During these trying times of the economy failing, it does get hard to be able to afford going to the gym and especially not their personal trainers. It is even expensive to have a good piece of equipment at home. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to get your exercise in without spending a dime.
None of us are perfect. We don't always have time to exercise every single day. Maybe you don't have time or maybe you just don't feel like it but it is important to remember that exercising often is something that you need to do. Even if it is just a little bit. Maybe if you don't have it in you for hours worth of exercise, you could walk up and down the steps a few times.
During nice days, going for a breezy jog or riding a bike for a while can help. In fact, riding a bike is great in a lot of ways. If you want to go get a treat then you can ride your bike to the shop and back. If you live in a city this is especially beneficial because it also helps the environment as well as softening the blow on your pockets. The healthier that you make yourself, the better chances you have of saving money on health expenses and the more fun you will be able to have in life.
Did you know that exercising also helps people that have sleep problems? Well, it is true. When exercising you will be able to physically exhaust yourself. Cutting out the excessive caffeine and sugar intake will also help. So, you will have a properly restful sleep.
Another cool thing is you will become more alert and fatigue will be drastically reduced making you more useful through out the day. So, how do you find the perfect work out? You are going to need to learn about the anaerobic and the aerobic. These two go hand in hand like two peas in a pod. Aerobics are important because even the simplest exercises can be considered that. Get your metabolism going to boost your energy levels just by climbing stairs.
By keeping yourself in shape and doing the important upkeep necessary, you will be able to prevent many different health issues. You can avoid cardiovascular issues a long with other obesity induced diseases just by taking care of your body with exercise and a proper diet. Everyone must take care of themselves and it is time for you to stand up and take your life into your own hands!
We all need to have balanced meals and balanced lives. Add variety to your life by trying new, healthier meals and finding more fun hobbies to take on. Don't give up too easily, because you can build up to being capable of absolutely anything in the world! Start off small, don't over do it and you will soon be able to do a lot of amazing things but most importantly--you will be able to truly live!
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Friday, 21 May 2010
Monday, 10 May 2010
Natural Alternatives to Diet Pills
If you are trying to lose some pounds apart from the diet and exercise way you have probably come across those "magic diet pills" that promise the earth and stars in a couple weeks to you! Although some of them do have results- not as magic as promised though!- I would not recommend buying them. The reason for this is there are some natural alternatives to diet pills that can have equal results and less impact on your pocket!
Natural alternatives to diet pills can be found easily around you and have been with us for a long time. On the other hand magic pills can have side effects like interactions with medications you might be taking, stressing your heart, causing anxiety, insomnia and many more.
One of the best alternative to diet pills is green tea. Green tea is proven scientifically to work as it helps to increase your metabolism and thus burn more calories, prevents cavities from forming and acts as a detoxifying agent too. Did you know that many of the fat burning products that claim "highly innovative ingredients" contain just green tea? It is safe and you can drink up to 4-5 cups a day without side effects. Green tea also helps you control food cravings and sudden midnight fridge raids!
Adding flaxseed oil to foods causes them to stay in the stomach for a longer period and this way promoting a sense of fullness. You can use the powdered form in juice or water just before meals so you feel full earlier.
A trick that many people don't know is that some people wrongly interpret the thirsty feeling with the hunger feeling. Next time you feel like devouring everything, drink a glass of water and wait and see if that was thirst or hunger.
Another natural alternative to diet pills is capsaicin. This is not a secret ingredient but rather a substance that is found in chili-based foods! Capsaicin helps to put your hunger under a leash and recent studies conclude that if taken in breakfast will help you eat less during lunch. Fair enough don't you think?
There are many other natural alternatives to diet pills out there but if you use the above along with some healthy eating and exercise, you are to benefit the most and lose those stubborn pounds.
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Make Positive Changes - Avoid Dieting
Why is it that merely saying the word "diet" immediately fills your head with thoughts of failure? Maybe it's because we've all learned through trial and error that diets simply don't work for most people? You're probably thinking "isn't this an article about dieting?" Yes and no. For many people dieting seems like the kiss of death, but for others a lifestyle adjustment like changing your diet could be just the thing that will mean success for you and your fitness and health goals.
Let's admit it, the majority of us love to eat. For some people, eating is an addiction. We don't like to feel deprived and a diet that never allows us to have a cookie of piece of cake can be pure torture. Eating stuff that tastes like cardboard can make you not want to eat at all. Unfortunately, you can't exactly give up eating all together. You have to eat to survive. This means that if food is a problem in your life, you should probably find a healthier way of viewing food.
Isn't this where diets generally come in handy? The short answer is no. This is where diets often fail. Diets do very little to change how we view food. In fact, most diets only serve to tell us which foods are good, which foods are bad, and which foods (typically most of the foods we enjoy most) are strictly taboo. Diets begin by forcing people to feel deprived or punished. And no one likes to feel either of these things.
Even worse however, is that we punish ourselves further when we slip up and stray off the straight and very narrow pathways upon which our diets place us. Then we wallow in guilt over every little misstep we take until we give up and decide to over indulge once again, completely ignoring the guilt.
In order to have real success you must make a lifestyle change. This is the only way that you will be able to shed those unwanted pounds without experiencing the horrible guilt that so many dieters go through each and every step of the way. Set goals for yourself. Keep them aggressive but realistic for fitness, dropping pounds, and eating new healthy foods. Even if your goal is as simple as eating 5 vegetable servings a day it is a great place to start. Taking baby steps is easier than running a marathon from day one.
Change your way of eating. Then change your way of seeing food and you will experience amazing changes in your attitudes toward your health, your body, and even your fitness level. As the first pounds begin to drop, you'll start to feel more energetic. You'll probably even feel pain when you're exercising. This should help keep you motivated to do even more as time goes by.
Long term weight is not easy. Meeting your weight loss goals will take commitment and discipline. The first five or ten pounds might come off quickly and easily. After that, the weight comes off more slowly and this is where most people get discouraged. Consistency is vitally important when making lifestyle changes. Take each day as it comes and begin again the very next day. This means that even if you fall completely "off the wagon" today, you can start over tomorrow. The trick is in staying the course and learning moderation and balance when it comes to trying not to stray from the straight and narrow.
There are numerous ways to mess up when it comes to dieting. Most of us will slip up from time to time and we have to remember that it's ok and we can get back on course pretty easily. Keep in mind that there no such thing as failure when you're making positive changes in your life that are getting positive results. It may take weeks, months, or even years to reach your goal. As long as you are making steady and continuous efforts and progress, you are doing many great things for your health and well being. Stick with it!
Denise Villani is an author and the webmaster of several websites and article directories. Find more articles and information on dieting and weight loss by visiting WeightLossStuff.info.
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Monday, 19 April 2010
Why Diets Don't Work - The Non-Dieter Mindset
So you're probably asking, "so what is the alternative?" I can't manage my weight on my own. At least diets give me something I can follow and much needed discipline. If not a diet, then what?
Well before we go further into this subject let us discuss what you can expect from this article series. What it is not is a magic formula. A formula is great to predict chemical reactions with precise accuracy in a controlled environment. But you are not a predictable chemical reaction. Every person reading this book right now is in a different environment, under different circumstances. There is no one thing that will work for everyone. This is the premise of diets, and this is what we are trying to get away from.
