Losing a Pound a Day With the Mono Diet - How to Eat Only One Type of Food to Lose Weight

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Losing a pound a day with the Mono Diet may seem difficult to many, but this article will tell you how. More importantly, we will tell you how to eat only one type of food to lose weight so make sure to read the entire article.

Losing a Pound a Day With the Mono Diet - How to Eat Only One Type of Food to Lose Weight

One of the classics when it comes to being healthy and slim is losing a pound a day with the Mono Diet. Most people cannot keep up with this strategy while in fact it is so easy to follow. It is not like those complicated programs wherein they will ask you to eat various foods with specific measurements leaving you puzzled. The reason that most people do not want to try this program is that they think that they would be eating a single kind of food every day for the rest of their lives. Losing a pound a day with the Mono Diet is eating a single kind of food every meal. It does not mean that you have to eat the same foodstuff in all three meals daily. Some people suggest that raw chow will make the best choice for this kind of weight-loss program because of its higher nutritional value.

As we all know, there are three groups of foods. There are foods that are high in carbohydrates, high in protein, and those with starches. Examples of those that have high protein are eggs, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish. On the other hand, those with high carbohydrates, which are healthy, are fruits and vegetables. Lastly, those with starches are potatoes, pasta, bread, and pasta. Below is a concrete example of this program:

1. For breakfast, you can eat an apple and two bananas to give you the needed energy to last for as much as 24 hours.

2. You can eat a half-roasted chicken without the skin. Roast is better than frying chicken to avoid fattening oils sticking to the chicken.

3. Three baked potatoes will suit your evening appetite. Frying potatoes is not a good choice so it should either be roasted or baked.

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Eat, Sleep and Play to Be Young and Fit

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People have never been fatter, sicker and weaker than they are now. Whenever I travel to the US I am blown away at how many people are fat and grossly out of shape. Canada is getting there too but seems to be a decade behind or so. I was in Walmart here in Calgary the other day and literally became worried about Western Civilization.

Eat, Sleep and Play to Be Young and Fit

Why are fat kids drinking slurpies while their parents load the grocery cart with cheap processed poison a common site now? Obesity and diabetes are epidemic in North America. Why? Unfortunately the common response to being obese seems to be taking drugs and then as a last resort surgery. It drives me crazy!

The solution to the obesity epidemic is so simple and free that I don't understand why this is even a problem. Hey, I was fat too, and after a little reading and self searching I have never struggled with my weight again. All we have to do is look back before our world changed and conspired to make us fat and weak for profit. Look back at how people lived before being 30% body fat was considered normal.

Before the industrial revolution:

Eat
People ate unprocessed foods. They did eat a lot of grains, but their grains were actually wholesome and were eaten to fill a hungry belly more than anything else. Meat was craved, and veggies were always beside them.

Do not listen to anything you ever see on TV about food, especially supposed health food. If it comes in a wrapper and has any chemicals in it, it is not healthy or natural, despite what Kelloggs and General Mills would have you believe.

I am a big believer in the Paleo diet and as a result think you should only eat what nature has provided humans for thousands of years.

Eat This:

* natural or organic meat
* tons of veggies
* some fruit
* nuts
* natural full fat yogurt
* berries
* fish, especially fatty omega-3 fish like wild salmon

Do not eat this:

* grains
- don't believe the hype, even the most natural grains are filled with phytoestrogens and phytades which actually prevent the absorption of nutrients
* milk
- it is basically chemical sugar water now, it is so far removed from what comes out of a cow that I don't think anyone should drink it
* anything processed (in a package or wrapper)
* alcohol, obviously
* sugar
- it promotes cancer in the body and actually feeds cancer cells
* corn
- it is a grain not a veggie
- corn derivatives like high-fructose corn syrup are killing our children with obesity and as a result diabetes

I should mention that nobody is perfect when it comes to eating well, especially me. The idea is to stay as true to a natural diet as possible so when you do screw up at a party you are not going to fall into a diabetic coma.

Sleep
Before TV and computers do you know what people did when it got dark? They slept! They slept for about 10 hours a day compared to our current norm of 5-7.

In fact, Sleep is so important to weight loss and physical health that preventing it was a favorite torture method of the Soviets. Your body needs sleep to recover from damage and stress, it is how you repair yourself. Forget about late night TV and go to bed early. You will lose weight and feel better almost immediately.

Did you know that Cuban Olympic weight lifters used to sleep 9 hours a day and then nap for 3 hours? I leaned that from Dan John's site. They did this to recover from the stress of training and to keep their weight down to stay competitive in their class. I actually tried this for a few weeks a while back and never felt better. It was unreal!

