Weight Loss Without Dieting

Many people think that they have to go on a diet and deprive themselves in order to lose some weight. This is not the case. There are plenty of ways that you can quickly lose weight without ever actually being on some restrictive diet. What you need is some sensible lose weight tips to guide you on the path to quick and healthy weight loss. Here are some important tips that can help you to lose weight quickly without having to go on a diet.

Go for Smaller Portions
One of the best weight loss tips out there that can help you quickly lose without dieting is to go for smaller portions. You don’t have to stop eating all of the foods that you enjoy. However, you are going to start making sure that you go with smaller portions. Eat foods you enjoy in moderation. This way you can still enjoy them while cutting back on the calories that you eat on a regular basis.

Try Eating Slowly
Try eating more slowly. This is another great way that you can quickly lose some weight without having to be on a very restrictive diet. When you eat more slowly, you will begin to feel full much faster. You won’t be wolfing down your food so fast that you end up eating more calories to feel full. Eating more slowly is also better for digestion.

Curb Snacking
Start curbing your snacking. While you should be eating several small meals each day, you don’t want to be snacking all the time. Many times people snack for many other reasons other than being hungry. It’s easy to be bored and decide on a snack. It’s also easy to need a break from work and decide that you are hungry. Usually it’s the break you need, not the food. When you think you need a snack, wait for about 10 minutes. If you are still hungry, then go for the snack. Most of the time though, the craving will go away.

Don’t Eat to Be Stuffed
Some people think that they need to be stuffed each time that they eat a meal. This is a big way to sabotage your weight loss plan. You should focus on being not quite full when you eat. You don’t want to eat so much that you feel like you are stuffed. If you are stuffed after a meal, you have eaten too much. Eat until you are just about full and you’ll save a huge amount of calories.

Avoid Eating in Front of the TV
One of the best lose weight tips is to avoid eating in front of the TV. This is a simple way to lose quickly without going on a diet. When you eat in front of the television, you’ll find that you’ll probably eat more than you should. You focus on what you are watching, not what you are eating. This means you’ll probably eat more, eating more calories than you need. Cut out the snacks in front of the television and you’ll be able to really lose some weight

 

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obesity

Obesity has indeed become a chronic condition over time. Although it can be a “temporary problem” which can be solved and treated for a couple of months or years with a rigid diet, losing excessive weight gain is not always possible and easy.

For most obese people, it can be a frustrating and life-long effort if not addressed properly. In order to promote safe and effective weight loss, various weight loss programs have been created to provide long-term approach in controlling obesity. If you are determined to lose weight by enrolling into a specific weight loss program, here are some of the tips you can use to find that responsible and safe weight loss program for you.

- Make sure the diet is safe. You can do this by double-checking if the diet offered by the weight loss program includes the vitamins, minerals, and proteins required in the Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs).

- Check if the weigh loss diet offers low calories. Since too much calorie intake is one of the primary reasons of obesity, make sure that the diet provided by the weight loss program you are planning to enrol is low in calories and not in essential and essential contents.

- A responsible weight loss program should be directed towards a slow and steady weight loss. Since weight loss cannot be achieved overnight, make sure that the weight loss program promotes slow but sure weight loss strategies. Most experts agree that the safest weight loss is about a pound a week after the first 2 weeks. It is expected that since many weight loss programs based losing weight with calorie-restricted diets, you will experience rapid weight loss during the 2 weeks. Don’t worry because this loss is mainly fluid and can be regained quickly when you go back to a normal-calorie diet. Unless your physician thinks that losing weight rapidly is best for your health condition would benefit, stick to quick weight loss.

- The weight loss program can give you an idea how much weight you should and you could lose, can present to you the appropriate weight-loss program for your body’s condition, and can give you a rough estimate on how much weight you should lose in a specific period of time.

- Check if the weight loss program you are planning to enrol with offers weight maintenance plans after the weight loss phase. A safe weight loss program must ensure the safety and effectivity of the weight loss diet by monitoring its after effects. Inquire if the weight loss program offers weight maintenance because it is the most difficult part of controlling weight.

- Make sure that the weight program can help you permanently change your lifestyle towards healthy living. A responsible weight loss program should help the person change his/her dietary habits as well as the level of physical activity in order to avoid repeating the factors that led him/her to obesity before.

- Look for behaviour modification help. The weight loss program should include education in healthy eating habits and long-term plans in dealing with weight problems. It should also include individually tailored exercise programs for the student.

- Keep an eye on financial transparency. Make sure that the weight loss program provides a detailed statement of fees and actual costs of additional items like dietary supplements in your bill

 

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Vitamin D

I'm sure you've heard or read this many times, the human body naturally produces vitamin D through exposure to sunlight. Even with all the evidence pointing to these facts, why do so many Americans avoid the sun and take the chance of making insufficient amounts of vitamin d?

Some reasons may include computer games, fear and even laziness. I believe the media, along with the medical profession has given the sun a bad rap. Yes, it may cause cancer, and I'm not a doctor, but my feeling is it takes a lot more exposure to the sun than what's recommended to produce the vitamin d your body needs.

According to experts, "it takes about 30 minutes of exposure to strong (summer-strength) sunlight to avoid deficiency, and darker skinned people need more exposure than the lighter skinned do." This may explain why African-Americans, people of Middle-Eastern descent, some Hispanics, and other dark skinned people suffer higher rates of vitamin D deficiency.

I written on this subject before, but it's worth repeating. Most people who live in the northern states don’t get enough strong sunlight during the winter months. On the other side, those living in the southern states may not make sufficient vitamin D during the summer especially if they "over-avoid" the sun or use excessive amounts of sunscreen.

As more and more Americans continue to live their lives indoors, that is, with little or no exposure to strong sunlight for the 20 to 40 minutes a day, for light skinned people, or more, for darker skinned people, you will see an increase of cases of vitamin d deficiency. This sunlight exposure is very important to produce adequate blood levels of vitamin d.

No many foods contain a lot of vitamin d. However, tuna and salmon contain the highest amounts of vitamin d. Even milk, fortified with vitamin d, is not a great source of this all important vitamin.

As mentioned many times in my articles, I'm not a doctor, but I am a person that does research and reads a lot of medical articles. I'm also a health conscious person who promotes health and wellness products from TriVita. Before TriVita, it was Pharmanex, another great company with great products.

So why the change, you may ask? Two reasons; team support and religious belief. Yes, I had very little, if any, support from my team, and felt closer to people that had the same religious beliefs that I had.

Both TriVita and Pharmanex have terrific products, and they both do plenty of scientific research before releasing any product. I've been taking vitamin supplements and researching these supplements for almost ten years now. I can honestly say that I would rather play the odds, and take scientifically proven vitamin supplements, rather than adhere to the idea that they do not work. When it comes to scientific proof, or public opinion, I'll go with the proof.

One way that I found to avoid vitamin d deficiency, is to take TriVita's VitaCal-Mag D, a supplement that is a combination of calcium and vitamin d. VitaCal-Mag D provides five forms of chelated calcium, over 20 bone-fortifying vitamins and minerals, 100% RDI of Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and Vitamin D.

Follow my lead, and do your research. Start taking supplements that have been scientifically proven, and then, spread the word.

You can learn all about vitamin supplements, and vitamin D by going to the TriVita Products website.

Jeffrey Sloe
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The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

 

Eating Out On a diet

You can still maintain your diet when dining out, do not throw away those hard lost pounds just plan and prepare, just as you would at home.

What if you have a scheduled lunch meeting, or you're going out to dinner with friends? No worries! You can eat healthy in just about every restaurant you can imagine if you follow the guidelines, combine the right foods, and stop eating when comfortably full, not stuffed.

For example, at lunchtime, you'll want a lean, complete protein, a natural starchy carb (and/or a little fruit), and a fibrous carb. I can't think of a restaurant anywhere that doesn't offer an option to meet these guidelines.

If you're eating at a Mexican restaurant, for example, you could order fajitas with lean meat and lots of veggies (ask them to go very light on the oil), with a side of black beans and brown rice.

Or if you want to do fast food, go to Subway and have a turkey sub with lots of veggies on whole wheat (hold the mayo but go for the mustard). Even burger chains now have excellent chicken salads with a variety of veggies and some apple slices as well.

Every restaurant has at least a couple of good options, if you follow the guidelines and order wisely. Pick a side salad instead of fries, request that your chicken or fish be grilled instead of fried.

Ask that your food be prepared with no oil or butter; request that sauces, condiments, and dressings come on the side. That way, you -not the chef- have complete control over how much you add.

