GI diet: It’s the best if you want to lose weight It’s been said a few times, and now even the prestigious Cochrane Review agrees: the best way to lose weight is by adopting a low-glycemic index diet (or low-GI diet). The diet ranks carbohydrates according to their effect on the body’s blood glucose levels. 
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Weight Loss: Calories don’t count, good food does The only real way you’ll lose weight is by exercising more or eating less, according to the prevailing calorie theory that maintains weight loss happens when you burn more energy than you eat. Despite its wide acceptance, it explains just one part of a more complex picture,
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Diet vs exercise Which is better for your heart: exercising or losing weight? In a randomized, controlled trial, weight loss and aerobic exercise as a means of preventing coronary artery disease were compared over a period of nine months. The 107 subjects were healthy, sedentary, obese, middle-aged and older men. The men were randomized into
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Benefit from vigorous exercise A new study has confirmed that vigorous exercise can improve heart function in patients with atherosclerosis. Although small, the study has gone some way towards defining just what the biological benefits of such exercise might be. Researchers randomly assigned 19 patients, who had coronary artery disease and who displayed abnormal vasoconstriction
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Exercise your way out of depression and anxiety Lots of people are suffering from depression right now – but instead of reaching for an antidepressant drug, they could get as much benefit from exercising, say researchers. Exercise is a ‘magic drug’ to combat depression and anxiety, and it’s something that can work for everyone. Traditional
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Omega-3 fish oils reverse chronic depression Omega-3 fish oil supplements can reverse chronic debilitating depression, and they are as effective as a powerful antidepressant drug, a major new study has discovered. The OM3 Emotional Balance fish oil supplement helped a group of 432 patients with major unipolar depression that could not be helped by conventional
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Fish oils fight asthma It’s been a great time for oily fish recently provided you’re not one yourself, of course. The fish may provide protection against asthma, especially among children, and they could be good for diabetes, too. Australian researchers have found that a diet high in oily fish has helped give a group of
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Fish oils reduce your chances of Alzheimer’s If you want to reduce any chance of developing Alzheimer’s in older age, start eating oily fish and supplementing with omega-3 fish oils.  The disease is mainly the result of poor diet and environmental factors, and you can lessen your risk by eating better, new research has revealed
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Comet Electricals Comet is part of Kesa Electricals plc, a pan-European group operating in ten European countries. Its focus is on giving customers the best price, best choice and the best service. Comet has 248 stores throughout the UK, offering a wide range of electrical products. Thousands of competitor prices are checked every week to ensure
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