Exercise/Play
Imagine a world of no cars. A world where if you needed to go across town you actually walked there, even if it took a few days. Maybe you rode a horse instead, but that is still fairly physical. Not to mention that they actually had to physically work each and every day just to survive. From hunting to building to carrying things, people burned some serious calories just living. Today people sit on their asses all day and then might hit the gym for an hour or so before going back to sitting. Unless you are moving for 8 hours a day you are sedentary, so stop thinking your 3x a week gym schedule should be getting you lean!

You need to train hard and often to really be physically fit. Unless you are an elite athlete you should vary your activities as much as possible. I recommend six days a week of good solid activity and one day a week of pure rest. Our lives are incredibly sedentary so six days a week of varied activity will not be too much as long as you are sleeping and eating correctly. Before you surf along to a website that tells you it is OK to not exercise often and you can have abs too, remember that you can make exercise fun. It doesn't have to be a chore. Here is some direction:

* Sprints, 1-2 time a week
* Lift heavy stuff, 3 time a week
* Lift light stuff for high reps, 2-3 times a week
* Long slow cardio, hiking or biking, not jogging, 1 time a week
* Play, 1-4 times a week
- sports, goof around on a jungle gym, just have fun with your workouts!
* Take the stairs
* Walk or bike to work
* Go for a walk at lunch time
* Find excuses to exercise without exercising!

To sum it up, being healthy and looking like it too is really simple.

Eat a diet consisting of natural foods that are high in nutrition and low in empty calories.

Sleep as much as possible, 10 hours is a good start. Just turn off the boob tube and go to bed! Maybe even bring your spouse with you there a little early;)

Exercise hard and often but make it fun. Join a sports team, go for hikes with your significant other, and don't be afraid to lift some iron to keep that muscle on. Vary your activities so you aren't bored and going through the motions.

In summary, do exactly the opposite of what all the fat people are doing and you will look and feel great.

Original article source: http://kettlebellplanet.blogspot.com/2010/05/eat-sleep-and-play-to-be-young-and-fit.html

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The Caveman Paleolithic Diet - How to Get Healthier

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From various media, we have been told that we should build our diet from carbohydrate-rich foods, cereals, wholemeal bread and pasta.Those foods are the backbone of a healthy food.

The Caveman Paleolithic Diet - How to Get Healthier

But it belongs to the point that we do not need any starchy foods. We need no extra supply of carbohydrates.

There is no one who has died because of too few carbohydrates, but there are many who have gone now because of too little fat or protein.

It is therefore quite useless to bring the body carbohydrates, the body can cope with, but we do not need.

We need fat and protein

The liver is the body can produce glucose in the body and it uses the fat and protein for this. The liver can manufacture about four cups of sugar and it is enough to meet the tissues that need it.

You can actually get by without eating a single iota of sugar or starch, but you have to have enough protein and fat.

Caveman diet

This did our ancestors in many hundreds of thousands of years. They lived by hunting and fishing and took advantage of the nuts, berries and fruit that they found.But they never ate, breakfast cereals, bread, pasta, potatoes or any other sugary foods.

Now this does not mean that you forever must avoid anything with sugar in it but when you have regained your position as a healthy man that is good values in terms of sugar in the body, so you can vary the diet a bit without body damage.

From and to help you eat more starchy foods. But it must not be staple food in your life, for when you return to the old habit and becomes round and tired etc....

The Solution

The solution is easy to give your body the nutrients it needs and then let it take care of their health improvement on their own.

Digestion is needed to break down all aspects of food into a liquid that the body can benefit from. When starch is broken down to glucose, there is a risk that blood sugar rises. If you eat a potato, it is comparable to eating half cup of sugar!

The same is true if you eat bread, waffles, cookies, pasta and rice. Carbohydrates get the body to affect insulin production and it will be a rush of insulin factory to decompose carbohydrates.

So it is a good idea to avoid these foods to return to better health and perhaps a reduced weight, allowing you to do more and find life on the bright side...

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What Kind of Person Does It Take to Become a Dietician?

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It takes a special kind of person to not just become a dietician, but to be successful at it. There are a great deal of different dietary paths that one can explore and choose to share with their clients. Paleo, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, and countless others are all different paths one may follow on their dietary journey. Being a dietician means that you must be knowledgeable in all of these areas as diet is not a one size fits all situation.

What Kind of Person Does It Take to Become a Dietician?

Every person, healthy and sick, has a different health profile that demands different things from their diet. An effective dietician must be able to help others choose the right path for their clients based on their family history, disease profile, and personal preferences. Beyond that, there are different religious beliefs and health problems that may make a certain type of diet more beneficial for certain people. This is a key point to being a dietician. You must get to know your client and be able to pick the type of plan that is going to improve their health and also be safe for them. The best dieticians have empathy for the predicament that their clients are in. Admitting that you have health issues that need to be attended to is a difficult admission to make. Cookie cutter approaches will not work when dealing with clients who are struggling. Therefore a good dietician will have a kind heart and a good soul. They will be able to apply that empathy to develop a relationship with the client. The successful dietician will be able to transform this relationship into a success based plan for their client.

