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By Controlling Your Food Intake

There are lots of ways to lose weight these days.

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You can have liposuction, as long as you don’t mind paying thousands for it, being bruised for days afterwards and then seeing the weight pile back on in a matter of weeks.

You can take weight loss pills, again, if you can afford it.

The problem with pills, though, is that they don’t work – which is a fairly big drawback.

You can try one of the many fashionable fad diets that are floating around at the moment, if you don’t mind eating foul-tasting food in tiny portions and feeling hungry and miserable all the time as a result.

Or, if you want to, you can alter your existing eating habits in a few special ways.

It doesn’t cost anything, it really works and there’s definitely no bruising! It is, as you’ll soon discover if you give it a try, the very best way to lose weight and keep it off over the long-term.

Combine the changes in your diet with regular – but not difficult or boring – exercise, and you’ll see pounds of fat disappear from all over your body EVERY week until you decide you’re happy with your weight and body’s appearance.

If you’re ready to learn what you need to change and the things you need to do to make it happen, read on!

You’re going to lose weight by controlling the number of calories you consume on a daily and weekly basis.

You see, lots of people know about the concept of calorie control, but very few seem to use it properly. Perhaps it seems too good to be true or maybe they’re just lazy and easily discouraged.

Whatever the reason, one fact cannot be denied: if you control your calorie intake properly, you WILL lose weight.

It’s a scientific, biological, physiological FACT.

Do what you’re about to learn and the reading on your bathroom scales will drop each and every week. Here goes.

A pound of fat contains approximately 3500 calories.

If you consume 3500 calories, you WILL gain one pound.

No ifs or buts.

And, as you’ve no doubt guessed, if you eat 3500 calories LESS than usual, you’ll LOSE one pound.

But you can’t just cut down your calorie intake by 3500 a day – if you do you’ll mess up your body’s natural balance.

What you need to do is lower your calorie intake by 500 calories a day, which will make a total deficit of 3500 calories over a seven day period.

Before you do that, though, you’ll need to know your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate).

This number sums up how many calories your body needs per day to maintain its weight.

Once you’ve calculated it, you can then go ahead and eat 500 calories less than that number per day.

Click this link to go straight to the ‘Perfect Body Plan’ BMR calculator.

Working out your BMR takes literally 30 seconds – once you’ve done it, carry on reading this article.

Okay, so now you’ve got your BMR. Let’s say it’s 2100 calories.

You now know that if you want to lose 1 lb of fat a week you need to eat 1600 calories a day and no more.

If you do that, you WILL lose 1 lb a week – it’s inevitable.

To make sure you eat the correct number of calories, you need to look at the food labels on the things you eat.

Of course, it’s also recommended that you get your 1600 calories, or however many it is you personally need, through healthy foods containing healthy fats such as Omegas 3, 6 and 9 – and not by going to a fast food place and only eating a small burger meal.

Stay away from saturated fats as much as possible.

So, you’ve lowered your calorie intake by 500 calories a day – that’s a guaranteed loss of 1 lb a week.

But what if you want to lose more than that?

In that case, you can do one of three things.

You can either lower your calorie intake a little more (while ensuring you get all your required vitamins, minerals, fats, protein, fibre and carbohydrates from your food and drink), you can stick to eating 500 less and incorporate some extra exercise into your weekly schedule, or you can do both by lowering your calorie intake a little more (say, 700 less than your BMR) and doing exercise.

This final option is the one I recommend most.

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By doing regular exercise, you help make sure your body is always burning fat and not muscle, which is clearly a good thing.

Exercise also gets and keeps your metabolism up, which helps your body burn up the fat you want to lose.

So, what about losing 2.5 lbs a week?

How could one go about doing that?

It would mean you’d lose 10 lbs a month, which is pretty impressive.

In 6 months you’d be 60 lbs down! You might not even want to lose that much!

To lose 2.5 lbs a week, you could first cut your calorie intake to 700 lower than your BMR.

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So, if your BMR is 2100, you’d eat 1400 a day.

That equals a fat loss of a pound and a half straight away.

Next, you’d do enough exercise in the week to burn the remaining 3500 calories needed to make up a total weekly weight loss of 2.5 lbs.

To burn 3500 calories a week through exercise isn’t as hard is might sound.

The key is exercising often, intensely and using different kinds of exercise throughout the week.

Here’s an example.

