How To Choose the Right Weight Loss Product

The Weight loss business is a 46 BILLION dollars a year industry, and for some reason people are still surprised when they get scammed buy some new product containing a new miracle molecule that will burn their problems away with no efforts. But the truth is that such a pill does not exist, or else all those weight loss centers would go out of business.

But getting scammed is not the worst thing that can happen when consuming these products, just ask Tami Melum. The Seattle Times released her story in their June 26th edition. Tami had to undergo open heart surgery and had one of her heart's valve replaced after being prescribed the once popular Redux weight loss supplement by her doctor. She almost died from complications following the surgery. This story is particularly scary since Redux was recommended by her doctor, so even prescription drugs cannot be trusted.

So what is the safest and easiest way to lose weight? Well you already know the answer, burn more calories that you consume. But there are products out there that can help you achieve this goal. Some products work by boosting your metabolism thus increasing your daily calorie consumption, and some work by suppressing your appetite. Most people go with the first option, thinking that they won't be able to resist their urges even with the help of appetite suppressants, but the truth is that appetite suppressants are usually safer, since they don't affect your cardiovascular activity, thus lowering the risks of heart failure.

So the most important thing when shopping for weight loss products is to get informed and never forget that weight loss is a BUSINESS first and foremost and that there is millions of companies lining up to put out some infomercial selling a new pill containing a new "revolutionary" fat zapping cell, so think twice before dialing that 1-800 number. There is millions of weight loss products out there, but you only have one life, so choose wisely.
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The Truth Of Weight Loss Nutritious Supplement

There are now host of weight slip dietary supplements on the market. Most incorporate vitamins and minerals that attachment the nutrients we can be chump from our regular diets. There are also lines that do not contain RDA or minerals, but other ingredients like botanicals, herbs, enzymes and amino acids.

Are they safe? Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not check the safety of the supplements before they are sold, no one really knows. You must use shut your mouth own junior equity sense and research a product as much as possible before trying it.

USA are some weight drop-off dietary supplements that can actually be dangerous or cataclysmic to your health. Products that is are labeled as natural can have pharmacological side collection to wit can cause harmful reactions in thin people or interact dangerously with other medications.

If you are interested in trying a particular weight lowering dietary supplement, consult gaga over your physician before purchasing it.

You physician should also know about the supplement if you have any diseases or conditions that could cause some supplements to be potentially dangerous to you such as:

*Currently are or planning to be pregnant

*Suffer from a chronic disease or cancer

*Are currently taking prescription medications

*Under the age of 18

*overl the age of 65

WEIGH LOSS Tempting SUPPLEMENTS

Perhaps you want to lose weight and are considering an herbal dietary clarification viz. promises quick, easy weight loss. The temptation is strong to try out trifling of the many weight falloff products that are available. However, none of on the QT products perform as they promise and some, occur ephedra, can have serious side effects.

Herbal diet aids can contain gingseng, bee pollen, kelp or other than herbs that are supposed to be diet aids. In reality, they do nothing to promote weight slide and can be devastating if taken in large doses. The only safe and valuable way to lose weight is with a healthy sinfulness and exercise works.

VITAMINS AND RDA

The healthiest way for say nothing body to receive its failing recommended daily vitamins and minerals and minerals is from refined palate. If you are wickedness a thriving diet, you be driven not need to take vitamins. If you think you need to take recommended daily vitamins and minerals, take a multivitamin that provides the recommended woman allowance (RDA). Some vitamins can cause harm if taken in excess amounts.

If your physician recommends that you start taking any recommended daily vitamins and minerals or supplements, make sure you watch for symptoms to wit could indicate problems. Symptoms like nausea, headaches, rashes or dizziness can be a warning nod of a harmful reaction to the seed. If you have food allergies, you should be particularly careful.

