Category: Weight Loss

CARBOHYDRATES, HEALTH AND FAT LOSS

There is considerable scientific backing for the health benefits of a diet with a high proportion of starches. National health targets suggest that carbohydrates should provide about 55-60 per cent of daily energy. Unfortunately, carbohydrate intake in most Western countries has declined this century with the increased consumption of fat. Fibre intake in most Western [...]

PHYSICAL SIDE OF EATING AND HUNGER: BRAIN CHEMICALS AND MOODS

Brain chemicals do more than regulate behavior. They also determine our moods. An imbalancetoo much or too little of a given substance-can produce symptoms of mental disorder ranging from depression to the abnormal elation and hyperactivity known as mania.

As we have seen, the incidence of depression in relatives of eating-disordered people is higher than the [...]

GET YOUR BODY MOVING: MOTHER NATURE GOT HIM IN SHAPE

John Bradley always loved being outdoors. As a youngster growing up in northern Maine, he spent many more summer nights sleeping outside than in. His days were filled with work on his family’s potato farm, fishing, swimming, canoeing, and hiking in the woods.

Now age 45, John still finds joy in the great outdoors. It not [...]