In this article I feel the need to address a confusion that I’ve encountered a few times. This is regarding nutrition, more specifically carbohydrates. Now for the last ten years or so carbohydrates have gotten a bad rap. Diets like Atkins made people fearful of carbohydrates. More recently simple carbohydrates have been increasingly linked to obesity and diabetes. Read any article that has anything to do with weight loss and you’ll read about complex carbs. They’ll tell you to ditch the white flour, white bread, and white sugar. Replace them all with complex carbs like whole wheat breads, sweet potatoes, brown rice, etc. This is actually great advice. However I’ve noticed a few instances where this is seen as a misguidance Here is the way it works. Simple carbohydrates like white rice … Read entire article »

The following question was e mailed in by a reader. Their name has been removed as they asked to remain anonymous. Hi, I was hoping to get some help with a workout problem. I’ve been doing the **** workout DVDs. A few people I know have gotten great results from this so I decided to give it a try. My brother dropped 20 pounds on this program. In the first two weeks I lost about 3 pounds. I’m trying to follow the program as close as possible, but it seems like my progress has stalled. I’m now wondering if that first 3 pounds was water weight or am I doing something wrong now? Thanks for the advice, ***** This problem is quite common for people. I’m not trying to rate or judge programs … Read entire article »