Healthy Weight Loss

Health Risks of Being Overweight

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:14:00 +0000

Many people don't know that there are numerous health risks associated with being overweight and obese. To get an idea of how big of a danger to your health being overweight is, we'll examine some of the possible risks involved.

STROKE AND HEART DISEASE

The number one cause of disability and death among people in the united States is heart disease and stroke. Hypertension is more common among those that are overweight. This condition is one of the major risk factors of heart disease and stroke. Other risk factors of these are triglycerides and increased cholesterol levels which are associated with obesity.

When you are overweight the heart has to work harder which is a factor in angina and death from a stroke or heart disease. Angina is when the oxygen to the heart is decreased causing a person to experience chest pains. Losing weight will make the heart work better and reduce the risk because the blood pressure and cholesterol levels will decrease along with the fats in the blood stream.

DIABETES:

The most common type of diabetes in the U.S. is Type 2 or non-insulin diabetes. The body has difficulty controlling blood sugar levels with this type of diabetes. There are other things that come with diabetes that are a danger as well. Kidney disease, stroke, blindness and loss of limbs can result from being diabetic. The risk of diabetes is double in those that are overweight. Losing weight can help to keep blood sugar levels under control.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION:

Twenty five percent of adults suffer from hypertension. Maintaining a healthy weight, watching fat and calorie intake, and decreasing alcohol intake can help to control hypertension.

CANCER:

Uterine cancers, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, cancer in the gallbladder, breast and colon cancer are at an increased risk with being overweight. Men that are overweight are more prone to the development of prostate, colon and rectal cancer.

SLEEP APNEA:

A dangerous condition associated with being overweight is sleep apnea. This condition causes a person to stop breathing briefly while they are sleeping. They will also snore a great deal. The more weight you carry, the higher the the risk of sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea can not only cause tiredness or sleepiness during the day but it can cause the heart to fail as well.

OSTEOARTHRITIS:

Extra weight is put on the joints when you are overweight. The cartilage is worn away when the pressure is increased on these joints.

GOUT:

Those that are overweight are at a higher risk of gout which is the buildup of uric acid in the blood.

GALLBLADDER DISEASE:

Gallstones and gallbladder disease are more prominent in those that are obese.

These are just a few of the things that those who are overweight are at risk for. The chances of developing these risks will decrease if you begin to lose the weight. The easiest way to lose weight is by eating properly, increasing your physical activity, and taking a diet pill that is proven to work.

Top 10 Weight Loss Tips

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:22:00 +0000

If you add the below mentioned weight loss tips in your day-to-day lifestyle, you will not only feel better, but also look better. Avoid trying to do all these weight loss tips at once, since they do not work well with everybody.

Pick one, and practice it for a week, see if you are comfortable, if not choose another one. If you really want to reduce your weight, then have patience since you may have to wait at least three months to witness the positive outcomes of your weight loss programs.

A few Effective Weight loss Tips:

Below cited are some of the weight loss tips that will help you to cut down the additional pounds that you gained due to an improper diet plan.

1. This is the most vital and natural weight loss tips according to many dieticians. It is advisable to take fruits and vegetables, since they contain beneficial vitamins, fibers and antioxidants.

2. Eating ample of fresh fruits is one of the most effective weight loss tips. This is especially of great use when you eat these fruits between mealtimes. Since, this helps to regulate your sugar level and cravings.

3. Have fresh vegetables with everyday lunch and evening mealtime. Avoid mixing of proteins with starch.

4. Maintain meat consumption to less than 4 to 5 servings a week, which means you need to take vegetarian dishes too.

5. Replace meat with legumes, but begin gradually. You can make use of lentils, peas, and dry beans.

6. Avoid drinking liquids during mealtime. If you feel thirsty, try to drink a bottle of water after 10 minutes.

7. If you take less amount of meal, it may help to balance your intake of calorie level. Beside this, it keeps your sugar level well balanced. Instead of having three big meals a day, it is advisable and beneficial to have 5 to 6 light and small meals all through the day.

8. Pop, cream, juices and sugar in your tea or coffee can add up your weight. Instead, drink at least eight glasses of water each day, since it provides hydration to your body and helps to feel full.

9. Most dieticians also suggest 30 to 60 minutes of physical exercise daily to remain healthy and to cut down those extra pounds.

10. If you really want to cut down your weight, you need to avoid alcohol. Since, these substances are rich in calorie and add additional weight on your body.

Coffee

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:06:00 +0000

Every day people around the world drink millions of cups of coffee. It has become a staple of life. We see a StarBucks on every corner. Is coffee really this good or is it so addictive? I think it is both really. I think good coffee almost has a sexy taste to it. It tastes rich and full bodied. Not many things can compare to it. Maybe chocolate, but that is another article all together. You love to drink coffee. You love a good cup of steaming hot Joe on a cold morning. Watching the steam come off the coffee as it snows outside is a very relaxing thought. Is coffee good or bad for you? Well, I think it depends on who you ask.

Usually what you will find is these scientists are paid by a company that wants to prove a point. Simply put, they pay the scientists off.

As in all things, you must drink coffee in moderation. A cup or two each day isn't going to be bad for you. If on the other hand you are drinking a pot every hour, you know that it will have an effect on you. I have known people who drink coffee like this. They drink it from the time they wake up to the time they go to bed. This is common in alcoholics. Let's talk about some of the bad things about coffee.

Coffee stains your teeth.

We all know what the color of coffee stained teeth are. It is up there with cigarette smoke stained teeth. You can buy things to whiten your teeth. I would suggest though that instead of trying to whiten your teeth, you cut back a little on the brew.

Bad breath.

Have you ever had a whiff of the breath of someone who is a heavy coffee drinker? It smells horrible. I would rather smell shit with flies buzzing around it.

It raises stress levels.

Too much coffee can raise anxiety levels. When this happens, you can become stressed out. This shouldn't be news to you. Have you ever seen how much a person shakes after they drink too much coffee?

It can raise the risk of a heart attack.

While science is still somewhat out on this, it shouldn't be much of a surprise. If it elevates the heart and blood pressure, too much of it can't be a good thing.

Sterility.

Yes, it can effect the little guys swimming in your semen. It can actually lower your sperm count. I know that may sound too weird to be true, but it is.

Stomach problems.

People who drink too much coffee may have some stomach problems. The caffeine irrates the lining of the stomach.

Here are some of the benefits of coffee.

It prevents prostate cancer.

This is too weird, but it is true. Coffee contains boron, which is a chemical that helps curb prostate cancer.

It is a good social drink.

You don't drink alcohol? Well, people go to the coffee house to chat all the time. A cup of coffee could be a good reason to go out and meet new people. A cup once and while can't hurt. You never know, you might meet a good friend over that cup of Joe.
It helps wash down a meal. In many cultures it is impolite to either start a meal or finish one without having a cup of coffee. No one is certain that coffee actually helps the digestion process, but it sure tastes good after a meal.

As with all things in life, you need to do things in moderation. If you feel that you are over doing it, you need to cut back on the coffee. I know that coffee might taste good, but in the long run you are doing yourself more harm than good. Just keep in mind that one or two cups per day isn't going to hurt you.

Diet secrets of Hollywood stars

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:04:00 +0000

Diets come a dime a dozen in Hollywood. They practically fall out of the sky. Any doctor or layman who manages to have an original idea or, at least, a new twist on an old idea, and is marginally successful in selling it to the public is thinking of setting up a shop in Hollywood. There’s probably no other place on Earth where diets and any other idea that could keep a body slim are so venerated as in Hollywood. Hundreds of young women and men (and some of them not so young) employ personal trainers and are up to date on the latest dieting trends because it’s good for their jobs to do so.

