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5:2 Fast Diet - What Is It?

Millions of people all over the world are obese and over-weight. Obesity is growing like an epidemic. More and more people are consuming fast food and as a result they are gaining weight and becoming obese. Most people want to lose weight so that they can lead a good, healthy and long life. However, losing the unwanted flab is not very easy. Therefore, people often think that dieting is the best option. Dieting is a very popular form of weight loss technique that can help you get back in shape. However, dieting is not a very healthy option because it requires a lot of patience, focus and determination. This seems to be the simplest technique for reducing those unwanted pounds but in reality it is very difficult. Often people think that for dieting, they need to stop eating and starve themselves. This is very bad for your health because when you don't eat enough food, your body starts eating up your muscle mass in order to produce energy and this makes you dizzy and low on energ...

Intermittent Fasting: 3 Things You Should Know About Intermittent Fasting

Everyone seems to be talking about  intermittent fasting  these days, including myself. The discussions range from the incredible to the incredulous about the benefits or lack thereof of skipping meals such as breakfast. I mean didn't they that breakfast is the healthiest and should be the largest meal of the day. This leads me to look at just  three benefits  of pursuing an intermittent fasting program. 1. Improves Immune Function ( Immune system booster) The white blood cells of humans are an effective defense mechanism against pathogens in the body.However,  white blood cells  are limited by their ability to carry out their defensive function in entering cell and attacking intercellular pathogens. This is because the primary line of defense of these pathogens are in fact lysosomes. Lysosomes through a process known as autophagy, which means self-eating,acts like the garbage disposal of the cell. Damaged proteins, organelles, viruses, bacteria, an...