Diets
Calorie Saving Substitutions
If you eat more calories than your body needs, your body will inevitable store them as excess weight. The trick is to reduce your calorie intake ...
Eat This, Not That: Breakfast Edition
You've heard that breakfast is the most important meal. It boosts your metabolism, staves off hunger, and provides you energy to start and get through your ...
Real FitDay Users Share: What Was Your "A-Ha" Moment?
What sparked you to embark on your fitness journey? For many of us, it was one moment or incident - the "a-ha" moment - that got ...
Meal Planning Made Simple
The key to long-term weight management and healthy eating is consuming a balanced diet. Restrictive eating and fad diets may provide temporary weight loss, but they ...
10 Tools to Help Keep You on Track
1. Good Pair of Shoes Make sure you have a pair of shoes that fit you well and are made for the type of activity you plan ...
Four New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep
The new year is here! While many, many people plan to use this landmark time to get healthier or lose weight, the problem with these goals ...
Healthy Kitchen Staples to Start 2012
If you want to make over your health, refrigerator, and pantry, then make a note of these 12 staples that will get you eating right in the ...
The Healthy Food Halo
Have you ever noticed that certain foods are deemed "healthy" and we seem to think we can eat these foods in unlimited amounts because of their ...
Pizza a 'Vegetable'? How to Handle School Lunches
Recently, Congress passed a bill that classifies the small amount of tomato paste in pizza as the equivalent of a serving of vegetables. The problem is ...
10 Tips to Help You Achieve Your New Year's Health Goals
With the new year comes the opportunity for a fresh start. For many people, this means leading a healthier lifestyle and losing weight. If this is ...
The FitDay Guide to Healthier Holiday Baking
The holiday season always seems to throw us all into a baking frenzy. We whip up dozens of cookies, cupcakes, pies, candies, and other treats that ...
What You Should Know: The Risks and Rewards of Bariatric Surgery
The National Center for Health Statistics report that 30% of adults (over 60 million) and 17% of children and adolescents (12.5 million) are obese - i.e. having a Body ...
Using Thanksgiving Day Leftovers in a Healthy Way
Turkey Day has come and gone, leaving us all feeling a little softer around the middle. So what are you supposed to do with all of ...
How to Cut Extra Fat, Sugar, and Calories from Fall Vegetable Dishes
Sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, and other colorful squash are available in abundance during the fall season. Upcoming holidays like Thanksgiving also bring these vegetables to the ...
Omega-3 and Omega-6: The Essential Fatty Acids to Include in Your Diet
Essential fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats that we must get from food. They are necessary for optimal brain function, metabolism regulation, hair growth, bone health, and ...
4 Ways to Eat Healthy During the Holiday Season
The holidays are a time for us to gather with family and friends to celebrate. For better or worse, with celebration comes food. If you have ...
Stress Eating: What You Can Do to Keep it at Bay
Stress, boredom, or any array of emotions can lead to cravings for food. If these cravings take control too often, you might find yourself eating large ...
Can Eating More Frequently Lead to Weight Loss?
Have you ever wondered how some people can eat quite frequently but never seem to gain weight? It's often said that eating smaller, more frequent meals ...
Healthy Holiday Eating: A Comparison of Two Meal Plans
During holiday gatherings, you may be confronted with array of food and drink options that you rarely see during the rest of the year. Though overindulging ...
5 Ways to Prevent Weight Gain When You Can't Make Your Own Food
Staying healthy can be difficult when you have limited resources. College students, for example, typically live in dorm rooms with only small refrigerators and no access ...
Recent Diets
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Everything You Need to Know About Being a Flexitarian
The moniker “flexitarian” is a combination of the words “flexible” and “vegetarian.” A flexitarian is a person whose diet is usually meatless but occasionally includes meat ... Read More »
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Everything You Need to Know About the Sweet Potato Diet
Sweet potatoes have long been celebrated for their health benefits, with reports claiming that if you consume them regularly they can aid weight loss. This is ... Read More »
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Should You Base Your Diet on Your Blood Type?
The blood type diet, developed by Peter J D’Adamo, encourages you to choose foods based on if you have O, B, AB or A ... Read More »
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How to Eat a More Sustainable Diet
Most of us consider the health benefits when choosing food to buy, and how it affects our bodies, but how often do we stop to consider ... Read More »
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The Seemingly Healthy Foods That Are Secretly Poisoning You
Some foods you know you shouldn’t be eating, but others that could secretly be poisoning you may appear healthy. Knowing which foods to limit in ... Read More »
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10 Things to Remember Before Giving up on Your Diet
Feeling a little like tossing the towel in on your diet plan? Whether this is because you just haven’t been able to follow the ... Read More »
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How Sanitary Are Hot Springs?
Hot springs have been called “fountains of youth” for the anti-aging effects that mineral water can have on skin. But, that doesn’t mean they’re 100% ... Read More »
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No, It Isn't Made of People: Here Are the Benefits of Drinking Soylent
In a world brimming with protein shakes and meal-replacement solutions, it is hard to determine which products actually work. Are they even healthy? Enter Soylent! This ... Read More »
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Whatever You Do, Don't Consume This Before Sex
A romantic night should begin with a meal and end in the bedroom. But between enjoying a bite to eat and getting it on, a whole ... Read More »
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Buff and Blazed: Here's How to Eat Healthy When You're Stoned
Put down those cookies! Yes, they may taste delicious, especially when you’re feeling particularly “enlightened,” but you know you can do much better and avoid ... Read More »
