Is Natural Weight Loss Really Possible?

Natural Weight Loss Is Permanent

Only natural weight loss can be permanent. Going on diets and taking weight loss pills to eliminate food cravings is only temporary and leads to obesity.

Not only is natural weight loss safe, but you'll eliminate food cravings without taking weight loss pills.

Most weight loss systems are not natural, and that's why the "failure rate" is over 98%.

There are no diets whatsoever, which lead to natural weight loss, because every single diet slows down your metabolism, which means that when you go off the diet, you will eventually gain back more weight than you lost.

How many people do you know, who actually kept it off?

So, dieting is just not an option, if you want to keep the weight off for good.

Weight Loss Pills

Most weight loss pills or diet pills are nothing more than appetite suppressants, which help to take away food cravings so that you don't eat, or don't eat as much.

So in reality, what you've done by taking weight loss pills, is actually putting yourself on a very drastic starvation diet, during which your body is getting progressively more starved for nutrition, and also...

Your metabolism will slow down to a crawl, and that's your guarantee that when you go off the weight loss pills, you are going to blow up like a balloon, and eventually gain all the weight back, plus a few extra pounds as a bonus.

Food Supplements

Taking a safe and healthy food supplement that your body can absorb, can really enhance a good natural weight loss program, because the extra nutrition will help your body to become more nutritionally satisfied.

This will help to eliminate food cravings without taking weight loss pills. Cutting back on food cravings by becoming more nutritionally satisfied, means that...

You won't slow down your metabolism, and you won't have the same problem with regaining the weight.

The problem however...

Is that most food supplements are not absorbed very well by your body. When you take a Vitamin and Mineral supplement for example, most people are only able to absorb between 4 to 5%, so it's a total waste of money, plus...

If you are not absorbing the supplement, it will definitely not help to eliminate food cravings, so you're no further ahead.

In the Slim America Weight-Loss Project, we only recommend natural food supplements which are fully absorbed by the body. As a result, these totally safe food supplements really help to enhance and speed up our natural weight-loss program, and also...

Not only are food cravings greatly reduced, but our students are reporting lots of extra energy, more stamina, and are finding it much easier to stay away from junk foods which provide very little nutrition, but really help to put on the pounds.

Exercise for Natural Weight Loss

Proper exercise is an essential ingredient in any natural weight-loss program, because there is no way that the weight loss will be permanent without exercise, and that's a fact.

But here's the problem...

Over 95% of all the weight loss exercises, that people do in order to burn off fat, actually burn almost no fat whatsoever. Most of these exercises burn almost exclusively sugar, and that's why it's so hard to get rid of the fat.

For most people who are overweight, especially if you're obese, doing all the normal weight loss exercises like running, swimming, playing sports, using all the fancy exercise equipment in gyms, weight lifting etc., are practically useless for getting rid of fat.

Most of these exercises are very hard to do, require a lot of work, and a lot of sweating, for very little results. For sure, if you stick to it long enough it will certainly help, however...

The results are so minimal for most people that 99% of people will give up long before achieving any realistic results.

In the Slim America Weight-Loss Project, we only recommend walking for weight loss, however just normal walking is not very effective either.

In the Slim America Project, we actually teach 10 secrets about walking, which not only help to turn walking into a very effective fat burner, but more importantly, also helps to rebuild your metabolism.

Walking for weight loss has to be part of any natural weight loss system because it helps to turn your body into an effective fat burning machine, which will cause you to burn more fat during the whole day.

Complete Natural Weight Loss

Only a complete and natural weight loss system which is totally safe, without the use of weight-loss pills to eliminate food cravings, and which includes a good walking program will result in permanent weight loss...

And also...

You don't have to become a "health nut", to succeed!

Have a Great Life

Armand Dupuis is a Personal Trainer, Lecturer, Teacher, & Permanent Weight Loss Specialist, who has been a Serious Researcher into Human Consciousness for 5 Decades.

Mr. Dupuis has presently specialized his Teachings, into a powerful permanent and ?free? Weight Loss System, and Information is available on his Web Site.

http://www.slimamericaweightlossproject.com/ea

Print It: Lean-Body Workout

Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

View the original article here

Drinking Alcohol to Shrink?

weight loss:  article 
Alcohol and your weight have a tricky relationship. So tricky, in fact, that experts have had a tough time nailing down exactly why some women wind up with a beer gut (or butt) while others drink daily and never seem to gain a pound.

