You canât cure colds or the flu, but you can relieve the cough and sore throat that sometimes comes with them. Use cough drops or hard candy. Menthol and certain herbal cough drops can slightly numb and soothe your sore throat. But sucking on plain hard candy may work just as well. Try a teaspoon of honey.
The researchers showed that during weight loss, 84 percent of the fat that is lost turns into carbon dioxide and leaves the body through the lungs, whereas the remaining 16 percent becomes water, according to the study published today (Dec. 16) in a special Christmas issue of the medical journal BMJ.
Before we examine the question of whether cutting more calories results in greater weight loss, it's important to understand the concepts behind dieting and metabolism. One pound of fat is composed of 3,500 calories. In order to lose one pound of fat per week, you must cut out 500 calories from your diet. Most people do this through a variety of means, including exercising and cutting calories. For most of us, we can assume that exercising at a moderate to high intensity for 60 minutes per day will result in a loss of 100 calories.