Once there is a bond of trust between the dietician and client it makes it easier to get through to a client and help them move towards making better choices for themselves. A good dietician must have an open mind. Finding a dietary solution for someone is not a one size fits all type of process. One must have the humility to admit that a path of action might not be in line with their personal beliefs or preferences. If one is a vegan they may have to admit that a meat based diet is appropriate for a client because of their unique health profile and challenges that they face. A stubborn or close minded dietician will not have their client's best interests at heart. They will end up being more interested in conveying their own beliefs and credos than in helping their client in the most effective way possible. To become a dietician and be successful at it, you'll need to be more selfless than selfish in your ways.

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Are You Paying to Get Fat? What You Need to Know About Thyroid Nutrition and Emotions

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As a woman, I want to look and feel great. That means having a flat stomach, firm arms (I will admit hanging arm pouches terrify me), clear skin, great hair and lots of energy to get me through the NYC summer madness of concerts, cocktails and lots of body exposure.

Are You Paying to Get Fat? What You Need to Know About Thyroid Nutrition and Emotions

Do you too? Yeah, I thought so.

Do you know women who are perpetual dieters, who spend 10-20% of their income on diets? It's kinda boring or heart breaking to hear about their next dietary quest when your secret inner voice whispers "Oh dear, I really hope this one works for ya."

Whether it is you and someone you know, I want to help you understand something: DIETS DO NOT WORK.

We lose the pounds because we deploy all sorts of tricks. The results are: deprivation of nutrients your body needs, therefore cravings kick in and you crash and binge on the 6-month mark.

70% of people who do restrictive diets put these pounds back on, and 50% of them put on even more before they started. Are you kidding me? No.

Are we paying to get fatter?

As a health and nutrition coach, I want to explain why. And most of it is not knowledge offered by Weight Watchers, Atkins, Zone, Paleo fans and the likes as they have no business (or perhaps awareness) in telling you this.

So here are the "weight loss" industry dirty secrets.

There are several major deal breakers that will sabotage your weight; addressing them is critical in weight management. You can starve yourself to 500 calories/day and still have a fatty belly. Here are two deal breakers and a glimpse at some quick solutions:

Emotions, emotions and more emotions!!!

This is a HUGE one and the most overlooked sabotaging factor in weight management, probably because it requires skills to peel off many layers to uncover why we do thing the way we do.

Let me give you an example: I recently worked with a woman who grew up in a strictly religious household and was conditioned to believe that boys and sex were "bad". As a rebellious girl, she became highly promiscuous in her early teenage years and carries that guilt with her till today. She never maintained a lower weight for longer than 3 months as her sense of guilt for being overly attractive always kicks in. This is when she goes back to binging so she can put back on that weight, make herself less attractive so her guilt was lessened.

Can you see how our emotions, "the story" many of us have would totally sabotage our efforts? So what is your story? What fear do you have? Is fear the force behind losing weight? Is losing and regaining weight a control issue for you? What negative emotions make you take action?

So what can I do?

Seek the help of a life coach, a health coach, an insightful friend who will help you identify what is your sabotaging "story". Identify it first before you go on another diet. In fact, it's very likely that this very "story" has a profound impact on many other facades of your life.

You are welcome.

Hypothyroid

What? Yes, since thyroid became my focus area, I've discovered that only half of the female population gets diagnosed with a thyroid condition. There are an estimated 27 million thyroid-compromised people in the US alone, this means 13.5 million do not know they have it. Ouch.

A slow thyroid called hypothyroid effects:

· metabolism: stubborn weight that just won't go away (right?) even though the diet and lifestyle have been the same

· nervous system: depression, foggy brain, forgetfulness

· digesting system: bloating, constipation, indigestion

· adrenal system: fatigue, moodiness.

Many, many women have a thyroid condition even though their blood work shows normal "thyroid". This is too long of a topic for this article but I would be happy to explain more.,

How to fix it?

You have these options:

· See an endocrinologist; he/she will get on hypothyroid medication that typically works for 3-6 months then the symptoms return

· Research a holistic approach of diet + movement + managing emotions and cure yourself, the way I did (watch below)

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How To Speed Up Your Metabolism Today!

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One of the best solutions to drop fat and lose weight is to hack into your metabolism. When you learn, comprehend and use all of the various approaches to enhance your metabolism you'll notice the benefit.

How To Speed Up Your Metabolism Today!

