by wildcherry on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 | Health, Life | No Comments

There are many reasons to consider taking that huge leap into starting a new diet. Countless
conditions and diseases stem from overeating and obesity, most could be fatal.

Studies show possibly around 10 million Americans, due to their age and weight issues, are at high risk for type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes may lead to kidney failure, the possible loss of limbs, and even blindness. Diabetes is also a major cause of heart disease and stroke.

Overeating is both the cause, and effect, of mild to serious forms of depression. Your entire
life can easily become far more relaxing, with a serious boost of self-confidence, just by getting
yourself into a proper diet routine and throwing in a little bit of exercise. Why should you constantly
feel disappointed in yourself when you look in the mirror, have your picture taken, go out in public, or
even showering.

The amount of dedication it takes to stay on a diet plan and maintain a healthy weight, is actually far less than what most overweight people are told, this is what usually keeps them
in their never ending cycle of overeating and feeling like there is no way to stop. All it takes is a list of
the healthy foods you enjoy eating, and a set schedule every day of when to eat them, after a while
this all will come natural without hardly any effort on your part.

The great part about any diet is that as long as you can stick to it for a few weeks, once you
notice the results you will most likely be hooked, and not want to stop. Take this example for instance,
say you are 25-30 pounds overweight, which is generally a very noticeable amount to you, and your
partner if you have one. If you were to commit to a healthy diet starting today, you have a very likely
chance of shedding at least 5 pounds in the next 2 weeks. This may not seem like a lot of weight to
lose but it’s enough for you to notice a difference when you look in the mirror.

Getting to that point alone should give enough motivation to get to the next level, 10 pounds of weight loss, and so on until you have reached the goal you set out to accomplish. If more people were to keep this in mind at the very beginning of their diet, their chances of making it at least 2 weeks would be far greater, and therefore they would also not want to stop.

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by nate on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 | Beauty, Health, Knowledge, Life, Tips | No Comments

At around end of year, many people, especially in US, are busy preparing their New Year Resolution. And for the last several years, “Diet” has been one of the most popular New Year Resolution’s choice. The term I’m about to mention is kinda weird, but some people say it’s natural, especially after this topic was aired on “Tyra Banks Show”: Tapeworm Diet. Are you interested? Read below…

Some women in more developed nations are willingly putting these parasites into their bodies to drop a few pounds. Eating cabbage soup for two weeks. Exercising three times day. Drinking water with lemon juice and cayenne pepper for 10 days. We can all admit to going to great lengths, even if just once, to lose those unwanted pounds. But the Tapeworm Diet has to get as extreme and desperate as the world of dieting tricks and methods come. The good news is that importing or selling tapeworms in the U.S. is illegal. Tapeworms though, do occur in undercooked beef or raw meat dishes which are prone to contamination. The tapeworm diet involves ingesting a parasite so you can eat more.

The “tapeworm diet” is making its rounds on the Internet this afternoon, as a “Tyra Banks Show” episode that aired in November makes an encore appearance. On that show, the model-turned-TV-personality interviewed women who said they would willingly ingest a yellowish worm (likely in egg form, rather than its yards-long full-grown counterpart) in order to lose weight.

PRO

• Weight loss is pretty much guaranteed
• A scientist in Japan believes that tapeworms can also help clear up allergies like hay fever

CON

• Can be deadly
• Banned by the FDA
• Medical intervention may be needed to get rid of the tapeworm
• There are side effects to having a tapeworm
• Can’t purchase or import one
• Once you get rid of the tapeworm, you risk putting weight back if you continue eating like you have a tapeworm

DIET & NUTRITION

The Tapeworm Diet is anything but a diet. Since a sizable percentage of what you eat goes to the tapeworm, it’s a virtual dieter’s dream: eat whatever you want and lose weight. Taking extra vitamins during an infection might help to prevent the massive nutrient loss. Following an infection, all those lost pounds can be easily put back on if you don’t follow a healthy eating plan for just you and not your parasite.

