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Advantages of the Atkins Diet

June 25th, 2010

Dr.Robert Atkins addressed his own weight condition from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Realizing the benefits of the diet he  followed Atkins later popularized the idea as The Atkins Diet in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution in 1972. The Atkins Diet or just ‘Atkins’ is a well known low carbohydrate diet.

How Atkins Diet Works

The Atkins Diet states we can change our metabolism and lose weight easily simply by eating foods high in protein and fat and limiting foods high in carbohydrate. Consuming a high level of carbohydrates causes overproduction of insulin, leading to increased hunger and weight gain. The diet encourages the consumption of foods rich in protein.

The Four Stages of the Atkins Diet

Induction

The Induction phase is the first, and most restrictive, phase of the Atkins Nutritional Approach. It is intended to cause the body to quickly enter a state of ketosis. Carbohydrate intake is limited to 20 net grams per day.

Ongoing Weight Loss

The Ongoing Weight Loss (OWL) phase of Atkins consists of an increase in carbohydrate intake, but remaining at levels where weight loss occurs. The target daily carbohydrate intake increases each week by 5 net grams.

Pre-Maintenance

Carbohydrate intake is increased again this time by 10 net carbs a week from the ladder groupings, and the key goal in this phase is to find the “Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance”, this is the maximum number of carbohydrates you can eat each day without gaining weight.

Lifetime Maintenance

This phase is intended to carry on the habits acquired in the previous phases, and avoid the common end-of-diet mindset that can return people to their previous habits and previous weight. Whole, unprocessed food choices are emphasized, with the option to drop back to an earlier phase if you begin to gain weight.

Each stage becomes progressively less restrictive and gradually increases carbohydrates allowed.

What Food is Allowed in Atkins Diet

The allowed foods include a liberal amount of all meats, fish, shellfish, fowl, and eggs; up to 4 ounces (113 g) of soft or semi-soft cheese; salad vegetables; other low carbohydrate vegetables; and butter and vegetable oils.

Sample Menu Plan from the Atkins Diet

Breakfast:

Italian sausage frittata

Cup of Herbal Tea

Lunch

Tuna salad with mixed leafy greens topped with bacon bits

Dinner:

Bacon cheeseburger with broccoli and cauliflower

Fresh fruit kebobs

Snacks:

High-protein, low-sugar snack bar

What Food is Not Allowed in Atkins Diet

No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages, not even diet soda. Beverages are limited to water, and consumption of caffeine is not allowed. It May be difficult to eliminate breads and cereals, especially in families with children who love these types of foods.

Misconceptions about the Atkins Diet

Many people incorrectly believe that the Atkins Diet promotes eating unlimited amounts of fatty meats and cheeses. This is a key point of clarification that Dr. Atkins addressed in the more recent revisions of his book. Although the Atkins Diet does not impose limits on certain foods, or caloric restriction in general, Dr. Atkins points out in his book that this plan is “not a license to gorge.

Another common misconception arises from confusion between the Induction Phase and rest of the diet. The first two weeks of the Atkins Diet are strict, with only 20g of carbohydrates permitted per day. Atkins states that a dieter can safely stay at the Induction Phase for several months if the person has a lot of weight to lose. Once the weight-loss goal is reached, carbohydrate levels are raised gradually, though still significantly below USDA norms, and still within or slightly above the definition of ketosis.

Known Health Benefits of the Atkins Diet

There are over 50 studies that highlight the positive weight loss results and other health benefits associated with following the Atkins Diet. These benefits include weight loss, improvement in risk factors for heart disease, hypertension and diabetes, inflammation, benefits in treating epilepsy and decreasing obesity in children and adolescents.

Study out of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Washington University School of Medicine randomly assigned participants to a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diet or a low-calorie, high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet.  The low-carbohydrate diet produced a greater weight loss and was associated with a greater improvement in some risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Study out of Stanford University Medical School compared four weight-loss diets representing a spectrum of low to high carbohydrate intake for effects on weight loss and related metabolic variables. Participants assigned to follow the Atkins diet, which had the lowest carbohydrate intake, lost more than twice the weight and experienced favorable overall metabolic effects at 12 months than those assigned to follow the Zone, Ornish, or LEARN diets.

Additional Suggested Health Benefits of the Atkins Diet

Many people like being able to eat as much protein and fat as they wish, because these foods are often restricted in more traditional diet plans.

