The way to cure Obesity is not always by lowering your Daily Calories, and here's why...
Haven't you ever wondered why some people are naturally overweight while other people can remain skinny while eating twice as much?
The truth is that your total "daily calories" is not the deciding factor in whether you're overweight or skinny.
You see, there are 3 main types of calories that you can eat each day.
First, there is protein...
Next, there are carbohydrates (carbs)...
And finally there are fat calories...
The truth is that your body doesn't pay attention to how many daily calories are eaten, but rather your body pays attention to how much of EACH TYPE of calorie that you consume.
For example, if you eat too many sugar based calories (sugar is common in fat free foods) then your body won't be able to use all of those sugar calories, and the excess calories will be stored as fat tissue.
This can happen even if you didn't eat very many daily calories, because if you eat too many "wrong" calories then you'll get fat. This is why many obese people remain overweight their whole lives even though they eat less than some of their skinny friends and family members.
...And it doesn't have to be this way, because even though it's true that some people have slower metabolisms (and suffer from obesity) they can still get just as skinny as their friends if they just
learn to EAT THE RIGHT TYPES OF CALORIES EACH DAY.
You see, your body needs protein, carbs and fat calories too. Your body needs all 3 types of calories, but it does not need them all in the same proportions at every meal.
Certain types of fat calories can speed up weight loss believe it or not, while other types of "fat free foods" will actually make you overweight if you eat them too often.
Why else do you think that losing weight is so difficult? Why else do you think that our society is suffering from a serious obesity problem which is getting worse?
It's because the ANSWER to weight loss is the OPPOSITE of what most people think. Most average people have been brought up to believe that eating "fat" is bad and that eating "fat free foods" is healthy.
That may "seem" logical at first, but in reality the opposite is often true. Eating "fat" does not automatically turn to fat tissue on your body, and eating "fat free" does not automatically cause weight loss to happen either.
To begin losing weight you must realize this fact and open your mind to a new way of dieting.
If you want to lose weight fast then you must learn to eat foods which have fat burning properties, and these are foods which keep your blood sugar level more stable throughout the day.
You see, if you eat foods which cause your blood sugar level to spike upwards too sharply then you'll feel "energetic" for a short while -- but then afterwards your blood sugar level will drop way too low and you'll feel tired and lethargic for the rest of the day.
The higher your blood sugar rises after a meal, then the lower it will drop afterward. ...And when it drops you'll feel tired and hungry all over again. This is why obese people often suffer from "highs and lows" in their energy level.
But if you begin eating fat burning foods (which keep your blood sugar level stable throughout the day) then your energy will be steady all day long, you'll have plenty of energy and you won't ever feel tired of lethargic.
Also, when your blood sugar level is kept stable then your body's natural fat burning engine will begin burning more fat tissue. That's why these are called "fat burning foods".
To learn which fat burning foods you need to eat to begin losing weight, we recommend using our new online diet right here.
Tuesday
Obesity is not About Daily Calories
The way to cure Obesity is not always by lowering your Daily Calories, and here's why...
Haven't you ever wondered why some people are naturally overweight
while other people can remain skinny while eating twice as much?
The truth is that your total "daily calories" is not the deciding
factor in whether you're overweight or skinny.
You see, there are 3 main types of calories that you can eat each
day.
First, there is protein...
Next, there are carbohydrates (carbs)...
And finally there are fat calories...
The truth is that your body doesn't pay attention to how many daily
calories are eaten, but rather your body pays attention to how much
of EACH TYPE of calorie that you consume.
For example, if you eat too many sugar based calories (sugar is
common in fat free foods) then your body won't be able to use all of
those sugar calories, and the excess calories will be stored as fat
tissue.
This can happen even if you didn't eat very many daily calories,
because if you eat too many "wrong" calories then you'll get fat.
This is why many obese people remain overweight their whole lives
even though they eat less than some of their skinny friends and
family members.
...And it doesn't have to be this way, because even though it's true
that some people have slower metabolisms (and suffer from obesity)
they can still get just as skinny as their friends if they just
learn to EAT THE RIGHT TYPES OF CALORIES EACH DAY.