The general public is also interested in finding out the dieting secrets of movie stars and singers. They think that actors might have some tricks up their sleeves if they manage to stay so slim and good-looking through the years. Actually it’s not quite like that. Actors and singers are normal human beings. They have their unique genetic make-ups which means that no single diet works for everybody. So each one of them tries a couple of diets in order to find out which one suits him or her. Moreover, not all Hollywood stars stick to their diets. The crave for a treat does not discriminate.

Celebrities don’t have some sort of secret knowledge that opens the path to a beautiful body. Most of them get their tips just as the rest of the people do. They hear them from hairdressers and make-up girls. They get them from agents and publicists. Or they follow the latest fashionable trainer or dietician, just as they pick up on the latest philosophies or mystical experiences. Moving from Atkins to cabbage soup is not more complicated than dropping Buddhism in favor of Kabbalah. Some stars hire people who know a lot about diets to make these decisions for them.

All these famous people have to deal with the same kind of issues we all do. Sticking to a diet is hard on them, too, so they eat things they shouldn’t and resent the fact that they can’t do it all the time. They worry about the effects of such and such diets on their skin and they don’t look all that great all the time. But for every star there’s a small army of lighting experts, make-up artists, beauticians, image editing and visual effects people who work hard to make sure that the faces we see on screens and in magazines look perfect. No blemishes, no unsightly skin, no sagging anywhere. Just perfection.

One thing that could be said for Hollywood stars is that they work harder at their diets than most people. It’s very important for their jobs and popularity and so they try really hard to stay in shape and look good everyday. They’re not dieting experts and it’s unrealistic to expect them to be so. They’re good at other things and we’re content with them being that way. So, the bottom line is that there really is not secret to Hollywood dieting. Just the will to carry on and the struggle to stay fit.

The Body Clock Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:02:00 +0000

All diets are based on an idea that’s supposed to make them different. Aside from the basic “eat this and don’t eat that”, diets have to have an original twist in order to be noticed by the general public. Standing out in the crowded field of the modern dieting industry can sometimes make the difference between success and failure and even a good idea needs to be promoted. The same can be said about the Body Clock Diet, which is one of the diets that try to look beyond food in order to link the eating process with the greater picture of body processes.

The basic idea is that aside from being careful about what you eat, you should also be careful about the timing of meals in order to fit in with the natural rhythm of your body. The body has its own internal clock that regulates the metabolism, appetite, sleep and energy levels. This diet focuses on eating the right kind of food while observing the internal clock. It is important to eat regularly and getting the right balance of nutrients with each meal since this lets the body turn the feeling of hunger on and off naturally.

There is, of course, a two-week eating plan that you must follow in order to lose weight. Staying true to the body rhythms, each day features three meals and two snacks that are rich in vegetables and fruits. The eating plan follows a general protein-rich, low-fat pattern, which is nothing new. The best part of the diet, however, is tying everything in with the rest of the body. For instance, the author argues that eating grains and cereals should be done in the morning in order to match the effect of insulin on the brain, while dinner should consist of a light blend low glycemic cabs and lean protein.

According to estimates, this diet should allow you to lose up to two pounds per week, which is the average weight loss rate. The book explaining this diet comes with recipes and general eating advice and a comprehensive and no-nonsense explanation of how the body works, what impact the daily rhythm has on weight and how to work with the body instead of against it. This is a good eating plan that doesn’t come with any strange ideas about magic ingredients that can make anybody lose weight in a flash.

The Coconut Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:58:00 +0000

Some people are willing to sell anything and this is why some bad ideas are actually launched on the market, much to the dismay of unsuspecting customers who are duped by the hype and advertising. One such bad idea is the Coconut Diet, which is yet another of those diets that add some kind of miracle ingredient to a strict eating program and hope that everything turns out great. The magic ingredient in this case is the coconut oil and its metabolism boosting capacity. It seems that coconut oil can be rapidly burnt by the body, despite the fact that it is rich in saturated fats.

This diet is in fact a regular low-carb diet, very similar to Atkins. During the first stage of the diet, users are not allowed to eat any kind of carbohydrates and must do with lean foods, such as eggs, nuts, cheese, fish, chicken, turkey and up to 10 glasses of water per day. They also have to swallow 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil per day. The first stage lasts for three weeks, only to be followed by an optional detox stage. This stage lasts for 4 weeks and focuses on cleansing the liver, kidneys, gallbladder and colon through certain interesting means (such as drinking water mixed with lemon juice and olive oil).

The third stage of the diet is the reintroduction of carbohydrates in the daily eating plan. Starting with fruit, wholegrains and potatoes, the dieter is once more allowed to eat carbs. It is assumed that the dieter has lost more than 10 pounds by this point and still maintaining a weight loss pace of 1-2 pounds per week. The fourth stage of the diet means that even more carbohydrates are added to the eating plan, while still drinking coconut oil.

Unfortunately, the person behind this diet provides no sound explanation for the alleged positive influence of coconut oil on weight loss. While it’s true that coconut oil helps regulate the thyroid gland, it has far too much saturated fat to be healthy. Furthermore, it’s not very clear whether the coconut oil plays any kind of role in this diet, since the weight loss can easily be ascribed to the strict “no carbohydrates” eating plan. Most dieting experts and dietitians agree that access to saturated fats should be limited during diets, so it’s pretty strange to see one that claims the opposite.

The Beverly Hills Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:56:00 +0000

From the star-studded hills located near Hollywood comes a diet rich in fruit and lacking sound ideas about weight loss. Really, if weight loss was so simple, there would be no problem for anybody to drop as many pounds as desired just by eating fruit. Nevertheless, a fruit-based diet sounds good to some people and so one may run into the happy statements of those who managed to lose weight by sticking to this eating plan.

The diet itself is very simple. It claims that papaya softens the fat, pineapple burns it off and watermelon washes it out of the body. Unfortunately, this concept hasn’t been proved yet in a scientifically sound manner. While grapefruit has a positive effect on the sugar absorption system, it doesn’t burn fat outright. The only thing that burns fat is effort.

According to actress Judy Mazel, the founder of the Beverly Hills Diet, people can lose 10 to 15 pounds in 35 days. Since the founder claims that eating different types of food together is one of the causes behind weight loss, the diet focuses on eating a single type of food for a whole day. One day you eat nothing but grapes, while the next day it’s just melons for you.

The problem with this diet is that the eating plan is really boring. The average dieter has every chance to get bored and start dreading the coming of the next day. This is more of a quick fix type of diet instead of a long-term eating plan and should not be pursued by more than one month. Fruits alone cannot provide your body with all the minerals and vitamins it needs every day.

By restricting your food to fruit will leave you exposed to malnutrition and diseases. The fast loss of weight usually means that some of that weight will be muscle mass and water, which means that some of the fat will stay in place. It also means that if you start gaining back weight, you will simply be replacing muscle mass with fat. In the long run this will do you a lot of harm.

And, for the final words, I hope you can get used to diarrhea, because eating nothing but fruit will keep you in a near constant state of diarrhea. All in all, this is not a good diet. Poor access to crucial vitamins and minerals and a lot of water and muscle mass loss is definitely not a good way to lose weight.

