Fitness Goals

You probably realize that, when it comes to weight control, what you eat is as important as how much you eat. However, you may not realize that increasing your consumption of protein may actually help you maintain a healthy weight.   A recent study indicates that people who eat less protein actually tend to eat more calories per day than people who eat more protein. The study reflects other research showing that your overall calorie intake may depend in part on your protein intake. Three Nutrient Sources Explained There are three basic types of nutrients – protein, fat and carbohydrates...

A plan like the keto diet that restricts starchy vegetables, fruit and grains, and eliminates sugar can be very challenging. It can be hard to avoid making mistakes. If you're just getting started on the keto diet, here are the mistakes to avoid. Diving into the keto diet far too quickly If you're eating bread, cereal and spaghetti one day, and begin to severely restrict your carb intake the next, the change may be too sudden for your body to accept. It's a good idea, instead, to taper down your carb intake over a period of days, and ease yourself...

You're probably familiar with the 5:2 diet, keto and Weight Watchers, but what about Intuitive Eating? While people have been working on variations of those diets for years, the term "intuitive eating" is still relatively new. It's often talked about in the same breath as body positivity and self-care, but what exactly does it mean? Is it a diet? Intuitive eating is explicitly not a diet. Diets are all about rules. You might have to exclude certain types of food, or only be allowed to eat certain types of food; you might only be allowed to eat at certain times,...

For millions of overweight people, reaching a healthy weight is a dream. However, shedding excess pounds is only half the weight loss battle. What's just as important is maintaining the weight loss. This part of the weight loss effort is often overlooked. It's easy to assume that once you reach a healthy weight, staying there will be easy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Regaining all the weight once lost is sadly common. Here are seven tips for how you can avoid that outcome. 1. Consume filling, nutritious foods A good diet doesn't mean you should be hungry all...

The keto diet has risen quickly in prominence. Risk of hype is one of the problems with such widespread acceptance. Popular television shows, for instance, push the keto diet as a cure for a wide variety of health conditions. While the keto diet can help with some health problems, however, it certainly is no panacea. What follows is a list of conditions that the keto diet may help improve.Epileptic seizures in children Even before the keto diet was recommended for weight loss, it was used to help children who suffered from epilepsy. For children with intractable epileptic problems that are...