Weight loss basics

By: yuejiujin

Your weight is a balancing act and calories are part of that equation. Fad diets may promise you that counting carbs or eating a mountain of grapefruit will make the pounds drop off. But when it comes to weight loss, it’s calories that count. Weight loss comes down to reducing extra calories from food [...]

What Does My Body Do in Starvation Mode?

By: Jeff Lepage

During Starvation mode the body will only first burn off your fat reserves after it exhausting the contents of the digestive tract (what you just ate), and then your glycogen reserves stored in your muscles and liver cells. Once those are gone, then it will actually start to burn your actual muscle tissue, [...]

Living Slim and Healthy with Irvingia gabonensis

By: Prince Esosa Peter Okundaye

   
Living Slim and Healthy with Irvingia gabonensis
                                                                                       
 
 
 
 
  INTRODUCTION
 
Irvingia gabonensis also known as Ogbono, Dika nuts and African wild mango is a fruit found in western to southwestern tropical Africa from Nigeria to Angola.
Irvingia gabonensis abbreviated as Ig in this article plays an important role in the rural Nutrition, Income and Traditional [...]

Don’t Miss your Future! – Learn About Biodiesel, and Why it is Important Now

You probably know by now the hard condition of the Earth’s climate, and the rapid increase in oil prices, that will doom our society to devastating energy prices. It is also possible that you already heard about many solutions offered to this problem, by entering alternative energy, based on renewable resources. Let me introduce to you one alternative energy source that is already available, easy to get, and do not require an enormous change in today’s transportation or industry.

Buying Health Drinks is Not Always That Healthy, Especially When Choosing an Alkaline Food Diet

Look at the ingredients in most commercially advertised sport drinks and vitamin waters, and you will quickly see they are far from being health drinks. If you are trying to stick to a diet high in alkaline foods, then these drinks are even more detrimental to your health.Here are a…

Alcohol and Alcohol Beverages

Alcohol is a colorless impulsive combustible liquid, synthesized by fermentation of starches and sugars. The chemical formula of alcohol is C2H5OH.

Learn How To Keep Your Bread Fresh

Bread must always be kept fresh. No one wants to eat stale and moldy bread. The usual thing that we do when we want to preserve the freshness of our bread would be to place them inside your fridge.

Glycolic Acid – How Does It Benefit Your Skin?

Glycolic acid is the most active and beneficial form of alpha hydroxy acid. A natural derivative of sugar cane, glycolic acid has amazing exfoliating properties and is used extensively in skin care products.

Biodiesel-fuel for the 21st Century

In this new age where fuel is the most precious commodity available, it is time that mankind turned to a more efficient, safer, cleaner, renewable fuel for use in our massively transportation dependent society. The answer to a century of wars over oil and the horrendous aftermath thereof are simply, in one word – biodiesel. Biodiesel has been around for over a century, but only recently has the world awakened to a need for fuels at any cost that will not destroy our already fragile ecosystem

The Effects of Cigarette Filters on Smoking Cheap Cigarettes

The cigarette filter is an important part of the cigarette which absorbs all the moisture, nicotine, tar and other admixtures found in all types of cigarettes. This is because the filter is basically a porous material that is found at the tip of the cigarette that filters the air from the cigarette that passes through the filter before reaching your lungs. The cigarette holder also has a special holder to place a cigar or cigarette.