For people who have tried a low-fat, high-carbohydrate weight loss plan without success, increasing protein in their diet often results in decreased food cravings and more rapid weight loss.

The diet is relatively easy to follow; there are no complicated meal plans.

Potential Risks of the Atkins Diet

Eating unlimited amounts of fat, especially saturated fat found in meat products, can lead to increased risk of heart disease. Extensive research on healthy populations tells us to eat more fruits,vegetables and whole grains. Restricting these foods in the name of weight loss may lead to long-term health problems.

Additionally any diet that limits carbohydrate causes the body to rely on fat or muscle for energy. When our body breaks down stored fat to supply energy, a byproduct called ketones is formed. Ketones suppress appetite, but they also cause fatigue, nausea, and a potentially dangerous fluid loss. Anyone with diabetes, heart, or kidney problems should check with their physician before following a low-carb diet.

Unpleasant side effects include constipation (caused by the low-fiber diet) and bad breath.

Impact of the Atkins Diet on Diet Culture

Since the Atkins Diet made headlines n the late ’90s, there has been an explosion of low carbohydrate versions of traditionally high carbohydrate products, such as bread, pasta and even candy. Thiewed as the “grand daddy” and cause of the explosion of low carrb diets popularity in the nineties to early 2000.

What the Experts are Saying about the  Atkins Diet

Atkins Diet supporters claim it offers faster weight loss and a relatively user-friendly eating plan. Sceptics, including dietitians and nutritionists, maintain that Atkins Diet weight loss is both short-term and possibly a health risk, even though the weight loss itself may have the beneficial effect of lowering cholesterol.

Dr. Foster, one of the researchers involved in studying the Atkins Diet, acknowledged the possible health dangers of the Atkins diet and stated a longer five-year study was planned:

“This larger study of 360 participants will help us more fully assess the benefits and risks of low-carbohydrate diets on bone mass, kidney function, arterial function and exercise tolerance,” he said. “I’m very, very concerned that people will get the message from these studies that the Atkins diet is safe and effective, but I don’t believe we know that yet.”

Brigid McKevith, a nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF), said:

“We welcome the fact that the Atkins diet is being studied scientifically and that randomised controlled studies have been carried out, because it’s very popular with the public. [however] There are several potential problems with the Atkins diet. These include long term bone health, as with a very high protein intake the excretions of calcium increase, so there could be implications for the health of bones,” she explained.

“There could be difficulties for people who have an underlying problem with their kidneys or liver, because it would be putting more strain on those organs, and problems in terms of heart disease too, as it’s a diet very low in fruits and vegetables. Also, it’s very low in fiber, so in terms of digestive health, it’s not in keeping with our fibre and complex carbohydrate recommendations.”

Belinda Linden, head of medical information at the British Heart Foundation, holds similar views.

“The new studies do not indicate a dramatic weight loss for excessively obese people,” she said. “Previous studies have shown that weight loss from the Atkins Diet may involve muscle loss rather than body fat. Another potential problem is that it is so far unclear from studies whether weight loss is sustained over a longer period than six months. One of the studies shows no significant difference at 12 months.” She added that: “With minimal fruit and vegetables included in the diet, it holds serious implications for coronary heart disease and cancer. Diets need to be varied to protect against these conditions – and this one isn’t. This diet requires further long term and larger studies before its effectiveness can be confirmed.”

Volumetrics author Barbara Rolls, PhD, who holds the Guthrie Chair in Nutrition at Penn State University, offers a very simple explanation as to why people lose weight on Atkins diet:

“They’re cutting calories, even if they don’t realize it. No one has shown, in any studies, that anything magical is going on with Atkins other than calorie restriction. The diet is very prescriptive, very restrictive, and limits half of the foods we normally eat. In the end it’s not fat, it’s not protein, it’s not carbs – it’s calories. You can lose weight on anything that helps you to eat less, but that doesn’t mean it’s good for you.”

Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physicians Commission for Responsible Medicine, a non-profit research group based in Washington, says:

“Low-carb diets have been linked to increased frequency of colon cancer, formation of kidney stones, kidney disease, and even osteoporosis… The reason for the health worries is in large part due to red meat. People who eat meat every day have three times greater risk of developing colon cancer. And then there is the problem of the kidneys. They aren’t designed to work on an oil slick of fat.”

