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Weight loss diet for man and women

13 Keys to a Healthy Diet

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Developing healthy eating habits isn’t as confusing or as restrictive as many people imagine. The first principle of a healthy diet is simply to eat a wide variety of foods. This is important because different foods make different nutritional contributions.

Secondly, fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes—foods high in complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, and free of cholesterol—should make up the bulk of the calories you consume. The rest should come from low-fat dairy products, lean meat and poultry, and fish.

You should also try to maintain a balance between calorie intake and calorie expenditure—that is, don’t eat more food than your body can utilize. Otherwise, you will gain weight. The more active you are, therefore, the more you can eat and still maintain this balance.

Following these three basic steps doesn’t mean that you have to give up your favorite foods. As long as your overall diet is balanced and rich in nutrients and fiber, there is nothing wrong with an occasional cheeseburger. Just be sure to limit how frequently you eat such foods, and try to eat small portions of them. Continue reading 13 Keys to a Healthy Diet →

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Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided?

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Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided

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Answer 1:

First of all, being fit should not be a fad. So…if you want to be healthy, you have to change your life style.

TO KEEP FIT:

1. Exercise 3-4 times a week consisting of aerobic exercises (aerobic means constant motion of the body such as walking, running, bicycling, dance classes, etc.) and anaerobic exercises (anaerobic means short burst of energy such as strength training). Try to keep your workout below 1 hour, so for instance, run for 30 minutes and then, workout with weights for another 30 minutes (alternate upper and lower body strenth training on different days to ensure you get plent of rest). For instance, on Monday, after your run, you can perform strenght training exercises for (upper body parts) the chest, back, arms and abs. For Tuesday, after your bike ride, you can perform strength training for (lower body parts) your legs. For Wednesday, you’ll have to rest and on Thursday, you’ll have to go through the cycle again.

If your goal is to add muscles and power, lift heavy with low repitition (4-6). If your goal is overall fitness without adding bulk, lift medium weights with medium repititions (8-12). I don’t believe in low weights (5 lbs. dumbbell) and high repititions (20-30); you’re just wasting your time and you’re body and health will never improved. Don’t be afraid to lift some weights and challenged yourself. You’re body won’t transform unless you challenge it.

2. Diet is key to keeping fit. Ensure you eat a proper balanced diet. Plenty of vegetables, complex carbohydrates (eat complex carbs to make you full longer and avoid any insulin surge such as whole grain bread, brown rice, sweet potatoes, corn, etc.) and lean meats (protein is important since every part of our body including our skin, hair, nails are made of protein). Continue reading Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided? →

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Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided?

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Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided

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Answer 1:

First of all, being fit should not be a fad. So…if you want to be healthy, you have to change your life style.

TO KEEP FIT:

1. Exercise 3-4 times a week consisting of aerobic exercises (aerobic means constant motion of the body such as walking, running, bicycling, dance classes, etc.) and anaerobic exercises (anaerobic means short burst of energy such as strength training). Try to keep your workout below 1 hour, so for instance, run for 30 minutes and then, workout with weights for another 30 minutes (alternate upper and lower body strenth training on different days to ensure you get plent of rest). For instance, on Monday, after your run, you can perform strenght training exercises for (upper body parts) the chest, back, arms and abs. For Tuesday, after your bike ride, you can perform strength training for (lower body parts) your legs. For Wednesday, you’ll have to rest and on Thursday, you’ll have to go through the cycle again. Continue reading Give me 5 healthy way to keep fit and 5 food items to be avoided? →

Weight loss diet for man and women

Cancer and cooking: How my low carb diet is helping me to fight this disease

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My name is Hannah Bradley and I am 28-years-old. In February 2011 my world changed in an instant when I had a massive seizure in the early hours of the night. Luckily my partner was with me as I lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital. I really don’t remember much about the two months that followed apart from seeing many doctors and having constant headaches and a number of seizures.

I was frightened, confused and feared the worst. My worse fears came true when I was diagnosed with a very aggressive brain tumour called Anaplastic Astrocytoma. I could see how serious this was by the fact that so many doctors who had me under their care. As I am sure you can imagine when I heard this news my whole world fell apart. I had so many questions going around my head, like why was this happening to me? What did the future hold and would I survive?

