Eat Healthy and Lose Weight Naturally

By Thong M. Dao

These days nearly everyone is worried about their health and how much they weigh. The cause of this is because we lead our lives in a way that it becomes tough to stay healthy and slim. We seem to eat out at fast-food restaurants and sit-down restaurants a lot.

We sometimes have foods which are poor choices at home, picking sugar-filled snacks instead of healthy foods. How can you stop it to lose those pounds and become fit?

Changing habits is the initial thing most people must concentrate on when they wish to lose weight. This can be very tough, particularly if you have been eating in a particular way for a long period of time.

Many people are worryingly dependent on such bad things as caffeine, sugar, aspartame and bad carbohydrates. Control over your health is far more better than struggling to stop your addictions. Try going cold turkey for a few days in order to break free from a bad cycle, if you are having an especially tough time.

When you are clear of the poor eating habits, you must replace them with sound ones. Although it's not required that you eat perfect day in and day out, you must make a point that you stick to a nutritious diet program for at least 30 days.

This is the case, but why? It often takes that long for a new habit to take root. If you follow a healthy, balanced diet for 30 days then that diet will be normal.

Of course there are more things to consider. You must make sure that you are feeding on the right foods. Stay low on glycemic indicator to control your sugar level.

Make sure your diet comprises of adequate amounts fruits and vegetables. Above all, make sure you have a lot of water during the day with a pinch of salt from the sea. When you take back your good health as well as slim figure, you'll understand that all of your hard work is working. - 17268

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Thong M. Dao has been lifting weights since 2005. He has a passion for fitness and can help you lose fat. His homepage is the right place if you are looking for freeadvice on fat loss and advice on diet plans.

Acai Berry Reverses Brain Loss According to Scientific Studies

By Dr. Jerimiah Crossderd

A recent study showed that elderly lab rats had a increase in brain function when they ate a diet loaded with a compound found in acai berry- Pterostilbene was found to reverse brain loss and other aging factors.

Pterostilbene inverted quantifiable harmful things that cause aging on brain function and behavioral performance.

The study was broken down into two sections which could if pterostilbene was actually effective in reversing the age of the mature rats.

The first section of the study dealt with researchers looking at seven different types of compounds where they determined that pterostilbene was the most effective in preventing oxidative stress on the cells.

The second part of the study featured the researchers preparing a diet that would have the following criteria for the mature rats: They would have a controlled diet that either fed them a large dose or small dose of pterostilbene.

The results were an reverse in cognative skills and an increase in memory in the rats that had high doses of pterostilbene.

The research is just the latest in a series of test that is looking into various associations to nutrition and declining brain functions.

The studies also show that not only is acai berry found this compound, but also other berries.

Like vitamin C, the body can only absorb so much at a time-At the current time, there are no standards set forth by any governmental agencies on what is the recommended amount for humans to take-It is recommended to start with small quantities first to see how your body reacts.

The study was published recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. - 17268

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Fat Loss - Balancing Flexibility And Strength

By Dan Solaris

The fast-food culture has conquered most of the globe and the world's inhabitants are succumbing to the tasty, mouth-watering drive-thru fare that just so happens to be dripping with LDL cholesterol (yes, the bad kind). Fortunately, there are a gauntlet of exercises proven to combat the surplus of caloric energy stored in love-handles and bouncing bellies.

Most fitness experts prescribe the usual combination of cardio exercises and muscle-building routines for clients struggling with weight. With the wide variety of variations to choose from it's a wonder why a lot of folks still find it a challenge to keep working out consistently.

Folks that are looking for an effective fat-loss exercise program that won't leave them gasping for breath for an hour will find Pilates the ideal choice. Most people that find workouts too difficult and tiring stop exercising after a month or so without getting closer to their goals. Remember that having fun is a big factor in working-our consistently.