Susan Barr, registered dietitian in New York City, says:

“There have been reports in the medical literature that say that this low-carb diet may not be as bad as we thought. That makes people interested again in this diet, but until there is more research on what stresses the diet places on the body, there is no way to know what it might be doing besides providing short-term weight loss.”

The Bottom Line

The Atkins Diet is an optimally balanced lifetime eating plan with the flexibility to meet each individual’s unique physical condition addressing factors such as age, gender, level of physical activity, and metabolic rate.

This diet may seem like the tastiest way to lose weight, but don’t be misled by claims of effortless weight loss and unlimited amounts of food. Nothing is that simple!

Jeff Behar, MS, MBA has over 30 years of experience in Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Anti-aging Fields.


Jeff also started lifting at 13, and became a natural bodybuilder, competing at the national level. He has trained with top Olympia IFBB champions. Jeff is also a popular writer, writing in excess of 2000 articles, as well as being a routine contributor to magazines, newsletters, reference books, and other online health, Nutrition and fitness sites. Jeff is also a well sought after trainer, and motivational speaker having trained several clients in the entertainment field. Jeff also worked alongside a renowned Beverly Hills Cosmetic Surgeon and Dermatologist providing office management, marketing and client services in the areas of anti-aging, wellness and body image consulting.


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Weightloss With NLP

June 15th, 2010

NLP can be useful for people struggling to lose weight. In fact, wanting to lose weight is a fairly common reason for why people seek NLP, Herts. Whilst NLP is by no means a magic diet pill, it can be very useful in addressing the issues associated with over-eating such as confidence, self-esteem, motivation and negative coping strategies. This article discusses seven NLP tools, which can help you in being slim and healthy.

1. NLP Communication Model – This model underlies any change work in NLP and a good therapist will explain this model to you. It is very important as it tells us how people use language in specific patterns, during thinking. Depending on the nature of the way you talk to yourself when thinking, you could be undermining the efforts you make to eat healthily and be slim. The NLP communication model can help you to begin to be much more aware of the language you use during thinking, in order that you can develop positive thinking habits. Since how you think has a massive effect on how you feel, it also effects how you behave. Change your thinking patterns and you will get different behavioural results. In the case of weight loss, this can be a change in your eating or exercise habits.

2. NLP Presuppositions – These are a set of convenient beliefs which if you subscribe to them, can lead to you feeling much more empowered. For example, one of the presuppositions is that all behaviour has a positive intention. This does not mean that everything a person does it morally good or good for society. It means that each person, only always carry out behaviours that are positive for them in some way, i.e. meet some higher human need. So, if you feel frustrated at yourself for overeating when you feel you really shouldn’t, its time to begin to think about what needs you meet through food. Only, then can you acknowledge that you have been doing the best with the resources available to you at the time and begin to plan how to meet the need met by food in a more positive way.

3. NLP Frame – Cause is greater then effect. NLP frames are frames of reference that guide the individual towards taking responsibility for themselves, how they feel and what happens in their lives. During NLP therapy you will be encouraged to BE at CAUSE. This means that things happen in your life because of you, not too you. NLP does not claim this to always be the case, it asks you to try to live your life guided by the frames. Being at cause means you get the credit for all the great things you achieve, of course, it also means that you have to take responsibility for outcomes that your not so proud of. How does this relate to dieting? Well as a person who used to smoke and who tried to stop for several years before I was successful, I know that I felt much more comfortable about lighting up, if I had a reason (excuse). So, it was the fault of my stressful day, argument with boyfriend, because I’d had a glass of wine, because I needed to relax and not because I was choosing to smoke over other behavioural options. This can be the case, with bingeing or snacking. Once you begin to stop kidding yourself during thinking and actually begin to stop and say, actually I don’t have to eat this, I can act in a different way, I take responsibility, you have taken a big step towards the slimmer you.

4. NLP Formal Change Techniques – There are several formal change techniques, which are useful for helping with weight-loss. The most appropriate technique will depend on your unique problem. Here are a few: 1) The Swish Technique can be used if you wish to replace a highly contextualised problem behaviour with a more positive behaviour. It works to eliminate behaviours that occur in specific situations after specific triggers. 2) Parts Integration is very useful at uncovering the positive intention of your unhelpful eating habits and dealing with incongruent behaviour and feelings. If you’ve had the experience of thinking ‘how have I just eaten that, I’ve been doing so well’, this technique could help you! 3) Like To Dislike – This technique is based on information about how we code memories in our brain. We tend to code things we like in a different way to things we don’t like. So, if you have a particularly problematic food type, its possible to change the memory of the problematic food type into the memory of a food you can’t stand. This technique works really well if you have a food that you really hate! 4) Hypnosis with positive suggestion – many NLP therapists will have studied hypnotic techniques based on the Ericksonian model, during NLP training and will utilise these techniques during therapy sessions.

