WHY Diets Don't Work and What
Does!
"Let's talk about fat people" the skinny little comedian on stage said! I and
one other lady, instinctively got up to leave the lounge. Bad mistake! Suddenly we were
unwilling participants in his cruel joke! He toyed with us for several minutes leaving us
in tears! Of course he apologized profusely immediately afterwards. And then he did
something amazing, he rolled out a full size standup cutout photo, from behind the
curtain. It was of him, only at 450 POUNDS! He went on to explain how even medical science
had failed to help him all his life. How diet after diet had failed, only to leave him
fatter. By the end of his "ACT" we had been in tears several more times, mostly
with laughter!
So, what finally worked for him? First he stopped trying to stave himself. He ate allot of
food, even more than usual. Treated himself to sweets even occasional chocolate! And get
this, he started Drinking alcohol! Red wine to be exact. That's right, it's not how much
you eat or drink, but what you eat and drink, and some sweets or calories actually help
you loss weight!
Here's why and how!
Why? When you don't eat enough your body thinks it needs more, so it starts to save, it
begins to store away what ever it can. Mostly FAT! Your body makes fat cells to store it.
This is called starvation or survival mode. Your body needs some fat and fat cells,
without any fat in your body you would die! Don't let anyone tell you that you can get rid
of fat cells, you can't! Well, only with liposuction! Once your body makes a fat cell it's
there for life. And your body only makes these when it feels like it needs them, in other
words when it's hungry. Ever hear someone say they can think about food and gain weight?
It's TRUE! Never let yourself go hungry!
Your body needs calories for energy. If you're dieting (low calorie) and exercising, your
body isn't burning fat, it's burning muscle! Calories are converted to energy, energy is
what burns fat out of the fat cells or shrinks them. This is called metabolism. It's the
rate at which the body turns calories into energy. Ever know someone who can eat and eat
and still be thin? Most thin people have a fast metabolism. Their metabolism is
"SET" faster. The point at which your metabolism is set is called a "SET
POINT". Some people's bodies actually burn more fat while they are sitting or even
sleeping than other peoples bodies do running! The bad thing is, we inherit a certain set
point and even a certain number of fat cells. That's why fat runs in families. The good
thing is, your set point can be CHANGED!
How? By eating high calorie low fat and carbohydrate foods. Sounds simple enough doesn't
it? But wait, remember when I said you need some fat? There are actually some fats that
will help you lose weight! CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), a fat found in sunflower seed
and borage oil, was recently in the news, as scientist found that it helped convert fat
into muscle. CLA like GLA are called essential fatty acids and needed by the body to
regulate fat metabolism. And high calories, well isn't plain white sugar higher in
calories than anything? What you need to understand is there are good fats and bad, as
well as good sugars and bad. The same goes for just about everything you eat and drink.
Read food labels and try to find the good fats and low carbohydrates. Don't count
calories. Count fats and carbohydrates. Below are some lists and tips to help you out.
"Good" fats:
- Peanut oil Monounsaturated fat helps reduce levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol.
- Seed
oils, like Sunflower seed oil, Borage oil, Flaxseed oil, provide essential fatty
acids, CLA and GLA.
- Avocados are rich in essential fatty acids and provide natural Magnesium.
- Evening
Primrose oil is a direct, natural source of GLA an essential fatty acid critical in
the production of prostaglandin's. In the body prostaglandin's help regulate fat
metabolism, inflammatory response, hormones, as well as the cardiovascular, immune and
central nervous systems.
- Fish
oils containing the Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA.
- Olive oil (especially extra virgin or unrefined) is high in monounsaturated fatty acids,
vitamins and antioxidants, helps reduce levels of total and LDL cholesterol. It contains a
remarkable substance known as oleuropein which has the amazing ability to invade foreign
cells, ingest them, thereby stopping the virus/bacteria/fungus/free radical, etc. from
reproducing. Read
more about Olive
- Fresh butter (in moderation)
"Bad" fats:
- Margarine
- Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated fats (VERY BAD)
- Refined vegetable oils
- Saturated fats, in excess
- Most polyunsaturated fats
Fried foods are OK in moderation, as long as they are fried in good fats (oils). (TIP),
Never reuse cooking oil, as the heating process converts the good oil to BAD! Use
mayonnaise or salad dressings that are made with olive, seed or nut oils.
