The Negative Calorie Diet

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YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM...

Your digestive system "breaks down and processes" everything you consume! The process starts by chewing. Then your esophagus moves everything down to your stomach. This usually takes anywhere from a few minutes, to a half hour.

For about 4 hours, your stomach mixes the food up with acid and sends everything down to your small intestine. For approximately another 4 hours, your small intestine receives very strong alkaline (digestive) juices from your gallbladder and pancreas. These digestive juices mix with the now liquified food and your body starts to absorb it.

This process continues on down to your large intestine where the rest of any food and fluids are absorbed into your body. This may take up to 12 hours!

Any residue that is left over is eventually eliminated, but here's the GOOD NEWS! This entire process BURNS CALORIES and results in weight loss!

Not only that... But you can eat all you want!
Not only that... But you'll really lose weight!
Not only that... But it tastes good!

The Negative Calorie Diet™ is based on more than 100 foods requiring your body to BURN calories as your body processes these foods through your digestive system thus, burning more calories than the actual calorie content of the food itself! This results in your body burning the remaining stored fat as its new source of energy!

The Negative Calorie Diet™ identifies over 100 negative calorie foods that safely force your body to work harder during digestion thus turning your body into a fat burning machine! These negative calorie foods are easily found in most grocery stores. No more starving... No more counting calories... No more hunger pangs... Nothing but easy to follow weight
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"The Low Glycemic Index Diet --Eat the FOODS you LOVE

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"The Low Glycemic Index Diet --Better Known as The Low GI Diet"
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The LOW GI Diet focuses on foods that are 'slow-release' in your body. What this means is that when you eat any food, your body digests that food either, quickly, or slowly depending on the Glycemic index of that food.

Why is this important...
Well, quick 'release foods' are your bodies worst enemy as they are digested quickly by your stomach and your body is unable to burn off the calorie from that food... causing fat deposits to stick to you.

So, our diet "must" consist mainly of 'slow release foods' which allow us to burn off the calories ingested.
Slow release basically means that your body is getting energy from your food throughout the day and therefore your fat stores will be limited as the calories from your food will be burnt off throughout the day.

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Fire Up Your Fat Burning Hormones To Lose Weight Fast

Its not surprising that the general population is completely confused as to what they should do when it comes to trying to lose weight. One just has to turn on the television especially late at night, to be confronted with a tanned toned beautiful model telling you that if you just buy this great weight loss gadget/gizmo/machine or wonderful exercise video or so-called scientific breakthrough diet pills or new weight loss program, then in just 4 weeks or 1 week or 2 days or whatever the claim is, you’ll be as trim and taut and looking just like the model.

And there are new diet programs coming out every other day - whether its the zone diet, low carb diet, high carb diet, high protein diet, complex carb diet, vegetable only diet, or whatever - its no wonder that the average person is completely confused as to exactly what to eat and what to do in order to lose weight and stay trim.

Here are some facts that may help you if you are trying to figure out what is the best way to lose weight and thus which weight loss program to choose.

1. Low calorie diets will actually work against you because eating low calorie foods only will actually slow down your body’s fat burning engine and thus prevent you from losing weight. What happens is that your body detects that you are consuming less calories and it will adjust your metabolism as a result by burning less calories.

2. The problem with low carb diets is that, whilst in theory they may work, in reality these don’t work as if you don’t eat enough carbs, you will not have the energy to do anything and many people end up sluggish and depressed about it all and end up binge eating thus working completely against your fat burning program.

3. Weight loss programs offered by Weight Watchers & Jenny Craig do work but they normally take quite a long time as you need to progress through a monthly program that can take anywhere from 6 months or more. These programs also consist of you having to purchase special meals and dietary supplements especially at the beginning of the program. These programs can be quite expensive.

4. Whilst many of the diet programs out in the market today will actually help you prevent putting on more weight, they do little if anything, to help you burn off weight you already have. Unless you already have a trim taut body and all you want to do is stop yourself from putting on weight, then most of these diets and exercise gizmo’s won’t work.So what does work, what is it that you need to know to understand what can help you? Well at the most basic and fundamental level, the reason why most people are overweight is because they eat wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you’re also eating meals in the wrong patterns each day. Its actually a myth that you get fat because you are not doing the right exercise. Exercising helps you stay fit, but you don’t get fat because you are not exercising, you get fat because of the food you eat. The food you eat combined with when you eat those foods has the power to determine whether you are fat or thin.