TREATMENT

Treatment for getting rid of a tapeworm varies from grotesque to the less grotesque. A strong course of antibiotics is prescribed to get rid of the tapeworm.

CONCLUSION

Now, after reading a brief about the Tapeworm Diet, are you gonna try it? I’d suggest to ask your doctor or your health consultant before you really do it.

source:

dietsinreview.com

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by wildcherry on Monday, November 9th, 2009 | Health, Life | 1 Comment

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by wildcherry on Friday, November 6th, 2009 | Health, Life | No Comments

Here are some Vegan Diet tips that will help your weigh loss and health:

Tip #1: Eat apricots & carrots
That’s a nice little “Eating Healthy Tip”. Apricots and carrots are great because the contain a lot of beta-carotene, vitamin C, iron and potassium and only a few calories. Eat them whenever you get the chance.

Tip #2: Drink Beverages
Unsweeted fruit juices are tasty can be a good source of vitamins. Other healthy options are mineral water, tea, blended fruits with soy milk. These are all powerful.

Tip #3: Washing and Peeling: Do not over do it
You know you have to wash fruits and vegetables to remove pesticides. Also, many people completely peel the fruits before they eat them. You must know that if you wash too much or peel the fruits you may remove some of the nutritional value. So don’t over do it!

Tip #4: Do not use Fructose
Many people believe that fructose is healthy because it’s derived from fruit. The truth is that fructose is not a healthy sweetener and it is not derived by fruit! In fact, it is a highly refined sugar that is believed to cause cancer and high cholesterol.

Tip #5: Eat Nuts
Nuts and seeds are extremely powerfulland healthy. Vegetarians who eat lots of nuts have a stronger heart. Nuts contain huge amounts of vitamins and minerals like vitamin E,B, magnesium, calcium etc. They also help to stabilize your blood dugar. So go for nuts!

Tip #6: Vitamin Compensation
Vegetarian meatless diets cause lack of iron and B vitamin. These vitamins are crucial to your health and you must compensate for them by eating whole grains or dark leaf vegetables.

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by bintangkecil on Monday, October 19th, 2009 | Life, Tips | No Comments

A fitness trainer, Terry O’Hara’s, has her “Top Ten Tips” in life - and I’ll bet you will be surprised they have nothing to do with money, struggle or pain:

1. Your mental image of yourself defines what you will work toward. What is your reason for getting out to exercise in the first place? Is it so your clothes fit better, or to be able to ski this winter without dying on the slopes? Developing a strong mental image that is specific and positive will help motivate and guide your decisions.

2. Nobody eats enough good food. This one is huge, as most of us are on a perpetual diet, and pride ourselves by not eating, or skimping along with a minimal meal in order to splurge later. Wrong! “By 1pm, you should have already eaten breakfast, a snack, lunch, and be getting ready for another small snack,” said O’Hara. “You need to take a counter intuitive approach to your diet and until you start eating, the diet cycle can trap you.”

3. Your body adapts to everything. This applies to your diet and exercise, or lack of it. If you start walking a route in your neighborhood and think you can just do that forever- wrong! Ever noticed you start on new cardio equipment at the gym and it is hard to get through 20 minutes, but after a month you are hardly out of breath? That means it is time to mix it up and do something new. Try rowing, or stairs.

4. The word “Carbs” is a misnomer for dieting. If you are taking all carbs out of your diet, you are depriving yourself of one of the four necessary nutrients for your body, as well as vital B complex vitamins and critical fiber. Complex carbs contain valuable nutrients responsible for energy production. Cut out the simple processed carbs like cookies or crackers, and replace with plenty of whole grains, oatmeal, or brown rice.

5. Memories dictate bad habits. Ever wonder why you buy the same things over and over again at the store? Do you buy chocolate Oreos because your mother did? “Time to change up the menu,” says O’Hara. “Replace those frozen waffles with homemade with fresh blueberries, or forget the top ramen and make a quick soup that is simple and delicious.”

