Repairing A Slow Metabolism

Repairing A Slow Metabolism
Do you find that no matter what diet you try or how much
exercise you do, you just can't seem to lose fat anymore?
Were you once pleased with your fat-loss progress, but now
find yourself staring this big, ugly plateau in the face?

You've tried high carb, low carb, lots of cardio, little
cardio, fat burners--the list goes on--but nothing seems to
work anymore. That flab isn't going anywhere.

Frustrating, isn't it? It's like a brick wall standing in
your way, isn't it?

Your problem may be a damaged metabolism--a very real
phenomenon--caused by prolonged dieting. I know that may
sound scary, but it's not as bad as some people make it out
to be. With all the extremely low-calorie eating and hours
of cardio that some people do day in and day out, it's
actually very commonplace. Rest assured, you're not alone.

The good news is that it's generally repairable. Contrary
to popular--albeit ill-informed--opinion, metabolic
"damage" is not permanent and metabolism does not shut off.
Yes, it slows down, but this is actually a normal and
expected response when you're eating sub-maintenance
calories.

There is a physiologically-based adaptive response that the
body undergoes when eating in a caloric deficit. The
regulatory hormones all adjust over time to preserve
bodyfat. And the effect is magnified the leaner you get
(which is often associated with the longer you're trying to
lose fat). End result? Slower, if not altogether stalled,
fat loss. No matter how good your nutritional program, if
you're eating in a caloric deficit, your metabolism will
attempt to adjust accordingly.

Ok, enough of the whys. How do we get that metabolism
humming again? First off, you need to lose the short term
thinking and adopt a longer term mindset. This is critical.

Even though this might go against 'common wisdom', you're
going to have to eat more, at least for a little while.
Yes, you read that right – eat more, not less. You
might find it hard to wrap your head around this concept,
but trust me, it's necessary. However, just ramping right
up to an appropriate caloric intake isn't necessarily the
right approach for everyone. There is more than one way to
approach the repair but I'd suggest you do it in steps -
systematic and regular increases. This has the benefit of
one, allowing you to gradually get used to eating more
food, two, potentially preventing some fat regain, and
three, maybe even causing some fat loss. So one approach is
to determine how much you're eating on an average day and
then take your present intake and just add 10-20% to it
every few days until you hit maintenance calories.

At this point, you need to stay at maintenance for a couple
of weeks before even considering going back into a caloric
deficit. Might you gain some weight at maintenance? Maybe,
but some will surely be water, muscle glycogen, etc.
Basically nothing to worry about – easy come, easy
go. Again, long term versus short term thinking. You need
to correct the problem before you can move past it. Two
weeks at maintenance will make further fat loss much more
likely when you return to your caloric deficit. Chances are
you'll start feeling a lot better though, and you'll have
some great workouts.

Planned periods at maintenance calories are one of the most
underrated fat-loss strategies out there. Remember, the
purpose of the two weeks at maintenance calories isn't to
maintain; it's to make the subsequent calorie deficit more
effective at fat loss. Think of it as a 'resetting of the
system'. Then you hit your deficit again and presto, more
fat loss.

With a slow metabolism you can generally assume somewhere
in the neighbourhood of 14x bodyweight is going to
approximate maintenance calories. It might even be a bit
lower depending on how severe your caloric deficit has been
and for how long, but keep in mind that metabolism is only
going to slow so much. It doesn't shut off. These
maintenance numbers are an approximation, but so are the
more complicated equations that can be used to determine
caloric requirements.

After the two weeks at maintenance are up, you return to
your caloric deficit. However, this time take a moderate
approach and shoot for approximately 12x bodyweight in
calories. If you're female and a bit lighter in bodyweight
to begin with, you might need to start lower in order to
create a sufficient fat-burning caloric deficit. Stay there
for a couple weeks, assess your progress, and make
adjustments as needed. If you're getting leaner and your
measurements have decreased, stay there. If you're not, try
decreasing calories by another 10% and reassess again two
weeks later.

Remember, these caloric recommendations are just
approximations; they're starting points. Everyone is a bit
different, so the key to long term success is being able to
trouble shoot your program. A quick closing note on that
very topic. If what you're doing isn't working, doing it
longer isn't going to make it suddenly start working. Your
program needs some trouble shooting What you do is based on
the results of what you're doing. Getting the results
you're after? Stay the course. Not getting the results
you're after? Make changes.

There is no reason to continually suffer the effects poor
prior fat-loss efforts have had on your metabolism. There
is no reason you should have to suffer a permanent sentence
of stalled fat loss. Planned periods at maintenance
calories are the key. However, they aren't just for
repairing a sluggish metabolism. They can and should be
used periodically throughout your fat-loss phase to promote
continue fat loss. A periodic resetting of the system will
go a long way to maintaining healthy metabolism and and
continued fat loss.

