Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

Whole wheats have been touted as the healthy alternative to their bleached and processed cousins, but could they actually be affecting your diet in a negative way? Whole grain is an important part of every diet – that’s why it’s always been at the bottom of the food pyramid and every other food chart ever [...]

Consuming a diet rich in fiber is beneficial in many ways. One of the major beneficiaries of a fiber rich diet is patients suffering from thyroid imbalances. Fiber slows down digestion and thus helps restore normality to hypothyroid patients who suffer from fast digestion, and hence get hungry quicker, eating more food and putting on [...]

Insulin resistance increased blood sugar levels and leads to harmful outcomes such as weight gain and diabetics. People with hypothyroidism especially suffer from insulin levels, leading to weight gain. The best way to prevent insulin resistance is by shedding weight. One effective way of shedding weight is by eating a diet that is low in [...]

One major factor that prevents weight loss in spite of a strict diet and exercise regimen is Insulin, a hormone released by the pancreas. When people consume food, the carbohydrate present in the food get converted into the sugar, and when they enter the blood, they become “blood sugar.” The pancreas release insulin to stimulate [...]