Category Archives: Weight Loss

Are Commercial Diets Effective?

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The diet industry is very profitable for those that run it. Commercially available diets and their products are big business and this is a growing industry, largely as a result of the increasing prevalence of obesity. The cause of the … Continue reading →

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Cigarettes and Alcohol and Body Weight

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Green Tea Fights Fat

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Bone Loss During Weight Loss

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The traditional strategy for losing weight is to increase physical activity and to decrease energy intake. There is undeniable evidence in the scientific literature that such a strategy causes weight loss. However, confusion between weight loss and fat loss is … Continue reading →

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Protein Timing For Weight Loss

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Yoghurt for Fat Loss

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Calcium for Visceral Fat Loss

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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High Protein Vegetarian Diets

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Robert Barrington

High protein low carbohydrate diets have weight loss benefits. In particular, high protein low carbohydrate diets tend to increase satiety, increase lean mass, increase fat loss and improve body composition, when compared to low protein high carbohydrate diets. High protein … Continue reading →

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Chromium Helps Builds Lean Mass in Female Weight Trainers

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Weight loss occurs with low energy diets and this weight loss includes large amounts, perhaps as high as 50 %, of skeletal muscle. As skeletal muscle determines resting metabolic rate, this loss of skeletal muscle reduces the resting metabolic rate … Continue reading →

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Calcium Deficiency: A Cause of Obesity?

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Calcium is a macromineral required in gram amounts for good health. The typical Western diet is deficient in calcium, as it is of many minerals, and this has a number of physiological effects. The traditional view is that calcium is … Continue reading →

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