Tag Archive: weight loss
Weight-loss Chocolate?
July 12, 2013
Math graduate Aneesh Popat took another route rather than the traditional one that uses butter and cream. He opted for flavor-filled water and cocoa.
A bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate packs 240 calories, while Popat's only has 20 calories, reports the Daily Express.
Speaking about his product, Popat said: "Chocolate is good for you if made in the right way. My love of chocolate led me to devote and apply my mathematical and scientific backgrounds to create the most unique flavor combinations with utmost precision and creativity."
All-You-Can-Eat Chocolate Diet?
March 1, 2013
There are diets that most, if not all, of us are accustomed to, and the Mediterranean diet chooses to go a different way. People in this diet can eat nuts and eggs to their heart’s content, and even chocolate! Provided it contains more than 50% cocoa. It allows them to have as much fish, seafood, low-fat cheese, and whole-grain cereals as they want.
If you are looking to follow this diet, you must also stick to having olive oil, which you use on salads as well as cooked veggies abundantly. Also, you must have at least two servings a day of vegetables, with at least one of those servings in the form of a salad, on top of at least three servings a day of fresh fruit.
Legumes, which include garbanzo beans, lentils, soybeans and peas, must be eaten at least three times a week. Additionally, you should eat fish or seafood three times a week, with at least one meal of a fatty fish like salmon, tuna or sardines.
Chocolate Helps Jennifer Hudson Reach Ideal Weight
September 28, 2012
It's probably safe to assume that you know Jennifer Hudson, an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. It’s fairly well known that she went from a size 16 to a size 6.
You’ve heard it before and you’ve read it before, especially if you were able to stumble upon my previous blog posts. According to recent studies, chocolate can actually aid individuals who are looking to shed some unwanted pounds. Research has shown that people who frequently consume chocolate have a lower body mass index (BMI) compared to those who don’t. Body mass index is the ratio of weight to height, and this indicates the body’s fatness.
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Chocolate Makes You Slimmer?
March 27, 2012
It may sound too good to be true, but according to a new research, chocolate can help people slim down. The study has shown that those who have frequent consumption of chocolate possess a lower body mass index (BMI) as compared to people who don't. Body mass index is the ratio of weight to height, and this indicates the body's fatness.
The results were discovered in spite of the fact that people who eat chocolate more frequently tend to have more calorie consumption, and these people didn't make up for it by exercising.
Research has it that chocolate may contain something that makes the calories from other food you eat less likely to be stored as fat. This was according to Dr. Beatrice Golomb, associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
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Chocolate Cake With Breakfast
February 10, 2012
If cake doesn't work for you, maybe you can get your hand down the chocolate cookie jar? If you'd like a scoop of chocolate ice cream, go ahead and suit yourself.
If perhaps that appears to be ridiculous, I’ll let you in on some new findings from the researchers at Tel Aviv University. They found out that incorporating dessert together with a well-balanced 600-calorie breakfast, which has proteins and carbohydrates, enables those on a diet to drop some pounds and maintain it over the long haul.
Researchers sorted 193 clinically obese, non-diabetic adults into two groups. The groups were given practically the same low-carbohydrate diets of 1,400 calories each day for women and 1,600 calories a day for men. However, one group had been provided with a low-carbohydrate 300-calorie breakfast and the other had been supplied with a 600-calorie breakfast which was loaded with protein and carbohydrates, and constantly came with a dessert.
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Eat Chocolate, Lose Weight
November 29, 2011
I have mentioned in one of my previous blog posts about a new experiment conducted that involved chocolate in weight-loss diets. Well, this one might just up any chocoholic's excitement just a little bit more.
The holidays are just around the corner. And we all know what's in it during this anticipated time of the year… food, lots of it. Eating and drinking just can't get any better when done with the most special people in your life around. And since it happens only once in a year, most of us tend to go overboard and end up gaining unwanted pounds.
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Chocolate as Part of a Weight-Loss Diet?
September 6, 2011
Contrary to popular belief, studies have shown that one can adhere to a certain diet even while enjoying a daily chocolate fix.
In an experiment funded by Hershey’s, overweight and obese women who were on a strict reduced-calorie diet but still had a bit of chocolate for snacks (of course, provided by Hershey’s) on the side were still able to lose about 11 pounds within four months on average. These women had BMIs ranging from 25 to 43 and they consumed 1500 to 1800 calories per day.
Body Mass Index, also known as BMI, is the measure of weight in relation to height. A person can be called overweight when his/her BMI is between 25 and 29.9; obese is a BMI above 30. A normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9.
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Computers Induce Chocolate Cravings
July 27, 2010
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput of the University of Copenhagen speculates that mental stress from computer work triggers changes in blood sugar levels that trick the brain into thinking it has worked off calories that need replacing. This in turn increases an appetite for sweet treats like chocolate.
This all started when Dr. Chaput noticed a supervisor regularly snacking on chocolate when doing computer work. He then asked one group of female students to go to a computer and start working while another group was told to relax for 45 minutes.
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