Four Reasons It's Difficult to Lose Fat (slim)

Excess stored fat should be converted back into calories when the body next requires more energy. However, this seems unlikely to happen due to FOUR main reasons :  1) We consume available carbohydrate calories before fat calories  Just a hunger person consumes the most readily available source of food, the human body always...

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Slim Diet II : Speed up your weight loss by taking control of your blood sugar!

Keeping your blood sugar level stable is essential for the human body to function properly. A stable blood sugar level is key to feeling energized throughout the day as well as controlling hunger. Blood sugar levels are affected by numerous factors and diet is the most important one and the one of which you have the most control of. Stress, exercise, and some medications can also influence your blood sugar levels. Here are three...

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Slim Diet II : Benefits Of Drinking Water to Lose Fat

“Drink 8 glasses of water each day” is a saying we’ve all heard, but what are the benefits of drinking water to lose weight? Water hydrates your body and helps it work efficiently. Water boosts your metabolic rate, which gives you energy and helps to burn calories. It is an essential drink in everyday life and a great tool for those who...

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SLIM DIET II : WHY OTHER DIETS FAIL ? continued...(PART II)

Why Other Diets Fail Part 1 Weight no longer! The world is full of disillusioned dieters, many who feel victimised by commercialisation that has taken advantage of their predicament. Evolutionary changes led us to live a life of convenience; this is in part the cause of obesity. The primitive man’s lifestyle was inconvenient, but it complemented optimum metabolic processes to maintain optimum physical condition. Man was created...

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SLIM DIET II : WHY OTHER DIETS FAIL ?

Up to 95% of all weight loss attempts fail with dieters gaining back all the weight they lost, sometimes more, within 5 years.[1] But is it the person that fails, or the type of diet? Today we have more ‘low fat’ and ‘low calorie’ diet foods and beverages than ever before, so why are we getting fatter and not thinner? Most common diet...

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Body Mass Index (BMI)

BMI (body mass index) is an international, consistent standard of measuring body size. However, other factors must be considered as some people will have more body fat than others but still have the same BMI. For this reason it is important to take measurements of key areas (e.g. waist, hip, arm, thigh and bust). If you are able to you...

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Can Colostrum Assist AIDS Patients?

By Thomas E. Stone, ND, CNHP In 1995, an article in “Scientific American” concluded that traditional disease fighting methods were not effective in fighting the HIV virus - otherwise know as AIDS. Instead, this author recommended that we focus on finding ways of stimulating the immune system and reducing the viral load. Colostrum can be very effective in both of these ways. Colostrum stimulates and strengthens a weakened immune...

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