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Most people understand the importance of dietary fiber in their diet. Much has been said about its importance in heart health, diabetes, cancer prevention, and even weight control.

What is less well understood is how different types of fiber effect the body. Some provide fecal bulk, some are absorbed more quickly into the blood stream than others, and thus raise blood sugar levels more quickly, and yet others provide benefits to the heart.

Thus, despite the apparent simplicity, fiber is a complex topic. And whilst all types of fiber are important, if you are looking at preventing or managing specific conditions, its not enough to just look at the total dietary fiber as written on food packaging.

Dietary fiber is broadly classified into soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber is fermented in the colon, and plays a role in slowing the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream. It also encourages the growth of the ‘friendly’ bacteria that help break down bile, and are involved in the creation of B vitamins like folic acid, niacin, and pyridoxine.

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Weight loss solutions are easy to find if you want those that are trendy and promise quick results – but a green tea diet is neither – and its claims are scientifically based.

Weight reduction or control has become a very serious problem in western first world countries and is increasing as we indulge ourselves, taking full advantage of the "lifestyle of convenience".

It is our health that suffers as a result and we pay a great price both as individuals and as nations for this lifestyle that leaves us overweight (perhaps morbidly obese), subject to cancers, digestive disorders, heart disease, high cholesterol, deficient immune systems and infection, premature aging and reduced energy levels.

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Nowadays people’s life is very complicated. We work a lot, have money problems to solve, the rhythm of our life is very fast. Accodring to Jacob Bogatin all these factors need huge amount of power and energy. That’s why we should think about how and what we eat. Luckily, we may not worry where we’ll get our food but it doesn’t mean that we have not any problems.

I guess all people know that we need to follow the regime and eating three times a day at the same time would be a good idea but Jacob Bogtin thinks it is impossible because of the lack of time. It is one of the main reasons why people suffer from overweight have problems with health.

You may not be a dietition to know what you should do to prevent such problems. Jacob Bogatin says that first of all you need to eat regularly and don’t eat at night. The best time to eat is at the morning because you can eat everything. Secondly don’t drink sparkling water and eat more fruit and vegetables. Try to eat mainly at home but not to snack on the five minutes’ break. And, of course, do some sports. If you have no time, do some exercises at home. You need only two hours a week to keep fit. Finally, I want to say that it’s not hard to follow this simple rules to be healthy, slim and to be always in a good mood. And if skincare is also on you mind – take a look at products from Husain Shahnaz.

Before jumping into a diet, you must determine your ideal weight. This will be your guide on your weight loss journey. “Fast” weight loss doesn’t imply that you drop 50 pounds overnight; a few pounds can take months to shed and for obese individuals, it can take years to lose the desired amount of weight. How fast you lose weight will depend on how focused you are on your diet.

Here are some simple steps to help you lose weight:

1. Before dieting, you must know how many calories you normally need in a day.
   If you are sedentary, multiply your weight (in pounds) by fifteen. If you are moderately active, multiply your weight by seventeen; if you are active, multiply your weight by twenty. This will give you the average calorie intake you need per day. Continue reading →

What keeps us alive? Fresh air we breathe, water we drink, good sleeping and, of course, those meals we consume. Food for a man is like fuel for a car – without eating we would not be able even to make a move. But nowadays everyone understands its real value and treats the word “diet” from two different points of view.

On the one side there are such people who make a cult from eating. They just swallow food rich in spices without thinking about its value or taste. And as a result they might then fight with serious health problems where even herbal supplements won’t be a cure.

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By Oey Piu Hian

It’s a common phenomenon that people, who want to lose their weight, opt for dieting without any proper diet plan in knowledge. Obese people have a preconceived notion in their mind that dieting and exercising will cut down their weight to a considerable amount. Energetic people opt for physical exercise and related activities but those who can’t exercise go for dieting. But a clear idea about proper diet is not known to many people. So, before adopting any diet plan for losing weight quickly, some dieting basics should be known to us.

Dieting basics
The main objective of dieting is to shed off excess weight. It’s a cumulative end result achieved through the following:
• Reducing intake of calorie
• improving metabolism of the body
• minimizing absorption of fat
• improving digestion

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When we think of a heart attack, we picture an old man, clutching his chest as he staggers. But this is a dangerously misleading view. According to a newspaper article, heart disease is the leading cause of death, deaths in government hospitals showed that about one in six females died of cardiovascular disease as opposed to about one in 48 females who died of breast cancer.

While there are factors like family history and the natural ageing process that put us at risk, there are many things we can do to protect our heart.

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If you eat when you’re bored
*Work for your food
If you’re munching just because you have nothing better to do, choose a snack that requires time and energy, such as microwave popcorn, unshelled nuts-even crunchy foods like carrots that involve a lot of chewing. “For me, it’s pistachios,” confesses Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., director of the Weight Management Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “I have to crack the shells open one by one, which forces me to eat slowly and be more conscious of how much I’m puting in my mouth.”
*skip Leno or Letterman
If you stay up late, there’s a food chance you’ll get a case of the munchies-and that can spell extra pounds. A 2004 University of Texas study found that nocturnal noshers end up eating more fat and calories than those who snack earlier in the day. “It’s very easy to overeat if you’re bored, especially if you’re doing something sedentary like sitting in front of the TV,” explains Abramson. A better move: Get in bed an hour earlier and catch up on your zzzz’s; several studies show a clear link between obesity and too little sleep (say, less than seven hours).

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If you eat when you’re happy
*Be creative
The next time something fabulous happens-you get promoted, or your daughter makes the soccer team-invent a new kind of feel-good ritual. instead of treating yourself to a special dinner with your husband, take an afternoon off and spend it with him. To recognize your daughter’s accomplishment, join her in an activity like skating or biking. Begin to retrain your brain to celebrate without food.
*Plan ahead
Developing a popcorn strategy, for example, could save you from eating an entire bag at the movies. “If you tell your husband beforehand, ‘Ok, I’m only going to have two handfuls,’ you may actually limit yourself to that much,” explains Abramson.
*Learn how to party
If there are hors d’oeuvres, choose two of your favorites (and yes, one should be a veggie).Then eat just those items. Research shows that people who rely on a few diet staples are more likely to keep weight off than those who vary their foods. to prevent mindless grazing, stay more than an arm’s length away from any snack bowls. And if you get a good converstion going, put our plate down. “The more you focus on people, the more distracted you get, and the more you tend to eat,” explains Wansink.

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Instead, help yourself to 12 strategies proven to beat emotional eating – and lose big
When I is in a good mood, I sit in front of the TV and munches on Lay’s Potato Chips. When I,m stressed at work, I get relief from black jelly beans and twizzlers, and when  I,m bored, I turn to Snickers bars or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. So this past fall, when my husband was temporarily out of work, it was no surprise that I found comfort in food, “I would sit in my office thinking, how are we going to pay all our bills? While shoving cookies into my mouth. Within four months, I had gained 35 pounds.

Like many other women, I was wrestling with a powerful opponent: emotional eating. An Internet survey of 17,000 failed dieters (almost 90 percent of whom were women) found that virtually all of them had relapsed because of emotional issues. These stats don’t surprise Roger Gould, M,D., a UCLA psychiatrist who conducted the survey: “I often see clients who are committed to losing weight, but as soon as they get into a fight with their husband or have a bad day at work, they’ll plow through a whole box of donuts. From a very young age, we’re taught to use food as a psychological coping mechanism – it’s a reward if we,ve done well, or a comfort if we’ve had a tough day.”

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