Healthy diets range from structured plans like the Zone or Daniel Fast to high-protein regimens for bodybuilders. Learn how to lose weight sustainably using lean proteins, or gain weight quickly through balanced nutrition and meal timing.
Burdock root, scientifically referred to as arctium lappa, has been used for centuries in Europe, North America and Asia as a digestive treatment and a diuretic. More recently it's been used to treat chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and AIDS.
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Sure, a balanced diet focuses on healthy foods, but that doesn't mean you only eat lettuce and carrots. The purpose of a balanced diet is so that you get all the energy and nutrients you need for your body to function properly, with a little room for small indulgences.
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While the average woman might base her eating plan on trying to lose weight, if you compete in bodybuilding or figure competition, your diet focus will often be on gaining weight. You don't want to gain fat, though -- rather, you want to increase lean muscle mass while still retaining a feminine shape.
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Dilantin, also known as phenytoin, is a medication used in treating people with seizure disorders, also called epilepsy. According to the People’s Pharmacy, phenytoin was first discovered in 1908, although it was not used to treat seizure disorders until 1938.
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People come in different shapes and sizes, but generally can be categorized as one of three main body types -- ectomorph, mesomorph or endomorph. Of the three, endomorphs tend to be people with the most body fat, those who gain weight easily and have trouble keeping it off.
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Whether you're trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, a 1,600-calorie diet is a fairly low-calorie plan, so every bite you eat must count. To ensure that you meet all your vitamin and mineral needs, your meal plan needs to include a variety of foods from all the food groups.
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Like other single-food weight loss fads such as the Egg diet or the Twinkie diet, the Strawberry diet doesn't meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture's criteria for a healthy, balanced eating plan.
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Metabolism is a general term that relates to the chemical reactions that take place within your body, and it is your diet that generally governs how your metabolism functions. Because everyone's genetics are different, peoples' metabolisms also vary.
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Along with the other macronutrients, carbohydrates and fat, you need adequate protein in your diet to support good health.
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A low-fat, high-protein diet may help you lose weight, reported a study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine and published in 2005.
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A high-protein liquid diet is a medically prescribed meal plan. Physicians prescribe this diet regimen for a number of reasons. Most commonly, your doctor may prescribe a high-protein liquid diet preoperatively to promote weight loss before bariatric surgery, as well as postoperatively to help your recovery.
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Whether you follow the one developed by the U.S Department of Agriculture or another authoritative source, food icons play a crucial role in establishing and sustaining healthy, well-balanced eating habits.
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Whether your goal is to lose, gain or maintain, it all comes down to calories. A 1,700-calorie diet is a lower calorie plan that may help men and active women lose weight, and help inactive women 50 and over maintain weight.
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If you're struggling with a bout of mild-to-moderate diarrhea, adding fiber to your diet might help. Look for foods high in soluble fiber, which absorbs water in the digestive tract. Mixed with water, soluble fiber turns into a gel, resulting in firmer, bulkier stool that moves more slowly through your system.
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Some weight-loss diets focus on replacing one or two meals a day with specially formulated beverages. While it may be tempting to use Ensure in this manner, doing so probably won't result in lasting weight loss, and may even lead to weight gain.
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Shaolin monks are Chinese Buddhists who practice Shaolin kung fu within the temple. Renowned for their martial arts skills, the monks follow a celibate, deeply religious lifestyle that includes a vegetarian diet, often referred to as the Shaolin Temple diet.
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Apples are one of the most nutritious foods you can eat, full of fiber to improve your digestive health and antioxidants that can lower your risk of heart disease. But all those benefits don't do you any good if your stomach aches after you eat the fruit.
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After evaluating 32 diets, including the Atkins diet, Jenny Craig and Slim-Fast, a panel of nutrition and diet experts concluded that Weight Watchers was the easiest plan to follow and the one most likely to result in successful weight loss. All foods are assigned a point value.
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Although there are many sound reasons not to eat after 7:00 p.m., weight loss is not one of them. According to the Weight Control Information Network, when you eat doesn’t matter, and snacking in the evening hours does not “cause” weight gain.
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Along with oxygen and water, food is life sustaining. Food provides macronutrients including fats, proteins and carbohydrates, which are used as sources of energy, as well as building blocks for everything from healing injured muscles to producing enzymes and hormones.
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