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How to Lose Weight Fast: 3 Simple Steps,  There are many ways to lose a lot of weight fast. However, most of them will make you hungry and unsatisfied. If you don't have iron willpower, then hunger will cause you to give up on these plans quickly. The plan outlined here will: Reduce your appetite significantly. Make you lose weight quickly, without hunger. Improve your metabolic health at the same time. Here is a simple 3-step plan to lose weight fast. 1. Cut Back on Sugars and Starches The most important part is to cut back on sugars and starches (carbs). When you do that, your hunger levels go down and you end up eating much fewer calories. Now instead of burning carbs for energy, your body starts feeding off of stored fat. Another benefit of cutting carbs is that it lowers insulin levels, causing your kidneys to shed excess sodium and water out of your body. This reduces bloat and unnecessary water weight . It is not uncommon to lose up to 10 pound...

Three Drinks to Lower Blood Pressure This article first appeared on the eating well magazine Worried about high blood pressure? Try adding these heart-healthy drinks to your diet. Combined with regular exercise and a smart eating plan, they can help prevent and control hypertension. Here's how If you're serious about lowering your blood pressure, you probably already know to ditch high-sodium foods like deli meats, canned soups and frozen pizzas. Ditto for unhealthy fats and sugary sweets and sodas, which can pack on pounds and hike up your risk of hypertension. But what about foods you need to eat more of? Research shows that eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables plus lean protein can help prevent and control high blood pressure. That's why many folks have turned to the plant-based DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, an eating plan that's been proven in clinical trials to lower blood pressure and LDL cholesterol levels. Of course, ...

Could Eating for Your Blood Type Be the Key to Losing Weight? This article first appeared on CookingLight.com Does your blood type hold the key to what you should be eating for optimal health and effortless weight loss? Our nutritionist digs in. This story originally appeared on CookingLight.com by Carolyn Williams, PHD. RD. Choosing what to eat based on an individual’s blood type is the concept behind Dr. Peter D’Adamo’s best-selling book Eat Right for Your Type. Originally published over 20 years ago, revised editions of the book continue to increase in popularity. Unique eating approach diets, like Dr. D’Amano’s, are based on the premise that individuals process what is eaten differently due to traits and genetics left over from ancestors and blood type. Each blood type has different needs, as well as certain foods that should and shouldn’t be consumed. Dr. D’Adamo suggests that by eating according to blood type, an individual can become healthier, reduce risk o...

Foods to Eat If You Overeat We all overindulge sometimes. And while that extra slice of cheesecake (or two) may have sounded like a good idea at the time, eating too many calories forces your body into overdrive as it tries to undo the damage done by the harmful free radicals produced as you digest food. (Free radicals attack cells and can promote the development of chronic conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.) "Just metabolizing food—especially fatty and carbohydrate-rich fare—causes the body to produce free radicals, which attack cells and can promote the development of chronic conditions including heart disease, diabetes and cancer," says Ronald L. Prior, Ph.D., research chemist and nutritionist with the USDA at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center. And, of course, the more we eat the more free radicals we produce. Here's the good news: research suggests that there's a delicious way to rebound from the damage of a rich meal and re...

What to Eat for Dinner to Lose Weight . Find out what dinner foods can help you lose weight healthfully. When you’re trying to slim down, every meal—and calorie—counts. But that doesn’t mean that dinner has to be a skimpy salad. You can build a filling, diet-friendly dinner (that includes dessert) around these four slimming ingredients. 1. Salad Greens Start your supper with a simple salad: it’s low in calories and research out of Penn State shows that eating a first-course salad can cut your overall calorie intake at a meal by up to 12 percent. Plus, a vegetable-packed salad delivers fiber, a must-have when you’re dieting. Fiber helps you stay satisfied longer—and, according to one study, upping your fiber intake may help prevent extra pounds from creeping on and even promote weight loss. 2. Lean Protein Beef, chicken, pork, fish, tofu or beans—it doesn’t matter which you pick—all are protein-rich. Gram for gram, protein will keep you feeling fuller longer ...

Vegetable Weight-Loss Soup A big bowl of this veggie-packed minestrone will leave you satisfied for hours without consuming a lot of calories—plus it's an easy way to boost your vegetable servings for the day. Top with a dollop of pesto before devouring this delicious skinny vegetable soup. Nutrition profile Dairy-Free Egg Free Soy-Free Diabetic Appropriate Gluten-Free Healthy Aging Healthy Immunity Heart Healthy Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 2 medium carrots, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 12 ounces fresh green beans, cut into ½-inch pieces 2 cloves garlic, minced 8 cups no-salt-added chicken broth or low-sodium vegetable broth 2 (15 ounce) cans low-sodium cannellini or other white beans, rinsed 4 cups chopped kale 2 medium zucchini, chopped 4 Roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar ¾ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground pepper 8 teaspoons prepared pesto Preparation Ready I...

Changing what you eat plus adding in some of these exercises can help you burn more belly fat fast This question is on so many minds: how can I lose belly fat...and fast? While there's no magic formula of food and exercise to reduce belly fat with the snap of your fingers, there are nutrition choices, exercises and lifestyle changes that can help. Here's your guide to understanding exactly what belly fat is and how you might be able to reduce it over time. WHAT IS BELLY FAT AND IS IT DANGEROUS? Visceral fat, commonly known as belly fat, is the layer of fat below the muscles of your abdomen. Due to its crucial location surrounding many of your vital organs, belly fat supplies a constant source of energy but also exposes the body to harmful toxins and hormones. When you have too many fat cells or your fat cells get too large, they can overproduce toxins that increase your risk for chronic inflammation, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. This is why belly fat can be more d...

Why You Really Do Need to Wash Avocados Before Eating Them You may not eat this part of the avocado—but you MUST wash it. This story originally appeared onCookingLight.com by Lauren Wicks. Avocado lovers definitely don't eat the skin of the creamy fruit—so why would you need to wash the exterior before carving into one? Turns out that the skin of an avocado can play host to bacteria that can find their way into the fruit's delicious green flesh, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued a report earlier this month, urging consumers to think twice before eating or preparing avocado after compiling data that showed Listeria monocytogeneswas found on 17 percent of avocado samples taken from 2014 to 2016. The bacteria was found on the skin of the avocados sampled, but 0.2 percent of avocados involved in the sampling contained flesh that also tested positive for listeria. The FDA's report notes that all avocados should be washed before opening bec...

Compliments of the season to one and all. It’s Christmas time again as with every December period and festive period, everything about you can be thrown out the back door in the name of making everyone around you happy, making sure everything is in order at work, taking care of friends and families needs, even trying to take a Christmas vacation or holiday can be quite stressful. Of course the list of things that jostle for your attention at this time of the year can be endless. Before you start to lose it. Stop(in the middle of the chaos) yes stop and take a deep breath. I’m going to share with you some simple tips to stay healthy and get you through this stressful period. Yes they are things you already know but, you know life can be so complicated that we forget the simple things. Drink lots of water: Right now the Weather is hot. If your Job require you to be indoors the hot weather is definitely not a challenge. Though I’d still say ...