One of the biggest hurdles for people trying to lose weight is recognizing that there is no magical, overnight solution. Any lose weight system, pill or program that promises to take off 10 pounds per week, for example, is something you should immediately be suspicious of. In almost all cases, “quick fixes” either do not [...]
Goji juice has become popular as a “super juice” that is very high in antioxidants, B vitamins, aminos acids and trace minerals. The Goji, also called the wolfberry, is a berry that grows in Asia and has been used in traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine for centuries for a variety of healing purposes.
Goji is [...]
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Whether you are shopping for natural or organic foods for your overall health or to lose weight, you should be aware that food labels can be quite deceptive. For one thing, not everything that is “natural” or even organic is good for you! Many poisonous plants in the wild fit this description -100% natural and [...]
You may have heard that a raw foods diet is the healthiest one to follow. To many people, this sounds extreme. It means giving up so many of the foods most people take for granted. Going from a “normal” modern diet to a raw foods diet is probably more extreme that going from a meat-eating [...]
One great way to supplement a healthy diet and create the optimal metabolism to lose weight is to drink or otherwise consume “super” juices. You can now get many great tasting and very nutritious juice blends, such as Acai , mangosteen, goji and noni.
All of these juices, though they come from different corners of [...]
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Did you know that Coconut Oil is one of the healthiest foods -not to mention oils– that you can eat? Until recently, many people believed that it was not healthy because it is high in saturated fats. However, many researchers, such as Weston Price, have found that traditional societies that consume high levels of saturated [...]
You may have heard about an African plant called Hoodia Gordonii, usually just called Hoodia, that people have been taking to lose weight. The fact is, Hoodia is a natural appetite suppressant with no known side effects. For this reason, it’s being marketed as something of a miracle drug (though it’s not a drug).
Hoodia can [...]
This blog will attempt to help you navigate the often confusing world of diets and “lose weight programs” and systems. The focus will be on safe, healthy and long term solutions to losing weight.
As there is so much information on this subject, much of it contradictory, and new research comes out all the time, I [...]