“I’m either very good or very bad when I’m dieting. I can be strict with myself for days, but then the willpower evaporates and I binge.” – This is one of the most common feedbacks we hear from people on a low-calorie and low-carbohydrate...

The absolute minimum for a fitness improvement in a fairly unfit person is approximately one hour a week of ‘structured’ exercise, plus as much ‘building extra activity into your daily routine’ as you can. Unless the fitness tests showed...

If you have children of your own, you should do everything you can to help them to a healthy lifestyle and way of eating. Even if they aren’t overweight – as is the case with the majority of children – it is still important to get them...

Aerobic fitness is sometimes called heart and lung fitness, cardiovascular fitness or stamina. This is what most people think of as ‘fitness’. When you are not aerobically fit, you easily become breathless when walking briskly, walking...

Flexibility is your body’s ability to move itself through a range of movement. Even people who are aerobically very fit with good body strength and tone can have very poor levels of flexibility. It is important to keep your spine,...

#18. Green Tea Green tea leaves are first harvested and then allowed to dry up. No oxidation is involved in the process. This makes green tea the best choice for tea drinkers, particularly if they are looking to improve their heart health....

We have both small and large muscles all over your body, without which you wouldn’t be able to move. If you don’t take much exercise and they are under-used, they become smaller, stiffer and generally out of shape – and consequently, they...

In fact, until the mid 1800s fatness was often seen as a sign of affluence and was therefore something to be admired among Europeans: you were sufficiently well off to be able to afford to eat plenty. Sugar, for instance, cost in the...

#25. Olive Oil Olive oil has the ability to kill cancer cells. An anti-cancer substance called oleocanthal can be found in extra virgin olive oil. It is said to have the capability to tear the membranes of cancer cell lysosomes. By tearing...

If you are experiencing several of the statements below, you have been allowing the supermarket to dominate you. Save money – and many calories – by being a more organized shopper and food planner. I rarely or never write a shopping list....