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It takes more than just eating fruits and vegetables for proper nutrition. It is a complete lifestyle. You need to know what proper nutrition is, so you can plan out what to eat on a weekly basis. Are you ready to learn about better nutrition? Whatever your answer, read on for some helpful tips. Vegetables, no matter how they are packaged, are a good, low-calorie choice. These foods provide you with minerals and vitamins that your body needs and that leave you full. Consider making a salad of fresh vegetables or a pot of soup made from vegetables to ensure you get a proper amount of healthy servings each day. Make time and be motivated if you wish to succeed at your diet and exercise plans. That means if you want to make your weight loss program a success, you need to make sure that you have ample amounts of both. Motivation is important, if you want to exercise, chances are you will find time to do it. You need to find the right time to exercise. Make it easy on yourself by choo

Based on the work of a British physician in the 1950s, the HCG diet combines daily injections or liquid supplements of a hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), with severe calorie restriction (500 a day). Proponents claim HCG produces fast and hunger-free weight loss and that it targets “problem” fat areas (the belly, hips and thighs), while preserving, or even increasing, muscle mass. It has been called a miracle—and a scam. HCG is produced in small amounts in both men and women; more is produced during pregnancy. Doctors use it, legitimately, to treat infertility. More dubiously, however, some doctors prescribe it as a weight-loss aid. A number of websites now sell nonprescription “homeopathic” formulas that you take as drops, pellets or sprays—a more “convenient” option. What you need to know • There’s no good evidence that the diet works. Controlled studies have shown that people lose the same amount of weight when they restrict calories to 500 a day, whether they

Browse through a sporting-goods store or website, or simply look around a gym or health club, and you’re likely to see the thick, stretchy shorts and tights (and sometimes tops) known as compression garments. A cross between skintight bike shorts and a girdle, they are super snug—typically 15 percent smaller than your regular size—and made of bands that hug muscles, thighs, buttocks, and calves. The shorts come in various lengths, but are usually mid-thigh and worn under regular shorts. Marketers claim that the garments help athletes and exercisers improve their game or workouts, speed recovery, and prevent delayed-onset muscle soreness. They’re also supposed to reduce the risk of certain injuries by warming, supporting, and increasing blood flow to muscles, all of which also contribute to enhanced athletic performance. Putting them to the test In recent years these claims have been tested, but only in small studies involving young athletes. For instance, an Australian stud