Here are a few more tips to ensure your success when you have plans to dine away from home.

Eat regular frequent meals during the day. Don't starve yourself to compensate for your dinner plans. Do eat fewer calories during the day, if you want, to compensate for a beer or other "non-ideal" foods, but make sure that you don't go into the meal starved or you'll likely lose control and make unwise choices.

Also, if you begin feeling hungry before dinner, eat a small healthy snack to hold you over. This will allow you to arrive at the meal pleasantly hungry so you can relax, eat slowly, and enjoy the meal rather than needing to devour everything in sight.

Be sure to order what you really want when eating out. If you only order what you think you should rather than what you really want, you may be satisfied physically but not psychologically and you'll most likely crave something more and give in to temptation later in the evening.

Just remember to make healthy changes to the foods: cut down on the fattening or sugar-packed extras, such as cheese, oil, butter, sour cream, dressings, etc, that are really not needed to enjoy the meal.

The most important point to remember when dining out is that YOU are the paying customer and you can request the way the food is prepared. And unless you say something in advance, your food may be high in fat and sugar, not things you want to be eating for maximum fat loss.

 

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Omega Prime

Omega 3 essential fatty acids (EFA) help lower cholesterol and also help to protect the heart. Many studies have been conducted over the years regarding cholesterol and its relationship to coronary heart disease (CHD).

Some such studies include, The Framingham Heart Study, the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) in 1994, West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) in 195, the CARE study in 1996, the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (AFCAPS/TexCAPS) in 1998, the LIPID study in 1998, and the Heart Protection Study, which was published in 2002.

CHD and cholesterol studies continue on a daily basis. However, scientists have now found that "elevated cholesterol levels during midlife substantially increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia."

An international team of researchers from Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research and the University of Kuopio in Finland analyzed 10,000 individuals over a period of 40 years. Their work suggests those with high cholesterol-defined as 240 milligrams or more per deciliter of blood-were at a 66 percent higher risk for developing Alzheimer's.

They also found that even those with slightly elevated cholesterol increased their risk by 52 percent.

"This is an early risk factor for dementia that can be modified and managed by lowering cholesterol through healthy lifestyle changes," says the study's senior author, Dr. Rachel Whitmer, adding that almost 100 million Americans have either high or borderline cholesterol levels. [1]

Health practitioners have recommended nutritional supplements containing fish oil, niacin and red yeast rice to help boost cardiovascular health.

There are a number of nutritional supplements that help lower cholesterol levels. With regular exercise, a proper diet, and nutritional supplements, you can help protect your heart and now, decrease our chances of developing Alzheimer's disease. TriVita's Omega Prime is one of those nutritional supplements. Omega Prime is a supplement that gives you the needed omega-3 fatty acids to maintain a healthy omega-3 balance, an important part to the development and protection of the heart.

TriVita's Omega Prime contains a premier and unique blend of four different types of the most highly regarded Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) oils - Fish, Flaxseed, Evening Primrose and Perilla Seed. It also uses only contaminant-free fish oil that has undergone a 10 stage distilling process.

Omega Prime helps meet the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. One daily dose of Omega Prime provides the amount of Omega-3 recommended by the AHA for healthy individuals, as well as for those who have heart disease or the risk of it.

You can get additional information on TriVita's Omega Prime by clicking on this link, Omega Prime

Jeffrey Sloe
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440-725-3729

Sources:
[1] www.dor.kaiser.org/external/Pressroom_InTheNews.aspx?id=602

A Bit of History Behind the Nopal Cactus Fruit The New Super Fruit

NOPAL - An Abundant Nutritional Reservoir! And boy is that an understatement. Nopal cactus fruit defends your body against dangerous toxins that threaten cellular health, lead to inflammation and trigger a whole host of diseases.

So how did this new super fruit get it's start?

History:

Nopal is a large cactus with a woody trunk and large top, many oblong joints, small, yellow barbed spines, bright yellow flowers and red fruit with a juicy, white, sweet flesh and numerous black seeds. It is said to be a native of Mexico, where it is considered the symbol of identity of the Mexican people and is even included on the Mexican flag, depicting a Mexican golden eagle perched upon the Opuntia cactus, devouring a snake.

About twenty thousand years ago, Opuntia (or Nopal) began to develop as a food, and the plant's development was said to enable human settlement and cultural development in many parts of the arid lands, where it was considered the lifeblood of those ancient cultures, particularly in times of drought.

Approximately 5000 to 7000 B. C., prehistoric indigenous groups began the cultivation of a series of native plants, including beans, opuntia, peppers and agave, etc., and in Pre-Columbian times, Nopal was considered an important staple food (for both humans and livestock), a beverage, a medicine, a source of dye and was included in religious and magical rites. During the Spanish Colonial Period, Nopal gained further importance as forage when cattle was introduced to the semiarid areas and there was a consequent depletion of grasslands. Its beneficial uses as a medicine and beverage were also gaining in reputation.

In the De la Cruz-Badiano Codex of 1552, it was noted that Nopal treated several ailments and was used to cure burns and soothe wounds, and Friar Motolinia said, "these Indians, from a land so sterile that they lack water, drink the juice of these leaves of nopal." Nopal received its botanical genus name, Opuntia, from Tournefot, who thought the plant was similar to a thorny plant that grew in the town of Opus, in Greece.

After the Spanish conquest, Nopal spread from Mexico to practically all the Americas (from Canada to Patagonia, in Argentina) and may now be found in tropical and arid regions throughout the world, including the southwestern United States. It grows in Israel, where the Prickly Pear is called tzabar (Hebrew:) and it is the origin of the slang term, Sabra, meaning a native-born Israeli Jew.

Some of the constituents in Nopal include water, fat, mucopolysaccharide soluble fibers, carbohydrate, protein, saponins, glycosides, a flavonoid (quercetin), minerals and large amounts of B1, B6, niacin, riboflavin and pantothenic acid.

So there you go...a bit of history behind the Nopal cactus and it's wonderous super fruit the basis of TriVit's premier product called Nopalea.

If you too wish to experience the Nopal Super Fruit and it's wondrous health benefits, you don't have to go out to the desert and find a Nopal cactus, all you need to do is visit this site for more information on TriVit's premier product called Nopalea

See you do learn new things every day!

Kim Buchanan
Helping YOU Reach Optimal Health
& Prestigious Wealth
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

References

1 - “Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression.” C Gentile, L Tesoriere, M Allegra, M A Livrea, P D’Alessio Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Tossicologico e Biologico, Università di Palermo, Italy. 2 - Allegra M, Tesoriere L, Livrea MA. Free Radic Res. 2007 Mar;41(3):335-41. 3 - Lee MH, Kim JY, Yoon JH, Lim HJ, Kim TH, Jin C, Kwak WJ, Han CK, Ryu JH. Phytother Res. 2006 Sep;20(9):742-7. 4 - Galati EM, Mondello MR, Lauriano ER, Taviano MF, Galluzzo M, Miceli N. Phytother Res. 2005 Sep;19(9):796-800. 5- Broad Health

Weigth Loss Tips

Nine Tips for people who are desperate to lose weight/

1. Eat Healthy foods. Unless you eat healthily, no matter what other ways to lose weight fast you try, they will fail.

2. Eat diet foods, but don’t forget the effectiveness of a balanced diet. Drinking green tea after every meal is a natural way of losing weight without much effort.

3. Tip three is yet another great couple of ways to lose weight fast.

4. If a friend or family member is also trying to find ways to lose weight fast, make your time table together.

5. Dumbbells are one of the great ways to lose weight fast.

6. Again changing your diet is one of the best ways to lose weight fast.

7. Change your diet and you will find new ways to lose weight fast!

8. You need to be determined to lose weight, if you see that you have lost weight it will motivate you and provide yet another ways to lose weight fast.

9. Diet is responsible for your weight, cut it out gradually as another group of ways to lose weight fast.

Hopefully the tips above will help you find ways to lose weight fast. Everybody is different, and so what works as ways to lose weight fast for one person may not ways to lose weight fast for another.

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Sonoran Bloom Nopalea

I'm always into sharing information I find and/or receive regarding our health. Today I'd like to share an article I received regarding inflammation and its affect on the development of Alzheimer's disease. I'm including the article in its entirety to prevent any misinterpretation.

The article is written on October 22, 2009 by Patrycja Podrazik for Health Resources News. If you suffer from any form of inflammation or you know someone suffering from Alzheimer's disease, I highly suggest that you read this article.