The Slim Fast Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:54:00 +0000

Some diets advise dieters to eat large quantities of vegetables, others try to make people eat a single food for a whole day. The Slim Fast Diet has the shake. It sounds pretty much like what the folks at Herbalife are pushing, although it may be the other way around. Diets are a dime a dozen these days and it’s hard to keep track of who came with which idea and when. So let’s discuss instead the basic features of this diet and the usual pros and cons. This is one of the diets that people seem either to love or hate, as some claim that it works wonders, while others speak of it as a rip-off.

The basic idea is to replace two daily meals with Slim Fast shakes, accompanied by two pieces of fruit and a nutrition bar, and to have a sensible dinner at the end of the day. A sensible dinner means that you are allowed to eat whatever you want, as long as you keep the portions average. At least this is the theory. In practice you will soon find out that dinner is the only time you can get some actual nutritious food, aside from the vitamins and minerals-laden shakes, which means that your food options are limited to those that can keep you on your feet and thinking clearly.

Aside from the shakes, dieters have to drink between 6 and 8 glasses of water per day in order to help the weight loss process along. Dieters should also exercise during this diet, but I’m not so sure that a 1,200 calories a day intake can support a program of exercises. On the other hand, the added exercises should help you shed weight faster and spend less time on the diet. Some people complained of having to buy all those shakes and bars, but I’d say that trading two regular meals for two shakes tends to balance out the costs.

Actually, it seems that the biggest problem dieters face is the fact that every one is on his own. There is no outside structure, there is no support. Just a box of shakes and your own common sense. This is a good thing for some because it helps build self-reliance and teach people to gain control of their own eating process not just during the diet, but for the rest of their lives. Nevertheless, many fail without outside support and this may be a big issue with this diet.

The Grapefruit Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:53:00 +0000

The Grapefruit Diet is one of the fad diets that were really popular back in the 1980s although it has been in one form or another since 1930. Most of the time, the grapefruit diet has been discounted by experts as dangerously unbalanced or simply unable to deliver on its promises. It was generally thought that consuming vast quantities of grapefruit cannot influence weight loss in any way, which relegated this diet to the status of yet another fad, one of those things people go crazy about without any real reason. However, time has passed and new discoveries are about to rock the traditional view.

The basic idea behind this diet is to eat grapefruit whenever you can, drink a glass of unsweetened grapefruit juice with every meal, add grapefruit to cocktails and also to salads. Grapefruit is supposed to go well with the lean meat from crab and chicken and with vegetables, such as red onions, spinach and celery. The biggest advantage is, of course, the fact that grapefruit is virtually fat-free and has few calories. An entire grapefruit has about 70 calories, which means that you can eat about as much as you can stomach and still lose weight.

The best thing about the Grapefruit Diet is a recent study carried out by a team of scientists led by Doctor Ken Fujioka, from the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center of the Scripps Clinic in San Diego. The study has found that, contrary to the opinions voiced by experts in the 1980s, adding grapefruit and grapefruit juice to your diet can actually help you lose weight. And what’s really great about it: you don’t have to change your eating habits at all. Naturally, eating less fat and sweets and doing some exercises is a very good way of speeding up the weight loss process, but you don’t have to go out of your way with this diet.

According to the study, eating half a grapefruit before each meal and exercising a bit every day helped a group of obese people drop an average 3.6 pounds in 12 weeks without any change in their eating habits whatsoever. A second group had to drink a glass of grapefruit juice before every meal and lost 3.3 pounds in the same 12 weeks. While it’s true that losing 1 pound per month gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “slow diet”, you have to appreciate a diet that lets you eat whatever you like and still shed a pound per month. If weight loss is not a stringent affair, then you can stick to this diet for a long time and reap the benefits.

The Cabbage Soup Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Ahh, the famous Cabbage Soup diet. Most people interested in dieting have certainly heard of this one. many of them have actually tried some version of it. Since nobody has ever claimed to be the inventor of this diet, there is no definitive cabbage soup diet, but rather a string of versions floating around magazines and the Internet. Every expert who tried to promote this diet has either added or replaced an existing feature, which means that aside from that cabbage soup you can expect to see a wide range of other foods, although nothing spectacular.

The biggest problem with the cabbage soup diet is all the hype that surrounds it. Some people claim that cabbage has fat burning properties, which is nonsense. Others say that one could shed a whooping 10 pounds in a single week on this diet, which is not true. There’s no magical ingredient in cabbage that helps weight loss. The basic idea behind the diet is to starve yourself by drinking a lot of cabbage soup and some water on the side. The trick is to keep your stomach filled with cabbage soup in order to keep hunger away while the body burns fat to maintain itself.

The early version cabbage soup diet featured nothing else than the basic soup. Recent versions have added fruit, vegetables, skimmed milk, lean meat or brown rice to the eating plan in order to help people stick to it for a longer time. Dieters are not allowed any alcohol. The only drinks allowed beside the cabbage soup are water and unsweetened fruit juices. The soup itself is based on cabbage, onions (or onion soup mix), tomatoes, green peppers, celery, carrots and mushrooms. There are some variations even here, but nothing important.

Unfortunately, the cabbage soup diet is not a good idea. Many people cannot stick to a diet that forces them to starve every day, especially people who have to go work. Another issue is the fact that most of the weight lost through this diet comes from water and muscle mass, instead of fat. This means that seven days later the dieter still has all the initial fat on and a good chance of replacing all the lost muscle mass with even more fat. Moreover, the low calorie intake at the core of the diet will force the body to enter starvation mode and hang on to the existing fat for its survival. This is not a good way to lose weight.

The South Beach Diet

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:48:00 +0000

The South Beach Diet is one of the odd fishes swimming in the treacherous waters of the international weight loss industry. Many people love it and are perfectly willing to swear by the good name of M.D. Arthur Agatston, while others find it hard to stick to the obligatory induction phase. The South Beach Diet belongs to the low-carbohydrates group of diets and has been derided as a fad diet, although its fans claim that it is not a fad diet and that it is, in any case, much more responsible and healthy than Atkins. Then again, not many diets manage to be less healthy than Atkins.

Dieters who choose the South Beach Diet can expect to see their food intake restricted to lean meat, seafood, eggs, low fat dairy products, nuts, vegetables (most of them, anyway), artificial sweeteners and a couple of carbohydrates of the low glycemic variety. During the first phase of this diet, the shock phase, most fruit and vegetables are still on the banned list, just like the rest of carbohydrates. Unfortunately, some people find it hard to cope with the low energy level, the fatigue and sometimes nausea that accompany this phase. However, it should be noted that not all dieters experience these symptoms. It’s all in our genetic make-up.

The bets part of this diet is the focus on removing simple carbohydrates (sweets, pasta, bread) from the diet and replacing them with the healthier complex carbohydrates from wholegrains and vegetables. The worst part is the marketing jargon that makes it sound like a fad diet and the tough first phase of the diet, which sacrifices the long-term healthy eating approach for an instant gratification technique based on the catch-all slogan “lose weight fast”. Any such approach will have the dieter lose a lot of water and not that much fat.

On the other hand, the second phase of the diet is a bunch of quite sensible eating advice and the recipes provided by the author are very good. There are also pre-packaged South Beach foods for those who lack the time or the inclination to cook for themselves. All things considered, the South Beach Diet is not a bad idea if one could clear away the hype and marketing lingo and focus on the healthy eating part and the good food choices. This information is something that should stay with you through the years if you’re looking to keep that weight from returning.

Healthy Cholesterol Levels

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:46:00 +0000

Before you start eating your favorite, you might want to know whether you’re having too much cholesterol. Few years ago, many were not aware what cholesterol level is but with all the information everywhere people are becoming aware how their cholesterol levels affect their lives. You have to remember that you are what you eat and what you eat has something to do with your cholesterol. What is cholesterol? How will you know if you have a healthy cholesterol level?

