by Women's Health | Nov 22, 2018 | Weight Loss
“Abusing Sedatives to Get Skinny.” “The Women Sleeping Their Lives Away to Lose Weight.” Recent headlines about the “Sleeping Beauty” diet (taking sleeping pills to avoid eating, a.k.a. narcorexia) seem designed to shock. And shock, they do. But the behaviour is not...
by Women's Health | Nov 21, 2018 | Weight Loss
Of course we’re smug about the fact that we choose nuts over naughtier snacks. They’re so good for us! But here’s a question: Will snacking on nuts actually help you lose weight? Or could your desk-side bag of nuts actually be playing havoc with your...
by Women's Health | Nov 21, 2018 | Weight Loss
Cutting back on ice cream = one of the suckiest parts of dieting. But that doesn’t mean you have to go hungry. (Never!) “People will go crazy and cut out whole food groups,” says nutritionist Jess Cording, “or be really intense with exercise without...
by Women's Health | Nov 15, 2018 | Weight Loss
Scroll through Instagram and you’re bound to find a reality star or 10 posting ads for one of their fave “slimming” drinks. But…what is it about those detox teas in particular that make celebs swear by them for weight loss? Are they really...
by Women's Health | Nov 14, 2018 | Weight Loss
The worst part about trying to follow a kilojoule-controlled eating plan has to be that constant feeling of being so, insatiably hungry. Even if you haven’t eaten, say, a vetkoek in years, as soon as you’re trying to clean up your eating, boom!...