Wednesday, May 29, 2013

An Amazingly Effective Healthy Diet For Weight Loss

I used to be a weight loss counselor and personal trainer and I can give everyone a diet where you can actually eat as much as you want and still lose weight hand over first and at the same time get all of the nutrients that your body needs to thrive for years and years to come. Wouldn't that be fantastic?

The diet that I am referring to consists of eating lots of lean proteins (turkey/fish/chicken) plenty of vegetable such as sweet potatoes and carrots and as much sugarless oatmeal as your heart desires (do NOT go for out of the box Quaker Flavored Oatmeal, there are many better options as Quaker Flavored Oatmeal contains tons of unnecessary sugars). Sounds yummy right?

Don't worry, we are just getting started. The key to this diet is to completely eliminate refined sugars, and salt (as much as possible... use Mortons light salt) from your diet. If you are looking for a bit of a 'sweet' kick, opt instead for Stevia for sweetener. In addition to the preceding, absolutely NO condiments, butter, heavy salad dressings, fats and cheeses. The final key to this healthy diet for weight loss is to limit the dairy in your diet. Don't you think this incredible diet sounds more possible and more plausible than a lot of other 'fad' diets you may have come across recently?

Here are some meal examples to get you started on the right track to killing your extra pounds, murdering excess body fat and finally giving you the body transformation that you totally deserve. Have a look at the sample menu below:

1. Breakfast - oatmeal cooked, 1 bowl with egg whites
2. Lunch - Grilled chicken over salad with oil and vinegar
3. Snack - Apples and pears..
4. Dinner - Fish or chicken baked with salsa and a yam. NO butter!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Reactive Hypoglycemia Diet - The Key to Relief

If you suffer from reactive hypoglycemia, then you know just how much of a pain the symptoms of this frustrating disorder can be. - The moodiness, the anxiety, the hunger pangs, the fatigue, the heart racing, the dizziness, the tremors and the list goes on. So how do you control the disorder? Do you absolutely have to take medication? Do you have to rely on chemicals to treat your symptoms rather than treating the disorder naturally? Well honestly, you don't! You can alleviate the symptoms naturally. - And get remarkable relief at the same!

As you know, reactive hypoglycemia is a condition that occurs 1 to 4 hours after taking in a high-carb load. This tells us one thing; that this disorder is directly caused by eating and/or diet. So that also tells us another thing, this condition can be fixed and the symptoms can be alleviated through proper diet. Does that sound about right? Well it did to me! - And it is what helped me end the battle with RH.

With reactive hypoglycemia, when you eat simple carbohydrates like white bread, candy, cake, white potatoes etc., your blood sugar spikes significantly. When this happens, your insulin levels surge and continue to surge even past the point of "stable" blood sugar levels. This is when the clinically defined reactive hypoglycemia symptoms kick in due to low blood sugar. (The symptoms mentioned above.) So the trick is to eat foods that do not spike blood sugar and/or to eat foods that only permit blood sugar levels to rise slowly.

Diet and Exercise As the Recipe for Weight Loss Success

One of the best things you can do to improve your overall health and longevity is to lose weight. However, losing weight can be quite challenging, as you may know all too well. Although there are many fads and gimmicks for weight loss on the market, the only lasting results will come from eating a sensible diet and getting regular exercise. A vital part of successful weight loss is your diet - the foods you eat can help support your weight loss goals, or they can hinder them. The choice is yours. If you are like many of us, you likely have a nagging feeling that your diet could be healthier. It will be more difficult, however, to adopt a healthy diet without a clear idea of exactly what it is that you eat on a regular basis.

We can often be surprisingly unaware of what we put into our mouths! Keeping a food diary can be an excellent way to become far more conscious about what you eat. In your food diary, you will record every single item of food that you eat, including all snacks. This food diary will be beneficial for at least two reasons. Once you record everything you eat for several weeks, you'll be able to look at all your entries and get a far more accurate idea of how your diet measures up in terms of your average daily caloric intake, the amount of protein, carbs, and fats you consume on a daily basis, etc. Another reason to keep a food journal is that many people find that recording every single thing they eat has the unintended consequence of making them eat less and making healthier food choices.