5. Getting Leverage – NLP therapists are skilled at getting leverage. This basically means helping the client to recognise and experience the impact of the problem behaviour, such as overeating, on themselves and those around them. It will help you find your motivation and will identify those who are not motivated.

6. Setting Well Formed Goals. NLP takes goals setting seriously and has developed criteria for goal setting that results in the goals being much more achievable and likely to be reached. Your therapist can support you in working towards your weight loss goals.

7. Developing Positive Coping Strategies. Acknowledge that your problematic eating has served a purpose in the past, in that it has likely been a method for coping. Now you want to develop positive coping strategies that serve you in the present and future. When would now be the right time to be good to yourself?

These are just a few of the ways that NLP can help you develop new options in thinking and behaviour. I have found these techniques effective during NLP, Herts at my NLP practice, Herts, when supporting clients in losing weight.

Karen is a mental health occupational therapist. Karen practices privately in Hertfordshire, where she employs NLP and Hypnotherapy techniques to help people with weight loss, as well as many other emotional, psychological and behavioural issues. Visit http://www.karenhastings.co.uk

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Weightloss Without the Bs, Buzzwords, or Fads

June 3rd, 2010

Losing weight is a lot more simple than even the simplest plans try to make out – It all boils down to basic physics. The logic that the number of calories entering your body needs to be less than calories put out is something seemingly intuitive, but it is surprisingly often ignored. The problem with most diet plans is they ignore the differences in a person’s metabolism and natural resting rate of calories burned. This is very easy to calculate, and in fact, doesn’t need to be “calculated” at all.

The first thing you need to determine is the average amount of calories you take in per day. Simply take a few days and record on paper the calories you eat. This might seem like a nuisance at first, but once you eventually see results, it becomes second nature. The calories will be available (per serving) on the back of mostly everything you eat or drink.

After you get a few days recorded, find the average calories taken in per day. For our purposes, this is the roughly the amount of calories your body takes in to maintain your current weight. This knowledge is powerful and surprisingly unknown to many trying to lose weight.

Now what? Cut down on calories. Yes, it’s really that simple. You might be thinking “well of course”, however, most people trying to do a method similar to this do it haphazardly and either count incorrectly, or use an arbitrary model of an average person’s daily caloric intake (remember those estimated recommended daily calorie counts on nutrition labels?).

How to go about cutting down on calories is also important. The first thing you need to cut down in your diet is sugar.

Sugar is incredibly fattening. Once in your body, it triggers an insulin response and almost immediately gets stored as fat. Foods that are high in starch and simple carbohydrates, such as potatoes and very processed grains, will have a similar response. Some diets instruct you to eat more whole grains and protein. This is the reason behind it.

For example, if you eat an average of 2900 calories per day and a reduction in sugary and starchy foods (such as soda and sugary juices) cuts your daily calorie count to 2700, you will steadily lose weight.

If a several hundred calorie reduction doesn’t help you lose weight, try a hundred more until you’re happy with the pace you’re going.

In order to cope with the lack of sugars (and fats, which are calorie rich), increase the intake of protein. This will also help you retain muscle mass as you drop pounds.

It’s a good idea to time your meals to ingest carbs and fats early and midday, and protein at night. This will allow your body all day to burn off the carbs and fat, leaving you protein at night to fill you up and preserve muscle while your body burns off some weight.

Diet pills are often advertised as being a sort of miracle cure. Many people try them and stop after a few weeks, not seeing results. The amount most diet pills increase your metabolic rate of burn is insignificant – where they CAN help is to curb your appetite while dieting. A lot of successful dieters I have consulted with supplement their diet with pills to help them during the tough times simply adjusting to eating less.

If you’re planning on trying the above method, picking up a pill regimen can increase your odds of success.

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Safe Weight Loss – How To Loose Weight Extremely Fast – Ultimate Weight Loss

May 28th, 2010

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‘Lose Weight Fast’ programs and ‘Fad’ diets do work to shed pounds but usually these regimes are not sustainable. Why do all that work when you can adjust your lifestyle with minimal impact to your daily routine and develop a lifelong habit to keep that ideal weight?