Monday: Swimming, 1 hour. Calories Burned: 800.

Wednesday: Badminton, 1 hour. Calories Burned: 1000

Thursday: House work (hoovering and ironing), 2 hours. Calories Burned: 270

Friday: Weight training, 1 hour. Jogging, 1 hour. Calories Burned: 900

Saturday: Yoga, 1 hour. Calories Burned: 200

The remaining 200 or so calories would be made up by day-to-day activities, like walking, climbing the stairs, etc.

Of course, you don’t need to do as much exercise as just outlined.

You’ll simply increase your rate of weight loss if you do.

The key point is calorie control: get it right and you’ll lose weight – it’s as simple as that!

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Low Cholesterol can it be dangerous?

You will find that when your doctor talks to you about your cholesterol levels they will begin to put a lot of fear in your head. High cholesterol is a long term problem that will lead to serious things like heart disease and strokes (which can be deadly), however, you will find that you can lower your risks and take steps to make sure that you lead a healthy and full feeling life.

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You will find that you may suffer from lower levels, but you may also be high, however, you will need to talk to your doctor about how you can bring your cholesterol back to normal through various methods. There are many factors that will contribute to you have low cholesterol in your body.

Anything lower than 160 mg/dL is considered abnormally low and should be carefully monitored by doctors.

You will find that hypocholesterolemia, liver disease, malabsorption, celiac disease, malnutrition, and a manganese deficiency could one of the money factors that will cause you to have too low cholesterol.

A small percentage of people also have very low levels of cholesterol in the blood steam due to abetalipoproteinemia, a rare genetic disease.

Abetalipoproteinemia is a condition that mainly affects the Jewish population and not only causes low cholesterol levels, but also causes vitamin deficiencies and an inability to grow and gain weight at a normal rate.

Hypobetalipoproteinemia is a rare genetic disease that is caused by a gene defect, but it will also make the cholesterol levels lower in the blood system.

Low cholesterol, lastly, can be caused if medications used to treat high cholesterol are used improperly.

There is a common concern throughout the medical community about the lower cholesterol levels.

In general, low cholesterol goes hand-in-hand with poor health.

Thus, mortality rates rise with low cholesterol.

There are some common problems when it comes to the low cholesterol that includes thinks like issues with the respiratory system, depression, hemorrhagic stroke and more.

However, studies are still being done to test theories about these problems and their link to low cholesterol levels in the body.

When it comes to the links for depression, you will want to be sure that you ask your doctor to check out your cholesterol levels because you may be suffering from depression because of your low cholesterol.

Elderly patients should also be especially mindful of low cholesterol.

When it comes to cholesterol levels, you will want to control your levels, but you will not limit it.

You will find that if you watch what you eat, then you will be able to help your cholesterol levels to be normal, unless you have some rare disease that may prohibit you from doing so.

John Caldecott.

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Altering Medication should you be taking it?

You are aware that high cholesterol can be very dangerous to your heart disease and you will find that other serious health problems like a stroke.

You will find that the doctor will suggest that you change your diet and lifestyle, but then there are some people are just need a little more.

Lipid is a drug that is prescribed to those who have high cholesterol and keep it under control and keeping it under control.

When it comes to the LDL cholesterol and triglycerides you will find just what undesirable lipids are for.

If you have lipids that are undesirable can cause you to have a serious medical issue.

If you are at risk, you may want to talk to your doctor, because there is no way for you to judge your cholesterol without getting tested.

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If you are at risk, you may be able to get what’s best for you and a situation like this; a situation that you correct.

Some of the prescriptions that you can get for high lipids include meds like statins and fibrates, not to mention cholesterol adsorption inhibitors.

Statins lower cholesterol and assist in the prevention of cholesterol being produced within the body.

Fibrates are commonly prescribed with them and you’ll be able to use the lipid-lowering meds to help you eliminate triglycerides from your body.

There are a few different types of fibrates, but gemfibrozil is most commonly prescribed because it is the most effective one that has the fewest possible side effects.

If you use cholesterol absorption inhibitors, you will find that you can have a good start to a long fight against high cholesterol.

They are safer for people who have had trouble with side effects of statins and are looking for an alternative.
It lowers triglycerides and significantly reduces levels of bad cholesterol.

There are some people who simply prefer to have a more natural way of treating their high lipids.