A recent study has shed light on inflammatory mechanisms that may contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable neurodegenerative condition.

Research by Dr. William A. Banks, professor of geriatrics and pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, suggests inflammation causes a blood-brain barrier transporter known as LRP to malfunction.

The blood-brain barrier is a system of cells that regulates the exchange of substances between the brain and the blood, and LRP removes amyloid beta protein—the same compound that is found to accumulate in the brains of those affected by Alzheimer’s—from the brain and into the bloodstream.

"We induced inflammation in mice and found that it turned off the LRP pump," explains Banks.

"It also revved up an entrance pump that transports amyloid beta into the brain. Both of these actions would increase the amount of amyloid beta protein in the brain," he adds.

Natural compounds including antioxidants and vitamin D have been proven to reduce inflammation as well as contribute to weight loss and control, heart health and cancer prevention.

For those who may not get enough antioxidants from their diet, nutritional health supplements may be a good alternative. (ADNFCR-1960-ID-19265496-ADNFCR)*

I've written many articles about inflammation, and it seems that inflammation continues to be at the root of most diseases. I know what Hippocrates said, "all disease is one", and I wonder if he was referring to inflammation. Today, inflammation is the number one medical issue facing people in North America.

Fighting inflammation is an ongoing problem. There are many man-made prescription anti-inflammatory drugs on the market today. However, many of them can had adverse side-effects, especially if you're taking other medications. That's why TriVita has developed and tested Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™.

Nopalea helps to fight inflammation naturally, through betalains, a very effective anti-inflammatory fighter found in the Nopal cactus. When these betalains enter into your system, by drinking Nopalea™, they begin to restore your vitality on a cellular level. By helping the body reduce the toxins surrounding your cells and enabling essential nutrients to reach each cell, the betalains in Nopalea™ can reduce the inflammation in your body that leads to disease.

To learn more about TriVita and Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™, click on the previous links.

Jeffrey Sloe
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Sonoran Bloom

Sources:
* www.betterhealthresearch.com/news/inflammation-may-be-responsible-for-alzheimers-disease-19265496/?LOC=issue&SC=HIZ4309R&sale=1&emc=el&m=526070&l=44&v=13c4b40e89

Chronic Pain and Diabetes

Chronic Pain and Diabetes

One of the groups of people who are particularly challenged with chronic pain is diabetics.  Diabetics of course are dealing with elevated blood sugars and sometimes with a lot of complications from those elevated blood sugars.

One of the key components to a diabetic being in good control is developing a good exercise program.   Good exercise generally means regular daily exercise.   This is crucial because it improves the ability of insulin to work in the body (reverses insulin resistance) and also burns extra calories.  

Now if you have a lot of pain as people with chronic pain do, it can be a real challenge to exercise regularly.  Paradoxically, regular exercise can help reduce the pain in chronic pain! 

I have long promoted a strategy that uses a water based exercise program for this dilemma.  In essence it kills 2 birds with one stone.   It helps to control the diabetes and it helps to decrease the chronic pain.

Before we go much farther though I should define things:  what is Chronic Pain anyway?

Well, we all know what pain is.   But what is chronic pain?    Well the purpose of pain is to help us avoid bad things happening to our body.  When an injury happens, things hurt.  That’s the way it’s supposed to be.  That is called “acute pain”. 

Chronic pain, however, is pain that lasts well after the 6 week time that it should normally take for an injury to get better.   Some would say that you can’t call it chronic pain until it has lasted for 3 months.   Either way the pain is lasting well after the injury.

There are many medical strategies to try to help deal with chronic pain and it is absolutely crucial that anybody who has chronic pain seek medical attention to figure out why they have it and what can be done about it.   Nobody--- and I repeat nobody--- should ever deal with their chronic pain using alternative strategies until they have had a thorough evaluation. 

Unfortunately for many people, after the evaluation there is the reality that their chronic pain is still with them.   It just stays and stays and stays.   In that case it becomes very reasonable to pursue alternative strategies as long as they are safe.

More recently I have been promoting nutritional strategies to complement the control of chronic pain and there have been some exciting new discoveries surfacing.

I have discovered that a very powerful nutrient grown right in the Sonoran Desert called  “betalains” may help to decrease chronic pain.   At least that’s been the experience of some people who have been fortunate enough to get ahold of this nutrient.

Fortunately this nutrient can now be obtained through a whole food in drink form that actually tastes good.  You can read the story about this very powerful nutrient and how it might help chronic pain at this site.   Be sure to go there now to learn new chronic pain strategies.

 

Stanley Lang

Whole health wellness coach

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Why you gain weight

Many people start gaining weight have no idea why. If you find yourself in a situation where you keep putting on the pounds that are making you overweight then you have come to the right place. We know how frustrating it can be to be trying to lose weight; yet you keep gaining the weight that is making you look fat.

No one likes to gain weight and have to struggle with their weight going up and down. However so many people who try to lose weight find themselves in a constant battle of trying to shed the excess pounds. This does not mean that you are meant to be fat. Even if you have tried to lose weight and it seems as though nothing that you do seems to work. The truth is that unfortunately even if you believe that you have been doing everything to lose weight; you may be missing the most important part.

Most people who are trying to lose weight never learn how to eat the right types of foods that will help their bodies burn the necessary calories that it requires to turn their fat into muscle. On the other hand you have people who learn how to eat food yet they do not add the exercise part to it.

Maybe you are like a lot of people who have a picture of the person that they would like to look like; yet they take no action. While it is true that you have to know what you would like to look like and how much weight you want to lose. However if you are unwilling to get off the couch or quit eating too much; then chances are I am willing to be that you are one of the people who keeps saying “I keep gaining weight.”

Losing weight is not that difficult; however what is difficult is to change the habits that you have been doing on a daily basis that are responsible for you being fat. We are such creatures of habit that we despise change; as a matter of fact many of us fight it and refuse to learn how to develop new habits. Unless you are truly ready to lose the weight; you will continue saying “why do I keep gaining weight.” Visit our site below and get the truth about how to lose all the weight that you want and how to stop gaining the weight. You do not have to continue to struggle to lose weight; it all comes down to a choice either learn from someone who has accomplished something that you want to do or try to pave your own path.

 

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Vitamin D

I've been writing about the importance of vitamin d for some time now. The evidence backing up what I've written continues to pile up. In a recent article by Vital Choice's Craig Weatherby, findings concur that an intake level higher than the recommended daily allowance (RDA) is needed to prevent falls and fractures.

Falls that break hip or pelvis bones often lead to a serious downward health spiral ... and the results of clinical trials indicate that vitamin D pills can reduce the risk of falling among older people. Vitamin D is a critical factor in bone health, but it is clearly better to prevent falls than to hope that stronger bones will withstand the shock.*

As mentioned in several of my articles, preventative medicine is always the best solution. And if we can prevent fractures, especially of the hip - quite common to the elderly, by strengthening the muscular system, which in turn will prevent many of the unnecessary falls, then we will have accomplished our mission.

Now, a new analysis of the best clinical evidence finds that the US recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin D intake by adults aged 51 to 70 (400 IU) is only about half the dose needed to reduce the risk of falls among older people (Bischoff-Ferrari HA et al. BMJ 2009).

The current RDA for vitamin D are 400 IU for adults aged 51 to 70 and 600 IU for people over 70. And the RDA for all persons younger than 51 is a scant 200 IU.*

So, how much vitamin d is needed to be effective in producing stronger muscles? And what does vitamin d have to do with stronger muscles? Those are two very important questions that can be answered by the team of researchers that have been conducting studies around the world. First, let's look at the daily doses needed to build stronger muscles.

Though the official safe upper intake limit is only 2,000 IU per day, vitamin D intake is proven safe at 10,000 IU per day … a daily level that’s 25 times the current RDA for adults 51 to 70 (400 IU) and 16 times the current RDA for adults over 70 (600 IU).

Most experts recommend taking at least 1,000 IU via food and supplements, and prefer an intake of 2,000 IU to 4,000 IU per day ... unless most of your skin is exposed to 20 to 30 minutes of strong sunlight per day.*

Is all the research too new for the government to change their position on the RDA of vitamin d? Is there too much money to be made by the medical facilities that preventing fractures will actually take away some of their revenue? I may be talking out loud, or voicing my opinion, but preventing any type of injury or illness makes sense to me.

So, what does vitamin d have to do with building strong muscles?

Vitamin D stimulates synthesis of protein, the building material for muscle (Hamilton B 2009).