Five weeks after my initial diagnosis I had surgery and underwent a six-and-a-half hour operation. The surgeon was happy as he was able to remove the majority of the tumour. I made a good recovery and was back on my feet in just a few days. However I had to wait a few weeks for the results of the biopsy. I did my best to remain positive but negative thoughts plagued my mind. When I finally got the news it was once again devastating, the surgeon told me that I had a Grade III tumour. I did not want to know what this meant and never asked or looked on the internet. Two years on  since diagnosis I know now that the life expectancy for this condition is around 18 months.

I remember leaving the hospital with my partner and thinking that my life was over and all the hopes and dreams I had would never be realized. All my friends and family rallied around me and helped me find some bravery and strength that I didn’t even now I had.

Soon after I started  a six-week course of radiotherapy. I was really nervous about this, especially as it was explained to me that radiotherapy would probably result in my hair falling and that it was likely that the caner would return. After a few weeks my hair did start to fall out and once again I was devastated. Faced with this challenge, I did what many others have done before me, and shaved my head. Every time I did this I cried my eyes out. I tried to remain positive that the radiotherapy would be effective but again the results of next MRI were not what I wanted and some of the tumour was still active.

During this challenging time my partner, Pete had been looking for alternative treatments. He spent months contacting people who where still alive with the same condition. He managed to track down a number of them and found out that many of them had been on clinical trial in Houston, Texas.

We applied to be apart of this and thankfully that the Food and Drugs Administration which oversees public health in America accepted me to take part in a phase 2 clinical trial. This treatment was not available on the NHS and we faced with another big challenge of raising around £200,000. I was so fortunate as so many people came to my aid and helped me raise this money. It seemed an impossible task but the money came rolling in. In December 2011 we flew over to America and in January I started treatment. We stayed there for seven weeks and to my amazement the first scan I had showed the tumour was starting to shrink.

It’s now one year on and I have continued success. My passion to conquer this disease led me to make a number other changes in my life. Perhaps the biggest one has been dietary and specifically cutting simple sugars and starchy foods out of my diet. From my research I learned that the exclusive food of cancer is sugar.

I embraced this and cut out almost completely starchy carbohydrates and refined sugars by incorporating a sugar-free/starch-free food plan. The idea being that this diet would feed my body, mind and starve the cancer into submission. I have also learnt that this type of diet is good for blood sugar regulation, body composition and is consistent with the way that our ancestors ate thousands of years ago. Continue reading Cancer and cooking: How my low carb diet is helping me to fight this disease →

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How does a low carb diet work?

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I heard that after a few days if your body doesnt have a lot of carbs, your body starts to get rid of the fat. Something like that. Why is it that a low carb diet help you lose weight fast? I also heard in the news that the low carb diet is the most successful diet people get on.

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Does This Diet Work?
Yes.

A low-carb diet really does work, and it works more quickly and more easily than any diet you’ve ever done before. That is, as long as you don’t cheat. More so than any other type of diet, sneaking a donut or a candy bar on a low-carb diet really *will* kill you. OK, it won’t kill you literally, but it will kill the fat-burning stage your body is in, requiring weeks to get yourself back on track. Believe me, that Milky Way is *NOT* worth it, no matter how much you might think so at the time.
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How Quickly Will I Lose Weight?

Well, the answer depends on where you are starting, of course. If you’re only 10 lbs overweight to start with, you will not drop those 10 lbs in the first week and be done with it. It will be a more gradual process. However, if you are 100 lbs overweight, you might lose 10, 15, or even 20 pounds over the first two-week induction diet period, with it tapering to 2-4 lbs per week after that. [See the FAQ for more information on the stages of the diet itself.]

10-15 lbs in *two weeks*?!?! How can that possibly be healthy, you are asking. The two-week induction diet is meant as a jump-start for your system, to get it into maximum fat-burning mode quickly and successfully. But you do not stay on that diet after 14 days—you begin adding a few more carbo grams in at that point, to dial back the loss level to a more reasonable, *sustainable* level. It doesn’t do you any good to lose 30 lbs in a month, only to gain it right back after going off the diet. Continue reading How does a low carb diet work? →

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Can I go on a low carb and low fat diet while going on Accutane?

