Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Fat Loss

Health concerns area subject that grabs attention these days and most people start out by looking at the mirror and check out if they are indeed physically fit. Some would consider certain flab or beer bellies as a sign of turn-offs and unhealthy signs. It is indeed something normal today, but people who want to good weight loss results should be more than determined to stick to it rather than doing it for a limited time only. It need to be a lifestyle change.

There are various ways for people want to reduce their weight. Some even resort to asking weight specialists for proper doctor certified weight loss assistance at times. A determined person who is inclined to lose weight and reach the ideal figure for various purposes will indeed require more than pure physical exercise and dieting. There is simply more towards weight loss programs than sweating it out.

While it is okay to resort to various strenuous weight loss programs, it would be wise to turn towards safe weight loss means above anything else. Losing that extra pound but at the same time risking your health totally negates the entire purpose for doing so. There are means to lose those excess calories but for people who may find it difficult to achieve, it would be best to seek the advice from physicians so that they may be able to provide proper assisted weight loss programs.

Relying on physician assisted weight loss programs may not entirely sit well with most people but it is the safest way to satisfy both weight loss proceedings without sacrificing the health. There are indeed a lot of people who have been conscious with their bodily figure, but an ideal figure would mean nothing if the overall health of an individual is sacrificed for the sake of showing off the envious figure and shape that most people clearly want to have.

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Fat Loss

Health and Wellness - Fat Loss

A growing number of people wonder about how long they should work out and at what intensity level for the best fat loss results, because they wish to maximize their efforts..

For the past decade, dieters and fitness enthusiasts have been mislead into thinking that lower intensity exercise is the best way to burn fat. This is likely because exercise at lower intensities primarily uses fat as the "fuel" source ... and higher intensity exercise uses carbohydrates as fuel.

However, the most important factor in losing fat with exercise is the TOTAL number of calories burned, NOT whether the calories burned are from fat or carbs.

Many people refuse to work hard because they are afraid it would take them out of their "fat burning zone." these people can be seen steady cycling on a machine sometimes even reading a paper!

Research has proven, time and time again, that exercising at a low intensity to stay in the "fat burning zone" is incorrect. At lower intensities, you burn more calories from fat ... BUT you burn fewer TOTAL calories.

Remember, "Fat Loss Key #1" in our DVD is in order to lose fat, you must create a caloric deficit. That is, you need to expend ("burn") more calories than you consume. Period. There are no exceptions to this rule.

So, whether your cardio sessions are 12, 20, 30, or 45 minutes long, the higher the intensity, the more TOTAL calories you will burn. And the more TOTAL calories you burn, the more fat you burn. In addition, higher intensity exercise not only burns more calories, it also elevates your metabolism more (and longer) after the workout is over.

That's right, with higher intensity exercise, you can actually condition your metabolism to work more efficiently throughout the day! (be sure to exercise at safe range for your fitness level)

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Health and Wellness - Fat Loss

A growing number of people wonder about how long they should work out and at what intensity level for the best fat loss results, because they wish to maximize their efforts..

For the past decade, dieters and fitness enthusiasts have been mislead into thinking that lower intensity exercise is the best way to burn fat. This is likely because exercise at lower intensities primarily uses fat as the "fuel" source ... and higher intensity exercise uses carbohydrates as fuel.

However, the most important factor in losing fat with exercise is the TOTAL number of calories burned, NOT whether the calories burned are from fat or carbs.

Many people refuse to work hard because they are afraid it would take them out of their "fat burning zone." these people can be seen steady cycling on a machine sometimes even reading a paper!

Research has proven, time and time again, that exercising at a low intensity to stay in the "fat burning zone" is incorrect. At lower intensities, you burn more calories from fat ... BUT you burn fewer TOTAL calories.

Remember, "Fat Loss Key #1" in our DVD is in order to lose fat, you must create a caloric deficit. That is, you need to expend ("burn") more calories than you consume. Period. There are no exceptions to this rule.

So, whether your cardio sessions are 12, 20, 30, or 45 minutes long, the higher the intensity, the more TOTAL calories you will burn. And the more TOTAL calories you burn, the more fat you burn. In addition, higher intensity exercise not only burns more calories, it also elevates your metabolism more (and longer) after the workout is over.

That's right, with higher intensity exercise, you can actually condition your metabolism to work more efficiently throughout the day! (be sure to exercise at safe range for your fitness level)

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weigh Loss

If you are struggling with weight lose ,there is nothing like a little healthy competition to help you get the edge in weight loss. You need to find someone to compete against while you are losing weight. This will give you the little extra push you might need to reach your weight loss goals. You will also have to report your progress or lack of progress to someone else. You can really motivated with friendly competition. When you don’t feel like doing anything to reach your goal think about what you friend might be doing to to beat you.

Remember to get feedback from your partner. Call each other up and report your progress to each other, but at the same time congratulated him or her if they have done something positive to reach their goal. You are not tearing each other down you are building each other up.

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Weight Loss Tip

My wife constantly talks about losing weight. However, I see her eating about every two to three hours. How does she expect to lose weight with that type of habit? She says that it's better to eat a lot of smaller portions than to eat three large meals. Well I have to admit I've heard that before but never thought about it that much until last night.

Can a person actually lose weight by eating more often? In my attempt to find the answer to that question, I took to the Internet and Google.

In an article on easyarticles.com, I found this statement: "Meal frequency: Try to eat more often during the course of a day. Sounds strange when we are trying to loose weight not gain it."

Yes, that does sound strange, but it may make sense once I get finished. The article goes on to say that this behavior is "not an excuse to eat more food", but rather a means of "taking in smaller portions." So instead of eating three big meals a day, try "eating five smaller meals aiming to maintain a more equal balance of food intake during the day."

What this will do is "help alleviate the feeling of being really hungry", which, in turn, makes you eat larger portions of food which makes you feel really full. In theory, "by eating every three to four hours you keep your body from storing as many calories (as fat) because your body has a steady supply of food to use for energy."

This makes sense to me, but how do you find the time to eat every three to four hours? If you have a job, most work places give you a half hour lunch period, and a couple of short breaks throughout the day. Using your breaks to grab some "healthy food" should complete your new found strategy. Which brings me to my next question, how does this benefit me in losing weight?

According to the article, eating more small meals, "helps to balance your calorie intake throughout the day." Adding those extra meals, one between breakfast and lunch and the other between lunch and dinner, should be a balance, between "containing proteins, carbohydrates and fat." These extra meals are not of the three-course variety. They may include food like fruits, yogurt, and nuts, or a combination of the three. Eating this way "also helps to maintain steady insulin levels."

Ok, I know what you're thinking; how can I eat more meals when I have a weight loss plan? Sounds kind of contradictory, doesn't it? Not if you cut down on the amount of food you eat at each sitting, and start eating healthier foods at all meals. You may, at first, think this is impossible, but the author of the article gives some god advice.

"It can be hard to follow this losing weight tip with the daily grind of work and social commitments. I got round this by eating a reduced portion size of my three main meals and then carrying round a lip lock bag of dried fruits and nuts, also two pieces of fresh fruit."

See, and you thought it would be hard. It seems all you have to do is buy in large quantities, and pack in smaller packages. Like any habit, it takes twenty days. So invest the time and start losing weight naturally, by eating more often. Maybe I should start listening to my wife more often, and not be so critical. Maybe that's why she stays so slim!

One more piece of advice from the article: "You will find this easier to stick to if you have a little system to make it as simple as possible. You will also find how delicious these little snacks are and how you start to really look forward to them!"

