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Since childhood we have heard chocolate is not good for our health and too much of chocolate can cause us great damage. But still it's so hard to resist as chocolates are so tempting. Now there is good news for all chocolate lovers. Science has proved that chocolate is good for you. We all know as you know chocolate is a junk food that can cause weight gain from calories, but eating the right version is the key to have healthy chocolate.

• Chocolate is a champion antioxidant. Antioxidants help rid the body of free radicals, nasty little molecules running amok in your body which cause aging and disease.

• Chocolate can provide natural health-promoting substances called flavonoids and flavonoids help to prevent heart disease and cancer. The flavonoids work to protect our cells from damage.

• Flavonoids reduce the risk of blood clots, and slow down the immune responses that lead to clogged arteries.

• Chocolate is a major stress reliever.

• Chocolate contains many healthful benefits and is a powerful tool to aid in weight loss.

However health benefits completely depends on the type you eat every day that's from candy bars can be the wrong type to eat, which means you should find some of those healthy bars.

Dark Chocolate is the healthy form of chocolates. Dark Chocolate contains antioxidant that helps to:

• Relax Blood Pressure
• Balance Certain Hormones
• Protect the body from the effects of free radicals
• Stress free as it contains serotonin which acts as an antidepressant
• Lower Cholesterol
• Improve Sexual Function

Eating a small, 1.6-ounce bar of dark chocolate every day is good for you.Here is a previous post we have done: MMMM CHOCOLATE!! Stop the Sugar Craving

Choose healthy chocolates: Eating the good chocolate is something that goes good with any natural food balance.

• Your bars should have the richest concentration of chocolate liquor.
• The percentage of chocolate liquor is proudly displayed on the labels of quality chocolate bars.
• Unsweetened baking chocolate has the highest percentage, followed by bittersweet and semi sweet chocolate.
• Organic chocolates are the healthiest, since they have no pesticide residue.
• Avoid chocolates high in sugar.
• Favor other sweeteners that are more slowly absorbed, like evaporated cane juice or barley malt.
• Don't eat any chocolate with hydrogenated fat. Avoid milk chocolate, which just adds saturated fat to your diet.
• When you've found a dark, rich, mildly sweetened chocolate, eat it slowly and savor it.
• Don't eat too much but enjoy this healthy yet sensuous addition to your diet.

(Sources: ezinearticles.com/?Thin-Secrets-of-Chocolate&id=2371689, facts-about-chocolate.com, webmd.com/news)

Every one of us wants to look slim and beautiful, but what all you can do to keep your body in shape. Just stop overeating and do regular exercise. Most of us complain about overeating and their efforts to control overeating ends up with depression. Before finding the solution to stop overeating we need to find the scenario that triggers overeating.

Reason of overeating:

To lose weight generally people opt for shortcut methods that seem working fast however in a longer run the result can be more dangerous. The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise. The most effective way to lose weight is to reduce the amount of calories you eat and increase your levels of activity.

Some wrong methods for losing weight:

Nowadays there's a lot of debate going on about size zero. Is size zero beautiful or are fashion houses just creating anorexic girls as coat hangers to promote their designs? Size Zero is a women's clothing size in the US system equivalent to a UK size 4, with a waist measurement of a tiny 23 inches that'a only 54.5 cm! The average girth of an 8 year old girl. Experts say that being this thin can lead to loss of periods, hair falling out, dry skin and even thinning bones. However, fitness experts say that size zero is anorexic and not the correct way to lose weight.

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Whether you are a sport person, athlete or a mum l am sure we would all like to do more "work" without getting tired. Every person has a different capacity of their body to do some particular physical work and this is known as stamina. Today we will discuss some ways and exercises in order to increase your stamina. You should implement some activity in your daily routine to balance and increase your stamina.

Some daily activities to increase stamina:

• If you are overweight and out of shape, you will need to lose weight as you shape up. Over the age of 40? If you select activities you enjoy, you will increase your chances of sticking with them long enough to get in shape and feel good.
• Irritability and depression are often the first signs of fatigue.
• Do lots of physical activity of your choice. Ride a bike, go skating, fly a kite, throw a frisbee, kick a ball or walk the dog.

