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.
Weight Loss. If you drop your calorie intake below what you burn daily, weight loss occurs. Making this deficit equal about 500 calories results in a pound of weight loss per week because a pound equals approximately 3,500 calories. You may notice your clothes feeling looser in just two to four weeks, or after about 5 pounds of loss.