Your Tummy Fat Could Be Killing You!

Tummy fat. Some of us have it, others don't. Is there anything special about a big belly compared to a large bottom? Well, surprisingly, not all body fat is created equal! According to a study carried out by researchers from MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario it seems that gauging your heart attack risk depends on where your fat is, rather that how much fat you have.

These types of findings are not unique to MacMasters. Dr David Heber, Ph.D., from UCLA’s Centre for Human Nutrition reports that distribution of body fat is a more important predictor of heart attack risk than the traditional measurement of Body Mass Index (BMI), which is a measurement based on the ratio between your height and weight.

It appears that a more accurate predictor of the impact body fat has on your health, is your overall body shape. You may be more like an apple or a pear, or evenly shaped top and bottom. You may have large thighs, fat hips and a huge bum and have a lower heart attack risk than someone with skinny legs and a big belly.

A more accurate and telling predictor of heart attack risk, is the waist-to-hip ratio.

What is your waist-to-hip ratio?

Divide your waist measurement by your hip measurement. For example, if your hips measurement is 40 inches and your waist is 34 inches your hip-to-waist ratio is 0.85. If you are a man, that's great, if you are a woman, that's OK (but you are right on the limit of healthy).

- A man's ratio should not be over 0.90

- A woman's ratio should not be over 0.85

Don’t fight nature

If you were born an apple you will stay an apple and if you were born a pear you will continue to be appear. Accepting your natural body shape is the first step in losing weight. In a study led by Glasgow, Scotland, psychologist Dorothy Hefferman, Ph.D., researchers concluded that women whose actual body shape differs from their desired one may find losing weight frustrating and have more trouble sticking to a weight-loss program as a result.

If this sounds like you, accept your overall shape as nature intended, but pay attention to reducing fat around your middle and tummy areas. Circumference is much more important to your health than how you look in relation to your bust and bottom.

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Weight Loss Goals

Your Anchors & How They Keep You From Your Weight Loss Goals

Anchors are the reasons that attach you to any behavior. Your anchors originated from extremely strong repetitive memory associations, which are triggered by your five senses of hearing, vision, smell, taste, and touch. You are constantly being anchored in different ways through out your life. For example, when you hear a certain song and it brings back a memory of a certain person, or a place in time, this is an audio anchor or an anchor triggered by your sense of hearing.

Have you ever met someone for the first time and noticed that something about them reminds you of someone or something else? This is a visual anchor or an anchor triggered by your sense of sight. Until now all of your anchors have been installed in your subconscious mind by someone else or by accident and in most cases you were not even aware of them. Now for the first time through the process of Burris MIND/FITNESS, you can learn how to anchor a reaction or behavior you want on purpose and consistently get the results you want over and over, until you are assured of attaining your weight goal.

It is important to understand that your subconscious mind can be triggered into a negative anchored behavior without even pausing to consider what it is doing. It is this type of behavior that is responsible for your worst eating habits. I refer to this type of behavior as “No Thought Eating.” At the time of “No Thought Eating” your subconscious mind has given no consideration to what it is doing and your conscious mind is not even aware that anything is taking place.

A good example of this is when you are feeling fearful, guilty angry, or bored. You immediately look for something to eat, even if you are not hungry. In most cases you will look for what you refer to as your comfort foods, which is anything that is high in sugar, fat or both. Let us say you come across a bag of cookies, without any hesitation you eat one and before you realize it, you are eating the whole bag. Sometime during this “No Thought Eating” binge your conscious mind awakens to what is taking place. You stop your eating binge and now along with feeling fearful, guilty, angry, or bored; you are also probably a little nauseous. The first thought that pops into your mind is: “Why Did I Eat That? I wasn’t even hungry!” How many times have you asked yourself this self-defeating negative question “Why Did I Eat That?”

The second you asked yourself this question, your subconscious mind is triggered into action to find an answer, which in turn produces a correlating picture. Surprise, surprise what did it find in your subconscious eating behavior program? It found you ate the cookies because you were feeling fearful, guilty, angry, or bored. Of course it did because that is exactly how you were programmed as a child to react to fear, guilt, anger, or boredom. Once again your subconscious mind will take this answer and the correlating picture of you being overweight and use it to anchor you even deeper to your childhood program.

