Intermittent fasting, perfect for weight loss, Type 2 diabetes and more!

What is Intermittent Fasting (IF)? To understand why, researchers said, one must look to how the body essentially flips a “metabolic switch” during fasting. This means the body moves from burning glucose, or sugar, for energy to fatty acids and their byproduct, ketones.

During fasting, the body converts fat into fatty acids, which can be absorbed by the blood.
Stephen Anton, a researcher at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, calls this process "flipping the metabolic switch."

There are two main types of intermittent fasting. One type, known as “time restricted feeding”, requires eating only during a few hours of the day – say between 10am and 6pm. This approach gives the body a long break from food each night, and also reinforces beneficial circadian rhythms.

I bought the book The Obesity Code: unlocking the secrets of weight loss  written by Dr. Jason Fung, it really openend my eyes!

The other type of intermittent fasting – made popular by the 5:2 diet – is known as “periodic fasting”. This approach involves alternating between long periods of unrestricted eating and short periods of eating very little (five days of eating normally, two days of eating restricted calories).

You can find great information on YouTube, two of my favorite people about this subject on YouTube are:
Dr. Fung
Dr. Eric Westman

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Injecting a gene into the brain that codes for the hormone leptin may curb overeating

While dieting and exercise are often the first port of call for people who want to lose weight, study author Dr. Urszula Iwaniec, of Oregon State University, and colleagues note that such strategies often fail to have prolonged success. Leptin is a hormone secreted by adipose cells, or fat cells, that plays a role in regulating energy balance by curbing hunger. Often referred to as the "satiety hormone," leptin works by sending signals to the brain that tell us when to stop eating.
Read more on: Medical News Today

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Children of obese parents are most at risk of becoming obese.

The study is based on data from a population-based cohort of 2,269 children aged between eight and eleven years old.
These findings are important because they confirm that in children genes play a very important role in determining body weight. Researchers used a new method called Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis (GCTA), to investigate the molecular genetic heritability of body weight in children. At present only a few genetic variants have been discovered, and these explain a very small amount of individual differences in body weight (~2%). These findings suggest there are hundreds of other genetic variants influencing body weight that are yet to be discovered.

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Raspberry Ketone Plus will help you burn fat faster

On the TV show called 'Fat Busting Metabolism Boosters' hosted by the popular dr. Oz, there was a person who had lost a lot of weight as a result of using Raspberry Ketone Plus. What is Raspberry Ketone? Raspberry Ketone Plus has been known to aid the weight loss process by producing Adiponectin, an important enzyme that helps to effectively metabolize the food that you eat.




Ingredients:
This product contains African Mango, Acai & Resveratrol, Apple Cider Vinegar, Kelp, Grapefruit, Caffeine, Green Tea Extract, and Raspberry Ketone.

How To Use:
You are to take two capsules per day with a large glass of water.


Pros:
•Will help you burn fat faster

•Can help to fend off free radical damage in the body

•Promotes higher energy levels so you’re more active throughout the day

•Can reduce your appetite level



Cons:
•You may experience feelings of anxiety or jitteriness while taking this product

•Some people will have difficulty sleeping if they are very sensitive to caffeine

•You will still be required to follow a smart diet plan with this product

•Proper exercise should also be performed in order to reap maximum benefits

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Gwyneth Paltrow is not a dietitian

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has come under attack from a health professional regarding marketing an extreme cleanse program (detox) on her website.The celebrity informed followers about her diet plan 'Cleanse'. The detox involves, vitamins, two protein shakes and one low-calorie dinner each day. Dietitian Catherine Collins (chief) from St. George's Hospital in London is not impressed with Gwyneth Paltrow diet plan. Catherine Collins informs Daily Mail On Sunday, "She is not a dietitian. I would not advise to follow this diet plan." The manufacturers of Cleanse response: "It supports the body's organic detoxing process."

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Foods that makes you hungry

Hunger is one of the biggest issues when you are on a diet. It's the most typical problem that people will encounter. But there are some foods that you need to avoid when you are dieting. Here is an example of 4 foods that can increase your hunger levels.
Sugary Cereals: Are bad for your diet and increase your hunger levels.  Eating ceareals you become very hungry after eating them, why? You are going to get a huge blood sugar spike after eating this food. This is then followed by a sharp decline as insulin is released and comes and sucks all that glucose from the blood, giving you a decline of blood sugar, what makes you hungry again! For breakfast you can better eat oatmeal without sugar or bran cereal, it helps to control your hunger levels.

 

White rice: makes you hungry for much the same reason as sugary cereals. When the blood sugar levels drop, this sets of the hunger signal inside the brain that's going to prompt you to definitely eat more food.

Snack bars: In regards to hunger, snack bars will be very problematic. The problem here is that these will tend to be very low in total protein and sometimes fat content, it cannot balance out the carbohydrates. After consuming them you can experience a increase in your blood sugar and then sudden decrease in energy levels.The result of this is a boost to your blood sugar, that will make you have very depleted energy levels. As Snacking will reduce energy, many people will continue to snack more throughout the day to try recover their energy levels. As eating more it will make you eat more calories, and you will find it harder to lose weight.

 

Candy: candy is one of the one of the worst foods as far as hunger is concerned. While you may feel like this gives you a good energy burst and quickly fills you up, that's just the sugar high talking!  Candy made out of pure sugar is even worse for you from your diet perspective than snack foods that contain fat, because at least with the addition of fat you will not see quite the shoot in blood sugar levels. Candy can actually be much worse for you then snack bats. Candy will therefore give you a quick sugar rush, followed by a quick loss of energy. Many people will experience a dramatic increase in blood sugar levels when eating candy, as it contains pure sugar.