Pilates can even be the ideal fat-loss method of choice for the aged and those with physical ailments since the exercises aren't really high impact like conventional exercise programs are. Besides muscle strength and suppleness, flexibility and balance are also developed because most of the moves are executed while trying to keep one's body stabilized.

Total body aerobic exercise with resistance training is the most popular fat-loss workout combo nowadays. Interspersing Pilates sessions with the more conventional exercises will tone-up the muscles faster and facilitate speedier loss of body fat.

Weight training is essential in a fat-loss program because building muscle improves our metabolism. Resistance training causes stiffness to connective tissue and the joints however. This is where Pilates can come in- the smooth and continuous movements stretch the muscles of the whole body and this regains the lost suppleness lost from lifting weights.

Core-based exercises are the essentially what Pilates is about. Simultaneous effort of the muscles of the abdomen, the waist, lumbar region and buttocks allow faster calorie burn- leading to faster loss of weight due to a reduced body fat index.

A high metabolism is one the best weapons against body fat because it allows for more calories burned throughout the day. Regular stretching of muscle tissue lengthens and tones them up resulting in a longer, leaner physique, higher metabolic rate, and better results from fat loss efforts. - 17268

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Creating The Perfect Body

By Ellen Valentine

In 1988 I heard Dr. Dennis Waitley say, If you go there in the mind, youll go there in the body every time. He followed that with a story about Olympic champions that visualized themselves pole vaulting or walking the balance bar perfectly before they ever walked out on the floor to compete. When their pulse and respiration were monitored these increased the same as they would if they were actually performing physically. Their body went along with their mind. How can that help us create the body we want?

Powerful visualizations are creating for us in each and every moment. It is unfortunate that most times people see themselves as less than beautiful or accomplished or fit. So the trick is to switch the game and create a phenomenal body with fantastic results. To create the new you, see yourself as what you want to feel and look like in the body, make it real, create a sentient rich picture that could make you cry for joy and appreciation. Be in the great new body NOW.

The Success Principles, written by my mentor and friend Jack Canfield is a great book to help anyone beging creating the life you long for. Jack suggests that the very beginning of each day and the end of the day are perfect times to review, create or even recreate your day. It is the time when all of your goals can be thought over, given life so to speak, integrated as if theyve already been accomplished. http://tinyurl.com/ch9l2s Think of it this way, when you think of yourself as less than, in any way, just turn that around to visualize what you do want.

Gratitude for what you do have is a crucial part of having more, being more, feeling better. Without gratitude things will not only stay the same, they will seem to get worse. Begin now to appreciate every tiny thing you can imagine about Being You. If the list seems small, make it up until it feels so sentient rich you are actually feeling better. It is a good thing to remember that what we push away or resist will bring the thing unwanted even closer; so letting go of resistance and giving gratitude are right up there with your creative visualizations.

Seeing ourselves in very different ways may be difficult at first. Imagine what it would FEEL like to be different, better in some way, better to you that is. Allow the feeling of the new you to wash over you. Let go of self-doubt, blame, shame or shoulds and just receive what your mind is conceiving. Implement new and healthy habits that will make concrete your decisions in the world of form. Detach from the outcome and begin now to enjoy the new you right now.

Create the body of your dreams and make it happen. Brain Science supports your right to create on every level; and Master Teachers all over the planet are proving it is so. Ellen Valentine - 17268

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Do Health Supplements Promising Anti Aging Results Effect The Aging Process To Any Effective Extent

By Brett Seagrott

The nutritional supplements market continues to increase in profitability as the ongoing health boom proves resilient against the tough economic conditions currently weighing on most peoples personal expense budgets.

Processed food makes up around ninety percent of the US food chain. Modern lifestyles are exposing us to non-stop exposure to dietary / environmental toxins and stressors. The unmistakable result has produced an increase in the rate at which we now age, and this has been scientifically shown as a pre-condition for a progressive journey into degenerative disease. Premature aging is the most significant health threat now faced by most developed nations.

