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Is a calorie just a calorie?

By On September 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Successful Fat Loss

Are all calories REALLY equal? I don’t believe so, and here’s why:

At the Obesity and Diabetes Research Center at the University of Maryland, this exact question was put to the test.

A group of monkeys grew heavier (think fat) with an identical diet as their thinner (think lean and muscular) counterparts. The difference was [...]

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The Indespensible Macronutrients in your Diet: Part 3 – Fats

By On August 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Successful Fat Loss

The right fats can dramatically reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases. And they can even help you lose weight.

At City of Hope Medical Center in California, researchers studied two groups of men. One group consumed a high-fat, low-calorie diet. The other group followed a low-fat diet with the same [...]

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The Indespensible Macronutrients in Your Diet, Part 1: Proteins

By On July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Successful Fat Loss

I attended a seminar several years ago hosted by a very famous, very tall, motivational speaker who later played himself in the Jack Black film “Shallow Hal”. In the film, Jack called him “Banana Hands.” Anyway….

During the last day of the seminar we were given the “secrets” to a healthy eating regimen and suffice [...]

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