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The Ideology Behind Healthy Foods Helping You to Lose Weight

A common reaction/question that I get when people find out that I am a nutrition major is: "Oh! So you can help me lose weight then! Tell me... What should I eat?"Nutrition is not as easy as "If I avoid this, and just e…
Prospectus for Health & Fitness Advice

There is some interest in me writing more blogs about weight loss. Before I do though, I just want to make it clear that I am by no means perfect in my own lifestyle. I had some people asking me if I watch my weight sinc…
Marketing Tricks @ the Grocery Store

Grocery stores have implemented years of research on how to make you spend and buy more of their products. Even slower music is strategically played to slow your pace and make you linger inside their store longer where t…
Why do you get headrushes?

I have to get some bloodwork done today to check my iron-levels. Boo... I hate needles!! But I have been having issues with headrushes, dizziness, and tiredness in the last couple of months. The doctor took my blood pres…
Foods to Fight Stress

Tons of final exams or midterms? Some people reach for comfort foods to relieve their stress. This is called emotional eating. But most comfort foods (eg. donuts, chocolate, ice cream) may actually not help your stress l…
The Asian BMI

Asians genetically tend to have smaller frames, but they also have more strict cut-off points with their associated weight for risk of chronic disease. What is BMI? The Body Mass Index is an easy calculation that you can…