Dietary supplements should never be considered as a ready fix for bad nutrition and problems with weight payoff. If the supplement makes any claims to cure a disease or condition, think carefully before you make any decision and find out as much information as you can.
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7 Steps to Shaving Calories Off Restaurant Meals

Restaurants Must Make a Profit to Exist

Restaurants pile on extra butter, rich creamy sauces, caramelized sugar toppings, they have double-deluxe, new improved, and whatever they can offer to make their food so enticing, so delicious looking and sounding that we cannot resist. It's been working too because we eat out more and more often. This is fine for an occasional splurge, but if you eat in restaurants every day, or eat fast food more than three times a week you likely have a weight problem.

Extra Value or Extra Fattening?

McDonalds started the trend by offering slightly larger portions for a bit more money, and every other food establishment quickly followed suit. Extra value they called it. Who wouldn't order a bit more for only pennies? Today nearly every restaurant, fast food or sit down dining, serves gigantic quantities that boggle the mind. There is usually enough food served for two or even three meals.

In "Restaurant Confidential" by Michael F. Jacobson (read this and prepare to be alarmed) the calorie count in typical restaurant meals is so staggering it solves the riddle of why obesity is rampant and continuing to rise. Cheese fries with Ranch dressing has over 3,000 calories and 217 grams of fat (91 of them saturated). That's more than the calories a very tall, very physically active man requires, yet we eat it as an "appetizer." Add to that what else you ate that day and you can see how easy it becomes to consume far more calories than you realize.

If you eat out regularly (once a day or more) you're likely consuming closer to 5,000 calories a day; likely double the amount you need to maintain a healthy weight.

Getting the Calories Out: Painless Ways to Reduce Calories at Restaurants

1. Just say NO to super sizing. The size you ordered is already too big. Stop super sizing and you'll save money (see How to Save Money and Lose Weight).

2. Skip the bread and rolls. Many restaurants serve a bread basket no matter what you've ordered. Unless it's fresh baked or something special, skip it. Don't fill up on ordinary bread when you're paying good money for a meal, just push it away, or ask to have it removed. Choose not to put a roll on your plate (you can do it, really, you can). Try it, just once and see if you don't walk out of that restaurant feeling strangely powerful.

If you can't skip the rolls, at least skip the butter. That's right. Eat it plain. Good bread doesn't need butter.

3. Drink More Water and Skip Fancy Drinks. Drinks are a restaurants cash cow. For mere pennies they sell you a squirt of syrup and soda water, then act like they're doing you a big favor by charging only $1.29 for a giant 64 ounce drink. Start saving those pennies and dollars. If you're ordering "To Go," skip the drinks entirely, and if you're eating in, ask for water. If that's too drastic at least switch to diet drinks. "Fat pop" or full calorie soft drinks are not worth the calorie cost. Kids can start losing weight rapidy by making this one switch alone. Ideally stop drinking soda pop entirely, and liquid fruit drinks too for good measure. Eat the fruit and you get the satisfaction of chewing plus the fiber. Think eat, not drink.

5. Trim visible fat and skin. Oh, I know. You love the skin. That's the good part and of course it tastes good, it should, it's pure fat. Do you want to get leaner, or do you want to eat fat? You choose. I never eat chicken skin, and never eat the visible fat hanging off a steak, good taste or no. You decide what you want more: one second's worth of pleasure with a yummy tasty morsel, or a lifetime of carrying around an extra 40 pounds? No one is saying you can't have a bite, now and then, but it's what you do regularly that counts, so if you eat fat, just trim it.

6. Ask for a doggie bag before you start eating. When the food is served, immediately portion off some to take home for tomorrow. Most restaurants serve way too much food. If you think this is gauche then just portion off what you're not going to eat and don't eat it; no one cares. I think it's reasonable to divide restaurant meals and make mini-meals for later, plus it makes it much less expensive.

7. Order one dinner and split it. Just ask for the extra plate. Some restaurants will charge a small fee for this but who cares? Share the meal with a friend and split the cost straight down the middle, or share a meal and add an appetizer, just stop eating that whole huge plateful yourself. Think of the money you'll save and think of the pounds you'll shave.

