SELF-IMAGE FOR PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS The most important picture you will ever change in your subconscious mind is the picture you now have of yourself right now. You will start with this image. You will start recreating your subconscious imagery by recreating your existing body picture. Before starting your imagery training, it is important that you become totally relaxed in …
Changing Your Eating Habits
CHANGING YOUR EATING HABITS Because all of us have been brought up eating junk food, well most of us, it is not easy to change our eating habits. Your eating habits have developed since childhood based on what your mothers or fathers cooked and what your psychological make-up was during that time. The foods you eat and crave help keep …
Causes And Treatments For Cellulite
CAUSES AND TREATMENTS FOR CELLULITE Cellulite refers to the fat stored on specific body parts especially on the abdomen. It looks like orange peel or cottage cheese under the skin. Causes Cellulite is a fat tissue that appears below the skin’s surface. People does not need to be overweight to have cellulite, in fact, skinny people can have some on …
WHY You Need To Go Gluten Free
WHY YOU NEED TO GO GLUTEN FREE If you are suffering from severe and chronic abdominal pain and bloating after meals, have excessive gas, or have large bulky stools that may have blood in them, you need to go to a doctor. While there are many causes for this set of symptoms including dysentery and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (which can …
Those Extra Pounds Could Hurt Your Eyes
THOSE EXTRA POUNDS COULD HURT YOUR EYES Here’s news that may inspire many to look to lose weight. You’ve probably heard a lot about the dire consequences of being overweight-which 60 percent of Americans are-and now research from Harvard suggests that those extra pounds may be bad for your eyes. Researchers think some nutrients needed in the retina in the …
High Intensity Exercise Burns Body Fat Faster
HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE BURNS BODY FAT FASTER Have you ever wondered which cardio exercises are best for burning off extra body fat? Is walking (low intensity) better or running (high intensity) better for burning body fat? Well, both low and high intensity exercises will help you burn off body fat. The question is which is more effective and burn more …
Carbohydrates and the Glycemic Index
CARBOHYDRATES AND THE GLYCEMIC INDEX You may have heard about the glycemic index and wondered what it is all about. The glycemic index is a ranking of carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. It compares foods gram for gram of carbohydrate. Carbohydrates that breakdown quickly during digestion have the highest glycemic indexes. The blood …
Carbohydrates And Losing Weight
CARBOHYDRATES AND LOSING WEIGHT In simple terms, carbohydrates are broken down by various enzymes into simple sugars then glucose so they can be absorbed into the blood. Digestive enzymes are like biological scissors – they chop long starch molecules into simpler ones. According to experts, if we cannot burn all the fat we consume, the remainder is stored as fat …
Importance of Cardio Training
IMPORTANCE OF CARDIO TRAINING Everyone has wondered at some point in time which cardio exercise is better. To put it in simple terms, both low and high intensity exercises will help you to burn off body fat. The question here is which is the most effective to burn off more body fat. When scientists first discovered that during intensive exercises, …
Carbohydrate Substitutes for the Atkins diet
CARBOHYDRATE CRAVINGS AND THE ATKINS DIET Carbohydrate cravings are difficult to deal with, especially when you are trying to maintain a low carbohydrate way of life. However, carbohydrate cravings are not just a matter of will power. As Dr. Atkins points out in his book, carbohydrates produce a flood of insulin and a rise in blood sugar. There is indeed …