Best 20 Superfoods For Weight Loss

After reading a fantastic article over at Self Magazine, I believe it’s time for a new slim-down mantra for everyone! ‘Eat more to weigh less’. This isn’t some late night infomercial pitch we should all run from! It’s all about the basics, the right foods help you drop pounds by revving your calorie burn and curbing cravings. The magazine consulted top experts for the best picks and asked leading chefs for easy, tasty ways to prepare them. Add these eats to your plate today and you’ll be slimmer and healthier in no time! Steak Beef has a rep as a diet buster, but eating it may help you peel off pounds. In a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women on a diet that included red meat lost more weight than those eating...

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Baking soda to whiten your teeth

I’m getting hooked on DIY beauty! Because it’s fun, it’s healthy and it’s cheap! Here’s my experience with using baking soda to whiten my teeth. It works! Okay, don’t expect the sort of sparkling white teeth you see on celebrities but baking soda will take off some of the coffee and tea stains and give you a cleaner looking set of teeth. Baking soda to brush teeth is safeThis is one of the most popular and safest DIY methods to whiten your teeth naturally. There are some DIY suggestions of using lemon juice or strawberries but those could do more harm by eroding the calcium in your teeth or cause tooth cavities. However, you want to know that baking soda is pretty abrasive on contact. So on some forums, the advice is to dig a toothbrush into the baking soda and then to start brushing. Well,...

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Newest Breakthroughs in Breast Cancer

By Sunny Sea Gold, PARADE Major advances in the treatment and detection of breast cancer in the last two decades have saved the lives of millions of women. Since 1990, mortality rates have decreased dramatically—by 3.3 percent a year in women under 50 and by 2 percent a year in older women. Experts say that breakthroughs made in the past few years, however, may have an even greater impact in the fight against breast cancer. Here are five reasons researchers are excited—and hopeful.Clearer screeningsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI), best known for its use in brain scans, is now revolutionizing breast-cancer screening and diagnosis in high-risk women. Unlike mammography, which identifies lumps and calcifications, MRI uses contrast to look at blood vessels, which can't be obscured by breast implants...

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Apples for Your Heart?

A new study shows apples may protect against metabolic syndrome.By Joyce Hendley, EatingWell.comCan eating an apple help protect you from metabolic syndrome—a cluster of symptoms related to an increased risk of heart disease? It's possible, say researchers who analyzed data from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In the survey, people who reported consuming any form of apples within the past day were 27 percent less likely to have symptoms of metabolic syndrome—like high blood pressure or a waist measurement of more than 40 inches (for men) or 35 inches (for women)—compared to those who didn't. The apple eaters also had lower levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation whose presence in the blood suggests...

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Foods That Fight Fat Over 40

Ready to get slimmer and feel younger? Add these foods to your diet and you'll gain nutrients as well as lose pounds.By the Editors of PreventionBoost the benefits of your workout and burn more fat, faster, with these seven smart food choices. Add them to your daily diet and you can shed about 10 pounds over the course of a year.Water with lemonA California study of 240 women found that dieters who replaced their sweetened drinks with water lost an average of 3 pounds more a year than those who didn't. Subjects who sipped more than 4 cups of water a day lost 2 additional pounds, compared with those who drank less. Plus, the phosphoric acid in soda may contribute to bone loss—and osteoporosis—by changing the acid balance in your blood.High-fiber granola barsA small British study found that...

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50 beauty tips

1 If your favourite nail polish is not looking so hot place a little nail polish remover into the bottle, put lid back on and shake well, this will give you a few more applications. 2 Applying eyeshadow on top of eyeliner with a damp cotton wool bud will keep the eyeliner in place for longer. 3 Lightly spraying a mist over a fully made up face will set the make up and keep it in place for longer – great for brides and nights out or those extra hours at the office! 4 Eye drops placed into the eye during the day will make the eyes sparkle and help to relieve...

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Iron Rich Fools

Iron is a mineral found in some foods, which is essential for good health and for physical and mental well-being. It has three main roles: Carrying oxygen around the body. Every cell in the body needs oxygen. There is iron in the haemoglobin of red blood cells, and it carries oxygen from your lungs to wherever it is needed.Ensuring a healthy immune system. The cells which fight infection and defend the body against foreign organisms depend on adequate stores of iron. So if your iron stores are low your body is more prone to infections.Making energy. Iron is essential in the chemical reactions that produce energy...

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Best Exercises to Do at Your Desk

Can't get out of the office? Try these tips for a healthier, less stressful workday.By Courtney Myers for Forbes.comThe word exercise comes from the Latin exercere, meaning to keep busy or at work.But what the typical adult does at work is sit in a desk chair for eight hours, plus a sitting-down commute both ways and an evening spent in front of the TV. This is a recipe for ruin. Sitting all day increases our risk for obesity and puts us at risk for back pain, poor posture, leg cramps, tense muscles and sheer boredom.In Pictures: Best Exercises to Do At Your DeskHere's something you can do about it.Exercise is simply the act of keeping your body busy, using your muscles and bones while your heart keeps pumping. You may feel you have no time...

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Back to Breakfast

By Sally Lehrman, EatingWell.comIn many households, the meal once known as breakfast has faded toward extinction, replaced by nutrient snack bars, toaster pastries and other convenience foods that can be grabbed and eaten on the run. One recent study showed that Americans skip breakfast or eat it on the go 21 percent of the time. Children and young adults, especially, bypass breakfast altogether in increasing numbers.Curiously, the evidence has never been stronger that a wholesome breakfast is good for you. Over the past few years, nutritionists have been studying the metabolic effects of a morning meal and learning that breakfast does wonders for performance at work and school, prolongs longevity and wards off cardiovascular disease and unwanted pounds. Lester Breslow, professor and dean...

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Get heart-healthy levels of omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish twice a week and eating walnuts, flaxseeds and their oi...

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Apples: The Live Longer Fruit

The beginning of autumn means that we're entering apple season, which will be a time of cider, desserts, and the crisp, wholesome goodness of the fruit freshly picked from your local orchard. Apples have been a staple of healthy eating for many years, and the often-repeated line of an apple a day keeping the doctor away is far from a myth. Apples really do have a wonderful variety of nutritional benefits, and are a tasty addition to any diet of good health and longevity.Of all of the fruits we eat, apples are the best source of pectin, a natural fiber that has several health benefits. Apples also contain phytochemicals, quercetin, tannins, and antioxidants, all of which have different healthy properties. Below is a list of the top five benefits of making apples a standard part of your daily...

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Basic Weight Loss Mistakes

A lot of us are out there watching what we eat and exercising, but still not making a dent in our bellies and body weight. There are a few things we are probably not doing, or doing too much of, that would mean major improvements in our health.Get more sleep. After a very short period of time (about 6 nights), studies show that your glucose levels can rise if you get only 4 to 7 hours of sleep each night. New parents are excluded, but everyone else should try to hit the 8 hour mark as often as you can and get to bed BEFORE midnight. Every hour of rest before 12 a.m. is twice as valuable as the hours after midnight: Our cortisol levels are lowest before midnight therefore our recovery is the highest.Eating fewer refined and processed foods. Avoid fast and fried food and try to consume as...

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