Author: Diogo Palma

Diogo has lived and worked in many places around the world including Madrid, Berlin, São Vicente (Cape Verde), Indonesia and Macau. Traveling, he says, is the best way to learn about himself and the people he has met along the way. With his degree in IT, and after seven years working as a web programmer, Diogo has stepped out of his comfort zone and used the experiences he gained during his travels to move into web design, SEO, and content creation. He loves to tell stories and inspire people to follow their dreams, but he knows that to do this effectively, he must first live those stories himself first

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self"
Aldous Huxley

If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight It’s about calorie balance  It’s about exercise  It’s about not eating too much  It’s about diet and exercise A calorie is a calorie We have all heard these things, but it never worked for us. Why? Because it’s not just about calories, it’s about food. In this article I will show you: The calorie conspiracy How calories are calculated Why the food industry wants you to count calories A better alternative to counting calories How to…

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Fact: 80% of all the food products available in supermarkets contain refined sugar.  Over the last few years, I’ve been reducing the amount of processed foods I buy. Instead, I make my own salad dressings, ketchups and mayonnaise (recipes here).  I also eat whole cereals instead of refined breakfast cereals, make my own soup instead of eating canned soup (soup recipes here), eat more fruit and less bread, and make more raw desserts (recipe here) instead of buying ready-made cakes and sweets. The healthiest foods are usually those that don’t come with a nutrition label: whole foods, seeds, nuts, and…

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