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| Getting in Shape: 10,000 Steps to Terrific Health |
| By Tom Ogren |
Want a simple, inexpensive, low risk, foolproof method to lose weight, get healthy, and get in shape? All you need is a serious commitment and a $15 step-counting pedometer. posted Friday, March 18, 2005
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| Exercise: Why YOU Should Do It |
| By Aaron M. Potts, ISSA CFT, YFT |
Millions are spent each year on diet pills, magical exercise devices, and misrepresented health and fitness products, when a good set of dumbbells and a brisk walk may be all you need to get in better shape than you've ever been in. Resistance training is as simple as moving your body under more resistance than it normally has to handle. posted Sunday, March 13, 2005
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| 7 Reasons Low Carb Diets are Wrong |
| By Charles Remington |
Our body is designed to run best on a certain type and balance of fuel. Unfortunately the latest low-carbohydrate fad diets are not fuel that our body was designed to run on. Low - carbohydrate diets can cause several health concerns over time. The Fat Loss Coach explains the top seven. posted Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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| Review: Super Size Me |
| By Simplebean.com |
Do you need help breaking the fast food habit? Morgan Spurlock’s DVD, Super Size Me will definitely motivate you to rethink your next fast food meal. Following him through his 30 day McDonald's-only binge. You will see what the effects are on his weight, body fat, blood, cholesterol, liver, mood, and even his sex drive. Things get a little scary, but sometimes that is what we need to see. posted Saturday, March 5, 2005
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| Low-Carb Diets: Are You Losing More than Weight? |
| By Monique N. Gilbert |
The average American eats about twice as much protein than what they require. Some people, in the pursuit of thinness, are going on low-carb diets and are eating up to four times the protein their body needs. Many people are putting their health at risk by eating too much protein. posted Wednesday, March 2, 2005
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| Weight Loss Begins in the Mind |
| By Oma Edoja |
You can diet all you want, and even start an exercise program. But it’s quite unlikely that you’ll keep it up, if you’re still thinking fat. Weight loss begins with thinking thin. posted Sunday, February 27, 2005
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| Getting F.I.T.T. Is Easy |
| By Lynn Bode |
For most people the hardest part of exercising is just getting started. Hectic schedules and lack of time certainly contribute to the excuses. But for many people, lack of basic workout knowledge intimidates them and prevents them from even getting started. An easy way to get started is utilizing the F.I.T.T. principle. This acronym stands for Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type. posted Friday, February 25, 2005
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| How to Wean Your Kid from the Junk Food Joneses |
| By Phil Goglia |
Getting the whole family to eat healthy meals in a culture where some kids think that a potato chip is a vegetable can be a real challenge. We live in a culture where “the Joneses” our kids see every day on TV commercials and media ads are endorsing low-nutrition, heavily processed fast foods and soft drinks. But there are realistic, easy-to-implement strategies that can help you to gradually wean your children away from poor nutritional choices and toward delicious more wholesome foods. posted Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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| How to Curb Carbohydrate Cravings! |
| By Kim Beardsmore |
More often the reason for the mid afternoon carbohydrate cravings is due to gaps in understanding how our body works and responds to diferent types of food. Read on to see what you can do to control those mid afternoon cravings. posted Saturday, February 19, 2005
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| The R Factors - Your Answer For Getting To The Perfect Body For Fitness And Health |
| By Robert Adams |
Building a Perfect Body for Body Perfect Fitness and Health Is just Four Factors Away!!! The R Factors!!!! posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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| Five Fast Food Fixes |
| By Jennifer Reisinger |
Do you try to make healthy choices when you eat fast foods, opting for salads, grilled chicken and anything vegetable? Be careful, hidden calories and grams of fat can make your best intentions backfire. A little knowledge will go a long way in protecting your waistline. posted Monday, February 14, 2005
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| How I Did It - An Average Person's Account of Weight Loss |
| By Jon T. Stevens |
Jon Stevens gives an account of successful weight loss. No "fad" diet or self-starvation, just simple determination coupled with a desire to look and feel better. posted Wednesday, February 9, 2005
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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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Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food
Susan Albers
Healthy eating is conscious eating. Albers provides a checklist for the wide variety of mindless eating approaches, from eating when not hungry to faddish diets to food rituals. These step-by-step instructions help readers reach a new level of understanding of their relationship to food, weight, and health.
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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.
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Your Miracle Brain: Maximize Your Brainpower, Boost Your Memory, Lift Your Mood, Improve Your IQ and Creativity, Prevent and Reverse Mental Aging
Jean Carper
Bestselling author Jean Carper reveals the astonishing new discoveries that have caused brain researchers to completely revise their ideas about the brain's marvelous capabilities for change through nutritional neuroscience.
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The Joy of Weight Loss
Norris J. Chumley
The Joy of Weight Loss is the dramatic story of how Norris Chumley turned his life around, after weighing 400 pounds during much of his adult life. After trying and failing virtually every diet, he discovered joy and lasting happiness, with permanent freedom from obesity. Chumley counsels a sensible diet, taking pleasure in pleasurable movement rather than a punishing exercise regime.
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American Heart Association Low-Fat & Luscious Desserts : Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Other Temptations
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association proves that you can enjoy desserts and still keep your heart healthy and your waistline trim. These sweet treats are light on saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories. Here are more than 100 mouthwatering recipes, including of course, chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Every one of which can fit into a healthful eating plan.
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Trim Kids(TM) : The Proven 12-Week Plan That Has Helped Thousands of Children Achieve a Healthier Weight
Melinda S. Sothern
Today, one in four kids are overweight, putting them not only at risk for adult obesity and type II diabetes, but also for low self-esteem and depression. Here, children will learn kid-specific exercises especially designed for their weight levels, and the family will enjoy dozens of menu plans with tasty, nutritious, kid-tested recipes. The Trim Kids approach has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and 48 Hours and in USA Today, Ladies' Home Journal, and elsewhere.
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Quick Meals for Healthy Kids and Busy Parents
Sandra K. Nissenberg
In a world of frozen dinners and fast food drive-thrus, nutrition has taken a backseat to convenience. Make Healthy Meals as Fast as You Can Have Them Delivered. Here’s help for working parents. With over 140 healthy and delicious recipes you can make in 30 minutes or less.
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