Weight Loss & Diet Plans

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11. Ideal Weight or Happy Weight?
    

    Maybe you've been working on getting back to the weight you were at in high school or on your wedding day. But do you really need to go that low? Or can you weigh more than your ideal weight and still be healthy? If you're overweight, losing just 10% of your body weight is linked to many health bene

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12. Domenica Catelli's Healthy Breakfast Ideas
    

    Here's the funny thing about breakfast: Everyone knows it's important. We realize kids need a good breakfast to help them concentrate, and grown-ups need it to do their best at work. You might even know that people who pass up breakfast are more likely to gain weight. Still, lots of people skip brea

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13. The Glycemic Index Diet (Low-Glycemic Diet)
    

    The "glycemic index diet," "GI diet," and "low glycemic diet" are more than diet books. They refer to a system of ranking carbohydrate foods according to how much a certain amount of each food raises a person's blood sugar levels.

14. P.I.N.K. Method: Review
    

    Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, reviews the PINK Method weight loss program.

15. The Five-Meal Plan for Health and Fitness
    

    You’d think that for a chef, eating frequent meals wouldn’t be an issue. Yes, I understand the concept: Five small meals a day takes the edge off your appetite, evens out blood sugar levels, and keeps your energy steady. But I confess: I don’t always eat this way. Although my fitness trainer encoura

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16. How I Got My Kid to Like Walnuts
    

    Felice Bogus is used to the vagaries of childhood tastes. Her 9-year-old daughter, Margalit, is open to foods such as kimchi-flavored seaweed while rejecting kid-meal mainstays like hamburgers. But that can flip-flop from one day to the next. "I've learned not to make any assumptions," says Bogus. S

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17. 7 Healthy Facts About Radishes
    

    History of Radishes First cultivated in China, radish crops spread through the Northern Hemisphere and into Europe in the 1500s. Radishes had reached Massachusetts by 1629. The Radish Family Radishes are members of the Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage) family. The root is related to kale, broccoli,

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18. African Mango: What to Know About Irvingia Gabonensis
    

    Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, discusses African mango supplements touted for weight loss and reducing belly fat.

19. The Dr. Oz Ultimate Diet: Review
    

    Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, reviews the Dr. Oz Ultimate Diet.

20. Juicing: How Healthy Is It?
    

    Juicing is popular. But before you give it a whirl, you might want to know what it may -- and may not -- do for your health. What are the nutritional benefits and drawbacks? Can you juice for weight loss? What about food safety and claims about cleansing your system? Here's what you need to know. Je

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