Rather than substantially improving mainstream diets and eliminating unhealthy lifestyle choices such as smoking and excessive alcohol, most people are (still) looking for a magic bullet which makes it possible to keep eating nutrient poor, but great tasting, processed food (while expecting to avoid major disease and sickness!)

Instead than significantly improving our regular dietary intakes and adopting more healthy lifestyles, the majority of people are (still) looking for that magic pill which makes it possible to keep eating low nutrient, but great tasting, processed food (while expecting to avoid major disease and sickness!)

As a result, nutritional supplement companies are playing on this desire for all it's worth and indirectly promoting health nutritional supplements a type of 'magic nutrition pill'!

A common belief appears to be that premium grade nutritional health supplements, from the gigantic, multi-national supplement companies, are all 'identical in quality' and represent the most powerful and efficious supplements available. This is simply not the case.

A widespread acceptance appears to be that elite level supplements from the very big and well known supplement brands are all 'similar in quality' and represent the best supplements you can lay your hands on. In reality this is simply not true.

These large, powerful companies have the financial power to build (perceived) high credibility and for cleverly presenting their manipulations of the truth. While a great deal of the underlying scientific basis supporting their supplements is real, it is what they are holding back which is the real issue These are facts exposing deficiencies in their product's effectiveness.

I was employed in the nutritional supplement industry for a specialty supplement company and learned all the secrets and shortcuts of the less reputable manufacturers. In understanding the science behind nutritional supplements I know exactly what supplement companies are not telling you

99% of vitamin and health based nutritional supplements have major weaknesses preventing them from achieving, to a highly effective degree, their published health claims. These are facts which the companies have hidden from their customers for years. The publics' lack of extensive knowledge of nutritional science , allows the manufacturers of market leading supplement brands to grossly exaggerate their capabilities.

Let me highlight once more that the kind of supplements I'm talking about are those marketed as premium level, multi ingredient nutritional supplements. That is, high quality supplements with science-based formulas providing total nutritional balance using a very broad spectrum of ingredients from ALL nutrient categories (vitamins, enzymes, antioxidants, amino acids, ,etc)

At the most basic level these supplements top up any minor or borderline nutrient deficiencies, just as the cheaper multivitamins do but then they go on to do far more by offering powerful anti aging benefits which can slow / normalize your aging and optimize your health to provide heightened nutritional support which prevents the onset of degenerative disease.

The average price range of these types of nutritional supplements is $35 - $45 - A major expense for the majority of consumers, considering that to receive maximum health benefits you will need to continue using supplements for the rest of your life. It therefore makes prudent financial sense to know how to dissect the fanciful marketing claims and determine once and for all exactly which nutritional supplements can achieve these essential capabilities:

A) Achieve what they say they will (to a highly effective extent)

B) Offer high value for money

One of the easiest ways to reveal weaknesses in so called premium level health / vitamin supplement brands is simply to examine them from their 'anti aging claims. All the various leading brands market "anti aging benefits"and when we examine the realistic meaning of this over-used marketing term, the intended inference is that their supplements will ultimately slow your aging process (and in doing so reduce the pre-conditions which promote degenerative disease, thus lengthening your life span).

So, to say it as simply as possible, to slow / normalize your aging you absolutely need to focus on treating and reducing the causes of aging! Simple enough right?

And that's where the problem lies!

Therein lies the problem! There isn't just one but rather four fundamental causes of aging and they are all critically interrelated!

So, now we come to the heart of the anti aging supplement claims:

Because of this interrelationship, a nutritional supplement formula MUST treat all four causes SIMULTANEOUSLY - if not, your anti aging efforts will fail.

Here They Are:

* Free radicals

* Glycation

* Creation of Free Radicals

* Inflammation

* Inflammation

This requires specialized ingredients, and some are quite rare in the supplement industry due to their hefty prices. They also need protection from stomach acid and so supplement tablets must have an aqueous and inert enteric coating " this is the coating commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry and is essentially the reason pharmaceutical drugs work to the extent they do.