What the Non-Dieter Mindset seeks to do however, is to promote the attitude of the nondieter; to attempt to deprogram you so that you will never put yourself through the agony of another diet again. Perhaps this is the question of the century, and there's hardly one answer to it. But if you've ever been on one or two or 50 diets, you've probably answered this question by way of a trail of stories from here to infinity. But really, there are 5 fundamental reasons why diets don't work in my opinion.
#1 Reason Diets Don't Work: They regulate and dictate to you what you should and should not eat, taking all of the pleasure out of eating, and making it feel like a chore.
Now probably you are that unique type of person who loves chores, but for most of us chores really suck. Having an enjoyable meal is one of the greatest pleasures of life, and to put it frankly, diets spoil all the fun. Most diets get the boot before they pay off in pounds lost what they cost in dollars. Let's face it; we humans are not very good at doing non-fun things for too long.
#2 Reason Diets Don't Work: Someone who has most likely never met you or knows the lifestyle that you lead is dictating to you a 'cookie cutter' magic weight-loss formula. If you're the regular dieter, then you've probably purchased oodles of books and guides and programs developed by this or that fitness guru. You believed what they say, because after all, they're the expert, right? Try as you may, if the diet plan they're offering does not fit into your lifestyle or requires a dramatic overhaul of your everyday life that you are either unable or not ready to take on, then you are not likely to stick with it.
#3 Reason Diets Don't Work: Putting all our eggs in one diet. Many see a diet as the end-all, magic solution which it was never meant to be. Diets are never meant to be longterm, but in most cases achieving and maintaining your desired weight is. There is the possibility that a diet, for the duration of time that it lasts, could initiate an improvement in your eating that you are able to carry through long-term. However, diets can't replace good and healthful everyday eating practices.
#4 Reason Diets Don't Work: There are just too many diets out there, making it easier for people to simply drop off one hot diet craze, to get on another. If you want to loose weight, like yesterday, then you want to see results quick, and most diets play on this urgency that most dieters have to loose that weight. In fact, they often use this as part of their pitch line. "Loose 50 pounds in two weeks". You're desperate and you would do anything, so why not try it? Two weeks later you've barely lost 5 pounds, and you're beyond despondent. So you try another diet, because something must work. Slowly you're becoming a chronic dieter, and the vicious diet cycle begins.
#5 Reason Diets Don't Work: One word-Deprivation. We are surrounded by a bountiful supply of exciting and varied foods, but many diets force you to deprive yourself of entire groups or types of food at a time. The High-Protein Diet (Anti-starch), the Juice Diet, even the Bread Diet. But what about all of the other foods out there? Self deprivation of this magnitude might pass for a day or two, but hardly survives for a long time.
Of course, there are methods that do work. The one I recommend the most (thought about this for hours...) is currently offering free trials. This is a method that does not require dieting to be effective! Check below:
Read the free reports here to see what I mean. Here's where you'll learn how to naturally lose weight fast.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bruce_Chen
Well before we go further into this subject let us discuss what you can expect from this article series. What it is not is a magic formula. A formula is great to predict chemical reactions with precise accuracy in a controlled environment. But you are not a predictable chemical reaction. Every person reading this book right now is in a different environment, under different circumstances. There is no one thing that will work for everyone. This is the premise of diets, and this is what we are trying to get away from.
What the Non-Dieter Mindset seeks to do however, is to promote the attitude of the nondieter; to attempt to deprogram you so that you will never put yourself through the agony of another diet again. Perhaps this is the question of the century, and there's hardly one answer to it. But if you've ever been on one or two or 50 diets, you've probably answered this question by way of a trail of stories from here to infinity. But really, there are 5 fundamental reasons why diets don't work in my opinion.
#1 Reason Diets Don't Work: They regulate and dictate to you what you should and should not eat, taking all of the pleasure out of eating, and making it feel like a chore.
Now probably you are that unique type of person who loves chores, but for most of us chores really suck. Having an enjoyable meal is one of the greatest pleasures of life, and to put it frankly, diets spoil all the fun. Most diets get the boot before they pay off in pounds lost what they cost in dollars. Let's face it; we humans are not very good at doing non-fun things for too long.
#2 Reason Diets Don't Work: Someone who has most likely never met you or knows the lifestyle that you lead is dictating to you a 'cookie cutter' magic weight-loss formula. If you're the regular dieter, then you've probably purchased oodles of books and guides and programs developed by this or that fitness guru. You believed what they say, because after all, they're the expert, right? Try as you may, if the diet plan they're offering does not fit into your lifestyle or requires a dramatic overhaul of your everyday life that you are either unable or not ready to take on, then you are not likely to stick with it.
#3 Reason Diets Don't Work: Putting all our eggs in one diet. Many see a diet as the end-all, magic solution which it was never meant to be. Diets are never meant to be longterm, but in most cases achieving and maintaining your desired weight is. There is the possibility that a diet, for the duration of time that it lasts, could initiate an improvement in your eating that you are able to carry through long-term. However, diets can't replace good and healthful everyday eating practices.
#4 Reason Diets Don't Work: There are just too many diets out there, making it easier for people to simply drop off one hot diet craze, to get on another. If you want to loose weight, like yesterday, then you want to see results quick, and most diets play on this urgency that most dieters have to loose that weight. In fact, they often use this as part of their pitch line. "Loose 50 pounds in two weeks". You're desperate and you would do anything, so why not try it? Two weeks later you've barely lost 5 pounds, and you're beyond despondent. So you try another diet, because something must work. Slowly you're becoming a chronic dieter, and the vicious diet cycle begins.
#5 Reason Diets Don't Work: One word-Deprivation. We are surrounded by a bountiful supply of exciting and varied foods, but many diets force you to deprive yourself of entire groups or types of food at a time. The High-Protein Diet (Anti-starch), the Juice Diet, even the Bread Diet. But what about all of the other foods out there? Self deprivation of this magnitude might pass for a day or two, but hardly survives for a long time.
Of course, there are methods that do work. The one I recommend the most (thought about this for hours...) is currently offering free trials. This is a method that does not require dieting to be effective! Check below:
Read the free reports here to see what I mean. Here's where you'll learn how to naturally lose weight fast.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Bruce_Chen
Sunday, 18 April 2010
The Detox Diet Controversy
Detox or Starvation?
The detox diet has come under harsh scrutiny over the past few months. There are ample claims that the only weight lost is the water weight form the initial fast and the natural weight loss occurs from cutting caloric intake. The detox diet is quite restrictive, to the point where some people are calling it a starvation diet. There have been countless articles written by "experts" that state that the detox diet endangers people, stating that it creates yo-yo dieting, an unhealthy relationship with food, and even can contribute to the development of an eating disorder.
We also know that the vast majority of the "experts" who write these articles are those in the health and weight loss industry, such as nutritionists, health program supervisors, weight loss counselors, and lay people with an extreme interest in health and fitness. While I am certainly not suggesting that anyone is fabricating evidence or creating thought processes that are not accurate, I am however, indicating that when a person is educated to see things in one specific manner, it can be very difficult for them to see the same principles in a varying manner. For example, if a dietician goes to college and is taught that green beans cause cancer, that dietician will graduate believing that green beans cause cancer. If the same dietician returns for occasional classes to keep her education current, and over the course of the next ten years, the dietician is once again taught that green beans cause cancer, then the dietician will continue to believe this and teach her clients this as well. Fifteen years later someone comes along and points out to the dietician that green beans don't cause cancer, how likely is the dietician to believe that green beans don't cause cancer?