You see, your body needs protein, carbs and fat calories too.
Your body needs all 3 types of calories, but it does not need them
all in the same proportions at every meal.
Certain types of fat calories can speed up weight loss believe it or
not, while other types of "fat free foods" will actually make you
overweight if you eat them too often.
Why else do you think that losing weight is so difficult? Why
else do you think that our society is suffering from a serious
obesity problem which is getting worse?
It's because the ANSWER to weight loss is the OPPOSITE of what most
people think. Most average people have been brought up to
believe that eating "fat" is bad and that eating "fat free foods" is
healthy.
That may "seem" logical at first, but in reality the opposite is
often true. Eating "fat" does not automatically turn to fat
tissue on your body, and eating "fat free" does not automatically
cause weight loss to happen either.
To begin losing weight you must realize this fact and open your
mind to a new way of dieting.
If you want to lose weight fast then you must learn to eat foods
which have fat burning properties, and these are foods which keep
your blood sugar level more stable throughout the day.
You see, if you eat foods which cause your blood sugar level to
spike upwards too sharply then you'll feel "energetic" for a short
while -- but then afterwards your blood sugar level will drop way
too low and you'll feel tired and lethargic for the rest of the day.
The higher your blood sugar rises after a meal, then the lower it
will drop afterward. ...And when it drops you'll feel tired
and hungry all over again. This is why obese people often
suffer from "highs and lows" in their energy level.
But if you begin eating fat burning foods (which keep your blood
sugar level stable throughout the day) then your energy will be
steady all day long, you'll have plenty of energy and you won't ever
feel tired of lethargic.
Also, when your blood sugar level is kept stable then your body's
natural fat burning engine will begin burning more fat tissue.
That's why these are called "fat burning foods".
To learn which fat burning foods you need to eat to begin losing
weight, we recommend using our new online diet right here.
Haven't you ever wondered why some people are naturally overweight
while other people can remain skinny while eating twice as much?
The truth is that your total "daily calories" is not the deciding
factor in whether you're overweight or skinny.
You see, there are 3 main types of calories that you can eat each
day.
First, there is protein...
Next, there are carbohydrates (carbs)...
And finally there are fat calories...
The truth is that your body doesn't pay attention to how many daily
calories are eaten, but rather your body pays attention to how much
of EACH TYPE of calorie that you consume.
For example, if you eat too many sugar based calories (sugar is
common in fat free foods) then your body won't be able to use all of
those sugar calories, and the excess calories will be stored as fat
tissue.
This can happen even if you didn't eat very many daily calories,
because if you eat too many "wrong" calories then you'll get fat.
This is why many obese people remain overweight their whole lives
even though they eat less than some of their skinny friends and
family members.
...And it doesn't have to be this way, because even though it's true
that some people have slower metabolisms (and suffer from obesity)
they can still get just as skinny as their friends if they just
learn to EAT THE RIGHT TYPES OF CALORIES EACH DAY.
You see, your body needs protein, carbs and fat calories too.
Your body needs all 3 types of calories, but it does not need them
all in the same proportions at every meal.
Certain types of fat calories can speed up weight loss believe it or
not, while other types of "fat free foods" will actually make you
overweight if you eat them too often.
Why else do you think that losing weight is so difficult? Why
else do you think that our society is suffering from a serious
obesity problem which is getting worse?
It's because the ANSWER to weight loss is the OPPOSITE of what most
people think. Most average people have been brought up to
believe that eating "fat" is bad and that eating "fat free foods" is
healthy.
That may "seem" logical at first, but in reality the opposite is
often true. Eating "fat" does not automatically turn to fat
tissue on your body, and eating "fat free" does not automatically
cause weight loss to happen either.
To begin losing weight you must realize this fact and open your
mind to a new way of dieting.
If you want to lose weight fast then you must learn to eat foods
which have fat burning properties, and these are foods which keep
your blood sugar level more stable throughout the day.
