Peter Amaral

Jenny Craig tops list as most expensive for a week of prepared diet food

The Popular Wisdom is that most of us will put on a few extra pounds between Memorial Day and the New Year. While there is no definitive study to support or debunk that theory, practical experience does suggest that this may be the most difficult period... Read >

If You Want To Live to Be 100 - Don't Eat So Darned Much

"May you live to be 100" used to be how you wished somebody extreme good fortune. Maybe not anymore. The number of centenarians in the USA doubled in the 1980s and then doubled again in the 1990s. The total now exceeds 70,000 and if some projections are... Read >

Zone Diet Home Delivery Can Make Weight Loss Easy and Delicious

Most experts agree a balanced diet is the most effective way to accomplish both healthy eating and weight loss goals. Each Zone Diet At Home meal contains a balance of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% favorable fats. Plus, Zone Diet At Home takes ... Read >

The Zone Diet Basics

The Zone Diet Affects Three Major Hormone Systems The three major hormones in our bodies affected by the food we eat are insulin and glucagon, which have opposite effects, and a hormone-like substance called eicosanoids. Insulin is the hormone tha... Read >

A Primer on Reverse Mortgages

Economists report that as housing prices have skyrocketed over the past several years, the amount of money that households are saving through 401(k) plans and FDIC insured savings accounts has fallen.  For many people approaching retirement age that means... Read >

What Can You Do About Your Upside-Down Car Loan?

If you put ten people who have bought a new car in the last couple years in a room, chances are that four of them are upside-down on their car loans. An upside-down car loan is the less onerous euphemism for saying that they owe more on their car than ... Read >

Body Fat Percentage is The Right Way to Measure Fitness

Because your body is about 50-55% water, you can temporarily stage-manage your weight with diet pills and fad diets but, you cannot manipulate your body fat percentage. Body fat percentage is a more meaningful metric for gauging physical fitness than what... Read >

Those Overdue Library Books Just Raised Your Credit Card Rate

Some credit card advantages we take for granted are buyer protection in a dispute with a merchant over an inadequate repair or a defective purchase, delivery insurance, and all kinds of incentives and rewards from airline tickets to cash. Credit cards ... Read >