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Recent released titles in Health & Nutrition category
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| Lower Cholesterol |
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Cholesterol is a fatty substance present in the human body, 80% of which is manufactured by the liver. The other 20% comes from your diet such as meat, eggs and dairy products. There are two types of cholesterol, good cholesterol - HDL (High-density lipoproteins) and bad cholesterol - LDL (Low-density lipoproteins). High levels of LDL cholesterol present in the body enter the inner walls of the arteries and harden it.
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| Chromium Picolinate Fat Loss |
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Chromium Picolinate is a nutritional supplement that works to increase the efficiency of insulin to optimal levels.This popular nutritional supplement is a combination of the element chromium and picolinic acid.FDA recommends a daily chromium intake of approximately 130 mcg,as small amounts of chromium are needed to aid the transport of blood glucose across cell membranes.Combining chromium with picolinic acid aids in chromium absorption.
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| Elliptical Trainers |
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Elliptical trainers have footpads that allow you to stand up while you exercise. They have handgrips for you to hold onto and help maintain balance.Some even have handles to use in working your upper body.Because you are standing, the exercise is similar to walking or running, but the arm bars and elliptical motion create similarities with biking or skiing.
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| Defined Abs |
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Seeing your abs ? or any other muscle group for that matter - is strictly the result of having low body fat levels. You get low body fat from proper diet and cardio, not from doing hundreds of ab exercises. It may seem like your lower ab muscles are hard to develop, but it?s not really an issue of muscle development at all ? you simply store your fat in the lower abdominal region more readily than other parts of your body.
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| Enzymes |
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Enzymes are vital to our health. They are involved in every process of the body. They digest our food break it down, carry it through the intestine walls and into the blood stream, transport it to the muscles, cells, nerves, tissues and glands of the body, and then facilitate it's conversion into new tissue and new cells. Enzymes also break down foreign objects and dispose of decaying matter, they repair tissue and cellular damage etc.
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| Weight Watchers Calculator |
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Use this simple weight watchers points calculator to calculate your points for your weight watchers program. It can be stored on your local PC or laptop. It follows the rules of the weight watchers program and calculates your points based on your imput of the calories, total fat grams and dietary fibre.
Each item of food has certain points allocated to it based on its nutritional value. More fat increases the points & more fibre reduces the points
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| Enzymes And Immunity |
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Enzymes are not, of course, the sole cause of all disease. However, they are responsible for all cellular activity, and for the break-down and elimination of waste and toxic substances. Enzymes are essential to our immune system, which relies almost entirely on enzymes to do its job.Research has shown that a weak immune system has far fewer enzymes than a strong one.
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| Fat Burners |
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Weight loss supplements may work in three ways: one is by helping the body to break down body fat. This involves releasing it from fat cells, where it enters the bloodstream as free fatty acids that are then transported to muscle cells, where they may be burned.The second action of weight loss supplements is to suppress appetite, which is a complex process. Many hormones and neurotransmitters are involved.
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| High Fiber Diet |
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Fiber falls into two general categories: water-soluble (found mostly in oats, fruit, and legumes) and water-insoluble (found mostly in grains and vegetables). As each type of fiber has different benefits, most people on high-fiber diets are advised to increase their intake of foods that feature both soluble and insoluble fiber. High-fiber diets are also beneficial for certain gastrointestinal conditions.
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| Fitness Equipment |
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Fitness equipment like a home gym enables you to do strength training. Using strength training equipment allows you to exercise with weights that provide resistance. Resistance training works to increase muscle mass, enabling you to tone and sculpt your body.In traditional-style home gyms, resistance comes from a weight stack. Weights can be disc or blocks and are attached to the machine with a system of cables and pulleys.
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| Fat Flush Diet |
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The Fat Flush Diet is both a detox diet and a weight loss diet. It provides all the necessary ingredients to boost metabolism, reduce water retention, and promote fat loss. The Diet has 3 phases: Phase 1 = 2 weeks: This is a restrictive phase of between 1100-1200 calories per day.
The intention here is to "lose bloat", which refers to reducing water retention as well as some fat loss.
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| Food Combining |
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There are sound physiological reasons for eating foods in compatible combinations. In other words, some foods, if mixed in the digestive system, will cause distress. The principles of food
combining are dictated by digestive chemistry. Different foods are digested differently. Starchy foods require an alkaline digestive medium, which is supplied initially in the mouth by the enzyme ptyalin. Protein foods require an acid medium for digestion.
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| Glycogen Loading |
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Glycogen loading is a key to full muscle recuperation from prolonged or intense exercise. Any failure to replenish glycogen stores is typically associated with "flat" muscles, plus a loss of strength, speed, velocityand the capacity to resist fatigue. The most common glycogen restoring method involves a few days of carbs depletion (very low carb diet) followed by a few days of carb loading (high carb diet).
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| Glycemic Impact Diet |
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The Glycemic Impact Diet is one of more popular diets to appear worldwide. The diet is based on the Glycemic Index - which has been around for some time. However, only recently have GI based diets become popular with the public. The Glycemic Impact Diet delves even further into the glycemic index by taking into account Glycemic Load. This is a combination of the glycemic index of a food and the amount of carbohydrate the food has.
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| Frequency Of Exercise |
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Frequency of Exercise is the first component of successful cardiovascular exercise work out plans. You should exercise at least three days a week. Those who are very out of shape and/or who are overweight and doing weight-bearing cardiovascular exercise such as an aerobics class or jogging, might want to have at least 36 to 48 hours of rest between workouts to prevent an injury and to promote adequate bone and joint stress recovery.
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