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.
The only trick to fat loss is to eat fewer calories than you burn -- your diet matters more here than exercise. To drop a respectable pound per week, eat 500 fewer calories than you expend each day. A simple way to do this is to cut out sugary drinks, sweets and processed snacks such as potato chips.