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I never heard of anything like this before. You wear this device on your wrist like you would a watch but it has no screen, it's a monitor. This device monitors your glucose levels automatically to tell exactly how many calories you're consuming in a 24 hour period. The cell phone app is included and will give you a report about not only your calories but the amount of protein, carbs, and fats you're eating. It's an impressive report and you can find out more by going to their website. " healbe.com " The device is called a GoBe. If your weight is causing some serious health problems or soon will, this device might be what you need to monitor your life. Do some research and decide for yourself. It cost about the same as an iWatch or the Samsung Watch. Monitoring your intake of food and drink and actually reading the reports and then making the changes you have to make to stay healthy can really help those of us how have trouble staying on track. If you...

Eating up to eight servings of fruit and vegetables a day could make you feel happier, new research suggests. Experts have long recommended a diet with lots of fruits and vegetables to help guard against cancer and heart disease. But, researchers say, it’s hard to persuade people to eat more fruits and vegetables today when the benefits aren’t seen for years or even decades. But that's not true in all cases. When you stop eating artificial foods and start eating only whole foods, and stop buying canned or bottled drinks and start drinks more water, tea or coffee the changes in your mood and changes in your health will start to slowly change.  However, improvements to your mood may be seen within 2 years, they say. Scientists from the universities of Warwick and Queensland in the U.K. and Australia looked at food diaries kept by 12,385 Australian adults. The people, who were chosen at random from a large Australian survey, had al...

How to Read Nutrition Labels to Lose Weight. It's important to learn what's important on the labels. Everything on labels will be changing in the next few years and you need to stay ahead of the curve. You might know how to read nutrition labels, but do you know how to read food labels to lose weight? If you’re trying to slim down, there are a few important numbers that matter more and a few numbers that matter less. If you can learn to scan the Nutrition Facts label quickly for essential information, you’ll be able to shop faster, eat better, and lose weight with greater ease. Learn to Read Food Labels for Weight Loss As you read through this guide, keep in mind that the Nutrition Facts label changes from time to time. The label you see in the store today will be changing in the coming years to reflect the newest health guidelines established by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). By 2018, most food labels will need to use the new design. The new design includ...

The Promise The plan claims that you may lose up to 10 pounds in a week if you follow it. It’s a very strict, low-calorie diet with some foods that seem healthy and others that don’t. There are set foods to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but that’s it. There are no snacks, and there’s no wiggle room about food choices based on your tastes. The diet itself only lasts for 3 days. After that, switch to a normal, healthy diet for at least 4 days. If you’d like to lose more weight, you can repeat the program as often as you’d like, as long as you take 4-day breaks every time after you do it. Never follow the diet longer than 3 days in a row. If you do a search on your browser, "military diet" you'll find they have food suggestions for  the 4-days you're off the diet. What You Can Eat and What You Can’t Every morsel you’ll eat on this diet has been chosen for you ahead of time. You’ll need to follow the plan completely to get the best results. It doesn...

If you think that salad is a good diet food, think again.  Many ingredients that we throw into the salad bowl are packed with fat and calories.  In addition, salad has a certain “halo effect” that can make it harder to exercise portion control.  That is, we think it’s healthy so we eat too much of it. So should you remove salad from your weekly menu?  No.  Just learn to make a healthier salad. Use this list of dos and don’ts when you visit the salad bar or create your own salad at home. Healthy Salad Dos and Don’ts Don’t  forget to add leafy dark greens to your salad for color and nutritional impact.  Arugula is full of flavor and packed with nutrients.  Add spinach to your salad to get an extra dose of protein and fiber. Do  remember to add iceberg lettuce, as well.  Food snobs hate iceberg lettuce. But chilled, chopped iceberg can add crunch and volume to your salad without adding calories.  Don’t...

Can't Do Yoga? Think Again  I was 70 years old when I started doing Yoga.  If you think you're not the  yoga  type, think again. Just about anyone can do it, and it's not about bending yourself into a pretzel. For men and women of all shapes, sizes, and abilities, yoga builds strength and balance. It's also a great way to ease stress. "In a gym, you're really pushing yourself to go further when you're working out. In yoga, it's the opposite. The poses encourage all the range of motion that the body is designed to do," says Megan Dunne Krouse, a yoga instructor in Chicago. Doing Yoga When You're Overweight When Megan Garcia signed up for yoga at Smith College, she felt intimidated because she was the only overweight person in the class. She stuck with it, though, and noticed she started gaining strength, plus feeling and sleeping better, too. Now she is a plus-sized model and Kripalu-certified yoga instructor who teaches in New ...

HealthDay News-- Just one hour of  physical activity a day -- something as simple as a brisk walk or a bicycle ride -- may undo the increased risk of early death that comes with sitting eight hours or more on a daily basis, a new study suggests.  "These results provide further evidence on the benefits of physical activity, particularly in societies where increasing numbers of people have to sit for long hours for work or commuting," said lead researcher Ulf Ekelund. He is a professor in physical activity and health at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway. "Unfortunately, only 25 percent of our sample exercised an hour a day or more," he said. The study also found that watching TV for three hours or more a day was linked with an increased risk of early death, regardless of physical activity -- except among those who were the most physically active. However, even among those who exercised the most, the risk of premature death was signif...