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Erik Ledin, B.Kin, CSCS, CISSN, is the President of Lean
Bodies Consulting Inc., an online consulting firm that
reaches globally and specializes in physique contest
preparation, fat loss, nutrition and overall physical
enhancement. He can be reached at
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Why Can't I Lose Weight After Thirty Five

Why Can't I Lose Weight After Thirty Five
If you read much from me you know I am preventive minded,
and I understand that insulin resistance may be an
underlying factor in a range of health problems. My goal
for everyone reading this is to feel energetic, lively,
attractive, passionate, and excited for as long as you
live, as opposed to feeling lethargic, irritable, and
hormonally imbalanced.

Insulin's proper function is the key and you can do
something about it but first you need to understand why it
matters. The body uses glucose as its basic fuel, which is
carried by the bloodstream to individual cells. All of the
foods we eat — fats, proteins and carbohydrates
— are broken down during digestion into proteins,
micronutrients and glucose. The body uses the proteins and
nutrients in cellular metabolism, immune function, and cell
replacement. Glucose is used as fuel. Our demand for fuel
varies from moment to moment, but the blood sugar level of
the brain must remain stable. Getting the energy to the
cells that they need without changing the brain blood sugar
level is a critical function —insulin is responsible
for this function.

The body monitors what we've digested, controls blood sugar
levels, cell demands, and releases insulin in just the
right amounts. That's why a healthy body is described as
"insulin sensitive." Insulin signals the cells to absorb
glucose from the bloodstream.

The average diet consists of an excessively high percentage
of sugars, in the form of simple carbohydrates and simple
sugars added to the foods we eat. These simple sugars
quickly enter the bloodstream. The body has to release high
levels of insulin to keep the level of glucose or sugar in
the bloodstream from spiraling out of control and leading
to a diabetic coma. In time the cells quit responding to
insulin. At this point the body is "insulin resistant."

One immediate consequence is that the body is forced to
release even more insulin in attempt to control the blood
sugar level. Letting blood sugar get too high is a matter
of life and death. The resulting excess of insulin in the
bloodstream is called hyperinsulinemia. The body was not
designed to function with these prolonged high levels of
insulin. High levels of insulin disrupt cellular
metabolism, cause weight gain and spread inflammation.
Diabetes occurs when the body fails to keep blood glucose
under control. Diabetes is the most obvious of the diseases
caused by insulin resistance. There are many negative
health effects before full-blown diabetes.

When the blood cells won't absorb the extra glucose, the
liver converts excess glucose into fat. Fat cells are
loaded with glucose receptors, so they absorb the excess
glucose and become fatter. Ironically, while the
insulin-resistant woman is gaining weight, her cells are
actually "starved" for glucose, so she feels exhausted and
tends to eat carbohydrate-heavy foods in search of energy.
These extra fat cells are also little estrogen factories.
So weight gain contributes to the estrogen dominance that
causes so many symptoms during the early stages of
perimenopause. Like bloating, indigestion and irritability.

Most women put up with minor issues until menopause when
things get out of control. A woman's health can deteriorate
rapidly during menopause with the decrease of estrogen
levels in the body. Digestive issues that were once merely
a hassle become unacceptable when the body's natural
defenses against inflammation (estrogen being one) are
exhausted.

To make matters worse, women approaching menopause are
particularly prone to becoming insulin resistant due to
changes in adrenal and thyroid secretions. In fact, the
decrease of certain hormones, like estradiol, may trigger
problems with insulin in patients who never experienced it
before. Certain blood pressure medications can mask
symptoms without treating the problem. How do I know if I'm
insulin resistant?

In our society where we consume a high percentage of
refined carbohydrates (white bread, sugar, bagels, pasta,
potatoes, Coke/Pepsi, processed foods with added fructose
and corn sweetener, etc.) anyone can become insulin
resistant — even if they are thin. We are all at
risk. In fact, most of us are likely to have some level or
insulin resistance. It is just a matter of degree. The more
processed and refined food that we eat, the more insulin
required to metabolize it. The more insulin in our blood,
the less responsive our cells become. As we age, this
continual exposure to high levels of insulin wears out our
tolerance for refined carbohydrates and reduces our
sensitivity to insulin.

If you are diagnosed with high cholesterol, high
triglycerides, or hypertension, you should get checked for
insulin resistance, regardless of your weight or age. If
your blood pressure is high, it is likely that you are also
suffering from insulin resistance. High blood pressure
medication will not cure insulin resistance.

You are at the highest risk for developing insulin
resistance if you have a family history of type 2 diabetes
or if you have suffered from gestational diabetes,
hypertension, or are seriously overweight. Women, who tend
to gain most of their weight around their abdomen, show
less tolerance for insulin. To assess your risk, measure
yourself around the smallest part of your waist and the
biggest part of your hips. Divide the waist measurement by
the hip measurement. A ratio bigger than 0.8 for women (or
1.0 for men) indicates that your abdomen is obese and you
are at risk for developing insulin resistance. Different
type of fat cells in this area of the body indicate the
probability.

