Archive for the 'diet' Category

Zone Diet – Losing the Weight Without Losing the Food

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

The ‘zone’ is the body’s physical state when it achieves a perfect hormonal balance.  The term is borrowed from the athlete’s jargon of reaching their ‘zones’ of peak performance.  Dr. Barry Sears, the creator of the controversial zone diet,  believes that similar to the athletes, people can be in a perfect state of mind and [...]

Fast Diet – When Cleansing the Body Cleanses the Soul

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

People get obese as a result of eating too much food. With this simple analogy, the fast diet tries to eliminate the fats by getting rid of its source altogether – refrain from food through fasting. It has been a practice for people of the past to achieve spiritual enlightenment through fasting. [...]

Weight-loss Diets

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The growth and functioning of the body is highly dependent on the kind of foods we eat. While malnourishment is one extreme aspect of nutritional science, the problem of obesity and overweight is yet another extreme dimension of the same problem. Although both problems are equally important, combating malnourishment is more of a philanthropic area [...]