Weight has become a problem among as how best can we loose weight and still have a quench of the taste? Losing weight has become a home work for a lot of people. How can we live normal lives and not worry about our weights?

The best weight loss exercise is not walking on a treadmill for less than an hour everyday. It also is not swimming a lot of laps in an Olympic-sized pool. It is not running 5 miles everyday as well.

This is not how to lose belly fat fast – starving yourself and not exercising. Getting your nutrition right eating more in controlled portions and working out regularly are the best combinations for effective weight loss. There’s no point to stop eating – it’s just plain stupid – and you will fall to the temptations of cravings.

Whether you are happy with your weight or just want to drop 5 to 10 pounds weight control is all about making lifestyle changes. This is especially true if you want to keep the weight off for the duration of your life.The greatest thing about controlling your weight is you don’t have to learn anything new. You have already been using and applying several methods to lose weight; now these same methods can assist you in keeping the weight off

Some reasons that add to why people battle with losing weight

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Just What is in Diet Pills?

May 28th, 2010

The Answer to fat loss should always be viewed as long term solutions and not just to lose weight. You can’t find long term fat loss solutions in a pill bottle. Do you know what is in diet pills. There are many different varieties of diet pills and can they be used as a long term fat loss solution.Is using diet pills considered healthy living?

Most people have heard a bad story or two about several of the more popular diet pills at one time or another and how it’s subject did in fact lose weight but not without serious side effects and the weight came back. One such diet pill called phentermine is so popular that a single search returned more than 43 million hits. Although it’s popularity is phenomenal it is what is in diet pills like these that makes them a terrible risk to use.

 

Phentermine is closely related to amphetamines. It works as an appetite suppressant, stimulating the release of brain chemicals, which reduces sensations of hunger. Common side-effects of phentermine include mood swings, chest pain, tremors and irregular heartbeat. And if you overdose, it can lead to hallucinations, seizures, severe headaches, blurred vision and vomiting.

 

Although this particular drug is out lawed in many countries it can still be bought over the internet easily by pharmacies, as with many other out lawed drugs, because this particular law does not apply to the selling of these drugs over the internet. Most people don’t think that it could do any harm. They seem non-chalant as to what is in the diet pills and are prepared to risk using them anyway. Some users reported feeling more alert and awake, full of energy, and not hungry at all only moments after taking the drug..

 

After several days had passed one subject reported how she had started shaking and grinding her teeth. She couldn’t eat anything more than a few apples and some toast. She’d lie awake staring at the ceiling and said that she felt extremely exhausted. Eventhough she had dropped 10lbs she felt that all of the above side effects were worth dropping the 10lbs. and considered continuing to use the drug. She started to get emotionally unstable and would burst into tears at an instance.

 

Proper meals, made her feel bloated and nauseous. People were constantly complimenting her so she kept on using the drug. When she reached her desired goal she would discontinue the use of the drug but then she would regain the weight, and she would have to start using the pills again and the side effects would get worse. She hardly slept and she would hallucinate, even pass out. By now, 3 years later, she was addicted and just had to have the drug. Amphetamine diet pills aren’t new and they’ve been around in various guises since the Sixties and are highly addictive. Users can experience painful withdrawal symptoms, including nausea, headaches and convulsions, when they try to stop taking the drug. Despite knowing all of this ,including, knowing what is in diet pills people still seek them out and use them. Is it worth permanently hurting yourself to lose weight only to regain the weight, sometimes more, using diet pills?

 

Innocently enough, people take this drug and others like it thinking it might be an easy way to lose weight, but become addicted. Because of extreme stress on the heart and raised blood pressure, side-effects can include convulsions, heart attacks, strokes and even death in extreme cases.

 

There are far better ways of dieting without putting yourself at risk to serious side effects or of becoming completely addicted or in extreme cases even death. While Knowing what is in diet pills should make one feel more confident about making a decision on whether or not to use a product, Long-term solutions where changing eating habits and foods are the main focus offer better chances of not regaining lost weight.

 

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Christian Goodman is a well known health researcher and the writer of several revolutionary natural health alter

January 25th, 2010

I always try to maintain my health in a natural way. I’m always fond knowing things about improving my health as I take my health seriously.