The good news is that insulin and glucose levels are very
easily influenced by changes in lifestyle, exercise, and
diet. Before or after you are diagnosed with insulin
resistance, there is a lot you can do to reverse its course
and bringing insulin into check.

I have experienced menopause to be an enlightening and
powerful time in my life not an out of control experience.
Younger more recently trained medical professionals are
trained to evaluate a patient for insulin resistance. They
are recommending a blood test for glucose and insulin
levels after fasting for 12 hours and then again two hours
after a meal (preferably a high-carbohydrate meal).
Increased triglycerides are a suspicious sign also. If you
suspect a problem please see a competent medical
professional for the necessary test but remember all this
can be changed the same way it can be prevented it is just
more urgent.

Let me remind you, lifestyle, diet and exercise patterns,
as well as stress factors are all indicators of future
problems. With the diabetes and other serious disease rates
for women in menopause so high I want to encourage you to
get this under your control now. Do not wait to be
diagnosed or have symptoms be proactive.

I recommend you immediately discontinue the standard
American diet. Start an exercise program that you enjoy
today and learn to relax and enjoy the special moments in
life. Shop the outside aisles of the supermarket where the
food is fresh and as close to nature as possible, and avoid
the inner rows of processed food, sugar cereals,
high-sodium snacks and carbonated soda, other sugary
beverages. Corn sweetened green tea is of no benefit do not
drink it. A diet that consists primarily of lean meats;
high-fiber grains, vegetables and legumes; leafy greens;
and fruit will substantially aid the body's ability to
balance insulin levels. A meal plan consisting of
breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks with small serving
at each meal is ideal for all of us. Each meal should have
no more than 15 grams of carbohydrates in the form of
vegetables, whole grains and fruits (and no "white" food,
such as bread, pasta, and sugar) and some lean protein.
Each snack should contain only 7 grams of similar
carbohydrates from whole foods. Essential Fatty Acids,
EFA's can be found in avocados, cold-water fish like salmon
and tuna, flax seed, and eggs and can also be taken in
supplement form. These are another important part of a
healthy life style. Regular exercise of 30 minutes or more
per day, 3–5 times a week is also beneficial for
regulating metabolic function and hormonal balance. Choose
from biking, swimming, jogging, or aerobic classes of any
type for cardiovascular health. This decreases stress as
well as reducing strain on the adrenal glands which will
result in better overall health and contribute to keeping
the body's insulin levels in check. Stopping smoking,
moderating alcohol consumption and proper sleeping habits
will help to alleviate blood chemistry surges, which in
turn will promote good health and long life.

Your body's hormonal balance is like a symphony. Insulin is
one of the loudest and most important instruments. When the
bodies metabolism goes wrong, it throws off everything
else. Hormone balance is next to impossible without good
metabolism which comes from proper food choices. Stay tuned
for proper food choices made simple.

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Kathy Wright is a beauty and wellness expert, author,
speaker and CEO of B&P Company the manufactures of
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SUV Rollovers Pose Serious Auto Accident Risks

SUV Rollovers Pose Serious Auto Accident Risks
The sport utility vehicle (SUV) has the highest rate of
death in rollover accidents. According to government tests,
SUV rollovers are almost three times more likely to occur
than in the average passenger car, and the most stable SUV
is still more unstable than the most unstable car. In 2002,
nearly 11,000 people died in rollover accidents, 61 percent
of which occurred in SUVs. With the number of people killed
in SUV rollovers increasing by 14 percent per year,
consumers should be aware of the risks SUVs pose to their
families. Even more alarming than the rising rollover
statistics is the withholding of rollover information by
the government and auto manufacturers.

Sobering Statistics

Though the number of SUV rollover fatalities continues to
escalate, but SUVs are not being manufactured to better
resist rollover crashes. Not a single SUV earned the
federal agency's highest safety rating, according to an
NHTSA report in 2003. However, SUV consumption has
increased: SUV popularity created a large increase in sales
in the 1990s, and because of high consumer demand for these
cars, car makers continue to manufacture SUVs. Because the
vehicle has changed from simply being an off-road vehicle
to a replacement for the family station wagon,
manufacturers removed the roll bar that protects drivers
and passengers in a rollover situation from SUVs. Many SUV
rollover accidents occur because of the unusual propensity
the large car has to roll over when steered hard in
foreseeable accident avoidance maneuvers. Also, the size
and height of an SUV may increase the danger of rollovers.
SUV defects, like weak roofs and safety restraint system
failures, are some of the heightened risks involved in an
SUV rollover situation. Roof Crush Injury

Roof crush injury is most often the result of rollover
automobile accidents. Roof crush injuries kill 10,000
people every year. Vehicle design is supposed to depend on
a structural support system that creates a "survival space"
that protects car occupants in a crash from injury due to
roof crush. When a vehicle does not have the proper roof
pillar strength, it will cause the roof to cave into the
passenger compartment during an accident. A weak roof makes
a vehicle defective, and roof crushes can cause serious and
fatal injuries, including disabling brain and spinal
injuries.

