Should You Care About Glycemic Index?

When reading through various diets you can probably see glycemic index mentioned here and there. What is it? Does it matter? Generally it doesn’t and shouldn’t play a major role in building your diet. For some people though, glycemic index can be a helpful dietary compas. What Is Glycemic Index and How To Use It?…

Why Balanced Diet Is Best For Weight Loss And Maintenance

Okay so, we talked about all kinds of diets here but they all have some kinds of rules and restrictions that make them work. Paleo diet excludes dairy and grains while low-carb diets reduce carbohydrates that our bodies need to function properly and have the energy to put in the work. What we haven’t talked…

No More Trans Fats in Food

Trans fats are the worst kinds of fats because they’ve been linked to all kinds of diseases starting with cardiovascular ones all the way through to major depressive disorder and diminished memory. Now that they’re banned and the companies are given exactly three years to get rid of PHOs (partially hydrogenated oils – sources of trans…

Google Makes App That Counts Calories In Pictures of Food

Google is now developing an app that will count calories based on the pictures of your food. It will do so by identifying and breaking down the dishes in the pictures analysing them by pixels. Called Im2Calories the technology has been presented at the Boston Rework Deep Learing Summit by the research scientist Kevin Murphy who said that though…

‘Diets Don’t Work’ or How To Control Your Eating Habits

There is a great many dieting programs out there starting with Weight Watchers and rounding out with the reality TV shows like The Biggest Loser. You can find them online or through popular fitness magazines, in people’s social networks or on video platforms. There are different formats like books, ebooks, videos, challenges, and many others and the…