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Without a doubt you can find many different types of diet that will promise you the earth but not deliver.
And the chances are that if your looking at this page then you have already tried to lose fat but for one reason or another – it has not gone the way you’d have liked it to have gone.
Now it doesn’t matter what diet you have tried in the past – or even if this is the first time you have wanted to lose some excess fat – There are a whole host of things you need to know about why some diets just won’t work.
Lets have a look at some of the most common diets around and see how they compare
Low calorie diets are supposed to work by artificially cutting down the amount of ‘fuel’ your body gets in the form of food. It sounds good in practice – after all the body will store a lot of the excess foods we eat as fat.
Yet the thing that so many people forget is the simple fact that our bodies are hugely adaptive. If you stop giving your body the nutrients it craves it will adapt and start to guard the fat reserves it has as a protective measure. So the bottom line is that you can never lose only fat by deliberately starving yourself.
These have been popular for the last few decades and it seems a new version of something very similar comes out each month. Yet when you look at what they say – it’s like the ‘experts’ are just recycling the same old tosh except with more glitz and gleam.
But, if Low Fat Diets are so good – then why are clothing manufactures having to increase the the ‘average size’ in there range of cloths? And why are health providers having to spend more on obesity related illnesses?
The short answer is that low fat diets don’t work anywhere near as well as their promoters would have you believe. If they did work – people would not keep getting fatter and fatter.
I have got a lot of time for Weight Watchers as the idea behind some of what they do is quite sound in many ways – particularly the part where they make you accountable for “being good” during your week when you have your weight recorded during the weekly weigh-ins.
They obviously promote a much slower form of weight loss (which is good) and you can’t deny that for some people Weight Watchers will indeed work – how permanent weight loss is is difficult to say.
A more recent form of dieting is one where you have a box of ‘diet’ meals delivered to your door on a regular basis. Again, this sounds like a good idea as you have someone – like a nutritionist design a meal plan, the meals are then made under strict food preparation standard in a commercial kitchen or factory and delivered to your door for you to heat up and eat.
However, you don’t have any control over what ingredients are used in the meals and with some – you still have to add in your own vegetables and so on.
They can prove to be very expensive too.
So those are just some of the contenders in what you could consider as choices for a way to lose fat.
But before we go any further we need to tackle something head on …
Firstly, if you’re like me then you have a friend who can eat exactly the same amount as you do and maybe even more, yet not seem to put on an ounce of excess.
The main thing that should tell us is that we are all individuals and as individuals we need to eat the foods that are best suited to us as a unique person.
Customs, habits and traditions of the societies that we live in have encouraged us to eat particular types of foods in certain ways and at particular times of day. And simply put, the foods eaten, preparation methods and the traditional meal times may not be ideally suited to the way OUR bodies work as an individual.
As an example, eating a big meal late in the evening has got to be totally daft. After all, you’re filling your body up with “fuel” yet not giving yourself the opportunity to burn that fuel by doing anything more strenuous than sitting around for a while and then sleeping.
The three keys to successful fat lose are…
Obviously, that’s a little simplified and each point can be more fully refined – but it does give you the main points to consider
Now we’ve understood this we can see why low-calorie diets don’t work.
The body will simply adapt to burning fewer calories each day and produce hormones that will encourage the body to not only hold on to the fat that it has already – but also increased the amount of fat that is being stored day by day .
Whilst there is an apparent weight loss, the simple fact is these that you will be losing muscle fibre instead of fat. The net effect of these diets is that you are left feeling weak and feeble and get no where near the amount of fat loss you might be expecting.
By the same token, low-fat diets will be equally as ineffective. But here the reason is slightly different. It is assumed that fats are bad because they provide too many calories.
Added to that is the scary bit that says that the bad fats you eat will eventually end up blocking up your arteries. Yet what is often forgotten is that our bodies require specific nutrients that only fats can provide. Particularly animal fats! (sorry vegetarians).