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

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Weight Loss Tip

My wife constantly talks about losing weight. However, I see her eating about every two to three hours. How does she expect to lose weight with that type of habit? She says that it's better to eat a lot of smaller portions than to eat three large meals. Well I have to admit, I've heard that before but never thought about it that much, until last night.

Can a person actually lose weight by eating more often? In my attempt to find the answer to that question, I took to the Internet and Google.

In an article on easyarticles.com, I found this statement: "Meal frequency: Try to eat more often during the course of a day. Sounds strange when we are trying to loose weight not gain it."

Yes, that does sound strange, but it may make sense once I get finished. The article goes on to say that this behavior is "not an excuse to eat more food", but rather a means of "taking in smaller portions." So instead of eating three big meals a day, try "eating five smaller meals aiming to maintain a more equal balance of food intake during the day."

What this will do is "help alleviate the feeling of being really hungry", which, in turn, makes you eat larger portions of food which makes you feel really full. In theory, "by eating every three to four hours you keep your body from storing as many calories (as fat) because your body has a steady supply of food to use for energy."

This makes sense to me, but how do you find the time to eat every three to four hours? If you have a job, most work places give you a half hour lunch period, and a couple of short breaks throughout the day. Using your breaks to grab some "healthy food" should complete your new found strategy. Which brings me to my next question, how does this benefit me in losing weight?

According to the article, eating more small meals "helps to balance your calorie intake throughout the day." Adding those extra meals, one between breakfast and lunch and the other between lunch and dinner, should be a balance, between "containing proteins, carbohydrates and fat." These extra meals are not of the three-course variety. They may include food like fruits, yogurt, and nuts, or a combination of the three. Eating this way "also helps to maintain steady insulin levels."

Ok, I know what you're thinking; how can I eat more meals when I have a weight loss plan? Sounds kind of contradictory, doesn't it? Not if you cut down on the amount of food you eat at each sitting, and start eating healthier foods at all meals. You may, at first, think this is impossible, but the author of the article gives some god advice.

"It can be hard to follow this losing weight tip with the daily grind of work and social commitments. I got round this by eating a reduced portion size of my three main meals and then carrying round a lip lock bag of dried fruits and nuts. Also two pieces of fresh fruit."

See, and you thought it would be hard. It seems all you have to do is buy in large quantities, and pack in smaller packages. Like any habit, it takes twenty days. So invest the time and start losing weight naturally, by eating more often. Maybe I should start listening to my wife more often, and not be so critical. Maybe that's why she stays so slim!

One more piece of advice from the article: "You will find this easier to stick to if you have a little system to make it as simple as possible. You will also find how delicious these little snacks are and how you start to really look forward to them!"

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

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.

Resources
www.easyarticles.com/article-630019.htm

Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weigh Loss

Although some dietary methods are ready to make you think that the only way to lose weight effectively is by spending never ending hours at the gym, or by eliminating all fat or carbs from your diet. In fact there are many other ways to achieve weight loss.

Natural methods that are simple to add to your daily lifestyle: fat binders.

Now before say that weight loss supplements do not work, take a moment and listen to this point.

Perhaps it is a fact that there are a lot of weight loss supplements that have no backing or clinical trials to prove they are really effective. You will find that this is not the case by taking a closer look.

It is just a matter of learning how to find what really works while keeping a conscious view of all the others tips available.

Take the Telegraph’s article discussing their top 5 recommended ways for losing weight in 2008.

• Eat 6 meals a day – Raise your body’s metabolism and prevent snacking by breaking your 3 regular meals into 6 smaller meals.
• Fat binders – we know that fat binders are common when it comes to weight loss supplements, but compared to chemically enriched supplements that affect the nervous system, fat binders are 100% natural. They work to make 28% of your fat indigestible in your digestive tract, while also effectively suppressing your appetite.
• Online support – the Telegraph proves not all effective weight loss is about taking a supplement or exercise. You can get the confidence you need with a strong support system to stay focused on your weight loss goals while helping you keep it off. Many online weight loss supplements can provide you with that type of support.
• Eat Breakfast – Telegraph proves that losing weight doesn’t have to involve changing your diet. By simply eating a healthy breakfast each morning you can set your metabolism up for the rest of the day, and keep it burning fast.
• Realistic exercise plan- weight loss and exercise come hand in hand in terms of successful weight loss, but the most common mistake people make is setting themselves unrealistic goals which they cannot achieve. The best way is to build up your fitness levels is to start with a 10 minute walk until you are able to do more.

So as the Telegraph’s clearly points out there are many other alternatives that you can choose from to experience natural easy weight loss. Food, exercise, support groups or natural weight loss supplements, all of these can make your road to successful weight loss, easy, fun and accessible.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weigh Loss

How much weight can you lose in just 7 days? How much weight you can lose depends on a few factors such as your starting weight, body type and your staying power to resist temptation.

You should start your 1 week weight regime by setting yourself an achievable target. No matter how hard you try, you will not lose half of your body weight in a short space of time. Set your self several small goals throughout the week. If you plan on trying to lose 7 pounds in a week, then you should set yourself the target of 1 pound weight loss per day. By hitting the smaller targets, your confidence will increase daily and you are more likely to achieve your end result.

Take care as weighting yourself daily is not recommended, because most peoples weight fluctuates, depending on when you eat and how much water you drink. I suggest weight yourself first thing in the morning before breakfast is a good time.

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Health and Fitness

Health and Wellness - Weigth Loss

Weight loss is a topic that you cannot read about, listen or watch , without receiving some kind of weight message. Stories about the risks of not losing weight are regular messages. Stores and the Internet are full of books and weight loss products. Weight loss, medical centers and schools, and even a job. If you try to lose weight, here are some tips that go.

Tip 1 – not to mention weight loss!

All who speak of it, you want to lose weight is the weight. You have to take action now. It’s that simple advice: Stop and move it to "Move Your Body! Take time to see results.

Tip 2 – slowly and steady

Slow and steady weight loss is better (and safer) than the fast weight loss method. If you are looking for long-term results of weight loss goal of losing an average of two pounds per week. If you want to lose weight you must consume fewer calories than you burn. As a bonus, if the links between food movement, to reduce consumption nd increased Burning calories At the same time.

Tip 3 – Save Money

Do not lose your hard earned money on the latest round of weight Pill, Hypnosis and extreme surgery is not the answer! Nutritious meal a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, good fats and proteins, mild weight loss faster than any miracle, you can buy.

Tip 4 – Weight loss is a lifestyle

Unfortunately, the issue of weight is something that most people struggling with life. Processed food and lack of exercise are the two main contributors to this campaign. If you want to lose weight and keep it, you’ll have their way of thinking about food. If you are the fuel that is not passion. Successful weight loss is really a lifestyle change, such as the right food decisions, and it is throughout their lives.

Tip 5 – Weight loss is only one point

If your weight falls, happiness increases. But if the number is increasing or remains constant, it is easy to give up, but remember that if the weight does not change the way you want it from the body. There are other benefits such as care of your heart. Reduction in cholesterol, and improved fitness.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Obesity Campaigns

According to a report in the health journal Obesity, scientists examining the efficiency of public health campaigns against obesity have discovered that such programs may result in the opposite of the intended effect.

The research shows that public service announcements designed to encourage over-eaters to abstain from sweet and fatty foods and get more exercise may actually inspire people to indulge even more.

