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By  Lara Bertoia Looking to eat healthy but still enjoy delicious foods you’ll want to eat again and again? The Mediterranean diet—based on lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts, olive oil, fish, and small amounts of yogurt and cheese—is one of the  healthiest ways of eating  in the world. Thanks to its tasty foods and flavors, it’s also a way of eating that you can sustain for the rest of your life. Hundreds of  scientific studies  show that people who closely follow a Mediterranean diet experience many health benefits, from better heart and bone health and reduced risk of stroke and diabetes to longer lifespan. One recent study even linked the Mediterranean diet with  less age-related brain shrinkage . It’s one thing to know all of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and a completely different challenge to put it into action. Here are a few Mediterranean swaps for each meal of the day to get started: Breakfast Like breakf

Perhaps no question about diet and health has become more fraught than: Should we eat meat?  Prosecution and defense were both greatly agitated by the recent WHO declaration, WHO is the World Health Organization, and they said that processed meats are a carcinogen, and red meat in general. But no one consideration such as that, however provocative, can answer the general question. If meat “caused” cancer, but produces some good, such as enhancing brain or muscle development: well, then, should we, or shouldn’t we eat it?  What Do We Mean by 'Should'? Our discussions about diet and health go off the tracks and down the tunnels into dark oblivion almost immediately when the word “should” is involved. That word takes on moral overtones, and evokes an image of me—or someone—wagging a finger, admonishing you. I protest that construct, right along with the libertarians among you. Health is not a moral imperative. (Let’s leave out of this discussion the economics of p

Eat Clean Diet Review:  Reblogged from WebMD The Promise She means eating foods -- like lean protein, good-for-you carbs and fats, fresh fruits, and vegetables -- six times a day in the right amounts. Do that, drink lots of water, and exercise regularly, and Reno says you’ll turn your sluggish metabolism into a fat-burning machine. If Eating Clean is something new to you, you might have to do a little homework. You can find info on the internet. Reno is the author of a new book and she has some great ideas about changing your diet and losing weight. Dedicate yourself to the clean eating lifestyle, and you’ll lose about 3 pounds a week, Reno says. The benefits go beyond weight loss. You'll stay healthy and have more energy. Your eyes will look bright and alert. Your teeth and gums will be healthier. Your skin will glow. Oh, and did we mention you won't be hungry? “When you Eat Clean, the benefits are visible (and perceptible to you on the inside, too) from the top o

It's that time of year again.  This is the one big promise we make to ourselves every year but seldom keep. I can't speak for everyone, but for the ones obsess with losing weight, don't make that resolution about the bathroom scale. If this is the promise you have been making for years, "this is the year I'm going to lose weight", it's time for a change. This year you want to promise your going to "live a healthier life", exercise regularly and eat better. Step off the scale now and no one will get hurt. Focusing just on weight loss can lead to cycles of losing and regaining weight, lower self-esteem, and a preoccupation with food and body image. “You’ll do better if you have goals that have to do not with weight, but with health,” says Carol Landau, Ph.D., clinical professor of psychiatry and medicine at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University. While a New Year’s resolution is a great way to get in touch with what’s important and how you

I found out today that I have readers in the Netherlands and now I can add you to the list of countries that follow my blog. I'm really surprised after 8 years of writing 4 different blogs how many readers I have amassed. I write these blogs for fun, I get nothing out of it but because I found success in my weight loss venture, I thought I should write about it. Let those know that it's not hopeless and that anyone can lose weight. I know there will be sacrifice. You do have to change the way you live. I have to live every day like I'm in training. I decided that from now on I would be more active, and eat a proper diet that would help me burn my body fat. I know now that no one can totally avoid all the foods they love, but until you achieve that slimmer, trimmer body you want you have to sacrifice just like a pro athlete training for the Superbowl or a big title fight. I weighed about 220 pounds several years ago and now I'm 155. I reduced my body fat to abou

There's a link between  obesity  and/or overweight adults and 40 percent of all the cancers diagnosed in the United States, health officials reported Tuesday. And more recently than this report was published, sugar has also been confirmed as having a link to Cancer. In the case of sugar, you don't have to be overweight. That doesn't mean too much  weight  is causing all these  cancer  cases, just that there's some kind of still-to-be explained association, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, the study findings suggest that being  obese  or  overweight  was associated with  cancer  cases involving more than 630,000 Americans in 2014, and this includes 13 types of  cancer . "That obesity and overweight are affecting cancers may be surprising to many Americans. The awareness of some cancers being associated with obesity and overweight is not yet widespread," Dr. Anne Schuchat, CDC deputy director, said during a mid

The best time in your life to get the body you want is when you're in your 20's. When your younger it's easier and your skin will contract easier. Are you ready to get serious about your body?  This might be the first time you’ve had to really think about losing weight or getting in shape. If your out of school now and you started to work this may be the perfect time to get in shape. But there's no need to panic. You can take off the pounds and set up healthy habits to get skinny and keep the weight from coming back. Post this list on your bathroom mirror to serve as a daily reminder of the things you need to do to get in shape so that you not only get fit, but you stay lean and healthy for life. If you can get this right now, your life can be so much better going forward. 10 Ways to Get Lean and Healthy in Your 20s Redefine “skinny.” We often use the word, “skinny,” but let’s face it, ladies, skin and bones are not sexy. What you really want is a sleek, tigh