Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.
Sausage may be a meat product, but due to added fillers some types of sausage may also contain carbs. If you're following a low-carb diet, you'll need to read the nutrition label to look for ones lowest in carbs.
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A whole foods diet doesn't require any books, complicated meal plans, calorie counting, gadgets or supplements. All you have to do is restrict your intake of processed foods and eat primarily whole foods, those that are as close to their natural state as possible.
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Your baby face may influence how people treat you. As pointed out in a 2008 paper published in Social & Personality Psychology Compass, people associate a baby face with childlike, immature traits. You're viewed as cute and approachable, not strong and authoritative. (ref 1, under "
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You may be alarmed if you find small red bumps or pus-filled pimples on your child's scalp. There are a number of causes that can mimic acne pimples, and it is even possible that your child is starting to develop acne.
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The weight-loss deadline you've set -- whether it's a wedding, spring break or a reunion -- requires you to lose 2.2 pounds per week.
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An HCG diet is a low calorie regimen combined with hormone injections. A.T.W. Simeons, the British doctor who developed the HCG diet in the 1950s, notes that human gonadotropin is a pregnancy hormone that can redistribute fat and suppress hunger.
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Almost 75 percent of men age 20 and older, or three in every four, are overweight or obese, according to the 2009-to-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. If you fall into this category, it's time to reduce your weight to improve your health.
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You didn't head to the gym to leave feeling fatter than you did when you arrived, but this can be the effect of some of the most intense workouts. This feeling doesn't actually mean you've gained weight. It may be a result of water retention, muscle pump or mild inflammation.
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Women entering midlife tend to gain 1 pound per year due to inactivity and loss of lean body mass, according to registered dietitian Maryann Jacobsen (ref 1).
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People of the same height can post different weights on the scale and still be perfectly healthy. Men tend to weigh more than women of the same height because they naturally have a greater amount of muscle mass, which weighs more per square inch than fat tissue.
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Focalin XR is a prescription-only medication, marketed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. It is not a weight-loss medication; rather, the drug is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
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Running on an uneven surface, such as sand or grass, increases the number of calories you burn with each step. Your body burns extra energy on uneven surfaces just to keep you stabilized and to propel you forward from a sunken position.
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Contrary to popular opinion, fat cells in adipose tissue are not simply dormant storage depots, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Alerts. Fat cells are dynamic and highly active.
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People passionate about Bikram yoga tell you it's all you need to get fit -- it offers cardio, flexibility and strength with a tremendous calorie-burning potential.
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The torso, or trunk, consists of the chest, abdomen and back. When this area contains excess fat, you need to pay special attention if it is in the stomach. If left alone, this fat can increase the risk for conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea and high triglycerides.
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Participating in sports can help you learn the value of teamwork, make friends, beat stress and have fun. In addition, engaging in many sports can help you lose weight because you can burn many calories in just a short time.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition that causes infertility in women because of infrequent ovulation, decreased progesterone production, insulin resistance and cystic ovaries. Not all women with PCOS will have all of these characteristics.
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Although high-protein diets can be an effective way to lose weight, not all protein-rich products are ideal for shedding pounds. In addition to considering the protein content of a food, you should assess the total calorie content, as well as the amount of carbs and fat provided.
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Belly fat, sometimes called "middle-age spread," is an affliction that's hard to avoid when you're over 40. You don't like how that excess weight looks in the mirror, and what it does to you internally is even worse: It raises your risk of chronic disease. You're not stuck with it though.
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Weight control is all about calorie balance -- if you eat too much and move too little, you end up with a surplus of calories that leads to weight gain. When you eat those calories doesn't matter as much as their quality, their amount and your activity level all day long.
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