Good sugars: (TIP), some will tell you to stay away from ANYTHING sweet. DO NOT do this,
your body craves sweet! Crave=Hunger=addition of fat cells!
Bad sugars:
- Refined white sugar or cane sugar (WORST)
- Brown sugar (BAD)
- Nutrasweet or Aspartame (TOXIC) There are more adverse reactions to Nutrasweet reported
to the FDA than all other foods and additives combined. In certain individuals, it can
have devastating consequences.
- Saccharin, well it's been taken off the "carcinogen" list, but it still isn't
considered safe by some.
Breads and Starches:
So many foods contain starch that to remove all starch from the diet is impossible. Foods
like beans, rice, wheat, oats and all grains, potatoes, squash, many vegetables and
fruits. Learning to discriminate between refined (bad) starches, like white bread and
flour, and complex (good) starches, like brown rice or whole grains is very important.
- White breads, refined cereal and pasta (VERY BAD).
- Whole grain breads, cereals and pasta (VERY GOOD).
Drinks:
Chocolate?
Fact is new research is proving chocolate is a HEALTH FOOD! At least when made with
unrefined sugar. For instance, pure cocoa and honey. Chocolate has anti-inflammatory
properties, this has been known for some time. Now researchers have found that cocoa is
high in stearic acid, a neutral fatty acid that does not appear to raise L.D.L. and may
raise high density lipoprotein (H.D.L.), the good cholesterol.
The August 2000 issue of The Journal of Nutrition devoted an entire supplement to several
preliminary studies that look at whether chocolate's flavonoids, called epicatechins,
affect cholesterol levels and artery-damaging plaque buildup. It was concluded that that
chocolate's effect was similar to aspirin, in reducing bad cholesterol levels in the
blood! In other words a little chocolate after a meal is GOOD for you. However, never eat
processed chocolate like milk chocolate bars! Try mixing a little pure Coco and Slimsweet
with milk and WOW what a treat!
Supplements and other helpers:
(Warning) Ephedra or MaHung is an herb for asthma and allergies not weithloss! Taking it
may speed you up for a short period of time but the side effects can be devastating.
Protein and Fiber
- Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegies.
- Spirulina
is an excellent source of protein.
- Meat is good source of protein in moderation. Chicken, lean red meat, fish, even lean
pork.
Vitamins and Minerals
- Vitamin
C naturally increases the body's metabolism, prompting it to burn more calories, and
essential for normal glandular function.
- Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc,
Magnesium is a good mineral to flush metals from the system and taken along with calcium
and zinc they have a calming effect. It is also involved in energy metabolism and protein
synthesis. Find
out more about magnesium CLICK HERE
- Lecithin
is a natural source Choline & Inositol which are essential for the breakdown of fats
and cholesterol. The cell membranes in the body are composed largely of lecithin. These
membranes handle the flow of nutrients in and out of the cell. It is a lipid that is
required by every single cell in your body. Lecithin is the most abundant of the
phospholipids. Scientific studies have shown that lecithin has the ability to break up fat
and cholesterol into small particles which can be easily handled by the system. One of the
indications of lecithin deficiency is obesity. It helps prevent arterial congestion, helps
distribute body weight, cleans the liver and purifies the kidneys. Lecithin also enables
fats like cholesterol to be dispersed in water and then carried from your body. In other
words, lecithin is a substance that can change fat so that it is water soluble. Like soap
changes grease so it can be washed away. It will seek out and destroy fat deposits
wherever they are. With nervous, mental or glandular over activity lecithin can be
consumed faster than it is replaced.
- Molybdenum
is a little-known, though essential, trace mineral. It is instrumental in regulating pH
balance in the body. For each pH point increase (e.g., 6.1-6.2), the oxygen level is
increased ten times, thus increasing nitrogen metabolism and enhancing the body's ability
to burn fat.
- Digestive
enzymes. When you change your diet, even for the better, your body has to adjust to
the new foods you are eating and proper digestion is curtail. Read
more about enzymes here
- Take a good all natural
multivitamin every day for overall health.
