Posted: March 28, 2014
Want to lose weight fast? Get over yourself. Get out of your own way. Get on with a healthier life. That’s it. That’s the fastest way to healthy weight loss. Want proof? Check our ever-growing ‘Success Stories’ page. These are real stories from real people in Southern Ontario. Most of them have been overweight all their lives. Almost every story talks about how easy and/or quick it was to lose weight and keep it off. But they all made big changes in read more…
Posted: March 19, 2014
If you are trying to manage your weight and don’t know how to speed up your metabolism – or you don’t know the benefits of doing so – then you’re missing out on one of the best ways to lose weight. Your metabolism is the process your body goes through to convert food energy (calories) into the energy it needs to perform all its functions. Each one of us has a different metabolic rate, which is the amount of energy read more…
Posted: March 14, 2014
The title question seems straightforward, but the answer is anything but. Eggs have been part of the human diet for as long as any other food. And for most of that history, few questioned whether eggs were healthy or not. Indeed, until 1968, when the American Heart Association began recommending daily limits on cholesterol consumption, eggs were a guilt-free staple in breakfasts around the world. Eggs & Cholesterol So why did the AHA cholesterol recommendations change things? Because eggs have read more…
Posted: March 5, 2014
Whether it’s for french fries or Belgian chocolate, when it hits, you can’t seem to think of anything else except gorging on the object of your food craving. There’re many reasons why we experience food cravings, from nutritional imbalances and emotional stresses, to the fact that some of what we eat, especially sugar glucose, has a similar effect on our body as addictive substances like alcohol, nicotine and cocaine. Food cravings can be responsible for a lot of your unhealthy read more…