In a study conducted at the University of Illinois, scientists asked 53 college students to evaluate a series of motivational posters designed to promote exercise. After rating the posters, the students were then given a container of raisins and asked to judge the quality of the raisins, being told that they could eat as many as they needed to make a proper evaluation.

Researchers then conducted the experiment again, this time substituting the exercise endorsements for another set of posters promoting things like team-work and activist groups. As with the first group, the subjects were then asked to rate raisins and told to eat as many as needed.

The researchers observed that those students who had analyzed the posters promoting exercise consumed significantly more raisins before making their evaluations than those in the control group.

Delores Alberracin, a professor of psychiatry and lead author of the study, believes that the posters encouraging exercise may have simply inspired the subjects to do something – though not necessarily exercise. As food was then made available, eating then became something to do.

The significance of this study for public health projects, Albarracin suggests, is that we need to be more cautious about when and where we try to motivate people to work out. For example, she said, commercials intended to encourage people to activity may not be effective when people are sitting in front of a television with a pantry full of snacks in the kitchen.

Dr. Louis Aronne, clinical professor of medicine and director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, says that the study highlights the controversial possibility that public health campaigns may cause more harm than good if not targeted correctly.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weight Loss

What are the essential steps to selecting a weight loss Program.

1. A desire to lose weight.
You must target an achievable goal for this task. A target weight loss can keep you motivated for a long period of time. Make sure it is realistic and achievable. For example target a pound per week for 10 weeks. Therefore your long term target is 10 pounds while your short term target is 1 pound. This will help you be motivated because you can see the results in a short period of time

2. Program support
When choosing a weight loss program ask for the benefits and support the program will provide. Are there any customer service lines? Any counseling or advice groups? Can they help me get slim? Are there any dieting plan or exercise programs provided?

3.Cost of the program
Can you afford the cost of the desired weight loss program? Does it include the whole package?

4. Program personalization
Do they take your lifestyle in consideration when creating a plan? Can you do the necessary task easily or will you have a hard time to reduce weight using the program?

5. Money back guarantee
Will they give refunds if you are not happy with the weight loss program? Can you return the equipment?

These are basic questions that are usually forgotten when it comes to seeking the best weight loss program that will fit your needs. To reduce weight the program must be achievable without much difficulty from you. Just remember the best weight loss program is the one specifically created for you.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weight Loss

Online forums are a good place to pick up weight loss tips, quite often they provide tools to assist you to reach your weight loss goals.

So why are weight loss forums a good idea? Because you can benefit from:
* discussions of different weight loss methods – people who have used them post their experiences and you know what to expect from each
* sharing ideas – you will find a lot of ideas you have never thought of before that other people post. However, be sure to consult your doctor before using any advice found in the forums!
* getting inspiration from other people’s experience – many forums will have a special section for people’s journals where they keep track of their progress losing weight
* as you are being watched by others, you are becoming more disciplined in pursuing your diet, exercising routine, etc – and this will lead you to being more persistent and achieving results through it!

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Weight Loss

Many people need to think about managing their weight before they become overweight. Weight management requires watching the weight and remaining at a desirable weight limits instead of struggling at one time to shed pounds and pounds of weight. It is very important to make yourself committed to manage your weight. It is also very important to know what kind of body you have and what is normal healthy weight for your body. You should know whether you are underweight or overweight. It have to keep a watch on your diet. You have to analyzing the things you call your food. You have to also watch what type of food you eat. You need to watch how much carbohydrates, how much fats, and how much proteins you are eating.

It is very important to meet your doctor and know about your physical health and get professional advise about weight management for your body . Then you have to consult a dietitian and plan your diet. You should follow all the advice given by the professionals to you personally and make it a habit as part of your diet and exercise regimen. Exercise like walking, jogging, cycling, and horse riding are very useful for management of weight, but you have to enjoy what ever routine you decided to follow.

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Vitamin C

We've all heard about vitamin c and how important it is, but do we actually know how much we can take each day? I believe that we would probably say that taking a single tablet (500-1000mg) is good enough. Let's see what other authority sites say about our daily requirements of vitamin c.

The WebMD web site says the RDA of vitamin c is approximately 90 mg/day. However, they say that up to 2000mg is safe. There's a chart on the WebMD web site with RDAs for all age groups. Search Google to find additional information on this all important vitamin.

Below is an article from TriVita which should answer any questions you have regarding vitamin c and how much you can safely take on a daily basis. Please read and enjoy!

Spring clean with Vitamin C
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

Well, it's officially spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This is the traditional time for spring cleaning - in our home and inside our body. Time to rid ourselves of all the junk we can't use anymore and start fresh!

Vitamin C can help us clean out the old and make room for the new.

Would you like to hear something interesting about Vitamin C? Almost all mammals except humans produce Vitamin C as ascorbic acid in their livers. But not just mammals: Almost all animals in the Animal Kingdom produce Vitamin C every day to maintain their health. Why don't humans produce Vitamin C? How much Vitamin C do people need to take? What effect does Vitamin C have in your body?

The role of Vitamin C

Let's answer the easy question first: How much Vitamin C does a person need to take? Well, when animals produce Vitamin C it is according to their needs at that moment and during that particular time in their life. A young dolphin may produce much more Vitamin C than an older sibling or parent. However, all dolphins - and all other animals - produce more Vitamin C when they have an infection, when they are exposed to toxins and when they are under stress.

So, we understand that people need different amounts of Vitamin C at different times in their life. We also need more Vitamin C when we face challenges to our health and well-being. In a recent Weekly Wellness Report on colds and flu, we discussed how a Vitamin C flush can help you determine the precise amount of Vitamin C you can use during a given period in your life. The Vitamin C flush was recommended by two-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling, his protege Dr. Alfred Libby and former director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Russell Jaffe.

What does your body do with all that Vitamin C?

Vitamin C makes things happen in your body.

• Bones - All of the minerals in your bones require Vitamin C to turn them from lifeless rocks into health-building minerals.
• Blood - Your blood needs Vitamin C to convert iron into hemoglobin.
• Thyroid - Your thyroid gland needs Vitamin C to convert copper into thyroid enzymes that carry protein.
• Collagen - All of the collagen in your skin, gums and the rest of your body requires Vitamin C to convert dead protein from your diet into living tissue. This makes you look good as well as feel good!
• Immune system function - Vitamin C activates a certain kind of immune cell called a lymphocyte. Lymphocytes, as the name implies, live mostly in your lymph system. However, they can travel in and out of your bloodstream as well. Lymphocytes that have been activated by your thymus gland can go anywhere in your body to fight disease. The thymus gland uses Vitamin C to program lymphocytes to search out one specific target and destroy it.
• Antioxidant protection - Vitamin C is also an antioxidant. Your body uses it to make glutathione - the "mother" of all antioxidants. What's more, all other antioxidants can be refreshed by Vitamin C. Important antioxidants like Vitamins A and E can have their lifespan extended by Vitamin C. Antioxidants protect you from premature aging.

Vitamin C has so many functions that you could spend a lifetime studying this one important vitamin. Try the Vitamin C flush and determine how much Vitamin C you can use each day. It can be quite the "spring cleaning," as it helps remove old lymphocytes and other debris held over in your body. I suggest that you repeat this procedure quarterly - at the change of the seasons. You will find your need for Vitamin C will diminish when you eat fresh fruits and vegetables. It will increase when you are under stress or facing illness.