This phenomenon is not solely related to dieticians and health related fields. This phenomenon actual relates to every field. As a writer I was taught that you never speak in double negatives. It's a basic principle I apply every day. If someone tried to convince me that the rules had suddenly changed, right or wrong, it has already been ingrained in me that double negatives are inappropriate and you shouldn't use them. Thus, if I criticize this new theory without completely re-educating myself on the basic rules of English and grammar, then I am relying solely on my previous knowledge to dispute this issue.
So let's break away from conventional dieticians and explore the detox diet with a completely blank slate. I am not a dietician. I am just a writer is interested to know whether the detox diet is a healthy form of purification, or if it is a hidden form of starvation that does nothing but allow some water weight loss and makes you believe you are healthier. I have assembled three people who have done the detox diet and three who have not. Granted, this is not a huge percentage to pull from, but I am not using them as test subjects, only to ask them to verify or deny detox diet statements that are made from both testimonials from detox dieters and criticism from dieticians.
Fasting and Purity
For centuries people have fasted for purity. If we look back through even ancient texts, we will find that the fasting was not for spiritual purity alone, but for physical purity as well. Fasting for purity often left the spiritual seeker feeling initially drained and then once again reenergized within a thirty six hour period. The purity that they felt within their spirits was also a purity that they felt through their body. This argument can be easily criticized that they felt their body's purity because of their spiritual lifting. All three detox dieters, who were not in search of spiritual enlightenment, all agreed that they felt weak from the initial starvation, but began to feel "clearer," before the end of the second day. None of them agreed that they were experiencing starvation. They all felt their fasting led to at least some form of physical purity.
In medical science, there are times when doctors recommend fasting. Not including pre surgical procedures, most fasting requirements are for some form of "readying" or purity. Prior to starting diets that treat illnesses, such as the ketogenic diet, there is a period of fasting required beforehand.
Critics of the detox diet claim that the headaches and general all over yucky feeling people experience in the first week of a detox diet is from a lack of food. However, champions of the detox diet say that the headaches and the generally "yucky" feeling they get when fasting coincides with a noticeable change in their excretions. My three detox dieters all agreed that when their urine and bowel movements became noticeably more "aromatic" they found themselves with headaches and a feeling of overall fatigue. They did not contribute this feeling to fasting.
I did an online search and found eleven dieticians that negated the detox diet. Each one of them claimed that the headaches were from the fasting, however, each of them offered their own version of the detox diet. Interesting. The dieticians' versions included what could almost be considered fasting. Their idea of not fasting was eating some fruit and yogurt. Most detox diets do not include a total fasting period.
The critics of the detox diet are not impressed with the detox diet weight loss. They claim that the detox diet weight loss comes from the loss of water weight during the fasting period and will be regained quickly when normal eating is resumed. The detox diet weight loss comes from various sources. If you are doing a complete detoxification, including the colon, all three of my detox dieters claim that you can see where some of the weight loss comes from as you are flushing it down the toilet. Two of my detox dieters had to call plumbers from the excessive waste they produced. Their detox diet weight loss has remained, and two of them started the detox diet more than six months prior to this writing. Detox diet weight loss remained in all three of my dieters because they make better choices. They resumed normal eating habits, but they did not return to ingesting large amounts of junk foods. They claim that the detox diet showed them how important maintaining a low toxic level was to their overall health.
Just Another Diet Trend?
The critics of the detox diet claim that this diet trend, like all those that came before it, is no more effective than anything else that has been put out there. Whenever a new diet trend comes along, people rush to participate, and then claim that it doesn't work. Not all diets will work for everyone. I tried the Atkins diet for awhile with little or no results, but a man I knew lost nearly thirty pounds on it. However Atkins doesn't work very well for people who are not significantly overweight, according to some critics and apparently my body. So, does that mean that the detox diet is more than just another diet trend, or will it fall to the wayside after a bit like every other diet trend. Of my detox dieters, 2 out of three say it's not a diet trend. It is a method of cleansing the body, which other diet trends simply don't do. The 3rd dieter says it is a diet trend, but a highly effective diet trend, and if a diet trend is effective then who cares if it's a trend? Interesting point.
Diet trend and fads usually don't carry much weight behind their claims. They are simply a theory produced to suggest that the latest Diet trend is the most effective weight loss plan and everyone needs to jump on board before their obesity claims them forever. The detox diet has a different aim, so I really poked around when trying to determine if this was simply just a diet trend or more of a health revolution.
There is overwhelming evidence that Americans and Canadians are in the poorest health overall, considering the health care we have available. The healthcare we have at our fingertips should make us one of the healthiest nations in the world, but we rank very low on the list. Most doctors and scientists contribute this to the foods we put into our body and the chemicals we come in contact with when eating, working, and playing. For the health choices that we have available to us, we have one of the highest rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and childhood cancer rates in the world. Of course, we also rank ridiculously high on the list for overweight and obese citizens.
The detox diet is concerned with addressing the overall health of Americans, not just their waistline. The diet trends that have come along have been concerned with treating the waistline issues, but not the overall health. So, is the detox diet just another diet trend? By technical definition, a diet trend meaning any new method of eating introduced into society that creates a sudden onslaught of followers, well then yes. However, it can't be considered a diet trend by any other definition. It was simply not developed for the same reasons or the same fashion that diet trends hit the market.
Thin people can benefit from the detox diet. Overweight people can benefit from the detox diet. Everyone in between can benefit from the detox diet. The detox diet isn't targeted for weight loss. Thus it is really about a healthier lifestyle. Detox dieting is geared toward permanent health. After a significant purge of the body's chemical and toxic build up, the detox diet is geared to long lasting non-toxic lifestyles rather than diet trends, which tend to be geared toward lifestyles that manage weight.
Decide for Yourself
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The detox diet has come under harsh scrutiny over the past few months. There are ample claims that the only weight lost is the water weight form the initial fast and the natural weight loss occurs from cutting caloric intake. The detox diet is quite restrictive, to the point where some people are calling it a starvation diet. There have been countless articles written by "experts" that state that the detox diet endangers people, stating that it creates yo-yo dieting, an unhealthy relationship with food, and even can contribute to the development of an eating disorder.
We also know that the vast majority of the "experts" who write these articles are those in the health and weight loss industry, such as nutritionists, health program supervisors, weight loss counselors, and lay people with an extreme interest in health and fitness. While I am certainly not suggesting that anyone is fabricating evidence or creating thought processes that are not accurate, I am however, indicating that when a person is educated to see things in one specific manner, it can be very difficult for them to see the same principles in a varying manner. For example, if a dietician goes to college and is taught that green beans cause cancer, that dietician will graduate believing that green beans cause cancer. If the same dietician returns for occasional classes to keep her education current, and over the course of the next ten years, the dietician is once again taught that green beans cause cancer, then the dietician will continue to believe this and teach her clients this as well. Fifteen years later someone comes along and points out to the dietician that green beans don't cause cancer, how likely is the dietician to believe that green beans don't cause cancer?