Here is where the fun starts, what you have to do in order to change your existing negative anchored behaviors of “No Thought Eating?” You simply restructure your question from its negative form of “Why did I eat that?” to a positive form question of “How can I stop this no thought eating when I am feeling fearful, guilty, angry, or bored?” Your subconscious mind will now produce a positive answer to your new positive question such as: When you are feeling fearful, guilty, angry or bored, find an activity you enjoy in place of eating. Once again these new answers will produce empowering correlating pictures that will move you toward your weight goal. It is truly that simple, positive empowering questions = positive empowering results.
From this time on, it is essential that you are always conscious of your inner voice, thereby insuring that all of your self-questions are positive ones and insuring that you always maintain a positive emotional state.

Regardless of weather your goal is a change in diet for weight loss, an increase in your fitness program or to take control of an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. In the end the question you need to ask yourself is…Am I completely happy with the mind running itself or do I need to take control of it? If your answer is I need to take control of it, then Burris MIND/FITNESS is the answer.

The health of your body is dependent on your mental health and taking control of the subconscious is the key to lasting permanent change of any behavior.

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Zone Diet – A New Weight Loss System

The Zone Diet works on the principle that 100,000 years ago, we were meat eaters, and our metabolism is designed to handle the demands of a meat-based diet.

Madonna, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Aniston swear by the results of the Zone Diet, which was created by Barry Sears, PhD. The Zone Diet contains 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein, and 30% fat and is known as the 40-30-30 plan.

As the food industry evolved, more carbohydrates have been introduced into our daily diet, thus causing an imbalance in our metabolism to burn fat. The reason for our extra weight can also be attributed to the many grains and starches in our diet (pasta, rice, breads, and potatoes). The Zone Diet's approach calls for a return to the diets of our ancestors where meat, fruits, and vegetables are the main dietary foods.

The Zone Diet suggests that you need the right ratio of carbohydrates to proteins and fats in order to control the insulin in the bloodstream. Too much of the hormone (insulin) can increase fat storage and inflammation in the body (conditions that are associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease). Sears asserts that by using the Zone Diet, you are actually optimizing the body's metabolic function. Through the regulation of blood sugar, you allow your body to burn excess body fat.

Although you are not prohibited from any particular food group, it is best to avoid food with high fat and carbohydrates such as grains, starches, and pastas. The ideal sources of carbs are fruits and vegetables and for monounsaturated fats olive oil, almonds, and avocados are recommended. The Zone Diet claims to use food as a drug for overall good health, weight loss and prevention or management of heart disease and diabetes.

Sears says that you can test to see whether you are 'hormonally' correct by eating following the Zone diet and see how you feel four hours later. To simplify the Zone Diet, fill one-third of a plate with low-fat protein, and then two-thirds with fruits and vegetables.

Celebrities and some health experts say that the Zone's recommendations do not stray far from the USDA's (United States Dietary Association) dietary guidelines and therefore are advocates of the Zone Diet. Others argue that the Zone Diet has flawed ratios but Sears argues that the Zone diet is a low-glycemic-load diet that has adequate protein. .

A critic of the Zone diet such as the AHA (American Heart Association) classifies the Zone Diet as high protein and does not recommend the Zone Diet for weight loss. They contend that the Zone Diet has not been proven effective in the long term for weight loss. The AHA issued an official recommendation warning against diets like the Zone Diet. They believe that the Zone Diet is hazardous as it restricts the intake of essential vitamins and minerals present in certain foods. The AHA also contends that the protein ratio in the Zone diet is too high even if the minimal fat ratio is good. Robert H. Ecker M.D of the A.H.A. finds the Zone Diet's theory on insulin flawed and argues that there is no scientific proof that the hormone insulin plays a big role in weight regulation.

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Diets to Lose Weight

Best Diets To Lose Weight - Secrets Revealed!

I am not a fan of the concept of dieting, period. Over several years, I have learnt the key aspects of the best diet to lose weight. Here's the truth - The best diet to lose weight should not feel like a diet, it should be a lifestyle.
The best diet to lose weight is something you can live with day after day. It's an approach to eating which involves healthy food, and occasional cheating.
The drawbacks of a ‘strict diet' to lose weight are:
• Diets require that you eat a certain way, with typical restrictions. For example, a high protein diet is, as the name suggests, high in protein and fat. This leads to a vicious ‘yo-yo' affect in which he/she goes on yet another diet, and fails to lose weight.
• (b) Many diets require some degree of starvation. If you don't eat enough, your metabolism shuts down so your body gets used to eating little calories.
• (c) A diet can be an ordeal to sustain for many people. Any food restriction in diets (and if you find a best diet to lose weight, you can bet it involves some type of restriction) can be harmful because the body does not obtain a sufficient variety of nutrients.