6. Face up to your personal statistics. This one really woke me up. Rather than just knowing your weight on a scale or your size of clothes, do you know your body fat percentage, your basic heart rate or the number of maintenance calories you should be eating for your age? “For less than $100, you can hire a personal trainer one time, to help you assess exactly what you need to know,” said O’Hara. Or, for absolutely free, O’Hara steers clients to the website: sparkpeople.com to get all your info and ideas on exercises to do. Check it out and get informed!

7. All or nothing exercise gets you nowhere, (or hurt). Lots of people are like me; the pants just get WAY to tight, so we all fired up about working out again, go out and buy new sneakers, and start running everyday like we are old pros. Then after a week, shin splints kick in, and then we quit. Others may hear about a new type of exercise, and try it without building up first, and get injured. O’Hara encourages starting with a solid, organized plan that can keep your progressing and organize a workout schedule you can use for the rest of your life.

8. We are not supposed to get weak and incapacitated as we get older. It is not true that we should stop being physically active as we age, but continue with cardio, resistance training and core building for a lifetime. Tennis, swimming, golf, yoga and power walking can be done forever.

9. It’s all about PUSHUPS baby! Come on, be honest, how many “proper” pushups can you do? “If you can’t do a push up properly, it means you lack core strength,” explains O’Hara, “and that is the most important area to maintain for posture, back support, and ongoing health.” For the ultimate challenge (and one that I am going to start myself) check out the One Hundred Pushups website for a full six week program to help you reach the seemingly impossible goal of being able to do 100 consecutive pushups. Wow!

10. There is a fountain of youth! “Strength in life is the fountain of youth,” said O’Hara, “strength in keeping the muscles strong and building them, strength in what you choose to eat, strength in your character - it is the absolute secret to a long life.”

Read more at: HuffingtonPost

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by wildcherry on Monday, December 29th, 2008 | Health, Life | 2 Comments

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We talk a lot about ”watching what we eat,” but if you never gave a thought to what you ate and instead watched only what you drank, you could probably cut 450 calories a day out of your life. (Yes, nearly a pound of fat loss a week!) That’s what a study from the University of North Carolina found. Americans today drink about 192 gallons of liquid a year—or about 2 liters a day. To put it into perspective, this is nearly twice as many calories as we did 30 years ago.

When confronted with the growing tide of calories from sweetened beverages, the first response is, “Why not just drink diet soda?” Well, for a few reasons:

Just because diet soda is low in calories doesn’t mean it can’t lead to weight gain.

It may have only 5 or fewer calories per serving, but emerging research suggests that consuming sugary-tasting beverages–even if they’re artificially sweetened–may lead to a high preference for sweetness overall. That means sweeter (and more caloric) cereal, bread, dessert–everything.

Guzzling these drinks all day long forces out the healthy beverages you need.

Diet soda is 100 percent nutrition-free, and again, it’s just as important to actively drink the good stuff as it is to avoid that bad stuff. So one diet soda a day is fine, but if you’re downing five or six cans, that means you’re limiting your intake of healthful beverages, particularly water and tea.

There remain some concerns over aspartame, the low-calorie chemical used to give diet sodas their flavor.

Aspartame is 180 times sweeter than sugar, and some animal research has linked consumption of high amounts of the sweetener to brain tumors and lymphoma in rodents. The FDA maintains that the sweetener is safe, but reported side effects include dizziness, headaches, diarrhea, memory loss, and mood changes. Bottom line: Diet soda does you no good, and it might just be doing you wrong.

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by bintangkecil on Friday, November 14th, 2008 | Health, Knowledge | 5 Comments

Which diet is right for you?

Does your blood type represent a genetic marker that indicates which foods you can process best, and which might give you problems?

Does your blood type suggest predisposition to particular dysfunctions or vulnerability to certain diseases?

Can we identify a diet plan, determine appropriate vitamin and mineral supplements, and develop exercise regimens on the basis of blood type? Even sketch out basic personality traits?

The answers are YES, YES, YES, and YES.

