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Water: Pure and Simple
Thirsty? Before you reach for that soda, beer or sports drink,
how about reaching for something that has been around since the
beginning of time'water. Water is one of the most pure, most
essential nutrients on the face of the earth. We drink it, wash
with it, swim in it and spend nine months developing in it.
Every living thing consists of water: plants, animals and
humans; each one of us is made up of approximately 70% water.
Water is an important and precious ...
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Turn Off the Fat Genes - A Book Review
Turn Off the Fat Genes - A Book Review
Once in a while a good title comes along and "Turn Off the Fat
Genes" is one of those titles that just have to be written
about. If you are not familiar with Dr. Neal Barnard's work, he
has been writing about how to lose weight on a high carbohydrate
diet for at least a decade now.
I'm amazed, as you might be, that his work is not better known.
There are a number of advantages to using a high carb diet and
as many disadvantages to the low carb/ high ...
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Surviving September
With summer completed and school back in session, it'll be time
to settle back into another fall routine. And, even though the
flexible schedules of summer have gone, this is actually a very
good thing for your weight and health.
In the summer, schedules can be hectic, haphazard, jumbled. This
plays havoc with your weight control efforts because you end up
eating on the run, at odd times during the day, or out of sync
with any rhythm you have established.
Just as your sleep is affected by ...
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Three Sure-Fire Ways To Lose Weight Get Healthier & Feel Great
--ONE-- Learn how to reduce the fat, sugar and salt content of
your food and to enjoy fruit and vegetables. Use the nutrition
guides on pre-packaged food to decide whether or not that
product is best for you or your family. Cooking fresh food puts
you in control of what you eat. Yes, it probably takes longer
than heating processed food, but what else were you going to do
with that time - watch TV? Perhaps the thought that fresh food
is cheaper than you think may encourage you to give it a ...
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Shape Up! 4-Alternative Weight Loss Solutions
I am embarrassed to admit how many different commercial weight
loss programs I've tried. I don't know about you, but after a
while I grow tired of talking heads touting empty promises. None
of them helped me look the way I think I should and most of them
left me agonizing over eating the same foods over and over.
What's a body to do?
In this article I've outline a few different ideas that I've
found to really work. Ideas I continue to come back to again and
again. Whether you need to lose a ...
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Why do we gain weight?
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There are many factors that cause us to increase body weight,
yet three stand out from the rest.
Our genetic make: Every cell in our body has a central control
panel, that is a nucleus ...
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Protein - its place in your weight loss program.
Any food that we take into our bodies is composed of
macronutrients, micronutrients and water. The macronutrients
(macro = large) are protein, fat and carbohydrates; the
micronutrients (micro = small) are vitamins, minerals and trace
elements. Macronutrients provide the calories that provide
energy for life; micronutrients have no calories but are an
essential part of our diet. Without macronutrients we would
starve to death, without micronutrients we would die from health
deterioration. So, ...
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Three Steps to Preparing Your Body for Summer
Summer isn't too far away. It's almost time for shorts, tank
tops, and bathing suits. Time to prepare the body for not only
looking good in such few clothes, but preparing the body for the
effects of the heat and sun. Three important steps to this
preparation include exercise, eating foods high in antioxidants,
and drinking plenty of water.
The National Weight Control Registry and a Consumer's Report
survey of 32,000 people both show that people who have lost
significant amounts of weight and ...
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Extra Weight Increases Cancer Risk
Next time you take another bite when you aren't actually hungry,
you might want to think about what else you might be opting for,
besides an extra scrumptious morsel -perhaps it could be cancer.
One of the most important steps you can take to lower your risk
of cancer is to maintain a healthy weight. Most of us have been
hearing about genetic and environmental pollutants for so long
that we think cancer is beyond our control, but in fact, more
than 50 percent of all cancers can be prevented ...
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We Can Help You Lose up to 7 kg by 28th of May
Welcome, to my long term health care online store. If you are an
existing customer, I recommend that you log into this Site right
away so that you can view your personal version of this Site. If
you are visiting my website for the first time, I realize that
the choice of products and programs can be bewildering, so feel
free to request assistance from me personally via the Help
function.
