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Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?

  Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss Fasting causes consistent, dramatic weight loss, but how do fasted individuals do long term? Some research groups reported extremely disappointing results Here s. They saw the Average subject start at about 270 pounds, and in the six months before the fast continued to gain weight, as obese persons…

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Are Beyond Meat Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthy?

  “Are Beyond Meat Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Healthy?” As the chair of Harvard’s As the nutrition department put it, transitioning global diets towards healthy plant-based dietary patterns would require large-scale public health efforts but could be instrumental in ensuring future human health. In my book How Not to Diet, in the chapter on habit formation,…

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How to Get the Weight Loss Benefits of Ephedra Without the Risks

  “How to Get the Weight Loss Benefits of Ephedra Without the Risks” Thermogenic drugs like DNP can cause people to overheat to death; they can increase resting metabolic rates by 300% or more. A more physiological spread would range about 10 times less, from a 30% slower metabolism in people with an underactive thyroid…

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Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?

  “Is Fasting Beneficial for Weight Loss?” Fasting causes consistent, dramatic weight loss, but how do fasted individuals do long-term? Some research groups reported extremely disappointing results. Here’s what they saw. The average subject started at about 270 pounds and, in the six months before the fast, continued to gain weight as obese persons tend…

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Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure

  “Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure” Medically supervised water-only fasting in the treatment of high blood pressure. A hundred seventy-four consecutive patients were treated in an inpatient setting. First, a few days of fruits and vegetables. This is to kind of clear out the gut so they don’t become constipated, followed by 10…

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The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test

“The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting- Mimicking Diet Put to the Test” What about instead of eating every other day you ate five days a week and fast the other two? The available data is similar to that of alternate-day fasting. About a dozen pounds of weight loss was reported in overweight men and women…

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Treating High Lp(a): A Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis

“Treatment for High Lp(a) Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis” What could help explain severe coronary disease in someone considered to be at low cardiovascular disease risk with a healthy lifestyle? A young man ends up in the ER with a heart attack, ultimately found to have severe coronary artery disease, yet given his age, blood pressure,…

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The Best Time to Exercise for Weight Loss

“The Best Time to Workout for Weight Loss” What is the optimal exercise timing for weight loss? Is it better to exercise in the morning or in the evening? Before breakfast or after breakfast? There was a Nobel Prize- winning exercise physiologist who said he always ran a mile every morning before breakfast. Was he…

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How to eat a heart-healthy diet

Tips for heart-healthy eating, from registered dietitians in Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Centre. http://sunnybrook.ca/heart

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Eat More Calories in the Morning than the Evening

“Eat More Calories in the Morning Than the Evening” Why are calories eaten in the morning less fattening than calories eaten in the evening? One reason is that more calories are burned off in the morning due to diet-induced thermogenesis. That’s the amount of energy the body takes to digest and process a meal, given…

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The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention

“The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention” Why are vegetarian diets so effective in preventing and treating diabetes? Maybe it’s because of the weight loss. Those eating more plant based tend to be significantly slimmer, and not just based on like looking at a cross-section of the population, but you can do interventional…

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Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss

“Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa) for Weight Loss” Black cumin, also known as Nigella sativa or simply black seed, is not related to cumin (it’s a member of the buttercup rather than the carrot family). Black cumin is used in Indian and Middle Eastern cuisines just like any other regular spice and has…

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