And as USDA researchers wrote this year, "Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to improve tests of muscle performance, reduce falls, and possibly impact on muscle fiber composition and morphology in vitamin D deficient older adults." (Ceglia L 2009)*

If you're looking to prevent falls by strengthening your muscular system, try TriVita's VitaCal-Mag D. VitaCal-Mag D nutritionally supports your body to improve muscle, nerve, and enzyme function. The RDA for this vitamin d supplement is 400 IU; however, if you double the dosage, you will be closer to what the authors of the studies recommend.

To learn more about TriVita's VitaCal-Mag D, go to TriVita Products and click on the Vitamin D link.

* All quotes are taken from the sources article listed below.

Jeffrey Sloe
440-725-3729
jeff@internetmarketingadvisors.net
TriVita Independent Business Affiliate, 12871028
Vitamin D

Sources:

• http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article001576264.cfm?x=bgbL9MD,bfv5gTb0

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

 

Weight Loss Tips

When we lose weight we don’t just lose fat. We lose a combination of body fat, and muscle tissue. For example, studies show that when we diet, the weight we lose is on average 75 percent fat and 25 percent muscle. Furthermore, a relatively high percentage of this weight loss is likely to be water loss. Remember, water accounts for about 70 percent of the total body weight of an average person, with muscle tissue containing roughly 75 percent water (plus 20 percent protein and 5 percent minerals), and body fat containing roughly 50 percent water.

Factors That Affect Speed of Weight Loss

The human body does not lose weight at a regular or uniform speed. Different people reduce weight at different speeds. This is because weight reduction is dependent on various factors, including: weight; diet and lifestyle; level of physical activity; health and genes (inc. metabolic rate); the level of stress experienced.

Weight Loss is Not an Exact Science

As you can see, not only does weight loss include other things besides fat-tissue, the actual speed of weight reduction is determined by a variety of individual factors. So it’s difficult, if not impossible, to give a precise answer to the question “how fast can I lose weight?” However, as a rough guide, here are some basic guidelines for maximum weight loss.

What is the Most Weight You Can Lose?

It is possible to lose anything up to about 20 pounds of weight per week, but most of this is likely to be water. It will therefore be regained as soon as normal eating resumes.

What is the Most Fat You Can Lose? The maximum amount of body fat a healthy person can lose is about 3-4 pounds per week. Typically, only obese people are likely to be able to lose this amount of fat. By comparison, a woman of average weight (about 140 pounds) is likely to lose a maximum of about 1-1.5 pounds per week.

Why You Can’t Lose More Weight

The human body is not designed to shed weight. It is designed to survive! Our basic body chemistry endures from prehistoric times, when famine, rather than obesity, was the biggest threat. This is why it won’t lose excessive amounts of fat in a short period of time. In fact, if you drastically reduce your calorie-intake, your brain takes active steps to slow down your metabolism, in order to conserve calories. This is one reason why we encounter a weight loss plateau.

Side Effects of Losing Weight Too Quickly

Too rapid weight loss (e.g.. after bariatric surgery) can lead to unpleasant side effects. The two most common effects of over-rapid weight reduction include:
Appearance of Loose Skin
If you reduce weight too quickly, your skin does not have time to shrink to your leaner body shape. The only effective treatment for this is surgical intervention, such as Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck).
Gallstones
Studies have shown that people who lose excessive amounts of weight very quickly, have a greater risk of developing gallstones than those who lose weight at slower speeds. Too rapid weight reduction may also cause “silent” gallstones to become active.

Weight Regain (Weight Rebound)

Sudden fast weight reduction is usually caused by artificial changes to our eating habits as a result of (e.g.) very-low-calorie diet plans, or bariatric surgery. Not surprisingly, this does not give us enough time to learn new eating habits. So although our physical weight may have changed, our mental approach to food and eating remains the same. In the absence of medical supervision, or other support, we commonly find ourselves unable to sustain the new dietary habits required to maintain our lighter weight, and regain all our lost weight.

David Ogden- Helping People Help Themselves
TriVita Affiliate 13142173
Sonoran Bloom - New ant-inflammatory, antioxidant and detoxifying drink providing natural pain relief for inflammation
phone 1-386-308-1956 After 6PM EST
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Nopal Cactus The New Super Fruit?

Look out Acai Berry! A new Super Fruit has emerged!

Our vast planet over the years has yielded some of the most amazing natural healing properties known to man from some of the most uncommon places. As such it only stands to reason that today's new super fruit follows suit! And boy does it!

From the extreme conditions of the desert comes a little known miracle that grows amongst the tumbleweeds, snakes and lizards. This prickly customer not only can create a tasty omelet when it's palm is diced and sliced into eggs. It also produces a powerful anti-inflammatory from an antioxidant called Betalain from within it's juicy, sweet fruit. What is this sticky wonder? Why it's the Nopal cactus.

Yes, you heard me right, the Nopal cactus that grows in the desert. Betalains are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the No pal cactus fruit. Opal harnesses the power of this desert super fruit and its betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.

What they are

Betalains are the pigments that give the Nopal cactus fruit its vibrant pink color. But that’s just the beginning. They’re also natural antioxidants—and they’re only found in a few of the world’s plants.

The Nopal fruit isn’t just included in this small group of special plants, it actually leads the group by containing one of the highest amounts of betalains in all of nature.

How they heal

When you drink Nopalea, you take these betalains into your system, where they begin to restore your vitality on a cellular level. By helping the body reduce the toxins surrounding your cells and enabling essential nutrients to reach each cell, the betalains in Nopalea can reduce the inflammation in your body that leads to disease.

Scientific research shows that betalains help to

Reduces the risk of blood clots—betalains protect the thin lining of your blood vessels; this helps reduce the inflammation that makes your blood sticky and leads to clots

Reduces bad cholesterol—betalains strongly reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol

Protects cells from toxins—betalains protect many types of cells, especially brain cells, from toxins known to trigger tumors.

Protects your liver—betalains provide significant protection from toxins that directly affect your liver If you too wish to experience the Nopal Super Fruit and it's wondrous health benefits, you don't have to go out to the desert and find a Nopal cactus, all you need to do is visit this site for more information on TriVit's premier product called Nopalea See you do learn new things every day!

Kim Buchanan
Helping YOU Reach Optimal Health
& Prestigious Wealth
530.383.3041
http://trivitaproduct.info
http://trivita-sonoran-bloom.blogspot.com/
http://trivitaproduct.info/sonoranbloom.html
http://sonoranbloom.isgreat.org

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

References

1 - “Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression.” C Gentile, L Tesoriere, M Allegra, M A Livrea, P D’Alessio Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Tossicologico e Biologico, Università di Palermo, Italy. 2 - Allegra M, Tesoriere L, Livrea MA. Free Radic Res. 2007 Mar;41(3):335-41. 3 - Lee MH, Kim JY, Yoon JH, Lim HJ, Kim TH, Jin C, Kwak WJ, Han CK, Ryu JH. Phytother Res. 2006 Sep;20(9):742-7. 4 - Galati EM, Mondello MR, Lauriano ER, Taviano MF, Galluzzo M, Miceli N. Phytother Res. 2005 Sep;19(9):796-800.

Foods For Weight Loss

Health and Wellness Tips

You are what you eat, so in order to have the right foods to prepare each week, you'll obviously need to go grocery shopping. Again, we've made this easy for you.

click here to go to the meal guidelines chart again, just in case you've misplaced it or forgot to print it out. It includes all the best foods for fat loss, all categorized by food type, such as starchy carbs, proteins, etc., so that you can quickly select a few foods from each category.

You won't believe how easy we've made this for Gold members. Once you submit your food selections, we'll develop a shopping list for you that can be printed out or saved and modified later.

You can also go through our recipes and select the ones you'd like to try for the week, such as our shredded BBQ chicken recipe, and then our green bean recipe. These two combined make a perfect dinner because you have a lean, complete protein, the chicken ... combined with a fibrous carob, the green beans. So, if you select these two recipes and click submit, we will create a shopping list for you with the ingredients for these recipes.

And of course, you can easily modify these. For example, if you don't like water chestnuts, which is part of the green bean recipe, you could substitute onions. The point is, we make it really easy to come up with the shopping list needed for really effective meals for fat loss that YOU will enjoy.

Your grocery list is a key to developing healthy, well-balanced meals that promote awesome fat loss results. When you shop, stay focused and buy only the foods on the list or those that you know will help you move towards your goals.

