Author: Cezar Renta
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Feeling Tired? 8 Unsuspected Causes of Fatigue
If you’re feeling tired very often and it seems like other people are bursting with energy, even though they have very busy lives it’s time to reassess your habits and state of health. Fatigue can have a major impact on your life. Most people have jobs or at least some daily chores they need to…
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Worst mistakes that slow down your metabolism
We’re always trying to find something new we can do to boost our metabolism without taking into account the factors that slow it down. Very often, we are the ones that cause all these problems, and they can be corrected as long as we’re aware of them. Sedentary lifestyle It’s really hard to stay active,…
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The Sonoma Diet: A nutrition plan to change your lifestyle
Created by PhD Connie Guttersen as a variation of the Mediterranean Diet, the Sonoma Diet aims to teach its followers how to enjoy life’s culinary pleasures while achieving the ideal weight. Unlike highly restrictive diets, which cannot be followed long-term, the Sonoma Diet was created to gradually introduce a healthier, achievable lifestyle for anyone who…
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The Cyclical Ketogenic Diet: 2-in-1 Diet for fat-loss and muscle building
The basic rule of a diet is calorie limitation. Theoretically, if you eat fewer calories than your daily energy requirement, weight loss occurs. Practically, the problem is a lot more complicated. First of all because the body is forced to turn its own resources into energy, ideally fat. The body can also use muscle, resulting…
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The Truth About Cancer: Separating Myths from Facts
We’re all going to die of something, eventually, but at the same time, we hope it will be a quick death with as little pain as possible. That ideal is hard to reach since these days we have illnesses such as cancer and heart disease as the most common causes of death. Cancer is still…
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10 Nutrition Myths That You Need to Stop Believing
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth” – this is how many ideas got into our heads. This is how we find ourselves being so sure about a fact until someone asks, “How do you know?” and then we realize the answer is “Because everyone else says the same thing”. Debunking popular nutrition myths…
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The Truth about Ketosis: Is it Dangerous or Beneficial?
In an amazing contradiction, we’re still dodging fats in fear of their high caloric value and potential role in increasing risk of heart disease, replacing most of them with carbs and sugar. Even though carbs are a needed nutrient to some extent, the typical Western diet is exceedingly carb-rich. However, health professionals still warn us about…
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The Surprising Benefits of HIIT Over Traditional Workouts
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) can include any exercises you already know (or new ones for that matter). The difference between HIIT and a regular workout is that HIIT alternates between periods of intense activity and periods of low activity or even rest. You’d get sustained effort with a regular workout throughout the entire process. HIIT…
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Meat and Nutrition: Unpacking the Dietary Benefits
Many people, including doctors, nutritionists, and vegetarians, are highlighting the undesirable health effects of meat consumption. But can it be the meat alone that’s not healthy? Or do we have to take other factors into account, such as its quality and quantity, how it’s cooked, other popular foods we choose to eat, the foods we…
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Taking the First Steps: Running Plans Tailored for Beginners
It’s difficult to get from a sedentary lifestyle to a steady runner with good resistance to physical effort. Since progressing too fast can result in severe muscle soreness and even injuries, many workout plans are developed to allow a smooth transition towards a good fitness level safely yet effectively. Running is still one of the…
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Muscle Soreness Recovery: Prevention and Treatment
Sore muscles are the body’s natural response to intense effort and can be caused by practically any kind of physical exercise. This phenomenon is commonly known as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) and usually appears 24-48 hours after exercise. While people who begin exercising for the first time in a long period are likely to…
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Two Wheels to Wellness: Embracing Biking for Better Health
The time when bicycles were considered mere transportation devices is long gone. Nowadays, people also ride their bikes for health, fun, relaxation, or a little bit of each. Biking is not a universal cure, but it is a highly accessible and affordable exercise you can choose if you want to get fit or maintain your…
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The Pineapple Diet: Rapid weight-loss and a toxin-free body in 5 days
It is recommended to adopt a gradual diet that can be held for a long period and while you won’t be losing weight too fast, the results are more likely to remain permanent with few to no health risks involved. The Pineapple Diet is actually a mono diet, the opposite of the gradual diet because…
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5 Easy to make snacks with less than 100 calories
Despite our best efforts, all of us crave a snack sometimes. The compromise would be choosing healthy, low-calorie snacks to avoid eating too much but still enjoy good food. This can also come with a lack of taste, but not always! Here are 5 delicious snack ideas that won’t cause unwanted weight gain. Delicious Snacks…