Wellness ArticlesOver the years, I've written many wellness articles for popular magazines like Shape, FitPregnancy , Men's Health and many others. I've also had Mind over Fatter views featured in O magazine, Readers Digest and many others. My aim though in creating this category for wellness articles is to seek out obesity research and information about weight loss that you can't readily find out anywhere else. Sometimes I'll be putting together bits of research that you may not normally think belong together to perhaps come to a conclusion that isn't a conventional one. With these articles, I want to stir up your thinking, I want to introduce you to ideas you possibly haven't contemplated before and hopefully lead you to a few 'aha moments' where you think: "Oh my gosh, why But a word of warning - if you aren't open to looking at things in new ways... well you may want to skip this section!
However, because the whole focus of the ditch-diets-live-light website is health-gain (that possibly leads to natural weight loss) rather than weight-loss (that possibly but not always leads to health gain), these wellness articles will all have your health and well-being, rather than your thin-being in mind.
ARE YOU FIT OR FAT? Are you fit or fat? Can you be 'thin' on a scale yet overfat? And you can you be 'fat' on a scale but fit? SO FAT IS ALL BAD? So you think obesity research from around the world says fat is bad, thin is good? Think again! Be prepared to be surprised by this wellness article. OBESITY IS TO BLAME Obesity is to blame for all our health problems - right? Well I'm not totally convinced it deserves the bad name it's always given. Be warned, this is probably my most contraversial musings. HOW CAN LAUGHTER HELP? Reasons to laugh: Guess what.... laughter helps you comfort eat less, it helps burn calories and it helps with the weight gain stress causes. LAUGHTER AND HEALTH Laughter and health: What are all the many ways that laughter helps - laughter is the ultimate stress-buster. DO DIETS REALLY WORK? Diets don't work: for at least 95% of people in the long term. Find out what researchers say about why diets don't and can't work. This wellness article shows that you're not the failure - diets are!. IS SLEEPING A ROYAL ROUTE TO OBESITY? Sleep and obesity: might seem like strange bedfellows. But how much you sleep has an important impact on your weight. sign up for our sleep tips here DOES DEMENTIA CAUSE OBESITY? Obesity and Dementia: - a study suggests that having apple shaped belly fat can increase your risks for dementia, but is this really true? DO CHEMICALS CAUSE OBESITY? Chemicals and Obesity: In this wellness article we look at how scientists are questioning the impact that exposure to the chemicals in food packaging may have on obesity. DO WE KNOW JUST HOW MUCH BODY FAT WE NEED? Percentage Body fat: What percentage body fat do we need? How much is good fat and how much is bad fat? How does this change from birth, to puberty, through pregnancy and menopause? HOW DO HORMONES IMPACT ON WEIGHT GAIN? Hormones and weight gain: How do hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and androgen play a role in weight gain? DOES OUR INNER CRITIC HELP OUR HEALTH? A wellness article that looks at our Brain chemistry: What happens to our biochemicals when we're having a 'fat day' and our harsh inner critic is giving us a run-around - does it impact on our health?
I'm also interested in bringing you opinions by other writers and experts in field's not always related directly to weight management but that I think have something important to offer. |
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