Archive for August, 2010

Why do some people have a more difficult time losing weight than others?

We all know people who can eat whatever they want and never put on an ounce (though oftentimes the pounds do sneak up on them as they age). Genetics clearly is a factor in how easily someone loses weight. Also, gender differences play a role. When men lose weight they tend to lose abdominal fat first, whereas women have a more difficult time losing abdominal fat. However, there are additional, more controllable contributors.

First, muscle mass is directly proportional to metabolism, and thus calories burned. People who have a large muscle mass burn more calories and can more easily lose weight when they control caloric intake than someone who has a low muscle mass. Therefore, if you want to optimize your weight loss success incorporate strength training into your routine in order to build muscle mass and increase overall metabolism. This also helps to ensure that any weight you do lose will be fat and not muscle. Keep in mind that your metabolic rate will still stay high even once you’ve lost weight.

Secondly, people who have more weight to lose initially experience rapid weight loss when they decrease their caloric intake and increase physical activity. This is because their baseline is often a very high calorie diet. For example, if someone who weighs 250 pounds and normally eats 3000 calories per day, if he/she cuts back to 2200 calories per day and expends 300 more calories per day with exercise, he/she can easily lose two pounds in one week. On the other hand, if someone who weighs 125 pounds and normally eats 2200 calories per day cuts back to 2000 calories per day and expends 200 more calories per day with exercise, he/she will only lose about .75 pound in a week. This reality partly explains why contestants on the Biggest Loser can drop exorbitant amounts of weight each week.

Finally, behavioral factors cannot be ignored. Some people are more successful at losing weight because they are better able to adhere to a lower-calorie diet and regularly engage in physical activity. In the end, it comes down to calories. In order to lose weight you have to expend more calories than you consume. It takes about a 3500 calorie deficit to lose one pound. Start keeping track of your intake and approximate your expenditure. You should start to see the pounds come off, though some people may lose more quickly than others. If you continue to cut calories and increase physical activity and you still don’t notice any weight loss consider checking in with your doctor. It’s possible that you could have a medical condition that’s preventing you from being able to lose weight.

Julie MED RD LD

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HGH Up

HGH Up from Applied Nutriceuticals is the most powerful and unique HGH supplement available today. HGHup is the supplement industries first hANh™ (Hybrid Anabolic / Near Hormonal); which is defined as a product that engages a synchronization of natural and exogenous factors to produce a pronounced anabolic and hormonal response. The clear advantage of a hANh is that the user is able to obtain maximal physiological benefits comparable to that of fully hormonal products while minimizing potential harmful side effects and disruption of endogenous factors post-usage.

HGH UP also promotes unparalleled increases in serum HGH and testosterone levels without a doctor’s prescription. It is the only orally viable formula that is proven to raise HGH and testosterone levels in human subjects.

Some of the benefits of HGH Up include:

- Average of 8% increase in the bodies lean muscle mass (in 6 weeks)

- Average of 25% reduction in body fat percentage (in 6 weeks)

- Raised strength via improved neural connectivity – add 20-40 lbs. on all major lifts!

- Speeds up healing of injuries and better recovery from physical stress and training

- Better skin tone – reverses premature aging

- Deeper, more restful sleep – feel better and more alert upon waking up every day

- Healthier, more youthful feeling

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Farro Salad with Grilled Eggplant, Tomatoes and Onion

Ingredients:

- 1 1/2 cups farro

- 3 Japanese baby eggplants, halved

- 1 small red onion, peeled, halved, and thickly sliced

- Olive oil, for brushing

- Salt and freshly ground black pepper

- 1/2 pint grape tomatoes, washed and sliced in 1/2

- 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, plus more for garnish

- Sherry Vinaigrette, recipe follows

Directions:

Lepti-Trim

Leptin, a hormone like messenger protein, is produced in relatively large amounts by fat tissue an in smaller amounts by other peripheral organs, and it often secreted in to the bloodstream, where it travels to the brain and other tissues, causing fat loss and decreased appetite.

