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Did you know that consuming only 1½ cups of cruciferous vegetables per week can reduce cancer risk by 41 percent? There is good evidence that the cruciferous vegetable family has potent anticancer and cancer prevention properties. This family of foods also has been shown to balance estrogens in the body, promoting hormonal health. Cruciferous vegetables have natural plant chemicals, called “phytochemicals”, which assist the liver in its normal detoxification process.
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I get lots of questions on exactly what the endocrine system is and how it works, so let’s take a peek at this important body system. The body has two main coordination systems. Coordination just means getting things aligned and working together. The first is the nervous system and the second is the endocrine system. The nervous system carries information fast, at roughly 280 mph. Think of it as a network of telephone wires that enable a blanket of communications throughout a
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If you haven’t already noticed, people tend to accumulate weight in one of four different ways: around the belly (lower sagging) around the belly (higher roll) around the hips (saddlebags) around the entire body equally I’d like to give you some insight into these different body shapes. Fat has a useful purpose, believe it or not. Its main purpose is not insulation or cushioning. Rather, its principal purpose is as an energy reserve. The body
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In this article, I will explain how to strategically trigger key fat-burning hormones to melt the fat off the stomach and hips. There are two main types of exercise: One is light, low-endurance, low-pulse-rate exercise. This is called aerobic, which means “with oxygen.” The other is intense, resistance-type, higher-pulse-rate exercise called anaerobic, which means “without oxygen.” The first one (aerobic) burns fat, mainly during exercise, but only after
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A lot of people wonder why it’s so hard to lose weight. There can be a combination of reasons, but, first, let’s take a look at something very important. All six fat-burning hormones can work only if your liver is functional. The liver activates 80 percent of your thyroid hormone. Even though the liver is not considered an endocrine gland, it does produce a hormone. Behind many stubborn weight cases, you’ll find a sluggish liver. You see, in order to have a
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One of the questions that people are always asking me is “Why do my hormone levels on blood tests keep showing normal despite me having hormonal symptoms?” When you are dealing with the endocrine system, the body will do ANYTHING it can to KEEP THE BLOOD CHEMISTRY NORMAL, no matter what! This is a survival mechanism because the blood is the medium through which the tissues can receive instant communication. BUT, what you don’t see behind the scenes is failing glands.
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Is it important to know “when” a person burns fat? Consider this: “… a person doesn’t melt fat during exercising or during the day; people burn fat only while they are sleeping”. This statement is in my book, “The 7 Principles of Fat Burning”, and creates both skepticism and curiosity. You can try this experiment on yourself to check if this is true or not. You can weigh yourself in the early morning, then at night for three days in a row.
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We live on a very toxic planet with over 80,000 synthetic chemicals registered for use in the U.S. These toxins lock in on our fat tissues, glands, liver and other organs. They are effectively known as “endocrine disruptors” because they mimic and destroy our own hormones. The main oil filter in the body is the liver. Being 3 ½ pounds, it can clean and purify pesticides, heavy metals, viruses, bacteria and the list goes on and on. However, with the overload of
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The first thing you need to know is that your problem is NOT your weight – it’s your health. Your doctor is probably telling you that your blood tests are “normal.” So, “no diseases = a healthy body,” right? The truth is, more health = slim body, sound sleep, excellent energy, and no cravings. The worst thing to do when you are gaining weight, is to decrease your calories. This is a form of starvation. In fact, decreasing calories will create more stress in an already starved
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Are you experiencing SLOW weight loss even after busting your butt at the gym? Are you eating all the foods ‘they’ tell you to eat and still not losing weight? What’s up? You may be suffering from what I call “Frozen Metabolism Syndrome.” Side-effects may include any, or all, of the following: no weight loss even after exercising for 8 months in the gym. severe frustration with people who think you’re a couch potato.
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Why Stopping Smoking Can be Hazardous to Your Weight. I’m sure you are convinced, correctly, that stopping smoking is a good thing to do. I’m certainly not advocating people smoke, but if you’re trying to lose weight, you may find that it is very hard to lose weight while quitting smoking! Over the last 20 years, working with tens of thousands of overweight individuals, I made an interesting observation that most people gain weight after they stop smoking. How Can
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Finally! Spring is just around the corner! Are you thinking about losing a few pounds before you put on that swimsuit? I have created a program called “Targeted Weight Therapy” that just might help you shed the weight before swimsuit season. In order to reach your goal of being slim for summer, you will need to identify “where” you gain your weight. Based on your unique body structure and lifestyle, this knowledge will help you determine “what” to eat
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I recently presented at a seminar on weight loss, and a man in the audience stood up and said, “weight loss is a matter of simply eating too much and not exercising.” I asked him if he was sure about this? If being overweight is simply a matter of eating too much and not exercising, how do you explain the skinny guy who can eat like a horse and never gain an ounce, yet others barely eat anything and exercise all day long and they still can’t lose an ounce? This guy
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It’s amazing how the corn syrup industry has invaded SparkPeople’s free weight loss site. Their Dietitian, Becky Hand, wrote an article that covertly promotes consuming the synthetic man-made corn sugar “High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)” by first telling people there is no difference between corn syrup and sugar, and then by telling them that it’s okay to consume 8 tsp of it per day. Unbelievable! She states, “The American Medical Association (AMA) has
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When reviewing key hidden blockers to fat burning, orange juice is at the top of the list. People think that good old OJ is loaded with vitamin C. Did you know that, in reality, there is no REAL vitamin C in orange juice? The only vitamin C in orange juice is the synthetic chemical version they add to the juice. Take a look below at the natural vitamin C complex versus the synthetic counterpart. Vitamin C is very sensitive to two things: (1) heat and (2) oxygen exposure. When
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I’ve discovered that many people have this idea that if they build more muscle mass, they will burn more calories and, thus, lose more weight. It is true that you may burn more calories, but the type of calories you burn with this logic are not what you think. Check this out… Calorie n. a unit of energy produced by food. [Latin word calor meaning heat]. Calorie refers to the quantity of energy in a food or stored body fuel. Don’t assume that the calories you
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Logic is the reasoning surrounding why something works. The results of any given task depend on how good your logic, or reasoning behind how and why you do something, is. Somewhere along the line, people adopted the idea that calories in equal calories out. But how do you explain the skinny guy who eats like a horse and never gains an ounce? The omission in this faulty logic is a very misunderstood thing called hormones. Hormones are those things that regulate metabolism and control how
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What if the diet program you’re doing is the wrong one for your body? When I first got married, I surprised my wife by making her an incredibly delicious desert. It was my first attempt at cooking for her, and I was so eager to see the final product that I really didn’t take the time to read all the steps in the recipe. One small error later turned out to be a huge disaster. I accidently substituted baking soda where the recipe said to use flour. Now, those of you who are
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What is it about food that makes some people skinny and other people fat? Does how much you weigh really depend on the amount of calories in the food you eat? I mean, we know that excessive calories turn into fat, right? Or do they? Here’s an idea that I want to share with you: “People don’t lose weight and get healthy; they first must get healthy before losing weight” Now let that sink in. It’s heavy information. This could explain why some
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Throughout the years, I’ve noticed that a lot of dieters put too much stake in what are essentially weight loss myths. Most of these myths center around calories, water, moderation, and exercise. Read on to uncover how you’ve fallen prey to these very common weight loss myths. Calories Calories is a word full of meaning to weight loss “experts”. Their (often faulty) advice puts a lot of emphasis on the a-calorie-is-a-calorie theory. Their simple formula?
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