Conclusion

Why don't humans produce Vitamin C like other animals? The answer is that we don't know. What we do know is that people are healthier when they eat Vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables. And in this stress-filled, toxic world we have created, more Vitamin C is needed than a depleted diet can provide. This is why we have supplements to help us compensate for the special circumstances we find ourselves in today.

So, do your spring cleaning and start this season of your life in the best possible shape!

** End of Article **

Most pharmaceutical companies claim that all supplements are the same. However, I believe there is a difference. Although I don't have all the answers, I personally prefer the Vitamin C crystals, but it's up to you to find the supplements that deliver the best results. One way to find a supplement that will meet your needs is to search Google.

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Vitamin C

We've all heard about vitamin c and how important it is, but do we actually know how much we can take each day? I believe that we would probably say that taking a single tablet (500-1000mg) is good enough. Let's see what other authority sites say about our daily requirements of vitamin c.

The WebMD web site says the RDA of vitamin c is approximately 90 mg/day. However, they say that up to 2000mg is safe. There's a chart on the WebMD web site with RDAs for all age groups. Search Google to find additional information on this all important vitamin.

Below is an article from TriVita which should answer any questions you have regarding vitamin c and how much you can safely take on a daily basis. Please read and enjoy!

Spring clean with Vitamin C
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer

Well, it's officially spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This is the traditional time for spring cleaning - in our home and inside our body. Time to rid ourselves of all the junk we can't use anymore and start fresh!

Vitamin C can help us clean out the old and make room for the new.

Would you like to hear something interesting about Vitamin C? Almost all mammals except humans produce Vitamin C as ascorbic acid in their livers. But not just mammals: Almost all animals in the Animal Kingdom produce Vitamin C every day to maintain their health. Why don't humans produce Vitamin C? How much Vitamin C do people need to take? What effect does Vitamin C have in your body?

The role of Vitamin C

Let's answer the easy question first: How much Vitamin C does a person need to take? Well, when animals produce Vitamin C it is according to their needs at that moment and during that particular time in their life. A young dolphin may produce much more Vitamin C than an older sibling or parent. However, all dolphins - and all other animals - produce more Vitamin C when they have an infection, when they are exposed to toxins and when they are under stress.

So, we understand that people need different amounts of Vitamin C at different times in their life. We also need more Vitamin C when we face challenges to our health and well-being. In a recent Weekly Wellness Report on colds and flu, we discussed how a Vitamin C flush can help you determine the precise amount of Vitamin C you can use during a given period in your life. The Vitamin C flush was recommended by two-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling, his protege Dr. Alfred Libby and former director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Russell Jaffe.

What does your body do with all that Vitamin C?

Vitamin C makes things happen in your body.

• Bones - All of the minerals in your bones require Vitamin C to turn them from lifeless rocks into health-building minerals.
• Blood - Your blood needs Vitamin C to convert iron into hemoglobin.
• Thyroid - Your thyroid gland needs Vitamin C to convert copper into thyroid enzymes that carry protein.
• Collagen - All of the collagen in your skin, gums and the rest of your body requires Vitamin C to convert dead protein from your diet into living tissue. This makes you look good as well as feel good!
• Immune system function - Vitamin C activates a certain kind of immune cell called a lymphocyte. Lymphocytes, as the name implies, live mostly in your lymph system. However, they can travel in and out of your bloodstream as well. Lymphocytes that have been activated by your thymus gland can go anywhere in your body to fight disease. The thymus gland uses Vitamin C to program lymphocytes to search out one specific target and destroy it.
• Antioxidant protection - Vitamin C is also an antioxidant. Your body uses it to make glutathione - the "mother" of all antioxidants. What's more, all other antioxidants can be refreshed by Vitamin C. Important antioxidants like Vitamins A and E can have their lifespan extended by Vitamin C. Antioxidants protect you from premature aging.

Vitamin C has so many functions that you could spend a lifetime studying this one important vitamin. Try the Vitamin C flush and determine how much Vitamin C you can use each day. It can be quite the "spring cleaning," as it helps remove old lymphocytes and other debris held over in your body. I suggest that you repeat this procedure quarterly - at the change of the seasons. You will find your need for Vitamin C will diminish when you eat fresh fruits and vegetables. It will increase when you are under stress or facing illness.

Conclusion

Why don't humans produce Vitamin C like other animals? The answer is that we don't know. What we do know is that people are healthier when they eat Vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables. And in this stress-filled, toxic world we have created, more Vitamin C is needed than a depleted diet can provide. This is why we have supplements to help us compensate for the special circumstances we find ourselves in today.

So, do your spring cleaning and start this season of your life in the best possible shape!

** End of Article **

Most pharmaceutical companies claim that all supplements are the same. However, I believe there is a difference. Although I don't have all the answers, I personally prefer the Vitamin C crystals, but it's up to you to find the supplements that deliver the best results. One way to find a supplement that will meet your needs is to search Google.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - Fad Diets

Most popular diets are considered fad diets. There is no clear definition for what constitutes a fad diet. Merriam-Webster defines a fad as "a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal." Fad diets often promise quick results with a short time commitment. Long-term success requires permanent changes in behavior, diet, and activity.

Ways to spot a fad diet:

• It claims fast weight loss
• Claims that sound too good to be true
• Foods defined as "good" and "bad"
• Less than 1,000 calories daily
• A required vitamin/mineral supplement or food product
• Elimination of a major food group (grains, fats, meats, dairy, fruit, vegetables)
• Lack of long-term randomized scientific studies proving the diet works and is safe. A randomized study distributes participants in a deliberately random way into either the non-tested diet group or the special diet group. Some fad diets state there is research to support their claims, but the research is only done with a few people or does not exist.
• Elimination of an essential nutrient (carbohydrates, fats, proteins)
• No activity or exercise needed

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Health and Wellness - Weight Loss Tips

There are some great ways to lose weight and keep it off. Millions of people struggle each year with their weight and finding a diet program can be important for you. There are so many weight loss plans available that finding the one for you can be overwhelming.

There are three components which are vital to your success to lose weight, the first is to to follow a plan that you like, because in general people do not like diets and that makes it harder to lose weight.

Secondly you need to set yourself goals, both long and short term and provide yourself with rewards for meeting these targets, that will keep you motivated to continue with your diet.

Thirdly you need to exercise it helps burn off fat and when you reach your desired weight you need to continue exercising as a way of counteracting any tendency to overeat 20-30 minutes exercise a day is sufficient. .

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Everyone is looking for ways to achieve weight loss and maybe todays tip will help you:-

Weight loss Tip 1: Stop focusing on achieving weight loss and start aiming for fat loss. There are several reasons why fat loss beats weight loss any day of the week. The most important being that it is not your gross weight that is harmful to your health and state of wellbeing. It is the amount of extra fat that you lug around.

Weight Loss Tip 2: Do not set big goals. If you set unachievable goals. you are bound to fail. And then you get disillusioned and then your morale takes a hit and then you run for the chocolate bar and… Set little achievable goals like have one bar less chocolate today than yesterday or walk for 20 minutes 3 times a week. Once you have achieved this goal, the boost you get from your accomplishment helps renew your drive to lose weight

Weight loss tip 3: Don’t weigh yourself every day, or even every week for that matter. Schedule a weighing in once every 2 weeks. This way your efforts will actually be reflected on your scales. A lot of people just stop making an effort when they way themselves on day 3 and find that the scales have not changes.

Weight loss tip 4: Drink plenty of water. This just helps fill your stomach especially during a meal so that you feel stuffed earlier than if you were eating your meal dry. It also goes a long way in cleansing your system.

