Sleeping Better Will Help You Lose Weight

A study at the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Obesity Research Center has discovered a link between the number of hours we sleep and our weight. A hormone called leptin, which suppresses appetite, is actually lowered when you sleep less. In contrast, grehlin, an appetite that increases food cravings and intake is actually raised when you suffer from sleep deprivation. Proper sleep habits bring these hormones into balance and, as a result, help you control your weight

Rubyfruit Sass

Grapefruit has been the iconic diet food since the Scarsdale Diet, which was all the rage back in the ’70s. The truth is, there’s much more to this beauty than the “half a grapefruit with black coffee and a hardboiled egg” diet breakfast. Though very tart, grapefruit is highly addictive once you’ve acquired the taste for it. Read more

Fruit: Just Eat It!

Fruit has gotten a bad rap in the last several years, owing mainly to popular low-carb diets such as South Beach, Atkins and The Zone, which limit or prohibit foods based on their glycemic content. Yes, fruit is high on the glycemic index, and many health- and body-conscious people avoid it for that reason.
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Ab-a-licious

It takes hard work, dedication, and motivation for anything you strive for to succeed. So instead of staring enviously at all the girls showing off their bikini bods, do something about it! Become one of those sleek, sexy, flat abs chick that all the guys drool over and all the ladies burn up with jealousy. Read more