How To Avoid Stress-Induced Cravings

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Is stress making you eat more carbs than you need?

Do find yourself going for the cookie jar, a tall cafe latte or the vending machine simply because you HAVE TO?

Maybe you are in a hurry. Maybe there are no healthy food around or maybe you are just desperate for food. NOW!

Stress-induced cravings can ruin the the best-laid healthy diet plans. But you can control the cravings with these simple diet tips.

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Burn More Fat With Vitamin C

Vitamin C helps your body transform fat from your diet to energy instead of storing it as fat reserves.

An American study found a relationship between :

high levels of body fat and a large waist size and low levels of vitamin C in the blood.

The study showed that just by raising your daily vitamin C intake with 500 mg can have an effect on your body.

Vitamin C helps your body create cartinin, an amino acid that is important for the transportation of fats in your blood vessels.

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Fruit = Belly Fat!?

Fruit can make you fat and cause type 2 diabetes.

That is the result of a new Swedish study performed by MD Christer Enkvist.

One example is that of a 64-years old woman. She had been treated for type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure for years. She weighed 274 pounds. In 2007 her new doctor suggested that she would stop eating the 2 bananas she had for snack each day.

2 years later she has lost 66 pounds. She stopped her diabetes treatments and her blood pressure medication has been cut down to half. She claims she did not do any other diet or lifestyle changes.

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Burn More Fat with Omega-3

Omega-3 is vital for our brains. But I’ve read many articles and studies that show that omega-3 also helps us lose weight.

The latest I found is that it makes you burn MORE fat during exercise. Here is how: Read more

Great Videos on High Fructose Corn Syrup

High fructose corn syrup is a highly processed product that stocks up in our bodies, gives us diabetes and makes us fat.

In the 70:ties HFCS was basically not existing in our food. Today it is everywhere.

That is the problem with our foods today. Highly processed substances are approved as they are meant to be used in small amounts. Suddenly the small amounts are added in so many things we eat that it is not consumed in small amounts or in moderation anymore.

High fructose corn syrup has a well deserved bad reputation.

Today the producers of high fructose corn syrup is doing it’s best to make us feel stupid for questioning what is in our food. I agree with Adele that commercials that advocate consumption of HFCS is only ONE more reason to avoid it. Read more

Chia Seed: Dieters Dream and the Best Source of Omega3

You probably thought that linseed or flax seeds were the best source of omega3 in the vegetable kingdom.

With approximately 63% omega3 fatty acid the tiny Mexican Chia seed is taking over the throne.

At first glance the Chia seed looks very much like a flax seed but if you look at the nutritive content the Chia seed stands out.
Chia seeds typically contain 20% protein, 34% oil, 25% dietary fiber and they are gluten free.

Health benefits of Chia are:

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