Eat Big Breakfast to Lose Weight

July 9, 2008

Loosing weight is comparatively easy, it’s much harder not to put it back on. If you want to stay slim the first thing you should do as you get up in the morning is eat a substantial breakfast rich in protein and carbohydrates.

A new study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University suggests that a big breakfast is a much more efficient dieting method than a small one. Women eating half of their daily norm of calories for breakfast have more chances to lose weight and what’s more important stay slim in the long term. The thing is that unlike low-carbs diets slowing metabolism and increasing the craving of the organism for carbohydrates, a carbs-rich breakfast in the morning helps increase metabolism while cutting the desire to eat.

By studying 94 obese women researchers compared the efficiency of low-carbs dieting methods to big-breakfast regime. The findings were amazing. At first low-carbs dieters lost more weight (28 lb vs 23lb for those eating a big breakfast) but in the long term the effect was quite the opposite. Low-carbs diet made women regain 18lb while carbs-rich breakfast drove the weight loss further accounting for another 16.5lbs off. The final results were 21% of total body weight loss for breakfast-eaters vs just 4.5% for those on a strict low-carbs diet.

Women who participated in the breakfast group also noted that they felt less hungry and didn’t crave for carbs as much as strict dieters did.

Watermelon as Viagra

July 2, 2008

A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day. That’s because scientists say watermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido.

“The more we study watermelons, the more we realize just how amazing a fruit it is in providing natural enhancers to the human body,” said Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center in College Station.

“We’ve always known that watermelon is good for you, but the list of its very important healthful benefits grows longer with each study.”

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