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    lifestyle? Quality Counts The common wisdom for losing weight is to eat less and exercise more. Counting calories is the handmaiden to this advice. Many of us have found that we don’t lose those excess pounds no matter how much we restrict our caloric intake or increase the number we burn off. That’s because the quality of the food we eat‚ rather than the amount‚ is key. Our bodies process calories from a handful of nuts far

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    Here is what I tell everyone about diet‚ do read it‚ and try it(if female you may add 200 calories during your once a month week‚ no more than 200 though!)-you may have small amounts of chocolate only then 90% of weight loss is diet‚ exercise is a very small portion of that(10%). Heres what I recommend. Figure the amount of weight you want to weigh‚ lets say (130lbs) now times that by 10 and you get 1300. That is what your calorie intake should be daily. I recommend sticking to unprocessed foods

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    Since if we eat fewer calories than we spend‚ over an extended period time our body will use the stored fat to fill the gap‚ knowing the food energy we take is a guide for weight loss. However‚ managing energy balance should be based on both food consumption and physical activity instead of concentrating on counting the calories we eat while neglecting the calories we burn and vice versa. Once again‚ my question is which food component gives

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    food choice important for good nutrition? Not only does it mean counting calories you eat per day to avoid weight gain but also supplying yourself with the nutrients your body needs 5. Why is physical activity important to a person’s health? What changes‚ if any‚ should you make to ensure you get enough physical activity? Physical activity and nutrition work together for better health. Being active increases the amount of calories burned. As people age their metabolism slows‚ so maintaining energy

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    Is Junk food the problem? Junk food has always been a hot topic‚ when they first created fast food it all seems to be good‚ until they notice that the rates of obesity were increasing. They also realize that the number of children that were diagnosed with diabetes was increasing. In the other hand fast food seems to be cheaper than the food you prepare in your home. Also fast food as its name says is faster to prepare than normal food‚ which means that fast food adapts better to people necessities

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    Mcdonalds vs Burger King

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    When she was younger‚ she could remember having her choice to either eat at McDonald’s or Burger King. ‘At the time’‚ she really did not pay much attention to the menu prices or the nutritional value. Although McDonald’s and Burger King are two of the largest fast-food franchises in the world‚ they have dollar menus and different nutritional value. If she had a choice between the two popular fast-food restaurants which one would she choose? Basing her decision on the restaurants’ years of experience

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    processed carbohydrates can cause weight gain‚ obesity‚ heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes and other diseases. Refined processed carbohydrates are breads‚ cookies‚ desserts‚ basically all processed sugary foods and etc. Low carbohydrate diet can change her calories and her sugar burning to a fat burning metabolism. The American Academy of Family

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    Algebra in Daily Life

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    The Use of Algebra in our Daily Life. 1. Algebra is a method of calculating using simple equations to represent quantity and to show relation between them. Algebra is also a part of our life‚ we use it on measuring the length of our table‚notebooks‚doors and other more. Another concept of mine is measuring capacity‚In school we always measure the right amount of ingredients that we cook. Because to an culinary student like me we are showing how to measure the exact amount of ingredients that

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    David Alexander Professor Gallagher ENGL101 3 November 2014 Intermittent Fasting: Why Breakfast is not the Most Important Meal of the Day. Intermittent Fasting can have many health benefits‚ as well as aid in fat and overall weight loss. Many people across the world practice fasting at times‚ but this is mostly for reasons that have to do with religion. For example‚ Muslims will do a half day fast during Ramadan‚ while Catholics fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. This is only for a short time

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    my health and well-being in relation to and as a result of the small change. Analysis of Data Collected The first observance I made in looking over my journal‚ was that I neither ate‚ nor exercised a considerable amount. My average intake of calories per day was 570‚ and the amount of exercise my journal records is next to nothing. Secondly‚ that there was hardly any imagination in the types of food that I ate. In the long run‚ what I noticed most‚ was how much my emotional well-being was influenced

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