Weight loss
Types of diets
When comparing diets in studies, an inconvenient result emerges: the difference between them is smaller than the difference between the people who follow them and those who do not.
Blog
Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Weight loss
Calorie deficit: how to calculate it and how to hold it
A calorie deficit is the one thing without which weight does not come down.
Weight loss
Calories in alcohol: how many calories are in beer, wine, and spirits
Alcohol is the only category that almost everyone skips when counting calories.
Weight loss
Hypnosis for weight loss
Reviews for this method are more polarized than for any other: some say their life has changed, while others say they wasted their money.
Calorie counting
Daily calorie intake
There is no universal norm: it depends on weight, height, age, sex, and activity level.
Calorie counting
What is KBZHU
KBZHU represents four numbers that describe food: caloric content and the three macronutrients that make it up.
Calorie counting
How to determine portion size without a scale
Portion weight is the most inaccurate variable in any calculation, including analysis by photo.
Calorie counting
How to count calories in homemade food
Processed foods are counted by the label, and restaurant meals by a reference guide.
Health
Why a sedentary lifestyle is harmful
Sedentary work affects health not because a person doesn't exercise enough, but because they barely move during the other fifteen hours of the day.
This article is for general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prescription for treatment or a diet, and it does not replace a consultation with your doctor. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, take medication, or follow a diet prescribed to you, decisions about food belong with your doctor.
Figures from regulations, guidelines and studies are given as they stood when this article was prepared and may since have changed; check them against the primary sources. This article is not advertising, an offer, or individual advice, and neither the author nor the site owner is responsible for decisions taken on the basis of it.