Does high cholesterol cause heart disease? Does high cholesterol cause heart disease? No. But if you think it does, you’re not alone. The Centers for Disease Control. The American Heart Association. The Mayo Clinic. Go to any of their websites, and you’ll find information telling you that high cholesterol causes heart disease. Cholesterol isn’t the […]
If weight loss is one of your biggest issues, you’re not alone. Just take a look at these dieting and weight-loss statistics: An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year. Americans spend at least $78 billion per year on weight loss products 95% of diets fail Nearly 50% of obese individuals who […]
There’s a lot of noise out there diet, fitness, and health. Count calories. Fat is bad. Force your body to go drill sergeant on you with a zillion crunches as soon as you wake up. Don’t eat white foods. Drink diet shakes all day long. Celebrities with flat abs eat these foods and so should […]
“Moderate replacement of dietary carbohydrate with low-fat, high-protein foods in a diet containing a conventional level of fat significantly improved… cardiovascular risk profiles in healthy…subjects.”- B.M. Wolfe, University of Western Ontario A common assumption people have is that switching over to a healthier lifestyle means a lot more money and a lot more time […]
The set-point theory states that the body tries to maintain its weight within a preset range. But it’s more than just a theory; the existence of a body weight set-point has been proven in numerous studies. Our metabolism keeps us at our set point the same way it does everything else: hormones. The two most […]
“From recovering from a broken neck due to a severe car accident, to PCOS, high blood pressure and headaches, I’ve lived through the challenges. I have lost over 100 lbs and am medication free! When I began I weighed 278 lbs. Wearing a size 4x. Today I am a fit 176 lbs. Wearing a size […]
“3 months of eating like this has gotten me off a diabetes medication and reduced my HbA1C from 8.3 to 5.7, rendering me diabetes-free. I also was on cholesterol medication, but my cholesterol went from 220 to 103, and I was taken off that medication as well. Finally, after five years of trying, I finally […]