Our bodies need to eat the right food at the right times of the day in order to fire up our fat burning hormones such as testosterone, insulin and growth hormones as well as your metabolism. Eating the right foods at the right times helps your body to burn calories versus storing them as fat. This is because everytime you eat something your brain tells your body to either release fat burning hormones or fat storage hormones. What you need to do is to get your brain to tell your body to maximise fat burning hormones and minimize fat storage hormones (you need some fat storage to be healthy).

A diet program that is designed to focus on burning fat tissue by using a food system of shifting calories is the key to fast weight loss. This system will see you burning approximately 9lbs each 11 days. Its not about calorie counting, its not about low carbs, and you can still drink alcohol, eat at restaurants, eat late at night and eat more than three meals a day and still burn fat.

The reason this program works is that its based on scientifically proven facts and about getting your body to do what it can do naturally. Is not about special dietary supplements or starving the body out of its required resources. This program works for everybody no matter what your genetic makeup.

What Muscle, Fat And Water Have To Do With Your Weight

Have you ever wondered how long and how intensely you would have to athletically train to turn all that loose bodyfat into toned muscle? When you stop training, how long will it take before the muscle turns back into fat? It is essential to clarify that it is a complete myth that you can turn fat and muscle are two completely different tissues.

They have different structures and functions, they react to training in different ways and, simply put, one does not have the capability to turn into the other.Body fat is completely related to calories, and the amount that we have is directly influenced by the number of calories consumed versus calories expended.

Calories consumed obviously come from the foods we eat. It is important to recognize that when we consume any type of food in excess, whether it is carbohydrates, protein or dietary fat, it will be converted to body fat.Muscle is very different from fat. Each muscle is made up of thousands of individual cells, also called muscle fibers. While the number of a muscle's cells/fibers can not increase, each individual muscle fiber has the potential to increase in size, density and efficiency.

These changes may occur together but not necessarily to the same degree, however, all will translate to an increase in strength. This is important because one of the key problems with the so-called "yo-yo diet" is that people lose weight rapidly from muscle and fat stores by following a strict or crash diet. When they return to more normal eating habits, weight is re-gained, but it is always fat gain and never muscle.

This often means that while they can be back to their pre-diet weight, it's all fat, which is unhealthier than the original starting point.Quick Summary of FatFat can not become muscle and muscle can not become fat.

Fat can only be reduced if the number of calories expended in a day exceeds the number of calories consumed in a day.
Fat will be gained if the opposite occurs. If you stop training, and compensate for this with a slight reduction in diet, your body

fatwill not increase. If you begin training but also increase your dietary intake, you can gain fat.

Fat cells act as one, meaning you can not choose where you lose it or gain it. Quick Summary of MuscleChanges in muscle size, density and/or efficiency cause an increase in strength; however, these changes only result if the muscle is stimulated beyond what it is accustomed to. Weight training is the easiest way to control and monitor the changes in your muscle physiology.

Because of this, it is possible to increase your strength without adding bulk, and it is also possible to increase both. When you stop stimulating the muscle, your muscle composition may return to normal or, depending on your regular routine, it may simply stay as is. Unlike fat, each muscle can be specifically targeted, so you can choose the specific area you would like to improve. With that said, realize that while you can work your abdominal muscles, for example, you may not see the enhanced shape and form if you have a thick layer of fat

Think Yourself Thin

I got these great tips on oprah.com. Hope you can use them

Old loop: I ordered the grilled cheese, so why not get the fries, too?
Switch to… One treat at a time. I'm indulging in grilled cheese, so I'll trade the fries for a salad

Old loop: I'll just have this one cookie.
Switch to… If I can't stop at one or two cookies, I shouldn't have any at all.

Old loop: My husband says I look fat, so I guess I should start exercising.
Switch to… I want to get in shape for myself, not for him

Old loop: What's the point of losing weight during the winter? I'll get in shape come summer. Switch to… By eating more now, I'm creating a lot of extra work for myself when spring rolls around.

Old loop: Fat runs in my family, so why bother exercising?
Switch to… I can't change my DNA, but I can change my fate.

Old loop: After that grueling workout, I deserve a bacon double cheeseburger.
Switch to… After busting my butt at the gym, my body deserves the VIP treatment.

Old loop: I'll grab a candy bar to get me through my mid afternoon slump.
Switch to… When my energy flags, I need food that will help me go the distance.

Increase Your Metabolism And Lose Body Fat Fast

Body fat for most people is that area around their midsection that is in an ever state of growth. To the vast majority of the public losing body fat means losing that flabby belly. It seems that the midsection is that area of the body through which appearance of health and fitness is measured.