The disappointing reality is that virtually all leading nutritional health / vitamin supplements have formulas which take on just one of these primary causes of aging - the reduction of free radical production through the use of antioxidants. This is precisely why these supplements will fail your health and anti aging goals if you use them!

Unfortunately, the reality is that almost all leading health nutritional supplements have insufficient formulas which can take on just one of the primary causes of aging. That is the reduction of free radicals with antioxidants. This is the reason why they simply cannot meet their anti aging benefits claim to any real, let alone effective, degree. These are the basic facts!

So, here's the next obvious question: - are there any anti aging nutritional supplements out there containing all the necessary ingredients, including the specialized ones, to treat all four causes of aging at the same time? The short answer is 'YES'!

It's important that you read the super supplementspage as well because that's where you'll discover the names and explanations of all the specialized anti aging ingredients.

Happy Health! - 17268

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Toned Abs In 8 Weeks

By Dan Solaris

Society casts an approving glance at individuals with well-built physiques and tightly toned abs for reasons that go beyond the physical. Being able to maintain a low body fat index during times like these entails a great deal of sacrifice and sheer determination. There's always something impressive about a person that can keep focused on the goal they set their sights on.

A combination of several things makes it difficult for a lot of people to maintain a regular exercise regimen and healthy eating habits. Modern culture's love affair with fast food and the internet have contributed to the excess weight that a majority of the populations in Western countries have.

Though people are snapping-up diet schemes, fad workout programs and abdominal exercise machines, 66% of Americans have still become overweight. Evidently, most of these usually overhyped products are ineffective in helping people control their weight and get nicely toned abs.

A great number of those that take-up aerobics and weights classes give-up after a few months because of slow gains from their efforts. Most of the time, it's because they're not maximizing their workouts for rapid calorie-burn.

A lot of folks have a common misconception about attaining a tight six pack. They do countless abdominal exercises- leg raises, crunches, etc. and still see minimal results from their efforts after years of working out. Doing all the right things on all fronts- diet, exercise and lifestyle will raise metabolism and let you get tight, toned abs in 2 months!

Most people would we surprised to know that it's actually possible to lose body fat without dieting. Working-out intensely enough can still let you burn more calories than your daily intake from food, but results will come faster if we monitor what we eat. Avoiding highly-processed foods and candies while eating loads of fiber-rich fruits and vegetables can help in rapid fat-loss and a lean body.

A hectic daily schedule shouldn't get in the way of a fitter, healthier body. An intensified calorie-busting workout can be done in less than an hour a day. Intense workouts kick-up your metabolic rate and pave the way for rapid fat loss.

Doing total body resistance exercises with little rest in between can let you reap the benefits of calorie-busting cardio exercise while promoting muscle growth which raises our metabolic rate. Metabolism dictates how much calories our bodies burn throughout the day, so keeping this up with intense exercises and proper rest in between workouts will result in a tight and toned abdomen in 2 months or even less! - 17268

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How Super Foods Can Kick Start Healthy Eating

By Pat Johnson

Just when you thought that all fruits and vegetables were the same, it's time to introduce into your diet organic raw super foods. The best super foods function as powerful detoxifiers. They also help the body maintain a healthy strong immune system, remove heavy metals, toxins and residue from the cells. They increase cellular oxygen levels, stimulate the production of new energy cells, improve physical performance, nourish the body, and improve your mental clarity and mood.

One of my favorite super foods is Tibetan goji berries. This is one type of fruit containing the most powerful probiotics in the world. It can strengthen the immune system, help to reduce appetite and overeating, create a sense of well-being and optimism, increase energy and reduce fatigue. It may also reduce the effects of free radicals in the body. They are one of the largest raw organic Super foods there, bar none.

