Loose over 2 pounds a week by changing bread

I just read about a woman who lost 90 pounds in nine months.
Only by changing her breakfast habits and walking.

She started to eat a breakfast containing healthy bread, fruits and vegetables. And the pounds just disappeared.

The bread you eat really makes a difference.
I friend of mine had a similar experience a couple of years ago. She had been gaining weight slowly but surely for years. I don’t really want to say it but she had become fat.

By changing bread she not only reversed the weight gain trend. It became her solution to serious, permanent weight loss. I don’t know how much she lost but I can tell you that it was a total transformation. She looked great.

What is so bad about bread?

We’ve all heard about low carb diet and glycemic index. In a diet based on food with low glycemic index you don’t eat fast carbohydrates. The fast carbohydrates in in for example white flour are devastating. They give you a blood sugar rush. Every blood sugar high is followed by an as extreme low. With this blood sugar low you need energy again. FAST!

By starting you day with white bread or sugary cereal you make sure that your day will be full of blood sugar highs and lows. And the following sugar cravings.

White flour is highly processed. It has lost most of its natural nutrients. Sure often its enriched but that is just not good enough. Your body needs nutrients. It doesn’t matter how much food you stuff in your stomach. If there is not enough nutrients you will soon be hungry again.

White flour is used in many products because it is cheap and has a very long shelf life. Not because it is healthy.

So how do you pick healthy bread?

I wish it was as easy as saying whole grain but it’s not. Most whole grain bread contains just a little bit of whole grain and lost of cheap white flour.

Preferably your bread should contain NO white flour. At least the whole grain should be listed before of the white flour in the ingredients label. Then you know that there is more whole grain than white flour.

4 things to think of when you choose bread:

1. It should contain mainly whole grain (check the ingredients label)
2. Try other grains than wheat; rye, spelt, barley.
3. Healthy bread is heavy, lift it up a feel.
4. Color is not enough. Brown bread is not equal to healthy.

Healthy bread is more expensive to buy. But I seriously wonder if it isn’t cheaper in the long run. You need a lot less to get full and you stay full much longer.
Apparently barley is especially good if you want to avoid snacking.

Back to my friend who lost so much weight by changing bread. I told you how great she looked.
Well, she still looks great. Years later she has not put on any weight.
That’s what we need to lose weight and keep it off.

The great this about this way loosing weight is that you do not need to follow a diet. Continue eating as usual. Just buy healthier bread. It is sooo easy.

Latest Super Fruit In The Battle Against Cancer

Pomegranate  is loaded with vitamins. And it has been shown to stop developement of prostate cancer.

Its antioxidant Ellagitannins is broken down to a substance urolithins.
Several research teams have shown that urolithins gathers in the prostate and blocks the growth of human cancer cells.
According to Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry pomegranate juice doubles the increasing time of the PSA value. The test was done on prostate cancer patients with a rising PSA.

Fresh pomegranate has a great taste. Open it, take out the seeds and spread them over you salad or you cereal.

Be careful if you buy a product containing pomegranate juice. If it only contains artificial flavour you miss out on the health benefits.

How To Get Vitamin D During Winter

Vitamin D deficiency can cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, MS and tuberculosis.

All you need is 10-15 minutes of sun shine on 40% of your skin per day. This might be really easy during summer. But how do you get enough vitamin D during winter?

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Top 6 Natural Ways to Relieve to Hot Flashes

It is possible to go thourgh menopause without chemcials and drugs. Here are 6 safe, natural methods.

1. Acupuncture. Studies have shown that 8 of 10 women have considerately less problems after an acupuncture treatment.

2. Exercise. During exercise endorphins are released into the blood. This will give you less hot flushes, less mood swings and restful sleep.

3. Herbs and roots. There are effective, natural remedies like Changes For Women

4. Relax. 3 out of 4 women get less hot flashes after simple relaxation.

5. Stop smoking. Smoking increases the break down of estrogens. This accelerates the symptoms.

6. Use phyto-estrogen. Phyto-estrogen are chemicals produced by plants that act like estrogens I our bodies.

Eat foods with phyto-estrogen: Foods that are high in phyto-estrogen are:

• Soy products
• Lenses
• Beans
• Sprouts
• Carrots
• Dark chocolate
• Red wine
• Sunflower seeds
• Berries
• Garlic
• Cabbage
• Broccoli

You can of course also supplement on phyto-estrogen. Personally I would try to increase my intake through my diet first.

Warning: Flu season is almost here. Boost your immune system with food

Fall is just around the corner.

The kids are back to school. We all know it won’t be long before the first flu turns up. Will it be H1N1?

It’s definitely time to start boosting your immune system.

So what do you need to get you through the flue season?

• Stimulate blood circulation and the lymphatic system to remove waste
• Foods that stimulate immune system
• Foods natural antibiotic properties

Here are the top foods you need to survive this winter.
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Democrats on Monday passed a health care bill that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pledged to veto, just hours after he said he was going to call a special session to work out a deal.

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