Weight loss tip 5: Get a close friend involved. Have someone that you can ‘compete’ with. Competition goes a long way in helping you stay the course.

Weight loss tip 6: Do not skip meals. This is such a big mistake that so many people make. Eat your regular meals. The process of eating actually helps boost the rate at which you burn energy. You just need to ensure that you are eating the right sort of food i.e. fat burning food.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness - weight loss tips

Losing weight is no simple feat. It requires a tremendous amount of perseverance, discipline, and determination. Although thousands of online weight loss help articles are scattered over the Internet, it is hard to find that single answer and short cut to weight loss. Nevertheless, sifting through the pile of online weight loss help articles is important to find that right information that will aid you in your weight loss journey.

An online weight loss help website can range from providing detailed information about a diet program or regime; or it can also provide you self-help tips to lose weight on your own. Another aspect of online weight loss help is weight loss support groups, wherein an online community is established to help people who want to lose weight, by giving them guides and counseling to better aid their weight loss journey.

The most rampant online weight loss help you can find over the Internet is weight loss tips such as these. Weight loss tips can range from the mundane “eat less” mantra to the far-fetched “get psychiatric help” tip. Nevertheless, a weight loss tip is trusted by many, because of the use of so-called personal testimonials of people who have had first-hand experience with a particular weight loss method.

 

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Health and Wellness - weight loss tips

One hidden element that can help you lose weight, be stronger and healthier is Calcium, which is easy to consume.

Calcium has been proven to help you lose weight, and in particular belly fat. Who would have thought that? Studies have shown that women who consumed 1,200 – 1,400 mg of calcium daily had shed over 60% more body fat than those on a low calcium diet. Even more exciting is that the study at Purdue University found that the women on a high calcium diet also lost belly fat twice as fast as those on a low calcium menu. Another study found that two 8 0z servings of yogurt a day lowered blood pressure by 5 points and cut hypertension risk by 20%.

So the question is….how do you get enough calcium in your diet?

You could just start taking calcium supplements, but as with all diet advice, but its is better to eat a normal healthy diet. There are so many tasty foods that are rich in calcium to choose from so it shouldn’t be difficult.

Here’s a recommendation: 1. Take a Calcium with vitamin D supplement daily in split doses; 600 mg in the morning with breakfast, and 600 mg in the evening with dinner.

2. Add 2 servings of dairy products to your diet each day such as:-
* Milk
* Cheese
* Yogurt
* Kefir

But if you are lactose intolerant, then then are dairy products low in lactose that may be tolerated such as Greek style yogurt or Kefir and hard cheeses.

In addition there are many non-dairy foods which are rich in calcium such as:-
* Almonds
* Spinach
* Salmon
* Sardines
* Calcium fortified orange juice
* Kale
* Collard greens
* Tofu
* Enriched rice or soy milk

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Health and Wellness - weight loss tips

Most people who want to lose weight start by following a popular diet. Losing weight solely based on a diet plan can be discouraging and hard to maintain when the person dieting isn’t obtaining quick results. There are many popular diets that work but the time frame involved to show results is longer than what most dieters feel comfortable with.

Staying motivated is the biggest challenge people face when attempting to lose weight or improve their health. They get the urge to lose weight and try a new diet then decide to put it off for a better season. There isn’t a better time than now to commit to your health. Even though losing weight might be tough, it’s well worth the reward of feeling healthier, being more confident, and looking great.

Feel free to look around and find something that might suit your weight loss efforts. The free trials of weight loss supplements are totally free to keep if your unsatisfied with their results and cancel within the trial period. Some require you to send the remaining contents of the bottle if you cancel, or the empty bottle if fully consumed. If you like the product, it would be a good idea to continue to receive the supplement monthly.

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Health and Wellness - weight loss tips

Are you looking for some practical ways to lose weight? Start by simply noticing what you are eating. Then slowly cut out all the processed foods and start adding more healthy foods in your diet.

Remember to eat less carbohydrates. Don’t cut out carbs all together , because your body needs carbohydrates to function. So reduce eating white bread, pasta, white rice and cereals. The carbs you should be eating are whole wheat and brown carbohydrates for better health.

Eating foods that you really like will help you stick to your diet rather than craving bad foods. The bottom line is eating healthy foods is essential for any weight loss program.

Once you have a plan for healthy eating, the next step is to start a daily exercise routine. If you hate exercising, then take small steps by doing a little bit of aerobics each day and slowly work up. It’s important to select exercises that are appropriate and you really like doing. If you do exercises that you like you will find it not only fun but you will lose weight faster.

Once you get used to an exercise routine, muscle toning is an excellent for any weight loss program. Muscles, believe it or not, burn calories faster than fat does, pound for pound, this is why weight training can be important..

Once you gain a little confidence, find a healthy weight loss program where you can exercise with weights to build some muscle and help you really lose the weight. Lean muscle mass from lifting weights will help you burn more calories over a long period of time and help you to lose weight and look your best.

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Health and Wellness - weight loss tips

Here is a reiteration of tips I have provided in other post to help you lose weight, one cannot stress the basics more than enough, so please follow this advice.

* Eat Healthy. This should go without saying, but the most important thing in leading a healthy lifestyle is to eat wholesome foods, instead of processed crap! Once you start eating whole fruits, vegetables and grains you will feel so good about yourself, that you will not want to revert back to the processed stuff. Choose an apple for a snack that is full of fiber and nutrients, instead of rice cakes which contain neither!

* Always plan your meals! This can be a major factor. Before going to the grocery store, plan out your meals for the week (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks) so that you only buy what you need. This way, will keep you from buying unhealthy foods . Plan your meals around vegetables, and then add a little meat in order to fill up on the more nutritious, less caloric foods.

* Count calories. . To keep track of your daily calorie intake in order to make sure you are burning more calories than you consume! By keeping a food diary and writing everything down, You are less likely to mindlessly snack, as well. Most Americans consume 1/3 more calories than they think they do…

* Exercise! In order to lose weight, you need to move! You need to burn more calories than you are consuming and the #1 way to do that is to exercise. Start off with walking 20-30 minutes per day, and increase time and intensity as you become stronger and more fit.

* Change up your exercise! If you start to get bored with your exercise routine , and also hit a plateau in your weight loss after losing about 45-50 pounds. Start to lift more weights, and take kickboxing and spinning classes to shock your body.

* Create a workout plan. By listing out what you are going to do each week, and which days you are going to exercise, you are much more likely to stick to it!

* Drink water! This is so important. Not only will it help you to stay hydrated with your new workout plan, but it will help you to feel full. We are all so used to snacking these days, but that hunger might be mistaken for thirst! If you are hungry a few hours after your last meal, try chugging some H2O to see if your hunger subsides. If not, then it’s time for a snack!

* Avoid temptations. I’m not going to lie, this one might be hard for you. Make sure to always carry around snacks (homemade trail mixes, healthy bars, etc), so that if you are tempted, you have some healthier to snack on.

* Don’t deprive yourself! This is my favorite tip! The #1 reason that diets do not work is because people feel deprived. You should not go out and eat an entire cake, but if you want a small slice for your birthday or at a party every once in a while, that is ok! Mind-fully eat the cake – take small bites and stop when you are full. Make sure that you are getting your necessary nutrients for the day and fill up on healthy stuff before heading to a party. But, allow yourself a little something sweet so that you will not binge on it later on.