Another popular choice are Tibetan goji berries, which are also a raw organic super food packed with many advantages. They can strengthen the immune system, increase energy, reduce fatigue, reduce the effects of free radicals, generate a sense of well-being and optimism and help curb appetite and overeating.

Another popular choice is to increase your amount of citrus. These foods include limes, lemons, grapefruit, tangerines and oranges. To get the most benefit from them, you need to eat them all by themselves. Do not try to cut them and use them for a marinade because you will lose the benefits of burning calories. In addition, do not take mistake that their juice form will work as well. Most juices bought at the store are filled with preservatives that negate the calorie burning benefits.

The acai berry gives you energy and stamina that allows you to be better equipped to fight heart disease and improve cholesterol. Blood sugar stabilizes and it supplies your body with large quantities of nutrients and vitamins. It induces better sleep and all around provides better health for you!

The fact that super foods are so full of nutrients is one reason that they have taken the spotlight lately. With health benefits including increased stamina, energy and vitality, improve digestion and circulation, better sleep, healthy skin, improved sense of well-being and others it is no surprise that many Americans are adding them to their diets in droves. - 17268

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Burn Fat Fast: Critical Tips for Building Muscle

By Brad Morgan

Everyone wants to burn fat fast. If you have ever been on a diet or workout regimen, you know how hard that can be.

There are two main areas that you have to pay attention to when you want to lose weight: diet and exercise. While this comes as no surprise to anyone, there are some things that you can do to increase the efficiency of your current routine.

Try incorporating some of the following changes into your life so your body starts to burn fat fast. You'll shed unwanted weight faster.

Eat to Burn Fat Fast

You know that you should eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, protein, and fiber. Try some of the following changes to increase your body's fat burning ability:

1. Add more fiber to your diet.

Not only does fiber contribute to your overall good health, it helps your body burn fat. The average American gets about 10 grams a day, which is too little. Aim for about 25 grams of fiber each day.

You can get the fiber you need through whole wheat pastas, breads, and cereals, as well as fruit, vegetables, and nuts. Considering the fat burning abilities of these foods, you can easily find a way to include them into your eating plan.

2. Choose a better bedtime snack.

Before we go to bed, we typically reach for snacks that are high in simple carbohydrates. But eating these foods ? white breads, pastas, cereals, and even juice and fruit - before bed may prevent your body from going into fat burning mode. You can increase your body's fat deposits this way. If you are hungry, opt for a vegetable instead.

3. Smaller meals for weight loss.

Small meals spread throughout the day keeps hunger pangs at bay. Another simple change: eat your vegetables before your heavier main course.

Eating your vegetables first can keep you from overindulging in less healthy foods.

4. Cut back.

Americans have a terrible sense of portion control. Develop this skill ? eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. Use a smaller plate. Eat more slowly. All this can help you from overeating.

5. Have a pre-work out snack.

Having a low carb, high protein snack 90 minutes before your workout can help you exercise longer and burn more calories. Don't eat any sooner than 90 minutes prior to your workout because it may actually decrease the efficiency of your exercise.

Weight loss veterans know that diet is great, but you need exercise to burn fat fast. Your body is made for movement, and exercise provides a vast array of benefits.

6. Breathe through your nose.

Breathing through your nose helps you maintain a more stable heart rate. This means that you can work out longer ? and of course, burn more calories in the process. It takes some practice, but you'll love the results.

7. Add intense intervals.

For instance, if you are walking, walk for two minutes at a very brisk pace. Then slow down for three minutes. Gradually increase the amount of brisk walking time.

This is also a great way to break into running. You will burn a lot more calories and burn fat faster.

8. Do your weight training first.

Your body takes about 15-20 minutes to warm up. If you do your weights first, by the time you do your cardio, your body is primed to go. You'll burn more calories. Don't forget to do some stretching before you start the weight training.

8. Mix it up.

Not only that but it is also the ticket to burning fat faster. Don't do the same routine everyday.