Try these ideas to reduce the calorie load of restaurant eating and watch the pounds disappear.
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Revolutionary H-bath - remedy for your healthier life

Many years ago, during my Ph.D. program at Osaka University Medical School, I first heard of the half-body-bath (h-bath). My first impression of the idea to ¡°Put the lower half of the body in warm water until the whole body is warm¡± was that it was hilarious. How could you warm up your body, while your upper half-body is out of the tub?

I had completely forgotten about it until 2 years ago, I was reminded of the h-bath by a friend, did some investigation on it, and then started the h-bath by myself. I read books about the h-bath and watched TV programs produced in Korea and Japan, and then I learned in detail about the h-bath. The h-bath was started by Dr. Yoshiharu Shindo, Japan, and spread into Korea and China over the years.

After I started the h-bath, first I was surprised at the amount of sweat in only in 20 minutes by putting lower body in the tub. Secondly, I felt my whole body was still warm enough even long after the h-bath (it lasted about 2 hours). I then recommended it to my wife who was suffering from ¡°cold hands and feet¡±. Guess what! She was able to get rid of ¡°cold hands and feet¡±, and was able to have good night sleep. Now even my 10-year-old daughter is enjoying the h-bath every night.

What other health benefits did we get from the h-bath practice?
I lost 17 lbs in 8 months and also was relieved of shoulder pain I had for more than 15 years. Best of all, is the daily stress management by the h-bath. As mentioned previously, my wife was finally relieved of ¡°cold hands and feet¡± (Raynaud¡¯s disease), as well as the long-time-suffering of GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease), a.k.a. acid reflux. We both gained much more energy than we previously had. Of course, I also did a daily exercise of 30 minutes of walking combined with 30 minutes of the h-bath. I am sure that the h-bath had a synergic effect in my weight loss.

Since I am not an exercise orientated person, like many of you, I knew that both walking and the h-bath were programs I could continue. My daily walking program is not strenuous; rather it is a relaxing slow walk of 30 minutes around the work place or on the treadmill during a lunch break. At night, I did 30 minutes of h-bath everyday. That¡¯s it! I feel much energized now.

I am a scientist, majored in the medical sciences and quite often I couldn¡¯t control the stress from research, discussions, and presentations and so on, until I started the h-bath. I never knew that a bath could be fun. Different from ordinary whole-body-bath, your arms and hands are free, which means you can read a magazine, book etc and fully enjoy the half bath experience.

I want to share the experiences and science of the h-bath with you and recommend the h-bath for healthier you. Best of all, you don¡¯t need to purchase any special equipment for the h-bath, but you should learn proper instructions to start.

What is the half-body-bath (h-bath)?

The main purpose of taking a bath is to sanitize the body. After a bath, we feel relax and relieved of day to day stress. This implies that a bath has a stress relief effect. Fatigue can be relieved when submerging your whole body into the tub-full of hot water. And a bubble bath or few drops of essence oils can also help you to be relaxed. You may have experienced falling asleep while taking a bath, right? Taking a bath is not only good for cleaning purposes, but also for mental health.

The history of submerging-body-bath is older than we think. According to the history records, there was a public bath in Rome, AD 300. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes shouted ¡°Eureka, eureka!¡± when he found the principle of buoyancy (Archimedes¡¯ principle), while he was taking a bath. For a long time, taking a bath meant whole-body-bath (w-bath), which is submerging a body up to the neck. In the early 1980¡¯s, Dr. Yoshiharu Shindo, an ENT clinician, established a revolutionary bathing method, the half-body-bath (h-bath). Dr. Shindo mentions this in his first book, [Remedy for all diseases - controlling the thermodynamics of the body];

¡°I have been suffering from the ¡°cold hands and feet¡± especially during the winter, so I used to wear long boots and thick cloths. And, finally came across the thought that what if I warm up the lower-half-body in the bath. It was cold winter, but I tried everyday. I thought that winter is the best time to test the effect of the h-bath, since it is the most severe season for the ¡°cold hands and feet¡±. After many trial and errors, I concluded that maximum effect can be obtained by using warm water (100-104oF = 38-40oC), which is slightly higher than the body temperature. And keep the water level up to the 3-4 inches above the belly button, and then stay in the water for 20-30 minutes.