Here's what we know: Your average drink—beer, wine, martini, pick your poison—is usually a combination of carbs, sugar, and ethanol (pure alcohol). When it goes down the hatch, it makes a pit stop at your stomach, where some of the alcohol is absorbed through the lining and into your bloodstream, giving you that initial buzz. The carbs and sugar go the traditional digestive route, while ethanol, a toxin, is diverted to the liver.

This is when that innocent little drink starts messing with your internal fat incinerator. Ethanol has no nutritional value, so your body burns it off first. That means any remaining calories in your stomach—whether they're from the margarita or the chips and guacamole you had with it—will likely be stored as fat. And the more fattening the foods you eat, the easier the calories are to store. (Bear in mind that research published in Physiology & Behavior found that alcohol makes us focus on immediate pleasure and ignore the consequences, which often results in eating junk food.) Unlike protein and carbs, which require some energy for the body to break down and store, fat can directly deposit itself, so those chips are first in line to be plastered to your thighs.

Still, the situation might not be as bleak as it appears, because the real problem may not be drinking itself, but how often and how hard we hit the bottle.

Drink and Shrink?
Earlier this year, the Archives of Internal Medicine published what may be the best news for booze since the 21st Amendment. Researchers found that women who had one or two alcoholic drinks a day were actually less likely to gain weight than those who shunned the sauce. And they did it while consuming more calories overall (from food and drink) than both heavy drinkers and teetotalers.

Short of striking a deal with the devil, how did they manage to pull that off? Researchers believe that the bodies of long-term moderate drinkers somehow adapt to metabolize alcohol differently than heavy or occasional drinkers. They use more energy, burning the calories in the drink—or even more than that—while digesting it, says Lu Wang, M.D., Ph.D., the lead researcher of the study and an instructor in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Researchers are still working out the specifics of how and why this happens, but they've figured out that for women who drink up to eight ounces of an alcoholic beverage a day, those calories simply don't end up as extra fat.

Of course, there's a catch. Women who bank their daily drinks for weekends or girls' nights out don't qualify for the free-calorie plan (and among the 18-to-25 crowd, this "binge" behavior is on the rise, according to a 2009 Addiction study). "Your body adjusts metabolically to the amount you drink, and when you don't drink regularly, your body can't adjust," says Wang. Instead of learning to disregard those nutritionally empty calories, your body automatically stores them—as fat. It's akin to tossing old clothes you don't wear into the back of your closet, only your body doesn't have the good sense to hide the junk. It tends to store the fat front and center, in your belly.

Booze Clues
Evidence suggests that moderate drinkers also tend to practice healthier habits than teetotalers. If you're used to having three or four drinks every week as part of your diet, you're probably compensating for them with fewer calories elsewhere. "These women know how to moderate how much they drink, so it makes sense that they'd moderate what they eat as well," says Robert Klesges, Ph.D., a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. The Archives study found that these women also exercise more, which knocks off additional calories.

Another thing that helped: The women in the Archives study were served no more than two four-ounce glasses of wine or two 1.5-ounce shots of liquor a day. In real life, you're likely to be handed far more than that by a bartender or waitress—20 to 45 percent more, according to a 2009 study in the journal Alcohol. And we're not much better when left to our own devices. "Eyeballing the right amount is very difficult," says William C. Kerr, Ph.D., a senior scientist at the Alcohol Research Group in Emeryville, California. "Most of us don't even know how much we should be shooting for, so overpouring is typical."

It's especially easy to overdo it with vino, given that the average wineglass these days looks big enough to hold a school of fish. So a bottle of light beer may be your best bet. "Unlike wine and mixed drinks, it's portion controlled—the bottle is right there with the calories printed on it," says Lisa Young, Ph.D., R.D., author of The Portion Teller Plan. "It eliminates the guesswork."

More from Women's Health:

Want more from Women's Health? Try 2 Free Trial Issues Today!

Last updated: May 6, 2011   Issue date: September 2010

View the original article here

Why You Should Read a Weight Loss Consumer Report

The development of the weight loss industry has led to the growth of scores of weight loss supplements and programs each claiming to be the best thing to ever come out in the weight loss industry. While these weight loss products are not necessarily lying, some may also be guilty of not telling you the whole truth. So that's where a weight loss product consumer report comes in. A weight loss product consumer report works by providing information on weight loss products that are made available to the public. With the general aim of weeding out the lies from the truths in the weight loss industry, a weight loss product consumer report is used to protect unknowing weight loss product consumers from falling prey to dishonest weight loss product manufacturers.