Safe Roof Designs

Safe roof structure designs have been documented from as
early as the 1930s. Vehicles with the safety features
mentioned above would reduce the number of roof crush
accidents. Despite the availability of safer designs and
structures, manufacturers claim it is the force of the
impact that leads to injuries and death, notwithstanding
the fact that the relationship between rollover crashes and
injuries from roof crush was observed and noted as early as
1932. Safe roofs are equipped with strong roof pillars and
full-length closed sections, windshield headers and side
sections, internal baffle plates, strong tubular
cross-members, and reinforcing gussets at the connections.
Some use rigid foam within the tubular cross-members to
help strengthen the structure. These different safety
precautions can significantly minimize the fatal results of
roof crush.

Roof Crush and Rollover

Roof crush injury risks are higher in vehicles with a
greater propensity to roll over. Because they are taller
and narrower, SUVs, or sports utility vehicles, are three
times more likely to roll over in an accident than are
other passenger cars. In 1973, the government passed
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 216, creating a
standard roof strength test to measure the integrity of
roof structure in motor vehicles. This test was to apply to
motor vehicles weighing six thousand pounds or less. Many
SUVs weigh more than this, and are therefore exempt from
compulsory safety standards that may be crucial to
preventing roof crush injury. In light of SUV roof crush
injury risks, consumer advocacy groups have urged the
federal government to modify standards so that they include
any vehicle weighing ten thousand pounds or less.

Roof pillars appear strong to the average consumer, but
most of them consist of just sheet metal that is hollow on
the inside at the cross sections. When an accident occurs
involving roof structures with a filled inner space, the
outcome has been shown to be safer due to a lesser amount
of roof crush. Pillars filled with high-density foam can
reduce the severity of a roof crush significantly, saving
lives and reducing serious injuries. Overall, federal
safety standards fail to provide roof strength requirements
that adequately protect people from suffering roof crush
injury in a rollover automobile accident. Despite federal
standards, many vehicle roofs will easily crush a foot or
more during a rollover accident. More stringent testing
standards and minimum industry safety standards must be
employed if the government hopes to adequately protect
people from sustaining serious roof crush injury in
automobile accidents.

If You've Been Injured in an SUV Accident

Though rollover accidents are regarded as highly survivable
events, the integrity of a vehicle's roof structure during
impact is crucial. Windshield reinforcement is a critical
component of vehicle design: when a windshield is destroyed
in the course of an accident, the strength of the roof is
instantly reduced by 33 percent. As a result, roof crush
injuries are often extremely serious. Common roof crush
injuries include neck fractures and other spinal injuries.
Sometimes a brain injury may result from the roof crushing
in on the vehicle occupant. These head and neck injuries
can also cause paraplegia, quadriplegia, or other
life-altering conditions.

If you have suffered injury due to a roof crush car crash,
you may be eligible for monetary compensation due to faulty
automobile design. Contact an experienced crashworthiness
attorney as soon as possible. Your crashworthiness lawyer
will help you assess your claim, file a law suit, and get
the compensation you deserve.

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The Importance of Making Healthy Food Choices

The Importance of Making Healthy Food Choices
Proper Nutrition?
Nutrition is a huge part of you health and appearance. Some
professionals will attest that as much as 70% of your
weight loss and fitness results are based on what you eat.
The word alone can make people cringe – as the
guiltily think of the drive thru lunch that they just ate.
Nutrition is a subject that people spend their careers
studying and takes volumes of books to explain. My
objective is to teach you how to eat a healthy diet that
encourages your body to burn fat rather than store it. You
don’t need overwhelming science to “get”
this.

A healthy diet needs to be well rounded with the proper
amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The RDA’s
recommendation for daily intake of such things is a good
place to check your optimal intakes.

The first thing that you need to know about nutrition is
this fact: Eating small meals every 3 hours will increase
your metabolism and reduce fat storage. This is a proven
fact that bodybuilders, models, athletes and lean people in
general abide by – and so should you.

Eating right when you wake up is vital to breaking the fast
your body enters every night. About 3-4 hours after you eat
your body shuts down your metabolism and acts as if it
needs to store food. This is a great function to have if a
famine breaks out and you don’t see food for weeks.
After all, if there’s famine you’re going to
want your body to work “efficiently” by storing
fat, and using it slowly.

However, you don’t want your body to store fat and
burn it slowly now, right? Since there is no food shortage
or famine at the moment (and there likely won’t be
one any time soon) then it is pretty annoying when your
body starts packing on the pounds. So, in order to
communicate with your body that it is healthy, well fed,
and not in need of extra fat storage you need to reprogram
your metabolism. Here’s how to go about it. Start
your day off with a small meal and continue to eat small
meals every 3 hours or so.

What should you eat? In this article, I am just going to
give you general guidelines – These suggestions are a
basic guideline to healthy meals that do not promote fat
storage. Protein: 20% Fat: 15% Carbs: 65%

Each meal that you consume needs to have calories coming
from protein, carbohydrates and fat. Your body needs each
of these in small amounts throughout the day.

