Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Useful tips for dieting

Dieting seems to be a very difficult area for many people today. So many people have tried dieting and have gotten great results. Unfortunately, easy to get store-bought programs do not always work for everyone, for a number of reasons, including personal physiology. That means that not everyone's body works in exactly the same way. Most people have similar physiologies but many have certain issues with their body's metabolism, or other systems where basic programs do not work as well as they would with someone else. For starters try this for a great nutritional idea: Click Here.

Another issue dieters struggle with is following through their chosen plan, without "cheating" and having some ice-cream, or other goodies that are just very hard to fight off. I could say, that you need to resist every time you want something that will give you any amount of pleasure, cake, pudding, ice-cream, coffee, fast food, but that is honestly not the truth. The truth is that these "low calorie/low-carb diets have got it all wrong. There is a degree of truth, but the issue is not specifically the intake of calories or carbs you consume each day. The real issue is your body, fighting to function with the limited amount of nutrition it is getting. If you diet properly, then you will eat healthy foods, and plenty of them. Your body "filters" the negative ingredients out, and absorbs the good. But if your body is only getting negative ingredients, it has to "choose" some of them to make up for the lack of nutrition, in an effort to remain functional. But if you eat foods that are healthy, and you eat as much as you need, (6 smaller squares a day...) then your body begins to replace the stores of junk with functional, nutritional content. This results in increased energy, increased resistance to sickness and disease, and weight loss. You simply cannot maintain an obese frame if you are providing yourself with the proper nutrition. Healthy food equals a healthy body, plain and simple. But that means changing your shopping habits, and eating habits, and using more natural and organic products every day. AND, replacing your loved foods (like ice-cream) with something you may not appreciate as much, but still can enjoy. (lots of nuts and berries, seeds, lots of fruit and veggies, and juices made from scratch, stuff like that.)

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