The favorite meal of all dieters alike is a Sandwich. Satisfying and filling, it seems to be the perfect alternative to a fatty burger or a steak. But is it really helping you cut down calories or are you simply substituting one type of unhealthy meal for another?

The simple explanation for slimming is this: all weight loss is about the dynamic between what we eat (energy in) and what we do during our day (energy out). Activation of our muscles during exercise of any kind burns calories, whether we work at a labor intensive job or we get our daily exercise another [...]

Weight problems has been the concern for many in recent years. Blame it on the Fast Food Culture, blame it on the ease brought about by science and technology that conveniently help us reduce laborious activities considerable. While many turn to Medical Science for a solution, some turn to natural ways and means, all converging [...]

Evolutionary biologists don’t know much about how mothers might influence the gender of their babies, but they’ve got lots of ideas.
And increasingly, they’ve got studies. A recent paper titled “You are what your mother eats” found that women who ate lots of breakfast cereal, salt and potassium were more likely to give birth to baby [...]

The benefits of breast feeding to babies whose mothers are able to nurse them are numerous. Babies receive essential nutrients as well as antibodies that have not been successfully reproduced in any formula from their mother’s breast milk. Babies also have the correct jaw development through the process of breast feeding, which benefits them throughout [...]