Those that genuinely wish to accomplish this goal must take a healthy approach. This involves correct diet, exercise routine and yes even vitamin supplements. Throughout the remainder of this post I hope to present a formula for taking your fat burning capacity to exponential levels

Enhance Your Metabolism

Green Tea Leaf - Green tea has dependably been proven to be one of the most reliable approaches to slim the fat off. Study after scientific study has confirmed this to be the case. The special factor in this highly effective potion is EGCG. Moreover green tea extract has a lot of other healthy perks.

These other perks include longer life, lower cholesterol, clearer thinking and overall well being. Although the fact that is boosts your metabolism is one of the best features, it is not the only one that is worth considering.

Cold Water - Besides the reality that the human body is predominately comprised of water, consuming it ice cold also enhances your metabolism. The reason being your body needs to go the extra mile to process the cold water and fully take it in. This creates a thermodynamic effect within the body. Although this little trick isn't life changing, accumulating a bunch of little tricks like this one will prove to be extremely powerful.

Snacks That Boost Metabolism - Probably the most prevalent healthy foods that boost the system are: acai berries, almonds, trout, strawberries, cayenne pepper and cinnamon. The more you increase in take of these dishes to your diet the greater improvements you'll find yourself having.

Quicken Metabolism Capsules - Generally you need to take your system one stage further with supplements. Personally, I prefer to use organic metabolism boosters that will take you to the next level. I won't recommend which is best to use in this post, because largely that is based on user preference, however I cannot stress enough my bias towards going natural.

It is also very important to realize that there is no such thing as a magic pill. If your supplementation does not coincide with workouts, healthy eating and over positive lifestyle then you can expect them to be largely ineffective.

Quick and Dirty Workouts - The secret to useful trainings is to make them brief, special and action packed. The more strong your workout is now, the more weight you will melt away after it's finished. In fact, you're likely to feel hyper charged and energized after your workout.

The reason that this works is because you are shocking the system. It does not have time to adapt and so it continues to burn fat after the fact. Many enthusiasts of diets like The Paleo Diet and The Warrior Diet all emphasis this type of workout.

Thyroid Development - The single most crucial gland in the human body for managing metabolism is the thyroid. It controls balance and determines whether or not to take your metabolism into gear. Men and women that have problems with thyroid matters might very well have a more tough time dropping excess pounds.

Thank goodness there are a lot of healthy treats that help thyroid functioning. Some of these meals include seafood (trout, tuna ) and nuts (almonds especially).

The material in this article is some of the most critical elements to carrying out a lifestyle for optimum fat reduction and fat burning. However, it's only information. It's up to you to actually put it to use and I sincerely hope that you do.

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It Is a Science

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Diet and Exercise are scientific issues, they both create biological changes in humans. Things that effect humans on a biological level are in the realm of science and medicine. The mechanisms by which diet and exercise change people are extensively studied and are readily available for examination. For example, the role of insulin in regard to fat storage and fat burning is widely known and understood. The action of insulin in regard to the 3 types of diets is essentially what distinguishes all of the thousands of "diets" in the world from each other. There is a cohesive scientific understanding about this matter. Calorie restriction diets such as Weight Watchers do not try to lower insulin levels but instead rely upon energy balance (fewer calories consumed versus calories burned) to effect weight loss.

It Is a Science

Carbohydrate restricted diets such as Atkins, The Zone, and the Paleo Diet rely upon limiting insulin levels to lower fat storage and increase fat burning to effect a net loss in fat. Diets such as Eat Stop Eat and other forms of intermittent fasting rely upon periods of simply not eating to lower insulin levels and to promote a hormonal profile that increases fat loss. The underlying science of diet is not so complex or mysterious for many people to understand. You do not need to have specific training in nutrition to have a reasonable understanding of the science involved. If you have some understanding, you are not overwhelmed by the marketing of these diets. Calorie restriction diets have notable downsides, rebound (regain of fat lost), loss of lean tissue, lowering of metabolic rate, and "diet obsession".

Carbohydrate restricted diets have downsides, creation of carbohydrate craving (binge eating of carbohydrates), lowering of metabolic rate, and a rebound tendency (less than from Calorie Restricted diets). Intermittent fasting diets also have as a downside, the discomfort symptoms from periods of fasting such as lightheadedness and irritability and hunger pains along with overeating behaviors when the fast is broken. This can result in a situation of no net energy deficit (no fat loss). Intermittent fasting does have other important health benefits besides fat loss. Armed with the above information one can make rational decisions about diet (fat loss). The body of evidence is building to create a consensus that intermittent fasting may prove to be the "solution" at the end of the trail for fat loss. Recent studies in regard to dramatic increases in hGH levels when fasting are propelling a mass reexamination of the benefits of fasting even with fat loss considerations set aside.