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Hi, I really want to go on this strict low cal low carb and low fat diet, and exercise as well. But, I heard that you should take the accutane pill with fatty foods, because it absorbs better? Any thoughts? Would it be dangerous or will the medicine not work well if I do go on this diet and exercise regime. Thank you.

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I would suggest not doing Accutane right now. I am betting if you do a low carb way of eating, your hormones will balance out & you won’t need Accutane.

A low carb diet should NEVER be low fat or low calorie. Otherwise you are using protein for fuel (which is not healthy) & leaves no protein for cellular needs which forces the body to catabolize it’s own lean tissues. Fat is needed for hormone production, immune system & bone structure.

You can lose more body fat eating protein & fat (don’t eat protein alone) than not eating AT ALL. To lose weight fast, eat all you want, but nothing but meat, eggs, healthy oils, mayo, butter & half an avocado a day (for added potassium). Keep the calories high & the fat percentage high, at least 65% of calories. Green vegetables & some cheese will continue weight loss but at a slower pace.

The first 2 weeks eat several cups a day of (mostly) lettuce & celery, cucumbers, radishes, mushrooms, peppers & more variety of vegetables thereafter – add 5 grams per day additional every week (20 grams day first 2 weeks, 25grams 3rd week, 30grams 4th week etc) til you gain weight, then subtract 10grams. That will be your personal carb level (everyone is different & depends on how active you are.)

Start with meat, fats & salads for 2 weeks and then slowly add in more green veg, wk4 fresh cheeses, wk5 nuts & seeds, wk6 berries, wk7 legumes, wk8 other fruits, wk9 starchy veg, wk10 whole grains. You will learn how your body reacts to different foods.

The first week is just water weight but fat is lost thereafter if you keep your calories high enough. Otherwise the body will strip it’s own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone). The body won’t release fat stores if you lower calories below what it needs. It will slow metabolism to compensate & store every spare ounce as fat. If you continue lowering calories, it will continue lowering the set point, til it can survive off nothing & store fat on anything. The body will only release it’s fat stores if it knows there is plenty of nutritious food. Continue reading Can I go on a low carb and low fat diet while going on Accutane? →

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Limit Fat and Sugar

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Remember that a calorie is always a calorie whether it comes from fat or carbohydrate. Reducing fat and saturated fat in your family’s diet is important to maintaining heart health and reducing calories. However, fat-free or reduced-fat food choices aren’t always low in calories. They can be high in sugar or other nutrients that increase calories.

Some reduced-fat or fat-free foods provide almost the same number of calories as the regular food. They are not the solution to weight loss. This is especially true if you think you can eat more of a reduced-fat food than you would eat of a regular item. For example:

  • A 30-gram serving of reduced-fat chocolate chip cookies (three cookies) contains 118 calories, while an equal serving of the regular version has 142 calories.
  • A one-ounce serving of baked tortilla chips has 113 calories, versus 143 calories for the same amount of regular tortilla chips.
  • A two tablespoon serving of fat-free caramel topping contains the same number of calories (103) as an equal amount of homemade caramel topping with butter.

See a more detailed comparison of fat-free or reduced-fat calorie versus regular prepared food items.

It is important to limit fat and sugar in your family’s diet. Fat has twice as many calories as protein or carbohydrate, so it’s easy to see that reducing fat is important to energy balance.

Sugar is found naturally in some foods, like fructose in fruits or lactose in milk. However, sugar is added to many prepared foods and drinks like high-fructose corn syrup in sweetened beverages and breakfast cereals.

Health experts offer several reasons why it is important to cut back on the consumption of these products or cut out sugar from your diet in other ways:

  • Studies show that people who consume many foods and drinks with added sugar tend to consume more calories than people who consume fewer of these foods. They also show a link between weight gain and drinking sweetened beverages. Cutting back on added sugars, especially from sweetened beverages such as regular soda and fruit punch, can help you and your family maintain a healthy weight. Continue reading Limit Fat and Sugar →