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Vegetarian Diet: How to Get the Nutrients You Need
A look at the types of vegetarian diets and how they can improve your health and lifestyle.
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Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern. You fast during a certain period of time each day. You then eat during…
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Meal Plans and How They Help
Eating healthy isn’t just about losing weight—it also helps to lower your risk for heart disease and other serious health…
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Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
Dietary supplements are any substances you take to improve your health or wellness. This includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs.
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The DASH Diet: Healthy Eating to Control Your Blood Pressure
Eating healthier foods improves many health problems, including high blood pressure (hypertension).
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Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet can help you to lose or maintain weight and also helps to manage blood pressure, blood sugar,…
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Ideal Weight and BMI
Your ideal weight and body mass index (BMI) are connected. Your BMI can tell you if you are overweight and…
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Gluten-free Diet
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and grain hybrids. A gluten-free diet means you avoid products that…
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Vegan Diet: How to Get the Nutrients You Need
Vegans do not eat animal products or any foods that have animal sources. When done right, a vegan diet can…
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Low-Calorie Diets
Eating fewer calories typically results in weight loss. If you add exercise, you may not need to lower your daily…
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Diet and Exercise for a Healthy Heart
Having a healthy heart is vital to your overall health. Two of the simplest yet most important ways to help…
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Surgery for Obesity
Weight loss surgery can be called bariatric surgery. It involves surgically reducing the size of your stomach so your body…
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Nutrition for Weight Loss: What You Need to Know About Fad Diets
A fad diet is a trendy weight-loss plan that promises dramatic results.
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What You Should Know Before You Start A Weight-loss Plan
If you’re starting a weight loss journey, talk to your doctor about your health conditions and healthy methods to drop…
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Nutrition for Weight Loss: Is a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Right for Me?
Carbohydrates (carbs) are found in foods such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, and sweets. A low-carb diet is based on…
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Prescription Weight-loss Medicines
Prescription weight loss medicines are given to you by your doctor to help you lose weight when diet and exercise…
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Diet Choices to Prevent Cancer
A healthy diet can lower your risk of certain cancers. It also may help prevent other conditions, such as type…
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Keto Diet
The keto diet, or ketogenic diet, is one that is very high in fat intake and low in carbohydrate intake. When you replace the carbohydrates you eat with fats, your body goes into a metabolic state known as ketosis. This means that you begin
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Paleo Diet
The paleo diet is sometimes nicknamed "the caveman diet," as it stems from the diets of our ancestors. It’s based on food sources for humans during the Paleolithic area, which spanned the time period of about 2.5 million years to 10,000
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Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Helping Your Child Achieve a Healthy Weight
Good nutrition and regular physical activity can help your child achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
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