Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Bloating is often the result of gas that’s trapped somewhere along the digestive tract, particularly within the stomach and intestines. For many people, including men over 40, this can lead to a feeling of fullness or tightness along the abdomen. It may also cause gas and gas pains.
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A hiatal hernia is a mild form of a hernia that you may not even know you have unless your physician finds it. A hiatal hernia is when a portion of your stomach protrudes upward through your diaphragm and through an opening called the hiatus that allows the esophagus to connect to the stomach.
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Kaiser Permanente -- a managed-care consortium -- offers a medically supervised weight-loss plan to help you reach and maintain your long-term weight goals. The program is for people who need to lose at least 40 pounds and want to make lasting lifestyle changes to maintain a healthy weight.
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The grapefruit diet, which advocates eating mostly grapefruit for a period of one to three weeks, is a fad diet and not a safe or healthy way to lose weight. However, including 100 percent grapefruit juice -- ruby red or regular -- in your healthy diet does have some merit.
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Following a juice diet, also known as a juice fast, is a form of a raw diet, which supports weight loss and prevents obesity. Proponents believe this form of cleansing can be beneficial to the body. By drinking only fruit juices, your body will flush out toxins, and be replenished with needed nutrients.
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Plastic surgeons can let out a sigh of relief -- it's not possible to gain weight just in your breasts. The only way to physically change their shape is through augmentation surgery. You gain weight proportionally all over your body according to your body shape, not just in one area.
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Endometriosis affects more than five million American women, according to the National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC). This reproductive disorder occurs when tissue that normally grows in the uterus (the endometrium) grows in other parts of the abdomen.
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If you're concerned about your body fat levels, you have a few options that could help you figure out where on the scale from "healthy" to "obese" you are. Body mass index, or BMI, gives you a very rough estimate of whether you're at a healthy weight or not.
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You can’t spot reduce the stomach area with exercises. Instead, cardio exercises help burn fat all over your body, including your belly. Certain exercises also help build and tone muscles.
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You wake up after a restful sleep, but one or both of your hands are asleep. That tingling feeling may even extend to your entire arm. While this can be an annoying problem, it is usually short-lived and not a sign of any neurological or circulatory problems.
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The rice, chicken and apple diet is one of the many fad diets that promise quick weight loss. The kinds of food you can eat are limited to the ones mentioned in the name of the diet. However, there is no restriction on how much you can eat – you may have as much as you want any time of day.
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Based on research by the American Medical Association, two thirds of all Americans are either obese or overweight. This has led many individuals to look into various weight loss agents to aid in their goals.
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Ketosis is a metabolic condition in which the body begins breaking down fats, thus releasing carbon fragments known as ketones from the liver. The liver produces ketones as a byproduct of breaking down fatty acids. When your body is in a state of ketosis, your appetite is typically reduced.
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After gastric bypass surgery, you need to wait until your body has healed before you can begin eating lettuce and other green leafy vegetables again.
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Calories are a measure of energy and are commonly used to describe the energy content of foods. Your body is able to break down food molecules and use the stored energy for many different functions, including movement, thought and growth.
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Managing your diet and nutrition generally involves considering two things: how many calories you eat on a daily basis and what contributes to those calories.
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Running helps you burn excess calories and fat, which contributes to weight loss, as long as you establish a calorie deficit. Daily runs, like other weight-loss strategies, burn fat from all over your body, including your thighs.
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Milk may be part of a healthy diet plan to assist in weight loss and improve health. A study by researchers from the University of Tennessee found that overweight people who consumed three servings of dairy products a day lost more belly fat over six months versus those who had less than two servings.
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Weight loss occurs when you burn more calories than you consume. To lose a pound of body fat, you must burn 3,500 calories beyond what your body needs to maintain its current weight.
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A six-pack is coveted by many a fitness fanatic, but takes incredible dietary and fitness dedication to achieve.
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