whole foods market

The merger of Whole Foods Market with Wild Oats highlights the benefits and drawbacks of this organic retail giant. Although Whole Foods Market certainly provides a “feel good” shopping experience for millions of consumers, it’s important to keep in mind that WFM isn’t nearly as green as it pretends to be. But of course, for many consumers, Whole Foods Market offers the only access for green and organic products.

If Whole Foods Market is the only option available in your area, here are some important tips for the organic-minded shopper:

Tips For Shopping At Whole Foods Market

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Tags: food, Health Issues

It is the most alarming rise in obesity ever. According to CDC over 63% of the population are overweight and obese meaning over 180 million.

Also based on CDC, obesity has tripled in men and women in the last 2 decades.

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Tags: Obesity, Weight Loss

Unlike in most developing countries obesity does not present a problem because food is reality scarce and the choices are few.

However in America it is just the opposite situation where there is an abundance of food and the usual sources are unfortunately fast food selections. With fast food Americans have a tendency to overeat which represents the root cause of obesity.

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Tags: food, Obesity

weight loss insuranceHow many times have you decided not to purchase that new pair of jeans because you committed to your weight loss plan and you know that they’ll be too big for you in a few weeks or months?

You stick with the same old, dull clothes that you’ve been wearing for months and months.

Well, not any more!

Bertie Ranger, a former fitness competitor who gained 30 pounds (and subsequently lost 20 of it), had created what most women dream about – Jean insurance.

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Weight Loss problems are faced by individuals of all age groups. At time it can become disheartening in spite of making tremendous efforts to control your  weight. Being overweight can lead to major health problems, hence it cannot be overemphasized how important it is to maintain the right weight.

The under mentioned explores five causes of Weight Loss problems followed by solutions to these problems.

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Tags: Weight Loss

Tara Dipalma

Tara Dipalma

By Tara Dipalma

Obesity is a known risk factor for chronic diseases including heart disease, diabetics, high blood pressure, heart attack and various other forms of diseases. The symptoms may be mild in some individuals, but they represent the early stages of a chronic and incurable disease…

The medical society has defined obesity as a disease. There are many theories on the cause of obesity, still today there is no concrete evidence about the real cause. Bad eating habits, bad food choices, excessive eating, comfort eating and depression play a huge roll in overweight people.

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low carb pyramid

low carb pyramid

The July 17, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of the Dietary Intervention Randomized Control Trial (DIRECT) study comparing the effects of low-carb, Mediterranean, and low-fat diets on weight loss (1).

Predictably, this paper elicited a flurry of commentaries. You can find some of the headlines, and Tom Venuto′s take on the study, on his BURN THE FAT blog (2).

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Tags: Diabetes management, Low-carbohydrate diet, low-fat diet

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