Can Excess Fat Kill You? By Dr. Steven Vaughn

The ketogenic diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet that offers many health benefits. Having a glass of orange juice in the morning is a great way to load up on vitamin C, which can help reduce the severity of cold symptoms. To continue reaping those benefits with fewer calories, Gans suggests pouring four ounces into your cup instead of eight and replacing the lost juice with seltzer. This will save you 61 calories a day, or a little under 500 in a week.

I'm planning on losing at least 5kg this week by eating 100 calories a day and drinking heaps of water. I'll also go for an hour walk (if I have energy). "Our research shows that an afternoon snack of mixed berries decreases energy intake at dinner. It's a simple method that might help people control and lose weight," said James.

I have gone to many resources on the internet to find information for endurance athletes which are vegetarians. They are very few if any which not only focus on endurance athletes and vegetarians but also then take it to the next level and use Superfoods as the staple ingredient in the diet. Most of the resources talk about whole grains, fruits and vegetables, pasta, yogurt, peanut butter, oatmeal, toast, turkey, chicken, etc etc. I want to take you way beyond that. I not only want you competing at the highest level you ever have, but I want you to have the most awesome health ever. I want you to reverse or slow down your aging process; I want to clean out your body of all the bad stuff that goes in it on a daily basis from toxicity in our environments. I want you to feel happy and not depressed. And I want you to be competing in triathlons, adventure races, marathons, cross country bike events or whatever your endurance sport may be, until you are in the over 100 Age group category.

Only 18 percent of the 140 million Americans who usually make New Year's resolutions keep them, according to the latest stats , so by now a number of folks have already abandoned them. But those who stick with them still represent a lot of people. More than 25 million, in fact. And, as you may have guessed, the typical resolutions are personal. The top five for 2014 include losing weight, saving money and staying fit and healthy.

It's important to create a workout for your body type. Why? Because not all workouts are created equally; a workout that is good for your best friend may not be good for you. My workout consists of yoga, Pilates, free weights, squats, mountain climbers, and walking, jogging and running. I change it up and work out five to seven days per week. I try to take a break on Sundays.

Perhaps we need to remember the origins of the word diet, coming from the Greek diata”, meaning way of life This meaning has been adapted over time to mean a restriction. It's time we reclaim the word diet for its true meaning, and look to find ways of eating that are both enjoyable and improve health.

Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.? Scary, we know! Kick out these ticker-harming foods from your diet to improve your health for years to come. The Mediterranean diet and lifestyle is being touted as the best two-pronged approach to achieving healthy eating and weight loss, without the need to resort to starvation diets or, extra gruelling physical exercise.

Use smaller plates. We are used to eating on large plates that generally tend to hold larger than normal servings. When you put smaller servings of meals on a large plate you can subconsciously or not feel like you are denying yourself, which could lead to binging or even a subconscious sabotage of your good effort. By using a smaller plate it's harder to 'overload' your plate, and you can trick your body into thinking it's not being denied. When you put the right serve on a smaller plate it makes the plate look 'fuller', and more like we are used to.

It's tempting to curl up on the couch the minute PMS mood swings and bloat strike , but you'll lose more weight if you exercise during those two weeks before your period, according to a recent study at the University of Adelaide in Australia. "Women burned about 30 percent more fat for the two weeks following ovulation to about two days before menstruating," says study coauthor Leanne Redman. Here's why: The reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone are at their peak then-and because they promote the body's use of fat as energy, more fat is burned off when you exercise during this time.More Signup bonuses