Choosing weight loss products

Choosing a weight loss product to use can be very tricky. It's not even just because of the sheer amount of products available to you but more so the amount of information that each one is feeding you. So be careful before you buy a weight loss product. It is not enough that you compare products based on what's popular although that would give you an idea on which one works. To guide you, start out by looking up the list of ingredients of a weight loss product. Then look up a list of ingredients that according to the Food and Drug Administration are harmful for consumption. Just by the list of ingredients alone you will find out if you should be taking a particular weight loss product or not.

Prescriptions: yes, no, maybe

Prescription drugs are generally of higher potencies compared to over-the-counter products. Weight loss products that come with prescriptions are normally given to very obese patients or if a person has a particular weight loss need that cannot be addressed with simple over-the-counter weight loss products. Because of their highly specific content, prescription weight loss products are approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Degree of effectiveness depend from one person to another but most who take prescription weight loss products lose about 5% to 10% from their weight. While usually given to very obese patients, prescription weight loss products may be given to people who have healthy body mass indexes considering that they have consulted with their doctors and have been cleared to take them.

Go over-the-counter

A lot of weight loss products are available to you over the counter. (Over-the-counter weight loss products mean that you don't need a prescription to take them.) However, a weight loss product consumer report will tell you that buying weight loss products over-the-counter actually poses more threats than buying with a prescription because use is not regulated. Any person can buy as much as they want, in as many brands as they want without regard to what would work best for them. Essentially a trial-and-error process, the threat also lies in using too many weight loss products at the same time. While all claiming to promote weight loss, weight loss products aren't generally intended to be used in conjunction with another weight loss product. Well, because each one is claiming to handle singlehandedly all your weight loss needs, they aren't formulated to be "friendly" to other weight loss products. Using too many weight loss products at the same time can actually make you sicker instead of better. By piling on different substances into your body, you may be overloading your body systems in the process. This makes your body slow down and weaker in defending you against threats in the environment.

Unproven claims

Be careful of weight loss products labeled as "herbal" or "natural" as these can be misleading. Just because they are labeled as such, that does not guarantee that they are indeed safe for consumption. Not everything herbal or natural is safe for you. Some might even be potentially dangerous especially to those who are suffering from any health condition or are already taking prescription medication.

Protect yourself

As any weight loss product consumer report would, you have to learn how to protect yourself. When buying any weight loss product, check to see if a weight loss consumer product report has been done on it. This will tell you how it worked for other people, what does it do, and what does it contain--some of the very basic things you have to know about any weight loss product. Unless approved by the Food and Drug Administration, be cautious about products that contain the words: breakthrough, easy, magical, new discovery, guaranteed, effortless, exotic, secret, miraculous, and mysterious. If you've taken the time to find out what works, take the time to tell other people what works. Create your own weight loss product consumer report and help ensure that other people are informed and protected as well.

Phillip England is a weight loss expert and Author of the popular report "The Ultimate Weight Loss Secret". To receive your free information on the secret that doctors, and health companies either don't know, or don't want you to know, please see [http://www.theultimateweightlosssecret.com/secret]

How To Lose Belly Fat – And Keep It Off

In recent days, I’ve had several conversations with folks about how to lose belly fat.  The migration of fat to the midsection is a subject of concern for a lot of us.  So, it seems appropriate to address the subject, its influence on health, and how to tackle the problem.

Belly fat, also called abdominal fat, is the fat that accumulates around the waistline.  Commonly associated with middle age, belly fat is known by a variety of other names, including “beer belly”, “muffin top”, “love handles”, or the “spare tire.”

Not much positive there, but the problem with belly fat is that its about more than just cosmetics.

Belly fat is comprised (at least in part) of visceral fat, which is the fat packed between the organs, as opposed to being located just beneath the skin.  This helps explain, at least in part, why belly fat is associated with a host of health risks, including increased risk of dementia, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and colorectal cancer.  Use of the waist-hip ratio as an alternative to BMI for determining appropriate weight is based on belly fat measurements.

Sex hormones play a role in controlling how fat is distributed throughout the body.  In young adulthood, men are more prone to accumulate belly fat, due to the influence of testosterone, while estrogen promotes the formation of subcutaneous fat in the hips, thighs, and buttocks.  As women enter middle age, and estrogen levels start to fall, they also run a greater risk of developing belly fat.