This phenomenon is not solely related to dieticians and health related fields. This phenomenon actual relates to every field. As a writer I was taught that you never speak in double negatives. It's a basic principle I apply every day. If someone tried to convince me that the rules had suddenly changed, right or wrong, it has already been ingrained in me that double negatives are inappropriate and you shouldn't use them. Thus, if I criticize this new theory without completely re-educating myself on the basic rules of English and grammar, then I am relying solely on my previous knowledge to dispute this issue.
So let's break away from conventional dieticians and explore the detox diet with a completely blank slate. I am not a dietician. I am just a writer is interested to know whether the detox diet is a healthy form of purification, or if it is a hidden form of starvation that does nothing but allow some water weight loss and makes you believe you are healthier. I have assembled three people who have done the detox diet and three who have not. Granted, this is not a huge percentage to pull from, but I am not using them as test subjects, only to ask them to verify or deny detox diet statements that are made from both testimonials from detox dieters and criticism from dieticians.
Fasting and Purity
For centuries people have fasted for purity. If we look back through even ancient texts, we will find that the fasting was not for spiritual purity alone, but for physical purity as well. Fasting for purity often left the spiritual seeker feeling initially drained and then once again reenergized within a thirty six hour period. The purity that they felt within their spirits was also a purity that they felt through their body. This argument can be easily criticized that they felt their body's purity because of their spiritual lifting. All three detox dieters, who were not in search of spiritual enlightenment, all agreed that they felt weak from the initial starvation, but began to feel "clearer," before the end of the second day. None of them agreed that they were experiencing starvation. They all felt their fasting led to at least some form of physical purity.
In medical science, there are times when doctors recommend fasting. Not including pre surgical procedures, most fasting requirements are for some form of "readying" or purity. Prior to starting diets that treat illnesses, such as the ketogenic diet, there is a period of fasting required beforehand.
Critics of the detox diet claim that the headaches and general all over yucky feeling people experience in the first week of a detox diet is from a lack of food. However, champions of the detox diet say that the headaches and the generally "yucky" feeling they get when fasting coincides with a noticeable change in their excretions. My three detox dieters all agreed that when their urine and bowel movements became noticeably more "aromatic" they found themselves with headaches and a feeling of overall fatigue. They did not contribute this feeling to fasting.
I did an online search and found eleven dieticians that negated the detox diet. Each one of them claimed that the headaches were from the fasting, however, each of them offered their own version of the detox diet. Interesting. The dieticians' versions included what could almost be considered fasting. Their idea of not fasting was eating some fruit and yogurt. Most detox diets do not include a total fasting period.
The critics of the detox diet are not impressed with the detox diet weight loss. They claim that the detox diet weight loss comes from the loss of water weight during the fasting period and will be regained quickly when normal eating is resumed. The detox diet weight loss comes from various sources. If you are doing a complete detoxification, including the colon, all three of my detox dieters claim that you can see where some of the weight loss comes from as you are flushing it down the toilet. Two of my detox dieters had to call plumbers from the excessive waste they produced. Their detox diet weight loss has remained, and two of them started the detox diet more than six months prior to this writing. Detox diet weight loss remained in all three of my dieters because they make better choices. They resumed normal eating habits, but they did not return to ingesting large amounts of junk foods. They claim that the detox diet showed them how important maintaining a low toxic level was to their overall health.
Just Another Diet Trend?
The critics of the detox diet claim that this diet trend, like all those that came before it, is no more effective than anything else that has been put out there. Whenever a new diet trend comes along, people rush to participate, and then claim that it doesn't work. Not all diets will work for everyone. I tried the Atkins diet for awhile with little or no results, but a man I knew lost nearly thirty pounds on it. However Atkins doesn't work very well for people who are not significantly overweight, according to some critics and apparently my body. So, does that mean that the detox diet is more than just another diet trend, or will it fall to the wayside after a bit like every other diet trend. Of my detox dieters, 2 out of three say it's not a diet trend. It is a method of cleansing the body, which other diet trends simply don't do. The 3rd dieter says it is a diet trend, but a highly effective diet trend, and if a diet trend is effective then who cares if it's a trend? Interesting point.
Diet trend and fads usually don't carry much weight behind their claims. They are simply a theory produced to suggest that the latest Diet trend is the most effective weight loss plan and everyone needs to jump on board before their obesity claims them forever. The detox diet has a different aim, so I really poked around when trying to determine if this was simply just a diet trend or more of a health revolution.
There is overwhelming evidence that Americans and Canadians are in the poorest health overall, considering the health care we have available. The healthcare we have at our fingertips should make us one of the healthiest nations in the world, but we rank very low on the list. Most doctors and scientists contribute this to the foods we put into our body and the chemicals we come in contact with when eating, working, and playing. For the health choices that we have available to us, we have one of the highest rates of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and childhood cancer rates in the world. Of course, we also rank ridiculously high on the list for overweight and obese citizens.
The detox diet is concerned with addressing the overall health of Americans, not just their waistline. The diet trends that have come along have been concerned with treating the waistline issues, but not the overall health. So, is the detox diet just another diet trend? By technical definition, a diet trend meaning any new method of eating introduced into society that creates a sudden onslaught of followers, well then yes. However, it can't be considered a diet trend by any other definition. It was simply not developed for the same reasons or the same fashion that diet trends hit the market.
Thin people can benefit from the detox diet. Overweight people can benefit from the detox diet. Everyone in between can benefit from the detox diet. The detox diet isn't targeted for weight loss. Thus it is really about a healthier lifestyle. Detox dieting is geared toward permanent health. After a significant purge of the body's chemical and toxic build up, the detox diet is geared to long lasting non-toxic lifestyles rather than diet trends, which tend to be geared toward lifestyles that manage weight.
Decide for Yourself
Discover for yourself the difference in a good quality detox diet and just another diet trend. The best consumer is an informed consumer. Check out detox manual and decide for yourself about the power of a good detox diet. After the research I did for this article, I am definitely stopping at detox manual and taking my own detox diet trip.
Bobby Ryatt, If you enjoyed reading this articles, then go to my website where the detox guide is available. You will have all the information on the subject. The facts will open your eyes and expose some real truths. http://www.detoxmanual.com
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Thursday, 8 April 2010
Three Dieting Myths That You Should Not Believe
When you are dieting and losing weight, there is quite a bit of contradictory information out there. At times it's hard to know what is true and what isn't. There are three common myths that you should not believe when you are on a diet. Learn the truth about these dieting myths.
Myth: If you eat later in the evening, that food will turn into fat.
This has been general dieting advice for quite some time. The rule might be not eating at all after 8 in the evening or something similar to that. The reason that this is a myth is because food in your body can't tell time. The body doesn't digest food differently after 8 in the evening any more than it does in the morning.
If you eat too much food that day, you will store fat. If you are eating late at night but it's still part of your diet plan, it's perfectly acceptable to eat then. The reason that this is normally given as advice is because most people had already ate the food they need by the late evening. This food typically is extra food on top of their diet that the person does not need.
Myth: Low fat foods will help you lose weight.
