KTK-Nutrition

So many Americans try different diets or think some myths like “gluten free” will lead to weight loss success.   Time magazine has an excellent article, The Weight Loss Trap:   Why Your Diet Isn’t Working .   They interviewed many experts and discuss the National Weight Control Registry .   What is this registry?   It is a study of over 10,000 people who have lost 30 or more pounds and have kept it off.   The study attempts to figure out why these people were success stories and others who go on diets gain back the weight they lost.   What are some of the take-a-ways from this article?       1.  Find a diet or eating plan that works for YOU .   What worked for your neighbor, your best friend may not be what it best for you.   People react differently to diets.    One person can lose a lot of weight on a diet and another person on the same diet loses only a few pounds or may even gain weight. ...

Many people are looking for ways to cut back on calories with little effort.   Are there simpler ways to cut back on calories than go on some stringent diet?   To lose one pound a week, you need to cut back on 3500 calories or 500 calories a day. But it doesn’t have to mean cutting back on 500 calories of food, one can also increase their exercise and burn up 250 calories a day and then cut back on 250 calories, which would be a lot easier to do.   Trying to cut 500 calories a day is a lot and many people would feel hungry doing so.   For some ideas on how to cut back on calories, WebMD has a few suggestions in their article, 20 Ways to Cut Back on 500 Calories A Day .   A few of their suggestions are highlighted below: Choose black coffee and skip the grande latte.   Even with no added sugar, the grande latte adds 220 calories to your day.   Black coffee has almost no calories, adding only 2 calories to your day.   And for those of you drinki...