Cholesterol Is…

Cholesterol is a type of lipid needed in all the vital functions of the body. Every single one of our cells is surrounded by cholesterol and its job is to insulate our nerve fibers. By insulating the nerve fibers, the cholesterol ensures that the nerve signals are traveling properly which is extremely important. Cholesterol also produces hormones which are used to carry specific signals around the body.
Too much cholesterol in the body would increase your chances of heart disease. If you have a high cholesterol level, you should bring it down. Even though cholesterol is essential for our bodies to function properly, still it should be controlled properly.

What Is Your Cholesterol Level?

How do you know if your cholesterol levels are high? You have to consult your doctor let you know exactly what your cholesterol level is. Knowing your levels is not really enough to tell whether or not you have a risk of heart disease, you need to find out what your Lipoprotein levels is.

Lipoproteins are molecules which are especially designed to carry cholesterol around the body. They are important because they control exactly how much cholesterol is in your body. Now, there are two main types of Lipoproteins:

- High Density Lipoproteins
- Low Density Lipoproteins

The one which you really need to be aware of is Low Density Lipoproteins. A high level of Low Density Lipoproteins means that you have a bad cholesterol that here is too much of it to build up. High Density Lipoproteins means good cholesterol that they are used to carry cholesterol away from cells and to the liver.

The complicated thing about cholesterol is the right level you should belong. The doctor has the ability to tell you how low your cholesterol levels should be. The average person usually should have around 4.0mmol/l but if you have a low density lipoprotein count, then you should have around 2.0mmol/l. As mentioned, however, each person is different so you need to get your levels checked to see exactly what you should be aiming for.

Cholesterol is important and you should know what levels you have for you to know what you can do about it. More and more people are developing heart disease due to high levels of cholesterol so it is advisable to go to your doctors to know your cholesterol level.

There are many ways to improve your cholesterol level. Eat healthy food that can help lower your LDL cholesterol level. With a healthy diet, your body is protected from the damaging effect of cholesterol. You should quit smoking, lose weight and exercise to raise your HDL cholesterol level.

Following a healthy low fat diet can lower cholesterol levels. If healthy eating and exercising don't work after about six months, consult your family doctor of the medicine to lower your cholesterol level.

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What Are The Top 10 Diets?

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:44:00 +0000

Atkins Diet

The Atkins diet is the most admired of the top 10 diets. This low-carbohydrate diet encourages the elimination of carbohydrates from your diet. The diet really works and you can munch as much as fats and proteins you want. However, before starting this diet, study a bit to know the suitability of this diet for your body.

South Beach Diet

This diet is one of the most successful of the top 10 diets to lose weight. It is not a low-fat or low-carb diet. Instead, it focuses on consuming the correct amount of fats and carbs. The diet depends on the glycemic index. It limits the intake of carbs in the initial two weeks and then re-introduces those carbs with a low glycemic index. You need to eat three healthy meals daily, along with some snacks, provided they are healthy enough.

Cabbage Soup Diet

It is also one of the effective of the top 10 diets. The diet contains insignificant amount of calories. You will observe instant weight loss, if you stick to cabbage soup diet for a week. The more soup you consume, more pounds you drop.

Grapefruit Diet

This is the finest weight loss diet for obese people. The advantages of this diet arrive from the addition of grapefruit to a low-calorie and low-fat diet.

SlimFast Diet

This is also one of the superior of the top 10 diets. The diet restores your breakfast and lunch meals, with two SlimFast shakes, and puts ahead for a usual meal for dinner. These low calorie shakes will help you to lose weight.

Other Superior Diets:

Subway Diet

It is also a well-known diet of the top 10 diets. The low fat content in the Subway sandwiches assist you to lose weight.

The Beverly Hills Diet

This diet reaps the benefits of the natural chemical reaction of foods when consumed to lose weight. The diet is quite strict, as protein needs to go with proteins and carbohydrates with carbohydrates only. The diet is exceptionally restrictive, but motivates rapid weight loss.

3-Day Diet

This is also one of best of top 10 diets. The diet can be ideal to lose weight, if you can follow a three-day meal plan without wandering from it.

Apple Cider Vinegar Diet

This is one of the sensitive diets of the top 10 diets. Hence, you need to follow it carefully. It is a low-calorie diet, which stimulates quick weight loss.

Negative Calorie Diet

This is one of the ultimate types of diet among the top 10 diets to reduce weight. It includes addition of healthy vegetables to your diet as much as possible.

Top 10 Tips To Lose Weight For Your Honeymoon

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:39:00 +0000

Everyone wants their wedding and honeymoon to be wonderful life experiences, with the bride and groom looking and feeling their absolute best. While some may set their weight loss goals with only their wedding day in mind, others will be completely focused on dropping the weight for the honeymoon. Honeymoon weight loss is most likely a more intimate type of weight loss expectation, as the goal is usually to have your body appear a certain way for your spouse. Some may simply want to look as sexy as possible, or almost picture perfect. While you should always set realistic weight loss goals, these top 10 tips can help you to lose the weight:

1. Make night time eating a "no-no". When you eat late at night, you are taking in calories, but not doing anything to burn them off. This is not good, as frequently eating late is a big contributor to obesity.

2. Make eating breakfast a necessity. Starting your day with a healthy breakfast of lean protein, low-fat carbohydrates, and fruit or vegetables is a key to daily weight loss success. Eating breakfast helps your brain to work better so that you are more productive, helps your body to metabolize your food more efficiently which allows for more calories to be burned, and gives you more energy to do more throughout your day.

3. Don't stop eating carbohydrates. Whole grains are an essential part of a healthy diet and are the much needed carbohydrates that our bodies convert into energy. Instead of high fat, low fiber choices such as white bread and fat-laden cakes, select healthier low-fat carbohydrates such as fortified cereals.

4. Don't leave off exercise. Exercise is a "must do" to achieve weight loss success. When you exercise, your body burns the fat from the foods that you eat more efficiently and also helps in so many other ways, including with your heart and brain. Exercise also has the added benefit of allowing for more targeted workouts to tone and sculpt those problem areas that you want to work on before your wedding and honeymoon.

5. Don't spend a lot of time around food. Unless you work in the food industry, limit the amount of time that you spend looking at or around food. Part of any successful honeymoon weight loss plan is to stay focused on your goal. Being around lots of food can offset you and cause you more anguish and uncertainty about your ability to lose the weight.

6. Enjoy more healthy snacks. Many of us think of weight loss as something that will deprive us of good munchies. This is not true. In fact, the opposite is true. When you eat more healthy snacks, more frequently, in smaller portions, your body will actually work better by speeding up your metabolism and causing you to burn more calories more quickly.

7. Stay hydrated. Dehydration can cause you to want to eat more and drink lots of high calorie beverages. Drink low-calorie, replenishing drinks that can help your body stay refreshed and well-hydrated.

8. Get a nutritional makeover. Make over your mind about the purpose and use of food, and get a better understand of its use in our lives. Eat for health, look for vitamins and nutrients in your food, and don't deprive yourself of things that you like. Balance it all out and you will enjoy a healthier way of eating for years to come.

9. Lose for the long-term. Don't get too caught up in taking off the weight just for one night. That is sure to leave you feeling empty once that night is over, and may cause you to quickly abandon your new healthier lifestyle. This will actually cause you to gain weight faster.

