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Good fats vs bad fats
By Hanna Sharpe on 10/10/2011 08:56:05
Confused about which fats you should be eating? We sort out the good from the bad
Denmark has introduced the world's first fat tax - a tax on any foods containing more than 2.3% saturated fat. Taxable foods will include milk, butter, cheese, meat, pizza and oil.Some fats are actually essential for your body's functioning. Women
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Everyday fat fighters
By Selina Ditta on 23/08/2011 16:27:23
Tea, chili, water, fruit: how ordinary foodstuffs can help you burn fat
Have a cuppaThe rumours about green tea are true. It's packed with catechins, which stimulate your metabolism. The odd cup isn't enough, though - researchers at Fudan University in China found you need to drink six or more cups a day to increase weight loss.Can't stand the stuff?...
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4 fat loss strategies for busy women
By on 11/11/2011 08:50:17
Having problems shifting fat? Lean up your body with these female-friendly fitness tips
Trainer Nisha Obaidullah is a published author, leading female fitness entrepreneur and the creator and owner of Pilates Fusion Bootcamp, The Abs Project and Nisha's Fat Loss for Fitpros.She hosted an extremely popular online Expert clinic with us
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Perfect pudding: Low-fat vanilla custard
By on 16/08/2010 15:40:17
Top your crumble with delicious low-fat custard that has all the rich flavour of normal custard, but only a fraction of the calories
SERVES 8PREPARATION TIME 5 minutesCOOKING TIME 10 minutesPER SERVING 48 calories, 1.5g fatSAVE 458 calories, 41.5g fat!1 pint skimmed milk1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise1tbsp unrefined sugar1tbsp, heaped, corn flour (add more if you want thicker
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Escape your fat traps
By on 07/05/2012 19:12:44
Gaining weight? Let Zest's nutritionist Judith Wills eliminate the diet saboteurs in your life, whether you're at home, in the supermarket or eating out
quantity of high-calorie healthy fats from olive and rapeseed oils, nuts and oily fish. No one wants to whip out a calculator at every meal, but there is a simple, more visual, way to stick to the rule. Divide your plate into two halves at lunch or dinner
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Is your boiler making you fat?
By Taylor Anderson on 26/01/2011 12:01:10
We know turning down the thermostat is good for the environment and our bank balance, but now there's proof it's good for our dress size too
that our constant need for 'thermal comfort' could be throwing our bodies' ratio of white to brown fat off balance and making us fatter.Brown fat, also known as adipose tissue, is considered 'good' because it protects our vital organs and generates its own
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10 ways to fat-burn yourself a bikini body
By on 07/06/2011 00:43:17
Find out how personal trainer Mark Anthony gets celebrities in shape
.Try his 10 tips to burn fat and get you bikini-ready this summer - and find out what works for celebrities like Katie Price, Billie Piper and even JLS...1. REORGANISE:Do your cardiovascular after your weight training or toning exercises to help you burn
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Are the government's latest calorie cutting measures a big fat farce?
By Caroline Hamman on 02/02/2011 11:08:39
A tax on takeaways to slow obesity is planned
Love fish and chips on a Friday? Well for those who love it so much they'd open their own takeaway, they won't like this: a £1000 'fat tax' could be charged by your council as a one-off fee to anyone opening a takeaway shop - whether it's fried
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The fat-burning workout
By on 08/05/2012 11:51:42
This whole-body workout will ramp up your calorie burn, with special focus on bottom and leg muscles
Personal trainer Paul Vallis devised this fat-burning workout to help our Summer body challenge candidate Natalie Mensah in her bid to lose a stone.Read Natalie's summer body challenge blogPaul says, 'My key message to Natalie is move, move, move
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Is your credit card making you fat?
By Caroline Hamman on 20/10/2010 12:25:33
A new study shows that paying for your weekly shop with plastic makes you far more susceptible to the lure of junk food
The results of a six month American study show that shoppers who pay for their food shop using cash make healthier choices. Experts put this down to the fact that cash payments are 'psychologically more painful than card payments'. Rifling through notes makes us more sensitive to...
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