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Drama Over Atkins Weight Loss Plan
It all started when a doctor sparked on a topic within earshot of an ardent low-carb blogger. The doctor, an associate professor, Dr David Katz of Yale University was reported by Forbes to have claimed that the Atkins diet had resulted to the hospitalization of one of his patients. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 20/10/2006 | Fitness
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Fat Consequences In Children
As the world battles with an epidemic that is proving difficult to manage and showing signs of becoming a costly affair, our children are getting caught in the cross fire. Adult onset diabetes, weight loss surgery and weight loss medication for children is not exactly what parent had in mind when planning for their posterity. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 14/10/2006 | Fitness
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The Weight Loss Exercises Energy Cycle
The body has three cycles for providing energy during exercising. Each of this cycles demand energy from your body in a different way. However, only one of them is most effective in resulting to weight loss, hence the term weight loss exercises. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 23/09/2006 | Fitness
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Weight Loss Surgeries Are Not A Cure. . . But A Tool
Weight loss surgeries are not a cure for obesity. Infact you only have a few years to enjoy the its sole benefits. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 27/08/2006 | Fitness
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Proteins And Your Health
Really little is scientifically know about proteins and your health. This will endeavor to bring you up to date with this little knowledge; the basics of what you need to know about proteins. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 27/08/2006 | Non-Fiction
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Cholesterol. . . Not Bad After All
Do you know that total amount fat and cholesterol in the diet whether high or low, has no real link to heart diseases as widely believed? There are bad fats that increase risk to certain diseases and good fats that lower this risk. Cholesterol in food is not exactly a health problem. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 27/08/2006 | Health
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Vitamins - the Basics
Vitamins are micro-nutrients. They were discovered by Eijkman (1897) in Indonesia, Java, while studying a disease called beriberi common among natives whose main diet was rice. He noticed that fowl fed on polished rice, developed beri beri, but not when fed on crudely milled rice. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 23/08/2006 | Non-Fiction
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8 Reasons To Lose Weight Now
Obesity is the second leading cause of death after smoking. It is associated with an increased mortality rate of all ages including children. Losing weight though commercialized is still to your benefit if you carry more weight than you should. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 10/08/2006 | Fitness
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Weight Loss and Carbohydrates. . . Some Basics
When it comes to weight loss diets, carbohydrates are becoming misunderstood nutrients. Read
By: Mark Kimathi | 10/08/2006 | Fitness