As long as my health is concerned I’m fond of knowing the things that I do not have control like genes, pollution etc and the things that I have control over my heath

On the basis of research I collected a lot of details on cytomegalovirus. And also its connection to hypertension. Mostly I prefer researching health topics that brings value to me and my clients.

Like so many viruses, CMV takes its name from Greek – cyto (cell) plus megalo (large). This virus is actually part of a larger herpes virus family. It is part of the same virus family of which mononucleosis is a member.

CMV virus affects 60 to 99 percentage of the population. Developing countries is mostly affected by this virus, even though it is found in almost all countries. Urine, saliva and semen are the substances through which this virus is passed.

The first thing a virus which I have not heard of affects 60 percentage of the population. Secondly there is 39 percent gap in infection rate reports to be inconsistent. This two reasons bother me a lot.

As I’m not a doctor I asked one of my good friend who is a doctor about this. He replied on a average a person with a age 40 carries this virus and it is widespread. I was shocked to hear this.

My friend went on to explain that the virus doesn’t generally produce symptoms in children or adults unless the patient is has an immune compromised system already (HIV infected, organ transplant recipients and elderly patients).

This virus is rarely life threatening apart from the above said conditions. And about one percent of born babies get this virus as birth defect.

I can live with that if it is harmless.

Recent studies it has been confirmed that there is a connection between CMV virus and atherosclerosis. And this can lead to high blood pressure, but it is even more deadly when it is mixed with high cholesterol diet.

It can even affect younger patients, but it is commonly found in persons above the age of 80. If untreated hypertension can destabilize all the other organs and this may lead to conditions like stroke, blindness etc.

This opens new doors as far as preventative medicine is concerned. New research has lead many experts to consider vaccines as an option when looking at high blood pressure patients.

Basically regular exercise and healthy diet are the better ways to eliminate hypertension. Only this will protect you from high blood pressure. You can also take prescribed medicine, but all the prescribed medicines comes with a side effect.

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Compares Several Teeth Whitening Methods

January 7th, 2010

With all the teeth whitening products on the market today, if I didn’t know any better I would have to say that this country’s toothpaste manufacturers must not be doing a very good job. How else can you explain just how popular teeth whiteners are, without pointing the finger at the first line of defense — your toothpaste?

But I think that’s probably a discussion for a different day. Today, let’s try and do a teeth whitening comparison so that we can find out which method, and which product, performs the best.

Before we begin, just a little note — because there are so many different teeth whitening methods out there, and so many competing teeth whitening products on the market, we can’t possibly cover everything in the limited space we have here.

So, I’ve put together some video reviews that I’d like to share with you that will give you a much better idea of exactly which teeth whitener is going to be the best for you. The links to these videos are down below, and we’ll get to them in just a second.

Plus, I’ll also show you some sneaky tricks that will allow you to pick up some of the most popular and effective teeth whiteners for free. (Just so you know, these are teeth whitening systems that can typically cost anywhere from $50-$100. So please stay tuned for that.)

But first, let’s just talk about some very basic ways to compare teeth whiteners…

You basically have three classes of whiteners — you have your whitening toothpaste, you have whitening strips, and then you have gel-based teeth whitening systems.

Let me just dismiss an entire class of these right now. If you think that you’re going to get the kind of smile and look that you’re after just by using a whitening toothpaste, you’re kidding yourself. Regularly using whitening toothpaste might help you maintain a decent looking set of choppers, but it will never, ever restore a dull smile.

Next you have the whitening strips. While these are better, most people don’t think they contain enough active ingredient to really do an effective job in a reasonable amount of time. Most of the reviews I’ve read have basically said that while the strips are certainly better than a simple toothpaste, you should plan on a definite time commitment if you’re looking for anything even approaching decent results.

Finally, we have systems that use basically the same active ingredients that you would find if you visited your dentist for a whitening treatment. As you might imagine, these have been shown to be the most effective.

The only problem with them is that the cost is obviously much higher. Still, even if you were to pay full price for these teeth whitening systems, you’d still be saving significant amounts of money versus a trip to the dentist’s office.

But remember, there are ways to get even very high priced and a effective teeth whiteners for free. More on this in a second.

The last class of whitening products, which I haven’t even really mentioned up until now, would be a whitening treatment administered by your dentist. This will get good results — although studies have been done that showed that nearly everyone believes a quality at-home whitener performs just as well, if not better. But as I mentioned above, you can expect to pay anywhere from $750 up to a few thousand dollars for this.

