As the saying goes, “You are what you eat.” So, what effect does your diet really have on your appearance? We know eating sensibly helps maintain a healthy lifestyle, but it can also help maintain a healthy appearance.

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Diabetics can eat sugar. It’s been official since 2002 when the ban on sugar, previously the evil of all evils, was lifted from the diabetic diet. Sugar even appears on the Diabetes Food Pyramid.

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Here you are again, ready to make a commitment to lose weight and stick to it! As you try to envision your success, suddenly all of the “what ifs” start running through your mind: “What if I don’t lose all of the weight I want?” “What if I never get to eat ice cream again?” “What if I don’t look as good as my neighbor who just lost a lot of weight?” “What if I gain all of the weight back?”

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It’s resolution time again, and first on your list is to lose weight and eat more healthfully. But how exactly do you go about doing that — and how do you keep yourself from becoming a resolution dropout once Feb. 1 rolls around? To draw up a list of the absolute best diet and nutrition resolutions, I consulted weight loss experts around the country.

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Holidays bring family and friends together to celebrate traditions and spread good cheer. They also bring lots of opportunities for socializing, eating, and drinking. Even the most disciplined people struggle with temptation during the holiday season.

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Have you ever tried to diet your way to a better body? I have a slight hunch that you have, and I’m willing to bet that at some point you terminated that diet. Any mention of the word “diet” will leave most people with awful memories: restrictive, boring, and painful sound accurate. Why I ask? Why? Simply put, a diet is not a solution, it’s a marketing gimmick. They’re all temporary and short sighted, setting you up for failure.

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Renée Zellweger claims her stressful life keeps her thin. The super-slim star - who had to pile on the pounds for the hit ‘Bridget Jones’ movies - likes to hit it hard in the gym to forget about her worries and upcoming roles. Renée told BANG Showbiz:

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Certain fruits and vegetables may reduce your risk of cancer and may even help stop cancer in its tracks, according to new research. While there’s not really an “anticancer diet,” eating plenty of certain fruits and vegetables can help reduce your risk of getting cancer, researchers reported today at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Philadelphia.

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Pick a fruit, any fruit, and you know it’s good for you. It’s the same with vegetables and many whole grain foods. They deserve their nutritional halos.

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If your winter plans include snow sports, like skiing and snowboarding, be sure to take along a bottle of apple-cider vinegar. The acid in the vinegar has a healing quality that can relieve minor skin irritations. Use it to take the sting out of sunburned or windburned skin and encourage healing.

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