Best Diets to Lose Weight
Summary By Paton Jackson

During diet plans you can take fruits, green leafy vegetables, roughages and foodstuffs having less calories.
Top Diet Plans:
This diet has very low calories. Therefore cabbage diet is among the best diets to lose weight.
Sonoma diet is also approved as one of the best diets to lose weight.
Slim fast diet is balanced, nutritional and rich in calcium and proteins. The Slim-Fast Diet plan is planned for dieter to take six times in day. Fresh vegetables, meats and nuts are also a part of slim fast diet. Negative calorie diet is less of a diet and more like diet helper. Roughage is key content of negative calorie diet.

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What There is to Know About Diet Pills?

According to manufacturers, diet pills use natural ingredients capable of prolonging life and containing alcohol used in medication or flavoring. One thing’s for sure, never take diet pills as substitute for cutting calories without the doctor’s recommendation. There are simple but important steps to be followed when taking diet pills:

1. Never crush diet pills to mix in drinks or soups. Take it whole with a full glass of water.
2. Diet pills causes a person to urinate more frequently due to its diuretic effect. This could lead to dehydration, thus, causing complications. As a pre-caution, it is best to drink eight glasses of water everyday while on diet pills.
3. Take only the recommended dosage. Taking more than required will not help you lose weight but increase the risk of side effects.
4. Heartbeat should be less than 86 beats per minute. Stop taking the pills if it reaches 90 or higher that is why regular checking of pulse is a must.
5. Always follow the instructions set by the dietician and/or doctor and not only rely on what’s enclosed in the box. Also diet pills will only work as expected if diet plan is being followed.
6. After three months, stop taking the diet pills. Common diet phenylpropanolamine is safe to use only up to sixteen weeks. Other studies show that it can cause health problems if taken under one month.

There are two kinds of diet pills; one is the prescription only diet pills and the over-the-counter diet pills.

Prescription Diet Pills - are drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration agency which side effects are monitored, maybe advertised and prescribed under certain dosages. The most popular of these is Xenical, which is licensed for long-term use. However, this too has it’s own side effects, diarrhea, oily and unexpected fecal discharge are just some. Therefore, users are advised to take a low fat diet plan.

While Over-the-Counter Diet Pills are categorized as food substitute and are unregulated. Beware that these diet pills are not Federal authorities tested and may cause serious side effects up to and including death.

Aside from a dietician, local pharmacists can also help in determining the pills that are safe and not for each person’s case. Just be extra careful about the so-called “natural” or “organic” ingredients. Not everything that comes from a natural source is safe. One example is Ma Huang, which is a botanical source of ephedrine known as a stimulant and being studied for potential side effects.

Those who have or have a family history of prostate problems, thyroid disease, mental illness, high blood pressure, and heart problems should avoid taking diet supplements. The same applies to those who’ve had seizures or strokes. If someone is taking cold medicines, especially those with decongestants, diet pills should not be taken. Whether it be a prescription or an over-the-counter diet pill, the dangers are unvarying with other similar drugs which controls the brain to reduce appetite and includes chest pains, hair fall, fever, depression, and even impotence.

And as a general rule, don’t ever try to take diet drugs if pregnancy is suspected. Persons that are allergic to sulfites and tartrazine should also avoid taking diet pills. And those who are under 18 years or over 60 years of age should consult their doctor first prior to taking any dietary drugs, especially if they rely on over-the-counter stimulants used as a replacement for increase exercise.

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Lose Weight with the best way

To lose weight successfully, you must first realize that weight loss is a path with a specific destination. Currently, at the beginning and you are about to take the first step towards changing dietary habits and lifestyle, although if you have a body that you really want.

Of course, it will not be easy - nothing should ever. There should be room in the rear to create obligations that you are finally ready for it. Hence, many people can not even do this ga day. So in a sense, if you're already ahead of the game.

Your goal should be to lose one or two pounds a week, if you lose more than that, very good, but not push for it. You want to stay focused mentally, healthy and determined. If you press too hard or try to force your body to lose a large number, then you're finished stress itself and hit the wall that can lead to failure.