The only thing our bodies can do in an attempt to obtain satisfactory amount of those nutrients is to encourage us (through the feeling of hunger) into eating more. But obviously, in so doing we will consume a vast amount of stuff we don’t really need just to get what our body requires. And the excess will in many cases be stored as fat. And even then, the body may still lack the things it requires for good health.
Actually, when done properly (and the emphasis is on the word properly) low carb diets can be some of the most effective ways of losing fat. But they’re not without their problems.
The simple fact is, is that there are a small proportion of the general population (about 3%) for whom a strict low carb diet is not ideal. That’s purely down to the way their metabolism works — don’t forget everybody is an individual. But for the rest of us low carb diets can be very good indeed.
That said, some people find low carb diet quite restrictive – particularly in the early stages. Which is one reason why a number people find them difficult to get on with – which is a shame in many ways because they work.
Some people also find eating out on a low carb diet is a bit of a challenge and while that’s true, it’s not necessarily something that can’t be overcome with a bit of planning.
So we have spent the last few minutes looking at what doesn’t work so perhaps now is a good time to find out about what does work and why.
Obviously we need to overcome the problems that are inherent in the diets we’ve already looked at. What we need is something…
It’s at this point that many people would say well you might need to use drugs or supplements or something like that to get these type of results. And strangely enough, they’re almost right.
But it not something made in a laboratory that will do the job though.
In the same way that the body can be encouraged to produce fat storing hormones by say, starving it — it can also be encouraged to produce fat burning hormones by giving it the food it needs.
And once you know how the body works then getting your body to do this is actually quite simple.
Food is meant to be enjoyed, it’s not meant to be your enemy. And by eating the right foods in the right way you can not only enjoy the food you eat but also use that food to help you lose weight once and for all.
Rather than fight your body into submission. (A battle you can’t win by the way) It’s obviously better to work with your body to accomplish the same ends – I.E. getting fit and slim.
It really is a question of getting to know how YOUR body works and then using that knowledge – along with a range of useful and effective techniques – to magnify the effects of what eating good food will do for you.
The things you will learn by following The Snack Box Diet will help you do just that.
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Well, in a nutshell – I use it myself so I KNOW it works. And I have been eating this way for years so I have ongoing proof that it’s not some fad, fluke or temporary fix. And it’s different from all the other diets out there in that it simply works.
The Snack Box Diet Has…
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Last week, renowned cancer scientist Dr. Thomas Seyfried told examiner.com the ketogenic diet can replace chemotherapy for almost all cancers.
Dr. Seyfried’s bold, in-your-face statements have ignited a firestorm of controversy in the blogosphere. Seyfried did not say the ketogenic diet cures cancer, but effectively manages it in a non-toxic, less expensive manner than the current standard of care.
Like Seyfried, Prof. Noakes believes it’s time for the medical community to investigate metabolic therapy as an alternative to toxic chemotherapy and radiation.
Eggs are beautiful. They are a picture-perfect example of what nature is able to accomplish. They help make us more beautiful by helping both the inside of our body, like our hearts, as well as the outside of our body, like our hair.
While eggs have gotten a bad reputation for a long time due to cholesterol fears, evidence in the British Medical Journal showed that moderate egg consumption may not have any effect on heart disease or stroke.
Here are five reasons why eggs fit well into a beautiful diet:
Eggs can help make beautiful babies. They’re a must for pregnant women. Why? Because eggs are full of choline, a B vitamin that growing babies need for essentialdevelopment of the brain. Choline supplementation has also been linked to a lower risk of mental disorders in babies, as well as well as a reduced risk for both Down syndrome and dementia.
Eggs can help curb your evening snack cravings. Eating a high-protein breakfast helps ward off cravings later in the day, according to a 2013 study. The high quality protein in eggs helped create greater satiety in individuals, which lasted all day long. So if you’re trying to lose a few pounds and just can’t shake your cravings for chips or sweets after 7 p.m., eggs may be something you’ll want to consider earlier in the day.