While purposely eating foods extremely high in fat will add pounds and lower fat foods do help, many foods that are called low-fat have quite a bit of calories in them. You have to watch your calorie and sugar intake as well. Don't fall into the trap of eating low-fat foods and think that you will not gain any fat because this is simply not true.
Myth: Crash diets will help you lose weight.
In some ways, this myth is true. You will lose weight. But this weight is mostly water. Crash diets don't actually burn off any fat. Most are just a few painful days of not eating that doesn't do your body any good.
If you want a diet that works, you need to add in exercise and healthy eating over the long run versus a gimmick over a few short days.
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Myth: If you eat later in the evening, that food will turn into fat.
This has been general dieting advice for quite some time. The rule might be not eating at all after 8 in the evening or something similar to that. The reason that this is a myth is because food in your body can't tell time. The body doesn't digest food differently after 8 in the evening any more than it does in the morning.
If you eat too much food that day, you will store fat. If you are eating late at night but it's still part of your diet plan, it's perfectly acceptable to eat then. The reason that this is normally given as advice is because most people had already ate the food they need by the late evening. This food typically is extra food on top of their diet that the person does not need.
Myth: Low fat foods will help you lose weight.
While purposely eating foods extremely high in fat will add pounds and lower fat foods do help, many foods that are called low-fat have quite a bit of calories in them. You have to watch your calorie and sugar intake as well. Don't fall into the trap of eating low-fat foods and think that you will not gain any fat because this is simply not true.
Myth: Crash diets will help you lose weight.
In some ways, this myth is true. You will lose weight. But this weight is mostly water. Crash diets don't actually burn off any fat. Most are just a few painful days of not eating that doesn't do your body any good.
If you want a diet that works, you need to add in exercise and healthy eating over the long run versus a gimmick over a few short days.
Pat Dean has recently purchased the Quicksteam humidifier. To read her opinion on this and other Honeywell humidifier products then take a look at her website. Here you will also find some great deals on your next purchase.
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Friday, 19 March 2010
Low Carb Diet Recipes - Secret Ingredients to Fast Weight Loss!
With more information available, it has become apparent that excess carbohydrate consumption can lead to weight gain. However, diets that are low in carbs are associated with blandness, and are considered to be unappealing. With the aforementioned information explosion though, you can find a whole host of delicious, low carb diet recipes, that will satisfy your hunger and your taste buds, and keep the fat from the door.
Meat and Veg
Most low carb diets allow for quite a variety of choices, the number one choice on the low carb menu are vegetables. While nothing is carb free, vegetables are the closest thing to it that contain nutritional value. Greens such as lettuce, spinach and celery are top of the pile. Not all vegetables are ideal though, it is probably best to avoid potatoes, corn and carrots as they contain a high level of carbohydrates.
Low carb diet recipes don't have to be long complex arrangements, there are a vast number of options when it comes to eating a healthy meal on the go, or something that has little in the way of preparation time. You could use an Atkins cake mix to bake a beautiful batch of waffles. All you need is the pre-made mix, some water, and an oven. Or, you could pack some string cheese into your lunch box which is filling, delicious, and low in carbohydrates.
The result
A good diet will contain lots of protein and a healthy dose of fats, whilst keeping the carb count low. The function of carbohydrates is to provide the body with enough energy to keep working throughout the day. When you lower you carb intake, the body turns to the fat stores for energy, this is how you lose weight on any low carb diet.
Therefore, it is advised that athletes or extremely active people do not take advantage of low carb diet recipes as you will need the energy to get the most out of your day. For everyone else however, having a low carb diet can help remove those layers of fat that are inhibiting you.
Go and find an online weight loss program to add even more benefits to your great new diet. The payoff will be a new slimmer you, full of life and confidence, and you do not even have to sacrifice your palette to do it!. Also, go online and check out the enormous number of low carb menus available today!
Let us help you with the most effective and yet effortless diet plan, you can lose weight in the shortest time while still get to eat your favorite food! Visit us at -> http://www.best-weightloss-plan.info to find more information!
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Meat and Veg
Most low carb diets allow for quite a variety of choices, the number one choice on the low carb menu are vegetables. While nothing is carb free, vegetables are the closest thing to it that contain nutritional value. Greens such as lettuce, spinach and celery are top of the pile. Not all vegetables are ideal though, it is probably best to avoid potatoes, corn and carrots as they contain a high level of carbohydrates.
Low carb diet recipes don't have to be long complex arrangements, there are a vast number of options when it comes to eating a healthy meal on the go, or something that has little in the way of preparation time. You could use an Atkins cake mix to bake a beautiful batch of waffles. All you need is the pre-made mix, some water, and an oven. Or, you could pack some string cheese into your lunch box which is filling, delicious, and low in carbohydrates.
The result
A good diet will contain lots of protein and a healthy dose of fats, whilst keeping the carb count low. The function of carbohydrates is to provide the body with enough energy to keep working throughout the day. When you lower you carb intake, the body turns to the fat stores for energy, this is how you lose weight on any low carb diet.
Therefore, it is advised that athletes or extremely active people do not take advantage of low carb diet recipes as you will need the energy to get the most out of your day. For everyone else however, having a low carb diet can help remove those layers of fat that are inhibiting you.
Go and find an online weight loss program to add even more benefits to your great new diet. The payoff will be a new slimmer you, full of life and confidence, and you do not even have to sacrifice your palette to do it!. Also, go online and check out the enormous number of low carb menus available today!
Let us help you with the most effective and yet effortless diet plan, you can lose weight in the shortest time while still get to eat your favorite food! Visit us at -> http://www.best-weightloss-plan.info to find more information!
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Thursday, 11 March 2010
How Does The Atkins Diet Help to Reduce Weight?
"The amazing no-hunger weight-loss plan that has helped millions lose weight and keep it off" is how Atkins diet is defined and applauded with. Founded by Dr. Robert C. Atkins, the diet has helps millions of people in the world. Not only reducing the weight, it helps to maintain proper and healthy lifestyle.
What Is Atkins' Process?
Atkins diet food is a mixture of various proteins, which enhances the metabolism rate. These foods have very minimum carbohydrate content. Carbohydrates increase insulin production in blood. High insulin levels means the food consumed is easily converted into fat. With sedentary lifestyle, the fat accumulates leading to obesity. Reduced carbohydrate content limits the production of fatty cells. In contrast, Atkins diet increase protein intake and when the body needs energy, it utilizes the already stored fat content, therefore reducing weight. This whole process of burning fat used by Atkins is 'ketosis'. Burning fat produces ketones, which help in reducing food cravings and over a period of time limit the hunger pangs.
What Constitutes Atkins Diet Food List?
Atkins diet process is divided into 4 parts. Each part is a mechanism reducing weight with different food intakes. They are as follows:
- Induction Phase: Focus is on balancing body mechanism by cutting down all amounts of carbohydrate products such as butter, bread, starchy vegetables and others. Complete abstinence and breakdown of food patterns is advised.
- Ongoing Weight Loss Stage: Begins almost 2 weeks after induction phase. Here, adding carbohydrate amount as small as 5 grams per week is advised.
- Pre- Maintenance Stage: Focus is on gradual loss of weight. Atkins does not advice losing all weight at once- this impacts the health negatively. Foods like acorn squash, mangoes, carrots, cherries, grapes etc are included in diet.
