Obesity and overweight behavior of health problems that increase the risk factors for more or less serious diseases. Obesity above all is a condition linked to a prolonged incorrect dietary lifestyle and a lack of physical activity. Excessive and uncontrolled weight can cause: I have already written in the article on how to evaluate your […]
On websites and on TV you have certainly read or heard about saturated and unsaturated fats, with the warning to prefer the latter, because they are healthier. Let’s try to clarify once and for all, trying to understand how useful this distinction is, which foods to prefer and what consequences the abuse of saturated fats […]
The principles of weight loss have been studied for decades. However, saying weight is misleading as our body is made up of various elements. The water we contain “weighs”. Lean mass, ie muscles, “weigh”. Abdominal fat “weighs”. The brain “weighs”. Tissues “weigh”, bones “weigh”. So let’s say it would be much more correct to talk […]
The Mediterranean diet is a diet that originates in the Mediterranean basin in countries such as central and southern Italy, Greece, Spain, the coastal countries of North Africa and the neighboring Orient. The Mediterranean diet owes its fame to the balanced mix of nutrients and to the studies that link it to longevity, so much […]
Have you ever heard of “epigenetics”? It is a word that you may have already heard and that you may have linked to the better known term of “genetics.” Indeed, the two terms are linked but not overlapping. In fact, epigenetics is a relatively modern branch of the study of biology, and literally means “that […]
In my experience, I have the impression that the main obstacle to a healthy, balanced and rewarding life , depends on the belief that the solution is ours outside and not inside us. So that not much can be done to get better and change the coordinates of our future. But luckily that’s not the […]
Following a diet is not complicated, as long as you just take notes from the internet, make a spending plan and write something down on your calendar. But the harsh reality is that people have a tremendous effort following a diet plan for as long as it takes to produce results. Where is the mistake […]
