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Jillian Michaels’s Diet Plan
Advice from Jillian Michaels

Follow Jillian Michaels’s three-step plan to boost your metabolism and lose weight.

Many folks believe that metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories. But that’s just one thing your metabolism does.

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Jillian Michaels’s Power Foods
Advice from Jillian Michaels

In her new cookbook, Jillian Michaels highlights these foods for their extraordinary health benefits. Which have been missing from your diet?

Arame (seaweed)
MASTER LIVER FUNCTION: Seaweed naturally detoxifies the liver and aids in removing heavy metals from the body.

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Eat Green, Save Money, Stay Healthy
Advice from Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers shares her top tips for a cheap, green, and healthy diet.

My philosophy about food is pretty basic: Eat simple, wholesome ingredients combined in delicious ways that provide me and my son, Emmett, with calories rich in flavor and nutrition.

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Local vs. Organic
Advice from Alexandra Zissu

When you’re deciding which foods to buy, should you choose local foods or organic foods?

Unless you’re 100 percent organic or 100 percent local (most ecointerested eaters fall somewhere in between), it’s hard to figure out how, when, and why to choose local over organic, and vice versa.

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Ready-for-Guests Roasted Pears
Advice from Devin Alexander

A quick, easy, and healthy recipe that’s sure to impress your guests.

When coring the pears, make sure you also remove the fibrous portion along the line of the stem. Then, before serving, make sure to let the pears cool until they are just warm or room temperature.

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Trying to Lose Weight? Change Your Relationship with Food
Advice from Chantel Hobbs

Take it from Chantel Hobbs, who lost more than 200 pounds by making small “bite-size” changes: food is not your friend, food is fuel.

The problem with most people who struggle with food addiction or weight fluctuations is the stress of what to eat and when. For some reason many people feel they need constant variety to ward off boredom. They believe, wrongly, that food is meant for entertainment,

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Why Saturated Fat Is Good for Your Health
Advice from Mary Dan Eades, M.D., and Michael R. Eades, M.D.

In the not-so-distant past, the medical establishment considered all fats equally loathsome: all fats were created equal and they’re all bad for you. Things have changed in that quarter, if only slightly. You have no doubt heard the drumbeat of current medical thinking on fats: some fats are now good for you—olive oil and canola oil—but others are bad for you—trans fats and all saturated fats. That’s an improvement from the old cry, but far from the truth.

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Ten Steps to Healthy Food Choices
Advice from the American Heart Association

Forget the diet fads and stick to these sound tips from the American Heart Association…

  1. Eat a variety of VEGETABLES and FRUITS daily. Serve your family lots of different types of vegetables and fruits, especially deeply colored ones—they have the highest concentration of nutrients. Aim to serve at least one vegetable and one fruit at every meal. Encourage your kids to eat fruit instead of drinking juices; they’ll get more fiber and probably fewer calories. Limit fruit drinks with added sugar.
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Stop yo-yo dieting—forever
Advice from Louis J. Aronne, M.D.

Have you ever wondered what causes yo-yo dieting, the phenomenon in which people get to their lowest weight and then regain everything right back?… It’s part physical and part psychological.

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The Truth About Brown Bread
Advice from Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Trying to find a high-fiber, whole grain bread? Don’t let the brown color fool you. While shopping in the bread aisle, don’t assume that a brown loaf of bread is higher in natural fiber. That dark color is often courtesy of additives such as molasses, caramel coloring, or food dyes.

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