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1. Stretch your meals to, at least, 20 minutes or longer.
Your stomach, mouth and brain are all connected and it takes 20 minutes of chewing before your stomach signals your brain that you are full. To feel full and successfully lose weight on any weight loss program, you need to eat slowly for 20 minutes or longer.

2. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is important to your health
Your normal diet and to help lose weight. Water is necessary for the metabolism of your stored fat. Weight loss cannot occur without an active metabolism which requires large quantities of water. Another way to use water to lose weight is to drink a large glass of ice water just before meals. The cold causes your stomach to shrink slightly which will make you feel full faster.

3. Self Esteem
The more positive your self-esteem, the better you feel about yourself, the faster and easier it will be for you to lose weight. When you are self-confident, you are better able to take charge of your life. It also means that after you lose weight, it will stay gone permanently.

4.Eating Fat Free Food
When you go fat free or low fat, you also cut out much of the taste of the foods you eat. Add the flavour back with herbs and spices. Strong flavours such as vinegar, garlic, chilli powder, cayenne, curry powder, rosemary and tarragon can be used to doctor up any food you are eating. For your low fat and fat free diets, experiment with different herbs and spices until you find some you like. Staying on your fat free or low fat diet will be easier and your weight loss will be speeded up.

5. Metabolism
Increase your metabolism by as much as 40% by using hot and spicy foods such as hot peppers of all varieties and mustards. Research shows these foods all increase your metabolism. For double duty, give up fat filled mayonnaise for mustard and add hot peppers to your food for greater flavour and increased metabolism.

6. Emotions
Negative emotions will also interfere with your weight loss program. It’s difficult to stay motivated to lose weight when you feel bad. Overeating often accompanies negative emotions such as depression, anxiety, fear, guilt and anger. If this is true for you, begin a stress management program including some exercise and relaxation exercises.

7. Reduce Caffeine
To lose weight faster, reduce your intake of caffeine. Caffeine leads to an increase of insulin in your body which retards the burning of your stored fat.This is a simple chemical reaction in your body that you can change. Reduce your caffeine intake by 50% and see what happens. Here is a rough guide to use when looking at the amount of caffeine you currently take in: Brewed coffee (6 oz. cup) – 100mg; Instant coffee (6 oz.) – 70mg; Tea (6 oz.) – 50mg; Soft drinks (12oz.) – (Coke, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew) – 50mg; Dark chocolate (1 oz.) – 20mg and Milk chocolate (1 oz.) – 6mg.

8. Eat more Fibre
Increase your intake of fibre rich foods. They will help fill you up faster and will help all the food you eat pass through your digestive system more easily.

9. Exercise
Exercise is probably the most important key to increasing your metabolism and burning off excess fat. Research shows that you burn more stored fat for energy when you do aerobic exercises on an empty stomach than on a full stomach. Research also shows that you burn more stored fat when you exercise late in the day rather than in the morning. Put together, the best time to exercise to lose weight by burning your stored fat is in the late afternoon/early evening before dinner. Second best is in the morning before breakfast. Our metabolism naturally starts to slow down about 8 hours after we wake up. Thirty minutes of aerobic exercises in the evening, before dinner, will not only burn off stored fat but it increases your metabolism for about two to three more hours just when it was starting to slow down. This produces a significant increase in fat burned off, even after the exercise is over.

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Weight Loss

Health and Wellness -weight loss

Our busy lifestyles and wrong eating habits, lead most of us to put on weight fast but we are always stuck without any idea how to lose it and stay healthy. Everyone wants to look great and feel good and stay healthy, but in the fast paced world some of us don’t even have time to exercise. Would like to lose weight in a healthy manner? Yes this is possible. You can lose weight with fruits. Apart from this of course you will also have eat a balanced diet, exercise moderately, avoid bad nutrition and do not go on drastic weight lose programs. Do it naturally and in a healthy way.

Fresh raw fruit gives you the best nutrition. Start with 5 – 10 pieces of fruits a day for a few days and later on you can increase the intake. If you have not been eating fruits at all and you start, your body will detoxify itself. Later on you can start including more fruits in your diet. However eating fruits alone will not help you lose weight. You will need to avoid animal food, white flour, refined sugar and stimulants such as Coffee, Alcohol, Cigarettes, Spices, Red meat. Apart from this exercise regularly and lead a healthy lifestyle.

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Taking the Flame Out of Inflammation

Inflammation has been called the silent killer. Inflammation is a process in which the body's white blood cells and chemicals help protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. However, "When inflammation occurs, chemicals from the body are released into the blood or affected tissues. This release of chemicals increases the blood flow to the area of injury or infection and may result in redness and warmth. Some of the chemicals cause a leak of fluid into the tissues, resulting in swelling. This process may stimulate nerves and cause pain." [1]

"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." [2]

Do you suffer from inflammation? Read the article below from Brazos Minshew, Chief Science Office for TriVita, to learn more about inflammation.

Taking the "flame" out of inflammation by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer.

We usually describe the process of inflammation like a series of dominos all set up and ready for something to tip over the first domino and start the chain reaction. The first one tips over the second one, which tips over the third one and so on. This is called the "domino effect." Clever people can set up these dominos in an amazing array of complicated designs.

Inflammation is a process much like that. A single event may trigger a domino effect of inflammatory reactions. While many of the reactions are fairly predictable, many others are not. They seem to involve amazingly complicated patterns unique to the individual. Still, all inflammation exhibits five basic signs caused by four basic triggers.

Signs of inflammation

With tissue injury, inflammation is part of the healing process:

1. Redness: An injured area needs an increased supply of nutrients and proteins carried in the blood. So, blood supply increases and the tissue turns red (Latin: rubor).
2. Swelling : The injured area is bathed in healing proteins and substances to control bleeding, as well as an increased supply of plasma for transport of waste. This causes the injured area to swell (Latin: tumor).
3. Pain: The injured area needs to be protected. We instinctively guard an injury because we feel or anticipate pain (Latin: dolor).
4. Heat: The damaged tissue now becomes weakened and so it is susceptible to infection. White blood cells rush to the area and defend the fragile cells from microbes. A sign that this is working is heat or fever in the damaged area (Latin: calor).
5. Loss of Function: This process is accompanied by a reduction in function of the injured area until it is healed (Latin: functio laesa).

The "dominoes" fall in the same predictable pattern if the injury is a sprained ankle or heart attack! No matter what triggers the inflammation, the process is the same.

Inflammation triggers

Inflammation is the response to four basic triggers: trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress. All four of these triggers cause tissue injury. Our body responds to injury with inflammation.

Trauma
We usually think of trauma as a direct injury that causes pain and distress. However, a sedentary lifestyle is also a serious cause of trauma. Why? Because our body was made to move! The more we move, the more we are able to move – and the more we want to move. The less we move, the less we are able to move. Our muscles and other tissues shorten and atrophy. Then, any movement causes injury. So, the less we move, the less we want to move.

Toxins
Toxicity causes cells to rupture in the same way that a needle causes a balloon to pop. Is there any doubt that we live in a toxic world? An article in National Geographic estimated that humans create 700,000 tons of pollution and waste every day! Between these "exotoxins" (toxins created outside our body), and "endotoxins" (toxins created inside our body), we are bathed in inflammation-producing poison every moment of every day. Any successful strategy for reducing inflammation must address the level of toxins we face.

