Fiber can help you lose weight and protect against certain cancers, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. Find out how! Dietary fiber used to be known as roughage. It comprises the edible parts of plants that are not broken down and absorbed in the human gastrointestinal tract. Fiber comprises structural plant polysaccharides such as cellulose. [...]
Track your food intake using My Fitness Pal for 7-14 days. Ideally use the bar code scanner as there can be inaccuracies with most MFP numbers. If in doubt, use USDA or Supermarket data. When eating out in places that don’t give calories on their menus, search for alternatives on MFP such as Wetherspoons to [...]
When trying to stick with a weight-loss diet, one of the biggest barriers people face is not having the social support from friends and family. I’m sure you’ve been there, Saturday night comes around and you’ve been invited out for a meal and a few drinks. You’re trying to stick to your diet, yet the [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could eat and drink whatever we want, not even think about creating a calorie deficit through watching our diet or exercising to burn more off energy and yet still magically lose weight (body fat) because of a ‘weight-loss supplement’? Just lately, I’ve come across a lot of local ‘For [...]
