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Is 20 Minutes REALLY The 'Ideal Length Of Time' For Eating A Meal?

One of the best “known” tips for losing weight is to eat slowly and savor your meal. Ideally, it should take you about 20 minutes to eat a meal, since that’s when your brain starts signaling that you’re feeling full. H…
What Kind of Health Drinks Should You Drink?

People are more and more concerned about their overall health than before. Aside from healthy food alternatives, one of the most consumed products that are believed to aid wellness are health drinks.Experts say that a pe…
A Response to "Why Does Everyone Hate Anorexic Girls?"

On August 29, 2009, Healthkicker featured a post titled "Why Does Everyone Hate Anorexic Girls?" submitted by user ate_kate@xanga.com. The post received over 20,000 views and brought up a lot of questions and concerns fr…
How Often Do You Eat Out?

For those who love to eat out, don’t be surprised. Based on a new study, “the typical diner eating at fast food restaurants underestimates her calorie intake by
Ways to Stay Healthy When Going Back to School

Whether you're a parent sending your kid back to school, a teacher preparing for another year or a new freshman headed off to your first year at college, staying healthy in the classroom is one of the most important thi…
Working Out and Number Two

Ok this may be TMI... in which case, just click past this post. I started working out recently with a trainer... and since then, I have been going to the bathroom 4-5x a day. It is the weirdest thing. I've evaluat…
City Life: A Workout of Its Own

When I moved to New York City two years ago from a small town down south, I resigned myself to the probability that I’d be putting on a few involuntary pounds. Whereas I had always been good about making healthfu…
Tips to Avoid (Over)Eating?

I have never been anything but chubby my entire life. After not really caring about it for several years of my adolescence, I decided this year that enough was enough, and recently worked my tail off to lose 40 pounds.…
Healthy Habits?

First off, I would like to make a few announcements. My previous post about not quitting cigarettes, was obviously poorly written. As biased as the post was, many of the comments were biased as well. That's all I wanted…
10 Foods Every Man Should Have

1. Frozen orange juice concentrate The vitamin C content of OJ plunges as soon as it leaves the factory — if it’s in a carton. Buy the frozen kind, and you stay ahead of your daily C needs. 2. 1% milk Loaded with V…