Easy Diet Clinic

Did you know that all oils and fats have the same number of calories per tablespoon of measure? It's true!

Did you think that an oil that is labeled "light" had less calories? Did you think that Canola Oil was the lowest calorie version of oil or that Olive Oil was best for you? If so then you were wrong on all counts.

Did you know that you need fat to be healthy and that if you limit your fat intake to less than 20% of calories or 50 grams of fat a day that you won't get fat and if you reduce your fat to about 10% of calories you can prevent or cure most of the top 20 killer diseases in North America? It's true - it's too much fat that blocks the arteries and causes strokes, heart attacks, Type 2 diabetes, kidney stones, liver damage and many other problems. 

 

To find out more ......

Healthy tossed salads are common diet fare.
Dieting is one of those things that is completely integrated into American culture. On any given day, a huge portion of the U.S. population is "on a diet" and "counting calories" in one way or another. And look at how many of the diet names in the following list you recognize:

• The Atkins Diet
• The Cabbage Soup Diet
• The Grapefruit Diet
• The Hollywood Miracle Diet
• The Rice Diet
• The Scarsdale Diet
• The South Beach Diet
• The Zone Diet

You probably recognize many of these names because you hear them all the time!

In this article, we will look first at weight gain and why gaining weight is so easy. Then we will look at what you can do about weight gain -- in the form of diet and exercise -- to maintain a consistent weight.