10. Stay positive. Believe that you can lose the weight. You have to make up in your mind that you are 100% capable of making your honeymoon weight loss goal a reality. Ignore anything to the contrary.

Weddings are wonderful things. Honeymoons can be even more phenomenal. The way that you approach your special day and night will make the all the difference in the world. Being confident in who you are and making the most of this precious time can give you a satisfaction that can last a lifetime.

Best 10 Dieting Tips for Summer

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:59:00 +0000

As the air starts losing the cold bite of winter, you are happy in anticipation of the summer. You start planning holidays to sea resorts with friends and family. Until that fateful moment when you realize you have been too lax with your body and you are not in shape for the summer activities and swimming trunks or bathing suits cannot accommodate your body any more!

Still don’t despair! Summer weight loss is still possible. Remember that losing weight is influenced to the extent of 70% to 80% by what and how you eat and the balance by the physical activities and exercises. Cut down intake of excess calories which increase fat in the body and exercise the body which will help in to burn body fat and to lose weight.

The following simple natural weight loss suggestions if implemented can help you with summer weight loss and shape up your body to face summer with confidence in a matter of three to four weeks.

Drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water per day.

Water plays very important role in our body functions. Body fat and bones account for 20% of water each, lean muscle tissues are 75% water and over 80% of our blood is water. Water helps kidneys remove toxins allowing liver to metabolize more fat. It works as a natural suppressant of appetite;

Put alcohol on highly restricted list if you are serious on losing weight. Alcohol helps body in storing fat by slowing down metabolism;

Main culprits causing excess weight are saturated fats. Saturated fats and sugar are strictly no-no for weight watchers. Avoid desserts, ice creams, etc;

Include low fat milk products such as yogurt, skimmed milk, cottage cheese in diet; they contain “good proteins” which help suppress cravings for food. They are essential in building muscles;

Vegetables, beans, whole grains and fruits contain “good” carbohydrates which are moderate on calories and fats, they are consumed slowly by the body and thus they help suppress hunger naturally;

Omega 3 fatty acids increase metabolism and energy levels of the body. Eat fish such as Mackerel, Salmon, Sardines and Herrings; they are rich Omega 3 fatty acids which help prevent blood clotting, regulate blood pressure, and lower risk of heart failure. They are helpful in weight loss;.

Eat four or five meals of smaller portions instead of the normal three meals. Smaller meals at shorter intervals help metabolism and burn fat; it helps to lose weight;

Eat adequate fiber food. Fiber food is more filling and it suppresses hunger. It takes longer in digestion and passing through the body it attaches to some fats and proteins in our food and thus keeps them from being digested. Whole grains, brown rice, figs, Apples, broccoli, peas, lentils, beans, fresh vegetables and fruits and nuts are high on fiber content;

Spices such as ginger, mustard, pepper, cinnamon, clove, bay leaf, etc decrease sugar cravings and are helpful in weight loss;

Avoid late night meals within the two to three hours before going to bed. Allow time for digestion of the meal before going to bed.

Can water help you lose weight?

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Many people are very skeptical of the suggestion that water can play very effective role in helping them achieve weight loss. Very few people realize that a large proportion of our body is water. Naturally it plays a very important part in our existence.

75% of the lean muscle tissues are water, over 80% of blood is water, body fat and bones account for over 20% of water each. Is it surprising then that water plays a very important role in how our bodies function?

Of course, drinking water alone is not going to help you lose weight. If you desire to lose weight in a gradual but sure way, eating right and drinking right are the two major components of the natural weight loss method.

Remember that “bad” fats are the main culprits causing excess weight – eat “good fats” that provide essential fatty acids; eat Salmon, Mackerel, Herrings, and Sardines. They help regulate blood pressure, prevent blood clotting and lower risk of heart failure.

Good proteins help you in suppressing cravings for food. They are essential in building muscles. Low fat milk products such as skimmed milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, and fish are “good“ proteins.

Carbohydrates such as beans, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are consumed by the body slowly and hence they are natural hunger-suppressants; they are also moderate on fats and calories.

Eat adequate fiber food. Good fiber foods do not contribute much of calories and they are filling. They thus help in suppressing hunger. Moreover fiber does not get digested by the body and while passing through the body it attaches to some of the fats and proteins that we eat; thus they are taken out of the system without being digested! Apples, figs, broccoli, strawberries, brown rice, beans, bran and nuts are good fiber foods.

Water plays two important roles in helping you lose weight. Cravings for food are felt when the body dehydrates; if water is consumed in reasonable and adequate measure it suppresses hunger pangs. Liver provides stored fats for energy; water helps metabolism allowing kidneys to flush out waste.

Many people will find it surprising that drinking cold water can burn the extra fat in the body; if you drink ice cold water it uses over 60 calories a day from the body – thus the body has to burn over 420 calories a week to raise the temperature of the ice cold water to the body temperature. What a way to beat that excess fat!

As we see here water plays an important role in you lose weight; it is a natural appetite suppressant, it helps in dieting and generally a major component in natural weight loss practice.

How you burn fat through weight training

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:53:00 +0000

When it comes to burning fat, many people tend to practice lots of cardiovascular exercises and miss the benefits of weight training. Some medical authorities even guess that weight training is used for growing bulk muscles, not to lose weight. This article will explain that this is a wrong assumption, because the growing of muscle mass will eventually burn fat calories.

According to a study by the Fitness Products Council and Sporting Goods Manufacturers, the number of people lifting free weights has increased 76 percent in the past decade. And this is a great tendency, because combining cardiovascular activity with weight training results in more effective fat loss. During and shortly after the end of exercising, your muscle metabolism arises.

The main benefits of weight lifting exercises are more prolonged increase of muscle metabolism, long after you’ve finished doing weight lifting session. The most adequate weight training exercises include 1 to 20 repetitions. During the rest period your muscles will develop, tissues leaning and getting stronger, so your rest periods should be sufficient enough.

In order to effectively tone or build your muscles, you should understand the process of muscle training. When lifting weights, muscle tissues are torn apart (at the microscopic level) from the stress, and it's in the recuperation period that your muscles become stronger and therefore able to support the extra stress. Usually it is recommended that you rest from 24 to 48 hours after the weight lifting activity.

While your muscles have rest after the weight activity, the muscle metabolism still burns the energy, and you can start performing cardiovascular activity during this period. If you make high repetitions, your body gets tired, but not like after weight lifting. If you caombine low repetitions of weight lifting and high repetitions of cardiovascular exercises, the overall fat burning effect will increase dramatically!

Weight lifting definitely help people lose weight, and if you have doubts look at the atheletes who specialize in short, intense bursts of energy and you still see that they are very low in body fat.

The point is to combine a weight lifting routine with a good cardiovascular workout to increase muscle metabolism and total fat burning ratio.

You should avoid quick weight loss schemes, as this can lead to losing lots of muscle mass. Muscle mass is the exact source high metabolism, so starvation and other quick diets should be avoided, as they are based on temporary effect. After you stop quick weight loss scheme, your weight will return back in most cases.

Instead, concentrate on combining of weight exercises and cardiovascular activity, and let your muscles build up and increase your metabolism. The results will last much longer.

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Fast Diets Exposed

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Women often want some miracle ways to shed several pounds before any important event, and look for so-called "fast diets".

Sometimes those diets really appear effective, and in some days you lose one or two pounds, but such ways to lose weight also have negative sides.

