The skin stretches out and recedes to meet the changing needs of the body. As a child grows into adulthood, a belly expands with a pregnancy or a physique grows larger with weight gain, it is designed to be elastic enough to roll with the changes.Just like a pair of pants with an elastic waistband, the fit is flexible enough to handle a range of sizes. If, however, the trousers' waistband is stretched out to maximum capacity for a long period of...more
Fat loss doesn't have to be as hard as you think. Just ask my most recent house guest, who easily lost 5 lbs in 5 days after staying with me for just a few days. Did I torture him with boring food in an effort to lose weight? No not at all. I can promise you one thing, I definitely did not starve the guy. We ate some super delicious meals and I made sure to cook him up some of my all time favorites:Grass Fed Bacon and Scrambled Eggs on Spelt...more
There are three food groups that your diet should contain.Proteins consist of meat,dairy products,fish,eggs and poultry.Proteins should make up around 15 % of the daily diet.The next food group is carbohydrates which are fruits,vegetables,rice,bread,pasta and potatoes.These groups should make up about 60 % of your daily diet.You should eat about 5 portions of fruits and vegetables per day,then finally there are fats which should make up about 20-25 % of your daily intake.Alot of problems arise with fats due to our consumptions of high fats sugar rich and process foods and eating the wrong sorts of fats like butter. Vegetable oil are good for you.There are good type of fats liquid fats are better than solid fats.Saturated fats are found in meats and meat products as well as milk,butter,cream and cheese.There's been alot said about the Mediterranean diet which is rich in Cardio-Protective foods.These diets contains lots of fruits vegetables,cereals,oily fish,olive oil and pulses.These diets is supposed to stop weight gain protect againts heart disease and reduce cholesterol levels.If this diet is to much for you then you should try to increase intake of the following oily...more
As a nutritionist, the most common question I get daily is "What is the Best Diet to follow?" My answer is always the same and one that shocks many people. "The best diet to follow is to follow NO diet at all." How could any nutritionist wanting to promote health tell you not to follow a diet?"Easy. I'm here to tell you that diets do not work. ...more
Is the above statement too good to be true? That's what Rory DeLuca thought. The 42 year old New Jersey resident, husband and busy father of 3 couldn't believe what I was telling him when he came to see me in January 2006. Like most people, after the holidays, Rory was frustrated with his increased weight and was even more frustrated that his...more
Most people find weight loss to be difficult to achieve, especially in the long term and many have tried diets that may reduce some weight only for them to gain weight once again with extra pounds being added. This may be one the reasons why more and more people are turning to acupuncture for weight loss in an effort to handle the weight problem once and for all. Acupuncture for weight loss treatment involves standard acupuncture practices such as inserting hair-thin needles into selected areas of the body on the skin that are supposed to help the body to function in a proper manner.Acupuncture causes the body to release endorphins which are the body's own feel good chemicals that help to relieve pain in the body. This treatment enables the patient's body to release endorphins and thus control appetite. When a patient is especially overweight, the acupuncturist may find it necessary to ask a number of questions to ascertain the main cause of the problem. Sometimes it may be due to behavioral patterns or there could be physiological reasons.No matter what the nature of the problem is, the treatment will consist of the usual insertion of needles into different parts of the body that...more
If you are anything like the millions of people struggling to keep their weight down, you are probably pretty discouraged with all the time, money and effort you have put forth with no results to show for it. This can be one of the most...more
If you are in ANY doubt about the power of natural colon cleansing to aid weight loss then realizing the huge number of people who are turning to a colon cleanse diet might help. Clients are "repeat ordering" like wild fire. It clearly works!It makes...more
Fitness is not all about weight however generally if you are fit and healthy you will find your weight is at a stable range. But there are people who are overweight and still fit. Fitness requires a continued regiment of exercise and when you...more
Finding the time to exercise can be a hard task considering everything most people have going on in their busy lives. Having something simple that you can perform at home is very beneficial to people that are time challenged.Before starting an...more
Do you battle with being overweight? Have you tried different diet plans but been unsuccessful? There are millions of people who have trouble with their weight and have tried many different diet options but been able to lose the weight and keep it...more
Wouldn't it be great if we could just swallow a tablet and shed twenty pounds overnight? There are companies that actually advertise these ridiculous claims but what is worse, we believe them. Our bodies are made to extract certain vitamins,...more