Fat-Burning Foods: Breakfast, Snacks and Lean Proteins

The Effects of Eating Too Many Carbs

Eating too many carbs throughout the day can lead to weight gain, raise cholestrol levels and elevate blood sugar levels, which increases your risk for type 2 diabetes.

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Results of the Tuna & Water Diet

Developed by bodybuilder and coach Dave Draper, the tuna and water diet is designed to be a three-day diet "reset" to help to ditch poor eating habits. For three days, you'd drink roughly 2 quarts of water a day and eat enough tuna over the course of six meals to take in 1 to 1.

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Snacks That Burn Belly Fat

That slow-but-steady increase in your waistline doesn't just affect how your clothes fit, it's also a health risk. Belly fat often involves gaining visceral fat, which is a type of fat that accumulates inside your abdominal wall.

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Strict No-Carb, No-Sugar Diets

Although it's sometimes derided as a fad diet, eating low-carb has some serious science behind it. It can not only help you shed weight but improve your cardiovascular health as well. Cutting out sugar is relatively simple, as long as you eat whole, unprocessed foods.

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Low-Carb Diets and Brain Function

How you eat affects virtually every aspect of your health, including the health of your brain. And while a well-designed low-carb plan should supply all the nutrients you need for healthy brain functioning, you've likely heard that lack of carbs decreases your brainpower.

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Why Can You Put 5 Pounds on in Two Days & It Takes Forever to Lose?

It can be discouraging -- although not necessarily surprising -- to see a massive jump in the scale after a night of indulging in too much food. And while overeating can make you gain weight over weeks or months, two days' worth of overeating isn't enough to do serious damage.

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