And never go to the grocery store hungry. Everything will look good and you'll be much more likely to slip into your old habits. Eat a healthy meal or snack prior to shopping, so that you're full of energy, in control, and ready to make wise food decisions that will stock your kitchen with the foods you need for great results.

Key points to remember:

Go shopping for the right types of foods. You'll be able to easily create a comprehensive list of everything you'll need on the web site. As a Gold member, we can help you come up with this list, plan your meals for you, offer you all coaching and support you need, and hold you accountable each day.

 

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TriVita Affiliate 13142173
Sonoran Bloom - New ant-inflammatory, antioxidant and detoxifying drink providing natural pain relief for inflammation
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Weight Loss

If your having trouble losing weight, could it be your mother or father's fault? According to the authors of a British study, "children are more likely to become obese when their same-gender parent is obese."

The researchers from Peninsula Medical School studied 226 families. Here's where the link to your mother or father, regarding your weight comes in; "they found that the daughters of obese mothers were more likely to struggle with weight problems." They also "found that the sons of obese fathers ran a higher risk of becoming obese " (Perez-Pastor EM et al. 2009).

So you have to look no further than your mother or father when it comes to your weight. However, if you're a man, you may be able to blame the weight on him, and if you're a woman, you may be able to place the blame on your mother. The reason I say this is because the authors of that study "did not find the same link between mothers and sons or between fathers and their daughters."

Now, before you go blaming your mother or father on your weight problems, your may want to first start by looking into the mirror. Not all the time, because genetics (we won't get into that in this article) does have a lot to do with it, it's the person in the mirror that needs to take responsibility for their own eating habits, and weight loss and/or weight management strategies.

I know it's easier to point your finger and say it's that person's fault, but we need to become more responsible for the food we eat, and our daily activities. Typically, if the parents are lazy, or couch potatoes, the children will be the same. Some how, some way, that pattern has to be broken. And the best way to break the pattern is by starting with self.

When you were growing up, who did you look up to? More than likely, your parents were your role models. Little girls liked to hang with their mothers, and boys loved to hang with their fathers, and I believe that's what this study is all about. It's about learning, or becoming, like your mother and/or father.

Included in that study, their research showed that ""the risks of obesity among eight year old girls were 10 times greater if their mother was obese. With boys, the risk of obesity was six times greater if their father was obese. And compared to the apparent influence exerted by the weight of their same-gender parent, the weight of the children measured at the age of eight bore no significant relationship to their birth weight."

Here are the results, if you were thinking your weight problem was all genetics. The findings in this study suggests that "childhood obesity is not primarily caused by genetic traits passed down by same-gender parents."

As I've mentioned, it's not all genetics. We pick up the same "good" and/or "bad" habits from the people that influence our lives the most. And as a child, most likely, it was your parents. Just as the authors of the study wrote,

"Childhood obesity today seems to be largely confined to those whose same-sex parents are obese, and the link does not seem to be genetic. Parental obesity, like smoking, might be targeted in the interests of the child." (Perez-Pastor EM et al. 2009).

I would think that this finding (above all others) seems very important because it may mean that w as parents can reduce our same-gender child’s risk of obesity by losing weight ourselves. That's what I'm trying to communicate in this article. If we take a long hard look into the mirror, we may find the source of the real problem.

This should not be news to anyone of us. However, it may be something that we are just hiding from, or something we don't want to deal with. If we are going to break the pattern of obesity in our family, you may have to take a stand, and take action. Weight loss does not have to be painful or even a chore. We just have to use common sense. Weight loss can all start by eating healthier meals, and becoming more active - put down the television remote control and go for a walk.

If you've tried diet plans before and they didn't work, give TriVita's Leanology® a try. What do you have to loose?

To learn more about weight loss or TriVita, click on the previous links.

Jeffrey Sloe
Independent TriVita Business Affiliate - 12871028
440-725-3729

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

Sources:

• http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article001572970.cfm?x=bgb4LV2,bfv5gTb0
• Temple JL, Wrotniak BH, Paluch RA, Roemmich JN, Epstein LH. Relationship between sex of parent and child on weight loss and maintenance in a family-based obesity treatment program. Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Aug;30(8):1260-4. Epub 2006 Feb 21.

 

Chronic Pain and Courage

Chronic Pain and Courage

One of the most important challenges that you can experience in your life is dealing with chronic pain, if you ever challenged to experience this problem.   When somebody starts experiencing chronic pain one of the first things they also experience is fear.  This fear can be a huge problem.   The fear then becomes it’s own problem and literally magnifies the pain.   Fear becomes paralyzing.

Courage is “doing the right thing in spite of fear”.    Many people think that a courageous person is one without fear.   Actually courage is “doing the right thing in spite of or in the face of fear”.   When somebody is dealing with chronic pain and experiences fear that begins to disable that person’s life, courage calls that person to go against the flow.  Courage leads the person with chronic pain to go against what fear is telling the person to do.   Growing from the point of fear to the point of courage is truly “growing”.   This person will become a more complete and whole person---- is spite of their chronic pain!

Perhaps it’s time to ask: what is Chronic Pain anyway?

Well, we all know what pain is.   But what is chronic pain?    Well the purpose of pain is to help us avoid bad things happening to our body.  When an injury happens, things hurt.  That’s the way it’s supposed to be.  That is called “acute pain”.  

Chronic pain, however, is pain that lasts well after the 6 week time that it should normally take for an injury to get better.   Some would say that you can’t call it chronic pain until it has lasted for 3 months.   Either way the pain is lasting well after the injury.

There are many medical strategies to try to help deal with chronic pain and it is absolutely crucial that anybody who has chronic pain seek medical attention to figure out why they have it and what can be done about it.   Nobody--- and I repeat nobody--- should ever deal with their chronic pain using alternative strategies until they have had a thorough evaluation.  

Unfortunately for many people, after the evaluation there is the reality that their chronic pain is still with them.   It just stays and stays and stays.   In that case it becomes very reasonable to pursue alternative strategies as long as they are safe.  

I have discovered that a very powerful nutrient grown right in the Sonoran Desert called “betalains” may help to decrease chronic pain.   At least that’s been the experience of some people who have been fortunate enough to get ahold of this nutrient.

Fortunately this nutrient can now be obtained through a whole food in drink form that actually tastes good.  You can read the story about this very powerful nutrient and how it might help you or someone you love deal with chronic pain at this site. 

 

Nutritional Vitamins

A lot of people suggest that burning more calories than you take in is essential to maintaining your ideal weight or striving to reach your optimal weight. This may be true, but does this simplified idea produce a healthy body? You be the judge. Your overall body health as well as weight gain or loss must be factored in to the equation or you could be heading for health issues in the future.

Correct nutrition can help to reduce the risk of a myriad of health-related problems, the most frightening of which are surely heart disease and cancer. Proper nutrition, however, entails eating many different foods, monitoring your consumption of some food and beverage items, counting calories, and supplementing your diet with a nutritional multi-vitamin. Good diets offer balanced nutrition that reduces cholesterol, blood pressure, and helps with weight control.

The correct combination of nutrients is very important to keep your body functioning at its peak:

Carbohydrates are the primary source of ammunition in your diet. The body uses carbohydrates to build glucose which can be used immediately or stored in your body for later. Too much glucose, however, is stored as fat. There are two types of carbohydrates - simple and complex. Sugars are simple carbohydrates. Starches and fibers are complex carbohydrates.

Proteins help your body build and maintain muscles and other tissues. They also function in the creation of hormones. Like carbohydrates, excess protein is stored as fat.

Animal and vegetable are the two major types of proteins. Too much animal protein can cause high cholesterol, because it's high in saturated fat.

Fat is another nutrient your body requires. Yeah, I know that sounds pretty strange, but fat comes in both saturated and unsaturated forms. Saturated fat puts you at risk of health problems. Unsaturated fat is healthy; however, if it goes through a refinement process, it can become saturated fat.

Vitamins are required nutrients. Every vitamin performs a different task within your body. For example, vitamins can work with the metabolism to help with energy levels, and some vitamins can even help prevent disease.

Here are some good examples; vitamins A, C, and E, called antioxidants, can assist with the prevention of coronary artery disease by keeping build up from occurring on artery walls. Vitamin B-1 is needed for digestion and proper nervous system function. Vitamin B-2 is needed for normal cell growth. Vitamin B-3 helps to detoxify your body. Folic acid assists with production of red blood cells. Vitamin D assists with the absorption of calcium. Vitamin K helps your blood clot.

