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Watch Out for Diet Cocktails

Posted on 12. Feb, 2013 by Dana Linn in category of Food & Drink, Lifestyle, Colleen Walsh-Jervis, diet, drinks, weight loss

That low-calorie cocktail is going to end your night early and derail your diet, so why are you ordering one? Getting a cocktail made with a diet soda is kind of like ordering a combo at a fast food restaurant with that same diet soda; it seems like it’s too little, too late when you consider all of the calories in the other ingredients (alcohol is surprisingly heavy on the calories!).Read More »

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Should You Go Vegan?

Posted on 11. Sep, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Health & Fitness, Abby Lee Hood, diet, veganism

America has probably obtained the worst dietary reputation of any country on the planet. While other countries cannot eat well because they’re impoverished, American seems to have the exact opposite problem. Cheap fast food options allow us to consume untold amounts of unnecessary sodium, calories, and fat. Sounds pretty depressing, right? But there are other dietary fads in our country that give us a bad reputation – it’s not just eating junk food!Read More »

My 7-Day Detox Experience

Posted on 20. Jul, 2012 by Dana Linn in category of Health & Fitness, detox, diet, Jordan Alexis

I’ll admit it: I’m a total junk food addict. I recently realized my diet consists of almost nothing with any nutritional value (unless fruit filling or orange soda counts as actual fruit), which may have seemed okay in my college days, but definitely isn’t the way to go now that my “late twenties” are looming around the corner.Read More »

Five Strategies of Successful Dieters

Posted on 12. Jul, 2012 by stylequirk in category of Health & Fitness, diet, StyleQuirk

With summer in full force, many are wondering how they can keep the pounds off. During these months, we are surrounded by hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, ice cream, and soda more than any other time of the year. Besides Christmastime, the food of summertime may be the most tempting of all seasons. When you’re hot and sweaty, it’s really difficult to deny that melting cone of vanilla ice cream from Dairy Queen. And who can say no to a hot dog at a summer BBQ? Read More »

One Diet May Not Fit All

Posted on 11. Jul, 2012 by stylequirk in category of Health & Fitness, diet, StyleQuirk

Americans are always trying to find ways to be healthier. Partly because of the obesity epidemic and the high incidence of cancer in our society, we attempt to do all that we can to maintain our health. We adopt a new liquid diet that claims to make us fit into our high school jeans. We start eating pounds of goji berries since we heard they prevent breast cancer. Sadly, though, these fad diets rarely work the way they’re supposed to. America still has a higher incidence of chronic illnesses compared to the rest of the world. Read More »