© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Have you ever had a day when your stomach felt like a bottomless pit and that no matter how much you ate, you just didn’t feel full or satisfied? What if there were ways to fill your stomach so that you would feel full faster, yet end up consuming fewer… read more
Weight Loss
The Seven Top Tips to Feel Full Faster …so You Consume Less Calories
Can Probiotics Help You Lose Weight?
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. The number of bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract greatly outnumber the cells in your body; your gut has 100 trillion microorganisms while you have about 10 trillion cells in your body! Thin people may have a different ratio of bacteria in their gastrointestinal tract than obese people. What this means… read more
9 Causes of Fat Gain (Not One Being Food …)
© 2011 Health Realizations, Inc Have you heard people say they just can’t lose weight even when they nearly starve themselves? Ever felt that way yourself? A large number of Americans struggle to lose weight every day, despite adhering to healthy diets and regular exercise programs. So what is really going on? While diet and… read more
Why Juices and Soda are a Major Problem: Weight Gain, Diabetes, Hyperactivity, Gout and More
© 2011 Health Realizations, Inc Depending on what part of the United States you’re from you may call it soda, pop or a soft drink, but universally it can be referred to as the worst beverage choice you can make. You won’t get any nutritional value from this fizzy drink, but what you will get… read more
Why You Gain Weight by NOT Sleeping How to Sleep Away the Pounds
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc You know a sound night of sleep can do wonders for your energy levels, your appearance and even your outlook on life … but did you know it might also be instrumental in keeping you trim? Accumulating research is showing that getting enough shut-eye is crucial for your waistline, and… read more
Is Your Mood Adding Inches to Your Waistline?
© 2012 Health Realizations, Inc. Most of us are all too well aware that overeating, eating junk food and not exercising are sure to expand our belt buckles another notch. But weight gain is not always so cut and dry. Oftentimes you may carefully watch what you eat, load your plate full of fruits and… read more
Nutrition Basics: Sugars and Sweeteners
Sugar’s have an adverse affect on our health. Here are some health issues that sugar creates in your body. Due to blood type some people might see effects greater in some categories that others. These health effects of Blood-Sugar, Weight Gain, Increase in Free Radicals, etc. generally make us more susceptible to the flu, colds,… read more
Nutrition Basics: Foods
HOME-COOKED MEALS VS CONVENIENCE FOODS With the arrival of convenience foods in the 1950s and fast food in the 1960s, Americans were offered a cheap and convenient alternative to home cooking. It also began the American love affair with high-fat, salt-laden meals accompanied by soft drinks. Today more than 90 percent of Americans get less… read more
Nutrition Basics: Culprits of Malnutrition
Before the industrial revolution, the human diet was still largely plant based. It consisted of foods that could be hunted (rabbit, fish, deer, etc), gathered (nuts, seeds, berries, etc) or grown (grain, vegetables, farm animals for meat, milk, and eggs). Foods were unprocessed and eaten while fresh.… read more
Weight Loss Coach – Fired.
Is it time to fire your weight loss coach? If your dietitian, personal trainer, or doctor has told you that losing weight is limited to lots of exercise and eating less they need to be fired. Statistics show that 90 percent of people who have lost weight by any dieting plan gain back all the… read more