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Machelle Lee owns and operates The Invisible Gym in Santa
Cruz, CA. Her mission is to inspire people to become
physically active and enjoy the benefits of a balanced,
healthy lifestyle. For more information and questions you
can visit her website.

http://www.the-invisible-gym.com/

Dance Your Way Fit

Dance Your Way Fit
If the only time you dance is at weddings, you have no idea
what you are missing out on. First of all not only is
dancing fun, it is also exercise! Think about your moving
your feet, your arms, your twisting away and giving
yourself a full body workout. Ever noticed how sometimes
the day after a wedding, your body is a little sore,
especially if you do not workout before hand?
Celebrities, who take part in Dancing with The Stars, have
reported an increase in weight loss. The most traditional
way of getting a good dancing workout is to turn on some
music and let yourself go and boogie down. It is also an
excellent way to incorporate some bonding time with your
kids too if you included them. There are days when
I’ll turn on the radio and me and my daughter will
just dance our feet off.

There might be some of you, who are looking for something a
little more structured and instruction. Not to worry there
is something for you also. Gyms all around the world are
starting to offer dancing classes. Starting off there is
Cardio Salsa. This class if offered at The Crunch gyms
nationwide or you can look for it on DVD. It is a low
impact high intensity workout that combines the hottest
Latin dances such as the cha-cha, mambo, samba and more
with traditional dance steps such as the grapevine, lunges
and arm raises. What women are loving about this workout
is that they can take what they learn on the videos or
classes and take it to a night club if they want to!

Cardio Capoeira is also becoming another popular dance
workout. It was featured briefly on the cool down segments
of the hit exercise video Turbo Jam, but has come out on
its own as a great workout. In fact for fans of the hit
Movie Ocean’s 12 might remember it being featured as
the Night Fox dodges the lasers to get to the goods, or you
might remember Catherine Zeta-Jones using a similar dance
in the movie Entrapment. Cardio Capoeira is a basically
a form of martial arts that is disguised as dancing. It
was used to train Brazilian slaves martial arts without
letting their captors know. It requires a lot of kicking,
spinning and even cartwheels. What makes this workout so
powerful especially on your buttocks and quads is the move
the ginga which links one movement to the next so you will
find yourself doing this often.

Cardio Striptease is another dance workout that is sweeping
the nation. There are a number of DVDs out that offer a
cardio striptease workout. This routine is part
burlesque, part yoga, and part gymnastics. There are no
concise steps and the whole point of the routine is to
allow you to move freely and beautifully and learn to
express yourself. You never have to worry about holding
any sort of poses but move from one move to another by
using slow moving hip and butt circles. The aim of this
workout is to tone the hips, buttocks, thighs calves and
abs.

Of course you can always go the more traditional route and
sign up for ballroom dancing classes which will still give
you a great workout. Which ever one of these you choose,
you will burning fat and calories while having a great
time. You won’t even know you are exercising,
that’s how much fun you will have.

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Healthy Longevity and Taoism

Healthy Longevity and Taoism
TAOISM

Taoism, cultivation of the self, provides guidelines to
health and longevity. According to Taoism, you are in
control of your own life, in particular, your healthy
longevity.

Taoism is a way of life. It encompasses everything –
from the universe and nature to the human body.
Essentially, it focuses on harmony of "yin" and the "yang."

Zen (which I have mentioned in several of my previous
articles) is a "practice" of Taoism, and is sometimes
interspersed with Buddhist teachings. Unlike Buddhism,
Taoism believes in the value of life, but does not focus on
life after death. Taoism is not a religion.

Taoism was initiated by Lao Tzu, a contemporary of
Confucius (both were among the greatest philosophers in
ancient China).

Lao Tzu says, "The highest virtue is achieved through
non-action. It does not require effort because virtue is
natural to people." In other words, the wisdom in doing
things is innate in every individual.

You act without doing and work without effort. You prevent
trouble before it arises. You put things in order before
they exist. The giant pine tree grows from a tiny sprout
(like the Biblical mustard seed). The journey of a thousand
miles begins with your first step.

Taoism offers a much broader concept of health and
longevity than contemporary Western medicine.

For example, most of the forms of sport and exercise
practiced in both the East and West today are highly
competitive. They emphasize strength and quick reflexes,
with strenuous training (and sometimes reinforced with
drugs) designed to increase strength and stamina for
ultimate success. If you cannot complete successfully, you
are out of the game. Taoism, on the other hand, offers
spontaneity. You do what you can, and do the best of what
you can.

Another example, many people today tend to think of health
only in terms of curing sickness, and longevity only in
terms of avoiding fatal diseases. Taoism, on the other
hand, focuses on the art of living longer and healthier,
not merely surviving into old age. The Yellow Emperor of
ancient China once asked his sage how he could live long.
The sage replied, "There is nothing to be seen, nothing to
be heard. Just hold your spirit in stillness, and your body
will be healthy. You must be still. You must be pure in
mind and spirit, not subjecting your body to toil, not
disturbing your vital force. Then you may live for long."
This succinctly expresses the art of living well according
to Taoism.