When it comes to figuring out how to lose belly fat, its important to understand there is no such thing as a “magic bullet.”  The accumulation of fat within the body is based on calories; plain and simple.  Eating more calories per day than are burned through regular activity plus exercise leads to weight gain, and the subsequent accumulation of fat.  Although hormones influence where and how its stored, its mere presence is simply a function of calories.

With that in mind, if you want to know how to lose belly fat, heed the following tips:

Start A Food Diary.  When you’re first starting out with weight loss, spend a week just writing down everything you consume.  For a single week, track down everything that goes in your mouth, then figure your average daily calorie consumption.  You may be surprised how large that number turns out to be.

Learn about calories. One of the most important first steps to controlling weight is understanding how the number of calories you consume compares against your recommended daily calorie consumption.  There are a variety of tools available for calculating your suggested daily calorie consumption.  Most are based on BMI, and whether you agree with that measurement or not, they will get you in the ballpark for a reasonable calorie target.  Use that information to plan your meals and snacks each day, and stick to that plan.

Start An Exercise Program.  There’s a lot of evidence to suggest the belly fat is more metabolically active than its subcutaneous cousin.  Although there’s no exercise that “targets” belly fat, there is evidence to support the idea that the body will lose visceral fat at a faster rate than elsewhere.  It’s also true that starting a low intensity exercise program helps suppress appetite, and improves sleep quality, both of which help control calorie consumption.  So, talk to your doctor about starting a low intensity exercise program.

Unfortunately, there’s no secret for how to lose belly fat.  But, the application of a handful of simple, straightforward principles will jump-start the process.  While these techniques don’t guarantee fast weight loss, they will get you started down a path of sustainable, long-term weight loss.

Photo Credit

Related posts:

The Best Method To Lose WeightBusting A Myth – Daily Exercise To Lose WeightWhy You Exercise But Can’t Lose Weight5 Tips To Succeed at DietingTop 5 Crazy Ways To Lose Weight

View the original article here

5 Ways to Get in Shape While Still Having Fun

BIO: This is a guest post by Rafi Bar-Lev, who blogs about fitness tips over at Passionate Fitness. He recently wrote a post on how to gain weight fast. Check it out!

Summer approaching is a mixed bag with some people. On one hand, everyone is looking forward to the weather and the beaches and the fun. But on the other hand, many people are dreading the dieting and fitness plan they’re going to put themselves through to look good at the beach.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can get in great shape, look good, without having to suffer. Not even can you do it, but it’s the preferred way. When you’re having fun – you generally also have a lot more success!  So try these unconventional, fun ways to get in shape.

#1. Take up a martial art or self defense class. Tai-chi, Karate, or Jiu Jitsu or Judo for the grapplers and Krav Maga for self defense are all excellent ways to get in shape. The reason is that when you workout outside of class, you won’t just be working out in a vacuum – but it will complement your skills when you go to practice.

#2. Practice to do cool body weight exercises. Whether a girl or guy, you probably want to do your first pullup. Or if you’re a guy who is more advanced – maybe some gymnast moves like pushing yourself up on rings. Sure, it seems impossible now – but there’s no way you can’t work your way up to it.

And the best part about it is that it’s cool. Doing shoulder push ups with your legs on a wall or a muscle up and flip around the bar is a great way to show off to your friends. Even if you can’t even do a push up yet – it’s something to look forward to in the long term for working your way up.

#3. Workout with your partner. A lot of couples want to get in shape together – so why not do it? There are a lot of cool exercises you can do together. Like leaning back on an exercise ball, doing a sit up and throwing a ball (sit up catch) or helping each other do pull ups. It’s something to do and a way to keep each other motivated.

#4. Compete! Whether it may be competing in a 6 mile race, a Triathlon, or anything else. Competition is something that gets you super-excited for working out. And it’s great to finish your first race or competition – so why not go for it?

#5. Hike. Bike. See Nature. More likely than not, there are a lot of really, really cool hiking exercise spots right near where you live that you have never been to. Why don’t you go? You can intersperse your hiking with some stretching and short sprints on the trail. What better way to get in shape, then doing it while getting to see the beauty that surrounds us?

So go ahead, put these ways to get in shape into practice, get that beach body, and have fun doing it!

Photo Credit

Related posts:

Top 5 Crazy Ways To Lose WeightWorkout While TravelingBest Ways To Cook AsparagusHow To Avoid Disappointment And Find Contentment In Life4 Ways To Spice Up Your Summer Workouts

View the original article here

Is A HIIT Workout The Key To Fast Weight Loss?