- Maintenance Stage: Trains the dieter to consume carbohydrate food without gaining weight. Weight maintenance techniques are taught.
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What Is Atkins' Process?
Atkins diet food is a mixture of various proteins, which enhances the metabolism rate. These foods have very minimum carbohydrate content. Carbohydrates increase insulin production in blood. High insulin levels means the food consumed is easily converted into fat. With sedentary lifestyle, the fat accumulates leading to obesity. Reduced carbohydrate content limits the production of fatty cells. In contrast, Atkins diet increase protein intake and when the body needs energy, it utilizes the already stored fat content, therefore reducing weight. This whole process of burning fat used by Atkins is 'ketosis'. Burning fat produces ketones, which help in reducing food cravings and over a period of time limit the hunger pangs.
What Constitutes Atkins Diet Food List?
Atkins diet process is divided into 4 parts. Each part is a mechanism reducing weight with different food intakes. They are as follows:
- Induction Phase: Focus is on balancing body mechanism by cutting down all amounts of carbohydrate products such as butter, bread, starchy vegetables and others. Complete abstinence and breakdown of food patterns is advised.
- Ongoing Weight Loss Stage: Begins almost 2 weeks after induction phase. Here, adding carbohydrate amount as small as 5 grams per week is advised.
- Pre- Maintenance Stage: Focus is on gradual loss of weight. Atkins does not advice losing all weight at once- this impacts the health negatively. Foods like acorn squash, mangoes, carrots, cherries, grapes etc are included in diet.
- Maintenance Stage: Trains the dieter to consume carbohydrate food without gaining weight. Weight maintenance techniques are taught.
Pinky Savika has been writing articles for more than 5 years. Not only does this author specialize on the subjects of health, diet, fitness and weight loss, you can also look at her latest articles about Diet Food List which give you information about Atkins Diet Food List, and Weight Loss which give you information about tricks of loosing weight.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Gluten-Free Alternative Diet
Have you or someone you care about been diagnosed as having Celiac Disease? Looking for information on how to get started into the Gluten-Free world? Never panic, Celiac Disease has been researched thoroughly already; there's much we know about it, and a lot of information and functional systems to get through it in a decent manner: you always have professional advice at hand.
If you are a Celiac, this is just for you. Now, if you're just looking for a Gluten-Free alternative diet....don't you leave just yet; get along, keep on reading: here are some tips to "help you in" to a successful Gluten-Free way of life.
3 Tips For A Gluten-Free Diet, And Way Of Living
TIP 1 - NO WHEAT: that's the name of the game when it comes to gluten-free diets. Barley, Rye, Malt and, in most cases, Oats are keywords for the prohibited.
TIP 2 - READ THE SMALL LETTER: always pay attention to the package's list of ingredients; make sure that none of the above mentioned "keywords" are in it. Any products containing Grain, Flour, such as most Breakfast Cereal, Cookies, and Malt related products, among others, are all out of the question and can't be consumed either. Now this point may seem like obvious, but you'd be surprised to see the numbers of people getting themselves into trouble just for not taking a proper look at packages' ingredients lists and nutritional info. (let alone expiration date!)
TIP 3 - YOUR ILLNESS, YOUR WAY OF LIFE: being a Celiac is a life-long condition, and it can be a real downer and make you feel like you've been excluded from society; much like with any other life-enduring illness or impediment OR, it can be like having a lifetime membership for an exclusive association!
And that is simply because "much like with any other life-enduring illness or impediment" it gets people with a similar condition to come together, which ultimately makes for a group of interest. As a faithful proof of that, there are many of Celiac Gathering Clubs, Celiac Support and Excursion Groups, Tour Groups and Breakfast Clubs; also Celiac oriented material such as WebPages, Forums and Magazines, and Radio shows.
Also, most countries have at least one State's Official Celiac Associations, which are most likely to be capable of providing you with not only first-hand professional info. , but also, with some new friends who'll understand and support you as much as any friend or relative.
Bottom line is: you're NEVER ALONE. So, please become aware of that as fast as you can. It'll give you a completely new and optimistic look on things, IF you don't already have it.
Now, that's good news.
The gluten free weight loss diet has also caught on for people all over the world as a form of alternative weight loss diet but before jumping on the bandwagon of the gluten free diet, make sure that you are properly informed on what it can do for you. A lack of understanding to this form of alternative diet can be dangerous.
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If you are a Celiac, this is just for you. Now, if you're just looking for a Gluten-Free alternative diet....don't you leave just yet; get along, keep on reading: here are some tips to "help you in" to a successful Gluten-Free way of life.
3 Tips For A Gluten-Free Diet, And Way Of Living
TIP 1 - NO WHEAT: that's the name of the game when it comes to gluten-free diets. Barley, Rye, Malt and, in most cases, Oats are keywords for the prohibited.
TIP 2 - READ THE SMALL LETTER: always pay attention to the package's list of ingredients; make sure that none of the above mentioned "keywords" are in it. Any products containing Grain, Flour, such as most Breakfast Cereal, Cookies, and Malt related products, among others, are all out of the question and can't be consumed either. Now this point may seem like obvious, but you'd be surprised to see the numbers of people getting themselves into trouble just for not taking a proper look at packages' ingredients lists and nutritional info. (let alone expiration date!)
TIP 3 - YOUR ILLNESS, YOUR WAY OF LIFE: being a Celiac is a life-long condition, and it can be a real downer and make you feel like you've been excluded from society; much like with any other life-enduring illness or impediment OR, it can be like having a lifetime membership for an exclusive association!
And that is simply because "much like with any other life-enduring illness or impediment" it gets people with a similar condition to come together, which ultimately makes for a group of interest. As a faithful proof of that, there are many of Celiac Gathering Clubs, Celiac Support and Excursion Groups, Tour Groups and Breakfast Clubs; also Celiac oriented material such as WebPages, Forums and Magazines, and Radio shows.
Also, most countries have at least one State's Official Celiac Associations, which are most likely to be capable of providing you with not only first-hand professional info. , but also, with some new friends who'll understand and support you as much as any friend or relative.
Bottom line is: you're NEVER ALONE. So, please become aware of that as fast as you can. It'll give you a completely new and optimistic look on things, IF you don't already have it.
Now, that's good news.
The gluten free weight loss diet has also caught on for people all over the world as a form of alternative weight loss diet but before jumping on the bandwagon of the gluten free diet, make sure that you are properly informed on what it can do for you. A lack of understanding to this form of alternative diet can be dangerous.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Diet's Don't Work - 12 Facts Why They Never Do Or Will!
You heard me right! They Never Have! They Never Do! They Never Will!
The Diet Industry is a 40 Billion Dollar Industry filled with misinformation.
96% of people who go on diets can't stay on them to reach their desired goal.
98% of people who go on diets gain the weight they lose back + 5 extra pounds. (National Institute of Health)
50% of Americans are on a diet at any given time yet 70% of Americans are overweight and 30% are obese.