Your body requires minerals and trace elements, other nutrients, that are used in many different body processes. For example, a mineral like chlorine helps to create your digestive juices. On the other hand, phosphorus helps build strong bones. Both chlorine and phosphorus can be found in the foods we eat. Salt is another nutrient required by your body. However, according to some health professionals, you should not consume more than 2400 milligrams per day.

I suggest that you follow the guidelines set forth by your health care provider to create a well balanced, nutritional diet. And most of them will tell you to consume two and one half cups of vegetables, and two cups of fruit each day. A good variety of fruits and vegetables is always suggested. It has also been suggested that you eat as many different colors as possible.

Whole grain products should also be consumed each day. Many nutritionists suggest that at least half of your grain intake should be whole grain based. Milk is also a necessity to a healthy diet. However, it should be low fat milk. Ten and thirty percent of your calorie intake should come from fat. Make sure the fats you consume are in the form of unsaturated fats.

Excellent nutrition is the basis of a healthy diet, and nutritional vitamin supplements can provide the missing vitamins and minerals that your body needs to perform at its peak.

You can learn all about nutritional vitamin supplements by going to the TriVita website.

Jeffrey Sloe
440-725-3729
jeff@internetmarketingadvisors.net
TriVita Independent Business Affiliate, 12871028

 

Nopal Cactus The New Super Fruit?

<P>Look out Acai Berry! A new Super Fruit has emerged!

<P>Our vast planet over the years has yielded some of the most amazing natural healing properties known to man from some of the most uncommon places. As such it only stands to reason that today's new super fruit follows suit! And boy does it!

<P>From the extreme conditions of the desert comes a little known miracle that grows amongst the tumbleweeds, snakes and lizards. This prickly customer not only can create a tasty omelet when it's palm is diced and sliced into eggs. It also produces a powerful anti-inflammatory from an antioxidant called Betalain from within it's juicy, sweet fruit. What is this sticky wonder? Why it's the Nopal cactus.

<P>Yes, you heard me right, the Nopal cactus that grows in the desert. Betalains are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the No pal cactus fruit. Opal harnesses the power of this desert super fruit and its betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.<BR>

<P><B>What they are</B><BR>

<P>Betalains are the pigments that give the Nopal cactus fruit its vibrant pink color. But that’s just the beginning. They’re also natural antioxidants—and they’re only found in a few of the world’s plants.

<P>The Nopal fruit isn’t just included in this small group of special plants, it actually leads the group by containing one of the highest amounts of betalains in all of nature.

<P><B>How they heal</B><BR>

<P>When you drink Nopalea, you take these betalains into your system, where they begin to restore your vitality on a cellular level. By helping the body reduce the toxins surrounding your cells and enabling essential nutrients to reach each cell, the betalains in Nopalea can reduce the inflammation in your body that leads to disease.

<P><B>Scientific research shows that betalains help to</B><BR>

 <P>Reduces the risk of blood clots—betalains protect the thin lining of your blood vessels; this helps reduce the inflammation that makes your blood sticky and leads to clots

 <P>Reduces bad cholesterol—betalains strongly reduce oxidized LDL cholesterol

 <P>Protects cells from toxins—betalains protect many types of cells, especially brain cells, from toxins known to trigger tumors.
 
 <P>Protects your liver—betalains provide significant protection from toxins that directly affect your liver

 If you too wish to experience the Nopal Super Fruit and it's wondrous health benefits, you don't have to go out to the desert and find a Nopal cactus, all you need to do is visit this site for more information on TriVit's premier product called Nopalea

 See you do learn new things every day!

 <P>Kim Buchanan<BR>
 Helping YOU Reach Optimal Health<BR>
 & Prestigious Wealth<BR>
 530.383.3041<BR>
 http://trivitaproduct.info<BR>
 http://trivita-sonoran-bloom.blogspot.com/<BR>
 http://trivitaproduct.info/sonoranbloom.html<BR>
 http://sonoranbloom.isgreat.org<BR>

<P>These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnosis, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

<P>References

<P>1 - “Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression.” C Gentile, L Tesoriere, M Allegra, M A Livrea, P D’Alessio Dipartimento Farmacochimico, Tossicologico e Biologico, Università di Palermo, Italy.
2 - Allegra M, Tesoriere L, Livrea MA. Free Radic Res. 2007 Mar;41(3):335-41.
3 - Lee MH, Kim JY, Yoon JH, Lim HJ, Kim TH, Jin C, Kwak WJ, Han CK, Ryu JH. Phytother Res. 2006 Sep;20(9):742-7.
4 - Galati EM, Mondello MR, Lauriano ER, Taviano MF, Galluzzo M, Miceli N. Phytother Res. 2005 Sep;19(9):796-800.

Weight Loss

If you are desperate to lose weight, there are many weight loss diet programs on the market today that are available. Most of these diets are effective because they often limit what an individual can eat. This is an important component for an individual to adhere to in order to lose those excess pounds.

However, not all of these weight loss diets are healthy. That is because there are many fad diets as well as diets that just concentrate on one food item. These types of diets are not particularly healthy because they do not provide the proper nutrients to maintain the health requirements for the body.

Those proper nutrients include the consumption of protein, good fat, carbohydrates and the various minerals and vitamins that are needed to maintain the nutritional balance of the human body. Therefore, if an individual wants to lose weight it must be done properly.

One of the powerful diets that can be followed that is healthy and helps the individual to lose weight is a vegetarian weight loss diet. This is because a vegetarian weight loss diet can be high in the proper nutrients as well as rich in fiber content.

Before beginning a discussion about the benefits of a vegetarian weight loss diet it is important to put to rest any misconceptions regarding this type of diet. One of those misconceptions is that individuals who start a vegetarian weight loss diet automatically lose weight. This is not true because there are items that can be classified as vegetarian but are high in calories and fat. Examples of those types of food products can include cheese and peanut butter.

Weight Loss Tips

Therefore, if you are considering a vegetarian weight loss diet, it is still important to be aware of the calories contained in the item of food. In addition, it is important to know how many calories are contained in the fat content of the product or carbohydrates that a single serving contains.

If an individual chooses to be on a vegetarian weight loss diet plan, it is important that that they eat food that incorporates all the major food groups needed to keep the body healthy. Therefore, when on a vegetarian weight loss diet it is critical to eat protein, carbohydrates and fats. Important sources of protein with a vegetarian weight loss diet include the eating of nuts, seeds, soy products, etc.

In addition, carbohydrates are necessary for the body to be energized. Therefore, good sources of complex carbohydrates associated with a vegetarian weight loss diet include items like cereal, root vegetables, grains, etc. In addition, there are simple, carbohydrates that can be eaten. Generally these simple carbohydrates can be found by eating various types of fruit.

Finally, when it comes to fat intake eat those foods which are low in fat. Some of those items could include low fat cheeses and milks.

David Ogden- Helping People Help Themselves
TriVita Affiliate 13142173
Sonoran Bloom  Click Here  – New ant-inflammatory, antioxidant and detoxifying drink providing natural pain relief for inflammation
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Stress and Weight Loss

In this weeks TriVita's Weekly Wellness Report, by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer, focuses on stress and how it relates to obesity. Many of us struggle with stress on a daily basis. Their are many reasons we get stressed out, including the aging process, weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight, and most importantly, our health.

If your life is filled with stress, Mr. Minshew has some god advice for you. If you're struggling to lose weight, I have some good advice for you. Continue to read. I've included Mr. Minshew's article in its entirety.

The Obesity/Stress Connection

I used to envision a chronic worrier as jittery, emaciated and gaunt. You know, the "Barney Fife" type. But now, I know that the person enduring unimaginable stress is more likely to be obese - even morbidly obese. This is a physiological reaction from the immune system and the process of homeostasis (the process that pulls us back together when stress is pulling us apart).

Worry is the stress that pulls us apart. However, worry goes beyond the mental and emotional process that causes distress. For example, did you know that your muscles also worry?

What is worry?

Worry is the process of anticipating events or outcomes that are possible but unknown. For example, we are all worried about our health and the health of loved ones. As long as no distressing symptoms occur, our level of worry is minimal. However, a new pain or ache, a lump or bump, a change that is not anticipated sends our "worrier" into overdrive.

The recent downturn in the world economy has created fertile soil as a new source of worry.

The process of worry is basically the same whether the concern is large or small, for ourselves or others we care about:

1. Our senses carry information to us from outside or inside our body. These are our five senses (touch, taste, sound, smell and sight) plus our intuition - the ability to "fill in the blanks" of the unknown based on our experience and intellect.
2. We project what may happen in the future and assess whether or not we have the resources needed to cope with anticipated outcomes.