I’ve seen a lot of talk lately about the benefits of high intensity interval training.  I’ve seen comments by several adherents of HIIT, who describe it as the key to fast weight loss, the most efficient use of time in the gym, and the way to obtain the most rapid gains in fitness.  Since I confine most of my workouts to my lunch break, with a goal of keeping them 40-minutes or less, I decided to explore high intensity interval training in greater detail.

To begin with, I’m not particularly a fan of most fast weight loss plans; for one simple reason.  Most of the research shows people who lose weight fast are unable to maintain that loss for more than 12 months.  Why?  In many cases, people who lose weight quickly do so with “fad” diets, which are generally untenable over the long term.  After all, who wants to be permanently banned from eating ice cream or bread?

Ultimately, weight loss is about consumption and usage of energy (calories).  If your average daily calorie consumption remains constant, the only way to lose weight is to increase the average number of calories burned daily.  This means either longer workouts, or workouts at higher intensity.

High intensity interval training is a workout methodology intended to provide the maximum benefit with minimal time investment.  Sessions generally last 10-30 minutes, and are structured with a brief warm-up period, followed by altering between high intensity and moderate intensity exercise, then concluded by a brief cool-down.

The effect of a HIIT workout on trained athletes was studied in 1996 by Tabata, where participants exercised at 170% of their VO2 max.  In this study, participants engaged in HIIT workouts 4 times/week.  The control group used steady-state training 5 times/week at 70% of their VO2 max.  Over the course of the study, both groups saw gains in their VO2 max, but only those who used the HIIT workout had improvements in their anaerobic capacity.  It’s worth noting that exercising at such a high intensity level 4 times/week is a recipe for injury for the untrained athlete.

Subsequent studies have examined the effect of the HIIT workout when conducted at lower intensity levels.  Overall, studies have shown a HIIT workout conducted in the range of 90% of VO2 max provides similar benefits.  Curiously enough, a quick VO2 max conversion shows how this compares to a more easily measured heart rate.  For me, I’m approaching 95% of my theoretical max heart rate.  There’s no doubt that at that intensity level, I would be burning calories at the highest possible rate.

The Bottom Line

A HIIT workout is, structurally speaking, no different than classic interval training.  Familiar to runners, the use of intervals to improve anaerobic capacity (and therefore speed) is a common training method.  For runners, these techniques help runners break through training plateaus, increase the anaerobic threshhold, build speed, and improve the body’s ability to eliminate lactic acid.  The principles will translate to any form of exercise, and if you’re trying for fast weight loss, a HIIT workout is certainly going to burn more calories per hour than a more conventional steady state workout.

Having said all that, there are two important caveats to consider.  First, its commonly accepted that exercising at such high intensities puts you at greater risk of injury.  The risk goes up dramatically for less well-trained athletes.  Finally, its worth remembering that you can’t lose weight if your habits in kitchen aren’t up to snuff.

Photo credit

Related posts:

Heart Rate & Weight Lifting – Making The Most Of Your WorkoutTwo New Tools To Rev Your Metabolism For Weight Loss – Maybe…My First Foray Into Fitness And Weight LossMy Choice Of Foods For Weight LossBurn Fat & Build Muscle – Making The Most Of Your Workouts

View the original article here

Eaton SB, Cordain L, Sparling PB. Evolution, body composition, insulin receptor competition, and insulin resistance. Prev Med. 2009;49:283-85.

This page contains abstracts and articles in PDF format by Dr. Loren Cordain and his colleagues.

Posted by Webmaster on Mar 7, 2011 in Published Research | Comments Off

No abstract

  Evolution, body composition, insulin receptor competition, and insulin resistance (224.7 KiB, 837 hits)

All materials on these pages are protected. These articles are available to you as single copies for your personal use. Do not sell or redistribute. Copyright © 1997-2011 Dr. Loren Cordain. All rights reserved.

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Physical Activity Patterns Compatible with our Hunter Gatherer Genetic Legacy

This page contains abstracts and articles in PDF format by Dr. Loren Cordain and his colleagues.

Posted by Webmaster on Mar 4, 2011 in Published Research | Comments Off

45. O’Keefe JH, Vogel R, Lavie CJ, Cordain L. Organic Fitness: Physical Activity Patterns Compatible with our Hunter Gatherer Genetic Legacy. Physician and Sports Medicine 2010, 38 (4):11-18.

