Category: Dieting

Weight gain has, undoubtedly, been a problem in America. The widespread access to fast-food restaurants, buffets, and the lack of exercise has prevented many people from keeping a healthy lifestyle. Every year, one of the most popular New Years resolutions is to lose weight. Unfortunately, many people report having failed to reach this goal. About…

Importance of nutrition Proper nutrition is a very important aspect of one’s lifestyle (Barzegari, A., Ebrahimi, M., Azizi, M. & Ranjbar, K., 2011). The focus of nutrition is to obtain the suitable and necessary nutrition to lead a healthy life, physically and mentally. Therefore the knowledge and attitudes of people should be considered. This will…

For me to achieve my goal this new year of starting living a healthy lifestyle, such as consuming a healthy diet and being physically active, I need to be aware of all the pros and cons of all the food and its ingredients that I am eating, as well as how am I able to…

Junk food All fast foods are not junk foods. Junk foods are classified as hamburgers, pizzas, french fries & tacos. Whereas fast foods can be high or low in nutritional value. For example  Salads are considered to be high in nutritional value. Junk Food does not provide any nutrients that are required by the…

Introduction We all process foods every day when preparing a meal for ourselves or our family and virtually all foods undergo some form of processing before they are ready to eat. Some foods are even dangerous if eaten without proper processing. The most basic definition of food processing is ‘a variety of operations by which…

One reason that fad diets should not be followed is because they are restrictive which raises many concerns. Take the ketogenic diet, for example. The ketogenic diet is a low-carb diet in which people are supposed to cut out nearly all carbohydrates and up their fat intake to around seventy percent of their daily food.…

In most adolescent’s life, their self-perception is essential to them. Most high school young ladies will look in the mirror and discover one blemish about them, they either believe they’re excessively thin or over-weight typically the last mentioned. With those musings in their minds, it will lead down to a hazardous road. Anorexia nervosa, while…

If you are thinking of following a vegetarian diet plan for certain causes– religious belief, health reasons, economic factors, animal rights– you will face a barrage of uninformed arguments from doubtful family members and good friends. A common argument about vegetarianism is the trouble of preparing vegetarian meals. Don’t get swayed or dissuaded by this…

Introduction It is generally believed that the Vietnamese has always been considered slow developed in physical strength and appearance. The community supposes that the main reason for this problem is genetic factors. However, many scientific researches have proved that it is not true. According to Mueller (1982), peoples height is basically defined by heredity, but…

Introduction: This century is a century of medical improvement. all over the world, understanding of the pathology of many diseases has extremely increased, as a result, more effective treatments have been developed. It was a sight near the end of the twentieth century that was at the end, we can develop a drug for any…