The Chinese have an ancient tradition that does not share
the limitations of the Western approach to cure. Taoism
health and practices, which affect all aspects of life,
should be embraced at an early age, and healthy longevity
is not just a problem for elderly people.

HEALTH REJUVENATION FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY

Lao Tzu has this to say about the attainment of longevity
through the process of rejuvenation: "The way of Tao is
like a newborn baby. . . .The baby's bones may seem weak
and his sinews soft, yet his grasp is strong. He knows
nothing about sexual conjugation, yet his penis may
sometimes be erect, showing the perfection of his vital
essence."

According to Lao Tzu, when you were born, your body and
mind were in natural harmony. However, as you grow up, you
become subject to pressures and worries, undermining the
flexibility of your body and the openness of your mind; as
a result, there is disharmony.

Healthy longevity is the attainment of harmony of the
physical and spiritual aspects of human life. When you
concentrate your attention on fasting the spirit to the
body, as well as on correct and healthy breathing, your
whole being becomes flexible – just like that of a
baby. This flexibility and suppleness of the body and mind
are achieved in Eastern forms of exercise and meditation,
such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Yoga.

Lao Tzu also comments: "There is no mistake greater than
that of being ambitious; there is no calamity greater than
that being discontented; there is no fault greater than the
desire for riches. Therefore, true contentment is an
enduring and unchanging happiness."

Keeping up with the Joneses, attractions and distractions
of contemporary society, personal ambitions and desires
often create tension between your physical and spiritual
aspects, making your body rigid and your mind unyielding.
You begin to lose the original integration of the body and
mind of a baby, and you deteriorate and die. This is the
way of all flesh.

Lao Tzu says, "When a man is alive, his body is soft and
flexible; when he is dead, it is hard and rigid. So it is
with all things. Trees and plants are soft and pliant when
they are growing; when they die they are dry and brittle.
Thus, to be had and rigid is the way of death; to be soft
and yield is the way of life."

Lao Tzu has shown you the wisdom of living a life of
healthy longevity. It is all within your control.

(More on Taoism and longevity living in articles to follow)

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7 Sneaky Fat Loss Tips you Probably Haven't Heard Of!

7 Sneaky Fat Loss Tips you Probably Haven't Heard Of!
So, you're training hard, you're lifting weights, you're
interval training, you're cutting out all the cr** and
you've lost a fair few pounds. Congratulations!

But why the sad face? Oh....you can't seem to shift that
last few pounds that you REALLY want to unveil your sexy
tummy?

What's next then? Surely you don't give up now? You've done
so well to get as far as you have.

You have a few options actually, which are pretty obvious,
even to the untrained eye, here are just a few of them:

1. Train Harder 2. Train Longer 3. Do more workouts 4. Cut
back on calories 5. Give up your social life

Now, you could do all or any of these, but will it really
be worth it? Do you really have time? If so, then great,
crack on but I wouldn't fancy being tied to a treadmill and
moving my mattress into the gym. I'm also assuming you
don't want to spend the very little time you'll have away
from the gym sitting at home on your own,without the
opportunity to eat out or have friends over for a few
glasses of red wine (for the anti-oxidants of course)?

So how about I give you some options and tips that'll make
shifting that stubborn belly fat a hell of a lot easier but
I must warn you- They're SLY and they're SNEAKY, not only
that but they're downright SIMPLE TO DO!

A few of these bad boys may come as a shock to you but
believe me, as simple as they are, they really do work as
you'll find out later.

So without further ado here they are:

1: Get to bed before 10:30pm- this is number one for a
reason IT WORKS! Poor quality sleep and lack of sleep can
be one of the main contributers to fat storage. When you go
to bed too late (after 10:30pm) your hormones don't react
in a positive manner.You can become insulin resistance and
your body will really struggle to shrug off that excess fat

So get to bed by 10:30 (at the latest) to make sure you get
the biggest 'hit' of the hormones that'll help you get rid
of bodyfat. I was recently at a seminar in Dublin and the
worlds highest paid fitness trainer (since 1994 may I add)
told us sleep was the NUMBER 1 factor in any fat loss
program even ahead of diet and exercise.

2. Start each day with a handful of nuts

Nuts are not only a great source of protein and good fats-
they help to balance out blood sugar early in the morning,
meaning you're more likely to use fat as energy and can
help curb cortisol, the hormone that eats into your fat
burning musle tissue!

3. Have an eggscellent breakfast

It's a study done by Dr. David Ludwig at Harvard
University; he studied groups of overweight individuals.
The study found that the group who ate a veggie omelette
for breakfast ate 81% less the rest of the day than a group
who ate porridge for breakfast.

