So many of us have grown up hearing the phrase “Eat more fruits and vegetables.” We know it’s healthy for us, but we barely manage to stick to our body’s daily requirement for fruit. According to a recent survey, only about one in 10 adults in the United States eats the amount recommended by the…
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Start Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent Fasting is one of the most popular trends to emerge in the diet and health industry. It has powerful effects on your mind and body and can even help you live longer. This article discusses a detailed step-by-step guide to starting intermittent fasting. But before that, let’s discuss the types of intermittent fasting you…
7 Tips to Stop Having Fast Food
Junk food is addictive. The delicious flavors and the savory texture make it almost impossible to stop munching on the fries, chips, burgers, and pizzas. But it’s been scientifically proven that junk food is not good for health. There’s a reason it’s called junk food — it’s trash for your body. It’s difficult for most people to…
How I Train: Marcey Rader
Marcey Rader is a personal lifestyle trainer who specializes in fitness and productivity for mobile professionals. Her business grew out of her own experiences in learning to stay fit and sane while living out of cars, planes, airports and hotels. “Some say staying fit and productive requires self-discipline, commitment or willpower.”, Rader says on her…
How to Break Bad Coffee Habits
Coffee can be a healthy part of your diet. Studies show that drinking coffee every day lowers your risk for diseases including heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers, but some bad coffee break habits can minimize the benefits. If you’re thinking of getting an espresso machine rental for your coffee needs, here are some bad…
The Quantified Diet Project: Find the Healthy Plan That's Right for You
The diet industry is broken. Lift is going to fix this. Everything people think they know about diet is contradicted somewhere else. What diets work? What does it even mean for a diet to work? Weight loss? Long term health? Enjoyment? We’re working with researchers at UC Berkeley to answer every question possible in the…
How to Succeed at the 4-Hour Body
We just finished a very successful four-week trial of the the 4-Hour Body diet with several thousand participants. 84% of people who stuck to the program lost weight and the average weight loss was 8.6 pounds. These numbers are very strong. The diet is based on developing a few key habits: Slow-carb diet (no processed carbs…