Lifestyle Choices

There are some guidelines about shopping that can help people interested in fat control.

• Shop from a list. This helps you avoid the purchase of foods that contain empty calories and other foods that will tempt you to overeat.
• Shop with a friend. This is another way to help you avoid the purchase of unneeded foods. For this technique to work, the other person must be sensitive to your goals. In some cases, a friend can have a bad, rather than a good influence.
• Shop on a full stomach to avoid the temptations of snacking on and buying junk food.
• Check the label for contents of foods. If the calories are not listed, be wary of buying them. Many so-called weight reduction foods have caloric contents equal or in excess of normal foods.

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When it comes to the way your skin looks, you really are what you eat! Maintaining a healthy, balanced diet is one of the most important things you can do to have healthy-looking, beautiful skin.

You have probably heard many opinions about what you should (or shouldn’t) eat to have great skin. How much do you know about which foods are really good—and which are not good for your skin? Take this Food Facts and Fiction Quiz and find out: (more…)

1. Anorexia nervosa

This is an eating disorder in which a person severely restricts food intake and weighs at least 15 per cent less than her ideal weight. It usually is considered a female disorder, but anorexia nervosa occurs in men and is increasing in young boys. A person with this disorder fears being fat, and may be convinced that she is overweight despite what the scale shows or what other people say. To achieve skinniness, in addition to food restriction, she may use laxatives and exercise excessively. An anorexia sufferer is often very controlling and obsessive in other areas of her life, too. The problem usually begins in adolescence. In advanced stages of the illness, the dieting is hard to reverse. At that point, hunger may disappear completely and the pursuit of thinness becomes a way of life. Starvation causes medical complications of its own, such as thyroid problems, anaemia and joint pains. Death can occur in the most severe cases. (more…)