My Story
When I was in my late teens I took up bodybuilding and after a couple of years I began competing. A typical year consisted of me gaining fifty or more pounds in the off season by eating lots of food and then dieting and loosing fifty or so pounds over the next few months as I prepared for the competition. After doing this for six years I stopped competing in bodybuilding. Over the following years I continued to gain fifty or so pounds a year and then go on a diet and lose all or most of it over the following months. I became an expert and gaining weight and loosing weight. I became an expert dieter. I could lose weight on the Atkins, Stillman, Scarsdale or any other diet. I was master of the low calorie, low fat and low carbohydrate diets. The only problem that once I lost the weight I couldn't keep it off and eventually would gain it all back plus some. I eventually ended up gaining and losing almost a thousand pounds. After giving up on dieting I began researching why people gain weight and why diets don't work. After spending over five years researching why diets don't work and discovering what does work when it comes to loosing weight and keeping it off. I began applying the principles I discovered and today I am celebrating over ten years at a body weight that hasn't fluctuated more then five pounds up or down.
Why Diets Don't Work
Fact #1: Diets are downers. People hate to diet. Have you ever met anyone on a diet that liked it? Does anyone like doing anything with the word DIE in it? When I went on diets I hated it. It made me unhappy and depressed.
Fact #2: Dieting slows your metabolism. The longer you diet the slower your metabolism gets causing you to eat less and less until your weight loss stops entirely. Then when you resume normal eating the weight quickly returns + extra pounds due to it taking months for the metabolism to return to normal. Then guess what? You need to go onto another diet.
Dieting simply is a way to create an artificial famine. Your body doesn't know that it's a diet. All it knows is that its in a famine. So it slows the metabolism as much as 40%. If you naturally need 2000 calories a day to sustain your current body weight and go on a diet where you are consuming 1000 calories a day your metabolism will get lower and lower to say 40% or 1200 calories below its natural level of 2000 calories. At that point weight lose is minimal and extremely difficult. Then when you return to eating 2000 calories a day which is what the majority of people do you begin adding 800 extra calories daily. That's 800 calories about 1.75 pounds of fat per week.
When I was on the dieting roller coaster I'd lose 50 pounds in six months and go off it and gain all the weight back over the next six months. One thing I noticed was that as soon as I'd go off the diet the weight would quickly come back due to my metabolism having slowed due to the dieting.
Fact 3: Diets offer a poor temporary fix What's really needed is a lifestyle change. The only people who lose weight and keep it off are the people who change their lifestyle once and for all. Changing your lifestyle is easier then dieting and far more rewarding.
I used to go on diets knowing that they were only a quick fix. After losing hundreds of pounds and gaining it back convinced me that dieting could never able me to sustain the weight lose. Dieting was just a superficial way of treating symptoms instead of the cause of my weight gain.
Fact 4: Since 96% of people who go on diets gain the weight they've lost back plus some the next time they diet it gets a little harder to lose weight. With each never dieting round the body becomes more resilient to giving up the weight and dieting gets tougher and tougher. With each new diet I went on it became more and more difficult to get the weight off. Finally after years of yo-yo dieting It became almost impossible to get the weight off dieting.
Fact 5: Diets fail to deal with the things that cause people to overeat. People overeat due to a number of psychological reasons. Some overeat because they fail to eat consciously. After years of eating on the run, in the front of the television or while stuffing a hot dog into their mouth while driving down the highway; they eat like dogs never stopping to taste, savor and enjoy the food their eating.
Another thing that causes people to overeat is previous conditioning that can go back to their childhood. As a child I was told to clean my plate because children were starving in Africa. I was also told that if I didn't clean my plate I couldn't have desert. The experts in my life conditioned me to eat every scrape on my plate even if I was stuffed. They conditioned me to overeat. Something that took me years to understand and change.
Fact 6: Dieting Causes Eating Disorders. People who get onto the dieting roller coaster can develop eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Dieting serves as a precursor to these illnesses.
During my weight gain and dieting cycles I frequently would binge and after the binge think nothing of purging while standing over the toilet. I eventually got pretty good at it and could down five burgers and a dozen Dunken Donuts and drop them in the toilet only to be back eating fifteen minutes later.
Fact 7: Dieting Causes Obesity. Dieting slows down the metabolism making it harder and harder to lose weight. Eventually the metabolism slows to a crawl and even a well balanced healthy diet causes the person to gain weight. Have you ever seen an obese person who says, "I don't eat a lot and continue to gain weight." They may be telling the truth. After years of dieting their metabolism is running slow and low making it really easy to keep on adding the pounds.
You would think that in America with all the diets, diet pills, and diet centers that we would be the thinnest country on the globe. But instead we are the fattest and getting fatter every year. With all the dieting I was doing and all the expertise on dieting I was gaining I still just kept getting fatter.
Fact 8: Diets cause starvation or semi starvation. Starvation occurs at 900 calories or less that's when you start to die. Most diets are in that range. Starvation plays havoc with the systems of the body and brain and if continued will cause permanent damage. When faced with starvation your body will do everything it can to survive. Things like slowing your metabolism to conserve energy and creating intense hunger to drive you to find food. When I was dieting I has hungry all the time. I didn't know it at the time but I was starving. I was putting my body through what people in famines go through.
Fact 9: Diets damage your body and cause disease. Studies show that ongoing dieting causes heart disease, osteoporosis, gall stones, high blood pressure, anemia, constipation, kidney stones, dry skin, hair lose, depression, anxiety.
When I was on the dieting roller coaster I would frequently get sick. I would get frequent colds, the flu, tonsillitis, sinusitis, and constipation was a daily experience. Over the past ten years I've had two colds.
Fact 10: Dieting Causes Malnutrition. Dieting restricts people from getting the necessary macro and micro nutrients. Not getting these nutrients causes damage to our bodies and results in sickness. I didn't know It back when I was dieting that the main reason why I was getting sick so frequently was that I was suffering from malnutrition. I simply wasn't getting the nutrients that me body needed.
Fact 11: We don't fail at dieting, diets fail us. Diets simply don't work. Every person who ever quit dieting or gained the weight they lost back did so due to the fact that diets are built upon false premises. If you build a house upon a foundation of straw it will crumble. Diets are built upon a foundation of straw.
While on the dieing roller coaster I continuously felt like a failure. I struggled to stick to the diets I would go on and always gained the weight back. I felt like a frustrated failure. I didn't know at the time that I wasn't the failure but that the entire diet industry and everyone of their diets was a failure.
Fact 12: Diets Cause Death. The name Diet fits well. Dieting shortens your life span. Diets cause a number of problems that lead to sickness, disease and eventually death.
Had I not discovered the truth I likely would have dieted myself to death. I am eternally grateful for discovering the truth. For the truth truly set me free.
Why Diets Don't Work
1. Diets treat superficial symptoms instead of causes.
2. Diets cause major deprivation. You deprive yourself of food. Not only food, but food that you like. This drives people crazy. When I used to diet all I did day and night was think about food. When I wasn't dieting I thought about other stuff like the geo-political situations in the world and sex. But while on the diet I just thought about Italian bread, pasta, and cannoli's.
To Your Health!
Frank Bolella
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The Diet Industry is a 40 Billion Dollar Industry filled with misinformation.
96% of people who go on diets can't stay on them to reach their desired goal.
98% of people who go on diets gain the weight they lose back + 5 extra pounds. (National Institute of Health)
50% of Americans are on a diet at any given time yet 70% of Americans are overweight and 30% are obese.
