Weight gain

Benefits, food list and recipes

Benefits, food list and recipes

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Sarah Carter

The Atlantic diet made headlines around the world when a new study showed that people following the diet lost several inches around ...

Do you have too much belly fat? Use our tool to find out

Do you have too much belly fat? Use our tool to find out

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Sarah Carter

What is belly fat? If you consume more calories than you burn off, your body will store them as fat. Where that ...

For three years I avoided looking in the mirror – then I lost 5 stone in 11 months

For three years I avoided looking in the mirror – then I lost 5 stone in 11 months

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Sarah Carter

Sometimes you need other people to see the things you’re not seeing. For three years, I’d been avoiding looking in the mirror, ...

How to keep off the pounds after stopping weight-loss jabs

How to keep off the pounds after stopping weight-loss jabs

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Sarah Carter

Normally, the dose is gradually increased as patients get used to the treatment. But the study of 2,246 Danes, with an average ...

I lost 100 pounds when I became a dad

I lost 100 pounds when I became a dad

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Sarah Carter

It took me a while to get to grips with the diet. My trainer opened my eyes, pointing out that even seemingly ...

I lost four inches of flab after I went back to the office

I lost four inches of flab after I went back to the office

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Sarah Carter

Adam designed this five-day gym programme for me as well. Everyday was a full-body weights session. That was a bit of a ...

Seven weight loss tips to offset the new fat gene

Seven weight loss tips to offset the new fat gene

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Sarah Carter

To lose around 1.5lbs a week, women should consume 1,500-1,600 calories each day (the NHS suggestion is 2,000), and 2,000-2,100 hundred daily ...

How to beat a weight-loss plateau

How to beat a weight-loss plateau

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Sarah Carter

“Getting a good amount of protein in your first meal can be transformative for managing hunger; this benefits appetite control throughout the ...

Why NHS dieting advice is out-of-date – and ‘low-fat spreads’ are still UFPs

Why NHS dieting advice is out-of-date – and ‘low-fat spreads’ are still UFPs

Health
Sarah Carter

So what should we be recommending instead? Quality, not quantity, suggests Miller: “Focussing on the composition and quality of the meal has ...

Can intermittent fasting really be bad for your heart?

Can intermittent fasting really be bad for your heart?

Health
Sarah Carter

Fasting for health and psychological benefits is nothing new: Buddhists, Muslims and Christians have done so for centuries. Intermittent fasting (IF) however ...