Dieting Tips
Low-fat crackers, no-fat snacks or “light” yogurt and all of their many cousins have bombarded grocery stores across the nation in the past decade, but now the anti-fat craze may be evaporating, and our bellies aren’t getting bigger because of it. There are three macronutrients that we need to survive: proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Carbohydrates Read More »
Most dieters are unhappy about having to diet, but few are genuinely depressed. Depression can manifest itself in the form of sadness, emptiness, anger, irritability, and/or an overall inability to control one’s emotions. Many women who experience premenstrual syndrome also experience depression, irritability, and weight gain that is not necessarily connected to dieting. That said, if Read More »
Black and blue marks often appear on women without any injury–or at least not enough injury to merit the size of the bruise. Bruises are basically caused by some sort of pressure that breaks the walls of the capillaries causing blood to escape under the skin. Women who are prone to bruise easily may have Read More »
Ever sit at your desk at work and feel like your in the middle of the arctic? Do you wrap up while others are stripping down? One possible side effect while dieting is cold sensitivity. Cold sensitivity can leave you feeling cold even when your environment feels comfortable to everyone else. There are a lot Read More »
Ever feel like the room is whirling around you? Some of our patients have come to us complaining of dizziness while dieting. This is usually not a symptom that accompanies dieting, although occasionally low blood sugar or low Potassium will precipitate it. Often, a feeling of dizziness or whirling is a sign of a middle Read More »
Headaches are a somewhat common occurrence while dieting. There are many causes for headaches on a diet because there are many different kinds of headaches. They range from the simple tension headache to the throbbing vascular headache or migraine Some of the more common diet headaches could be the result of a decreased plasma volume–better known as dehydration–that is often a part of Read More »
Although drying skin is a part of the natural aging process, some may find that weight loss dieting can also cause dry skin. Some possible causes of dry skin while losing weight are a dehydration, a decrease in vitamins, or the most common cause: a drop in the metabolic rate. Tips to help battle dry Read More »
Nobody wants bad breath. Bad breath can be embarrassing and problematic–especially if you have a social occupation! So what do you do about the bad breath that often accompanies dieting? First of all, it helps to understand what causes your bad breath. When dieting, bad breath is normally caused by the metabolic state of ketosis, Read More »
While on a diet, some people find that they lose more than pounds: they lose sleep. The inability to fall asleep, or even stay asleep, can be frustrating and can lead to fatigue and irritability. Insomnia associated with dieting can be caused by diet pills, ketosis (the metabolic process your body goes through to burn Read More »
There’s been a lot of confusion about HCG lately. With HCG growing in popularity, a lot of products have hit the market that claim to contain HCG. According to MD Diet’s Kelli Behle, “The famous HCG diet is available by prescription only. There are many products that use HCG in their name, like Homeopathic HCG. But these products are nothing Read More »
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