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How to Gain Weight Fast With Low Calorie Diets – Is That Possible? I Want to Extend My Life !
Posted by Steve in Free Trials, summer diets, superfood on January 8, 2012
Author: Regev Elya, author and creator of FreshBeetle . Com . Feel free to drop by from time to time, I write about nutrition and exercise and try to hunt scientific gems and expose them to the general public, for the sake of truth.
How to Gain Weight Fast With Low Calorie Diets – Is That Possible?
I have been working very hard lately in order to regain my former size, as I have lost most of it during my last year. I have traveled ‘heavily’ this year and lost a lot of my weight, but I found out something pretty interesting over there in the mountains of Burma. You see, I used to believe weight changes and fluctuations are merely a matter of calories in and calories out, but I’m starting to see the big, broad picture now.
I think there is a huge component most people do not take into account: hormonal changes. I truly believe, after seeing various indigenous cultures, that hormonal changes make a far more vital role in playing with your weight rather than the caloric value of the food, a lab-invented gray technique to measure food.
I have seen people who eat a lot and stay slim and fit, while other western people try all of these strange crash diets and staying fat and obese. I think the reason behind it, from all the scientific documents I have read, is the hormonal changes that processed foods trigger. The most obvious example would be the whole hype over low carb, paleo and primal diets. These diets succeed. I mean, I have seen an almost perfect rate of success with them among my forum members and I truly believe that hormonal changes are the key here.
Is it possible to gain weight and muscle while being on a low calorie diet? I don’t think so. Well, unless you are a genetically blessed monster. Anyway, I do think you can get very fit and healthy by following a weight training program and a low calorie (‘life extension’ style) diet. If you want to get really big though, you will have to eat. Like it’s your job. Make your priorities.
How Do I Gain Muscle With Minimal Food Input Then ?
Well, that is a very big question, and I do not think I am qualified to answer it, but I will try anyway. As I mentioned above, muscular and body re-composition are mostly a matter of hormones. If you manage to get enough of these anabolic hormones – you are on the right track. However, it is very hard to achieve with a low calorie diet since your testosterone levels are naturally lower on such a diet. Also, you might not have enough nutrients and calories to allow for muscular growth.
I do recommend ‘working your way’ to the minimum effective dose when it comes to calories. Always add a little more and track growth. That way, you can be sure you insert as little as possible but are still on your way to achieve your goals.
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Weight Loss Beats Crunches for a Flat Stomach
Posted by Steve in antioxidants, exercise, Free Trials, summer diets, superfood on September 13, 2011
Whether you have been pregnant, find small amounts of weight creeping up on you as you get older, or sometimes overindulge in food or alcoholic beverages, you may have some excess weight around your midsection that you would like to get rid of. For many, having a flat stomach or “six-pack abs” is a dream that is seemingly just out of reach. Is there a way to get rid of your belly fat? Do you need to eat more or less of a certain food, or should you perform specific exercises to tone this area of your body?
Why Should I Lose Body Fat?
The visceral fat that sits around your midsection is more dangerous than the fat in your hips and thighs. It is also worse than the subcutaneous fat that nestles under your skin. Large amounts of excess belly fat can lead to inflammation, hardening of the arteries and a higher risk of developing serious health conditions including metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
How to Do it
The good news is that belly fat is the first type of body fat that you lose when you shed weight. However, there is no magic potion, pill, drink, food or exercise that is going to specifically target that area of your body. Regardless of your body type, whether you are an “apple” shape with body fat only around your middle or a “pear” shape with larger thighs and hips, most people lose the fat around their midsections first and more proportionately than anywhere else.
The type of fat that makes up larger bellies, visceral fat, is more active in terms of metabolism than the subcutaneous fat that is located under the skin around other areas of the body. Experts say that the more fat you have to lose, the faster you will lose it.