If you decide to turn to me for health maintenance, weight
control, sports stamina or beauty care and ...
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Take Control of Your Metabolism
So many people are talking about how slow their metabolism is
and why they need to start taking the latest diet supplement
scam yet they don't even understand how the human metabolism
works. So before I even go into how to speed yours up, I want to
first go over some of the basics. What is metabolism? Although
there are many scientific ways for me explain it, and I could
make it seem really confusing like most of the so-called experts
do, but I won't. I'm going to give you my extremely simple ...
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Coffee, Caffeine & Fitness
One look at a line at the local Starbucks in the morning and you
don't need to be convinced of the huge amount of coffee
consumption in the U.S. The National Coffee Association found in
2000 that 54% of the U.S. adult population drinks coffee daily.
Guess there's nothing like the first double espresso in the
morning to clear the cobwebs from our heads so we can face the
day.
But what are the effects relating to fitness? If that
grande-no-foam-double-whipped-extra-shot-no-fat latte gives us
the ...
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Diabetes
Diabetes: African Americans Deadly Foe
Diabetes is having a devastating effect on the African American
community. Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in
African Americans and African Americans' death rates are twenty
seven percent higher than whites.
Over 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes and one third
of them don't know they have the disease. In addition, twenty
five percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 - 74
have diabetes and one in four African American ...
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Can You Attain Weight Loss While Fasting?
Fasting, when done properly, can be a basic part of a solid
weight loss plan. If done correctly it can be a great start to
your new way of living.
When I first started my weight loss program I began with a fast.
I have fasted for 2-7 days on a few different occasions. The
reason that fasting can be such a great way to start a weight
loss program is because you can see results immediately.
It will also make it very easy to stick to your diet for the
first week. After not eating for a few days, ...
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Depression Series (Part 3)
Maria's depression was difficult to treat. As you can recall,
various medications had been tried to no avail. But after
several months of treatment, Maria has eventually become stable
on a combination of two antidepressants.
She's now able to do her usual activities and is motivated to go
back to work ' something she has struggled to do for a while.
Despite her improvement, antidepressant side effects have
emerged and are bothersome. Maria begins to consider
discontinuing her medications ...
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Your Guide To Preventive Healthcare
Your Guide To Preventive Healthcare
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Your Guide To Preventive Healthcare
Medical experts all agree that good health depends on improved
access ...
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Weight Problems - Facts You May Not Know
Why are weight problems so hard to resolve? Here are some facts
you may not know. Billions are spent on weight loss programs but
the percentage of overweight people continues to climb. The
number of overweight people increased dramatically during the
last 40 years of the 20th Century... According to government
studies, the following statistics reveal some startling facts
about weight gain. Overweight - 20 years of age and over - shows
percent of population Year 1960-62 | 1971-74 | 1976-80 | ...
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Are you one of a million walking time bombs?
Let's suppose you have high blood pressure and you have to take
medications to treat it ' what can you do? Or you're not on
medication, but should be. Hypertension, the scientific name for
constant high blood pressure, is considered a silent killer
because most people with hypertension are what is called
asymptomatic, meaning without symptoms. Yes, a very large
percentage of people with high blood pressure could be
considered ticking time bombs. They can blow at any time. They
get on with their ...
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Losing Weight Without Being Hungry
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Losing Weight Without Being Hungry
- by Melanie Mendelson
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Many people associate weight loss with being hungry all the
time. They're afraid to start a weight loss plan because they
want to avoid the frustrations of hunger.
And yes, a lot of times for many people it's better to be
overweight than ...
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Eight Fitness Tips For The Combat Realist
Forget being the toughest guy on the planet. It's pretty easy
for martial artists to adopt complacency and begin to rest on
their laurels. Not you? Well, if the circumference of your waist
is large enough to hide the knot of your black belt, this
article may be for you. Even if you are in top condition, read
on if you want to look lean and feel your best as a combat
warrior. I'll make it real easy for you. I promise you won't
have to execute ten thousand kicks or hold a sword over your
head ...