Scientists have discovered that our muscles adhere to the same process: They project what may happen in the future based on past activity levels and assess whether or not they have the resources needed to cope. This is "muscle worry."

Worry is a survival mechanism because it allows us to forecast with some accuracy what resources we may soon need. We do this through our experience and intellect. With a bad experience or two in our history, we may also get into the habit of always predicting bad outcomes. This is called "catastrophic thinking" because we anticipate catastrophes from even normal, everyday events. So, a simple fever is bubonic plague and a skin rash must be Ebola virus!

To prepare for these awful events we may initiate the fight or flight response, releasing copious amounts of adrenaline. Or, based on past failures to cope, we may select an opposite response called learned helplessness, releasing immune-suppressing hormones and chemicals.

What is the obesity link?

Interestingly, worry has an effect on our appetite and metabolism. For example, when worry triggers the fight or flight stress response, our liver will dump enormous amounts of sugar into our bloodstream. Our pancreas will also secrete huge amounts of insulin into our system to carry that sugar into the muscles to fight-or-flee as a response to the emergency. In chronic worry we simply never get to use all that energy and the hormone cortisol stores it in the fat cells of our abdomen, etc. These fluctuations in metabolism will often create eating binges where we feel we can't get satisfied no matter how much we eat.

Both fight-or-flight and learned helplessness trigger your body (especially your muscles, your "muscle worry") to anticipate future energy use. So, the muscles and adipose (fat) tissues store energy as fat and the result is that you gain weight. Stress and worry all by themselves can create obesity - even if you eat a perfect diet!

What to do

• Recognizing the problem is always the first step. This is difficult because we live in a stressful world; there are real dangers requiring fight-or-flight responses. Also, people really do get sick with catastrophic illness, though not so many get bubonic plague or Ebola virus! It would be foolish to ignore danger signals and face real catastrophe. That said, the majority of the things we worry about never happen, do they? Train yourself to appraise situations correctly to reduce stress and worry (see the article "Think Therapy" below). Recognize that stress and worry elicit powerful hormones that need to be discharged. Exercise is the best way to get rid of these pesky hormones. And even three deep breaths can reduce the anxiety you feel when stressed.



• Nutrition plays a vital role in breaking the stress/worry/obesity connection. First, adaptogens interrupt the cycle of stress and allow us to face our challenges with renewed resources; we will be able to cope with more issues with the greater resources provided by adaptogens. Next, specific nutrients found in Leanology® capsules break the cortisol cycle and discourage our body from storing "worry" in our fat cells!

The day-to-day stresses we face will not end. And for the present, there will always be another world tragedy looming on the horizon, such as an economic downturn. Learn to appraise them without panicking. Build a bulwark against stress with adaptogens. Help break the cycle of cortisol with Leanology capsules. Learn and live the 10 Essentials for lifetime wellness!

I've always liked the advice, "recognizing the problem is always the first step", because until we realize we have a problem, we will do nothing about it. Before we can take a step (step number two) in the right direction, we need to know the direction.

Many of us do not know that we are overweight. It's not until we get on the scale, or check our body mass index (BMI) that we realize that we have a problem with our weight. Once we understand that there is a problem, we can do something about it. As with weight loss, it will not happen until we understand the problem and take a step to do something about it.

Mr. Minshew mentioned Leanology as a means to "discourage our body from storing "worry" in our fat cells." Although that may be true, Leanology is one of the easiest weight loss systems to follow and one that is proven scientifically.

If you're looking to lose weight, relieve stress, and live a healthier lifestyle, take our advice. To learn more about TriVita, or Leanology, click on the previous links.

Jeffrey Sloe
Independent TriVita Business Affiliate - 12871028
440-725-3729

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

 

Chronic Pain and Creating a New Life

Chronic Pain and Creating a New Life

Unfortunately many people in this life must deal with something called “chronic pain”.  These people often experience an abrupt and sometimes permanent change in their life.  They are unable to play with their kids, recreate with their spouse, enjoy any recreation.

In some cases the chronic pain patient loses the chance to continue their work--- permanently.   This latter change sometimes causes the biggest effect on a sense of self-worth.   Losing the ability to provide for self and/or family has an lasting negative effect on some people.   In a sense it’s a little like a person losing their job from downsizing and having no prospect of getting re-hired.   This person often has to choose between staying put and being chronically unemployed or moving across the country to get a new job.  This “starting over” can be very intimidating and very often people will not make the move.  A person with chronic pain often feels the same.   They really don’t want to leave their old job and learn something new--- yet it becomes their only real option.

It feels a little like creating a new life--- this can be exciting -- or it can be intimidating, but it really is the only way for them to have a new life.   Even so, they are still dealing with the chronic pain and there is still a need to try to treat and control it as this person tries to build a new life.  Finding ways to control the pain that allows even the increased activity of re-training is crucial to the success of “creating a new life”.    But before we go on to that subject we need to ask what is Chronic Pain anyway?

Well, we all know what pain is.   But what is chronic pain?    Well the purpose of pain is to help us avoid bad things happening to our body.  When an injury happens, things hurt.  That’s the way it’s supposed to be.  That is called “acute pain”. 

Chronic pain, however, is pain that lasts well after the 6 week time that it should normally take for an injury to get better.   Some would say that you can’t call it chronic pain until it has lasted for 3 months.   Either way the pain is lasting well after the injury.

There are many medical strategies to try to help deal with chronic pain and it is absolutely crucial that anybody who has chronic pain seek medical attention to figure out why they have it and what can be done about it.   Nobody--- and I repeat nobody--- should ever deal with their chronic pain using alternative strategies until they have had a thorough evaluation. 

Unfortunately for many people, after the evaluation there is the reality that their chronic pain is still with them.   It just stays and stays and stays.   In that case it becomes very reasonable to pursue alternative strategies as long as they are safe. 

I have discovered that a very powerful nutrient grown right in the Sonoran Desert called “betalains” may help to decrease chronic pain.   At least that’s been the experience of some people who have been fortunate enough to get a hold of this nutrient.

Fortunately this nutrient can now be obtained through a whole food in drink form that actually tastes good.  You can read the story about this very powerful nutrient and how it might help chronic pain here -- go here right now and plug into this powerful product and feel the difference.

 

Stanley Lang

Wellness Mentor, Health Coach

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Fight Chronic Pain with Nopalea

"Chronic pain lasts at least 6 months after your body has healed. Sometimes, people who have chronic pain don't know what is causing it. Along with discomfort, chronic pain can cause low self-esteem, depression and anger. It can also interfere with your daily activities."

"Treatment of chronic pain usually involves medicines and therapy. Medicines used for chronic pain include pain relievers, antidepressants and anticonvulsants. Different types of medicines help people who have different types of pain. You usually use long-acting medicines for constant pain. Short-acting medicines treat pain that comes and goes."

"Several types of therapy can help ease your pain. Physical therapy (such as stretching and strengthening activities) and low-impact exercise (such as walking, swimming or biking) can help reduce the pain. However, exercising too much or not at all can hurt chronic pain patients. Occupational therapy teaches you how to pace yourself and how to do ordinary tasks differently so you won't hurt yourself. Behavioral therapy can reduce your pain through methods (such as meditation and yoga) that help you relax. It can also help decrease stress." [1]

Lifestyle changes are an important part of treatment for chronic pain. Getting regular sleep at night and not taking daytime naps should help. Stopping smoking helps, also, because the nicotine in cigarettes can make some medicines less effective. Smokers also tend to have more pain than nonsmokers.

It has been reported that many forms of chronic pain comes from inflammation. Inflammation is an immune response; a response to an infection, an irritation, or an injury. Immune cells are called to the site through the blood stream. The blood vessels near the site become miraculously permeable and the site becomes warm and red due to the increased blood flow (warm, hence inflammation).