Metabolism is the process developing energy from the consumed food. Metabolism is the rate at which your body uses energy, or, burns calories. Your resting metabolism measures the number of calories required to keep your body functioning. Even while we sleep our metabolism is working. Your body is using up energy to keep running to make your heart beat, your kidneys function, and so on. To get a general idea of what your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) , multiply your weight by 10. If you weight 150 pounds then your BMR = 150 x 10 kcal/lb = 1,500 kcals (kcals stands for the number calorie burned).

1. Extreme fasting
2. Excessive dieting
3. Physical ailment
4. Lack of physical exercise
5. Skipping meals
6. Poor sleeping habits
7. Too much gap between meals
8. Eating too many foods that are loaded with sugar 
9. Hypothyroidism may be also a cause of slow metabolism. This happens when the thyroid gland produces too little of the hormone thyroxine. This may be result in weight gain, slow body processing including a slow heart rate and fatigue.

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Getting a beautiful flat stomach is like a dream come true for every girl. But having a flat belly is not so easy. It requires lots of efforts and regular exercise. The best way to tone up your stomach muscles is with an exercise that stresses the stomach muscles directly at the front and an exercise that hits the side abs. First of all we need to understand where the fat is stored. Examine your body in the mirror.

You may notice that your actual stomach is pretty flat, but the area around your belly button still protrudes and this is where the real problem is. If this is case, your problem is your lower abdominal region more so than your stomach. Fat is stored here for a number of reasons. For some, it's genetic and that just happens to be where the body stores its fat. It may be indigestion. If your food is not digesting properly, it can cause a bulge in your lower abdominal area. IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) is another common cause for this problem), so get it checked out at your local GP.

Sit ups and crunches are great for toning muscle, but wont get rid of the layer of fat that lies over it. You need to do some cardio exercise, such as running, to burn the fat as well. Combine the running with sit ups and crunches and you should have a flat stomach in no time!

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Kidney beans and lentils- excellent source of fibre and provide slow realising carbohydrates.

Grocery shopping- controlling your weight start here, do not buy anything that you know you should not eat, as more often than not you will end up eating it, not the "guests".

Entree- eat your food from an entree size plate, this allows you to get smaller amounts of food and you may even find that you are actually full when you finish it.

Salad- when ordering salad ask for the dressing on the side, that way you can control how much you add.

Thirsty- drink water it has no calories and we all have to love that!

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In the midst of joy of having a baby mothers mostly ignore their fitness. Have you ever look into the mirror and saw your figure after pregnancy which you have maintained always by lots of hard efforts and exercises. Fortunately, there are some simple exercises that you can do to quickly reduce and eliminate this abdominal fat and keep your stomach looking good.

When should you start?

If you had a vaginal birth, you can start most regular activities again as soon as you feel comfortable. After a cesarean birth, exercise can be started when you're comfortable and have discussed your exercise plans with a physiotherapist, doctor or other health practitioner. Start slowly, and then gradually build up the length of exercise. If you have heavier and brighter bleeding after exercise, you need to slow down. If you feel pain while exercising, stop and rest.

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More and more people are becoming conscious about their figure and therefore it is no wonder that liquid diet plan is gaining momentum. Liquid diet shakes are selling like real hot cakes in the market, as it helps you stick to a weight loss program.

A full or strained liquid diet consists of both clear and opaque liquid foods with a smooth consistency. It includes milk, milkshakes, ice cream, pudding, strained cream soups, fruit nectar with pulp, smooth cooked cereals such as oatmeal and cream of wheat, butter, and honey.

In some cases, a full liquid diet may also include other foods that have been thinned and blended with liquids such as milk, meat or vegetable broth, or fruit or vegetable juice. It all depends on which one tickles your fancy and therefore which one you follow. There are a large number of liquid diets in the market and we will discuss a few of famous liquid diets available in the market.

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