Obesity, according to the CDC, or Center for Disease Control, is the number 1 health risk factor facing our society currently. In fact, obesity is associated with higher rates of chronic medical conditions and worse physical health than a lifetime of worse physical health than a lifetime of smoking, poverty or drinking.

The leptin-weight loss connection has been proven in several multi-center studies conducted by the  American Medical Association. These studies found that weight loss increased with increased doses of leptin among all subjects. At the highest leptin dose, more than 95% of the subjects weight loss was from fat. No clinically significant adverse side effects were noted or observed throughout the study and following its completion.

Manufactured in the fat cells, leptin tells the brain whether the body has sufficient energy stores, or fat. The hormone sends signals to the hypothalamus, the brain’s eating control center, and tells us when to stop eating.

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Limuz Nei

Just this past winter I was really starting to feel majorly out of shape, so I finally decided enough is enough and that I needed to seriously get back into shape ASAP!

I knew going into it that my body was going to be sore and worn out within the first 5 minutes of any physical activity and lack of healthy dieting, but I was determined. This is when a friend of mine turned me onto Limuz Nei and some of their other supplements. She told me all about how just by using Limuz that I’d really help boost my immune system while getting back into training and how effective it was with helping to boost my energy levels naturally.

I am so happy to say that I took her advice and tried it out. Limuz Nei has helped me maintain my energy levels and stay healthy during this slow process of getting back into shape. I love the taste of Limuz too, the fizz is great! I plan on continuing to use this for the rest of the year and as long as I can get my hands on it! It finally feels great to be back in the swing of being healthy! Thanks Everythingantiaging! Michael O. TX

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Get out and walk

A nice long walk for about 60 minutes a day five days per week can increase what is called your maximal oxygen intake by as much as 25% within three months. This referred to as the Vo2 max and it’s the body’s ability to consume oxygen. This 25% increase is enough to turn back the clock for 12 years on a person; it can also add years of functional independence on a senior’s life because of the increased health benefits.

As someone ages, the body will lose, on average, 5 milliliters of oxygen per kilograms of body weight per decade. Because Vo2 max performance declines through the years, so does the amount of activities you can do without getting fatigued.

Frequent and high impact walking can at least slow this process down- if not reverse it!

When someone’s oxygen intake is not at optimal levels, it can really take a toll on his or her lifestyle and daily functionality. Aerobic exercise, which walking most definitely is, will help with Vo2 max and can extend independence and may also help fight stroke risk, obesity, some cancers and osteoporosis.

It’s no mystery that exercise like brisk walking or any aerobic activity for that matter can build muscle. This can help in recovery from injuries and prevent falls that elderly people typically experience. You can’t stop the age clock from ticking but if you take up frequent walking and aim to increase that oxygen intake, you will slow down the body’s aging process considerably.

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Grilled Chicken with Cherry-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh or frozen dark sweet cherries

1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

1/3 cup cherry preserves

1/3 cup ketchup

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons minced canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce

1 1/4 teaspoons dried thyme

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Directions:
Stir cherries, broth, preserves, ketchup, vinegar, chipotle peppers, thyme and allspice in a small deep bowl. Transfer to a shallow non-reactive dish (see Note) large enough to hold chicken. Add the chicken and turn to coat well. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat grill to high. Oil the grill rack (see Tip). Remove the chicken from the marinade.

Transfer the marinade to a medium skillet.

Reduce the grill heat to medium and grill the chicken until cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 7 to 9 minutes per side. Meanwhile, bring the marinade to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the sauce is reduced by about half, 12 to 15 minutes. Let the chicken cool slightly; serve with the sauce.

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Prevent Varicose Veins and Treat them Naturally

We all know them when we see them. Varicose veins are the bulging elongated veins usually found in the lower legs. These ugly, often painful veins occur when blood backflows in to them. Factors that may affect your chances of varicose veins are your family history, vein weakness, pregnancy, obesity, and excess fluid in the cavity lining of the abdomen. You may experience feelings of heaviness in the legs after standing or walking for prolonged periods, or in hot weather.

