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Listed are the posts for June 2009.

Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy

It is difficult for a pregnant woman to maintain her regular weight during pregnancy. In fact, weight gain is inevitable at this stage as it indicates that baby is growing normally. However, the inability to gain weight during pregnancy may result in a low birth weight of the baby.
It is normal to gain around [...]


What Causes Food Allergy

Many people experience bad reaction to a certain food at some point in their life. In fact, 20% people think that they have food allergy whereas studies indicate that only 2% people are suffering from food allergy. Though young children are prone to develop food allergy but they often outgrow it by school age.
Food [...]


Lose Weight While Having Fun

Losing weight can be fun! You can do so many things to enjoy life and lose weight as well. All you need is a little bit of imagination and motivation. How? Here are some weight loss tips for you:
Dance to your favorite tunes
Enroll yourself for dance classes. There are plenty of options to choose from [...]


Is It Safe to Take Slimming Pills During Pregnancy

Every woman is worried about excessive weight gain during pregnancy. However, it is inevitable to put on weight during this time as it indicates good health for mother and child. Moreover, a woman should avoid taking extra stress during this time. Many women are so conscious about weight gain that they start taking slimming pills [...]


How to Control Your Calorie Intake

Many studies indicate that reducing your intake of calories help you lose weight as well as live longer. In fact, a moderate calorie reduction helps in slowing down the ageing process. However, many people completely misunderstand this concept and starve themselves badly in order to lose weight. This causes several ill-effects on their health and [...]


Health Benefits of Chocolate

Do you find it difficult to resist the temptation when you see a chocolate? Do you feel guilty after eating your favorite bar of chocolate? Here’s a new finding that claims that chocolate offers you numerous health benefits such as prevention from cancer, cataracts, and Alzheimer’s disease. It further proves that eating chocolate generates a [...]


Soy Protein Promotes Weight Loss

There are numerous health benefits of having soy protein everyday. It prevents you from heart disease, osteoporosis, kidney ailments, and several types of cancer. If you believe the scientific studies done in recent past, soy protein also helps in preventing the development of breast cancer.
Soya beans provide you complete nutrition as they contain all eight [...]


Watch Your Drinks to Lose Weight

Working hard to lose weight? Here’s a tip. Watch your drinks to cut down unwanted calories. That’s true. More than twenty percent of your calories come from your drinks or beverages. You cannot stop having certain drinks, but you can make them healthier to cut down on calories.
Here are few tips to make healthier [...]


How to Maintain a Food Journal

Maintaining a food journal allows you to record your eating habits and also help you identify whether you need to change them to live a better life. A food journal also allows you to monitor your progress when you follow a weight loss plan. Many studies indicate that people, who keep a track of their [...]


Are Antioxidant Pills Safe for You

We all know that antioxidants are good for health. No wonder, many people take antioxidant pills to derive essential health benefits. Scientists believe that antioxidants help you fight with “free radicals” present in your body. These free radicals often cause diseases such as heart ailments, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. But, the antioxidants neutralize [...]


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