My Story
When I was in my late teens I took up bodybuilding and after a couple of years I began competing. A typical year consisted of me gaining fifty or more pounds in the off season by eating lots of food and then dieting and loosing fifty or so pounds over the next few months as I prepared for the competition. After doing this for six years I stopped competing in bodybuilding. Over the following years I continued to gain fifty or so pounds a year and then go on a diet and lose all or most of it over the following months. I became an expert and gaining weight and loosing weight. I became an expert dieter. I could lose weight on the Atkins, Stillman, Scarsdale or any other diet. I was master of the low calorie, low fat and low carbohydrate diets. The only problem that once I lost the weight I couldn't keep it off and eventually would gain it all back plus some. I eventually ended up gaining and losing almost a thousand pounds. After giving up on dieting I began researching why people gain weight and why diets don't work. After spending over five years researching why diets don't work and discovering what does work when it comes to loosing weight and keeping it off. I began applying the principles I discovered and today I am celebrating over ten years at a body weight that hasn't fluctuated more then five pounds up or down.
Why Diets Don't Work
Fact #1: Diets are downers. People hate to diet. Have you ever met anyone on a diet that liked it? Does anyone like doing anything with the word DIE in it? When I went on diets I hated it. It made me unhappy and depressed.
Fact #2: Dieting slows your metabolism. The longer you diet the slower your metabolism gets causing you to eat less and less until your weight loss stops entirely. Then when you resume normal eating the weight quickly returns + extra pounds due to it taking months for the metabolism to return to normal. Then guess what? You need to go onto another diet.
Dieting simply is a way to create an artificial famine. Your body doesn't know that it's a diet. All it knows is that its in a famine. So it slows the metabolism as much as 40%. If you naturally need 2000 calories a day to sustain your current body weight and go on a diet where you are consuming 1000 calories a day your metabolism will get lower and lower to say 40% or 1200 calories below its natural level of 2000 calories. At that point weight lose is minimal and extremely difficult. Then when you return to eating 2000 calories a day which is what the majority of people do you begin adding 800 extra calories daily. That's 800 calories about 1.75 pounds of fat per week.
When I was on the dieting roller coaster I'd lose 50 pounds in six months and go off it and gain all the weight back over the next six months. One thing I noticed was that as soon as I'd go off the diet the weight would quickly come back due to my metabolism having slowed due to the dieting.
Fact 3: Diets offer a poor temporary fix What's really needed is a lifestyle change. The only people who lose weight and keep it off are the people who change their lifestyle once and for all. Changing your lifestyle is easier then dieting and far more rewarding.
I used to go on diets knowing that they were only a quick fix. After losing hundreds of pounds and gaining it back convinced me that dieting could never able me to sustain the weight lose. Dieting was just a superficial way of treating symptoms instead of the cause of my weight gain.
Fact 4: Since 96% of people who go on diets gain the weight they've lost back plus some the next time they diet it gets a little harder to lose weight. With each never dieting round the body becomes more resilient to giving up the weight and dieting gets tougher and tougher. With each new diet I went on it became more and more difficult to get the weight off. Finally after years of yo-yo dieting It became almost impossible to get the weight off dieting.
Fact 5: Diets fail to deal with the things that cause people to overeat. People overeat due to a number of psychological reasons. Some overeat because they fail to eat consciously. After years of eating on the run, in the front of the television or while stuffing a hot dog into their mouth while driving down the highway; they eat like dogs never stopping to taste, savor and enjoy the food their eating.
Another thing that causes people to overeat is previous conditioning that can go back to their childhood. As a child I was told to clean my plate because children were starving in Africa. I was also told that if I didn't clean my plate I couldn't have desert. The experts in my life conditioned me to eat every scrape on my plate even if I was stuffed. They conditioned me to overeat. Something that took me years to understand and change.
Fact 6: Dieting Causes Eating Disorders. People who get onto the dieting roller coaster can develop eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. Dieting serves as a precursor to these illnesses.
During my weight gain and dieting cycles I frequently would binge and after the binge think nothing of purging while standing over the toilet. I eventually got pretty good at it and could down five burgers and a dozen Dunken Donuts and drop them in the toilet only to be back eating fifteen minutes later.
Fact 7: Dieting Causes Obesity. Dieting slows down the metabolism making it harder and harder to lose weight. Eventually the metabolism slows to a crawl and even a well balanced healthy diet causes the person to gain weight. Have you ever seen an obese person who says, "I don't eat a lot and continue to gain weight." They may be telling the truth. After years of dieting their metabolism is running slow and low making it really easy to keep on adding the pounds.
You would think that in America with all the diets, diet pills, and diet centers that we would be the thinnest country on the globe. But instead we are the fattest and getting fatter every year. With all the dieting I was doing and all the expertise on dieting I was gaining I still just kept getting fatter.
Fact 8: Diets cause starvation or semi starvation. Starvation occurs at 900 calories or less that's when you start to die. Most diets are in that range. Starvation plays havoc with the systems of the body and brain and if continued will cause permanent damage. When faced with starvation your body will do everything it can to survive. Things like slowing your metabolism to conserve energy and creating intense hunger to drive you to find food. When I was dieting I has hungry all the time. I didn't know it at the time but I was starving. I was putting my body through what people in famines go through.
Fact 9: Diets damage your body and cause disease. Studies show that ongoing dieting causes heart disease, osteoporosis, gall stones, high blood pressure, anemia, constipation, kidney stones, dry skin, hair lose, depression, anxiety.
When I was on the dieting roller coaster I would frequently get sick. I would get frequent colds, the flu, tonsillitis, sinusitis, and constipation was a daily experience. Over the past ten years I've had two colds.
Fact 10: Dieting Causes Malnutrition. Dieting restricts people from getting the necessary macro and micro nutrients. Not getting these nutrients causes damage to our bodies and results in sickness. I didn't know It back when I was dieting that the main reason why I was getting sick so frequently was that I was suffering from malnutrition. I simply wasn't getting the nutrients that me body needed.
Fact 11: We don't fail at dieting, diets fail us. Diets simply don't work. Every person who ever quit dieting or gained the weight they lost back did so due to the fact that diets are built upon false premises. If you build a house upon a foundation of straw it will crumble. Diets are built upon a foundation of straw.
While on the dieing roller coaster I continuously felt like a failure. I struggled to stick to the diets I would go on and always gained the weight back. I felt like a frustrated failure. I didn't know at the time that I wasn't the failure but that the entire diet industry and everyone of their diets was a failure.
Fact 12: Diets Cause Death. The name Diet fits well. Dieting shortens your life span. Diets cause a number of problems that lead to sickness, disease and eventually death.
Had I not discovered the truth I likely would have dieted myself to death. I am eternally grateful for discovering the truth. For the truth truly set me free.
Why Diets Don't Work
1. Diets treat superficial symptoms instead of causes.
2. Diets cause major deprivation. You deprive yourself of food. Not only food, but food that you like. This drives people crazy. When I used to diet all I did day and night was think about food. When I wasn't dieting I thought about other stuff like the geo-political situations in the world and sex. But while on the diet I just thought about Italian bread, pasta, and cannoli's.
To Your Health!
Frank Bolella
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