July 29, 2009
1. Start with your eating habits. Eat healthy nutritious foods and avoid bad ones. First, control this and then have exercise as the next step. Take exercising one step at a time, especially if you don’t like it. Try 15 to 30 minutes a time at first.
2 – Choosing healthy, nutritious foods that you enjoy, should encourage an active live style and can help you achieve your weight loss goals. Find activities that you enjoy doing so your chances of success will improve when you’re trying to exercise.
3 – Calories burn up faster than fat. People shed weight depending upon the muscle mass and how much pounds they have gathered. By working out with weights to build up your muscle and then let the extra lean muscle mass burn up more calories for you.
4 – Eliminate most, but not all, of your carbohydrate intake, as you do need a certain amount to fuel your body. In your diet cut down carbohydrates and also cut white breads and pastas from your diet.
5 – One should set sensible, reasonable and achievable goals Choose those goals that you know you can attain, so put such deadlines on your goals, making them measurable and realistic.
6. Sweets like candy, cookies, sodas, and cakes are very unhealthy and the fact that they are should not come as a surprise to you. The easiest way to shed some extra poundage is to cut out these fattening treats at least 80% of the time.
7 – Eat a proper and balanced breakfast. It is better that you consume most of the calories in the day and breakfast is a must.
8 – Eat less food. Keep some food back in the plates. Insure that your portion size matches the correct serving size of the food you are eating.
Following these steps will aid in your quest to lose weight. Also ensure you check out Proactol for more tips and info about nutrition and weight loss from experts.
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May 24, 2008
I hope that you will not be fooled by the unbelievable advertising on some food packages. For example, labels on ginseng tea and gingko-fortified cereal both claim they will promote sharp thinking. There is no solid evidence that either ginseng or gingko improve thinking, but for this discussion, let’s assume they do. Ginseng is a stimulant just like an amphetamine. If you were to take too much ginseng, you would get diarrhea and a headache; a massive overdose could raise your blood pressure, cause a stroke and even death. If the correct dose of ginseng is contained in one cup of the tea, that means that you are taking a drug when you drink a cupful; two cups can give you a headache and ten cups might kill you.
It’s the dose that makes a poison. If a substance is to cause a health benefit, you have to eat an exact dose. If you take less, you don’t receive any benefit. If you take too much, you can suffer unpleasant side effects or even die. Drugs and supplements specify the dose on the bottle; if you take a whole bottle-full instead of one pill and die of an overdose, the manufacturer will not be held responsible. But nobody measures exact portions of food. What happens if you drink the ginseng tea all day to quench your thirst?
The same applies to gingko-fortified cereals. How much cereal do you have to eat to improve your mind? What happens if your child likes the flavor and eats the whole box? Foods that truly contain medicines would harm you if you ate too much. Of course the food manufacturers are not stupid, so they put in so little of the substance that it cannot possibly harm you in any amount – and therefore, of course, cannot have any benefit. This is deceptive advertising at its worst. Save your money.
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Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties. For more information and hundreds of fitness and health reports, visit http://www.DrMirkin.com
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