Many people dream to become slimmer. But to lose weight by any means without looking back on reactions of your body is wrong. Your health is the cornerstone. So you should learn to eat properly. To keep your stomach healthy, it is necessary to eat on a regular basis, at the same time would be great, do not snack between your meals, and preferably avoid sweets and cakes. It is necessary to use vitamin-saturated food – eat more fruits and vegetables, avoid spicy and fatty food, and try adhere to a diet precisely.

The diet means certain time of food intakes, caloric distribution of your meals during the day, and distribution of products by a set and volume.

Fast diets are accompanied by psychological stresses along with physical stress, and metabolic substances reorganization. Fast diets will make you gain your former weight back rapidly, therefore you should try to glide to a normal nutrition and not attack meals.

The negative side of such diets and that they are often low-calorie, and are lacking of nutrients and vitamins. It is necessary to control how much and what you have eaten, and how useful was your meals.

To get rid of excess weight and to help your muscles to get stronger, the combination of a reasonable diet and exercises is necessary. Also there exist different diets based on different principles, focused on losing weight for several days. It can be monodiets (based on one product), and simply low-calorie diets, or the diets based on principles of food combining.

The safest and at the same time most effective variant of so-called fast diets - fasting days on one product. You need to have 1-2 days when it is possible for you to observe the chosen monodiet. Such diets have a cleaning effect for your body and help to get rid of a couple of excess pounds.

Days of limited intake of food can be:

Apple day (1,5 kg of apples during the day),
Curd (400-600 grams of low-fat cottage cheese, 60 grams of sour creams, 100 grams of milk),
Meat (500-600 grams of meat),
Kefir (1 liter of kefir in day) - one of the most effective.

It is possible to arrange fasting days not as emergency measures, but regularly, one day in 2 weeks for example.

So, if you decided to take advantage of fast diets, do not forget about possible health restrictions and remember all negative sides of the given type of diets.

With meals our body receives all necessary nutrition for the construction of body cells and systems, our health strictly depends on how much nutrients we receive.

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10 myths about nutrition and weight loss

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:39:00 +0000

The scientists proved: well-known views on a healthy way of life are actually a set of ordinary statements that do not match reality from the medical point of view.

The daily diet of the person should contain strict quantity of calories, fiber, fats, vitamins, minerals, biologically active and other components. Refusal of any components and products can negatively affect our health.

Myth 1. We get fat from carbohydrates

The opinion that we get fat from carbohydrates is incorrect, as stated by experts. Carbohydrates draw water; therefore, if we reduce carbohydrates in our diet, we are really possible to lose weight. However, such reduction will deprive an organism of energy.

Myth 2. Fresh fruits and veggies are more healthy than frozen ones

Frozen fruit and vegetables if they were not exposed to additional processing and were stored according to rules, do not almost yield to fresh ones in quality. Moreover, researchers consider that in winter fresh vegetables by appearance, which make a long way before to getting on a counter, do not almost contain vitamins and minerals. The frozen vegetables, on the contrary, are exposed to processing usually in several hours after being collected, and their nutritional value is kept.

Myth 3. We should completely exclude bread from our diet

Bread is one of the most popular food, and it's hardly possible and not necessary to replace it. But we should remember that bread is empty calories which we actually don't need. From this point of view we should not get hard on bread. Most part of bread in a daily diet should be presented by black sorts or the bread baked of a mix of grain with bran, etc.

Myth 4. The late dinner leads to excess weight

Dieticians consider that the late dinner does not affect our figure, provided that we don't overeat, not exceed our daily norm of calories and if the late dinner is not the only meals during the day. What exactly we eat before night is important also. Sometimes people leave most tasty meals for the evening, considering that after the working day they have deserved some special entertainment.

Myth 5. The less we sleep, the more actively we lose weight

Sounds quite logically. In fact while we are asleep, our metabolism is slowed down, so as calorie expenditure. That means less sleeping - fat will disappear more quickly. It's all vice versa. The scientists consider that good sleeping is necessary part of weight loss program. While we sleep, the level of a hormone which signals a brain about hunger decreases. Researchers have come to conclusion that sleeping even an hour less than necessary may lead to a hormonal disbalance.

Myth 6. Chocolate can be harmful for our health

The researches proved hat cacao beans contain special substances which can significantly improve work of heart and blood vessels. Due to the action of these substances blood pressure and blood coagulation and also inflammatory processes decrease. The effect reminds action of aspirin. So refusing chocolate is not recommended by scientists. Drinking bitter chocolate or to eating a small tile once a day will be enough.

Myth 7. Running in the early morning is healthy for everybody

Running in the morning is considered the most popular and genius in availability way of improvement of organism. Running is actually a physical activity that should be apported correctly. Before starting to run, it is necessary to consult an expert, otherwise you may possibly be overzealous and "reach a heart attack", as the experts say. Advantages for one person may turn dangers for others.

Myth 8. Protein supplements promote muscle growth

Some adherents of healthy life style prove that food reach in protein helps to increase muscular weight. But it is more likely a trick of the companies making food supplements: actually additional protein does not make an impact on person's muscles if the person is not engaged in weight training. Organism gets the necessary quantity of protein from food, and some additional protein can become superfluous load.

Myth 9. Alcohol in any quantities is dangerous

Adherents of a healthy way of life call to refuse alcohol completely. However, scientists all over the world have come to conclusion on the advantage, for example, of red wine - it has components that make salutary effect on cardiovascular system. In moderate quantities wine and beer are useful for our organism. On doctors' opinion, it is not necessary to exclude alcohol from a diet - it is just necessary not to abuse it.

Myth 10. Cholesterol is the cause of heart diseases

The opinion that cholesterol is the main reason for developing heart diseases is absolutely incorrect. The level of cholesterol in blood is important, but it is impossible to predict whether there is a possibility of heart attack based on the cholesterol levels in blood. Superiority belongs to a hypertension in this sense. Under the blood pressure there can be formed apertures in arteries. The organism liquidates these damages using cholesterol. If cholesterol is "good", apertures are corked smoothly. However, in case of "bad" cholesterol, the vessels themselves are corked eventually. It leads to a heart attack. The optimum pressure makes 115 on 75, if it above 140 on 90 you already are in a zone of risk.

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Top weight loss articles

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:17:00 +0000

These advice will help you to make your weight loss program more effective.

Lose weight by several pounds

Don’t be embarrassed by how much weight you will have to lose. Take small steps towards right direction and you’ll be surprised at your huge progress when you look back. You hasn’t gained your weight overnight, so it’ll take some time to lose it.

Scale every week

Scale and measure your waist at least every week or two so that your body could make some adjustment. Be patient while your measurements are changing.

Share your weight loss way

Find a mate who’s losing weight too with whom you can be a good teachers to each other. Meet a couple times a week to keep up and go on reaching your goals.

Scales is not the last word

Don’t be upset if you feel as if your progress slowed down according to your scales values. Use measure type instead, it will give you more reliable and encouraging results.

Shop when you are full

Buy food only when you aren’t hungry to avoid buying food you would regret about later.

Set reachable goals

If you are sure you need more exercising, start from manageable goal, say, 10 minutes of walking daily, which you are sure consider as simple and reachable. Your self-esteem will grow as you’ll reach small goals you set to yourself.

Appreciate your success

With every 5 or 10 ponuds off, celebrate your achievement with a little gift.

Out of sight, out of temptation

Remove all unhealthy food from your fridge and shelves to avoid any temptations.

Make extra steps

When doing your daily routines, add some extra steps. Use stairs instead of lift, park your car in the distant end of supermarket parking, and get rid of TV remote control. Make slight changes that will help you in achieving your goals.

