When it comes to nutrition claims it is best to have a filtering system where you can confidently conclude whether these facts are likely to be based on fact or fiction. The key to being a savvy investigator when you…
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The Weight Loss Plateau & What To Do About It
One of the biggest road blocks on a weight loss journey is when your weight stalls. It can cause all sort of psychological issues that often lead to people throwing in the towel even if they have lost weight. However,…
Diet Set Up In Three Steps
Step 1. Estimating Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) To estimate your BMR you can choose your pick of the predictive metabolic equations. None of them will be get it spot on to the calorie as this would require you spending…
The Weight Loss Pyramid: Calorie Deficit, Protein & Everything Else.
The Weight Loss Pyramid: Calorie Deficit, Protein, Everything Else. Everything needs some fundamentals and weight loss is no different. Therefore, focusing on the tried and true. When I hear questions being asked like When I get asked questions like “are…
Why Diets Fail
The number one variable that underpins the success of a diets is adherence. In other words, regardless of the diet that someone choose to achieve their weight loss goal, being able to “stick to it” long term ultimately determines its…
The Difference Between Weight Loss & Fat Loss
When it comes losing weight many people often only focus on a single metric which is usually that number on the scales. Although this trend seems to be changing, with the ever-increasing information we have access to, People will still…
Flexible Dieting
An emerging approach that has come to fruition over the years has been one that allows for more flexibility when it comes to eating patterns. As such, flexible dieting has become an adopted strategy for many of those whose goal…
Principles vs Methods of Weight Loss
Most people in at some time or another have tried to lose weight in their lifetime, or at least tried a “way of eating” for some benefit. The problem nowadays is of course that there seems to be a new…
Nutrition Jargon Made Simple
It can be easy to get bogged down with technical terms used in the various circles of the nutrition industry. Below are some of the most common ones explained so that you have a basic understanding of what they mean…
Why Does A Healthy Weight Matter?
If you are lucky enough to live in a first world country you have probably been recipient of some of the best living standards, the highest minimum wage, the best technology, and the best education. Yet with all these advantages,…