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Nutrition
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Written by Nico
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Tue, Feb 5 2008 |
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In an earlier post I talked about the importance of dietary fats in any (weight loss) diet plan. Not only do they supply energy to our body, they also play an important part in our nerve system, cell membranes, hormones and many other bodily functions.
In this article I’m going to talk about the 4 different kinds of dietary fats: saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat and trans fatty acids. Some fats are good for you, while others are dangerous and should be avoided at all cost.
One interesting fact often overlooked is that fat in food always comes in a mixture. Some foods have more of the good fats while others have more of the bad fats. But there will always be a combination of the two. It's your task to learn which food products have more of the healthy dietary fat and consequently, avoid the bad foods.
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Nutrition
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Written by Nico
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Sun, Feb 3 2008 |
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In the last few decades the general opinion about dietary fats has been very negative. Food industry spends billions annually to make our food products low fat. As a result we now have light products, dangerous fat substitutes such as Olestra (Made by Proctor & Gamble, often to be found in potato chips), low fat diet books and diet pills making sure our body doesn’t absorb the essential fatty acids.
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Diet Plans
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Written by Nico
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Sun, Feb 3 2008 |
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What would the best diet plan ever be like? Better than all the other diet plans, this diet plan would not require counting calories, wouldn't be strictly low carb, neither low fat or even high protein! The best diet plan ever is probably a natural diet plan.
That’s right; a diet doesn’t have to be difficult. It just has to be effective. All the popular diet plans such as the Atkins diet, Zone diet or the Perricone prescription require a lot of work and don't always guarantee results.
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Diet Plans
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Written by Nico
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Thu, Jan 31 2008 |
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A big mistake many people make when starting a diet plan is that they don’t see the whole picture. A weight loss program is a health and fitness diet plan that affects your whole lifestyle. Many people don’t understand the importance of this concept to achieve effective and natural weight loss.
Diet plans are not just about cutting 200 calories a day nor about doing 30 sit-ups each morning. Though these things will certainly result in some weight loss overtime, there are many other aspects to consider when trying to achieve optimal weight loss.
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