What most people don't understand is that in order to effectively get rid of belly fat they need to reduce fat storage across their entire body. The best way to lose body fat fast is to increase your metabolism. The way this is done may go against the grain of the normal dieting routine which consists of eating less to reduce caloric intake. This will work to a appoint but if we look at how metabolism works you will see that to few calories can have the opposite effect of what someone losing weight is trying to accomplish.

Metabolism is usually the most misunderstood part of any weight loss routine. What many people don't understand is how crucial it is when it comes to losing body fat. For many overweight people eating less is a good start because excessive caloric intake does lead to obesity. The problem starts when they start eating to few calories, essentially starving themselves of the vital nutrients and caloric energy the body needs in order to function. With out enough energy the body will slow its own metabolism as it goes into starvation mode and it will be more reluctant to give up its fat stores. In fact in times of caloric deficit the body will actually continue to store fat as it perceives it own survival being at stake.

There are three things you can do to increase your metabolism and lose body fat fast.

1. Eat

Bottom Portion of Article Text + About the Author a Healthy Diet - Eating healthy is one of the most misunderstood ways to increase metabolism. Nearly everyone equates food with the reason they put on weight in the first place. The types of food and calories you eat have a huge impact on how your body functions. Foods high in complex carbohydrates and fiber, such as fruits and vegetables, are a good way to start raising your metabolic rate. Not only will your body have the nutrients it need to metabolize its fat stores more efficiently it will also burn more calories simply digesting these types of food.

2. Resistance Training - There is no better way to increase your resting metabolism then with some form of resistance training or weight lifting. That's right lifting weights will burn calories not only during the workout but long after the workout is over. This is because muscle growth occurs after a workout and to maintain that lean muscle mass your body has to burn more calories.

3. Aerobic Exercise - Doing aerobic or cardio exercise is a good way to burn excess calories while building your cardiovascular system. A strong and healthy cardiovascular system reduces the risk for many diseases and also allows the body to more efficiently burn the calories it needs to function at an optimum level.

If you are serious about losing that excess body fat fast then your best bet is to increase your metabolism using the three steps above. It may require some changes on your part but the long term benefits will be worth the effort you put into it.

Grocery Store Fat Traps

I recently pigged out on beef jerky. What was supposed to be light, healthy snacking turned into an all-out eating binge. Her ravenous consumption of the stuff made me think it must be an especially good brand. I was in a hurry when I bought it at my local health food store - and that's where I messed up big time. Ignoring the label, I was caught by the number one grocery store fat trap - which was the cause of my wife's abnormal appetite.

A grocery store fat trap is nothing more than a scheme designed by food manufacturers to make you eat more of something that you think is healthy. These foods and food additives are fat fertilizer. They are great for a company's bottom line, but really bad for your "bottom."

Right before she threw her head back to dump the last crumbs of the beef jerky into her mouth, my wife turned the bag over to read the fine-print ingredients. She gasped, "Why the hell did you buy this! It's loaded with high-fructose corn syrup!"

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is fat fertilizer on steroids. And she knows it. A very fit mom, she keeps her lean and muscular build by avoiding grocery store fat traps.

HFCS transforms people into eating machines. Once consumed, it sets into motion a chemical cascade that begins with spiked insulin and ends with feel-good molecules known as "endorphins." Intoxicated by artificial feel-good, the brain is unable to sense overeating and demands more, more, more - and the excess calories get stored in your body.

I've even heard of kids accidentally taking bites out of their fingers when under the influence of HFCS. Worse yet, many children who overindulge in Frankenfoods that contain HFCS and other sugars eventually become diabetic.

From beef jerky to bread and even spaghetti sauce, HFCS has infiltrated most processed foods and turned them into fat traps. Avoid this ingredient at all cost!

But that's not the only trap lurking in grocery stores [in Dallas, Houston and throughout Texas.]

"Fat-free" labels

These hoodwink millions of unsuspecting victims, and have been a goldmine for the food industry since 1993. The obese seek out this label in hopes of waking up skinny. It never happens - but that doesn't stop them from getting ensnared over and over again. I can hear the rationale: "It just seems so plausible. I'm fat, so I should eat fat-free foods." Wrong.

After the fat is removed, sugar is added. Sugar is great if you're at a birthday party, but that's it. Like HFCS, it is nothing more than fat fertilizer and a heart attack waiting to happen. Look for it listed as sucrose, dextrose, or cane sugar on the labels of your favorite foods. Then buy something else - like an all-natural food high in healthy fat.