However, the overwhelming number of people make their diet decisions without any consideration of the above science. Failure rates have been unaffected by advances in scientific understanding. This is a problem. Health officials are reluctant to take any firm stands lest they be seen as promoting some particular business entity. The net effect has been to leave the public completely vulnerable to market manipulations. i.e. "Diet Confusion". Obesity rates have skyrocketed, obviously, the same old approaches are not working. Now, let's examine exercise.

Exercise is absolutely a medical and scientific issue. Exercise is NOT a recreational issue. Without medically sound exercise, the probability of osteoporosis, type II diabetes, joint replacement, immobility, constant pain, obesity. lowered immune response and even depression all go up. The seriousness of these maladies precludes the consideration of exercise as a simple recreational choice. Medically sound exercise is an effective method to dramatically lower the chances of having the above afflictions. The main point is that exercise and diet are way too serious an issue to be trivialized into some decision based upon "feel good" thinking. The wrong diet and exercise decisions can waste as much as 15 hours per week and still not get any significant result. As a culture, we need to replace "dong something" with doing the right thing.

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The Future of Fitness in 2010 and Beyond

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What is going on all you fitness crazed braus and sisters? I do hope you are well...

The Future of Fitness in 2010 and Beyond

It is December and it is time for my annual fitness year in review.

Sadly, it seems that the fitness industry at large has not made any great inroads into providing a short term, long term or any term solution to our country's large scale obesity epidemic that is not just a national crisis (oh yeah, it is a CRISIS on a freakin' GRAND SCALE) but, a world wide catastrophy (Alright, officially a pandemic).

SCARY STUFF, MAN... SCARY, SCARY STUFF!

The sickening fact that our country has become through both poor nutrition (NOTE-no thanks to some real crap and far too long perpetuated information from the mainstream) and a lack of REAL EFFECTIVE exercise, (NOTE-i.e. GARDENING, even if it is ALL OUT, REDLINE, HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL WEED PULLING AND LAWN MOWING does not qualify as exercise...) not only more fat, more lethargic and more sick and getting sicker; we have succeeded in passing down to our youth a new disease called TYPE II Juvenile Diabetes. Now, this is just straight up NUTTS!

Man, things have gotten' screwed up big time! And, now we have to make things right. So, what I am going to do is provide some real positive upside strategies that, for lack of a better term, will be the fitness 'trends' of 2010. These ideas will help both our youth and adult populations find what maybe better solutions to acquire better health and well being.

What is done is done. Now, it's time to get this country back to being the STRONG & FIT nation we deserve to be!

Sound good to you?...Cool! Here we go...

2010-The year we will finally get our fit together and GET. FIT. DONE.

Fitness Trend #1- Fitness Boot Camps Will Take Over One-On-One Personal Training

Hey, after this two year long recession who can afford a one-on-one personal training session anymore? Answer=Very few.

Well, with problems comes solutions. And, the emergence of the fitness boot camp has provided the solution to the personal training problem. Boot camps are the HOTTEST thing going on in the fitness world right now! The boot camp model provides the ultimate win-win for both trainers and clients making one-on-one training virtually obsolete. Fitness trainers are better able to leverage their time because they can provide their service to larger groups and maximize profits. Fitness clients (boot camp members) are better able to access personal training services in a unique and dynamic team environment that provides great motivation, energy, social support & accountability for only a third or less of the cost of the average personal training session.

If you are looking to lose weight, look GREAT and feel better in 2010, do yourself a favor... save some of your hard earned $ and simply get better results by joining a local fitness boot camp.

This will be the best decision you will make ALL year!

Fitness Trend #2- Interval Training Will Give an UNDISPUTED Beating To Long, Boring Aerobics Workouts... A BEATING!

Why is High Intensity Interval Training gaining rapid popularity? Because it freakin' works...BIG TIME!

It crushes endurance type training because endurance training (lasting 30-60 minutes or more)

focuses on volume of training. Here is a typical example: Your average runner will pound the pavement for the same amount of miles, at the same pace, over and over, day after day, week after week, month after month...beating down their bodies and getting less than exciting results from that investment of time and energy. They are burning off weight by wasting away muscle and destroying their metabolism at the same time. This method sounds like a poor ROI for someone who really wants incredible, long lasting results from their exercise program.

Now, bring in the power of HIIT. High Intensity Interval Training focuses on a much more substantial variable for productive exercise; and that is quality or intensity of training. HIIT works similar to resistance training in that it stimulates the body's systems to maintain and even gain lean tissue. And gaining muscle is the key to a 'fat rippin', look better, feel better, BE BETTER METABOLISM!Hey, did you know that fat burns in muscle? More Muscle...Faster Metabolism!

Put in yet another way-Unless you want to LOOK like the top 30 minute finishers at any marathon race, it is probably not a good idea to train like one!