You see, if you eat foods which cause your blood sugar level to
spike upwards too sharply then you'll feel "energetic" for a short
while -- but then afterwards your blood sugar level will drop way
too low and you'll feel tired and lethargic for the rest of the day.
The higher your blood sugar rises after a meal, then the lower it
will drop afterward. ...And when it drops you'll feel tired
and hungry all over again. This is why obese people often
suffer from "highs and lows" in their energy level.
But if you begin eating fat burning foods (which keep your blood
sugar level stable throughout the day) then your energy will be
steady all day long, you'll have plenty of energy and you won't ever
feel tired of lethargic.
Also, when your blood sugar level is kept stable then your body's
natural fat burning engine will begin burning more fat tissue.
That's why these are called "fat burning foods".
To learn which fat burning foods you need to eat to begin losing
weight, we recommend using our new online diet right here.
Friday
Fundamental truth about your body
Your Ticket To One Minute Wellness
By Glenn Mueller
Senior Writer
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The views expressed in this article are those of the featured expert and not necessarily views shared by eDiets.
Imagine if you could discover the true secret to health and happiness in just one minute. Though this may sound impossible, it only takes a single moment of revelation to see beyond conventional thinking and unlock your true capacity for wellness.
"Those moments of revelation lead you to start thinking differently," Dr. Ben Lerner tells eDiets. "And it is thinking differently that creates wellness."
Making a series of small changes that promote wellness in every aspect of your life is just what One Minute Wellness
The left-hand pages contain a fictional account of some individuals whose lives were completely transformed after they discovered the secrets of wellness and put them into practice. On the right-hand pages, Dr. Ben provides all the information you need to transform your own life for the better.
Throughout the book, Dr. Ben uses the H.G. Wells story "The Country of the Blind" to refer to the present-day society in America. In his view, our health-care system has blinded people from seeing some fundamental truths about their bodies.
"We're quick-fix minded," Dr. Ben says. "The quick fix always seems to be medication or surgery."
In the book, Dr. Ben provides startling research suggesting that our health-care system is actually the major contributor to our poor health. He also examines a phenomenon the British Medical Journal once referred to as medicalization: the medical industry's frequent practice of turning commonly found symptoms into a disease and then prescribing medications for it. According to research from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a startling 3.1 billion retail prescriptions were filled in the United States during 2003 alone.
"Our healthcare system isn't getting any better," Dr. Ben says. "We aren't getting better. It is time to stop following the wave of the culture and create a new one. It is time for a cultural revolution."
Instead of taking a purely mechanical approach to health-care solutions, Dr. Ben insists we must adopt a system that recognizes people as "complex, vital, biological beings capable of self-healing." According to Dr. Ben, everybody is created with a God-given capacity for healing.
"People are born with the intention of being well," Dr. Ben says. "The human body has a natural capacity to heal and function, but we keep interfering with that."
According to Dr. Ben, we need to move beyond our current definition of the word wellness. Though unprecedented amounts of diet, exercise and motivational products are currently being sold, obesity has reached epidemic proportions in this country. Wellness is commonly associated with being thin and looking good. People also generally assume they are healthy as long as they don't show any outward symptoms of disease.
"Heart disease, cancer and many other major health problems are present initially without any symptoms," Dr. Ben says. "Rather than waiting for disease or pain to set in, you have to build and maintain your health."
True health is not the absence of anything but the presence of well-being, he said. A state of well-being can only be achieved through something he calls Maximized Living. According to Dr. Ben, Maximized Living includes "exercise, a thoughtful diet, discovering a compelling purpose for your life, building strong relationships and the use of nontoxic, noninvasive forms of health intervention, such as prayer, chiropractic care, supplementing missing nutrients and rehabilitative techniques."
The 5 Essentials of Maximized Living include:
1. Avoidance And Reduction Of Medications. "In time, you must begin to judge for yourself whether your medications are keeping you alive, merely palliating symptoms of an unhealthy body, or actually causing some of the ailments you suffer from," Dr. Ben writes. "With the guidance of your prescribing physician, you need to make your own best decisions on medication. As you heal, work with your medical doctors to help you reduce or eliminate the drugs you're on."