Healthy fat - which you can find in grass-fed beef, seeds, nuts, avocados, and eggs - is essential for proper growth, development, and the maintenance of good health. It provides your body with vital energy, without causing you to gain weight. In sharp contrast

Bottom Portion of Article Text + About the Author to carbohydrates, sugar, and trans-fats, healthy fats tell your body to burn fat and make you feel fuller quicker. Add them to your grocery list.

Artificial sweeteners

This trap gets most weekend warriors. "Energy" bars, protein powders, and sugar-free goodies - each and every one of them is loaded with drugs disguised as sweeteners. The widespread belief that these nicely packaged foods and drinks are good for you is a perfect example of how marketing strategies supersede medical science and common sense.

Artificial sweeteners make your body lose its natural ability to count calories. If athletes cannot distinguish between proper eating and overeating caused by artificial flavors, they will never reach their fat-loss or muscle-building goals, period. Exercise becomes a waste of time. Artificial flavors include sucralose (Splenda), aspartame, acesulfame K, saccharin, and neotame.

MSG

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) has several aliases you should be on the lookout for, including hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydrolyzed protein, hydrolyzed plant protein, plant protein extract, sodium caseinate, calcium caseinate, yeast extract, textured protein, autolyzed yeast, and hydrolyzed oat flour.

This white, crystalline amino acid is made in a lab and then added to meat products and most canned or packaged foods to "enhance flavor." One small problem: It doesn't have any flavor. It just enhances overeating - and the food manufacturer's bottom line.

Once consumed, this fat fertilizer not only spikes insulin, it also lowers the hormones that ward off obesity, premature aging, and diabetes: IGF-1 and human growth hormone. And if that's not enough to scare you off, it can be damaging to brain cells too.

Consider the shocking findings by German scientists who recently warned that their country should abandon the use of MSG at once. Why? They found that pregnant mothers consuming this fat trap were giving birth to children who were insulin-resistant.

Apparently, fetuses can be doomed to overeating for life, thanks to neuronal damage caused by Mom's MSG-eating habit. The damage was most prevalent in a specialized group of nerve cells in the medulla oblongata, thalamus, or hypothalamus - the areas of the brain that control proper eating and metabolism. This might be one explanation for the drastic increases in childhood obesity worldwide.

Some things are worth dying for. Fat traps are not. If you want to live thin and slim, be alert to these common grocery store fat traps. You might have to dedicate some extra time to carefully reading food labels but you'll never fall victim to them again.

Positive food choices will have a positive effect on your overall health. Being aware of your health, and what you can do to safeguard it will certainly affect you as you age, and eventually your wallet, as well.

The Role Of Fiber In Your Diet

When you're talking about diet, you usually hear that you need less of something. Less fat, less sugar, less cholesterol.
But there is one thing that you need more of: fiber.
The use of fiber, bulk or roughage was once thought of as just filler. If you eat more fiber, there is less room in your stomach for high-fat, high-calorie foods. That is still being seen as one of fiber's benefits, but it is now recognized that fiber itself plays a role in reducing the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Fiber isn't just a single substance but a combination of many different substances. These substances are all the parts of plants that can't be digested by the human body.
Fiber is divided into two main categories: those that are soluble (capable of being dissolved in some solvent, usually water) and those that are insoluble. Most plants contain both types of fiber, though different plants contain a different balance of each.
Within the last decade, the term fiber has been replaced by dietary fiber. This term now means both soluble and insoluble fiber.

Foods that are high in fiber are beneficial because they are usually low in fat and calories and may be used to replace meats and other fatty foods that can increase the risk of colon cancer and coronary artery disease. Foods that are high in fiber also tend to be higher in antioxidants and other substances that may protect you against different forms of cancer.
People who eat a high-fiber diet are more likely to make other healthy choices in their lifestyle such as not smoking and getting more exercise.

Eating a healthy amount of dietary fiber could lower the risk of developing these diseases and conditions:

Diverticulosis. Ten percent of people over the age of 40 suffer from diverticulosis. Tiny pouches, called diverticula, form within the walls of the colon. When these pouches trap food, they might become inflamed and cause abdominal pain. Fiber may help prevent the formation of diverticula by reducing constipation and by reducing the pressure in the colon. This, in turn, helps to relieve the inflammation.

Colon cancer. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. This disease is more rare in countries that consume a diet low in meat and higher fiber foods.
Heart disease. Studies indicate that soluble fiber such as bran and barley helps to reduce total blood cholesterol primarily by lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol.

