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Exercise Impact on Diabetes Not Getting Through

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Recent data on diabetes cases indicates diabetes is rising rapidly in the U.S. According to a new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey, the disease is now affecting 11.3% of American adults, up from 10.4% in Q3, 2009. This equates to about 26 million Americans now, and if the trend continues, 37 million w by the end of 2015.

Interestingly, the survey also showed the U.S. obesity rate is up about 1 percent on Q:Q comparisons with 2008. Individuals who are obese are almost three times as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. Currently, more than one-fifth of obese adults have diabetes [21.2%, compared to 7.4% of non-obese of similar age]

Further correlations indicated a higher incidence of diabetes among those who didn’t exercise at least a half hour on any given day in the previous week. Indications of exercise undertaken in the week prior to the survey:

  • Exercised at least 30 minutes a day, every day – 9.5%
  • Exercised at least 30 minutes a day, four to six times – 8%
  • Did not exercise at least 30 minutes any time -15%

Maybe the government does need to introduce a FAT TAX – not on the food, but on the people. It will solve the health budget and economy all in one hit.

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Spicy Way to Burn More Body Fat

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Heard the saying ‘food is the spice of life’? Well, it seems we can go one step further and say that ‘spices are the spice of life’. Spices are not only a way to invigorate an otherwise boring healthy meal. It seems that spices can help you burn more body fat.

According to the January 2006 issue of The Journal of Physiology and Behavior, numerous studies on several spices have increased thermogenesis in the body. Thermogenesis is simply heat – and since a calorie is a unit of heat, turn up your body heat and burn more calories.

Burn more calories – burn more fat. How easy is that.

If you want to know more about thermogenesis and is amazing body fat burning properties, get a free copy of a new handbook “The Radical Fatloss Blueprint.” It’s available for the next 21 days to anyone who owns a copy of “The Every Other Day Diet.”

The Every Other Day Diet claims to help you lose up to 21 pounds in 21 days. You can get a copy of the “Every Other Day Diet” here

As a sneaky peak – here’s the spices that work the best to help you burn bodyfat:

  1. Capsaicin – the compound gives red chili pepper its heat, increased energy via heat expenditure by up to 23% after ingesting it at breakfast.
  2. Black Pepper- increases body heat (thermogenesis) by bonding to TRPV1 receptors in the brain.
  3. Turmeric – has both anti-cancer and pro-thermogenic support. Two for one!

Combine these three spices: Red chili pepper, black pepper and turmeric, and use them liberally (as you can handle them) on your lunch and dinner meals. Just don’t overdo it and end up with more heartburn than fatburn.

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Want to Lose Fat – Then Get Out of The Way of Your Body

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

There are so many fat loss programs that it is confusing to many people as to which program works best. What most people don’t realise is that many of these programs actually work against you and make you put on fat, increasing your body weight.

The reason for this is that fat loss is a very individual process. Our bodies are naturally designed to maintain an optimal fat layer, but we subvert that process by overloading it with the wrong types of food and exercise.

This is why some people who undertake an intensive cardio program in the hope of burning fat and adding muscle, but losing weight, often find to their dismay that they have actually gained fat.

The same fat gain result can occur with those who adopt a starvation diet.

A series of studies on fat loss carried out in 2007 investigated the impact on women of selected exercise and diet programs, in particular focusing around the use of high intensity interval exercise and the mediteranean diet which is high in fish oil and nuts.

The results of this fat loss program study may surprise you…check it out!

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