A diet is defined in various ways. One says it is “a particular selection of food designed or prescribed to improve a person’s physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease.” The other says it is “the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight management.” According to the dictionary, it is the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person for a special reason. Based on the third definition, diet is not only the usual food and drink of a...
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(Clarification: the one that is in soup cubes, package soups, some chips etc..)Monosodium glutamate or MSG is also known as monoglutamate sodium and sodium glutamate. It is a sodium salt of non-essential amino acid used as a food additive and largely sold in white crystalline powder to enhance flavour usually under the trade names Ajinomoto, Vetsin and Accent. The company that makes Ajinomoto was formed in Japan in 1909 to manufacture MSG throughout its overseas branches. It still...
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Weight loss refers to a reduction of total body mass resulting from a mean loss of fluid, body fat, or fat-storing connective tissue, known as adipose tissue. When weight loss is intentional, it is done by losing or shedding off of total body mass to improve health and fitness. Weight loss is unintentional if it results from diseases and sick conditions, or from a state of extreme hunger. In fast weight loss, there is willful nutritional restriction for more than 12 waking hours in order to...
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There are a host of exercises that are great for women.  It is totally erroneous to believe that women should do only aerobics.  There are a couple of reasons why this belief is erroneous.  First, although aerobics is a great exercise, it cannot provide everything that the body needs in terms of physical development.  Second, other exercises do not necessarily cause women to “bulk up” and develop large muscles.Aerobic exercises are great for cardiovascular...
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Contrary to what most people think, sweating doesn’t mean fat burning, at least not necessarily.  The same goes with not sweating. Just because you’re not sweating does not necessarily mean that you are not burning fat.  Sweating is just the natural reaction of the body when it feels warm or hot.  It is the body’s way of cooling off its system so as to prevent overheating.  It is an indication that for one reason or another, there is excess heat inside the...
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Diet soft drinks, also known as light soft drinks or sugar free soft drinks, are almost the same as regular carbonated beverages with one big difference: sugar content.  Sugar is usually one of the main ingredients used to make a beverage taste sweeter and better; however there are several reasons why somebody might not want sugar in his soft drink.  For one, diabetics may not be able to enjoy regular soft drink with regular sugar, for another, athletes and other health and weight...
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As it is widely known, heart disease is the number one killer anywhere in the world. Usually, heart disease is attributed to be caused by obesity and having high blood pressure. However, what is not widely known is that obesity and high blood pressure can be both traced to sedentarism. Sedentarism is not a physical condition per se but, rather, a lifestyle that more or less can lead to obesity and high blood pressure. In a nutshell, sedentarism is a term applied by sociologists to people who...
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Medical doctors and physical trainers recommend exercise as a key activity to promote a person’s well-being and prevent one from having illnesses. There are specific exercise methods and routines especially designed for each individual, taking into consideration their body’s needs, lifestyle, health condition, and target area of treatment or rehabilitation. Sometimes, when these exercises are done by people on their own, without consulting their doctors or the fitness experts, they...
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As the years pass by, people get more and more involved in finding ways on how to stay healthy and keep themselves in shape. More and more people, especially the women, become more concerned with how they look and how they present themselves to the public. Some use cheap and over-the-counter products, others have themselves checked by doctors and have these experts hand them the right products for proper healthcare. What we know is that these products promise us all the good things we can ever...
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A lot of smokers always say “I will quit”, but only a few of them do.  From the few who quit smoking, fewer really did quit for life, and others went back to their habit.  When will this smoking addiction stop?  When will these people realize that it is harmful not just for them but for others as well?  When will these people realize that smoking won’t do them any good?  It would take time, since a lot of smokers still believe in some of the smoking...
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