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How to Lift Weights to Lose Weight
HOW TO LIFT WEIGHTS AND LOSE WEIGHT The 5 Golden Rules by
Michael Stefano I was barely fifteen when I bought my first set
of weights. My best buddy and I lugged the 110-pound set uphill
for the twenty plus blocks from the porting goods store to my
parent's basement. Back then pumping iron was reserved for
bodybuilders and others at the extreme end of the exercise
spectrum. But there were a dedicated few of us that found out
just how far a little bit of weight lifting could take you.
Today ...
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The Best Kept Secret of Weight Loss
As I watch the infomercials about weight-loss and as I hear
"success stories" about losing weight, it seems like the
definition of "success" is fast weight loss. "I lost 20 pounds
in six weeks." I lost 10 pounds the first week" That sort of
thing. Yet, national figures indicated that 95 percent of us who
lose weight gain it back. If these diets were so "successful,"
why do we gain the weight back?
Research indicates that slower weight loss of a half pound to
two pounds a week and preferably ...
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Healthy Eating, the Natural Way!
In the past few weeks, Gram has been weeding through, throwing
out, organizing - probably the most hateful task of all, the
chore for which there never seemed to "be enough time." Well,
the truth is, time is always of the essence. But limited energy
should probably have taken top billing. Admiring the neat
appearance of her closet, Gram wondered, "What gives with me?
Why the sea change?"
Then, with one glance at the gleaming new juicer sitting at the
ready on the kitchen counter, it became ...
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Infrared Technology Comes of Age
What exactly is infrared, or radiant heat? No need to worry -
it
has nothing to do with either ultraviolet radiation (which gives
you a sunburn and damages your skin) or atomic radiation (the
kind from a nuclear bomb). Radiant heat is simply a form of
energy that heats objects directly through a process called
conversion, without having to heat the air in between. Radiant
heat is also called infrared energy (IR). Our sun is the
principal source of radiant energy that we enjoy daily (some
more ...
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Gardening is Good Therapy
Many of us garden just for the sheer joy of it. But did you
know that all over the country the healing aspects of gardening
are being used as therapy or as an adjunct to therapy?
Although this might sound like a new concept, garden therapy has
been around for decades. For example, the Garden Therapy Program
at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, and in regional
hospitals in Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Rome, Thomasville and
Savannah, has been helping people for over 40 years ...
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How to improves weight-loss success by Intensive diet instruction
The National Weight Control Registry summarized strategies used to achieve and maintain long-term weight loss by evaluating more than 4,000 successful weight-loss maintainers concerning their diet and exercise habits. These findings suggest that factors influencing weight loss success include high levels of physical activity (1 hour/ day), eating a low-energy, low-fat diet, regularly consuming breakfast, self-monitoring of body weight, and maintaining consistent eating patterns throughout the ...
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The need for a tripartite joint efforts to control
QuestionThe need for a tripartite joint efforts to control high blood pressureAnswerHow to better control of hypertension is well known that high blood pressure to have a great impact on human health, it is coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease risk factors the most important. In China, the existing more than 100 million patients with hypertension, and an upward trend to continue. High blood pressure to a recent survey of international cooperation in the past 10 years, the prevalence ...
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The need for a tripartite joint efforts to control
QuestionThe need for a tripartite joint efforts to control high blood pressureAnswerHow to better control of hypertension is well known that high blood pressure to have a great impact on human health, it is coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease risk factors the most important. In China, the existing more than 100 million patients with hypertension, and an upward trend to continue. High blood pressure to a recent survey of international cooperation in the past 10 years, the prevalence ...
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The need for a tripartite joint efforts to control
QuestionThe need for a tripartite joint efforts to control high blood pressureAnswerHow to better control of hypertension is well known that high blood pressure to have a great impact on human health, it is coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease risk factors the most important. In China, the existing more than 100 million patients with hypertension, and an upward trend to continue. High blood pressure to a recent survey of international cooperation in the past 10 years, the prevalence ...
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