If you want science behind this idea just look at these two landmark studies-

The Tabata Study and The Gibala Study

2010 is the year you will "Ripp It Up" with ALL-OUT-EFFORT type of HIIT work, and you will look better naked for it!

Fitness Trend #3- If We Want Improved Health, Performance and A Killer Body Then...

We need to get rid of those unnecessary sugars in our diets!

This is not some kind of trendy, fad type of rhetoric. If anyone still thinks a high carb, low-fat diet works then they probably have not recognized the obvious devastation that this type of diet has caused.

Here is a very short list:

- 2/3 of our population is Overweight/Obese.

-Diabetes up 400% since the food pyramid of 1986 (Recommends lots of grains

and cereals, and low fat)

-A new disease...Juvenile Onset Diabetes (another name for Type II Diabetes)

-Cancer diagnosis have gone through the roof! Highest rates in history.

Hey, what does a tumor FEED on? SUGAR! Hmm...

-Cardio Vascular Disease (High carb diets stimulates the liver to drench the

the circulation with triglycerides and LDL's)

-High Carb diets cause and support Metabolic Syndrome

-A recent John Hopkins University Study has changed the way doctors will treat certain cancer patients. By eliminating carbohydrates in cancer patients' diets, oncologists have found it unnecessary to treat many types of tumors with toxic doses of chemo as well as radiation to shrink or, entirely eliminate the presence of these tumors.

Great books to read and establish a sound understanding of how our bodies REALLY respond to the foods we eat are:

'The New Diet Revolution' by Dr. Robert Atkins, M.D.

'The TNT Diet' by Jeff Volek, PhD RD.

'Protein Power' by Dr.Michael R. and Dr.Mary Dan Eades, M.D.'s

'The Paleo Diet' by Loren Cordain, PhD

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! READ!

Fitness Trend #4- Fitness Boot Camps For Kids? Yeah, Why Not!

Lets face it many of our school districts have limited or eliminated gym class based on budgetary or other B.S. reasons. The reasons are not that important as the fact that now we have a real issue of addressing the fitness of our youth outside the school setting. (Unless the kids are involved in sports at their school). No worries though, because of Youth Coach Brian Grasso and his International Youth Conditioning Association, there is now a growing trend of youth specific exercise programming in fitness facilities throughout the world. The IYCA has developed incredibly effective programming that is relevant to age groups ranging from 6-9, 10-12, 13-15 & 16-18. The programming takes into consideration the neural development of pre and pubescent kids so they can learn and adapt movement and exercise in appropriate developmental patterns. A real important fact with youth and exercise is this: Kids that are exposed to fun and effective exercise early on tend to continue with a healthy and fitness oriented lifestyle for LIFE!

To learn more please go to International Youth and Conditioning Association

Fitness Trend # 5- Fitness Anywhere & The TRX Will Rule The Fitness Roost

Man, I started using the TRX four years ago. When I was throwing the straps on top of the cable machine at our local health club, everyone was looking at me like I had 3 heads on my shoulders.

Well, four years later I have to say "if you are not using the TRX, you are the odd man out!"

Hey, If you have a chance to use THE MOST PROGRESSIVE & VALUABLE EXERCISE TOOL

the fitness industry has seen in years, JUST DO IT!

You may never go back to "machines" again. http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/

Alright those are my Top 5 fitness trends for the next year.

Now, I want to close this up by asking- "If I were to give you some real easy tips to follow (well, maybe not so easy in practice) for the ultimate, one-two belly fat burning punch for that kick ass New Year... New Body You...

Would YOU Follow Them?"

a.Change your mindset about food

Eat Lean, hormone and antibiotic free meats;cage-free eggs;wild caught fish(salmon); raw veggies(e.g.BIG ASS SALADS); moderate amounts of locally grown and/or organic fruits; raw nuts and seeds; WATER...WATER...WATER;low-sugar whey protein powder (post workout); and 'Goof Off' now and then. (Read TNT Diet by Jeff Volek)

...Look for my book. It will be available soon!

b. Find a local 'KICK ASS TRX USING FITNESS BOOT CAMP' and ENLIST!

c. Eliminate stress from your life as much as you can. Control whatever you can, and the rest well, is not up to you anyway, so just chill.

Follow these a b c's and YOU WILL HAVE THE YEAR OF YOUR LIFE! I PROMISE!

It's 2010 Baby! Time to 'Ripp It Up' and GET. FIT. DONE.

You WILL Have an AWESOME Year!

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Raw Food Diet - What is the Downside?

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Let us say someone has just now become aware of the harmful effects of cooking and freezing food and now wishes to 'go raw'. The downside is that he is barraged with warring camps of raw food enthusiasts. Some agree on a few points but take sides and seek to disqualify the opposition on most issues. That to me IS the downside.

Raw Food Diet - What is the Downside?