I even tried that when I got a common cold. After 20-30 minutes for the h-bath, I started to sweat a lot, and experienced a complete cure from fever & cold the next day. I was also relieved of the shoulder and upper arm pains. They were gone after few months of the h-bath. Of course, a common cold is not the problem anymore. I used take a short nap during the day to have enough energy for the rest of the day, but after continuing the h-bath, I realized I could keep up my activity without a nap. After I investigated the relationship between coldness and diseases, I am assured that the unbalance of the thermodynamics of the body is what causes many diseases. By fixing this heat unbalance by the h-bath, many diseases related to thermal unbalance can be cured naturally. This can be confirmed through the observation of my patients. In combination with conventional medical treatments, the h-bath enhances the cure index in the most of respiratory diseases including common cold¡±.

Dr. Shindo not only found that the h-bath primarily controlled his ¡°cold hands and feet¡±, the so called ¡®Raynaud¡¯s disease¡¯, but he realized that the h-bath helped to restore the human body naturally by equilibrating body heat.
Blood flow is a prime method of distributing heat evenly throughout the body. Poor blood flow can cause a reduction in the temperature of the extremities, and researchers theorized that poor blood circulation can cause cold hands and feet, subsequently causing other problems such as insomnia. Needless to say, the heart is responsible for the delivering of ¡°warm blood¡± throughout the body. However, for some reason, it does not go flow through to the end of the body, like the hands and feet. If you take thermography of the whole body, you can see that the heat distribution of the body is not even (See Figure 1). As shown in Figure 1, upper body has higher temperature (98.6 oF = 37 oC around the heart), however lower body has comparatively low temperature; especially the temperature of the feet which is below 87.8 oF (31 oC).

Japan was built up from volcanic eruptions, and has many naturally formed hot springs all around the country. So over a long period of time, they developed unique bathing culture. Taking a bath is a daily part of a life in Japan. Paradoxically, on average 10,000 people die in the bath every year. The majority of people who die in the bath are elderly, mainly caused by cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage etc. If so, is taking a bath deadly for elderly?

The answer is ¡°it depends on the way of bathing¡±. A traditional w-bath can produce a lot of stress to the heart, mainly caused by water pressure. Since the whole body is warmed up from the w-bath at the same time the heart is experiencing stress, the heart beat rate and blood pressure rapidly increases and sometimes can cause cardiac or vascular problems. Besides, body heat can hardly be equilibrated since 85 - 90% of your body is submerged in the same temperature, and head is the only place to get the extreme blood stream and excess heat.

However, with an h-bath, the blood circulation increases gradually and reasonably with less stress to the heart and also does not provide the added stress of the water pressure. According to scientists, the h-bath does not significantly increase the blood pressure, shown by measuring cardiograph during the h-bath. The h-bath is comparatively safe, and is hugely effective for blood circulation. However, it doesn¡¯t mean that the h-bath is ¡°totally safe¡± for elderly and cardiovascular disease patients. Consult your doctor prior to start the h-bath.

The h-bath has spread all around Japan, Korea and China in a short time period. Millions of people continue the h-bath everyday and are accumulating their experiences and pre-scientific data. According to the h-bath people¡¯s network, the h-bath is very effective in weight loss, improving skin health, helps to decrease the discomfort during a woman¡¯s menstrual cycle, and lowers the blood pressure by enhancing the blood circulation in general.

There is no need to purchase expensive equipment for the h-bath. A bathtub and warm water are basically enough. A thermometer, reading materials and a rubber ducky are optional. The rest is continuing the h-bath with consistency and making this part of your daily activity.
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Alternative Solutions to Conquering Weight Loss

Weight loss today is easier than ever, because people trying to achieve weight loss have more information. In the last few years, researchers have provided proof that everything from sleep to nutrition to light to trained exercise in staggered periods can assist those who have a weight loss goal. Even twenty years ago much of this research was not available.

