Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program: Exposing the Fallacy!

Tony Ferguson DietWith so many weight loss products and plans on the market, just keeping up to date can be a challenge.

The Tony Ferguson weightloss program has now taken up residence in my local pharmacy, where I recently observed a lady purchasing a mountain of shakes, soups and supplements.

This got my heckles up! I mean, if you were to spend $50 a week on healthy, whole foods, rather than this ‘non-food’ rubbish, imagine how much healthier, and slimmer you’d be!

So, what is the Tony Ferguson diet?

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Good Diets vs Bad Diets: The Facts Revealed and Expounded

While the promise of rapid weight loss is pretty hard to resist, have you considered that your current diet may be causing more harm than good?

Many diets do work in the short-term, and therefore appeal to the masses, however very few result in lasting weight loss.

Let’s take a look at 5 popular diets that simply don’t work!

#1 Meal replacement

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10 Easy Ways to Reduce Fruit and Veg Wastage

FridgeWhat’s your normal routine when you get home from grocery shopping?

Is it a mad dash to chuck everything away as quickly as possible? Yes - this is me too!

Researchers at the University of Arizona spent a year tracking the food habits of families. The results reported in 2002, were pretty shocking.

They found that families tossed out an average of 470 pounds of food per year, that was an annual cost of $600. Every day, they discarded more than half a pound of fruits and veggies!

Do you find yourself discarding lots of fruits and vegetables each week?

If your produce rots after just a few days, you may be storing incompatible fruits and vegetables together.

Tips for prolonging fruits and vegetables

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7 Exercise Accessories for Gadget Luvin’ Geeks!

If trying to lose weight, or get in shape is proving difficult for you, have you checked out the host of unusual fitness gadgets out there?

There’s a vast array of interesting accessories, promising to help spur us on to better health, and if gadgets really aren’t your thing, they do make perfect gifts for that ’someone’ who has everything!

Seven gadgets to help improve your health and wellbeing:

#1 Beurer Heart Rate Monitoring Glove

Beurer GmbH GloveHeart rate monitoring has taken on a new style, akin to Michael Jackson’s, with this trendy glove!

Rather than wearing an obtrusive belt across your chest, this glove measures reflected light from an artery in the index finger. Pretty cleaver stuff!

It has been designed to fit like a second skin, and the device can be read and operated easily whilst running, so you don’t even need to slow your pace.

Why use this?

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How Useful is Traffic Light Labeling in Restaurants?

Traffic lightsWould you like a little help in making healthy meal choices at the restaurant? Many people find eating out particularly challenging, but what can we do to make the choice simpler?

Yo! Sushi restaurants

Yo! Sushi restaurants are now using the Food Standard Agency’s traffic light scheme, as a means to help consumers make healthy food choices at a glance.

They’ve produced their own nutrition booklet, displaying the nutrient content in their meals, and showing a quick indication of how healthy meals are by using the traffic light colours.

Their booklet also provides information on food intolerance or allergy, for example indicating gluten, or soy free dishes.

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