And what’s more, most dentists admit that their patients almost always return for multiple visits before they get the results they’re after. So you can see that this can become quite expensive very quickly.

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Why Organic Vitamins Are the Solution to Obesity and Help us Live Happier, Healthier, And Longer Lives

October 26th, 2009

Often, when we feel run down or just don’t have the energy to feel like doing something productive, it is common place nowadays to go for the most convenient food available to satisfy those cravings. Sound familiar? The problem here isn’t that the body doesn’t have enough food, although you feel hungry. Instead, often your body is telling you that it is lacking nutrition, which most convenience foods do not have. The solution is to get that nutrition through supplementation, particularly with Organic Vitamins because they are the purest form of concentrates from a variety of essential nutrients. The fact of the matter is that most of the food we eat today is processed, and as a result it is stripped of all the pure organic vitamins and minerals that it once had.

Turning to organic vitamins have also been shown to release natural energy stores within the body, which has been shown to help people stay active. As a result, of staying active and having the energy to maintain that activity, many people begin to lose weight or tone their bodies as a beneficial side effect. There are some other non organic vitamins that also have a lot of potential. However, as a result of research with regard to how they are manufactured and processed, often the body will not utilize all the minerals and nutrients in those types of vitamins. The unused portion of those non organic vitamins is quite literally flushing money down the toilet, especially if they claim to be time released because when they are done releasing, it is in a part of the intestines that cannot utilize all the benefits. This fallacy leads people to believe they are getting all the benefits on the label, where in fact they are actually absorbing only a very small amount of the nutrients available in the vitamin.

Contrary to what a lot of people believe, not all organic vitamins are created equally. For example, there is a reason someone can spend the same amount on a bucket of vitamins and someone else can spend the same amoutn on a month’s supply. This is because, like with most things in life, you get exactly what you pay for. When most people talk about vitamins these days, they are typically referring to a multivitamin because they have the most benefits to the body. However, there are vitamins that contain nutrients which target specific parts of the body. For example, most sports nutrition organic vitamins are quickly absorbed by the blood and carried out to the joints or muscle fibers which allows for faster recovery and more energy to those parts of the body when it’s needed. Similarly, there are a lot of weight management organic vitamins that can affect different parts of the body, such as increasing the heart rate or preventing absorption into the stomach or digestive track for example. Whichever organic vitamin is right for your particular needs, it is important to realize that getting enough nutrition into your diet is critically important to live a long and happy life.

For a long time I put health and fitness on the back burner in my life for until a doctor’s visit made me realize I was severely shortening my life with bad eating habits. After trying several different things, I chose to go with organic vitamins. I found that they quite literally changed my life by giving me the energy I needed to turn things around for the better. Organic Vitamin ReviewArticle Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/why-organic-vitamins-are-the-solution-to-obesity-and-help-us-live-happier-healthier-and-longer-lives-1378727.html

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Six Pack Abs Diet

October 12th, 2009

Do you know what the best six pack abs diet is?

Most people try to crash diet by eating 1 meal per day or try some new miracle diet that promises six pack abs with fast and easy.

In order to get six pack abs, you will need to have the right diet. It is plain and simple.

5 Facts You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat and Get Six Pack Abs

This article will show you some general guidelines for a six pack abs diet that you must follow if you want to see your abs with a lot of definition.

Because everyone is different, it is a good idea that you speak with a Registered Dietician about the best six pack abs diet for you individually. Everyone is different, and your safety comes first!


1. Decrease you overall number of calories.

This is crucial to have down if you want to get the most out of your six pack abs diet.

If you decrease your overall number of calories by about 500 per day (generally), you will lose 1lb each week. If you can create this kind of defecit in the number of calories you consume, then you will start to see a difference!

If this part of your six pack abs diet is not taken care of, then all your other exercise efforts will be in vain.

2. Eat 4-6 small meals per day.

5 Facts You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat and Get Six Pack Abs

This is a great addition to a proper six pack abs diet because this helps to regulate your blood sugar. The higher you blood sugar, the more insulin your body releases to store the excess as fat.

By including 4-6 small meals per day as part of your six pack abs diet, you will prevent the kind of spike in your blood sugar that happens after eating a very big meal.

Also, you will feel less hungry throughout the day! When you go several hours without eating, you are more likely to make poor food choices and eat a huge meal.

3. Do not eat 2/3 of your calories in the evening.

This is an important part of your six pack abs diet. For most people who have a day job, they tend to eat a small breakfast, small lunch, then a huge dinner when they get home.

