25 easy tactics to fight weight gain despite BBQs, wedding receptions, picnics, vacation blowouts and fruity cocktails.
25 easy tactics to fight weight gain despite BBQs, wedding receptions, picnics, vacation blowouts and fruity cocktails.
Although Atkins won out in a short-term study, the reality of choosing a diet that works for your body type and metabolism is a little more complicated. VIVmag’s diet doc leads you to the smartest choice for you — step by step.
It’s not the occasional six-slice pizza pig-out that packs on pounds; it’s the tiny daily slip-ups. And no one knows better what those are than the diet doctor who reads your food diary.
A recent report in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that calorie-restrictive dieters lose bone mass when weight-bearing aerobic exercise isn’t part of their program.
No matter how much you spend on weight-loss books, exercise machines and diet plans you are your own best friend and mortal enemy when it comes to stocking your fridge and cupboards, says Melina Jampolis, M.D., a board-certified internist and physician nutrition specialist (one of only 198 in the country).
VIV Advisory Board member Melina Jampolis, M.D., a board-certified internist and physician nutrition specialist, gave us a sneak peak at her personal smart-supermarket-shopping list featured in her forthcoming book The No-Time-to-Lose Diet (Nelson Books, 2007).
An estimated 65 million Americans have cholesterol levels high enough to require significant lifestyle changes, yet only 30–40 percent of people who should be taking cholesterol-lowering medication actually take it. VIVmag uncovers five healthy-lifestyle keys guaranteed to lower your risk of cholesterol-related illness, including heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
Ignore the fad diet claims: Carbs are good for you. Give into the hype and you’ll end up feeling downright lousy.