Seek help if you need it

If you need some help to pursue your weight loss process, ask for it immediately. If you made constant weight loss attempts that failed time after time, you need someone to support and help you. Weight loss trainer can significantly increase your weight loss rate and give you proper advice how to make your weight loss steady.

Why loosing weight is good for health
- There is a great benefit acquired from losing weight. Though losing weight is not easy, the long term effects brought by it would probably be of help to anyone considering to shed those unwanted and unhealthy pounds.

How to make snacks healthy

Snack calories don't count...

Do you know when you are on diet, if you eat something and nobody can see you, calories don’t count! Well that’s not true, but many of us really think that way. Learn how to avoid hunger pains between your meals.

Are you a secret snacker? Do you usually consume food when you are bored, upset or angry? There’s no single day without chocolate bar for you? Snacks…the secret sins for majority of people striving to lose weight.

Quite often people fell so guilty that they fell shy to talk about it openly. If asked about what happened to their food consumption around 4 o’clock in the afternoon, women for example start to laugh nervously or strafe themselves for being weak or out of control. This is not important – it’s fat free! If nobody sees, calories don’t count!

Your diet shouldn’t look like this.

Snacks for weight loss success?

You can lose weight without feeling hungry. You can learn to control your “snack monster” and your weight loss program can be focused around weight loss success and not failure.

It’s important to learn how to recognize your body cries for, the signals that your body gives you, and also learn to respond these signals appropriately – diet and blame are not the words that accompany each other.

Hunger is a way the body tells us that we need to replenish our exhausted nutrients. Unfortunately, our body cannot tell us “I need more vitamin D”. The whole story would be much easier then! Most of us interpret hunger pains as if our body tells “I need more fat” or “I need more sugar”.

Key poins to healthy snacks

The keys to healthy snacks are:

Knowing which food to avoid
Planning – organize yourself

What is a healthy snack? Snack that contains low sugar or sugar-free, low of salt or sodium, free of white flour and saturated fat. Check for food labels to learn what is inside. Lots of meals now have "fat free" labels but contain much sugar so calorie inflow is guaranteed. Don't think that "fat free" means healthy! Western people consume more and more "fat free" food, but obesity grows in greater rates than ever before!

Vendor machines don’t contain healthy snacks

Best food for healthy snacks

Here are some ideas on healthy snacks:

Raw veggies like celery, морковь, cauliflower, broccoli, green pepper, green beans, cucumbers, mushrooms or zucchini, maybe served with a low fat sauce
Fresh fruits
Low fat quick breads and muffins
Low fat cereals, mixes of popcorn and grain cereal for snack
Low fat yoghurt with fresh or frozen fruits, same as low fat milk

Organize yourself to keep on losing your weight

Plan to have a snack in the mid morning and in the mid afternoon. It’s much better to bound your hunger than starve.
Plan your snacks as a part of your overall plan of daily food.
Organize your week – especially when you work outside your home. Make the list of snacks for the whole week and make sure you have bought all the foods in advance. Buy enough to hold out the whole week.
Vary your healthy snacks not to get bored

Studies show that people who have healthy snacks four or five times a day, are less prone to obesity as comparing to those who eats three or less times a day.

Remember, snacks can be great for you!

How we are gaining fat?

Have you ever been wondering how we become fat?

Reasons for gaining fat

There are two major reasons for gaining fat:

Excessive calorie consuming
Consuming high-glycemic carbohydrates

The sources of excessive calories can be carbohydrates, fats and proteins as well. There are two ways of getting fats into blood stream in our body.

Process of fat gaining

Let’s see how the process of storing fat occurs.

The first way: Dietary fats are passing through the intestines in the form of chylomicrons (long chain fatty acids) and then convert into triglycerides, which is the only form for them to travel freely in the blood.

The excessive fats are being stored in fat cells under the process called lipohenesis.

The second way: Fats are also produced by the liver in the form of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), that are also converted in triglycerides.

The liver has the ability to transfer carbohydrates and proteins in fats in case of their excessive consumption and if the body doesn’t need them for recovery and tissues regeneration.

Chylomicrons (fats from the intestine) and lipoproteins (fats produced by the liver) are capable of stimulating the synthesis of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which is an enzyme that is produced in the fat cells for the conversion of triglycerides into free fat acids and glycerol.

Fats can delve into fat cells (adipocites) only in the form of free fatty acids.

Inside the fat cells free fatty acids need glycerol to be turned back into triglycerides, in which state they can be stored.

The role of insulin

Now comes the part of insulin here. As well as lowering sugar blood levels, insulin stimulates fat cells to produce more LPL. It also decreases the capacity of fat cells to spend fat being stored in them.

Another insulin capacity is transporting glucose to the fat cells. Glucose is the major source of glycerol needed for conversion of free fatty acids into triglycerides.

Insulin also makes it easy for carbohydrates to turn into fats by activating enzymes that are necessary for this process.

Insulin is the main provider to the process of storing adipose tissue, or fat.

As we can see, eating much high-glycemic carbohydrates promote gaining fat, because they stimulate the spiking of large dozes of insulin into blood stream for the short time.

How to reduce fat gaining

In order to prevent the above mentioned processes, we should behave as follows:

Keep our daily calories as the maintenance level, to avoid transferring carbohydrates and proteins into fats, as well as introduction of large amounts of triglycerides from dietary fats in our blood.
Consume moderate amounts of low-glycemic carbohydrates, to evade abrupt leaps of insulin level.

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Herbal weight loss supplements - not always safe

Herbs are used in medicine for a long time – thousands of years, and proved its benefits for our health. Herbs are plant or a part of a plant that are applied in medicine for its curative properties. Unfortunately, many plants can be poisonous and harmful for a man’s health, so despite being called “natural”, herbs are not always safe for us.

Usually herbs are widely used in different natural dietary supplements, which are usually not examined for verifying their efficacy and safety for the consumers before marketing. The situation is quite opposite with prescription weight loss pills, which are tested for the safety and side effects before entering the market.

Some ingredients in herbal supplements were found to be incompatible with other ones, or with substances in other medicines, be it prescription drugs or other supplements. Like prescription medications, natural herbal supplements may cause some health problems. They may be not good enough if you have certain medical conditions:

Increased blood hypertension
Thyroid gland problems
Blood-clotting problems
Diabetes of both types
Heart disease
Epilepsy
Psychiatric disorders
Liver problems
Enlarged prostate gland
Glaucoma
History of stroke or transplanted organs

Also herbal weight loss supplements are recommended to use cautiously for pregnant or nursing women and persons who are being prepared for surgery.

You should consult your doctor before taking any (!) herbal weight loss supplements. It is also important to use only high quality slimming pills that were medically endorsed to contain perfectly balanced mix of ingredients, with their efficacy clinically tested and safety guaranteed.

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Benefits of physical activity

Healthcare experts explain us that our overall well-being will be better if we include exercising as a necessary part of our daily routine. If combined with healthy dieting and adequate rest, exercise will be the best way for us to achieve perfect health.

Even slight increasing of physical activity gives people significant improvement in well-being.

Exercises are beneficial not only as great support in fast weight loss, but also as prevention of risks of many common diseases that tend to reduce our life span. Let’s review most important benefits of exercises.