Eggs may improve your reflexes. A 2014 study found that tyrosine, an amino acid found in eggs, helped individuals with making quick, knee-jerk responses more than a placebo. Researchers noted that the tyrosine effect may actually help in situations such as driving where an instant decision can mean the difference between an accident and just a normal day on the road.
A recent article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) puts to rest a decades-old myth: Saturated fat is NOT bad for the heart. This is news I’ve long suspected! And we now have science to support it. Fat is not the enemy when it comes to cardiovascular disease, weight gain, brain health, and so many other issues. It turns out that sugar — in all its many guises — is the real culprit for making you fat. What it also means is that because sugar causes inflammation throughout the body, it increases your risk of cardiovascular disease — and just about everything else!
We’ve all been sold a bill of goods about so-called healthy low-fat foods like cookies and muffins. When you begin to read labels, you’ll quickly see how much sugar is added to just about everything, especially to low-fat foods. When the fat is removed, so is the flavor. To make it more palatable, sugar, sugar substitutes, and salt are added in its place. And as you continue to read labels, I think you’ll be surprised by how much sugar is also in so-called healthy foods, like yogurt, tomato sauce, many fruit juices — even some salad dressings.
I can tell you without a doubt, it’s the sugar that so many of us struggle with, not the fat. Think about it. It’s NOT the burger with cheese and bacon that’s the issue. It’s the ketchup, the bun, and the fries. These are all carbs that instantly raise your blood sugar, because they are higher on the glycemic index than plain old table sugar. This is what I mean by sugar in all its guises.
Foods with little fat and loaded with sugar don’t leave you satiated after a meal — at least not for long. We need the fat to feel sated. Without it, we crave more sugary foods — until we learn to switch to or at least incorporate better food choices. It’s like being on a blood sugar roller coaster. Your body is subjected to the blood sugar highs and lows, and you literally NEED the sugar to feel OK when you’re in one of the lows.
So let’s not kid ourselves anymore about what’s really making us fat. Sugar is the leading culprit today in causing inflammation. Here are some specific stats from an article printed in February 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMA], which are worth sharing: Read more
Lately, probably because the paleo diet is becoming increasingly popular, so-called “experts” have begun to attack it. But most of the criticism is misplaced because for many people, the diet is a lifesaver.
Digestive ills, fatigue, headaches, arthritis pain… over and over again, people discover that eating paleo — avoiding grains, dairy foods, soy and corn — can help solve many of their physical ills.
As Chris Kessler, author of the book Your Personal Paleo Code points out, “…[C]ommon critiques (of the paleo diet) don’t invalidate the fundamental premise of the Paleo approach.”
Mimicry Or Gimmickry?
I find it laughable that people attack the paleo diet because it doesn’t precisely mimic the foods that Paleolithic people ate before the introduction of grains into the human diet.
Really? That’s a reason for lambasting a diet that can produce extraordinary health benefits?
Of course, the paleo diet can’t reproduce what humans ate during the Paleolithic era. Look around. We don’t live in caves, or lean-tos, or tents. Most of us live in a modern urban or suburban environment. No way are we going to hunt and gather the way our ancestors did.
Instead of worrying about historical accuracy, critics of the diet should focus on its health effects. Kessler argues that “… the Paleo diet should be used as a starting point because it removes the foods people are most likely to react to.”
And he’s absolutely right.
Probably the most important paleo dietary change is the elimination of grains. Foods like bread, pasta, beer, rolls, cakes, cookies and breakfast cereal not only contain problematic gluten, they also include large amounts of sugars and starches that can lead to weight gain.
Meaty Concepts
Another objection to the paleo diet is rooted in the fact that it allows you to eat red meat. Some think that red meat seriously increases your risk of cancer. However, many researchers believe, rightly in my view, that processed red meat is the carnivore’s cancer danger. If you eat organic meat, without the kind of additives that go into hot dogs, luncheon meats and fast food concoctions, your cancer risk doesn’t go up.