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....

If you think you always choose the food you eat, think again. Your thoughts are actually controlled by the information you access every minute. Here we are giving you a helping hand to figure them out. Offers you can’t refuse Our food...

Sweet tastes are something we are, literally, born to enjoy. Breast milk is sweet; so is formula milk. By the time we are weaned, the taste for sweet foods is well established. Both breast and formula milks also contain fat and it’s this...

How to tell if you are really hungry: You may be able to hear and feel rumblings in your tummy. That is your stomach reminding you that it would like something to eat. You may have ‘hunger pangs’ – a gnawing or empty feeling higher up in...

It is your body and your life, yet other people sometimes seem to have a greater influence on it than you do. Some people may be very important in your life, but they are also very interested, for one reason or another, in keeping you just...

Fat creeps into your diet, almost unnoticed, in nearly every area of your diet. Let’s just take a look at all the different food groups and the fats they contain – the fats that have been making and keeping you fat. 1. High-fat (at least...

To achieve the right frame of mind about slimming you need to recognize three things: Weight loss does involve change – in the number of calories you eat; and/or the amount of exercise you take; and/or in the type of food you eat. These...