4. Take more fish oil

Fish oil has many, many benefits to fat loss and overall
health but its ability to switch on the fat burning genes
and switch off the fat storing genes is second to none.
Fish oil is also great for balancing blood sugar levels and
reducing carbohydrate cravings.

5.Use milled flax seeds

Flax seed is a very good source of omega-3 fatty acids. You
may have already tried the oil (yuck) but try and get your
hands on the milled seeds.These are great sprinkled on
salads and thrown into a good protein shake. Flax seed can
help lower the amount of estrogen-16 in women's bodies.
Estrogen-16 causes fat storage in the hips and thighs among
other things. Green tea is also awesome for reducing
Estrogen-16 levels.

6. Find a better multivitamin

A good multivitamin to help boost the immune sytem is vital
in losing bodyfat. The stronger the immune system- the
quicker you burn fat.A good multivitamin will also help
meet nutritional deficiencies. In order to find a good
multi look at the kind of magnesium in the vitamin. If it
is magnesium oxide the vitamin is worthless. Also, the
manganese content should be as low as possible, with less
than 5-7 grams per day. A good multivitamin to help boost
the immune sytem is vital in losing bodyfat. The stronger
the immune system- the quicker you burn fat.

7. Fire up your Butt Cheeks

90% of clients that visit me looking to look better naked
have ‘dysfunctional' glutes. Meaning their buttocks
don't work properly. This can cause all sorts of problems
including: low back pain, knee pain, lack of pelvic control
and this condition can actually make your stomach look
bigger by causing the pelvis to ‘tip' forwards, hence
making your tummy stick out! Try this: clench your butt
cheeks together in a standing position for 10 seconds,
repeat 5 times- do this before your workout and as many
times as possible during the workout.

8.... Oh I know I told you 7 BUT I thought I'd give you a
‘bonus'

Add salt to your water

Drinking more water to aid fat loss is obvious right? fat
loss releases toxins that are stored in your fat, so, the
more water you drink, the qukcer the body can dump these
toxins! Why the salt? Notice you pee quite a lot when you
up your water intake? Well adding a good quality SEA SALT
can actually help your body ‘hold on' and use more of
the water than you drink. Meaning, faster fat loss

So there you have it, the 7 most SLY, SNEAKY and SIMPLE
tips that you probably didn't know about!

Implement these into your current fat loss program and I
guarantee they'll make a big difference to your physical
appearance and body composition.

Don't believe me? Give them a whirl!

I implemented JUST the sleep to one of my client's
schedules and her fat loss sped so much that last weekend
she was cursing me as she bought a pair of jeans a size
smaller!! 14 days after making just that ONE change!

What are you waiting for go get sneaky!!

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Paul Mort is one of the UK's most in demand, exciting and
respected personal trainers and fat loss experts.He is the
creator of the revolutionary fat loss system MELT and is
the only personal trainer in the north east who can offer a
125% money back guarentee.To view more of Paul's articles
please visit http://www.precisionfitness.co.uk

Cheap Hoodia Uncovered! Brutal Truth About Online Hoodia Sellers

Cheap Hoodia Uncovered! Brutal Truth About Online Hoodia Sellers
It seems that everyone who wants to lose weight is looking
for the miracle solution that will transform their body as
quickly and as safely as possible. Over the last twenty
years there have been diets, exercise machines and diet
drugs that were hyped up as the solution, only to
disappoint. Now, finally there might be hope because of
Hoodia, an ugly cactus-like plant grown in the semi-desert
of South Africa. The demand for hoodia has exploded, in a
blaze of publicity from CNN, CBS News and even Oprah
covering its amazing appetite suppressing qualities. People
from all walks of life, and all cultures, including
celebrities are finding that they are getting results.

In fact, in all human trials to date, the results have been
very favorable. Hoodia has be shown to make you feel full.
But that's not the best part. So far there have been no
known side effects yet.

But the news is not all good.

Because there is overwhelming demand for Hoodia, a lot of
unethical opportunists, who have been quick to see the
possibility of making a quick buck, have set up shop,
especially on the internet, to sell cheapened, diluted
Hoodia. A lot of sellers that are selling discounted
versions are getting good business, because it seems like
such a bargain – but most, if not all, of these
sellers are selling powder puffed versions that will do
nothing for you in terms of weight loss.

Why's that?

It's simple. Most suppliers on the internet cut corners
when producing their Hoodia. You see, producing pure Hoodia
with the active P57 molecule (the reason why Hoodia helps
you lose weight) is a very expensive process, and most
companies are not willing to do everything it takes to make
sure their Hoodia is pure.

So, what are some examples of ways that these unethical
Hoodia suppliers cut corners to make their product cheaper?

Here are three ways they do that:

1)They mix cheaper (and often, harmful) ingredients with
their Hoodia to make it cheaper to sell. As I mentioned,
pure Hoodia has shown to work in human trials to date and
has no known side effects. The same thing cannot be said of
many other ingredients that internet suppliers mix in their
product. These other types of ingredients have been known
to cause headaches and dizziness. By adding these other
cheaper ingredients, it makes the whole package cheaper but
far less effective.

