Do carotenoids impact weight loss? Or weight gain?
You may be familiar with carotenoids, such as beta-carotene (the precursor to vitamin A) that give some plants their orange-ish colors, and their positive effects […]
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The truth about polyphenols and weight loss
If you are a regular reader here, you know I am a major proponent of incorporating health-boosting foods first, then allowing a healthy weight to […]
Can olive oil help aid weight loss efforts?
Let me tell you how happy I was to find this research! If you love olive oil as much as I do, you will want […]
A delicious spice for weight loss: what do we know about curcumin?
Curcumin is a polyphenol found in large quantities in the spice turmeric. Besides being a component of many “pungent” spices found in foods, curcumin has […]
Citrus fruits induce weight loss?
Now here is an interesting group of foods that could help you lose weight. Citrus fruits. Like sunshine in one of nature’s bottles, citrus fruits […]
Spirulina for weight loss: Can this algae help you meet your weight loss goals?
Spirulina has long been touted as a health-benefiting nutritional powerhouse, although eating spirulina for weight loss is rarely discussed. Perhaps it should be. Among the […]
Does psyllium help aid weight loss?
In our quest to identify means of maintaining a healthy weight without resorting to restrictive calorie-counting, we have come upon the fiber-rich psyllium husk. You […]
Is black seed oil the cure for your weight loss woes?
You may have heard the cliche that black seed oil is the cure for everything but death. I don’t know if that’s true or not. […]
Weight Loss Rule #1: Eat!
In the coming days, weeks, months, and so on we will get further into the nitty gritty of weight loss. But before we do, we […]
How this one fruit can help you boost your health and lose more weight!
There is much focus on macronutrients these days. Fats, protein, and carbs. And that is not without merit. Macronutrients do provide energy as well as […]