Exercise
There it is, you knew it was coming, that terrible DOUBLE four letter word! It does evoke
a response, kind of a sense of depression. Don't call it exercise! Just simply think of it
as movement. Move your body, even when you don't feel up to it. Slow stretching movements
do burn excess fat and carbs. Try some relaxing movements and walk a little everyday, even
if it's around the house or office. You will find it gets easier day by day. Look at it
this way, when you first get up in the morning it's hard to move, then as the hours pass
it gets easier. This is because your body releases more energy the more you move, so move
your body! (TIP) Trick your body into releasing energy, by thinking of running fast!
That's right, just thinking about fast movement causes your body to release more energy.
NEW HOPE!
As researches are constantly at work on the problem of obesity, new hope has been found
for millions of people. Right now there is an ongoing battle over a new discovery, a plant
called Hoodia which grows in South Africa, it may be the first ever natural appetite
suppressant. Used for thousands of years by the Kalahari bushmen to suppress their
appetites while on long hunting expeditions this new discovery has no side effects. Watch
for this one! Right now Pfizer and the Bushmen are fighting over the rights to it!. They
hope to have the Hoodia active ingredient ready to market in pill form within the next two
years.
I wrote this article in 2002 and here we are in 2004, check this out, CBS
NEWS 60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl have a NEW Report "African Plant May Help Fight Fat"
Hoodia
is here!
Also in the news a new hormone has been discovered! Called Grelin, it is known to be
produced in the stomach and is the messenger of hunger to the brain. I get the feeling
these two (Hoodia and Grelin) maybe connected, perhaps it is the chemical constituents in
Hoodia which block the hormone messenger Grelin.
For
More Information and Natural Weight Loss Products CLICK HERE
Obesity Gene Discovered!
A little sarcasm here "WHOOPEE". They have finally realized what we have been
telling them all along! How many times have we faced the overeating ridicule?
"You’re fat because you over eat, eating patterns are learned not inherited! But
we knew better, we knew it just from looking at the family photo album! Take a gander at
Grandma, Grandpa, the aunts and uncles. See a pattern? Yet, every once in a while, a
through back, the skinny kid who ate 3 times as much as you did and never gained the first
ounce! For me it was my skinny little brother. While I carried little bags of celery and
carrots for lunch, he had bags full of Hershey bars, Little Debbie cakes, and a nice fat
ham sandwich! Oh, but I’m over eating, WHEN?, maybe in my sleep!
I eat low calorie, low fat, low carb, I exercise everyday! The plain fact is if I’m
gaining weight, my body has to be turning celery into cellulite! Seems impossible, but now
here is proof! Do you think they will change all the text books and medical journals which
portray us as "Fat, overeating, under active slobs with mental disorders"? How
long have we been made to blame ourselves? I wish I could tell off all those Doctors and
so called nutritionists, even the psychiatrist I went to who specialized in eating
disorders and charged $200.00 bucks an hour, what a waste!
Well, now I’ve got that out of my system, here’s the News release.
Utah Scientists Say They Have Found Obesity Gene
Geneticists at Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics say they have found the biological
equivalent of the genetic marker for heart disease and excess weight: a single, inherited
obesity gene. Named HOB1, for human obesity 1, the researchers hail the discovery as a
first step toward developing better treatments for obesity and associated conditions,
including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. The company announced its discovery on
Tuesday, October 29, 2002. Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Publication date: 2002-10-30
Observers sounded a more cautious note, saying too little information was released Tuesday
to fully evaluate the significance. "Gee, I hope they're right, and we'll wait and
see," said American Diabetes Association President Eugene Barrett when informed of
the announcement.
"We think it's a significant breakthrough," said Steven Stone, one of Myriad's
key geneticists specializing in metabolic disease. He said the discovery bolsters the view
of obesity as partly a genetic disorder since changes in HOB1 are inherited and control
important proteins that lead to obesity and diabetes.
Myriad's announcement calls HOB1 "a highly druggable target" that opens up a new
arena for treating a person's basic DNA in a way that would halt or slow bodily production
of fat cells. Also, a genetic test of HOB1 alterations could help predict obesity and
associated risks, Myriad said. "And here we have a gene that clearly contains
inherited variations that predisposes people to obesity." Stone said.
HOB1's announcement came in a media release issued by the company and posted at
www.myriad.com.
Until they figure a way to best DRUG our DNA, click
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