Does Alcohol Make You Fat?

Does Alcohol make you fat? This subject has been very controversial because scientifically speaking, alcohol is not stored as fat, it is oxidized ahead of other macro nutrients (carbs, proteins and fats). Now before rushing to your fridge and grabbing your bottle of vodka or beer, you will have to read the below.   How…

Side Effects Of Dieting Without Doing Any Exercise

Calories Restriction = Low Metabolic Rate The most common approach to fat loss for most people is to simply restrict calories without exercise. The biggest problem with weight loss by caloric restriction alone is an inevitable loss in lean body mass (LBM), with a large part of the LBM drop from muscle stores, and a…

The “Eat Less, Train More” Combination

Do you really believe in magic results? I’m as sick of the Diet Wars as everyone else. Thanks to our daily TV shows, they keep convincing you of “magic” food or combination of foods that will produce instant and permanent weight loss (Special pills that make you lose 5 kilos a week, Hollywood diets… do…

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Can lack of sleep make you fat?

Consider this statement from a paper by two University of Chicago researchers: “In recent years, sleep restriction has become a hallmark of a modern society, with both children and adults having shorter bedtimes than a few decades ago. This trend for shorter sleep duration has developed over the same time period as the dramatic increase…

8 Foods Destroying Your Health

Cookies, cakes, doughnuts… Loaded with trans fats, which are now generally considered one of the two most evil foods. Margarine Same deal: The fat, derived from vegetable oils, is a mutated lipid that is more dangerous to your health than any of the natural ones. PS: Pastries have been replacing butter usage with margarine to…