Category: Weight Loss and Diet

Natural Wellness: Cultivating Health Without Gyms or Diet Plans

In our modern society, the quest for good health often seems intertwined with the idea of gym memberships, strict diet charts, and an array of dietary supplements.

However, achieving and maintaining good health does not have to rely on these conventional methods. In fact, many natural and holistic approaches can lead to improved physical and mental well-being without the need for a gym, pills, or rigid diet plans.

This article explores practical strategies for achieving good health through lifestyle changes, mindful practices, and simple habits that can be easily integrated into daily life.

Understanding Holistic Health

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Curing a Weighty Problem with Surgery or Water!

There is always a question from all the over-weighted people about Curing a Weighty Problem with Surgery or Water.

Everyone with a weight problem is obsessed with dieting; it is a multi billion dollars business and fortunes have been made from pills and potions that rarely work.

Dieting is not only for the dress conscious that dread the thought of going up one dress size it also has a health issue as well.

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Why Phentermine is Not Advisable As a Weight Loss Aid

Weight loss supplements have very dangerous side effects. They do help initially to lose weight but its effectiveness fades after some time. Side effects include headaches, dizziness, heart arrhythmia, high blood pressure, and insomnia.

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You Can Burn Calories Dancing and Cooking

I have found some very interesting facts related to burning calories.

We have a tendency to keep a track of amount of calories things we eat have but we don’t always know number of calories various exercises or activities can burn or example some of us know how many calories does a bottle of soda have but we don’t always have a clue how many calories can we burn by bicycling for an hour.

They are two sides of the same coin. So let’s find out some facts about various activities and the calorie burn count.

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The Testosterone-Obesity Link

We already know that being obese puts people at risk for heart disease, some cancers, high blood pressure and stroke. With 65 percent of American overweight or obese, this is a growing concern. Now a new study by the University of Virginia is showing that obese men and teenage girls may have abnormal levels of testosterone.

A sex hormone present in all men and women, testosterone is responsible for maintaining muscle mass and bone density, as well as keeping energy and sex drive on par. Although people think of testosterone as a “male” hormone, it is present in lower amounts in females.

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Lap-banding is an Effective Procedure For Adolescents

The obesity epidemic does not just apply to adults  children and adolescents also have obesity rates at an all-time high. For adolescents, the rate is 30.4 percent overweight and 15 percent obese.

Children who grow up overweight are much more likely to become overweight or obese as adults so, the search for non-invasive solutions is constant. Now a procedure called lap-banding may be an effective way to control obesity.

A new study at NYU Medical Center revealed that, for patients under the age of 17, lap-banding was very effective, resulting in about a 50 percent loss of excess weight over the time frame of a year.

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