pound a day, says meta-study
People who want to live as long as possible should eat about a pound a day of fruit and vegetables. Chinese and American nutritionists draw this concl [...]
Even just a little weight training increases fat burning
Even if you only do a very small amount of weight training you increase your fat burning – not while youre training, but when you rest. American sport [...]
The kind of fat in your diet helps determine how much muscle mass you build up
If you gain weight, the kind of fat in your diet partly determines the amount of fat and the amount of muscle in your newfound kilograms. The unsatura [...]
Ecdysteroids curb growth of fat tissue
More plus factors for the ecdysteroids: the steroid compounds in spinach-type plants not only have an anabolic effect, but also curb the growth of fat [...]
Obese teenagers benefit most from a combination of strength training and cardio
Severely overweight adolescents aged between 14 and 18 who want to lose weight and have enough will power to get up and exercise are best off combinin [...]
More fat burnt in a cardio session with salbutamol
A dose of salbutamol – the active ingredient in medicines for asthma such as Ventolin – doesn't increase the total amount of energy you use during a c [...]
Hydrated body burns more fat, less protein
In a somewhat older study researchers raised liquid levels in their test subjects and measured the effect on their metabolism. The subjects’ burned mo [...]
Aronia reduces cellulite
A capful of super-berry Aronia juice a day can reduce not too serious types of cellulite. Serbian researchers discovered this when they gave Aronia ju [...]
Opuntia, the weight-loss cactus
You can buy them in any drugstore: slimming supplements containing fibre from the cactus Opuntia ficus-indica. You can see the plant in the drawing be [...]
Weight loss: faster and healthier with 2 meals a day
Slimming goes better with two large meals a day than with six smaller meals researchers at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Pra [...]
Aronia boosts thermogenesis
Do you wrap yourself up in sweaters while the rest of the world is still walking around in t-shirts? Then you probably have what traditional Asian hea [...]
Exercise and low-carb diet combo excellent way to lose weight
Burning a couple of hundred kcal extra a day by exercising more is a great way to lose weight. Reducing the amount of carbohydrates in your food is an [...]
Lose weight with chlorophyll
Green vegetables such as spinach, curly kale and endive, and superfoods such as spirulina, chlorella and wheat grass all contain chlorophyll. If you c [...]
How multi-vitamins can help you stay slim
The worldwide decline in vitamin intake is contributing to the increase in the number of overweight people. Scientists at the French research institut [...]
Lose weight without dieting with Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Take two tablets a day containing an extract of the Asian climbing plant Gynostemma pentaphyllum, and you'll lose nearly a kilogram fat in a month. Wi [...]