  Physical Activity Patterns Compatible with our Hunter Gatherer Genetic Legacy. (2.4 MiB, 231 hits)

All materials on these pages are protected. These articles are available to you as single copies for your personal use. Do not sell or redistribute. Copyright © 1997-2011 Dr. Loren Cordain. All rights reserved.

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

You’ve heard it before — and you’ll hear it again: Eat your fruits and vegetables! There is no doubt that a diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables offers a whole host of health benefits, including protection from heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, some types of cancer, eye disease, and gastrointestinal troubles. Eating healthy can be part of an alternative treatment against illness. In addition, fruits and vegetables can even help beat back the effects of aging.

Some fruits and vegetables are good natural sources of vitamin A, while others are rich in vitamin C, folate, and potassium. Vegetables have anti-oxidants, minerals, and phyto-chemicals. It is the color of the vegetable which helps our body’s immune system to fight with various toxic systems. Almost all are naturally low in fat and calories, none have cholesterol, and many are great sources of fiber. Fruits and vegetables also add wonderful flavors, textures, and colors to your diet.

Phytochemicals—the bioactive nonnutrient plant compounds in fruit, vegetables, grains, and other plant foods—have been linked to reductions in the risk of major chronic diseases. It is estimated that more than 5000 phytochemicals have been identified, but a large percentage still remain unknown and need to be identified before their health benefits are fully understood. However, more and more convincing evidence suggests that the benefits of phytochemicals in fruit and vegetables may be even greater than is currently understood because oxidative stress induced by free radicals is involved in the etiology of a wide range of chronic diseases.

Most people should aim for at least nine servings (at least 4½ cups) of vegetables and fruits a day, and potatoes don’t count. Go for a variety of kinds and colors of produce, to give your body the mix of nutrients it needs. Best bets? Dark leafy greens, cooked tomatoes, and anything that’s a rich yellow, orange, or red color.

Posted by Webmaster on Mar 5, 2011 in Healthy Eating | Comments Off

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Low Carb Diet – High in Protein

The Paleo Diet is different in its approach than the “average” low carb diet. Like others it is higher in protein, but it is premised firstly on a historical basis: because for millions of years our ancestors ate substantially less carbohydrates (i.e., less grains, refined sugars, starch, bread, processed carbs, etc.) than in the modern, western diet. In fact, they ate virtually none of the above foods. Then, the agricultural revolution came with cities, civilizations, and different foodstuffs.

If you are like most people, the agricultural revolution is some dim historical event that you haven’t given a second thought to since about 6th grade. It may seem to have little or no relevance to you in your busy work-a-day world. However, modern civilization as we know it with our cities, our cultures, our technological and medical achievements and our knowledge of the world and universe would never have arisen were it not for agriculture. Ironically, we can give credit to the agricultural revolution for bringing us much of the chronic disease and obesity that are epidemic in our modern world. Many of these problems can be alleviated or diminished by following The Paleo Diet – and much of it has to do with the fact that this is a natural lower carb diet. The foods that agriculture brought us (cereals, dairy products, fatty meats, salted foods, and refined sugars and oils) are disastrous for our bodies which are essentially unchanged from that of our Stone Age ancestors – bodies that are ideally adapted to a diet of lean meats, fresh fruits and veggies.

Recent scientific research has indicated that our ancestors ate even more of a low carb diet than previously thought. While different cultural groups ate different animal/plant food ratios, the research has shown that before the agricultural revolution the average human caloric distribution was about two thirds animal foods, and only about one third of our caloric intake was being derived from plant foods. Mass agriculture brought with it a boatload of nutritionally related diseases that were unknown to hunter-gatherers. New foods continue to wreak havoc in our Stone Age bodies and these foods fundamentally vary from the healthful foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate.

“…these foods fundamentally vary from the healthful foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate”

So, the basic concept behind the Paleo Diet will always be that the foods that best promote health and optimum functioning are the foods that we evolved to eat. More and more research is showing that we evolved to eat low carb … in a Paleolithic sort of way! Humans evolved over 2.5 million years as hunter-gatherers, and it is only very recently that we have been eating grains, dairy, sugar, vegetable oils, high fructose corn syrup, and other modern foods. Because evolution moves so very slowly, the standard American diet (and even so-called “healthy” diets) wreaks havoc with our Paleolithic constitutions.