2) They sell Hoodia from Mexico or China or somewhere else
in the world Hoodia can be grown. The only problem is that
this Hoodia has no effect on weight loss. The only type of
Hoodia that has proven to have the P57 molecule that helps
with weight loss is the Hoodia Gordonii species grown in
the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Buying Hoodia from
other places is a lot cheaper, because there's very little
competition for it. It is expensive to buy it from the
Kalahari, because it is a protected plant. You need to get
certification to be able export Hoodia Gordonii out of
South Africa.

3)They don't have strict, quality controls to ensure their
Hoodia retains its purity and effectiveness when processed.
Your Hoodia Supplier should be able to produce
certification proving they are using industry standard
manufacturing processes, at a minimum.

And that's just a start.

Once you really think about it, there are so many ways that
unethical suppliers can create the impression that they are
a good honest company, when really they are nothing more
than a scam.

It doesn't cost much to set up a slick website and
shipping. It does though, cost money to ensure that the
Hoodia supplied is pure 100% South African Hoodia Gordonii
with the active P57 molecule though.

So to an unsuspecting person, the Hoodia on sale at some of
these websites looks genuine. But you as you now know, you
need to be careful. You need to be wary of the 3 points
raised above. And you need to know how to tell a good
supplier from a bad one.

So, you need to know how to tell if a seller gets their
stock from a genuine certified exporter of South African
Hoodia Gordonii. You need to know how to tell whether a
supplier is selling a 'diluted' version of Hoodia mixed
with other ingredients. You need to know how you can
instantly tell if a supplier has the required quality
controls to ensure their Hoodia remains pure. And there's
more you need to check off with a supplier before you eve
think about handing over your cash to them.

If you don't do these things, chances are that you will be
spending good money after bad, and paying for diet
supplements that don't really help you with any weight
loss. It will be money just thrown away.

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Asbestos- An Ancient Link to Deadly Mesothelioma

Asbestos- An Ancient Link to Deadly Mesothelioma
It has been in use since the mythological era of Ancient
Greece, but asbestos is a modern-day killer. Widely used
for fireproof insulation purposes in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, asbestos has since been found to cause
the deadly cancer mesothelioma along with other lung
conditions.

Occupational Exposure and Dangers To Workers

After noticing that chronic diseases, especially cancers of
the lung such as mesothelioma, were extremely common in
construction workers who were exposed to asbestos, doctors
began making a connection between asbestos and
mesothelioma. Unfortunately, construction and other workers
who were exposed to asbestos from the 1950s through the
1970s, when the dangers of asbestos were more fully
recognized, are still suffering from the ill effects of
asbestos exposure at work. There are now laws and
regulations in place that are designed to prevent workers
from exposure to toxic asbestos; however, these laws cannot
undo years upon years of exposure to this deadly mineral in
the workplace.

Delayed Diagnosis Due To Long Dormancy Period

Workers may have been exposed to asbestos in the 1970s, but
may only just now be developing the tell-tale symptoms of
mesothelioma. This is because the disease is slow to
manifest, which challenges doctors struggling to diagnose
and treat mesothelioma patients in time. Because its
symptoms take so long to manifest and often align
themselves with those of other diseases, mesothelioma in
workers may be misdiagnosed as pneumonia or other diseases
during its early stages.

Symptoms of mesothelioma include:

* shortness of breath;

* abdominal swelling;

* pain of the abdomen;

* blood clotting problems;

* chest pain;

* chronic cough;

* heart palpitations;

* fever;

* labored breath;

* weight loss.

Pleural, peritoneal and pericardial mesothelioma are all
possible variations of the deadly cancer, with pleural
(lung) mesothelioma the most commonly manifested version of
the disease.

High-Risk Professions

Though the use of asbestos is now regulated by laws and
regulations, the disease's long dormancy period means that
it still has a high number of potential victims.
Professions at a high risk for asbestos exposure and
mesothelioma are those which involved repeated exposure to
asbestos in its industrial forms. These professions include:

* electricians;

* painters;

* insulators;

* carpenters;

* bricklayers;

* construction workers;

* mechanics;

* other tradespeople, especially those who were involved
with commercial or home construction before the 1970s.

The families of these workers were also at risk, since they
may have inhaled or ingested asbestos through the
employee's clothing or hair.

Legal Options

Because of the huge number of potentially affected workers,
there has been a significant amount of litigation against
companies who irresponsibly used asbestos, exposing their
workers to the threat of mesothelioma and other
life-threatening asbestos-related illnesses. If you are
suffering the ill effects of asbestos exposure, talk to
your doctor and determine a reasonable treatment plan. Then
contact an asbestos attorney who is experienced in
mesothelioma litigation. A competent asbestos lawyer may be
able to help you recover damages for the pain and suffering
incurred through asbestos exposure and mesothelioma, defray
the costs of treatment, and provide for your children if
you die of the disease.

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