Couples hoping to conceive should take a close look at their diets, according to First Response, as different foods can have an impact on fertility levels.
Yvonne Bishop-Weston, a nutritionist for the pregnancy and ovulation test manufacturers, said that weight loss through dieting and exercising can improve fertility for those who are overweight.
She suggested that men should eat...
Women who are overweight and trying for a baby should consider weight loss as there are more risks associated with pregnancies in females with high BMIs, according to medical expert Mike Kelly.
This is one of the reasons that guidance on diet and physical activities during and after pregnancy is being developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
The...
Kelly Osbourne has revealed that apples have aided her recent dramatic weight loss.
The celeb has been enjoying showing off her svelte figure in a variety of outfit at New York Fashion Week and told Life and Style magazine that she has overhauled her eating habits.
Kelly said that she has changed the way she eats since appearing on Dancing with the Stars, during which she lost around...
Rather than turning to pain-free weight loss measures such as diet pills, Sandra Bullock has said that she will have liposuction in time for the Oscars.
The comment was made in jest, having been questioned on the Today show as to how she would prepare for the ceremony, which is to take place on March 7th.
“I do believe some liposuction is in order, a very strict diet regime,...
Women who are looking for something that will help them to shed those few extra pounds alongside their diet or weight loss pills should simply try to get more sleep every night, according to a medical expert.
Dr Shahrad Taheri, a consultant endocrinologist at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, and his team have completed a series of studies looking at weight and sleep and also examined the metabolic...
Diets can be a tricky business, and although cutting a few calories here and there may seem quite easy, it can be hard to decide where to save calories and what to keep eating.
Most people can be inclined into thinking that once they’ve started eating they will feel hungry more throughout the day and skip breakfast, assuming that they can manage until lunch time. That is never a good idea!
We’ve...
We’ve asked our slimming friends on Twitter and our Facebook Fans to come up with their favourite weight loss motivation quotes. Here’s our Top 14:
A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. Sausage and fries go straight to the thighs. The difference between try and triumph is just a little “umph”. One should eat to live, not live to eat. If hunger is not the problem,... Common knowledge is that we should all eat our five a day. A great way is to mix it up with all kinds of different fruit and vegetables each day. However, it’s not as easy as it sounds.
First of all, why 5 portions a day?
To get the correct amount of vitamins and minerals, we need to eat different varieties of fruit and veg. The reason for this is because they add different...
If you have over indulged at Christmas and starting to fret that soon it will be getting to that time of year when we want to look and feel fantastic in beach shorts and sleeveless tops. But if you don’t feel wonderful just yet then don’t worry. Weight loss is not magic, it’s a numbers game!
If you make small consistent changes, it pays off in pounds off. Make sure you understand...
After reading countless books, articles and studies on the complex subject of healthy eating, we thought we had diets all worked out.
But NO, how wrong were we; just as an understanding of good and bad carbs, glycaemic indexes and calorie counting began to clear up, the brilliant science of nutrition throws another spanner in the works.
There are some foods that you may think are extremely...