This causes a big spike in blood sugar, which then translates to more of it being stored as fat.

You can prevent this by eating 4-6 smaller meals throughout the day.

4. Eat good quality protein, good carbs, and healthy fats.

Eating good quality protein such as chicken breast, turkey, fish, etc. is a great idea.

For carbs, try to go for whole grains and other things such as oatmeal and brown rice. These complex carbs are a great addition to your six pack abs diet because they require a lot of work for your body to break down. This makes your body have to use more energy during digestion.

Healthy fats are great and should be used in moderation. Omega 3′s are found in most types of fish.

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How to stay healthy while lossing weight fast?

October 8th, 2009

Fastest Way to Lose Weight

It is a fact that over half of Americans are overweight. With most of us having busy schedules, it’s not so easy to stick to diets or work out on a regular basis. But, all hope is not lost. The following advice should help you lose those unwanted bounds easily by following a safe diet plan and exercising.

The first piece of advice deals with exercising. Always exercise on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. Talk a walk on a treadmill or around the block a few times. Ten minutes will make a difference by burning stored energy – namely fat.

The second useful tip is not eating late night snacks. If you avoid snacking three hours before bedtime, you wont be storing fat, and you will be amazed at the results.

Tip number three suggests that if you are going to drink coffee, make it black. Fancy coffee flavored drinks with cream and sugar are loaded with calories, as opposed to zero in a good old cup of black coffee. http://yourbizwebsitesreviews.com/WeightLoss
Tip four recommends that you eat four or five small meals a day rather than the traditional three. Your metabolism needs constant fuel to burn fat. If you feed it in small amounts several times, your metabolism stays high and burns more calories.

Finally, cut down on your carbohydrate intake. This will make a huge difference in how much and how quickly you will lose weight. Eliminate as much bread and other starches as you can from your diet, and you’ll see why it works when you step on the scale. Take this advice, and you’ll see what easy weight loss dieting is all about.

Also Enjoy Eating More Fruits & Vegetables

Everyone agrees on the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables, but not enough people are following this important advice. Dietary experts recommend that every person should eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables is one of the easiest changes you can make to increase your level of health, lose weight and gain fitness.

The latest food guidelines recommend that adults eat from five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day. While that may seem like a lot, it is an important goal to strive for, and a very reachable one.

A serving of a fruit or vegetable is equal to:

1. 1 medium sized vegetable or fruit (such as an apple, orange or banana)

2. 2 small fruits (such as kiwi fruit or plums)

3. ½ cup of fresh, frozen or canned fruits or vegetables

4. ½ cup of 100% fruit juice

5. ¼ cup of dried fruit

6. 1 cup of green salad

Study after study has shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables lowers the risk of certain cancers, heart disease and other chronic diseases and conditions. One reason for the recommendation that everyone increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables is that many of these foods have been shown to have strong antioxidant qualities.

Many fruits and vegetables have high amounts of many antioxidant vitamins, including vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C. In addition to their importance as source of vitamins and minerals, fruits and vegetables also provide essential dietary fiber.

Many people do not realize, that in addition to vitamin C, oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits also contain significant amounts of fiber. Fiber plays an important role in digestion, and it is thought to have protective qualities against heart disease and some forms of cancer. In addition, fiber is thought to have the ability to lower high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Another great feature of fruits and vegetables, especially to those watching their weight, is the high nutrition, low fat, and low calorie nature of these foods. Fruits and vegetables contain very low levels of fats, and a diet low in fat can be quite effective for long-term weight loss. In addition, fruits and vegetables contain no cholesterol, and they are lower in calories than many other types of foods.

Fruits and vegetables have a lot of advantages besides just their nutritional importance. For one thing, they taste great and add a great deal of variety to everyday meals. Fruits and vegetables come in such a wide variety of colors, textures and flavors that they can be used in virtually every meal.

Those seeking to maximize their consumption of fruits and vegetables should get into the habit of using fruits in salads, as toppings and as garnishes.

No matter what your reason for following a healthy diet, we believe you will find that eating more fruits and vegetables is a delicious, as well as a nutritious, way to get the vitamins and minerals you need every day.

I hope that reading the above information was both enjoyable and educational for you. When word gets around about your command of healthy diet facts, others who need to know about fruits and vegetables will start to actively seek you out.

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