Eat More Grains
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study that showed when whole-grains were added to a calorie-controlled diet, obese individuals tended to lose weight faster from the abdominal area than those who consumed refined grains.[1] Consuming a similar diet, while reducing the amount of refined carbohydrates, changes the body’s response to glucose and insulin, making it easier to move the fat storage areas of the body. Whole-grains are also higher in fiber, which can leave people full for longer periods of time and decrease hunger levels.
Refined grains, on the other hand, elevate the body’s blood sugar levels and insulin response, causing the body to deposit fat more quickly.
What about Exercise?
It is a known fact for exercise enthusiasts but a source of frustration for those looking to trim certain body areas: you cannot spot reduce weight. While butterfly crunches do in fact target your lower abdominal muscles, you cannot perform hundreds of crunches with the hopes that you will see a flatter midsection. These exercises will not help you lose weight, although they may strengthen them and give a tighter and thinner appearance.
Along with a healthy, calorie-controlled diet, you must also get roughly 60 minutes of moderate exercise every day. The more intense your workouts, the more abdominal fat you may shed.
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LowFatDietPlan.org offers tips that can help you lose weight if your on a 17 day diet,low fat diet I or even a vegetarian diet plan,
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Healthy Juice Drinks – Iron, Like a Lion in Zion
Posted by Steve in Free Trials, summer diets, superfood, weight loss on September 1, 2011
If you’ve been getting a bit anemic lately and are feeling a little run down then it’s possible you are lacking a bit of iron in your diet. That’s where the Iron, Lion Zion juice drink comes in handy. Whether you are not eating properly or you are a vegetarian and need a boost, if you get anemic then you can end up feeling depressed, tired or lethargic and leave yourself open to colds and flu. Get one of these iron rich juice drinks down you and you’ll soon feel a lot better:
Take the following ingredients:
250g (8 0z) of spinach
25g (1 oz) of parsley
250g (8 oz) of carrots
1 heaped teaspoon of spirulina
Chuck the carrot, parsley and spinach into a juicer and juice vigorously for a couple of minutes. Then stir in the spirulina. Pour it into a fat tumbler, add a bit of ice and if you’re feeling really fancy, decorate with a slice of cucumber of carrot.
Not only does this juice drink taste awesome, but it will also give you a grand old dose of folic acid to build up those red blood cells, some chlorophyll to help fight that fatigue and a massive dose of all-important vitamin B12 from the spirulina. All of that for just 229 calories!
Alex is a food writer and blogger. He loves writing about beautiful food and healthy living and currently writes for Coupon Croc .
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The Best Juice for Healthy Skin
Posted by Steve in antioxidants, Free Trials, summer diets, superfood, weight loss on August 22, 2011
We all want beautiful and glowing skin. We all want to look beautiful. We all want to look our very best. One of the things which we can do is drink juice. It is possible to juice your way to great skin. Ask any medical expert and he will tell you that what you put in your body will manifest itself on your body. If you eat greasy food, you will get a lot of pimples. This is not a secret. You have to take good care of your body if you want to look great.
There are many treatments for healthy skin. One of them is to drink at least 8-10 glasses of water a day. Your skin will be deprived if you do not do this. And no, other liquids like soda do not substitute for water. You need to consumer beta carotene and Vitamin A. They will rebuild your tissues and reduce the production of excess oil. Vitamin C and Vitamin E are also necessary.
You will need to buy juicer so you can enjoy all the goodness of juice on your skin. A glass of juice daily can help you on your way to better skin. The key is drinking real juice and not a cocktail. Vegetable juices are some of the best options for the skin because they have less sugar and they have fewer calories too. Yellow, orange and dark green leafy vegetables give your skin a lot of goodness.
When it comes to fruits, you can also juice grapes, berries, pomegranate and prunes. They are packed with Vitamin C and antioxidants. Some reports also say that Acai Berry also has high concentrations of antioxidants. This has not been proven though. There are lots of other fruits today which are good for the skin. You can also find a lot of free juice recipes for the skin on the Internet.
