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Fat cutter soups are becoming popular for their taste, temptation, and the benefits. I hardly eat out, because I like to know what nutrients I am putting in my body. I love cooking for my family and friends. It reminds me of Maya Angelou's quote --- I am just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. When you start cooking be full of love, compassionate and caring. You are going to prepare meals for your family to whom you love the most. Your spouse is your love and the children are your life. Keeping that bond in mind, be a little creative; put little sincere effort and mix ingredients thoroughly with faith. Blend it with a little tenderness, bring in a little sunshine and sprinkle your love abundantly. While serving food, forget whom you are serving! May it be your spouse, child, a family member, neighbor or an unknown person in the church or a homeless and believe at your heart that you are serving a SOUL, not the BODY. When your children ...

Losing weight can often be confusing, hard work and sometimes dangerous. I say dangerous because there are a lot of diets out there that people do that can damage their bodies. For this reason when dieting you should always be careful and use some common sense. In this article I will give you some healthy weight loss tips. 1. Always try to eat real foods. There are many diets that promote juicing your foods or only drinking shakes. This is a bad idea, as prolonged dieting in this manner can cause damage to your gums and teeth. Dieters who often follow these juice diets will find themselves bleeding from their gums, due to them not having to use their teeth to chew. Eating real solid food will avoid this problem all together. It will also keep you feeling fuller for longer. 2. Don't cut out fats A lot of diets are low fat or no fat. This is downright silly and dangerous. Our bodies need dietary fat to survive, without fat in our diets we would die. It is as simple as th...

Despite popular belief, you can lose weight without a single minute of exercise. In fact, according to livestrong.com, your diet is more important than exercising when it comes to weight loss. There are proven measures that you can take to help you lose weight without going to the gym. Count your Carbs Reducing your carbohydrate intake is the easiest way to start losing weight fast. Several research studies have proven that low carb diets lost 2 to 3 times more fat than high fat diets. Here's an outline of many carbs you should be consuming for losing weight without exercise 25 - 50g per day if you're obese or diabetic and want to lose an extreme amount of weight 50 - 100g per day if you're looking for substantial weight loss and looking to maintain weight 100 - 150g per day if you're strictly looking to maintain a healthy and lean physique Don't skip meals A recent publication in the National Center for Biotechnology Information studied el...

Are there best diets to lose weight, or does it depend on every person's specific needs and condition? Perhaps, you have heard celebrities or TV personalities talk about the latest fad diet or some pill they take to shed some pounds. They may sound too convinced about these products, and you are probably intrigued to try these yourself. However, how can you tell which diet works for you when it comes to losing weight? Below are some tips to help you determine if a weight loss diet is worth your time, or if you are better off doing something else. Free from Chemicals Since chemicals in supplements or weight loss products do nothing but harm to your health, then the  best diets to lose weight  include all-natural techniques that are safe, risk-free and effective, at the same time. Whether it is a diet pill, smoothie mix, or an energy bar, products that are advertised to go along with a weight loss regimen should be made of natural ingredients. What's more, it is b...

With today's on-the-go lifestyle, we tend to eat quickly. Eating right gives us a healthy weight, a good mood and overall wellbeing. We surely are what we eat. While some specific foods or nutrients have been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood, it's our overall pattern that is most important because sometimes it can be non-food related. Focusing on how we feel after eating. The more healthy food we eat, the better we feel after a meal. With a healthy life style we are filled with vitality and vibrant health. Ghrelin hormones that increase appetite are secreted every four hours. To maintain low levels of this hormone, it is necessary to follow a diet over periods of four hours. The secret is in certain foods rich in anti-inflammatory nutrients, mainly consisting of carotenoids, Omega 3s and flavonoids. Consuming 3 cups of tea daily helps to overcome leptin resistance. The tea is rich in catechins, flavonoids and polyphenols, all anti-inflammatory elements. Tea, whose...

Having worked in the health and weight loss industry as a certified personal trainer, nutrition specialist, and health coach, I've had so many clients tell me they love their desserts or a chocolate or sugar fix. Yet, when they want to lose weight they don't want to give them up. So that's why my absolutely delicious chocolate dessert was created. It doesn't contain the bad fats, sugars, additives and chemicals that most desserts do. This is just one of my many healthy desserts that tastes amazing, is packed full of goodness and could help you lose weight - yes, that's right. Plus, it's so simple to make. Read on to find out more. I usually tell my clients that they can have a "day off" per week from their weight loss meal plan. So on that day off, they think by having a sweet treat labelled "low fat", "no fat", "fat free" or "99% fat free" then that's OK. Well the truth is, no it's not OK! Why? ...

When it comes to weight loss, there is no dearth of advice. The internet is flooded with tips on how to lose weight. But how many of these tips will get you results? You will never know. In this article, I am listing out selective tips that have proven to work well and have helped people to lose weight. These tips may appear simple but they are powerful. You will know how effective these tips are only when you start using them. 1) Make less use of your automobile Whether you are used to use a car or to ride a bike, make a conscious effort to look for opportunities for not using your automobile. Give a chance to your logs to take you to places that are not far off. Another way to use your legs is to let them pedal you to your destination. It is a simple advice but as I said in the beginning, it is very effective. The chances are that you have not tried this out so far. You will be amazed to know how many calories you can burn by walking or cycling for a short while every day. 2...

Having worked in the health and weight loss industry as a certified personal trainer, nutrition specialist, and health coach, I've had so many clients tell me they love their desserts or a chocolate or sugar fix. Yet, when they want to lose weight they don't want to give them up. So that's why my absolutely delicious chocolate dessert was created. It doesn't contain the bad fats, sugars, additives and chemicals that most desserts do. This is just one of my many healthy desserts that tastes amazing, is packed full of goodness and could help you lose weight - yes, that's right. Plus, it's so simple to make. Read on to find out more. I usually tell my clients that they can have a "day off" per week from their weight loss meal plan. So on that day off, they think by having a sweet treat labelled "low fat", "no fat", "fat free" or "99% fat free" then that's OK. Well the truth is, no it's not OK! Why? ...

This article is about following the right advice. Anyone on the internet can himself an expert. It does not necessarily means that you start listening to that person. Honesty is a major factor to gain the trust. I have seen myself struggling with the extra pounds. I have read hundreds of articles on the internet only to find that it was all poor information. No one tells you the real secret of losing weight. All articles are ditto copy of other articles. There are few websites that will give you real information. No doubt, these websites are the top ones in the industry. I know, I should drink 12 glasses of water and do some exercise. It does not work. You cannot just lose weight by making some diet changes. People do not struggle because they lack the right information. They face difficulties because they do not know where to start. It is like going in the dark without having any goal. Every year thousands of people start a new objective. In the end, very few people achieve the...

Most people who read my articles and e-books know me as a science guy who likes to quote studies and apply research to everyday problems such as weight loss, bodybuilding, and other health/fitness related topics. However, sometimes you have to step back from the science and look at the big picture to help bring people back into focus, so they can see the forest for the trees, so to speak. For most people reading this article, finding an effective diet that works most of the time must seem as complicated as nuclear physics. It's not, but there are a bewildering number of choices for diets out there. High fat or no fat? High carbohydrate or no carbohydrate? Low protein or high protein? To make matters worse, there are a million variations and combinations to the above diet scenarios to add to the confusion. It seems endless and causes many people to throw up their hands in frustration and give up. In this article I will attempt to change all that. There are some general guidel...