One's heredity, exercise, sedentary living/working, and diet all affect weight loss. It's a normal fact of life some people more than others. But illness can also cause weight loss. It's important for those with a weight loss goal to consult a physician to make their weight loss goals are safe ones. It's also important to check with a doctor to find out why weight loss may not be occurring.

The important key to weight loss is to target areas of everyday living where these factors can be changed for the better. Then to implement weight loss, the synergy of all the different factors occurring together can cause weight loss. Taking in less "empty calories," picking up stretching and cardiovascular exercise habits, and improving sleep and work patterns may also contribute to weight loss.

Often, additional nutrients such as vitamins, protein supplements, calcium, and other nutritional needs should be addressed. Weight loss happens when the body gets the help it needs. Sometimes an aspirin or joint pain relievers may be used to help those whose bodies are unfamiliar with a stricter regimen deal with unfamiliar pain. Finding the right fitness regiment may take some planning.

Weight loss frequently is aided by water consumption, normal sleep, regular varied diet, and long term commitment to better eating. Even substituting all fast food for fresh food eaten at home is a better choice, because it "trains" the body to maintain a healthy weight. Nutrition is important building block to healthy weight loss of all kinds.

Studies have shown the relationship of adequate sleep for weight loss. People also need to be less reliant on "quick" energy from fast foods and unhealthy snacks. Weight loss can only occur if body metabolism can achieve normal processes and burn fat and calories from the body.

Skipping sleep makes the body process more slowly and keep "reserves." But the body/mind dynamic plays a part as well. Weight loss will not occur if a dieter simply avoids meals. Performance and daily body activities will suffer. Weight loss will not occur if the body is under an additional burden to provide regular energy and may shut down the fat-burning processes entirely if food and proper nutrition is withheld.

Weight loss depends on an individual training their body to recognize that increased athletic and calorie burning activity and a regular "new" diet are the norm. Portion size for weight loss goals should remain stable, and aids for digestion such as fiber, bacterial cultures, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a balanced diet of proteins must be maintained.

Studies have revealed that portion sizes in restaurants and even at home are much larger than persons desiring weight loss need. Portion control is important even when eating only the right foods, because without a knowledge of how caloric different foods are, the weight loss goals may be set back. A handful of chicken has many more calories than a handful of puffed rice.

Staying healthy while losing weight should be the ultimate goal for all dieters.
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Daily Physical Activities Can Add Up To Weight Loss

Daily physical activities can results to weight loss. This is according to a study published in the Journal of The Royal Society for Promotion of Health. The study whose purpose was to compare effects of different patterns of exercises on body weight involved Singaporean women in an eight week exercise program.

The study showed significant reduction of weight using a walking treadmill and cycle ergometry. The exercises further reduced body fat percentage as well as waist circumference. Waist circumference is known to be a strong and independent indicator of heart disease as well as insulin resistance. A high insulin resistance precedes the development of diabetes.

These results were similar and did not matter whether the subjects were involved in the exercise for a few extended periods (long bouts) or for many short periods (short bouts). Long-bouts involved exercise of 60 minutes done twice a week while the short-bouts involved exercising on the equipments 15 minutes five times a week.

The short bout exercise replicated/imitated physical activities that could be included into the daily lifestyle of an individual. Such activities included walking to the mall or taking the stair instead of the elevators. The long-bout exercise imitated the structured exercise regimes that would be found in a gym environment or aerobic classes.

These results then indicate that inclusion of lifestyle physical activities for the overweight is just as effective as structured exercises. Other studies that agree with this one indicate that the benefits are especially significant for previously sedentary individuals. It does not matter how you do your exercises what matters is total amounts of calories burnt.

The effectiveness of these lifestyle physical activities that result to weight loss is in being aerobic.

Aerobic exercises are known to use mainly body fat rather then body glucose or glycogen to provide energy. Body fat is used for energy in the presence of oxygen (hence the term aerobic that means ''in oxygen'') and aerobics activities involve constant breathing during execution. This provides the necessary oxygen optimal for fat burning.