Deficiency
Deficiencies also cause inflammation. For example, an omega-3 essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency leaves the cell walls weak and unable to function normally. Again, cells are like balloons. If the balloon membrane is too thin, even a normal amount of air will make it pop. If the cell wall is too thin because of an omega-3 EFA deficiency, even normal cell activity will cause the cell to pop and trigger the domino effect of inflammation. Similarly, deficiency of other nutrients can have a catastrophic effect on cells within your body. (A deficiency in oxygen, water, sleep and circulation can also trigger inflammation.)

Stress
Emotional distress is also a cause of inflammation. When we appraise a situation to be stressful, our brain releases chemicals called catecholamines that trigger the release of many inflammatory processes. For example, stress causes the release of insulin – a pro-inflammatory hormone. Too much stress over too long a period of time will cause insulin resistance (IR), which is associated with obesity. Other stress-related chemicals reduce circulation to our digestive and reproductive systems and trigger inflammation from blood deficiency. Stress is a serious cause of inflammation!

First steps

We are made with the ability to respond to trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress with inflammation. Therefore, inflammation is not the enemy; however, runaway inflammation is definitely our enemy! Stop the domino effect of runaway inflammation before it starts by learning and living the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness.

• Reduce basic nutrient deficiencies through our Healthy Aging program.
• Help reduce the effect of harmful toxins with Nopalea™.
• Ease the disturbances caused by emotional distress with anti-stress adaptogens.

A word about Nopalea

Once runaway inflammation is triggered it follows an amazingly intricate course leading to catastrophe. It is as if tens of thousands of dominoes are falling in an extremely complex design. Many of the steps are known to medical science, but many are not. One thing we know and have known for thousands of years: stop the runaway inflammation and health will always improve! So, no matter what the "condition" is that is causing distress, reducing excess inflammation will always improve the way we feel.

Betalains in Nopalea are anti-inflammatory nutrients. They help your body do what it does best: repair with controlled inflammation while dousing the flames of runaway inflammation. So, we can say with confidence that if runaway inflammation is the problem, reducing that inflammation is part of the solution. Address the root causes of runaway inflammation by following the 10 Essentials, and taking Healthy Aging nutrients, adaptogens and Nopalea! ** END of ARTICLE **

You do not have to suffer from inflammation, nor do you have to take a risk with this deadly disease. There are ways to fight inflammation, as Mr. Minshew has explained. However, you have to take action.

I'm not a doctor or medical professional, but it seems to me that if we fight inflammation, the cause of much pain, we may not have to suffer from needless pain. So, in my opinion, to get pain relief that lasts, we should fight the source of that pain, and what better way to do that that with TriVita's Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™.

To learn more about fighting inflammation and Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™, click on the previous link.

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Resources
[1] www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/arthritis-inflammation
[2] www.naturalnews.com/025862_inflammation_foods_lifestyle_changes.html

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.

 

Fat Loss

Health and Wellness -weight loss

If you are like me; then you have a couple pounds that you do mind getting rid of. However what about most people in our society; they tend to have more than just a couple pounds to lose. The sad fact is that most people have no idea about the truth about belly fat. While they know that it does make them look and feel unattractive; however there is a lot more to having excess weight on your body; and I decided to write this article to make you aware of some of the facts about belly fat.

Many people unfortunately seem to struggle to lose weight and the sad thing is that it is not that difficult. However you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to shed the weight. Many people who suffer to lose weight or seem to want to lose weight; are not willing to lose the weight. They have no idea what the excess weight is doing to their bodies and their self esteem. However research has shown that people who suffer from belly fat tend to have a lower self esteem than someone who is not overweight.

However just because you do not like the way you look and feel; should not be the major reason that you want to lose weight. People fail to realize that if they are overweight then they have a bigger chance of getting sick because their immune system is weaker than someone who is healthy. Begin caring about yourself enough to want to take action so that you can live more healthy and feel and look better.

Have you spent your money on diet pills, shakes, bars or even fitness equipment only to be disappointed that it did not help you lose weight? Well that is the point of the weight loss industry is to keep us fat; after all if we all lost the weight that we wanted to; who would purchase all the items that they sell? The truth is that you do not have to purchase any type of pills or anything else. All you have to do is learn how to eat correctly and begin performing the exercises that are going to help you lose weight. Stop making the weight loss industry richer than they already are; they have more money than they need. All you need to stop losing weight is to learn how to develop new positive habits that will replace your old negative habits. If you found this article on “belly fat – discover what you may not know about it helpful” visit our site below.

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Many people ask how much fat and lean body mass should one aim to lose whilst dieting

Experts have determined that:

* During the early weeks of weight loss, At least 75 percent of the weight you lose should be fat loss and not more than 25 percent should come from lean body mass. * As you continue to lose weight, especially if certain types of exercise are included in your weight loss plan, fat loss should be about 90 percent of the weight you lose and lean body mass should be about 10 percent.

FIVE REASONS FOR KNOWING YOUR BODY FAT

* It gives you a better measure of fitness than your weight alone.
* It will give you a better idea of your health risk.
* It prevents you from being misclassified based on your weight. The scale can label you “overweight” even if you are not “over fat” or it can label you “normal weight” even if you have too much body fat.
* It lets you know the composition of your weight loss when you are losing weight. Your health depends on losing body fat and preserving lean body mass.
* It can help you identify fad diets that promote water loss and the loss of your lean body mass, especially muscle.

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What Are Some Inflammation Triggers?

Well, let's first start with a question, what is inflammation?, "Inflammation is a process by which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses." But what triggers inflammation? That my friend can be best described this way. There are four basic triggers, one is trauma, another deficiency and stress, and don't forget good old toxins. So let's break these down in order to better understand.

When you mention the word "trauma",accidents come to mind, associated with pain and suffering as a direct result of injury. Inflammation is a natural part of the healing process. But did you know that if we don't move our bodies, such as exercising, we eventually become less able to move? Muscles and other tissues weakened, thus any movement can cause injury. It is important to keep your body moving everyday to strengthen and develop muscles and tissues in order to prevent injury.

Our cells are life, they are directly affected by everything we do right down to the foods we eat. Thus deficiencies can and do happen weakening the cells causing a chain reaction within our body, ultimately pulling the trigger of inflammation. Emotional stress can also cause inflammation. In stressful situations our brain releases chemicals that trigger the release of many inflammatory processes, and too much stress over a long period of time will cause major problems. Stress is a huge cause of inflammation.

Our bodies are swimming in toxins. Let's face it we live in a toxic world, it's every where you turn, and in every breath we take. Toxins created inside our bodies and outside, there is seemingly no escape from inflammation producing poison.
Our bodies are truly amazing as it can respond to trauma, deficiency, stress and toxins with inflammation. As mentioned inflammation is the bodies natural healing process, but where it all goes wrong is with runaway inflammation wherein the body can't shut it down causing auto immune diseases and so much more.

So how can you keep inflammation in check? Learn to become a partner with your body, watch the signs that trigger inflammation. Reduce basic nutrient deficiencies by eating healthy foods and taking quality supplements, one positive fighter of inflammation is found in the nutrient called Betalains. Walk, run, stretch, just move that bod of yours, exercise in any form keeps your mind alert and muscles moving. Ease your emotional stress, relax, and rejuvenate.

Get the greatest abundance of all 24 Betalains from the Nopal fruit found in the Sonoran Desert, and find the best source of Betalains in Sonoran Bloom Nopalea. Take the Sonoran Bloom Nopalea Wellness Challenge, and it all starts with the FREE Sonoran Bloom Nopalea Gift of Health! Sign up for your FREE gift today!