For effective fat loss, add some variety. Your routine should feature a mix of cardio, strength, and flexibility workouts. By doing the same exercise, your body becomes an expert at it. It doesn't need to exert itself to perform it, meaning you burn fewer calories.

Jumpstart your body by giving it new challenges. Don't ever let anything get too easy.

10. Add weights to your cardio.

Adding weights to your routine helps you burn more calories and build stronger muscles. Even adding some bicep curls while you're on your treadmill can help you see results sooner.

These little changes can add up to big weight loss. Remember that you need to work on both diet and exercise in order to burn fat fast. - 17268

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Toned Abs - More Beauty, Less Belly

By Jose Loni

Toned abs are a thing of beauty and we all want more beauty and less belly. There are 3 things we need to do to get toned abs: First, burn the fat. Second, make our body a more effective fat burner. Third, and most important of all, program our mindset. Follow these tips and we'll be on our way to more beauty and less belly.

Most of our body fat is found directly beneath the skin and doing hundreds of crunches a day strengthens our abs but will not get rid of the fat in this area.

As we get older, fat distribution changes. There is now more fat in our stomach, and especially for women, in the hips and thighs area. Add a slowdown in metabolism and the recipe is complete for a less than stellar-looking abs.

Cardiovascular exercises offer the most excellent ways of losing that belly bulge. Engaging in swimming, cycling, hiking, running, rollerblading, tennis and other active sports elevates our heart rate and keeping it elevated for at least 20 minutes ensures heart muscle conditioning and fat burning.

When we start losing subcutaneous fat, our skin becomes taut. We start looking firmer and more toned when we lose the fat in the muscles. And doing the above activities five times or more a week guarantees toned abs faster.

Getting our body to maximize fat burning capacity is the next thing to do. And we achieve this by developing muscles. Training the large muscle groups first, followed by the small muscle groups helps burn fat more continuously.

Finally, we need to program our mindset. Remember that scale weighing doesn't give the complete picture. Losing inches is more important so we should measure against a piece of clothing that we want to fit into rather than step on the scales to check our progress which starts showing in a few weeks giving us more confidence.

Remember, females with six-pack abs are not that rare. In fact, more and more females have well-toned abs. When you put together these 3 factors of burning fat, burning fat efficiently and proper mental conditioning, toned, six-pack abs are just a few weeks away. - 17268

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Diabetic Meal Planning

By Dan Reto

Individuals who suffer from diabetes must keep a very consistent, healthy diet, to make sure their condition does not decline (or possibly result in death). A meal plan in other words, is a guidebook which narrows down what sorts of food you should eat, and precisely how much of that specified food (this goes for liquids as well).

If a correct plan is followed, one can improve their blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol. Even more so, it will also help keep their weight under control, as individuals with diabetes do generally gain weight much faster than others. All in all, a meal plan will greatly benefit you physically, and will almost always have a great affect on you mentally also.

The trouble for people with diabetes is that they do not bear the freedom to eat anything they want to. They must moderate the food they intake with their medication and insulin. It is also essential for them to workout to contain their glucose levels at a particular level. If a diabetic individual does not follow these day by day, they may seriously harm themselves.

Although you may feel like doing so takes too much time, it is by all odds time worth spent. Visit a doctor (or a dietitian is fine as well), and request that they come up with a meal plan for your particular needs. Having a meal plan made to your bodies specific needs, and following it, will greatly diminish chances of future diseases (cancer, heart problems, etc..). Once again, do not hesitate to take the stand and visit your doctor or dietitian. It is something you will thank yourself in the long haul for doing.

Following a meal plan is not hard, but it does take commitment. Many individuals start, but never succeed through with it. You need to find ways to motivate yourself to succeed. Only diabetic people can understand how challenging it is to manage with having to be so careful of what they ingest. Yet, it is something you must deal with, and with a proper meal plan, you can better your condition. - 17268

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Easy Steps to Fitness Over 40

By Thong M. Dao

There's no question that fitness over 40 is widely discussed by medical professionals, organizations and people in all walks of life. Older people may sound off as their tender knees no longer allow them to climb flights of stairs.

