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Jul - 10th

Effects of Caffeine on the Body

Posted at 10:07 am | Filed Under Diet Plans, Fitness, Food & Nutrition, General Tips, Health & Nutrition, Precautions

Caffeine is used all over the world as a stimulant, that is, to wake people up. Most people swear by some source of caffeine, saying that they cannot get started in the morning without it.
Sources of caffeine
There are various sources of caffeine. Some of them are

Coffee
Tea
Cola soft drinks
Chocolates
Cocoa
Energy drinks
Some medications like aspirin

How caffeine works on [...]

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Mar - 23rd

Dietary Tips for a Nursing Mother

Posted at 4:39 am | Filed Under Diet Plans

A healthy diet plays an important role in the development of your baby who is dependent on you for nutrition. Apart from meeting the baby’s nutritional requirement, a healthy diet can help you meet the energy requirement for caring your baby. This article focuses on the dietary tips that you, as a nursing mother, can [...]

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Jul - 15th

Can Excessive Gymming or Dieting Prevent Pregnancy?

Posted at 6:42 am | Filed Under Diet Plans, Health News, Pregnancy

Be it ramp models or celebrities “thin is in”! Women need to really wake up to a serious problem related to being lean and thin and that which is the least chances or ability to conceive. Yes, experts are claiming that excessive gymming and dieting which results in awfully low weights can lead to disturbed [...]

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Mar - 26th

Get Rid of Pregnancy Diet Myths Today

Posted at 2:08 am | Filed Under Diet Plans, Health News, Pregnancy

Myths and doubts always circle around the birth of a child and the kind of diet a pregnant mother should follow. Ranging from relatives to friends, everyone can leave a pregnant mother panicking over what she eats and what she ought to be eating. Pregnant mothers should make themselves more aware today to get rid [...]

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Mar - 21st

Dietary Fat Increases the Chances of Breast Cancer

Posted at 6:35 am | Filed Under Diet Plans, Female Problems, Health News

According to studies based on a food frequency questionnaire, women whose 40 percentage of calorie intake is from fat, have about 15 percent more risks of having breast cancer than those women whose calorie intake from fat is only 20 percent.  This is true in the case of all types of fat like saturated, monosaturated [...]

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Dec - 2nd

5 Common Dieting Mistakes That People Make

Posted at 2:01 am | Filed Under Diet Plans, Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Health & Nutrition, Health News

Experts have identified the 5 common mistakes that dieters make, inspite of dieting regularly. There are many reasons why so many people fail at weight loss, and you may be one among such people. Check out these:
1. Eating too many healthy foods. Dawn Blatner, a diet counselor at Northwestern Memorial Wellness Institute, Chicago says, “Weight [...]

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