No one seems to know exactly how much fiber is needed to significantly reduce cholesterol, but it is known that a typical high-fiber diet is low in fat and will reduce blood cholesterol. Foods that have been shown to be beneficial are oatmeal, grapefruit, apples and broccoli. Reducing the amounts of saturated fat from whole milk, cheese and meat are even better ways to control high cholesterol.

Breast cancer. The American Health Foundation in New York found that wheat bran (insoluble fiber) reduces blood estrogen levels, which may affect the risk of breast cancer. There is no conclusive evidence to support this theory at this point. But, it could be that when people eat more fiber they tend to eat less fat which is believed to contribute to breast cancer.

Diabetes. Studies have shown that soluble fiber improves blood sugar control and can thereby reduce the need for insulin or medication in people with diabetes. It is believed that fiber delays the emptying of the stomach and slows the absorption of glucose in the intestine.

When you are starting a diet higher in fiber, increase the amounts of fiber that you eat gradually. Be sure to drink plenty of water to keep the fiber moving through your system.

Calculate BMI

Calculate Body Mass Index (BMI)

The body mass index is a number that represents the fat content in a human body based on the height and weight of any individual and is applicable to both men and women. A Belgian mathematician and statistician named Adolphe Quatelet developed the body mass index during the 1830s. Hence, it is sometimes called the Quatelet Index.

A simple formula that can be used to derive the Body Mass Index is to divide a person s weight in kilograms and divide it by their height in meters squared.

Underweight people usually have a BMI below 18.5
normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9,
overweight people have a BMI between 25 and 29.9
BMI of an obese person is over 30.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is an indicator of fat content in an individual s body and can signify the risks of disease and death that the person faces. It would help immensely if one kept a close watch on this number, so as to be aware of any health risks they face.

There are some flaws with the BMI system. For example, it overestimates the body fat in athletes and body-builders due to their muscular build and might underestimate the body fat content in old persons or others who, for some reason, have lost body mass. Other risk factors associated with the calculated BMI could be hypertension, high cholesterol, and high sugar.

The BMI measures one s weight relative to their height, as stated above, while the waist circumference measures abdominal fat. Combining these with information about that particular individual s additional risk factors yields the risk for developing obesity-associated diseases.

Zone diet

The Zone Diet is all about balance. Nothing is eliminated from the diet. Carbohydrates are enjoyed as are proteins and fats. The thing is they are the right proportion to each other and calories do matter in The Zone Diet.

The Zone Diet was invented by Dr. Sears. There is a website on The Zone Diet which explains the principles of this way of eating. They explain that The Zone Diet is not actually a diet but rather it should be a lifestyle. The key to the Zone Diet is getting the right proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrate into your diet. They promote that your diet consists of 40% carbohydrate, 30% fat and 30% protein. They do not prohibit any foods.

When you read about The Zone Diet you can not help but notice the common sense approach of this diet. When people go on low carbohydrate diets such as The Atkins Diet they often complain of fatigue. They are encouraged to eat as much fat and protein as they want to at the beginning. Dr. Atkins believed that this would undo what had been done psychologically by having constantly deprived yourself of much needed fats. He believed that fats were an important part of a diet and once people rejected the idea that fats were bad for you, they would enjoy fats again and eventually the body would take care of regulating how much you actually needed.

People soon found out as they ate as much steak and chicken skin as they wanted to that they had no energy to even climb a flight of stairs let alone try to exercise. As The Atkins Diet swept the nation, many newspaper articles began to surface on how The Atkins Diet was the perfect diet for sedentary couch potatoes. But for people who wanted to begin exercising and living a healthier lifestyle, it did not appear to be a smart choice. In contrast, people on The Zone Diet claim to have a lot of energy because they are eating in a sensible well balanced way right from the start.

The Zone Diet also puts an emphasis on a sensible old fashioned concept: counting calories. Many of the new fad diets of the eighties and nineties continued along the path of Dr. Atkins and promoted forgetting all about calories. Their claim was that counting calories made people begin to obsess about food. Many diets encouraged the idea that when eating well, the body will regulate appetite and the dieter will naturally be eating the right amounts especially since the idea of deprivation has been taken away.

The fact is that this approach has not worked for many people. Many people continue to overeat and simply don t lose any weight. The Zone Diet has re-introduced common sense. Dr. Sears states that to achieve hormonal balance it is important to eat the right foods in the right proportion but also in the right quantity. His diet encourages eating snacks but the total daily caloric intake must be kept under a certain number. The Zone Diet spells out that to stay in the zone each meal must consist of 500 calories or less and each snack must be under 100 calories.