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Content of Fish and Seafood

In the past decade, perhaps the single most important dietary recommendation to improve our health and prevent chronic disease is to increase our dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids which are found primarily in fatty fish.  Thousands of scientific papers spanning a variety of diseases unequivocally demonstrate the health benefit of these fatty acids.  In randomized clinical trials that enrolled patients with pre-existing coronary heart disease, omega-3 fatty acid supplements significantly reduced cardiovascular events (deaths, non-fatal heart attacks, and non-fatal strokes).  Omega-3 fatty acids reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease through a number of mechanisms, including a reduction in heart beat irregularities called arrhythmias, a decrease in blood clots which in turn can decrease the risk for heart attack and stroke, decrease in blood triglycerides, slightly lower blood pressure, decrease rate of plaque formation in arteries, reduce overall inflammation which is now known to be an important factor causing atherosclerosis.

In addition to reducing the risk for heart disease, regular consumption of fish or supplemental omega-3 fatty acids may be helpful in preventing, treating, or improving a wide variety of diseases and disorders, including but not limited to virtually all inflammatory diseases (any disease ending with “itis”), rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), periodontal disease (gingivitis), mental disorders (autism, depression, postpartum depression, bi-polar disorder, borderline personality disorder, impaired cognitive development in infants and children), acne, asthma, exercise induced asthma, many types of cancers, macular degeneration, pre-term birth, psoriasis, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cancer cachexia, intermittent claudication, skin damage from sunlight, IgA nephropathy, lupus erythematosus, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and migraine headaches.

The average U.S. diet is deficient in omega-3 fatty acids and amounts to a paltry 1.6 grams per day (of which 1.4 grams come from alpha linolenic acid [ALA] and only 0.1 to 0.2 grams come from EPA and DHA).  Most of the beneficial effects of omega-3 fatty acids are due to EPA and DHA.  Because the conversion of ALA to DHA and EPA in the liver is inefficient, very little ALA is converted to EPA and DHA.

Try to include at least 0.5-1.8 grams of EPA + DHA per day in your diet, either by eating fish or fish oil supplements.  If you have documented coronary heart disease, you should include at least 1.0 grams of EPA + DHA in your diet.  Patients with hypertriglyceridemia (elevated or high blood triglycerides) can lower their values by as much as 40 percent by taking 2-4 grams of EPA + DHA per day.  If you are taking more than 3 grams of EPA + DHA per day, consult with your physician because high intakes tend to prevent blood from clotting and may cause excessive nose bleeding.

Here is a link to an omega-3 fatty acid information site:
http://www.richinomega3.com/

Here is a link to a scientific paper by the American Heart Association on the subject:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/106/21/2747

Omega-3 fatty acids content in fish and seafood per 100-gram portion

ALA = alpha linolenic acid (18:3n3), EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3), DHA = docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), Tr = Trace amount.

Source: Exler J, Wehrauch JL. Provisional table on the content of omega-3 fatty acids and other fat components in selected foods. U.S.D.A., Human Nutrition Information Service, HNS/PT-103, 1988.

Posted by Webmaster on Feb 24, 2011 in Healthy Eating | Comments Off

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Diet, Losing Weight, and Your Health

Many researchers now consider diet to be the most important facet in maintaining a person’s health … and unless you’ve been camping out in the Gobi desert for the past decade, you probably know that Americans are the fattest group of people on the planet. Despite the myriad of new diets offered each calendar year, we’re getting even fatter. As a result, we are also considerably less healthy as a society.

The Paleo Diet (also sometimes referred to as the Hunter-Gatherer Diet, the Paleolithic Diet, the Caveman Diet) has introduced thousands of people to the concept that the healthiest diet is one based on the way our Paleolithic ancestors ate. If you are overweight, on this diet you will lose weight … and it will be long term, permanent weight loss. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller (Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Sydney), when reviewing the book, The Paleo Diet, called it “the most nutritious diet on the planet.”

So, what the Paleo Diet is proposing is nothing less than the world’s healthiest diet … not only will you lose weight from this diet (read success stories»), but you will have many health benefits that you may not initially think are related to weight loss. All of our information is backed by peer-reviewed scientific research from Loren Cordain and other Ph.D researchers and medical doctors.

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

New Paleo Products in our Store

At last! The cookbook based on Dr. Cordain’s bestselling book The Paleo Diet. Visit our store page to order your copy.

Eat for better health and weight loss the Paleo way with this revised edition of the bestselling guide – over 100,000 copies sold to date!

Due to customer requests we are now offering all of the acne information products included in The Complete Acne Elimination Program for sale individually. Please visit our web store for more information. The Complete Acne Elimination Program bundles all of these products together, and is a $50 savings compared to buying all of the acne information products individually.

