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Hoping to lose a few pounds 2020 and have you made a New Year’s Resolution to do so?   Everywhere you look there are ads for taking off weight easily.   But we all know there is nothing so easy about it.   Yes, there are diets that one can lose a few pounds pretty quickly but what we really want is to lose the pounds and have them stay away.   To do so, skip the fad diets and try some real diets that have been shown to work.   If you do want to drop a few pounds or more, what are some healthy weight loss diets?   Too many diets promise the world but are not good for your health.   For example, one of the diets ranked the worst is the Whole30 diet.   This, like so many fad diets, don’t work to help you change your lifestyle but offer some quick solution that isn’t viable for the long term.   You may lose some weight but when you go “off” the fad diet, the weight piles back on.   Another poorly ranked diet is the Alkaline Diet.   So,...

Nutrition in the news talks about how exercising can help you eat a healthier diet and maybe you should enjoy that dessert and not skip it.   March is National Nutrition Month so learning more about nutrition and good health is a key focus this month.   Time has some interesting articles discussing food this month.          1.   Exercising Might Help You Make Healthier Food Choices – a recent study has found.   How does increasing your exercise help you eat better?    A study published in the International Journal of Obesity found that those who exercised on a regular basis ate healthier.   Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin studied 2,680 adults who were not exercising or on a diet.   After starting an exercise program, the study participants started to eat healthier.    They chose lean meats, ate more fruits and vegetables and cut back on fried foods.   They also cut back on the sug...

Are you one of the many people who have made a New Year’s Resolution to lose a few pounds in 2019?  My husband was buying some blueberries at the grocery store this week and the produce guy said January is always the month when berries are hot sellers.  My husband was curious as to why and the produce guy said because so many weight loss diets promote berries.  If you do want to drop a few pounds or more, what are some healthy weight loss diets?  Too many diets promise the world but are not good for your health.  For example, one of the diets ranked the worst is the Whole30 diet.  This, like so many fad diets, don’t work to help you change your lifestyle but offer some quick solution that isn’t viable for the long term.  You may lose some weight but when you go “off” the fad diet, the weight piles back on.  US News & World Report has once again ranked the weight loss diets in their “ Best Weight-Loss Diets for 2019.   Why does...

So many people make a resolution to lose a few pounds in 2018.   If you are one of them, what  would be a healthy weight loss diet? So many weight loss diets are “bad” diets as they are fads, diets that take away food groups and take away nutrients.   Last week we talked about the Whole30 diet which is ranked as one of the worst diets to be on.   These types of fad diets don’t change your lifestyle but offer a quick solution but for so many a temporary solution.   Yes, you may lose some weight but once you go “off” the diet, you gain the weight back.   US News & World Report not only ranks the Best Diets for Health 2018 , and the Worst Diets for Health 2018, but also the Best Weight-Loss Diets .    Why does US News & World Report rank a weight-loss diet a winner?   The experts ranking the diets not only look for fast weight loss, but also lasting weight loss.  They noted some diets did well in the short term, people lost w...

Making a resolution to lose a few pounds in 2017?   If so, what are the best diets to be on for those interested in dropping a few pounds?   So many weight loss diets are “bad” diets as they are fads, diets that take away food groups and take away nutrients.   Diets that don’t change your lifestyle but offer a quick solution but for many a temporary solution.   You may lose some weight but once you go “off” the diet, you gain the weight back.   US News & World Report not only ranks the best diets for overall health (last week’s blog topic) but also the Best Weight-Loss Diets .    What makes a weight-loss diet a winner?   The experts ranking the diets looked for both short and long term weight loss results.    They noted some diets did well in the short term, people lost weight on the diet, but long-term results, not so good.   A diet really isn’t successful if you gain all the weight back that you wanted to say good bye to. ...