Here are some suggestions you can use to create a successful plan for weight loss:

• Set reasonable goals

Your first step should be to decide how much you want to lose weight. See 3x5 index cards and write a target of positive statements or down in each. Begin to write your ideal weight is your big final target.

Then you want to set small goals for themselves. Note the goal of losing five kilograms and then ten pounds, twenty pounds, etc.

Write some motivational speeches about you.

"I love me unconditionally"

"I am a grown-up, inside and outside"

"I'll laugh and smile today"

"I deserve and I'm worth it"

Keep your letter in which you can watch every day.

• Eat small meals more often

These are increasingly likely learned to eat three meals a day. These were probably also taught for cleaning your plate. Although the timetable is the meal is well intentioned, the fact is that you get hungry between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner.

Not only do they have, no doubt much to each meal, but you are also snacking between junk food. Unfortunately, this form of eating led to a lot of weight gain. There is evidence that if you eat several small meals throughout the day, you should not have hungry between meals, and when you do, is easier to sample something that has less calories.

Plan to eat five small meals a day instead of three, and see if it helps reduce the cravings.

• Keep food Journal

As a newspaper is an excerpt of what happens in your life, daily food, you have control over what is really putting your mouth on a daily basis. You probably have a mental image of what you eat normally, but when you see the writing may be surprised at all the food they eat without even thinking about it.

Please note what you eat, you eat that time, and how it felt when you eat a certain food. Sometimes, when we eat some "comfort food" We are trying to use food to fill an emotional hole in our hearts.

A feeling of loneliness, boredom, stress, anger and low self-esteem are often triggers for food binging. You can write and go back later.

• Treat Yourself

After achieving one of your goals for weight loss, go ahead and heal into something special. The catch is that you only pay can not be a food. That's right, you will not have a bowl of ice cream or a large slice of pizza.

You're mentally out of thinking about food, as a premium or a blanket of security. So I think on some other things that will put a smile on your face. The money is still a good salary. Maybe you can create a pot of wages and pay to own five U.S. dollars each stage is reached. You can go shopping in a beautiful happiness after reached the ultimate goal of weight.

You can also buy fresh flowers, a beautiful pair of earrings, a new video game, new links, etc.

Another is an excellent idea to own reward coupon books.

I hope this kind of advice and assistance they have succeeded in creating healthy and happy again.

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DIETS

There is a lot of infringing information that is available about the exact composition of nutritious and healthy diets. This sometimes creates problems regarding the separation of the fact from the fiction. Normally, it is simple to follow a good diet just by making minor changes to the current diet.

Majority of the people are unaware of the tremendous impact of a good and healthy diet on the quality of lives. The difference in a poor and good diet is similar to the difference in having poor health and good health. People do not choose poor health. It comes with following of a poor diet regime.

A nutritious diet is important in determining the weight of the individuals in a similar way as physical activity is. Overweight people have various diseases associated with them such as diabetes, heart diseases and high levels of blood pressure.

Types of Diets:

There are different types of diets that are present. They are as follows.

• The diets concerning weight loss restrict specific food intakes or the food in general for the purpose of reducing the body weight. Here, it has to be noted that the weight loss diets that work for a person do not necessarily work for others on account of the different lifestyles. Some of the people also find the regimes of the weight loss diets very tiring and difficult to follow. Maintaining the loss of weight is actually more difficult than loosing it.

• Most of the athletes on the professional levels impose diets that help in gaining weight. The football players of the United States try bulking up with the help of such diets of weight gain. This gives them the edge on the football field. The bodybuilders also engage in such kind of diets.

• The people who are underweight also take weight gain diets for recovering maybe from diseases such as Anorexia nervosa. These weight gain diets are different from those taken by the athletes and sportsmen, as they help in restoring the normal muscle, body fat and nutrient levels of the body.

Diets and Children:

As more and more cultures are taking stock of their diet regimes, most of the people consider the idea of putting the children on such restricted diets. But, it has to be noted that such diets actually do harm to the children. They are very deleterious to the health of the children as a balanced and full diet is extremely important for their growth.

Vegetarian diets are helpful for the children if all the required nutrients are received through them. Research has proven the fact of the harmful effects of putting children on diets. The consultation of the doctor is recommended before deciding on a particular diet regime for the children.

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