Healthy Dieting

You are about to enter a whole new world of health, good looks, energy and fat loss. It’s called Ketogenics.

Within the first two weeks on Ketogenics, you are likely to lose a remarkable amount of weight, usually between 4 and 12 pounds if you are a woman, and 8 to 16 pounds if you are a man. From then on, you can steadily shed from % to 2 pounds of stored fat a week, while you marvel at your body reshaping itself to a new sleek firmness without hunger. More importantly, during the next few weeks you can discover just how wonderful it is possible to feel following a high-nutrient/low-carbohydrate diet. Read the rest of this entry »

Calorie-restricted diets don’t work. First, they leave you hungry, so there is always an internal battle going on as to whether you stay on the diet or not. Secondly, they don’t correct the underlying metabolic imbalances in your body that have caused you to store fat in your tissues. These stores have probably developed over a lifetime of eating a high-carbohydrate diet – especially the wrong kind of dense, refined carbohydrates. Read the rest of this entry »

Safer Burgers?

Although fast-food burgers contaminated with a dangerous strain of E. coli bacteria made headlines overseas several years ago, many fast-food chains now do some microbial testing, so their burgers may be safer than those served at home. Local authorities also enforce health by-laws and react to complaints from the public. Read the rest of this entry »

• Use vegetable-oil spray when frying.
• When baking, substitute fruit purée or apple sauce for butter or oil.
• Skim fat off the tops of stews and soups (after refrigerating them).
• Choose lean cuts of meat and trim away visible fat. Remove skin from poultry.
• Bake, grill, poach or steam instead of frying.
• Drain liquid fat during or after cooking. Read the rest of this entry »

To obesity drugs, fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, promised to revolutionize weight loss when either was prescribed with another drug, phentermine. Instead, the combination, known as Fen-Phen, ended up terrifying thousands of users when their potential for causing serious, even life-threatening, heart defects was revealed. Approximately 30 per cent of users were shown to have abnormal echocardiograms. Read the rest of this entry »

Steady sellers in the weight-loss industry are meal-replacement drinks. They come in liquid form or in powders that you mix with milk or water. Their low-fat protein sources (such as soya) combined with high-fibre ingredients, vitamins and minerals give you a balanced meal with a controlled number of kilojoules. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve heard it a thousand times—fad diets are bad for you. The fact is, they don’t even work; they rarely, if ever, yield a weight loss that lasts for long. What’s worse, they can wreck your health. Read the rest of this entry »

Not really. In truth, it doesn’t even work. Your body can tolerate going without food for two to three days, but much of the weight you lose is water and will be replaced once you start eating again. Fasting may even be counterproductive because it can bring on nausea, weakness and depression, all of which can sap motivation and lead to overeating. Read the rest of this entry »

Losing weight is easy. A lot of people do it every day. What’s tough is keeping it off. Restrictive diets may work in the short term. So may some diet aids. But soonthe weight returns.

There is only one proven way to lose weight and keep it off: make basic, simple changes in what you eat, how much you eat and how much you exercise. These changes should become part of your everyday life, so think ahead: Could you take a walk and eat an apple daily for the next year? Yes? Read the rest of this entry »

Take a look at a typical Westernized diet—-you’d swear we needed to get a megadose daily allowance of cholesterol. Well we don’t. Our liver makes most of the cholesterol we need; the substance is in all of our tissues and is a component of cell membranes and nerves. Raising cholesterol levels through diet increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. With cholesterol, less is better. Read the rest of this entry »

But before you jump on the growth hormone bandwagon and rush off to have injections at your nearest clinic, you should know that by far the most powerful rejuvenating effects from increased levels of human growth hormone are brought about by changes in the way you eat and live. Read the rest of this entry »

Because your body is genetically programmed to move, not getting enough physical activity carries a heavy price tag in terms of health, energy, emotional balance and looks. And if you have avoided physical activity as much as possible for many years, the good news is it’s never too late to reap its benefits. Read the rest of this entry »

For many years I wondered why after childhood most of us no longer experience that glorious explosive, rhythmical freedom and energy, grounded in the physical body. Why do we often feel only half alive?

Muscle Magic

And why do us women tend to look upon our bodies as something separate from ourselves, to be criticised, judged, or pushed and shoved into shape, instead of celebrated for their power and joy in movement. For too many human beings, the primary experience of life is one of lifelessness. And since none of us is able to live with this dead feeling for long, we are forced to seek extreme stimuli – drugs, alcohol, compulsive work or sex – just to make us feel alive again. The trouble is, none of these ever seems to work for very long. Where does the real key lie? Read the rest of this entry »

Did you ever begin a weight loss diet only to discover you were overcome by chronic fatigue and constant hunger? This is probably because you were following a low-fat regime. Low-fat diets are notorious for being virtually impossible to keep to for long, since low- fat foods just do not satisfy. These diets can also be dangerous. Since so many of your body’s tissues, hormones and all of its cells are dependent on a good supply of essential fats, a low-fat regime undermines your overall health. And it doesn’t enhance your good looks – those fatty acid deficiencies also cause your body to age prematurely. Read the rest of this entry »

Your menus will be made up exclusively of foods and drinks chosen from good-quality protein sources and low glycaemic index, low- density carbohydrates, plus the very best fats. Let’s look at protein first.

Fish – all kinds of fresh and canned fish including bass, trout, sole, sardines, herring, mackerel, salmon, tuna, terakihi, dory.

Shellfish – mussels (the green-lipped variety are best), calamari, oysters, clams, crayfish, lobster, crabs. Read the rest of this entry »

Chocolate is derived from the cocoa bean, which was used by the early peoples of Mexico and Central America as the basis of a celebrated but hitter drink. Spanish conquerors added cane sugar to the beverage and the sweet version became popular as an aphrodisiac among European aristocrats. However, it wasn’t until the 19th century, when cocoa butter was separated from the bean, that chocolate became the rich food familiar to us. Read the rest of this entry »

Isn’t fresh or frozen food better for you than canned? Not necessarily. In many cases canned foods are every bit as nutritious—or even more so. Consider these pantry staples:

• Canned apricots in fruit juice and canned mangoes have more vitamin A than fresh varieties. Why? They’re picked at their peak and processed immediately.
• Canned tomatoes contain less lycopene than fresh ones, but this cancer-protective carotenoid seems to be more readily available in the cooked tomatoes.
• Canned pilchards and sardines have edible bones that are rich in calcium.
• Foods stored in cans do have drawbacks. Read the rest of this entry »

Carbohydrates, or “carbs,” are the fuels your body runs on. Whether you eat whole-wheat bread or sweets, your body turns the carbohydrates in those foods into blood sugar or glucose. Does that mean both foods are equally good sources of energy? Hardly. The bread is the better value, supplying fuel to your body over a longer period of time. The sweets short-change your body, providing energy only for a short time. Read the rest of this entry »

What you drink is important, too. You may be in the habit of drinking fruit juice, but it doesn’t fit well into an insulin-balanced way of life. If you feel you must have a glass of apple juice or orange juice every now and then, try diluting it – one-third juice to two-thirds water – and treat it as a serving of fruit when calculating your carbohydrates for meals and snacks. Fruit juices are very high on the glycaemic index. Your body soaks them up like pure sugar and absorbs them very rapidly. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a technique frequently used by doctors, nutritionists and other practitioners trained in functional medicine. Once you grasp the general idea, the answer to how much protein you have to eat literally lies in the palm of your hand. And the method can be used for both Insulin Balance and Ketogenics. Read the rest of this entry »