Metabolism is what happens when your body breaks down the things you eat and drink and converts them into energy. The better you metabolize nutrients, the more likely you are to be at a healthy weight. Many factors contribute to your best metabolism, including what you eat, how you exercise, how your brain and hormones…
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Nutritional Steps to Successful Weight Loss: The Best Summer Weight Loss Guide, Part 2 of 6
Read Part One Join Betsy’s this summer on a weight loss journey with our six-part series, The Best Summer Weight Loss Guide. In Part Two, we look at some of the nutritional steps you can take to help make your weight loss plan a success. Choose smart Carbs (in moderation) When it comes to fat…
The Best Summer Weight Loss Guide: Part One of Six–Think Outside the Box
Join Betsy’s this summer on a weight loss journey with our six-part series, The Best Summer Weight Loss Guide. In Part One, we explore how conventional wisdom may need to take a back seat when it comes to the way you think about weight loss. When it comes to weight loss, conventional wisdom just isn’t…
Take the First Step to a Toned You: Be Summer Ready with These Special Exercises
Spring has opened up in all its beauty in Houston this year, offering us wondrous days of just-right temperatures, low humidity and light blue skies that make us grasp our opportunities to truly enjoy outdoor activities like walks in the park and staring at the stars with an enthusiasm undampened by the usual downpour of…
Ashwagandha: Wisdom from India
What is ashwagandha? Ashwagandha, Sanskrit for “the smell of a horse”—meaning to impart the vigor and strength of a horse—is one of the most powerful herbs in Ayurvedic medicine. The herb contains many compounds with medicinal benefits including support for the immune system, high antioxidant properties, and as an “adaptogen,” which helps the body adjust…
Nutrients Help Maintain Healthy Lipids and Regulate Fat Absorption
Not too long ago, we all thought fat-free was the only way to be. Luckily, in recent years we have come to understand that good fats actually exist and are necessary to a truly healthy diet. In this research, omega-3s and cactus fiber showed promise for healthy cholesterol and fat reduction, respectively. Here’s how. Omega-3s…
5 Diet Tips That May Just Change Your Life
Diet is a Way of Life In the fast-paced, information-filled world in which we live, it seems like every day has another fad diet craze to tempt us. But, a true diet shouldn’t really be a fad that only lasts until you reach your weight loss goals. Instead, a truly healthy diet is adopting the…
When We Can Never Learn Enough
Our swimsuit season is just around the corner, which means it is all the more reason to pay attention to a health topic that is one of the top concerns across the board: weight management. The Betsy’s Team has the product knowledge you need to help you pick the products that are best for…
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