July 2009

Eat some cherries! Cherries contain melatonin, a substance that helps regulate your sleep cycle; allowing you to fall asleep faster. Cherries also contain an ibuprofen-like substance that works as an anti-inflammatory. This substance helps reduce arthritis pain. Besides helping promote sleep, cherries also have many anti-cancer properties,...

Gain weight over night? It’s possible. If you eat a meal loaded with sodium, you will gain weight, water weight, making it difficult to zip your pants in morning. To get rid of excess water weight, try eating an all natural (healthy) diuretic. Parsley is a mild...

Increase weight loss by adding fiber. Some of the fat you eat gets mixed with the fiber, which then gets excreted (sounds gross, but it's a good thing). Eating fiber makes you feel fuller, longer, helping to limit your trips to the refrigerator. Today's tip: Add a...