2. Maximum Nerve Supply. According to Dr. Ben, the spine is your lifeline. From the time you are born, your brain sends power through the spinal cord and nervous system to control all function and healing in the body. "If the spine out of place, it interferes with proper nerve supply and your muscles can't function the way they are supposed to," he says. For this reason, everyone should have their spine checked for proper alignment by a chiropractor, he says.
3. Quality Nutrients. Dr. Ben says an inadequate supply of certain nutrients can interfere with the normal function of your body. To make sure you are being properly nourished, he recommends eating as much Food By God as possible. "Food by God is the food God designed for you to eat," he says. "Your body knows exactly what to do with that food." Just as medications can cause adverse side effects, eating too many synthetic or modified foods can disrupt your body's natural processes. As a general rule, 75 to 85 percent of the foods you eat should be Food By God instead of Food By Man, he said.
4. Optimum Oxygen Levels and Lean Muscle. "Every vital system in your body that keeps you alive -- your heart, lungs, spinal cord, muscles and arteries -- requires that you move on a consistent basis," he writes. "They need this to function properly, or in some cases, to even function at all." Every exercise program should include a combination of aerobic exercise and resistance training.
5. Peace of Mind and Strong Relationships. Health is actually a state of physical well-being, mental well-being and social well-being. "If you're not having a good time living in your body, it's hard for that body to be well or for you to call it healthy," he writes. "The fact is, you cannot separate your wellness from your emotions. Every feeling you have affects some part of your body." If you are currently programmed for stress, depression or low self-esteem, you can reprogram your perceptions through a combination of stress management, time management, prayer and relationship-building techniques, he says.
Once your eyes have been opened to the truth, Dr. Ben assures people it is possible to "achieve maximized living in a minimized world." In fact, he is confident a small group of people committed to the principles of true wellness can and will change the world.
"I love what I do, and I know God has a purpose for my life," he says. " I hope to have a long time to fulfill that purpose. I want to be as resonant of a vessel for God as I possibly can be."
If you are finally ready to unlock your true capacity for wellness, get your copy of One Minute Wellness
Monday
Fat: Can't Live Without It
Think back on all those past dieting failures. Did you completely eliminate fat in one of those diets? Didn't last long on that one, did you? If being ravenous within an hour of eating a plate of steamed veggies didn't do you in, then surely the lack of energy and fuzzy thinking did. Let's talk about why you need fat in your diet. Animal and vegetable fats provide valuable, concentrated energy; they also provide the building blocks for cell membranes and a variety of hormones and hormone-like substances.
Fats slow the absorption of nutrients into your system so that you can go longer without feeling hungry, and they aid in sugar and insulin metabolism, which helps you lose weight. In addition, they act as carriers for important fat-soluble vitamins, aid in the absorption of vital minerals, and help facilitate a host of other important biological operations within the body. Convinced? Good!
I know your next question is, How do I know if foods that contain fat are good to eat or not? It all boils down to molecular structure, and how different kinds of fat molecules affect your body. The fats considered to be healthiest come from plants and vegetables.
They are called unsaturated fats, and here's a basic look at the science behind them: Unsaturated fat molecules contain at least one pair of carbons linked by a double bond. Since hydrogen can't break this bond, it can't bond with these carbons, so any fat molecule with one or more double-bonded carbons is considered "unsaturated" by hydrogen.
Now keep your eyes peeled for the magic word — unsaturated — on food packaging.
The Healthiest "Good" Fat
The healthiest unsaturated fat is monounsaturated, so named for its one pair of double-bonded carbons. This is the kind of fat that can actually lower your "bad" cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease. It also supplies fatty acids essential for skin health and cellular development, and is believed to help prevent certain kinds of cancer, including breast and colon cancers. Excellent sources of monounsaturated fat include olive oil, canola oil, raw nuts (not roasted), and avocados.
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