"When most people hear the word 'inflammation' they think of the swelling and redness that accompanies an injury such as a sprained ankle. However, inflammation can also be systemic and caused not by injury but by lack of exercise and a poor diet. Systemic inflammation increases the risk of cancer, hypertension, heart disease, gastrointestinal problems, and many other health conditions. In fact, many anti-aging experts believe that inflammation is the greatest cause of premature aging, so preventing it is also vital for looking young. Increasing exercise is one key to decreasing systemic inflammation, and the other key is to consume a diet that does not promote inflammation." [2]

"Healthy lifestyle habits such as exercising regularly, not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, and minimizing stress all help to reduce inflammation. But the most important factor in fighting inflammation is the food you eat every day. That's why all the experts, from diet doctor Barry Sears (The Zone) to alternative medicine guru Andrew Weil (Healthy Aging) recommend an anti-inflammatory diet for everything from weight loss to heart disease prevention." [3]

"Inflammation as a major cause of disease is not new. It is at least a reasonable consideration that inflammation is involved with, if not the cause of, every other ill from which we suffer as a race. If that has not been true in the past, it is true today. No other cause of disease has a chance to take a foothold. Inflammation troubles have become so dominant that no other process may need to be considered. The cause of this inflammation is chemical toxicity." [4]

Many health experts suggest that you detoxify your body. In other words, rid your body of all the toxins that are either making certain organs work harder, or not work at all. When your organs aren't doing their job, your immune system may take over to rid your body of all the chemical toxicity.

One of the best ways of detoxify your body is by drinking TriVita's Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™. Nopalea™ is derived from the Nopal cactus, a desert superfruit that is loaded with betalains, powerful and formerly rare antioxidants. Betalains are known as a natural and very powerful anti-inflammatory nutrient, one that fights inflammation and thus, helps to relieve chronic pain that is caused by inflammation.

For thousands of years, the people of the Sonoran Desert have tapped into the power of its native healing plants. Now with Nopalea™, you can too.

Stop the pain and help fight inflammation with Nopalea™. Don't take a man-made drug, like Celebrex, to fight something that is not man-made, but rather caused naturally within your body. Don't risk damaging other parts of your body, but rather protect the most complex design at a cellular level.

To learn more about TriVita and Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™, click on the previous links.

Jeffrey Sloe
440-725-3729
jeff@internetmarketingadvisors.net
TriVita Independent Business Affiliate, 12871028
Sonoran Bloom

Sources:
[1] http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/pain/disorders/551.html
[2] www.naturalnews.com/025862_inflammation_foods_lifestyle_changes.html
[3] www.inflammationfactor.com
[4] Healing Poisoned Medicine, Medicine that Heals v.s. Medicine that Kills (2008), Reed T. Sainsbury N.D.

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

 

Weight Loss Health

If you struggle with maintaining a health weight, you may want to find a weight loss program that works, and one that can help you keep the weight off. Obesity is affecting a large portion of our population in the U.S., which is causing, not only, stress on our healthcare system, but also stress on your body. Here's an article which mentions how weight is related to healthy insides.

Diet Directly Connected to Keeping Insides Healthy
By Jane Hart, MD

Healthnotes Newswire (October 1, 2009) Another study weighs in on the importance of diet and finds that eating healthfully may prevent the return of growths known as adenomatous polyps that increase the risk of colon cancer. In fact, the study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that strictly following a low-fat, high-fiber, and high-fruit-and-vegetable diet may prevent the return of polyps by as much as 35%.

Strict diet reduces risk In this study, researchers analyzed data from 1,905 participants in the US Polyp Prevention Trial examining the effects of following a dietary intervention on polyp recurrence in people with prior history.

Researchers monitored the effects of a low-fat, high-fiber, high-fruit-and-vegetable diet on polyp recurrence over a four year period using food frequency questionnaires and colonoscopy screening tests.

People who strictly followed the prescribed diet had 35% reduced odds of any polyp recurrence and 50% reduced odds of multiple or advanced recurrence compared with people who didn't follow a dietary intervention (control group). There was no difference in recurrence between people who had poor compliance with the diet and the control group.

"These results suggest that consistent adherence to a low-fat, high-fiber, and high-fruit and [high]-vegetable diet may be effective in preventing recurrence of colorectal adenomas and possibly in preventing colorectal cancer," said Leah B. Sansbury, lead study author from the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

Tips for preventing colon cancer Adults, especially those over age 50, should take steps toward preventing this common disease. Here are some prevention tips:

• Be aware of risk factors. Common risk factors for colon cancer include a prior history of colon cancer or polyps, a family history of colon cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. People over 50 years old and African Americans are also at increased risk. An inactive lifestyle, high-fat diet, smoking, and excessive alcohol drinking may also increase a person's risk.
• See a doctor for colon screening tests. There are a number of ways a doctor may monitor you for colon cancer including sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy screenings (the doctor uses a scope to examine your colon), checking your stool for blood, and ordering blood tests to see if there are signs of bleeding as suggested, for instance, by a low iron or low red blood cell count.
• See a doctor right away if you see blood in your stools. Blood in your stools or on toilet paper is a sign that something is wrong. The cause of the bleeding may be as simple as hemorrhoids but may also be caused by a bleeding polyp or colon or rectal cancer.
• Eat a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. As research studies suggest, eating a low-fat, high-fiber diet rich in fruits and vegetables and getting plenty of regular exercise may both be important steps to decrease the risk of colon cancer. (Am J Epidemiol 2009;170:576-584)

The bottom line: Lose weight...live a healthier life. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. However, if you never thought about your weight, the importance of weight loss, and/or your health, I hope you got something from the article.

Weight loss is not difficult, and should not be a burden, or stressful, to your life. We have enough stress throughout the day, and losing weight should not be a part of it. That's why I recommend TriVita's Leanology for natural simple weight loss.

Leanology is a simple 3-step system that helps you lose weight naturally. Leanology offers the most advanced system of weight loss products on the market. Leanology products are scientifically-formulated and physician-approved. They are natural, nutrient based, and contain no stimulants. Leanology has been clinically-proven for optimal, healthy weight loss. The Leanology system of products is convenient and easy to use!

TriVita is dedicated to helping people pursue healthy living. A trusted health solutions provider since 1999, they develop nutritional products and offer health and wellness services that support the whole person - physically, emotionally and spiritually.

To learn more about weight loss or TriVita, click on the previous links.

Jeffrey Sloe
Independent TriVita Business Affiliate - 12871028
440-725-3729

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.

Chronic Pain and Avoiding Divorce

Chronic Pain and Avoiding Divorce

One of the most challenging aspects of dealing with chronic pain is it’s affects on relationships.   Like many chronic conditions, chronic pain can start to take center stage in the relationship and affect many of the things that should be normally part of the relationship.   Especially in spouse relationship, so much will change with the person in chronic pain as the activities gradually or quickly decrease.  Intimacy becomes harder to focus on and paying attention to another person’s needs sometimes takes a distant back seat to dealing with the pain.  In addition many people with chronic pain become irritable and “short” with those they know the best--- often the spouse takes the brunt of the pain the person is carrying.

It is easy at this stage for a person with chronic pain to feel guilty or angry or useless.  Not only do they not give as they need to in the relationship, they become burdened by guilt.   So often the emotional juice needed to build a relationship just isn’t there for the person in chronic pain.   It is easy for this person to give into despair, particularly if there does not appear to be any light at the end of the tunnel regarding the chronic pain.

This person and spouse need a solution to this kind of chronic pain.  Certainly the health of their relationship depends on it.  But, not only that, they may be able to avoid a divorce.

To attack the problem though we need to ask: “what is Chronic Pain anyway?”

Well, we all know what pain is.   But what is chronic pain?    Well the purpose of pain is to help us avoid bad things happening to our body.  When an injury happens, things hurt.  That’s the way it’s supposed to be.  That is called “acute pain”. 

Chronic pain, however, is pain that lasts well after the 6 week time that it should normally take for an injury to get better.   Some would say that you can’t call it chronic pain until it has lasted for 3 months.   Either way the pain is lasting well after the injury.

There are many medical strategies to try to help deal with chronic pain and it is absolutely crucial that anybody who has chronic pain seek medical attention to figure out why they have it and what can be done about it.   Nobody--- and I repeat nobody--- should ever deal with their chronic pain using alternative strategies until they have had a thorough evaluation. 

Unfortunately for many people, after the evaluation there is the reality that their chronic pain is still with them.   It just stays and stays and stays.   In that case it becomes very reasonable to pursue alternative strategies as long as they are safe. 

I have discovered that a very powerful nutrient grown right in the Sonoran Desert called
“betalains” may help to decrease chronic pain.   At least that’s been the experience of some people who have been fortunate enough to get ahold of this nutrient.

Fortunately this nutrient can now be obtained through a whole food in drink form that actually tastes good.  You can read the story about this very powerful nutrient and how it might help chronic pain at this site.

 

Stanley Lang

http://trivitaproduct.info/sonoranbloom.html