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| Meet the New Look Ronald McDonald |
| By Alan Cooper |
In a television campaign just launched, Ronald McDonald rides a bike. He shoots hoops with Yao Ming. He even snowboards like a pro. The McDonald's-owned website, GoActive.com, explains how Ronald wants the best for everyone. And it seems that when it comes to what's best for everyone, fatty junk fare (described by GoActive as tasty, wholesome food) is just not enough any more. |
| When is a Diet not a Diet? When It's a Lifestyle! |
| By Brian Adamson |
Dieting and weight loss is almost certainly the most lucrative of all health-related businesses. Our waistlines are bulging, our health is deteriorating and the diet industry is making money! Unfortunately, most of their information is little more than propaganda designed to keep you as a customer for ever. It comes down to a simple choice - change your lifestyle! |
| Diet Fads: Supermarket Sheep |
| By Virginia Bola, PsyD |
Our weaknesses are being exploited by the packagers and the super store con men. Food labels are like those ubiquitous Internet sales letters. They trumpet headlines that catch our interest because they are in synch with our desires and goals. The food has not really changed at all, just the packaging. |
| The Truth About Omega 3 |
| By Dave McEvoy |
Studies over the past two years have consistently confirmed that Omega 3, a substance lacking in today’s “diet” is a key component in the brain’s development and proper functioning. Find out how essential Omega 3 is for your brain, and your body. |
| I Can, I Can't |
| By Jeremy Likness |
As a person reaches their golden years, they begin to lose muscle mass. You must train hard, and eat the right foods in order to maintain your lean mass. If you are having trouble with your motivation, just remember: It's not about the goals, it's about the journey. |
| Move, Move, Move for Greater Weight Loss |
| By Gary Matthews |
The key to effective aerobic training that burns off the maximum amount of fat is long-term consistency not intensity. What many don't know is that walking produces a greater percentage of fat loss as opposed to jogging or running. This article will show you the quickest and safest way to lose fat from the body. |
| When a Parent has WLS: What to Tell Our Chubby Children |
| By Kaye Bailey |
We know that children are becoming obese at an alarming rate. We know fat kids become fat adults. And we know it is the parent’s responsibility to make sure their children do not become obese dooming them to lifetime of disease, heartache and suffering. We can learn from a parent’s life-long battle with obesity and improve our children's weight loss. |
| Couple Of Easiest Ways to Burn Fat Effectively |
| By Chris Read |
Here are a couple of mornig tips to burn fat before an upcoming event like a wedding, reunion or to impress that special someone for your life. Whatever your fitness goal is these tips should be able to surely help you reach them. |
| Snack Ideas for Kids That Won't Wreck Mom's Diet |
| By Kim Beardsmore |
Many parents on a diet have trouble maintaining a healthy eating plan when the kids come home from school, or when they are preparing school lunches. Kids love snacks like small bags of chips, tasty bite size crackers, and sodas. Parents love them because they are quick and easy to throw into the lunchbox or for kids to grab from the shelves in the pantry. But they are not part of a weight loss program. Here are 20 snack ideas to stop your kids from sabotaging your weight loss efforts. |
| The Ultimate Weight Loss Red-Flag Guide |
| By Kenny Leonard |
There are thousands upon thousands of weight loss and diet web sites that prey on desperate overweight people, reaping billions of dollars each year. Despite claims to the contrary, there are no magic potions or effortless ways to burn off fat. Here is a little guide that helps set the record straight as well as provide you with red flags to watch out for when researching or looking for weight loss help and support. |
| Learning How to Become a Good Loser |
| By Charles Remington |
On a quest to reach your ideal weight? Are you very good at losing weight, but no matter what diet you try, the weight always comes back, usually with a few extra pounds? There’s nothing wrong with you. You’ve been on diets that are wrong. We don’t fail at diets, diets fail us. |
| Let’s Talk About Fad Diets |
| By Marjorie Geiser |
It is estimated that at least two-thirds of Americans are on some type of diet at any given time. Although research shows the importance of eating from all the major food groups, people are still confused about what type of diet to follow. Expect more quacky diet solutions to pop up. What makes a diet a ‘fad’ diet and why are these diets are something best to stay away from. |
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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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 The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating Rebecca Wood Rebecca Wood has conducted workshops and seminars on whole foods cookery and the properties of foods for three decades. Her book provides information on how to select, prepare, store, and use medicinally more than 1,000 common and uncommon whole foods. Also included are sidebars of recipes, and preparation suggestions. Wood has received both the James Beard Award and the Julia Child/IACP Award. |
Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Cancer Neal Barnard M.D. This book offers a complete nutrition program to prevent and fight cancer. |
Happy Feet, Healthy Food: Your Child's First Journal of Exercise and Healthy Eating Carol Goodrow Organized into weeks, each of which features bright color illustrations, lists of games and activities to try, advice on good foods, and suggestions for packing snacks and lunches. |
The Business Plan for the Body Jim Karas Karas is a Wharton-trained entrepreneur turned fitness professional whose CEO clients pay him $10,000 a week for his diet and exercise consultations. Jim’s clients shed pounds and shape up. What works for them will work for you. Jim also explodes some common but popular myths about fat, food, and fitness and offers up simple eating guidelines and an exercise solution you can live with for the rest of your life. This book provides everything you need — from motivation to information—to achieve your goals for weight loss and fitness, and most important, to maintain your success. |
A Cookbook for All Seasons: A Healthy Eating Plan for Life Elson M. Haas, M.D. Dr. Elson Haas offers guidelines for maintaining healthy and nutritious eating habits in today's world of processed instant food. |
Mayo Clinic Fitness for Everybody Diane, M.D. Dahm From the most recognized name in health, this is a detailed, step-by-step guide to getting and staying fit, regardless of your age or physical condition. Developing an exercise plan, selecting the equipment that's right for you, staying motivated, and preparing for your favorite physical activity are just some of the topics covered in this practical, essential fitness guide. |
Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal: An A-Z Guide to Safe and Healthy Eating Reader's Digest This book gets down to basics, debunks many myths, and gives the reader a useful and comprehensive look at food, nutrition, and health. |
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