Here’s an interesting facts from http://intraspec.ca/blood.php

[t]he essence of the blood type connection rests in these facts:

* Your blood type - O, A, B, AB - is a powerful genetic fingerprint that identifies you as surely as your DNA.

* When you use the individualized characteristics of your blood type as a guidepost for eating and living, you will be healthier, you will naturally reach your ideal weight, and you will slow the process of aging.

* Your blood type is a more reliable measure of your identity than race, culture, or geography. It is a genetic blueprint for who you are, a guide to how you can live most healthfully.

* The key to the significance of blood type can be found in the story of human evolution: Type O is the oldest; Type A evolved with agrarian society; Type B emerged as humans migrated north into colder, harsher territories; and Type AB was a thoroughly modern adaptation, a result of the intermingling of disparate groups. This evolutionary story relates directly to the dietary needs of each blood type today.

Fundamental to this theory is the idea that lectins, proteins found in many foods of high nutritional value, have glue-like properties that affect your blood. “Simply put,” writes D’Adamo, “when you eat a food containing protein lectins that are incompatible with your blood type antigen, the lectins target an organ or bodily system…and begin to agglutinate blood cells in that area” (p.23). Each of the four blood types is described in terms of an antigen. Type O is the simplest, comprised of a basic sugar called fucose. The Type A antigen consists of fucose and N-acetyl-galactosamine; Type B, of fucose and D-galactosamine; and Type AB, of fucose, N-galactosamine and D-galactosamine. Each of these antigens presents a “unique shape,” and lectins fitting that shape can interact. In my illustration below (adapted from p.26), food lectins interact with and agglutinate cells of one blood type at left; but not with those of another type at right, because its cells possess a different shape.

See your diet according to your blood type:

• Type O
• Type A
• Type B
• Type AB

See full article

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by wildcherry on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Health, News | 1 Comment

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Economists, health researchers and consumers are struggling to answer that question as food prices rise and the economy slumps. The World Bank says nearly a billion people around the world live on a dollar a day, or even less; in the United States, the daily food-stamp allowance is typically just a few dollars per person, while the average American eats $7 worth of food per day.

Even middle-class people struggle to put healthful food on the table. Studies show that junk foods tend to cost less than fruits, vegetables and other healthful foods, whose prices continue to rise.

This fall a couple in Encinitas, Calif., conducted their own experiment to find out what it was like to live for a month on just a dollar a day for food. Overnight, their diets changed significantly. The budget forced them to give up many store-bought foods and dinners out. Even bread and canned refried beans were too expensive.

Instead, the couple — Christopher Greenslate, 28, and Kerri Leonard, 29, both high school social studies teachers — bought raw beans, rice, cornmeal and oatmeal in bulk, and made their own bread and tortillas. Fresh fruits and vegetables weren’t an option. Ms. Leonard’s mother was so worried about scurvy, a result of vitamin C deficiency, that they made room in their budget for Tang orange drink mix. (They don’t eat meat — not that they could have afforded it.)

Breakfast consisted of oatmeal; lunch was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Dinner often consisted of beans, rice and homemade tortillas. Homemade pancakes were affordable, but syrup was not; a local restaurant gave them a few free syrup packets.

One of the biggest changes was the time they had to spend in meal preparation.

“If you’re buying raw materials, you’re spending more time preparing things,” Mr. Greenslate said. “We’d come home after working 10 to 11 hours and have to roll out tortillas. If you’re already really hungry at that point, it’s tough.”

While he lost weight on the budget diet, Mr. Greenslate said, the larger issue was his lack of energy. During the experiment he was no longer able to work out at the gym.

A few times they found a bag of carrots or lettuce that was within their budget, but produce was usually too expensive. They foraged for lemons on the trees in their neighborhood to squeeze juice into their water.

Ms. Leonard said that after the 30-day experiment, one of the first foods she ate was a strawberry. “I almost cried,” she said.

The couple acknowledged that the experiment was something of a luxury, given that many people have no choice about how much to spend on food.

