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Is Gastric Bypass Surgery the ONLY solution for obese to loose weight?

I read about it in this article and if that is the case I find this very sad.

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4 ways to Add Spinach to Your Diet

We’ve already established that spinach is good to avoid over eating.

On top of that spinach has fantastic health benefits.
Spinach is a good source of:

• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E
• Beta Carotene (Vitamin A)
• Antioxidants
• Iron

But that’s not all.

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New Spinach Pill will help You Lose Weight

Did you ever feel full but still wanted more?
Or maybe you just have to eat something sweet after dinner.

Those days will soon be over.

“The new spinach pill will make us feel full and satisfied.”

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Are You Too Stuck in your Diet?

The other day I got a question from a person who was stuck in her weight loss.
She follows a strict calorie diet and exercises but still she feels she is not losing weight.

I’ve always liked counting calories.
It is just so logical; making sure that you eat and drink less calories than you use.

But to lose weight by counting calories is not all that straight forward.

One of the biggest myths in weight loss is:
If you eat very little you will lose weight!

The risks of only focusing on eating very few calories are:

• Your body might think your starving and lower its metabolism.
• You lose weight but only muscles and water.
• You stuff yourself with toxins that only increase your carvings.

The result is that you will feel bad. You get under nourished but you don’t lose weight. You will lose muscles. After your diet you will gain weight fast as your body will want to stock up on fat for the next period of starvation.

To get a real, healthy and PERMANENT weight loss I find that there are 3 E-factors to success:
Eat REAL food
Eat often
Exercise

Eat Real food
Products that are labeled with no-fat, low-fat, diet, no-sugar added etc are products that make me very skeptical. I always read the ingredients and I have never found a single one of these products that are healthy.
Low fat products are filled with sugar.
No sugar products are filled in artificial sweeteners.
And they are all filled with synthetic substances and toxins that you don’t want in your body.

Eat often
The usual 3 meals a day is not enough if you are cutting your diet. The risk of falling for carvings in between meals is just too big. Waiting long before you eat also increases the risk of overeating and it is bad of your metabolism.
By eating 5-6 smaller meals each day you can keep your metabolism high and you keep your sugar levels in control. You will also shrink your stomach which is great to avoid gaining weight again after you stop focusing on your diet.

Exercise
Exercise makes your weight loss much easier. It increases your metabolism, burns calories and builds muscles that will burn even more calories. On top of that, the exercise have a great effect on your mind. It makes you feel healthier and happier. It removes stress and tension.
And it does not have to be such a big thing. Go for a walk in the sunshine or play with your kids in the park. Even housework burns calories. It’s about using your body throughout the whole day.

Calorie counting is still great. Keep on counting! But use it as a tool to keep the track on the unhealthy food. If you love lattes then it is really important to know how many calories a latte really contains.

ON TOP OF the counting eat at much fresh, raw fruits and vegetables as you possibly can. Don’t bother counting how many calories they contain. I don’t think that anyone has ever become fat from eating too many fresh, raw fruits and vegetables.

So this is what I recommend to loose weight:

1. Eat as much fresh, raw fruits and vegetables as you can.
2. Count the calories on everything else you eat.
3. Eat 5-6 smaller meals each day.
4. Move your body as much and as often as you can.

This way you will feed you body and keep you metabolism high all day. In return, this time, you WILL loose that extra weight.

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 loose 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.

36% lower risk of dying in heart disease

Recent American studies have shown that people who eat fish 1-2 times per week have 36%  lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. It is mainly cold water oily fish (salmon, mackerel, haring) that has this effect.

What is so special about cold water oily fish?

Omega-3

The omega-3 fatty acids are essential which means that we can not live without them. And we have to add them through our food.

The amount of omega-3 fats in our diets have dropped to almost nothing while the omega-6 fats are constantly increasing. This can have dramatic effects on our health. Omega-3 is rightly called brain food but the positive health effects of omega-3 is much more wide spread that that. Since the omega-3 fatty acids effect the cells throughout the whole body deficiency of omega-3 can cause a vast number of health problems.

The brain revolution

About 150000 years ago our ancestors the homo sapiens made a gigantic leap in development. Their babies became fatter with the right type of fat; this provided fuel for the brain and was the key to a large human brain. The fattest infants became mentally the fittest adults. The fats in this brain food came from fish in Rift Valley, East Africa. Fish that was full of omega-3.

The general symptoms of omega-3 deficiency are:
• Thirst
• Dry skin
• Dry hair
• Brittle nails
• Dry elbows
• Dandruff
• Hair loss

Omega-3 is a natural vasodilator and it inhibits inflammation in the body. It works together with the inflammatory omega-6 and the balance between them is crucial. As a vasodilator it makes the blood vessels bigger, smoother and more flexible allowing the blood to flow more smoothly this in turn lowers blood pressure.

Taking omega-3 daily can help:

• Improve your immune system
• Remove eczema
• Moisture dry skin
• Minimize risk of ear, throat and lung infections
• Prevent migraine
• Prevent cardiovascular disease
• Lower bad cholesterol
• Lower blood pressure
• Cure menstrual pains
• Minimize risk of premature birth
• Help you loose weight by increasing your metabolism and give you a full feeling.
• Optimize bone density and minimize the risk of osteoporosis
• Treating inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
• Lower risk of degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis
• Protect eyesight in elderly by reducing the risk of macular degeneration
• Help children develop healthy brain texture

Sources of omega-3

There are a number of different omega-3 acids.
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) can be found in a number of vegetable oils, dark green vegetable and flaxseeds.
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are more potent than ALA. These can be found in cold water oily fish and algae.

Omega-3 as supplement

I try to eat cold water oily fish once a week but I don’t always succeed. And even if I manage, I know that once a week is not enough to balance the omega-3 and omega-6 in my diet. So Omega-3 is one of the few supplements I use. 

If you are going to supplement omega-3 it is a natural choice to use the most potent omega-3 fatty acids in other words the omega-3 found in cold water oily fish. There are so many different fish oils out there so make sure you use one of high quality. Otherwise you might miss out on the health benefits. The most expensive supplement you can buy is one that does not work.

Since omega-3 is a polyunsaturated fat it has a big tendency to become rancid. This can happen in the bottle or even inside your body. High quality stable fish oil will stay fresh much longer. It has a smooth taste and it needs no aromas or sweeteners. If you use capsules bite through one to taste the oil. Bad taste – bad oil. 

As with all food we should try to eat it as much as possible as nature intended it.
Unfortunately our seas are becoming more and more contaminated with environmental toxins and heavy metals and it is of course crucial that the fish oil you use has been purified.

I have found a fish oil that really gives you all the benefits of omega-3 should be natural, purified and stable. It called Eskimo-3:  Enzymatic’s Eskimo-3 105Sg . Now that I have found this Eskimo-3 fish oil I’m not changing back to other brands.

 

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