Proven Tips on Fast Weight Loss

Are you living a stressed out, face-paced life finding yourself constantly reaching for quick snacks till you finally have the time to sit down for an actual meal? As a Chiropractor, I know many patients are always on the go, stressed out, and eating unhealthy junk-food snacks. Most tips on fast weight loss are full of things like don’t eat this or don’t it that. However, recent studies have shown that when we eat the right fat before meals we can trick the body into feeling more full. This is achieved by activating proper chemical pathways that send messages to your brain about being full. Foods that contain healthy fat like walnuts or almonds are the key foods that allow this process to take place. When we consume these healthy fats (60-70 calories of them) twenty minutes before a meal they will stimulate your brain and also slow your stomach from emptying to keep you feeling full, longer. You will almost certainly eat less when you eat to satisfy your need for energy, not to satisfy your hunger. Now if you’re not a fan of nuts or don’t want to take the time to eat something before a meal, another fast weight loss tip is to add more fiber to your diet. Eating fiber prevents you from overeating because it makes you feel full. Fiber also slows down the digestion of foods you eat keeping your blood sugar/energy levels in check preventing you from getting hungry. Good sources of fiber are vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, and some cereals. The amount of fiber in a food product is listed in the nutritional facts found on most food labels. You should try to eat 20-25 grams of fiber each day spread out evenly in all of your meals. When finished eating a meal you should always feel better and not stuffed, bloated or tired. Choosing to eat healthy fat or adding more fiber to your diet are proven tips on fast weight loss!

Easy and Quick Weight Loss Tip

One thing we always seem to forget about is the importance of water! Most of us have learned that our body is over 70% water. That’s a very large percentage of everything that makes you who you are. Wouldn’t it make sense that if our body craved or needed something, water would be pretty high on that list? Understanding the difference between thirst and hunger is the number one quick weight loss tip. Many times a tall glass of water will satisfy are cravings. This points to the fact that many of the “hunger pains” are actually due to the lack of proper hydration. To really capitalize on this easy and quick weight loss tip, is to drink water at the right times. To effectively reduce calorie intake and still be satisfied drink a large glass of water 5-10 minutes before all your meals. Doing so will stimulate those receptors telling your brain your full for longer and also allow you to properly digest your food. This all leads to a healthier, happier, and slimmer you! Who knew that something as simple as drinking water would be the number one quick weight loss tip? Follow the youtube video link to see why the HCG product we use is safe and effective! Click here to watch!

Healthy, Rapid Weight Loss in the New Year!

As a Chiropractor, I believe in reaching optimal health from the inside out. For many of us, this needs to start with rapid weight loss. Exercise is a great way to lose weight for many people. The problem for others, is that excess weight inhibits them from beginning an exercise routine and therefore from reaching their goals. The joint pain you experience from physical activity can be reduced when you begin losing those unwanted pounds. I wouldn’t recommend a diet that I haven’t tried myself. That’s why I feel so strongly about the HCG diet. It’s a commitment you make to your body that will result in health and rapid weight loss. What I loved about going through the HCG diet was that I lost the weight in my “problem” areas. Within three weeks, my “beer belly” had vanished and I felt great! Everyone was saying, “You look great! How’d you do it?” The answer is the HCG diet, specifically with a proven company that strictly works with physicians, DesBio – providing your rapid weight loss needs!

Importance of proper backpacks for your child.

Research coming from the ACA, American Chiropractic Association, states that young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations. This particular study suggest part of the problem may be coming from their overweight backpacks. According to Dr. Bautch, a recent study in Italy found that the average child carries a backpack that would be equivalent of a 39 pound burden for a 176 pound man, or a 29 pound load for a 132 pound women. Of those children carrying heavy backpacks, 60 percent had experienced back pain as a result.

A side note to why children may also be experiencing more back pain much earlier in life may be do to the amount of stress placed on children. There seems to be more testing requirements in school to advance, more pressure to perform well in sports, pressure from the media to be pretty and so forth. All forms of stress whether its physical or emotional can affect how your child feels and therefore functions. Children should be checked by a Chiropractor to prevent early subtle changes from becoming more of an issue down the road.

