Sneaky Food Swaps to Cut 875 Calories
There are plenty of tasty ways to substitute healthier ingredients for higher-calorie foods without feeling like you’re making a big sacrifice taste-wise. Here are some of favorite swaps.
Try them all and you can save 875 calories!
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How Fad Diets Get it Right
Fad diets make a lot of promises, but usually fail to deliver long-term success. Although they do a lot wrong, like promise rapid weight loss, limit food groups, and are too strict, there is a lot we can learn from fad diets that will allow us to live a healthy lifestyle.
Run to Curb Your Appetite
Exercise isn’t just a good way to take your mind off eating; it may curb your appetite, too. The results suggest that when a craving hits, weight watchers are better off going for a jog than pumping iron.
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“Is a calorie a calorie? A calorie may be a calorie when people talk about weight loss and nothing else, there are other factors involved. And once you get past my perhaps lame “Is a calorie a calorie” question, you can begin to see something approaching the truth.
For one thing, says Nestle: “There are dozens of factors involved in weight regulation. It’s hard to lose weight, because the body is set up to defend fat, so you don’t starve to death; the body doesn’t work as well to tell people to stop eating as when to tell them when to start.”
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Healthy Eating under $1.00
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Love Your Heart – FREE Healthy Heart Consultation
Get your free healthy heart consultation. Learn how to choose the right foods to improve both the health of your heart and metabolism. Receive your 2012 Guide to a healthy heart, including a list of foods that will help your heart and appeal to your taste buds.
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10 Diet and Fitness Myths That Pack On Pounds
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15 Myths about Type 2 Diabetes
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What’s Your Diet IQ
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Dangers of Prediabetes
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5 Tips for Eating at Fast Food Restaurants
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The Proof Is In The Happy Meal
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Danger Dogs- Are hot dogs really as bad as cigarettes?
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Preventing Vacation Weight Gain
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