The study however does not discount the use and at times necessity of structured exercise. Infact some people do find the environment of the gym the equipments and psyche motivating which help in marinating a physically active lifestyle.

Indeed a different study showed that to maintain weight after weight loss requires more physical activities than that recommended for good health. This means that to lose weight and maintain, you will need to do more than the 30mnutes of moderate exercising recommended for good health. Exercises for losing and maintaining weight would be at least 45 minutes of moderate to intense for at least four days a week.

A physical active lifestyle is necessary both for losing weight and maintaining that weight loss. On the other hand sedentary lifestyle is one of the contributing factors to the pandemic obesity. The inclusion of lifestyle activities is effective in improving the situation.
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The Art of Dieting

I began the low carb lifestyle in April this year, when my second child was 6 months old. At that time I had about 20 pounds to lose. Fortunately, I was able to lose 18 lbs in about 3 months. Then, after carefully watching calories, I dropped below my goal weight. For the first time in years, I am healthy, I feel great and I am thin!

Interestingly, through my weight loss and maintenance journey, I have become rather fascinated with the entire realm of 'dieting.' I have found that, like an art, thin is a skill to be mastered. This takes energy, effort and work, every single day.

I have learned that taking control over food is necessary to be successful at thinness. It was through gathering knowledge, putting methods into practice, tailoring diets to fit my needs, constant focus, planning ahead, and consistency with healthy food choices, that I gained control over food.

What I put in my mouth is my choice. I am in total control over the calories I consume. Through trial and error I have learned how I must eat to stay at goal. I have power over food and, because of this, I feel free. My mind dictates food choices, not my appetite. This gets easier and easier. My eating has become routine. Planning allows me to know what I'll have for every meal, ahead of time. I honestly look forward to every lunch and every dinner.

Art is commonly understood as a skill used to create an aesthetic result. My way of eating has enabled me to achieve my goal weight. Like art, a diet can offer different interpretations. Like perfecting any skill, I found ways to modify my eating to get the results I desired. This took concentration and discipline.

Low carb eating has become a passion for me. However, I cannot eat everything and maintain thin. I must manage calories to manage my weight. Through practice, I've figured out what I have to do to stay content with my diet so that I can live thin and healthy, forever.


My diet consists, mainly, of protein and vegetables. I eat beef, poultry, pork, fish, seafood and eggs. I also eat vegetables. In moderation, I eat cheeses, nuts, flax seed and dairy products. Very occasionally I have berries. What works for me is keeping my carbs way low. This enables me to indulge my sweet tooth and enjoy wine, while maintaining my goal weight.

Fats satisfy me, so I eat them; but they are limited. Sometimes, I really enjoy having something sweet, especially after dinner. So, I make healthy (low carb and low fat) baked goods and often have one or two servings after my evening meal. I also have one glass of wine, every evening, with dinner. Simplicity helps, a lot, for my menu. Boring, perhaps, to some ... but it works for me.

I am not tempted to cheat or alter the way that I eat. My diet is my art. I have wrapped my brain around my food choices. My mind dictates what I eat, nothing else does. No one else does. It's a learned skill and has become quite automatic. It really can be as easy as mind over matter.

I have committed to this way of eating, for life. It's easy for me to know I've made my diet a lifestyle because I truly enjoy every food I eat, even more than I ever did before. I'm so happy with the foods I eat; they satisfy me and make me feel great!

I must credit Kimmer of the Kimkins Diet and (the late) Dr. Atkins for enabling me to learn through sharing their knowledge and experience. They have been instrumental in supporting my weight loss, as I have incorporated so much from their eating plans into my own. It's also important to say that a lot of you fellow low carbers have helped me to learn and grow, too. I thank all of you!

So, cheers to the decision about, the mindset on, and the commitment to, the low carb way of eating, for always! Have a happy, healthy, and very fun Fall, everyone.
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