Below are a list of tips to help prevent the misuse of backpacks according to the ACA:

Make sure your child's backpack weighs no more than 5 to 10 percent of his or her body weight. A heavier backpack will cause your child to bend forward in an attempt to support the weight on his or her back, rather than on the shoulders, by the straps.


The backpack should never hang more than four inches below the waistline. A backpack that hangs too low increases the weight on the shoulders, causing your child to lean forward when walking.


A backpack with individualized compartments helps in positioning the contents most effectively. Make sure that pointy or bulky objects are packed away from the area that will rest on your child's back.


Bigger is not necessarily better. The more room there is in a backpack, the more your child will carry-and the heavier the backpack will be.


Urge your child to wear both shoulder straps. Lugging the backpack around by one strap can cause the disproportionate shift of weight to one side, leading to neck and muscle spasms, as well as low-back pain.


Wide, padded straps are very important. Non-padded straps are uncomfortable, and can dig into your child's shoulders.


The shoulder straps should be adjustable so the backpack can be fitted to your child's body. Straps that are too loose can cause the backpack to dangle uncomfortably and cause spinal misalignment and pain.


If the backpack is still too heavy, talk to your child's teacher. Ask if your child could leave the heaviest books at school, and bring home only lighter hand-out materials or workbooks.


Although the use of rollerpacks - or backpacks on wheels - has become popular in recent years, the ACA is now recommending that they be used cautiously and on a limited basis by only those students who are not physically able to carry a backpack. Some school districts have begun banning the use of rollerpacks because they clutter hallways, resulting in dangerous trips and falls.

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The Truth About Your Food

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Probiotics Benefit Metabolic Syndrome Patients

We’re hearing more and more about the benefits of probiotics on metabolic syndrome and obesity these days, which is a good thing. Most people do not have the optimal balance of good and bad bacteria in their intestines. This imbalance can wreak havoc on your health in many ways, and yes, it may even contribute to overweight and/or difficulty in shedding excess weight.

Although I’m not a major proponent of supplements (as I believe the majority of your nutrients need to come from food), probiotics are one of my exceptions.

Ensuring that you’re getting a regular supply of good bacteria in your digestive system is so important because an estimated 80 percent of your immune system is located there. So supporting your digestive health is essential to also supporting your immune system, which is your number one defense system against ALL disease.

How Do You Know Your Gut is Out of Whack?
Signs and symptoms that you may need to address your intestinal balance include:

•Gas and bloating
•Constipation or diarrhea
•Nausea
•Headaches
•Fatigue
•Sugar cravings, and cravings for refined carb foods
These are all signs that unhealthy bacteria have taken over too much real estate in your gut, and rather than reaching for the Pepto Bismol, aspirin, or another cup of coffee to fend off the symptom at hand, the real answer may simply be to add some healthy probiotics to your diet.

What about Probiotics for Metabolic Syndrome and General Weight Loss?
Several studies have now found that lean people tend to have higher amounts of various healthy bacteria compared to obese people, and researchers suggest that certain bacteria may cause low-grade inflammation in your body, contributing to obesity and difficulty to lose weight.

One such study found that the bifidobacteria counts taken from infants at the age of 6 months and 12 months were twice as high in healthy weight children as in those who became overweight, while S. Aureus levels were lower. (Interestingly, this finding may explain why breast-fed babies are at a lower risk of obesity, as bifidobacteria flourish in the guts of breast-fed babies.)

Two other studies found that obese people had about 20 percent more of a family of bacteria known as firmicutes, and almost 90 percent less of a bacteria called bacteroidetes than lean people.

Firmicutes help your body to extract calories from complex sugars and deposit those calories in fat.

When these microbes were transplanted into normal-weight mice, those mice started to gain twice as much fat. So this is one explanation for how the microflora in your gut may play a key role in weight management.

As you probably know, metabolic syndrome and obesity are closely linked, and it actually makes sense that probiotics could help improve both of these conditions, since both are caused by a diet high in sugars and unhealthy fats (think processed trans fat, not saturated fat), which leads to insulin resistance, fuels the growth of unhealthy bacteria, and packs on excess weight.