The Dietary Cure for Acne Eating Guide is now available for purchase as a stand-alone product (PDF) for $29.95. The Dietary Cure for Acne Eating Guide contains 63 easy to follow recipes, meal ideas, shopping, food prep, and dining tips, recommended foods, and much more. Please visit our web store for more information.

We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Cordain’s DVDs Acne Vulgaris: A Disease of Western Civilization and How to Treat Multiple Sclerosis with Diet are now available for purchase as stand-alone products for $19.95. Please visit our web store for more information.

In addition, we are now selling copies of Dr. Cordain’s previously unpublished papers on Paleo Diet-related topics. The first paper to be offered is Nutritional Differences between Grass and Grain Fed Beef: Health Implication. The paper is available for $19.95. Please visit our web store for more information.

Posted by Webmaster on Mar 6, 2011 in News & Notices | Comments Off

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

This Is The Healthiest Diet

The fact is that virtually our entire physiologies operate exquisitely when they are functioning in the native human ecological niche in which they evolved –employing both the diet and exercise level of a hunter-gatherer. By contrasting the diets, lifestyles and health of hunter-gatherers to contemporary, westernized societies, we can gain invaluable insight into complex diet/disease related questions. The good news is that you can lose weight, gain more health, and eat food that is delicious – all on The Paleo Diet.

Following is just a sample of testimonials of people who have lost weight AND gained considerable health benefits from following The Paleo Diet:

“After being over weight most of my life at the age of 50, now I have finally found a good Doctor that told me about this diet. Since Dec 27th 2004 until May 9th 2005 I am down about 50 lbs I feel a lot better and I have told others about it as well.” …
–Arnold

“…I’ve been at it since January 1 of this year and I couldn’t be happier about it. I’m 46, generally healthy but was overweight; my family were all fat people and I was going that way myself despite being active. Being vegetarian for some years had only made me fatter: I was not a big dessert eater either, just cooking a lot of pasta and rice by habit. So now I’m three sizes smaller, have had to throw away clothes for being too big, some minor nagging skin problems have cleared up – my hair and skin make me look younger than my age now – some incipient aches and pains have vanished, and I have more energy and endurance than I’ve had since my twenties. I’m a graphic designer and was always fighting the forearm and wrist pains that computer people get. Not any more. And I hadn’t expected most of these improvements: they’re all a bonus. Another striking point was how easy the transition was. Friends have asked whether I don’t have to fight off cravings: I don’t. Of course I’m teased sometimes (“isn’t it time you went out and caught something for dinner?”) and occasionally nagged by vegetarians, but it’s worth it. I can’t imagine eating any other way now…”
–Kate M.

“THANK YOU SO MUCH! This diet is improving my health tremendously. PLEASE tell Mr. Cordain that everything he wrote in his book is true. I am losing weight effortlessly FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE …”
–Sheryl

“I’ve been on the Paleo Diet since May, and I’m down 30 lbs (most of it lost in the first 2 months) and have never been leaner in my life. I can’t stop talking about (it) when I’m with my friends and family when they ask how good I look. I’ve been evangelizing my Wall Street buddies every time we enjoy a steak house dinner. My acid reflux, IBS, allergies, attitude, and complexion have never been better, and I never go into food coma any more …”
–Rudy T.

“Thank you more than words can ever say for doing this research and for making it public. Over the past 25 years, I have gained 100 lbs & have asked every single doctor that I had been to for help. No one had advice that worked if they bothered to give any at all. I have been doing the paleo diet for 16 days now & have lost already 15 lbs, 1.5? on my waist & 1.5? on my hips…”
–Marian

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Achieving Hunter-gatherer Fitness in the 21(st) Century

This page contains abstracts and articles in PDF format by Dr. Loren Cordain and his colleagues.

Posted by Webmaster on Mar 4, 2011 in Published Research | Comments Off

44. O’Keefe JH, Vogel R, Lavie CJ, Cordain L. Achieving Hunter-gatherer Fitness in the 21(st) Century: Back to the Future. Am J Med. 2010 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print]

  Achieving Hunter-gatherer Fitness in the 21(st) Century (407 bytes, 1,471 hits)

All materials on these pages are protected. These articles are available to you as single copies for your personal use. Do not sell or redistribute. Copyright © 1997-2011 Dr. Loren Cordain. All rights reserved.

View the original article here

This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.