Exercises reduce the risks of premature death.
Exercises prevent the risks of progress of such diseases like cancers, stroke, arthritis and diabetes.
Exercises are the cornerstone for effective and long term weight loss, helping us to get rid or fat, cholesterol levels, triglycerides in our bloodstream, as well as increasing our metabolic rate. You may notice that active people tend to say “Eat anything and not gain weight” – it’s the merit of regular physical activity.
Exercises are great improver of our immune system, along with improving our oxygen circulation for the entire body. Exercising is indispensable for the people living in bad environment of big cities and industrial zones.
Physical activity prevents us from the risk of type 2 diabetes by increasing our insulin sensitivity.
We become more enduring while exercising, and feeling more energetic. Regular physical activity slows down aging and improves our mental well-being as well.
Exercising can significantly improve the condition of bones and joints, which is crucial for obese people.
Improved physical conditions help enhance our mental endowments, like creativity and imagination. It helps us feel good about ourselves and positively affects our self esteem.
While exercising, our brain produce increased amounts of hormones endorphins, which give us high spirited feeling, and make us stay positive.
Exercising is also good for better sleeping. Good portion of physical activity make our sleep more relaxing and our body recovers better from tiredness. Be noticed that exercise is best recommended before at least 3 hours before you go to bed.

Well, now you better rise and start moving! Remember, any type of physical activity is beneficial for your health, be it fitness or weight lifting or simple jogging – all of it affects your well being positively. If your goal is losing weight and you consider it serious, best chance to reach your goal fast is natural weight loss pills, healthy nutrition and physical activity.

Diet myths revealed

The world of diets is full of myths, talks and speculations. We heard of them thousand of times, but are they true? Is it a good idea to expel sugar from your diet? Would it be beneficial for you to never touch fat and alcohol again? It seems link a one-way ticket to failure. There are too few people who are ready to ban certain foods forever and stick to their promise.

The basic idea behind any diet is eating food containing fewer calories than our body needs for maintaining its current weight. So the body is forced to spend the stored fat to replenish the energy it doesn’t get from the food. But the diet should also be tasty and nutritious. Simply banning certain food types is not a solution because anyone who follows such diet will eventually feels need in deficient ingredients that inevitably results in return to old habits.

People should be smart about using such meal replacements like Mypoplex, Slimfast or Eat-Smart. These combinations of high protein and low fat substances are not substitutes for a proper diet. They are not advised to use more than four weeks in a row. Our body cannot get on without calories for too long. Long run cutting of calories is a huge mistake as our intestines need calories for normal functioning. Using meal replacements for a week or two as a shock treatment can be good. But eating them for months means looking for a trouble. The same is true about one product diets like cabbage soup diets, as they are based on the same idea.

Another widespread myth is the idea of low carb and high protein diet as best weight loss approach.

This is one of myths emerged from Hollywood slimming industry. Almost all movie stars or singers are on this kind of diets.

But, this approach is not too good, because low carb diet forces our body to utilize carbohydrates stored in liver and muscles.

At the same time such diet leads to weight loss mainly from water expenses instead of fat, that lead to exhaustion of our inner organs.

There’s no sense in banning such products like potatoes, bread and pasta, that are leading sources of carbohydrates.

Actually carbohydrates are useful, because they suppress hunger without bringing many calories.

We can easily consume moderate amounts of potatoes or bread, provided that they are not mixed with butter or sauces that are rich in fats.

At the same time, high protein and low fat diet is better than complete suspension of potatoes and bread from our meals; besides, it is quite easy to follow.

Drinking certain amount of water daily is also a great idea, as water fills the stomach and keeps the body hydrated. Water is also contributes to making our intestines healthy, by means of driving undigested food through the digestive system.

But simple water drinking cannot trigger weight loss. There’s only one way to lose weight, through the burning of body fat, and water cannot do that.

Also the diet cannot be judged by how much weight we lose in a week. Some people consider that diet is effective in case weight loss is about 2 pounds a week.

Frankly speaking, losing more than 2 pounds a week is quite much weight to lose, so you can be sure that it may be not only fat loss, but also the lean tissue that forms muscles.

Another myth claims that fat is absolutely bad for us.

This is not true. Just the opposite, our body needs some fat in order to get essential fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, circulating over cardiovascular system.

Moreover, fat also brings to our organism necessary fatty acids omega-3 and omega-6 that cannot be synthesized in our body.

We should necessarily include them in our daily ration as they are playing important role to our health.

The recommended fat dose is about 35% of daily calories consumption.

And the last and most widespread myth is that a diet or eating plan itself is enough and it doesn’t have to be combined with exercising and taking weight loss pills.

Exercising is by far the most effective way to burn excess calories stored as fat. Sitting at the desk the whole day won’t help lose weight regardless which diet we are on.

Remember that a diet including various foods (right matched to be healthy), plenty of exercising and natural weight loss pills is much better than sitting at the sofa and drinking cabbage soup every 6 hours. That works a lot faster and is less stressful to our body.

Proactol fat binder review

noreply@blogger.com (SizeGenetics) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +0000

What is Proactol fat binder?

Proactol™ diet pill is a clinically proven organic fat binder that is recommended and endorsed for the treatment of obesity and overweight.

Fat binding is safe method for treating obesity by removing fat from the body prior to digestion.
Fat binder causes weight loss by binding with fats in the stomach, and preventing them from being digested, absorbed into our bloodstream and stored in the body.

Proactol™ is 100% natural, 100% organic, based on a patented fibre complex NeOpuntia® made from dehydrated leaves of the nutritious cactus "Opuntia fiscus-indica".

Most of the weight loss pills on the market are based on hoodia, chitosan, green tea or other active ingredients.
Usually we face numerous claims about amazing effects of a certain weight loss product.
Digging deeper, we cannot find any clinical endorsements to those claims or stay uncertain of real authenticity of pills’ components.

And at last, Proactol™ appeared on the market.
Proactol™ weight loss pill complies MDD 93/42/EEC standard as a "medical device product" for the treatment of obesity.
Its efficacy is backed by no less than 4 pre-clinical studies and numerous smaller studies.

How Proactol helps lose weight

Proactol natural fibre complex consists of two fibres: a non-soluble fiber and a soluble fibre both working in different ways to help us manage our weight and improve our overall health.

Non-Soluble fibers

When Proactol™ non-soluble fibres come into contact with dietary fats it binds with them immediately to form a fluid gel around the fat. This makes the fats complex too large to be absorbed by our body. Unabsorbed fats then pass naturally through our body. Proactol™ has been clinically proven to bind over 27% of dietary fats.

Soluble fibers

Proactol™ soluble fibers are highly viscous when binding with bile acids to create a very viscous solution which slows down digestion and slows down the absorption of glucose.

Our stomach finds the viscous solution a lot harder to digest therefore it remains in our stomach far longer than an ordinary meal usually would. This gives us a feeling of being full for much longer.
Our appetite is suppressed and food cravings decrease too.

Proactol's fat binding properties are provided by active component NeOpuntia®, which is patented and beared numerous clinical studies that showed its efficacy.

What does Proactol do for you?
It prevents up to 30% of consumed fat from being absorbed by your body
It reduces calorie intake from your meals
It suppresses your appetite and makes you feel full for longer
It helps regulate cholesterol in your blood
It significantly provides losing your excess weight
All these Proactol weight loss capacities are not claims but clinically proven results obtained during numerous clinical researches. If your goal is taking control over your weight - Proactol is one of the best proven weight management solutions, that can give great results and feeling of confidence as your body will start to become slimmer and more healthy.

The official Proactol site where you can order Proactol, gives you an exclusive membership to a complete weight loss program, where you get all necessary guides on shifting your life towards healthy eating and exercising, with recipes and video demonstrations - all to make your weight loss as easy as it can be.