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.
If you eat fewer calories than you need, you'll lose weight. If you eat more calories than you need, you'll gain weight. If your weight is staying the same, your body is using up about the same number of calories as you eat. To gain 1 pound, you need to eat 3,500 more calories for one week. To lose 1 pound, you need to cut 3,500 calories from your diet for one week or 500 for one day.