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The Health Benefits of Cod Liver Oil
Posted by Steve in Acai Burn, antioxidants, Free Trials, summer diets, superfood on August 16, 2011
Conventional fish oils are some of the best-supported supplements in terms of research and empirical backing, yet it is still unclear whether they are most effective than alternatives such as cod liver oil. Both conventional fish oils and cod liver oils are effective because of their high doses of essential fatty acids occurring in their natural form, but other aspects of cod liver may make it an even better choice than conventional oils.
Vitamin A in Cod Liver Oil
Although rarely giving proper recognition, vitamin A is essential for the development and maintenance of proper vision, as highlighted in the article What Does Vitamin A Do? Furthermore, vitamin A is responsible for the regulation of a wide variety of other hormonal processes that keep the body functioning properly. Cod liver oil contains high doses of vitamin A in it’s naturally occurring form, as opposed to synthetic alternatives.
Vitamin D in Cod Liver Oil
Another important component of cod liver oil is vitamin D, which is regulates bone mineral density, various hormone-related processes, and more. Researchers have even established a link between vitamin D deficiency and hair loss due to vitamin D’s influence on hair growth cycles. As with vitamin A, the vitamin D in cod liver oil is in it’s naturally-occurring form and is therefore easily absorbed by the body.
Omega-3s in Cod Liver Oil
Omega-3 fatty acids are the main selling point of fish oils in general, and are also present in high quantities in cod liver oil. Omega-3 balance (in comparison to Omega-6) has been found to be an extremely important factor in overall health. Moreover, common American diets tend to be excessive in Omega-6 fatty acids and very low in Omega-3s, so it’s almost always the case that a form of fish oil can help with these imbalances.
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Seniors, How to Stay Balanced!?
Posted by Steve in antioxidants, exercise, summer diets, weight loss on August 13, 2011
Unless we have regularly practiced some form of exercise in our life or have inherited exceptionally good genes, we will feel weaker in the legs as we get older. That is part of growing older and as the Chinese say, ‘old age starts in the legs’.
Helping to prolong one’s life with exercise is the solution, as well as also looking after oneself in other ways,
such as maintain good nutrition, fresh air, good, nourishing relationships etc.
How come old age starts in the legs?
Considering that our main support is the ground, the earth, we learn that being connected to it is vital in fact.
We are constantly and without interruption being ‘fed’ energy from the earth – as well as from the heavens – thus we learn in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Again according to TCM, some of our organs, like the stomach and the spleen, have the quality of the earth in them and are classified as being of the earth element, just as some others, like the lungs, have the quality of the air and are classified as being of the air element, while the heart is of the fire element. Our body comes from the earth and the ancient Chinese were quick to see, through being close to nature, its relationship to the different elements of nature.
So, yes, it is very important to keep our connection to the earth, if only by developing the leg muscles, which, being intimately connected with every other area of muscle in the body, play an crucial part in keeping the whole body strong and well-balanced.
Many of us have taken for granted the fact that the earth supports us, but in older age are surprised or accept it as a ‘fait accompli’ if we lose our balance, as if it were a natural part of growing old.
So we end up spending time in wheelchairs or having to hold on to a walking frame to get about.
A few years ago I approached several retirement homes to offer an exercise program for seniors, and I was shocked to see this state of affairs.
Most of the people there were hardly able to lift their arms without any help! (Of course I am not including some of us who’ve been unfortunate, having had accidents and needing to resort to extra outside help).
I honestly think it’s time for everyone over 50 who hasn’t already started some form of exercise to begin and keep up with it as a regular practice.
Although maybe we might have to try several exercise programs for seniors until we find one that is:
· easy
· where we feel we make progress
· that makes us feel good, stronger, energised and relaxed at the end of a session
And may I suggest easy Tai Chi?!
I’d also like to mention that exercise helps us to be inspired and creative, but that will be the topic of another article!
To provide a means to generate well-being from within, Francoise Bonhoure, a qualified Seniors Exercise teacher (for Over and Under 50’s!), has created a comprehensive beginner exercise program.
By joining the membership for our ezine you’ll have access to free exercise videos and audios
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