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Simple ways that you can go about reducing your calorie intake

Let’s give you a few quick calorie cutting food swaps to think about:

Eat oatmeal instead of granola: oatmeal is very high in fiber and sugar free, which cannot be said for most granola cereals. The first great swap to make is to exchange out your usual bowl of granola in the morning for some oatmeal instead. By choosing oatmeal instead, you can easily save yourself 200-300 calories in the process.

Eat spaghetti squash instead of pasta : Pasta is a very high calorie food is and is very easy to overeat on.  If you want to maintain that reduced calorie intake for faster weight loss, then squash is the superior choice.

 

Eat fish instead of beef: Beef is definitely is a good protein source in your diet but fish would be a superior option. Eat beef once per week to help keep your iron intake up and have fish or chicken the remaining nights instead. Fish and chicken is lower in calories and low fat, so when you’re really trying to get the weight off quickly, it’ll help you get there faster.

Eat or drink real fruit instead of juice: Real fruit is going to be high in fiber and nutrients and will fill you up much more quickly and help to keep you satisfied. Many people are thinking that juice is a very healthy selection, but it's not. Juice is very high in calories and will produce a rather rapid spike in blood glucose levels due to the lack of fiber it contains, while real fruit is the opposite.

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Fed up of being overweight?

The Slimweight Patch is unlike anything else you may have previously tried and will not only kick start your metabolism but significantly suppress your appetite as well. This will get you burning through copious amounts of fat and calories while simultaneity naturally spurring you to eliminate hundreds of extra calories each day from your diet as you will feel fuller off of much less food.  What's more is that your cravings, especially for those heavy carbohydrate comfort foods, will also be waning with the aide of the Slimweight Patch.

For anyone who is looking to lose both large amounts of body weight and for those hoping to drop even a few pounds, the thought of a rigid diet and strenuous exercise routine are not all that appealing. 



The truth is even more deflating in that not everyone's body responds the same to certain diets and an increase in workouts. That could mean that even if you are depriving yourself of your favourites foods and logging hours in the gym, you may not be getting the results you want. For this reason that is exactly why the scientists and doctors behind the Slimweight Patch have been working diligently to perfect what is now being called the weight loss "delivery system of the future."

So just how should you go about using the Slimweight Patch to achieve the optimal results? The use of the Herbal Patch simply couldn't be any easier; you will only need to apply the patch to a small area of dry skin and then you can forget about it and go about your regular schedule. You will switch out each patch for a new one every day and depending on how much weight you are intending to lose you will keep cycling through the patches according to the recommended dosage chart that is included. 



You will then immediately see results within the first three days if not sooner, able to drop anywhere between two and four pounds of fat each week. Some satisfied customers have even reported upwards of a six pound weight loss each week with the Slimweight Patch.

While it is not necessary to adapt your diet or exercise routine at all while using the Slimweight Patch you can enhance the calorie burning effects with a fitness program. This doesn't have to be arduous hours running on the treadmill, as even brisk walks will do the trick. Sticking to an overall healthy diet is advised but with the Slimweight Patch you don't ever have to feel guilty about a few indulgences as it will not curtail your weight loss efforts in the least. With the help of the Slimweight Patch the task of losing weight no longer has to feel like a losing battle. Want to know more? Visit the offical Slimweight Patch website.

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Women lost 11 stone after she saw her wedding photos

'Looking back at the photos, I'm shocked. I never realised I was that big. The weight just crept up on me.
On the day she married her sweetheart Lee, an aircraft sprayer, in Cyprus in September 2000, 19-year-old Sarah was a size 24 and weighed 19 stone. After her wedding she began spending evenings sitting on the sofa enjoying calorific dishes such as chicken tikka masala with two naan breads, and two onion bhajis.

Sarah ballooned again after giving birth to her two sons Marshall, now three, and Harrison, five, reaching 21 stones and 1 pound. she spotted an article about the Elite Clinic in Marbella, Spain, which specialises in gastric mind band therapy. The £800 hypnotherapy sessions, which took place in March 2010, were held in a relaxing environment while Sarah was hypnotised by Martin and Marion Shirran as she lay back in a comfortable chair, read more

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Studie: Resveratrol improves metabolic function in obese men

The 11 participants in a Dutch study were obese but otherwise healthy men, who served as their own control group. A participant who took a placebo supplement for 30 days would wait a month and then take a resveratrol supplement for 30 days. Another who took resveratrol first would get a placebo after a month's "wash-out" period. The 150-milligram dose given to the men was actually much smaller, pound for pound, than doses routinely given to mice in past experiments, yet yielded similar blood concentrations of the plant extract. Alzheimer's disease researcher Philippe Marambaut of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Long Island, N.Y., called the findings "very promising."


The study, conducted in the Netherlands and published this week in the journal Cell Metabolism, found that men taking 150 milligrams of resveratrol daily for 30 days looked for all the world as if they were either dieting successfully or were engaged in endurance training. (That dose is about the equivalent of the resveratrol in 100 glasses of red wine, so don't pull that cork just yet.)


Marambaut, who was not involved in the current study, said the beneficial metabolic effects appeared "impressive," and added that "they will certainly motivate additional clinical trials for other conditions associated with a deregulated metabolism, such as diabetes or some age-related neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease." Source: Los Angeles Times

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