Keep in mind that processed foods in general will destroy healthy microflora and feed bad bacteria and yeast, so the other half of the equation is to switch to a diet of whole, organic foods, as they naturally support a healthy balance.

It doesn’t make much sense to use the drug approach to probiotics, thinking you can maintain a diet high in processed foods while taking a probiotic supplement to counteract the ill effects.

Nothing good will come from that in the end, although you may be able to temporarily suppress some of the troublesome symptoms caused by that kind of diet.

The Health Benefits of Maintaining a Healthy Balance of Bacteria
Your body contains about 100 trillion bacteria -- more than 10 TIMES the number of cells you have in your whole body.

The ideal ratio between the bacteria in your body is 85 percent “good” and 15 percent “bad.”

This ratio is essential for:

•The proper development and function of your immune system
•Protection against over-growth of other microorganisms that could cause disease
•Digestion of food and absorption of nutrients
The probiotics in your gut also play a role in helping numerous bodily functions, such as:

•Digesting and absorbing certain carbohydrates
•Producing vitamins, absorbing minerals and eliminating toxins
•Keeping bad bacteria under control
•Preventing allergies. Friendly bacteria train your immune system to distinguish between pathogens and non-harmful antigens, and to respond appropriately
One Washington University professor has likened the functioning of this gut microflora in your body to that of an ant farm that works together as an intelligence to perform an array of functions you're unable to manage on your own.

The Viral Component of Obesity – Yet Another Theory
Taking the gut bacteria/obesity connection one step further is the relatively new term “infectobesity,” which suggests that some cases of obesity may be caused by a virus or other disease-causing organism.

For instance, the human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) -- a cause of respiratory infections and pinkeye -- may be a contributing factor to obesity, as it’s been found to transform adult stem cells into fat cells that are capable of storing additional fat.

As odd as it sounds, infectobesity is actually a plausible theory, and it is possible that there are significant viral causes underlying some cases of obesity. However, please don’t take this to mean that losing weight is out of your control, or something that can only be accomplished with medication.

On the contrary, this theory only further supports the importance of balancing out the bacteria in your gut, because what is the most important thing you need to fight off a viral infection?

The foods you eat, and the integrity of your immune system are two important ones.

So it seems all roads lead back to this one central premise: optimizing your gut bacteria is essential for your good health.

Period.

How to Optimize the Bacteria in Your Gut
The good news is that optimizing the ratio of good versus bad bacteria growing in your body is relatively easy.

Like I mentioned earlier, one of the most important steps you can take is to stop consuming sugary and processed foods. When you eat a healthy diet that is low in sugars and processed foods one of the major benefits is that it causes the good bacteria in your gut to flourish and build up a major defense against the bad bacteria getting a foothold.

This is one of the many reasons I highly recommend reducing, with the plan of eliminating, sugars and most grains from your diet.

Yet, even with an extremely low-sugar diet, there are other factors that influence your gut bacteria, so you’ll also want to avoid some of the factors that destroy healthy bacteria, such as:

•Antibiotics
•Chlorinated water
•Antibacterial soap
•Agricultural chemicals
•Pollution
Considering the many toxins that surround most of us on a daily basis, it’s generally a wise choice to “reseed” your body with good bacteria from time to time by taking a high-quality probiotic supplement or eating fermented foods.

In the past, people used fermented foods like yogurt and sauerkraut to support their digestive health, as these foods are rich in naturally beneficial bacteria.

This is still the best route to optimal digestive health.

Other healthy choices include:

•Lassi (an Indian yoghurt drink, traditionally enjoyed before dinner)
•Fermented milk, such as kefir
•Various pickled fermentations of cabbage, turnips, eggplant, cucumbers, onions, squash and carrots
•Natto (fermented soy)
If you were to eat a diet rich in fermented foods that have NOT been pasteurized (as pasteurization kills the naturally occurring probiotics), then you would likely enjoy great digestive health without any additional supplementation.

However, if you simply do not like any of these types of fermented foods, your next best option is to use a high quality probiotic supplement.

I have used many different brands over the past 15 years and there are many good ones out there. I also spent a long time researching and developing my own, called Complete Probiotics, in which I incorporated everything I have learned about this important tool over the years.