 

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Weight Loss Tips

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If you are planning to follow a regular diet, then concentrate on a few dieting tips that are quite simple and easy to implement. Always consult a physician before starting a diet.

Measure your weight every weekend and see that you do not lose more than 1 or 2 pounds. Remember that you cannot lose your weight within just a fortnight. When you check your weight periodically, you may notice that your weight has remained constant. So, do not become frustrated and observe a fast, but continue your modest diet as before to reasonably lose weight.

Here are a few tips for a healthy and wellness diet

1) Lace mustard powder on your bread instead of mayonnaise that contains heavy dose of fat.

2 Do not consume fried food frequently, so as an alternative boil, bake or roast it.

3) Drink about 6-8 glasses of water a day so that you can flush the toxins out of your body.

4) Limit your alcohol intake as it contains a lot of calories.

5) Make it a point to visit the grocery store only after your meals because you will obviously buy in lesser quantities. Strictly purchase according to the list you have prepared at home.

6) Read the carton carefully to know the proportion of each nutrient present in the food. This way, you can avoid buying those foods that contain high quantity fats or carbohydrates and concentrate on buying items with high content of fibers.

Finally it is an important point to note that starvation will never burn the calories of the body. On the contrary, it slows the process of metabolism and stores fat. Therefore never skip a meal or observe fasting before visiting a restaurant. If you want to maintain the shape of your body, an exercise program is an essential activity. Besides burning the calories from the body, it is necessary to bring your weight under control at all times.

David Ogden- Helping People Help Themselves
TriVita Health and Wellness
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Nopalea and Inflammation

Inflammation has been called the silent killer. Inflammation is a process in which the body's white blood cells and chemicals help protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. However, "When inflammation occurs, chemicals from the body are released into the blood or affected tissues. This release of chemicals increases the blood flow to the area of injury or infection and may result in redness and warmth. Some of the chemicals cause a leak of fluid into the tissues, resulting in swelling. This process may stimulate nerves and cause pain." [1]

"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." [2]

Do you suffer from inflammation? Read the article below from Brazos Minshew, Chief Science Office for TriVita, to learn more about inflammation.

Taking the "flame" out of inflammation by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer.

We usually describe the process of inflammation like a series of dominos all set up and ready for something to tip over the first domino and start the chain reaction. The first one tips over the second one, which tips over the third one and so on. This is called the "domino effect." Clever people can set up these dominos in an amazing array of complicated designs.

Inflammation is a process much like that. A single event may trigger a domino effect of inflammatory reactions. While many of the reactions are fairly predictable, many others are not. They seem to involve amazingly complicated patterns unique to the individual. Still, all inflammation exhibits five basic signs caused by four basic triggers.

Signs of inflammation

With tissue injury, inflammation is part of the healing process:

1. Redness: An injured area needs an increased supply of nutrients and proteins carried in the blood. So, blood supply increases and the tissue turns red (Latin: rubor).
2. Swelling : The injured area is bathed in healing proteins and substances to control bleeding, as well as an increased supply of plasma for transport of waste. This causes the injured area to swell (Latin: tumor).
3. Pain: The injured area needs to be protected. We instinctively guard an injury because we feel or anticipate pain (Latin: dolor).
4. Heat: The damaged tissue now becomes weakened and so it is susceptible to infection. White blood cells rush to the area and defend the fragile cells from microbes. A sign that this is working is heat or fever in the damaged area (Latin: calor).
5. Loss of Function: This process is accompanied by a reduction in function of the injured area until it is healed (Latin: functio laesa).

The "dominoes" fall in the same predictable pattern if the injury is a sprained ankle or heart attack! No matter what triggers the inflammation, the process is the same.

Inflammation triggers

Inflammation is the response to four basic triggers: trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress. All four of these triggers cause tissue injury. Our body responds to injury with inflammation.

Trauma
We usually think of trauma as a direct injury that causes pain and distress. However, a sedentary lifestyle is also a serious cause of trauma. Why? Because our body was made to move! The more we move, the more we are able to move – and the more we want to move. The less we move, the less we are able to move. Our muscles and other tissues shorten and atrophy. Then, any movement causes injury. So, the less we move, the less we want to move.

Toxins
Toxicity causes cells to rupture in the same way that a needle causes a balloon to pop. Is there any doubt that we live in a toxic world? An article in National Geographic estimated that humans create 700,000 tons of pollution and waste every day! Between these "exotoxins" (toxins created outside our body), and "endotoxins" (toxins created inside our body), we are bathed in inflammation-producing poison every moment of every day. Any successful strategy for reducing inflammation must address the level of toxins we face.

Deficiency
Deficiencies also cause inflammation. For example, an omega-3 essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency leaves the cell walls weak and unable to function normally. Again, cells are like balloons. If the balloon membrane is too thin, even a normal amount of air will make it pop. If the cell wall is too thin because of an omega-3 EFA deficiency, even normal cell activity will cause the cell to pop and trigger the domino effect of inflammation. Similarly, deficiency of other nutrients can have a catastrophic effect on cells within your body. (A deficiency in oxygen, water, sleep and circulation can also trigger inflammation.)

Stress
Emotional distress is also a cause of inflammation. When we appraise a situation to be stressful, our brain releases chemicals called catecholamines that trigger the release of many inflammatory processes. For example, stress causes the release of insulin – a pro-inflammatory hormone. Too much stress over too long a period of time will cause insulin resistance (IR), which is associated with obesity. Other stress-related chemicals reduce circulation to our digestive and reproductive systems and trigger inflammation from blood deficiency. Stress is a serious cause of inflammation!

First steps

We are made with the ability to respond to trauma, toxins, deficiency and stress with inflammation. Therefore, inflammation is not the enemy; however, runaway inflammation is definitely our enemy! Stop the domino effect of runaway inflammation before it starts by learning and living the 10 Essentials for Health and Wellness.

• Reduce basic nutrient deficiencies through our Healthy Aging program.
• Help reduce the effect of harmful toxins with Nopalea™.
• Ease the disturbances caused by emotional distress with anti-stress adaptogens.

A word about Nopalea

Once runaway inflammation is triggered it follows an amazingly intricate course leading to catastrophe. It is as if tens of thousands of dominoes are falling in an extremely complex design. Many of the steps are known to medical science, but many are not. One thing we know and have known for thousands of years: stop the runaway inflammation and health will always improve! So, no matter what the "condition" is that is causing distress, reducing excess inflammation will always improve the way we feel.

Betalains in Nopalea are anti-inflammatory nutrients. They help your body do what it does best: repair with controlled inflammation while dousing the flames of runaway inflammation. So, we can say with confidence that if runaway inflammation is the problem, reducing that inflammation is part of the solution. Address the root causes of runaway inflammation by following the 10 Essentials, and taking Healthy Aging nutrients, adaptogens and Nopalea! ** END of ARTICLE **

You do not have to suffer from inflammation, nor do you have to take a risk with this deadly disease. There are ways to fight inflammation, as Mr. Minshew has explained. However, you have to take action.

I'm not a doctor or medical professional, but it seems to me that if we fight inflammation, the cause of much pain, we may not have to suffer from needless pain. So, in my opinion, to get pain relief that lasts, we should fight the source of that pain, and what better way to do that that with TriVita's Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™.

To learn more about fighting inflammation and Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™, click on the previous link.

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Resources
[1] www.webmd.com/osteoarthritis/guide/arthritis-inflammation
[2] www.naturalnews.com/025862_inflammation_foods_lifestyle_changes.html

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.