What motivates you to lose weight?
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A: It's best to check your weight before you've drunk any liquid...
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Q: My nutrition is excellent but I can't seem to drop any more weight. I've lost 18cm but now this has stopped. What can I do to kick things up a gear?
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Q: Can I drink too much green tea a day? And will it help with my diet?
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Avoid being misled by fad diets, word of mouth diets (passed on by friends), and dietary pills as these products are not safe or scientifically tested...
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A: Sparkling water is plain water into which carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved. Sparkling water is water...
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We all know that drinking water is good for you, but a new study sheds light on why it can help you lose weight...
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Here's how to identify fad diets and other weight-loss scams...
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The safest way to lose weight is to lose between 0.5g to 1kg per week, this has been proven to maintain your weight-loss.
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Ever wondered why junk food ruins any good thought out, sensible diet. Why do we crave sweets, fatty foods and why do they make us feel so euphorically good? New research has shown that it could be addictive, even possibly having the same effect as what cocaine has to the body. This will explain the rush of happy hormones and feeling of pure satisfaction after biting into your favourite chocolate or cheesecake.
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A: Firstly, protein shake won’t give you energy for gym. If you don’t eat sufficient carbohydrates then your body uses protein for energy instead and you will gain fat mass instead of muscle mass...
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Having a surfboard flat stomach is only a dream for the majority of us, including myself. We spend hours in the gym trying to achieve the elusive ‘six pack’. No-one enjoys having to bear through the pain of ab crunches, trying to use every machine in the gym that is designed to flatten the tummy, and at the end your tummy is no more flat than an ice-cream cone...
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A: It is very difficult to say what you are doing wrong in terms of the diet as I don’t have a full diet history. You mentioned you are having healthy meals and snacks, but what are you eating? How it is prepared and how big are the portion sizes...
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The Department of Health and the Medicines Control Council recalled the weightloss product Simply Slim due to the fact it poses significant risks. Simply slim was marketed as an herbal weightloss product, this means that it never was reviewed or tested by the MCC.
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Many of us unfortunately don’t have six-pack abs. I definitely don’t, but to be honest I need to put more effort into achieving that goal. But abdominal obesity can actually be harmful to your health as it increases your chances of becoming insulin resistant and promotes the development of heart disease and diabetes.
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A: The love of sweet foods has been enjoyed by many since people discovered honey and dates, but the majority of people believe that sugar makes you gain weight and there has always been a negative association with sugar and obesity. However, there is no clear and consistent proof that if you increase sugar intake there is an increase in BMI.
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A: Low-fat and fat-free milk, yoghurt, and cheese are just as nutritious as full-cream dairy products, but they are lower in fat and therefore lower in energy.
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A: Eating lean red meat in small amounts can most definitely be part of a healthy weight-loss plan. Red meat, pork, chicken, and fish contain some cholesterol and saturated fat...
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Weight-loss products are not regulated in South Africa, which means that companies can falsely claim benefits of the product without having to substantiate the claims with scientific proof.
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A: It does in fact not matter what time of day you eat. It is however important what you eat and how much you eat and how much physical activity you do during the whole day that determines whether you gain, lose, or maintain weight...
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Certain things in life just go better when you hire a professional. Here's who to call when...
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A: That is not the case at all. A low-fat product is often lower in energy than the same size portion of the full-cream variant. This is however not always true. Very often if manufacturers reduce the fat content of food, they add sugar, flour, or starch thickeners to improve flavour and texture after the fat is removed.
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A: Be very careful. A weight-loss product that claims to be "natural" or "herbal" is not necessarily safe. These products are very often not scientifically tested...
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A: Well, the fact is that no foods can actually burn fat. By eating, it increases our metabolism, and that is what helps our bodies’ burn energy and fat...
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