| ‘XaviX’ way of losing weight
AFTER the Christmas season quickly comes Valentines Day, and from there, the hot summer, beach days. After indulging into the holiday delights and putting on those extra pounds and inches, its time to lose weight and keep fit not only to look good for our loved ones but to be good to ourselves too. How to lose the weight is what troubles a whole lot of folks nowadays, what with so many fads and the option of trimming down via surgery. If you ask international superstar Jackie Chan what to do (yes, the funny, karate-chopping Chinese can talk about weight loss), hell tell you to try out XaviX. XaviX, developed by Chan himself, is a new way to exercise using everyones favorite box, the TV. He promises that it will get people into shape right in the comfort of the home at the most convenient time.
Eat To Live: The 'I'm not dieting' diet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Hands up, those who put "Go on a diet" on their New Year's Resolutions list. You neither? According to a study from research company NPD Group, Americans on diets are down by 35 percent of women and 26 percent of men from 1990. Given the amount of media coverage of obesity in the United States, this is an extraordinary finding. According to official statistics, roughly 60 percent of Americans are overweight. The highest rise is among those now considered obese -- 23.9 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number is up from 15.6 percent in 1995 and 19.8 percent in 2000. NPD's Dieting Monitor survey found only 26 percent of females and 19 percent of men said they were on a diet in the 12 months up to February 2006, the period surveyed.
Don't leaf out the cabbage
SCHOOL dinners and hospital food, watery soup diets and supermarket coleslaw - no wonder cabbages are hardly top of most people's list when it comes to favourite foods. Add in the unfortunate gassy side effects of consuming too much and the nasty whiff that lingers in the kitchen once you've cooked it to infinity and back, and - on the surface at least - cabbage really doesn't seem to have much going for it. .
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