Briefly, the major camps consist of:
Raw vegans who eat only raw plant food, but raise the temperature of 'raw' to 115 degrees Fahrenheit

Raw vegetarians who eat fruit, vegetables and sprouts, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes, eggs and honey but no red meat, and mostly no fish or poultry. For most vegetarians, eggs and dairy are included.

The Raw Paleolithic diet is one of the raw animal food diets. The Raw Paleolithic diet includes raw meat and organs but excludes raw dairy, grains and legumes.

The Primal Diet is a raw food diet which stems from traditional and primitive diets that include meats (fatty meat is preferred) and organs, dairy in all forms, raw eggs, honey, vegetable juice and some fruit with raw fat.

Most versions of a raw food diet DO cause benefits. Some benefit is caused by the automatic elimination of all processed foods and additives - for instance, flour and refined sugar under all names.

Some raw food diets allow table salt (or sea salt) to be a part of a raw food diet, not as a living food but justified by the fact that sodium chloride crystals are found in nature.

Most of the talk and internet presence is about vegetarian and vegan raw diets all of which need various quantities of supplements to enable the dieter to get enough basic nutrition. Many people can get along for a while as vegans or vegetarians. The main visible side effect is looking very thin. The main experiential side effects can be fatigue, lack of energy, muscles weakening & vanishing, and reduction of bone mass.

The history of body building has many important examples of what can be achieved on a raw paleo or Primal diet (reference: Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors, Vol. I - a complete history of body building viewable by Googling the author Randy Roach).

According to the vegan/vegetarian plan, mother's milk is the only beneficial milk - therefore do you need to bring your mother when you go away to college or move out to start a career (to say nothing of having her available in the high school cafeteria)? Other than that, even raw milk from a goat or a cow is not recommended on the strictly vegetarian/vegan diet, nor are other dairy products or eggs.

One goal of each of the raw food camps (vegetarian, vegan, paleo and Primal) is to eliminate any reliance on drugs or other medical procedures such as surgery. This is definitely NOT a downside in most cases, however the fact that the various camps fight against each other as to how this can best be done leaves the potential newcomer to raw food battle-worn and starved for some convincing evidence of the effectiveness of whatever camp he is most drawn to.

Another fairly general goal of each raw food diet is to reduce intake of toxic matter and eliminate stored toxins. The ways of achieving this vary quite a bit from camp to camp. The ways a human body deals with toxins include proper functioning of circulatory, lymphatic and immune systems through the lungs, sweat glands, liver, kidneys and colon. The vegetarian raw food diets have a close reliance on repetitive colon cleansing through a series of enemas and/or colonic irrigations combined with fasts. Some downsides include that this is time consuming - plus one increases one's reliance on these man-made solutions instead of decreasing reliance. On the Primal Diet, there are NO recommended breaks from intake of proper food - even for a day - and there are several natural ways of bringing about proper elimination of toxins. For instance, proper elimination can be accomplished through lymphatic baths (see We Want To Live for details) and natural methods of elimination through the colon, which don't also flush away valuable bacteria.

Some versions of the raw food diet are not helped by ongoing campaigns that only thin people can be good looking. Continuous and persistent ad campaigns show thin cover girls on popular magazines. Again the ways of achieving such thinness vary tremendously; there are many other ways for weight loss besides a raw food diet but in none of these diets is health given the #1 priority. In a truly beneficial raw food diet, health IS the priority.

One would think that if our digestive abilities as humans were studied, more agreement could be reached. This study has been done but the results have been kept safely between the covers of a book, thus are not well known & thus the debate continues. Email the author of this article to ask for the summary paragraph about our digestive abilities.

In summary, when one chooses to follow a raw food diet despite the downsides mentioned above, there are many sub-choices which require some due diligence. One must add in the time it takes to make or buy daily staples such as fresh vegetable juice and raw coconut cream. One must budget to cover the costs and one must find sources for various foods & feel right about whether or not they are all natural or have been fudged in one way or another.

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3 Day Cardiac Diet Review

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The 3 Day Cardiac Diet supposedly comes from the Birmingham Hospital in Alabama, hence it is also known as the Birmingham Hospital Diet. According to reports, this diet plan was designed for the use of patients who needed to lose up to 10 lbs weight quickly so they could undergo surgery.

3 Day Cardiac Diet Review

The true origins of this diet are not clear and the Birmingham Hospital does not claim responsibility for it. Moreover, the diet now appears to have become the stuff of internet legend as there are versions of it widely known under a variety of names, including the Tuna Fish Diet, Baptist Hospital 3 day Diet, 3 day Navy Diet, 3 day Army Diet, Birmingham Cardiac Diet, Florida 3 Day Diet, American Heart Association Diet, Alabama 3 Day Diet, Hospital 3 Day Diet, and more.

