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WILLPOWER AND DIETING

WILLPOWER AND DIETING

Being a part of InteKai has given me the opportunity to see hundreds of individual weight loss efforts. Everyone starts motivated but eventually time tells how manageable or how challenging their journey will be. But in all of this, the big question is what will make a diet work? What makes a diet work? The…

DEBUNKING FOOD, FITNESS AND DIET MYTHS
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DEBUNKING FOOD, FITNESS AND DIET MYTHS

More and more, people are going insane with food myths, twisting their diets, health and minds with unnecessary, sometimes risky restrictions and ridiculous indulgencies. The problem is there are several different types of food and fitness so called “facts” circulating, and over the years I have realized that there are three categories:

HUNGER AND YOU: PART 1 OF 2

HUNGER AND YOU: PART 1 OF 2

“I’m STARVING!”  We have either heard or said this several times but were you really starving or was that just hunger? You may have been many things. You may have been craving, peckish or hungry, but probably not starving. Starvation is not feeling hunger. Simply put, starvation is a physiological state consisting of distinct stages, starting at…

Do You Really Need To Lose Weight To Be Healthy?  

We are already certain that we don’t have to be slim and trim to live a long life but why is there emphasis that to be healthy, one should lose weight. Everyone knows a grandmother or aunt who is quite overweight and is still alive, but maybe not actually kicking into their 80s and 90s. If you’re wondering why I’m not including grandfathers and uncles, it’s because on average…

Make healthy choices, manage your weight to avoid chronic diseases

Make healthy choices, manage your weight to avoid chronic diseases

  The general public’s outlook on the effects of nutrition on health is undergoing significant changes. There is a clear agreement amongst researchers that many chronic health problems are related to what we have available and choose to consume.  Unfortunately, because of changes in scientific knowledge, research and the self-benefiting influences within the food industry,…