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How soon after waking up should I eat breakfast?

There is a firm conviction that breakfast should be eaten immediately after waking up. Both dietitians and doctors unanimously recommend ensuring adequate nutrition starting early in the morning. The problem is that not everyone is keen to fulfil such recommendations. A lot of people wake up to a "squeezed stomach" and craving for something to eat in their case appears after tens ofl minutes, and sometimes - even a few hours. And at this point the question arises: is it a sin against health and good shape to move breakfast in ime? And is there any best time to have your first meal?

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Five reasons why you should eat liver

Offal such as liver is usually not associated with something healthy and valuable. In addition, our reluctance to eat it makes liver often regarded as a product of lower category, rather cheap substitute for meat. Meanwhile, the situation looks much different: liver not only may but actually should be included in diets of active people. Want to know why? Here are five key reasons.

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Here we go with Cross Fit! Exemplary plans and WODs.

I must start from warnings because a mixed training is not exactly an innocent experiment. Many of these workouts can give you for example sudden rise in heart rate, blood pressure, decrease in blood sugar levels. So, first of all - I recommend preventive medical examinations (eg. blood pressure measurement, auscultation, ECG, heart rate ECG and other indicated by a specialist). Such diagnostics can be easily performed by cardiologist (or you can obtain a referral to other specialist or a sports physician).

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How much time do I need to burn 5 kg of fat?

As it gets warmer outside, there are more ads with various “revolutionary” slimming products which are usually sold in a form of colourful capsules and tabs. The producers and distributors of such specifics are trying to invent the best promise concerning the effects of using their products. The guarantee, like “lose 5kg in 5 days” are not so rare.

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Which products remove water from the body?

Holding water in the body concerns many people, especially women. It may cause a lot of unpleasant feelings. Swallen ankles, sensation of heaviness, increased weight, swallen calves and feet, exhaustion. I'm sure that's not pleasant. In this article you will find few natural products, which may turn out to be helpful in removing excessive amount of water from the body.

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Kitchen scales and other gadgets, which are useful during diet

No matter which diet you decide to use, whether it's reduction, gain, or balanced diet, you may need kitchen gadets, thanks to which it will be easier and faster for you to prepare healthy and nutritious meals. There are many of such utensils. But which will be useful for everybody?

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