However, there is a strong correspondence between the menu plans of these different versions so, for all intents and purposes, they can be treated as the same diet and comments applicable to one are substantially applicable to them all.

In summary, the 3 Day Cardiac Diet comprises menu plans for breakfast, lunch and dinner covering a period of three days. The daily calorie intake is about 1,000 calories, so much of the weight loss benefit is likely obtained by the restricted calorie intake, although some claim is made that the benefit is due to chemical reaction. Eating a low level of carbohydrates will also mean that water is lost from the body.

For the plan to produce results, it's important to keep hydration levels up by drinking plenty of water: 6-8 cups is recommended. This also aids digestion.

An important source of protein for the 3 day Cardiac diet is tuna. 1/2 cup of tuna is consumed on the first two days, increasing to 1 cup on the third day. Variety and nutrition is provided with small portions of vegetables, grapefruit, banana, cheese, eggs, crackers and toast. Coffee or tea is permitted with meals. (For a detailed menu, do a quick search for my article, "3 Day Tuna Fish Diet- Menu and Diet Plan".)

Some concerns about this diet stem from the restricted levels of calories and nutrition. As the calories provided in this diet are so low, it's is likely that followers will feel hunger pangs and lower energy levels, especially by the third day. Vitamins and minerals are also low so that probably a multi vitamin supplement should be recommended as an additional source.

With only three small meals a day, your body may start to recognize that only a limited food supply is available and begin to compensate by reducing metabolism and energy levels to conserve fat reserves. This actually makes it harder to lose weight and, along with the feelings of hunger, places the body under additional stress.

The 3 Day Cardiac diet does not claim to be suitable for long term use and after 3 days you should follow a program that offers more variety in the content to provide the proteins, fats, carbohydrates and other nutrients that your body needs. More variety would also make it easier to follow this plan, as well as more enjoyable.

It is possible to follow a quick weight reduction plan that offers a more balanced and healthier range of foods. In particular, one which includes a technique known as calorie shifting and takes into account your own food preferences would be a good choice.

Following the 3 Day Cardiac Diet provides restricted calories and nutrients for its intended duration and the weight loss benefits come with some risk to health as well as bodily stress. Also, the diet is not a long term solution and any weight loss reduction could well be offset by food binging that results when your eating program returns to normal. A better approach would be to follow a dieting plan that is more likely to bring true fat loss and provide a continuing, long term loss of weight, along with a slimmer, trimmer, more attractive body shape.

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Gall Bladder Diet - The Most Beneficial Gall Bladder Diet Plan

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The gall bladder attacks are often more than painful and can disturb your daily life and general health to a great extent. Despite the cause of this condition you can effectively prevent these outbursts not only through a medication treatment and/or surgery but also by controlling your food intake. You can device a helpful gall bladder diet that will prevent the frequent occurrence of the severe symptoms.

Gall Bladder Diet - The Most Beneficial Gall Bladder Diet Plan

Before finding the exact solution it is worth pinpointing the problem more precisely and in some detail. In the majority of cases gall bladder diseases of all types are caused by an unhealthy gall bladder diet rich in fats, a sedentary lifestyle with little movement and stress. Unfortunately, most of us find it difficult if not impossible to change the latter two for the better - this is just the world we live in. Still, the sudden outbursts of severe pain that can reach up to the shoulder and cause additional abdominal spasms should not be tolerated and treated solely with medications, which often have serious side effects. The additional forms of suffering such as the nausea, diarrhea and the vomiting can literally disrupt your life.

Thankfully you can adopt a specific gall bladder diet that will aid for the prevention of the attacks. This form of home treatment is not difficult to adopt and is relatively easy for you to stick to. Usually you will experience painful outbursts after a meal or during the night when food is being processed in your stomach. The feeling of having had a tasty meal is not sufficient to cancel out the pain and suffering that you experience, but this does not have to happen to you. It is perfectly possible for you to cook excellent delicious meals for you and your family. These can be made with ingredient that are fresh and good for your body and most importantly prevent the gall bladder attacks.

The best gall bladder diet you can adopt is quite simple and easy to implement into your daily life. The first step is to make a list of all the foods and ingredients that can cause an attack and a separate one consisting of those that can be beneficial especially in aiding for the proper functioning of the liver and stomach. These extensive lists should include drinks as well as herbs and spices for convenience. If you make a cooking schedule with recipes that you want to prepare using these ingredients you will stick to the diet more easily. It is best for all ingredients to be organic. You should eat moderate portions of food and try not to use eating as a cure for stress.

You will be surprised for easy and even pleasant it is to go on a special gall bladder diet. All you need is some planning, desire for cooking and a pinch of imagination and you will be able to live without suffering. Soon after adopting the beneficial nutritional plan you will forget all about the discomfort and pain and enjoy your life to the fullest.

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