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| That Brilliant Vitamin: Vitamin B |
| By Charlene J. Nuble |
Vitamin B is a group of eight individual vitamins that promote normal growth and development. The B vitamins treat anemia and some types of nerve damage, help mental and nervous conditions, improve resistance to infection and disease, increase appetite and energy, and improve memory. Here are what the B-complex vitamins do for you and why you need them.
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| Are You Overweight Because You're Not Sleeping Enough? |
| By Tracy Lee |
Everyone knows the importance of exercise and how it helps us with weight loss, but on some days we all wish we can just sleep in bed and lose weight at the same time. Did you know that sleep can affect your weight? Try your best to get enough sleep every day, and you'll reduce one more obstacle in your path to attaining your desired ideal weight.
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| Diet and Exercise Evolution: Water: 65% of Your Body Can't be Wrong |
| By David McCormick |
No matter how much you exercise, if you don't drink enough water, your body will not metabolize fat for you. The more water you drink the healthier you become. Here are some more tips, and even water substitutes.
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| The Truth About Red Wine and Heart Disease |
| By Nicholas Webb |
What is so special about wine? What is it that makes it potentially more protective against coronary heart disease, and perhaps other diseases, than other forms of alcohol? What is the truth about red wine and heart disease?
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| Food: The Proof Is In The Portion |
| By Virginia Bola, PsyD |
We are a large people. 65% of us are overweight, 30% actually obese. How did we reach this point? Can we blame the processors, the preservers, the packagers, or the fast food industry? While all of these made their contributions to our current plight, one source of our caloric distress runs through everything: portion size.
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| Increase HDL Cholesterol and Live Longer |
| By Nicholas Webb |
There are several effective ways to increase HDL cholesterol (that's the good one by the way), that can literally add years to your life, reduce the risk of heart disease, atherosclerosis and stroke. So, how do we go about getting high HDL cholesterol levels. It is free, relatively easy and last as long as you continue a healthy life.
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| Add years to your life and save your heart for free |
| By Nicholas Webb |
For some time it has been known that people who live into their 90's without evidence of heart disease, typically have very high levels of HDL. You should do your best to get your HDL levels up to at least 60 milligrams. You can reduce your risk and save your heart for free.
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| Foods That Help Burn Fat |
| By Lisa Irby |
Want to burn fat around your waistline and tone your abs? Foods that are high in fiber and protein are the best kinds of food to consume. Here are some foods that will help you reach your weight loss goal. These foods are not only good to you, they are good for you!
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| Toning Your Abs - Common Exercising Myths |
| By Lisa Irby |
Whether you are a man or woman, we would all love to have that solid six pack to show off when we are at the pool. Crunches are good exercises for toning the abs and stomach. However many people think they can continue to eat what they want as long as they end their day with 100 crunches. Your first goal must be to lose that fat, and that starts with your diet.
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| Using Nutrition to Boost Your Cardio |
| By Tony Hale |
If you want to make changes to your body, it is pretty important for you to understand how your body works. I am almost certain you want to burn fat. You can boost your cardio and trick your body into burning that fat as energy. Why not get the maximum benefits if you are going to do the work anyway.
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| How to Find a Gym and Start Exercising |
| By Michael Brooks |
Exercise to cure cancer, exercise to lose weight, feel better, livelonger, and stop dementia, the list appears endless. Get yourself motivated to join the wonderful world of exercising. A great solution is to join a gym where you are in the company of like-minded people. Here is how to find a gym for the first time or after a period of inactivity.
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| Spoiled Rotten: The Big 3 Reasons for Fitness Failure |
| By Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT, YFT |
In this age of medicines, technologies, supplements, and highly advanced exercise techniques, people have been lead to believe that they can have results RIGHT NOW. The real truth is that weight loss and physical fitness require time, effort, and dedication. Cardiovascular Training, Resistance Training, and Proper Nutrition all play a vital role in your health and fitness program.
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| Simplebean Top 10 |
| 1. | Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy!, Bill Phillips |
| 2. | Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating, Dr. Walter C. Willett |
| 3. | The G.I. Diet : The Easy, Healthy Way to Permanent Weight Loss, Rick Gallop |
| 4. | Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength, Bill Phillips |
| 5. | The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete, Artemis P. Simopoulos |
| 6. | Food and Mood: Second Edition : The Complete Guide To Eating Well and Feeling Your Best, Elizabeth Somer |
| 7. | Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower, Boost Your Memory, Lift Your Mood, Improve Your IQ and Creativity, Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging, Jean Carper |
| 8. | The Ultimate Fit or Fat, Covert Bailey |
| 9. | Dare to Lose: Four Simple Steps to Achieve a Better Body, Shari Lieberman, Ph.D. |
| 10. | The Get with the Program! Guide to Good Eating: Great Food for Good Health, Bob Greene |
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Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Establishing that diabetes is highly responsive to diet and life-style changes, these experts have transformed complex information into simple, easy-to-follow steps and 98 recipes that can help you lose weight effortlessly.
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Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
Lyssie Lakatos
The nine weight-loss principles and the 200 tips that help you incorporate them into your lifestyle are surprisingly simple things like eating breakfast before you get to work, and learning which sugary snacks trump others (peanut M&Ms boost metabolism, but Twizzlers don't). Experience not only dramatic weight loss but also the thrill of having more energy than ever before.
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Healthy Eating for Life for Women
Neal D. Barnard
Eat your way to better health and well-being. Making simple changes to your diet can significantly improve your health.
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SuperFoods Rx : Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
Steven G. Pratt
Whether you're 63 or 23, you can actually change the course of your biochemistry and stop the incremental changes in your body that lead to diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers, obesity, and Alzheimer's. Dr. Pratt leads you from the 20th-century world of macronutrients: proteins, fats, and carbs into the 21st-century world of micronutrients: phytonutrients, carotenoids, and antioxidants. It also includes delicious recipes, kitchen tips, and shopping suggestions.
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The China Study : The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health
T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
This study, examining more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in 65 counties, representing 2,500 counties across rural China and Taiwan, calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet, that enjoy widespread popularity in the West.
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Slow Burn : Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower
Stu Mittleman
Mittleman once ran 571 miles in six days. He outlines how to slow down and achieve more--an exercise plan that's less stressful to your body; a diet plan with less sugar and more healthy, unsaturated fats from fish and olive oil. He advocates the 85 percent rule: try to do everything the right way 85 percent of the time, and don't knock yourself out over the last 15 percent.
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser
The fast food industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed society's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways. Eric Schlosser, an award-winning journalist, presents a frightening look behind the counter in his devastating exposé.
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