You will want to take some vitamins so that you can reduce your bad lipids, but also increase your good cholesterol.

Niacin is a B vitamin that is taken in large doses in order to lower the total cholesterol amount, triglycerides, and bad cholesterol, as well as increasing the amount of good cholesterol.

This is something that you can take without prescription, but you will want to just with your doctor about using these vitamins and you will not want to take large amounts of them either.

Your doctor should monitor you so that they can see if your body is responding favorably and no additional problems arise.

You may also want to think about things like fiber and soy so that you are able to find something natural for you to consume and help you with the bad lipids that are in your body and blood.

Natural lipid medications and also prescriptions will help reduce a lot of your bad cholesterol or lipids and it may save you from developing other diseases or issues.

You will want to check everything out with your doctor before you begin taking them.

Vitamins should not be mixed with certain meds and that is why you will even

want to ask your doctor if you are able to take such vitamins.

John Caldecott.
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Free Weight Loss programs…

The race to fitness is on and a lot of people are getting into the band wagon. Some people do it to achieve a sexy body, some people just do it because they are embarrassed with the body they have now, while others do it simply to remain fit and heatlthy.

As such, many fitness programs are out in the internet, in gyms, spas and fitness centers all over.

Some are too expensive to afford that one may even lose weight just by trying to work out the money needed to pursue these fitness programs.

One may not have to go to the gym or the spa or any fitness center and spend much just to slim down to obtain that longed for sexy body.

There are many books available in the bookstore which offer weight loss programs which are convenient and for free, of course the books are not though.

These weight loss programs, or diet plans are gaining immense popularity with so much publicity, testimonials and reviews that one may be confused which exactly to follow.

So before choosing which weight loss plan to follow, try reading these summaries about the most popular diet programs out today.

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Atkins’ New Diet Revolution by Dr. Atkins.

This weight loss program encourages high protein diet and a trim down on the carbs.
One can feast on vegetables and meat but should fast on bread and pasta.

One is also not restricted against fat intake so it is okay to pour in the salad dressing and freely spread on the butter.

However, after the diet, one may find himself lacking on fiber and calcium yet high in fat.
Intake of grains and fruits are also limited.

Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet by Drs. Heller.

This diet plan advocates low carbohyrate eating.
Approves on eating meats, vegetables and fruits, dairy and grain products. however, warns against taking in too much carb.

“Reward” meal can be too high on fats and saturated fats.

Choose to Lose by Dr. Goor.

Restrains fat intake.

One is given a “fat” budget and he is given the liberty on how to spend it.

It does not pressure the individual to watch his carbohydrate intake.
Eating meat and poultry as well as low-fat dairy and seafoods is okay.

A go signal is also given on eating vegetables, fruits, cereals, bread and pasta.

This weight loss plan is fairly healthy, good amounts of fruits and vegetables as well as saturated fats.

Watch triglyceride levels though; if high, trim down the carbohydrates and tuck in more of the unsaturated fats.

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The DASH Diet.
Advocates moderate amounts of fat and protein intake and high on carbs.

Primarily designed to lower blood pressure, the diet plan follows the pyramid food guide and encourages high intake of whole wheat grains as well as fruits and vegetables and low-fat dairy.

Some dieters think it advocates too much eating to procure significant weight loss.

Eat More, Weigh Less by Dr. Ornish.

Primarily vegetarian fare and strictly low-fat.

Gives the go signal on the “glow” foods but warns to watch it on non-fat dairy and egg whites.

This diet is poor in calcium and retricts consumption of healthy foods like seafoods and lean poultry.

Eat Right for Your Type.

Interesting because it is based on the person’s blood type. recommends plenty of meat for people with the blood type O.

Diet plans for some blood types are nutritionally imbalanced and too low in calories.

And for the record, there is even no proof that blood type affects dietary needs.

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The Pritkin Principle.

Focused on trimming the calorie density in eating by suggesting watery foods that make one feel full.

Eating vegetables, fruits, oatmeal, pasta, soups, salads and low-fat dairy is okay.

Although limits protein sources to lean meat, pseafood and poultry.

Although it is healthy by providing low amounts of saturated fats and rich amounts of vegetables and fruits, it is also low on calcium and limits lean protein sources.

Volumetrics.

For low-density calorie eating.
Recommends the same foodstuff as Pritkin but restricts fatty or dry foods like popcorn, pretzels and crackers.