Food intolerance is a disorder in which contact with or absorption of particular ‘trigger’ foods causes unpleasant symptoms and reactions. It is usually diagnosed through a process of elimination – removing a suspected ‘trigger’ food from the diet, and wait to see if the symptoms clear up.
Because a food intolerance can cause some of the [...]
Fat loss is the removal of stored body fat from your body. In order to achieve fat loss, you need to have a deficit of energy either through eating less or exercising more. Food-wise, fat loss is all about calorie reduction, but bear in mind that a calorie intake that is too low will cause [...]
There are a lot of dietary supplements available, and not all of them are guaranteed to work, or even have any medical research to back up the claims. I recently came across a product called Full?Stop! (in the UK) that contains Slendesta as its proprietary ingredient. It seemed intriguing as like Alli, it isn’t absorbed [...]
Retinol is only found in animal foods, but can be converted from beta-carotene and other carotenoids in plant foods. In fact, carotenoids are also known as ‘pro-vitamin A’. Retinal is an antioxidant which helps protect cells against harmful free radicals. Vitamin A is also added to skin creams as retinyl palmitate which helps support skin [...]
Most diets can be fitted into one of a few different categories and this guide helps you choose which to go for:
Attendance – based on the idea that you lose weight better with support, these offer regular weigh-ins and advice. They can also incorporate other types of diet as well as the attendance element e.g. [...]