Womens health - importance of iron and calcium
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Do you drink enough water? You may think you are drinking enough, but many of us are unknowingly in a chronic state of dehydration. Adequate hydration will improve energy levels and concentration. If you are not drinking enough you may find that you are constantly tired and perhaps prone to headaches and generally feeling 'flat'. Even low levels of dehydration can have a significant impact on concentration, cognitive skills and general health.
The key is to drink regularly throughout the day, starting with breakfast. Keep a water bottle or jug nearby and aim to drink 1-2 glasses of water with every meal plus 1-2 glasses between meals. Water is ideal, but other great fluid choices include green tea, weak black tea (hold the sugar!), herbal teas and low-fat milk. If you love your daily coffee, don't despair. Caffeine in small amounts is unlikely to do too much harm, but if coffee and cola drinks make up the majority of your fluids for the day then you need to start visiting the water cooler in preference to the coffee machine.
One can of soft drink contains about 10 teaspoons of sugar, and some sweetened juices are not much less. Reducing intake of sweetened drinks will significantly reduce kilojoule intake and may help you avoid extra visits to the dentist.Find out your ideal weight based on your height
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A calorie counter is so important in your weight loss journey as it creates a clear picture of where you are at, and what you need to do to lose weight. For instance, to lose 0.5kg a week you need to burn 500 calories a day more than you eat. However the only way to then make sure of this is to know how many calories you are burning, and how many calories you eat.
Firstly you need to know how many calories your body burns naturally, known as your basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is the energy required for your basic body functions and includes beating of the heart, breathing, and the maintenance of body temperature. It is a function of your age, weight, height, gender and exercise habits. Take our diet profile to work out your BMR.
You can then use our food to work out the calories in the food you eat. You simply need to search for the food and enter in the quantity and it will provide the calories and all nutritional information. A good idea is to start with a standard day and work out how many calories you would normally eat. The results also show how much exercise you would have to do to burn it off!
What is the difference between Calories and kilojoules?
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There is no doubt that losing weight and keeping it off can be very challenging, but what is the hardest part? We put this question to our weight loss community to find out the areas that were most challenging. All the responses were categorised and you can see the results below:
Weight loss tip: Negative effects of excessive alcohol consumption
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Vitamins - How many vitamins you should have
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