Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
I am having a fat day. Literally. Seriously, just after I wrote that last post, I saw some new research which suggests that it's best to eat fat or carbohydrate-rich meals in the morning rather than later in the day. I don't like the research method as it was done on mice. However, I will …
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You would think it would be really simple to look at a label and see how much fat there is in a particular food, wouldn’t you? Sadly, it isn’t. Fat levels should really be kept under about 30% for health, but under 20% of total daily calories if you want to lose weight by cutting …
A study just released from Harbin Medical University in China has reported that 96 overweight women who took a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement for six months lost weight, reduced fat mass and lowered their cholesterol levels. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, intervention study, which is the quality 'gold standard' for medical studies. Funnily enough, I was …
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...Eat more food with chopsticks! It's physically impossible to eat too quickly and that means you usually eat less. Also, if you think about it, stir-fries are normally full of crunchy veg and healthy spices. Got to be part of the reason Japanese people tend to have much lower levels of obesity than we do …