Weight Loss Tip of the Week
Chill soups, gravies, and stews in the refrigerator, then skim the fat off the top for a healthier nutrition! Archive for the ‘Quick Weight Loss Tips’ Category
Stare at lovely Laura and you'll eat less! (Click the image to enhance it.)
Feast your eyes with something blue every time you feel hungry and you should end up eating less and losing weight. A research conducted by behavioral optometrists from Colorado reached the conclusion that, eating while looking at something from the blue color spectrum, triggers a subconscious association with that food being less appetizing.
Parsley Juice for Weight Loss
Parsley is one of the top weight loss spices available. First let’s take a look at parsley health benefits and, in particular, parsley juice health benefits as we think this is the best way to get more parsley into your diet. However, you can also use fresh parsley to garnish loads of dishes, including sandwiches or salads. Parsley juice can be drunk fresh, right after squeezing, or warm, combined with tea, under the form of an infusion.
Gastric Banding vs Gastric Bypass
If you’re trying to lose weight and a fitness routine and strict diet aren’t working then you might be considering weight loss surgery, also known as bariatric surgery, for the good of your health. If you’re morbidly obese (BMI of 40 or higher) and your weight is seriously starting to put you at risk of strokes, heart disease or some cancers then you may have been recommended a gastric bypass or gastric banding. Here we’ll look at the differences between the two procedures to give you a more informed choice about these surgeries.
Vitamin C for Weight Loss
The discovery of the effects of vitamin C on our immune system was a major discovery – a sailor noticed that people who ate the oranges, limes and lemons on voyages didn’t appear to get scurvy. At the time this was a remarkable discovery about the healing properties of vitamin C, but today we now know more about vitamin c, including its weight loss effects.
Bananas and Weight Loss
Resistant starch is a type of starch that doesn’t generally get digested by the small intestine and thus passes through into the large intestine where it can deliver similar benefits to fibre. These resistant starches act as appetite suppressants as it behaves very similar to fibre – it has the added advantage however of being able to be added to foods without affecting its flavour and is therefore found in lots of ‘off the shelf’ weight loss foods.