Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Cardiovascular exercise raises your heart rate and metabolism, increasing your calorie expenditure both during and immediately following the activity. Getting regular aerobic exercise helps with weight management and improves your fitness and overall health.
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Limiting carbohydrate intake for weight loss has a long history, dating back almost 200 years. More recently, plans like Atkins and South Beach have popularized the low-carb diet, in which you restrict your consumption of carbohydrates and then gradually add them back in.
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The hypothalamus is an area of the brain that produces hormones involved in regulating hunger and thirst, among other sensations. The hypothalamus is considered a part of the nervous system. Supplying the hypothalamus with nutrients that are supportive of cognitive function may help to increase its functionality.
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The human body is capable of losing more than three pounds in one day. However, that kind of weight loss is reserved for people who are severely over-weight. Rapid weight loss is often due to water loss and is regained once food or beverages are consumed.
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When your child is 12 years old, the last thing he should need to think about is weight loss. However, if your child is overweight, losing 10 lbs. could help improve his health and establish healthier habits.
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If you are overweight or underweight, the hormonal imbalances in your body may make it difficult for you to ovulate and become pregnant.
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During cancer treatment, you may need to boost your intake of protein and calories in order to prevent weight loss and muscle wasting. However, radiation or chemotherapy can cause nausea and diarrhea and make swallowing or chewing painful.
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Adderall is a stimulant drug that can only be obtained with a prescription. Although the medication is legitimately used for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, it is also abused for non-therapeutic purposes.
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The debate surrounding birth control pills and weight is a long-standing one. If you visit online health forums, you’ll see that most women complain about gaining weight with birth control pills, not losing it.
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When a person drinks Diet Coke instead of water, serious medical conditions will arise. Not drinking water will have a negative effect primarily on the kidneys. Diet Coke appeals to diabetics and to those who are dieting because it has no sugar or calories.
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As men age, it becomes harder for them to keep weight off because of their inactivity and decrease in lean body mass, according to the American Dietetic Association. The added weight increases their risk for heart disease, diabetes and an early death.
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Women require fewer calories than men, according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 report. When an aggressive weight loss plan is in order, choosing a 1,000-calorie-per-day program can help you lose weight quickly and efficiently.
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The morning banana diet is based on the premise that eating only bananas for breakfast and drinking room-temperature water as your main beverage results in weight loss, no matter what you eat the rest of the day.
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If you can't or won't join a gym, your iPhone can double as a personal trainer. One of the best things about the iPhone is that whatever you want to do, there's probably an app for it.
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All the biochemical processes your body does daily make up your metabolism. These processes consist of basic bodily functions -- such as pumping blood -- physical activity and digestion. The energy used to fuel these processes is measured as calories, which you get from food.
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When it comes to losing weight, low-carb diets work. However, eliminating whole food groups from your diet, including grains and fruit, may increase your risk of nutritional deficiencies, including some of the B vitamins.
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Creatine is a natural substance found in certain meats and fish and also produced by the human body. It is also consumed in supplement form, most often by strength-training athletes and bodybuilders. A misconception of creatine is that it burns fat directly when in fact that’s not its purpose at all.
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Melons are part of the gourd family. Watermelons, honeydew and cantaloupe are the most common varieties, and although grown mainly in the summer months in the United States, you can often find imported melons year-round. Other less common varieties include the casaba, Crenshaw and Persian.
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The Special K Challenge is a short-term two-week diet plan designed to kick-start weight loss in people with a BMI over 25, which classifies them as overweight. It is not meant to be followed as a long-term diet.
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Prosthetic legs are artificial limbs that are used in cases of amputation. Either one or both legs may be subjected to amputation for a variety of medical reasons. Amputations can be performed above or below the knee, depending on medical conditions. A variety of factors can make the use of a prosthetic leg easier.
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