Posts Tagged ‘Diet’

Flaxseeds Health, Fitness and Fat Loss Benefits

Posted on: February 15th, 2012 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Flaxseed, also known as linseed, is considered to be one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet.  It has been around for thousands of years to add fibre, fats and protein to diets when these nutrients were unavailable or sparse.  Despite flaxseed possessing a rare blend of nutrients found in few other foods, it is rarely a staple part of the modern diet.  Let’s explore some of the benefits that flaxseed can offer and you can decide for yourself if it is worthy of a place in your nutritional inventory:

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Fat Loss Breakfast Ideas

Posted on: December 15th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Eating strategies applied at breakfast time can have a big impact when it comes to achieving long term fat loss.  For many people, starting with a poor or unhealthy breakfast can ripple across the rest of the day, leading every food choice to be a poor or unhealthy one.  Conversely, if we start off positive we will be more inclined to continue in this fashion and choose nutritious and healthy foods at every meal.

When fat loss is the goal we want to be including lean protein at breakfast – cereal just does not cut it.  Protein for breakfast has been found to increase satiety and reduce hunger throughout the day.  It has a high thermogenic effect, which means it takes more energy to break it down in the body when compared to carbohydrate.  This can leave us feeling fuller and satisfied for longer, it provides steady blood sugar levels, and can help to boost fat loss.

Here are some fat loss breakfast ideas for you to try and enjoy each day:

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Where do diet and exercise habits come from?

Posted on: November 27th, 2011 by Ste Bacon 2 Comments

It doesn’t matter how hard some people try to maintain a healthy diet and consistent exercise regime they often find themselves giving up soon after they have begun.  Old habits die hard and the bad ones can have a strong hold over your mind and behaviour.  You may already be aware of your own bad habits, and when you embark on an attempt to improve your health and fitness you probably do a good job of cutting all of them out of your day.  Despite this, most people are well aware by now that bad habits are very easily resumed, i guess we just need to ask any smoker about that.  It will certainly go some way to providing you with health and fitness success in the future if you can understand where your habits have come from and how they develop.

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Ste Bacon’s A-Z of Fat Loss (U to Z)

Posted on: November 25th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Are you sick and tired of hanging onto unwanted body fat?  Do you want to look better, feel better and be more confident?  Take a look at these guidelines and see if you can follow them; they are as easy as ABC.  Here is my list from U to Z:

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Ste Bacon’s A-Z of Fat Loss (M to T)

Posted on: November 24th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Are you sick and tired of hanging onto unwanted body fat?  Do you want to look better, feel better and be more confident?  Take a look at these guidelines and see if you can follow them; they are as easy as ABC.  Here is my list from M to T:

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Ste Bacon’s A-Z of Fat Loss (G to L)

Posted on: November 23rd, 2011 by Ste Bacon 2 Comments

Are you sick and tired of hanging onto unwanted body fat?  Do you want to look better, feel better and be more confident?  Take a look at these guidelines and see if you can follow them; they are as easy as ABC.  Here is my list from G to L:

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Ste Bacon’s A-Z of Fat Loss (A to F)

Posted on: November 22nd, 2011 by Ste Bacon 1 Comment

Are you sick and tired of hanging on to unwanted body fat?  Do you want to look better, feel better and be more confident?  Take a look at these guidelines and see if you can follow them; they are as easy as ABC.  Here is my list from A to F:

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Do you know enough about diet and exercise?

Posted on: November 20th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

In order to achieve success with your health and fitness goals it is important to educate yourself about what it is you need to do to get exactly what you want.  If you are serious about achieving your dream body or developing good physical and mental health you should at least create enough time to learn how to do it.  Not only will this allow you to reach your goals, it will allow you to do so safely.

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Basic Eating Strategies for Fat Loss

Posted on: November 19th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Research has highlighted that losing just 5 to 10 percent of your excess body weight can make a massive difference in your health, including lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk for diabetes and heart disease. Great benefits, so where do you start? Let’s take a look at some basic eating strategies to induce fat loss:

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Good Nutrition for Enhanced Training

Posted on: November 18th, 2011 by Ste Bacon No Comments

Whether we are training with dedicated passion or occasional enthusiasm, its hard work, right?  If we are training with a specific goal in sight or simply to keep in shape, it can be made much easier with consistently good nutrition.  Let’s take a look at how good nutrition can enhance your training:

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