The good news is that there are natural remedies to address the condition of varicose veins. Most conventional treatment usually involves surgery or painful injections; these natural remedies are painless and non-invasive.

• Vitamin C helps maintain the integrity of the blood vessels and research has indicated that those individuals with higher levels of vitamin C have lower incidence of varicose veins.

• Butcher’s Broom Extract alters the levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, the intercellular signaler that degrades the venous tissue.

• Horse Chestnut Extract, which can be used both internally and externally, inhibits the venous enzymes that degenerate the vein wall. Just 300mg three times per day produces benefits within 12 days!

• Ginkgo Biloba decreases the levels of endothelial cells that detached from the vascular wall causing damage to the veins.

• Gotu kola stimulates wound healing and increases collagen synthesis. Additionally, gotu kola reduces the breakdown of connective tissue in blood vessels and reduces heaviness in the limbs, edema and foot swelling.

• Witch hazel ointment may also help combat varicose veins and should be applied at least three times a day for two or more weeks.

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Pomegranate Benefits

The health benefits of pomegranates have been in practice for centuries by the cultures of Israel and India . The Mediterranean culture is one of the healthiest on earth and for years, the rest of the world has been trying to pinpoint what exactly makes the people so resistant to heart disease and other ailments. Maybe the answer lies in the unassuming pomegranate or perhaps its just good genetics. No one knows for sure, but whatever it is, it’s working.

A pomegranate is a fruit-bearing shrub native to the Middle East, ranging from Iran to the Himalayas in India. Pomegranates are also cultivated throughout the Mediterranean and in California since 1769, when the Spanish first introduced the fruit to North America. The fruit is round and about the size of a very large apple. Breaking open the thick skin reveals a multitude of tiny, ruby red seeds. The riper the fruit, the sweeter the edible seeds are, although some people might like the tangy, sour taste of a fruit less ripened. Pomegranate juice is another product of this fruit quickly gaining popularity for its alleged health benefits.

The pomegranate juice is said to be rich in antioxidants, quite possibly more antioxidant properties than red wine or green tea. Other benefits of pomegranates list the fruit as a source of folic acid (beneficial to pregnant women), potassium, niacin, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and are a rich source of fiber. It’s true that other fruits contain many different types of antioxidants, but the pomegranate is the only one to contain the three major antioxidants: tannins, anthocyanins and ellagic acid. Antioxidants are what help to boost the body’s immune system. These high concentrations of antioxidants help to protect the body from the damaging effects of pollution, cancer diabetes and many other debilitating diseases. In some cases, increasing the body’s level of antioxidants is rumored to slow the aging process.

With such a high concentration of antioxidants, it’s no wonder that researchers believe that the major pomegranate benefits would help reduce heart disease, clogged arteries and hypertension.

No single food on its own can cure cancer. However, if the benefits of pomegranate juice are used in conjunction with other types of treatments, it could prove useful. Since antioxidants are reputed for preventing damage to cells, pomegranate benefits might be a part of the cure for lung, breast or skin cancer.

One study conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison showed pomegranate juice as capable of genetically altering the cancer cells and causing them to die.

Other studies done around the world with pomegranate seed oil indicated the pomegranate was a way to treat skin cancer and tumors in the body, particularly the colon. Pomegranates contain “ellagic acid”, which has previously been said to contain antioxidants that specifically target cancer cells.

Pomegranates are among the types of plants, like black cohosh, that contain estrone. Estrone is a naturally occurring form of estrogen, which is widely used today as an alternative to artificial hormone replacement treatment during menopause. Many women seeking to avoid the side effects of the artificial hormones are turning to natural remedies to get them through the change of life. Menopause is difficult enough without having to deal with nasty side effects and pomegranate benefits look like a pleasant alternative.

Pomegranate benefits might also include relief from impotency and protection against prostate cancer. When men suffer from atherosclerosis, thickening of the blood vessels occurs throughout the body. The decreased blood flow can result in impotency. Antioxidants, especially the ones found in pomegranate juice, help to increase the blood flow and decrease the chances of hardening arteries.

