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What Would Happen If the World Suddenly Became Vegetarian?

Balance is part of a healthy life, there will always be weak moments but if you always work towards the middle path, not a crazy diet or junk foods, you’ll notice a change on the way you see and live your life.

Fix Me, Free Me!

Taken from the book ‘The Diet Trap’, enjoy your reading!

MyHabeats welcomes 2019 as a very promising year to reach out to patients who undergo bariatric and metabolic surgery.

Fat, protein, carbohydrate and energy intake

A crucial issue in food science is to pinpoint exactly what aspect of the typical diet (fat, protein and carbs) leads to weight gain. A significant part of the problem is that it is very difficult to conduct studies on humans for long periods of time…

The psychology of weight loss

Alisa Anokhina a researcher in clinical health psychology at UCL talks about eating disorder research at the intersection of the conscious and the unconscious.

Mindful Eating Reduces Impulsive Food Choice

Impulsive food choice is one major causes of obesity. Impulsive food choice happens when individuals prefer a smaller immediate reward (e.g. the good feeling arising from eating a piece of chocolate cake) than a larger delayed reward (e.g. the health…

Low-fat vs. Low-carb diets

Stanford School of Medicine researcher Christopher Gardner provides insights on which type of diet is more successful.

Healthy choices under low self-control conditions. What is the role of social influence?

Various studies suggest that people are more prone to choose unhealthy food especially when they are low in self-control, for example when they shop at the supermarket after being…