You may know someone who has been previously diagnosed with coronary disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, or raised blood pressure.

Fitness programs are a good way to relax yourself and have a less stressful life with a lot less diseases. Increasing physical fitness levels helps to build up muscle strength which in turn supports joints and helps reduce arthritis-related pain.

Sadly, 60% of the population in the US do not get the prescribed amount of workout and 25% are not physically active. These statistics are slowly increasing, as is the number of folks who suffer from stress related diseases such as stroke, elevated cholesterol, raised blood pressure, and diabetes.

Nevertheless, the gym is not always where fitness over 40 programs start, and physical training only helps when it boosts your heart rate for 30 minutes at a minimum. It means jogging, walking quickly in the neighborhood, rowing, biking with the children, bouncing on an exercise ball, treadmill in front of the TV or using a trampoline.

If you're over 40, it's time to think about the impact it will put on your ability to make the needed changes, your current nutrition and habits.

To incorporate more fruit, vegetables and whole grains into your dieting would be another must for people over 40 to stay fit. A nutritionist may assist you to gradually shift into better eating habits.

5 to 7 servings of fruits and vegetables, 8 to 10 glasses of water and decreasing the amount of white flour in your daily diet will go a long way to improving your health.

Physical exercise is important but depends upon the structure of nutrition, dieting, and daily habits to improve your health. You will need to do some weight training and some cardiovascular workouts.

Bicycling, jogging, swimming and many other types of exercise can be considered cardiovascular training. Mix up the workout a bit and invite friends to have more fun so that you'll stay on track.

With strength training, it's advisable to skip every other day so that your muscles have enough time to recover.

Do your strength training 2 - 3 times a week, either at home or at the gym. Not only will it improve your figure, it will also improve the strength of your joints and diminish your chances of getting osteoporosis. - 17268

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Flatter Abs - Nutrition Counts

By Dan Solaris

In North America and western European countries right now, over half of the general populace is overweight. This can be attributed to two things: the proliferation of high-calorie food readily available around the clock and the sedentary lifestyles most people have.

People who decide to do something about their weight try to get flatter abs by skipping meals. They also try to lose weight by altering their eating habits drastically- doing such things as eliminating carbohydrates from their diet and other nutritionally unbalanced things like that. Though weight-loss can come about because of this, the results are actually deceiving and not very permanent.

Our bodies react to hunger by trying to conserve energy stores. It does this by slowing down the rate of metabolism and this means lesser calories in the form of fat burned. Our body turns to glycogen stored in our muscle tissue and liver for energy instead. This eventually leads to loss of muscle tissue and that's not a good thing.

Our body's metabolic rate drops further when we lose muscle because calories are used up by the latter. Unlike fat, muscle tissue expend calories even while it's inactive- enabling us to burn calories even while we're curled-up in bed dreaming about a nice thick filet mignon.

Another thing about muscle tissue is it's much heavier per volume than fat. This fact makes it easy to be misled into thinking we've lost a significant amount of body fat when it's actually muscle we've lost by cutting back on calories and skipping meals.

Choosing the foods where your calorie intake comes from will yield better results than trying to lose weight by letting going hungry. A diet rich in fiber and folic acid from fruits and vegetables as well as the right amounts of protein and even fat is effective in maintaining a proper metabolism and flatter abs.

Small adjustments in one's diet like using olive oil instead of butter or orange juice instead of soda will still let you lose weight without sacrificing flavor in the food you eat. A proper workout program with cardio exercises known for isolating body fat can also shorten the process of getting flatter abs.

Doing resistance training along with cardiovascular sessions will also make it easier for a person to get flatter abs by building muscle. As stated previously, muscle tissue burns calories even while at rest, so the more of it we build, the more calories we can burn each day. - 17268

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