“People in our situation have the leisure to be concerned about issues like this,” Ms. Leonard said. “If we were actually living in this situation, I would not be taking the time to be concerned about what I could and could not have; I’d be worried about survival.”

Researchers say the experiment reflects many of the challenges that poor people actually face. When food stamps and income checks run low toward the end of the month, they often do scrape by on a dollar a day or less. But many people don’t know how to prepare foods from scratch, or lack the time.

“You have to know how to cook beans and rice, how to make tortillas, how to soak lentils,” said Adam Drewnowski, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington. “Many people don’t have the knowledge or the time if they’re working two jobs.”

Last year, Dr. Drewnowski led a study, published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, comparing the prices of 370 foods sold at supermarkets in the Seattle area. The study showed that “energy dense” junk foods, which pack the most calories and fewest nutrients per gram, were far less expensive than nutrient-rich, lower-calorie foods like fruits and vegetables. The prices of the most healthful foods surged 19.5 percent over the two-year study period, while the junk food prices dropped 1.8 percent.

Obesity researchers worry that these trends will push consumers toward less healthful foods. “The message for this year and next year is going to be affordable nutrition,” Dr. Drewnowski said. “It’s not the food pyramid, it’s the budget pyramid.”

The experiment in California was hardly the first of its kind, though the teachers’ budget was tighter than most. Last month Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan and her family took a weeklong “food stamp challenge,” spending only $5.87 per day per person on food — the Michigan food stamp allotment. She told reporters that she ended up buying a lot of macaroni and cheese. Last year Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski of Oregon lived for a week on his state’s $3-a-day food stamp allocation.

Ms. Leonard and Mr. Greenslate, who chronicled their dollar-a-day experience on their blog, onedollardietproject.wordpress.com, say they are looking at other ways to explore how difficult it is for people with limited income to eat a healthful diet.

“I challenge anyone to try to live on a dollar a day and eat fresh food in this country,” Mr. Greenslate said. “I would love to be proven wrong.”

Source:NyTimes

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by nate on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | Knowledge, Life | 4 Comments

When it comes to losing weight, tried-and-true strategies work, period. Obese adults who were given a pamphlet with 10 basic rules were motivated enough to lose 4 pounds in 8 weeks. Follow them all, and you could shave off up to 900 calories a day, study authors say—enough to lose nearly 15 pounds in the same amount of time.

1. Eat your meals on a regular schedule.

2. Choose low-fat foods.

3. Wear a pedometer and walk 10,000 steps a day.

4. Pack healthy snacks.

5. Check the fat and sugar content on food labels.

6. Portion wisely and skip seconds (except vegetables).

7. Stand for 10 minutes every hour.

8. Avoid sugary drinks.

9. Turn off the television while you eat.

10. Eat at least five servings of fruits and veggies daily.

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by Go3z on Friday, October 17th, 2008 | Health, Knowledge | 7 Comments

As many in the south worry about oil shortage during hurricane season, Japan is experiencing a banana shortage.

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I read an interesting article this morning about Morning Banana Diet that is rage in Japan and some of the western countries right now. Basically, the theory is simple. You can lose weight by eating banana(s) with room temperature water for breakfast; and eat anything you want for lunch and dinner by 8:00 PM. It’s okay to eat snack at around 3:00 PM, but no dessets after meals. Some Japanese eat a filling, fist-sized rice ball (onigiri) instead of their afternoon sweet for their snack to help keep the hunger away. Make sure you go to bed early before midnight, in order for the regime to work better.

After reading the article, I did a research on Morning Banana Diet on Google. I found a website called “Morning Banana”, where you can actually compare your results with other bananoid-diet-users. If you are planning to try out this diet regime, the author of Morning Banana suggests to try it for 2 weeks and see whether it works for you, before you continue with the program.

I’m glad that the banana craze hasn’t hit the United States yet. That means, I still can go on trying this simple diet regime with a lower cost. Plus, I don’t want to be fighting over my bananas at the grocery stores.

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