Pomegranates also contain a compound that lowers the levels of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). Some researchers report that when taken daily and used in conjunction with conventional treatments such as chemotherapy, surgery and other forms of prostate cancer treatment, pomegranate juice helped to dramatically decrease the levels of PSA. The prostate cancer cells also decreased in growth. Pomegranate juice is beneficial to men without prostate cancer as well, simply for the chances of keeping the PSA levels low to begin with.

Staff – Everythingantiaging.com

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Bad, Healthy Foods - there is such a thing

When most people think about losing weight, they first think about altering their diets. i.e. switching out candy bars for those healthy granola ones. Sadly though, things just aren’t that simple! So many manufactures are twisting the nutritional content labels and words to trick people in a sense into eating their foods that they promote as being “healthy”. With the steady rise of the every day consumer’s nutritional knowledge, food makers are finding new ways to misconstrue product labels to benefit their profits. We as consumers need to be more careful to make sure we’re buying what we think we’re buying!

Here are some basic examples of the point I’m trying to make. These are examples of foods that have good-looking labels, but are not what they seem!

Granola Bars
200 Calories
15 g Sugar

Try eating this instead:
1 oz cheddar cheese with Triscuits
150 calories
5 g sugars

Am I the only one who has ever wondered what keeps a granola bar together? The answer: High-fructose corn syrup, which quickly raises blood sugar and cancels out most of the potential benefits that the granola, almonds and oats might give you. Switch over to good old-fashioned cheese and crackers, and you’ll trade sugar and calories for protein and fiber.

Yogurt Cup with Fruit on the Bottom
190 calories
30 g sugars

Try this instead:
Plain yogurt with fresh fruit mixed in
110 calories
15 g sugars

Yogurt and fruit can be a great way to start your day, but do it yourself by mixing a cup of nonfat plain yogurt with a half cup of mixed berries.

Bagel with Cream Cheese
700 calories
40 g fat
13 g saturated fat

Try this instead:
Cheese omelet
425 calories
18 g
6 g saturated

Bagels are wack! The bread is bad enough, containing 300 calories and 60 grams of carbohydrates, but the excessive amount of cream cheese that most places add to a bagel turns your harmless breakfast sandwich into a monster! (A bagel with several tbsp. Of cream cheese can be deadlier than a Whooper!) The omelet swap will save you nearly 300 calories, plus provide a surge of metabolism-boosting protein.

Dried Fruit
175 calories
45 g sugars

Try this instead:
Fresh fruit, like an apple, peach or berries (Freeze them for a frozen treat!)
70 calories
15 g sugars

OK, so dried fruit won’t totally derail a day of good eating, unless you down the whole bag of banana chips or craisins, but it’s far from being a harmless snack. First, because the dehydrating process sucks most of the volume from the fruit, you can eat cups of the stuff, and 600 calories later, still not feel any fuller. More troubling, though, is the fact that Sun-Maid and Ocean Spray add sugar to the fruit, making craisins closer to candy than Mother Nature’s original intention!

Fish Sandwich
600 calories
30 g fat
11 g saturated

Try this instead:
Grilled chicken or fish sandwich
300 calories
13 g fat
4 g saturated

Fish is good for you, except when it’s battered, fried, smothered in cheese, and bathed in massive amounts of tartar sauce! Make sure your next fish or chicken sandwich is grilled, dressed with fresh produce, and topped with a low-cal barbecue sauce, or even ketchup and mustard. (Or you could just leave it alone and eat it plain!)

Stick margarine (1 Tbsp)
100 calories
11 g fat
2.5 g saturated
2.5 g trans fat

Try this instead:
Whipped butter (1 Tbsp)
50 calories
6 g fat
1.5 g saturated

In their haste to remove saturated fat from butter, margarine makers created the margarine monster, which is a dangerous lipid called trans fat, with more dangerous links to heart disease than saturated fat! Pick up whipped butter instead; by whipping air into the spread, manufacturers decrease the caloric density of a tablespoon of butter, and they make it easier to top your toast. If you buy margarine, make sure it’s the type found in the tub, hopefully with an added bonus like omega 3’s folded into the mix.

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