Does Late Night Eating Cause Weight Gain

In short, the answer to the question: Does late night eating cause weight gain is no, it does not. Now, there have been surveys done on people's timely eating habits and several surveys show that people who eat late at night have weight gain problems. At the same time, what these surveys don't necessarily explore is whether the people who eat late at night are eating their regular meals or are they eating outside of their daily calorie needs. In...

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What is a Complete Protein?

A person's daily protein requirement is as much as 30% of their daily calories. Another way to look at it is between 1-2 grams per kilo of body weight. But what is important to remember is that not every source of protein is necessarily equal i.e. different sources of protein have pros and cons. Simply put, certain sources of protein are preferable to others because they are complete proteins. So when a person is looking to include enough protein in...

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Weekly Health News Digest – 17 September 2011

A weekly round-up of health news stories that grabbed our attention from around the world over the last 7 days: Global cancer cases in women on the rise, more overweight Indians opting for surgery, early to rise might actually make you healthy, eyelids could warn of heart attack danger and eat more flaxseed...
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Google Doodle Celebrates Vitamin C Discoverer Albert Szent-Györgyi

Today's Google Doodle celebrates vitamin C discoverer Albert Szent-Györgyi's birthday with a bright orangy doodle. Born in 1893, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "For his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion process with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid" in 1937. Stopping short of curing the common cold, vitamin C is associated with preventing immune system deficiencies, cardiovascular disease, prenatal health problems, eye disease, and even skin wrinkling. So, as...

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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Logistics for Kilimanjaro [Marangu Route]

The only way to know whether your logistic for Kilimanjaro was spot on and whether the equipment you took for Kilimanjaro was enough is to actually go through with it and then re-evaluate. The plan here is to touch on what worked and what didn't but mostly give you a checklist for the equipment for Kilimanjaro as well as go through the logistics for Kilimanjaro. Follow these lists and you can be sure that you would have done everything right in terms of preparation for the climb.
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Lemon Water for Weight Loss – Really?

If the web is to be believed then the belief in lemon water for weight loss has its roots in ayurveda. Apparently drinking lemon water in the morning kick starts the muscle walls and starts up the digestive process and also cleanses the toxins from your digestive system. And from this belief was born thousands of health myths and weight loss myths around the idea of: First thing in the morning, drink lemon water for weight loss. There are beliefs...

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