A great deal of today’s people are looking for effective diet plans and other weight management techniques which would help them shed extra pounds and decrease the risks of many serious diseases. However, for some people their weight reduction efforts are sometimes put to just simple cut on fats or carbs, and even some share of proteins. Is this strategy effective? According to the findings of a latest study, calorie counting can be a key point, but it seems like it does not matter much where the calories come from. Therefore, simple calorie counting and limiting our daily calorie consumption regardless of their source can be effective enough to put off weight. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the fact that there are a great deal of very effective weight management techniques created and available for everyone who need to get rid of extra pounds, still there are a large number of people in the modern world who suffer from being overweight and having increased risks of many serious diseases like heart attack, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, and so forth. Scores of studies and researches are being carried out in order to help us maintain a normal body weight, but still many of us fail to make efforts, refuse to watch what they eat and at all times look for the easiest ways to reduce their BMI. Read the rest of this entry »

Those who have ever tried following a strict diet know how hard it can be to totally eliminate from the daily diet one or another group of foods that are high in calories, saturated fats, sugar, and other ingredients dangerous for our good health. Instead of suffering from feeling of being hungry or deprived of something, most of modern people prefer making healthy choices in everything related to their nutrition. This includes consuming only 100% organic foods, using healthy ways of cooking, and so on. Below, there are top 9 tips for those who are concerned about their body mass index and want to remain slim in 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

Though the problem of overweight and obesity still remains topical in today’s society, more and more people report about their total success in their fight against extra weight. These are the results of a massive informational and education campaign unfolded in the world’s mass media for the last decade. A great deal of articles, books, scientific studies and researchers were published in order to increase public concern and attract maximum attention to this issue. Nowadays, there are many effective and healthy weight management techniques and strategies were created and became available for everyone who needs to shed some pounds and decrease the risks of harmful side effects of being overweight. Read the rest of this entry »

The problem of ineffective weight management is very well familiar to many modern people, both men and women. This problem seems to have a very easy solution: one should choose a good diet plan and a plan of daily physical exercises, and the excessive weight will go away. But it is not that easy! Sometimes, only one thought that you should avoid eating some foods make us lose our battle with extra weight. And this is the time to ask for help of herbal medicine. Read the rest of this entry »

For many years, body mass index, or BMI, was supposed to be one of the key indexes not only in the context of weight management, but also from the point of preventing many common diseases, like stroke or diabetes. BMI is an important index stated in any type of electronic clinical records, and almost all doctors use for making a correct diagnosis as the index recommended by the World’s Health Organization. Read the rest of this entry »

Has anyone of you, my friends, ever tried Pu-erh tea? I wonder so much, how you felt about it… This summer I had a chance to try a high quality Pu-erh tea, and it was some really weird experience, even for an advanced tea lover like me. Now, here’s the story. My brother Marc, who lives in Italy (where my family comes from), has been always making fun of my habit of drinking 6-7 big cups of tea a day. And, certainly, I have been always promoting excellent health benefits and beautiful tastes of various teas. This time he decided to prove me that not all therapeutic teas have a great taste, so he decided to send me some Pu-erh tea. He knew that I will not resist and try, in spite of warnings about its…well, a little unpleasant taste and aroma. Read the rest of this entry »