Healthy Notes » Weight Loss http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog Helpful Hints For Living Well Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Naturessunshine CLA Weight Loss Supplements http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/11/naturessunshine-cla-weight-loss-supplements/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/11/naturessunshine-cla-weight-loss-supplements/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:07:13 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=833 Naturessunshine CLA

Weight Loss Supplements

Naturessunshine CLA Weight Loss Supplements 75 softgel caps (Pack of 12)

Product Features :

  • Helps Promote Lean Muscle Mass While Helping the Body Burn Fat
  • Improves the Breakdown of Fat in Muscle Cells for Increased Energy
  • Contains the Highest Concentration of the Most Biologically Active Components of CLA
  • This patented formula has been scientifically shown to be very effective for weight management by increasing lean muscle mass, while reducing the amount of body fat and weight gain. CLA has also been shown to be effective for maintaining normal cholesterol levels and supporting the Immune System
  • As part of a sensible weight management program, Nature’s Sunshine suggests taking Carbo Grabbers, MetaboMax, or MetaboMax EF along with CLA.

 

Naturessunshine CLA Weight Loss Supplements Product Description

CLA [Weight Management, Vital Nutrition], or Conjugated Linoleic Acid, is an essential fatty acid that is important to the body. It can help modify body composition by sustaining lean muscle tissue and enhancing lipolysis (the burning of fat), resulting in a number of health and weight benefits. CLA is a patented ingredient for fat reduction. CLA has also been shown to be effective for maintaining normal cholesterol levels and supporting the immune system.

]]> http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/11/naturessunshine-cla-weight-loss-supplements/feed/ 0 Quickest Way To Lose Body Fat http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/342/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/342/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:07:02 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2010/05/342/ Quickest Way To Lose Body Fat

Eat all protein, practically no carbohydrates and practically no fat. Yes, that is right not many choices.  Pretty much limited to meat and eggs. I did not say this was easy, but it is incredibly effective. It will throw your body into full ketosis within 24 hours of starting the program. In ketosis your body has converted from a carbohydrate burning machine to a fat burning machine, and because you will not be eating any fat the only fat to burn as energy will be your own body fat.

The other thing about this only protein program that you will need to understand is the protein is what is responsible for protecting your natural lean muscle tissue. What I mean is that without adequate amounts of protein during periods of caloric restriction our body will begin to cannibalize its lean muscle tissue as an energy source. This is the biggest problem with most diets on the market. The weight that is lost is usually a combination of both fat and muscle. And let me make it clear, you do not want to ever lose muscle. Muscle tissue is what makes your metabolism fast or slow.  With protein only you will be eating plenty of dietary protein to protect your lean mass from cannibalization.

You will not have much energy after the first day or two of this program. You will be tired and slow moving. You may even have a headache. Your body is accustomed to running on large amounts of carbohydrates for its natural energy source. The longest I usually recommend staying on this kind of program is two weeks at a time. This strategy is exactly what bodybuilders do in preparation for a contest to get so incredibly lean on stage. During the second week of this carbohydrate depletion most people feel pretty lousy. The brain functions primarily on carbohydrates for its energy source so without carbohydrates your brain will not be working on full capacity.

The main difference between this program and better know programs like Atkins is that on Atkins you are substituting large amounts of caloric fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. The Atkins approach can be effective but it may take months to lose the body fat you need to lose. The reason for this is that you are supplying through your diet large amounts of fat so that your body will use that fat for energy. You will also be burning some of your stored body fat on Atkins, but it will be a slower process. With the only protein program you will not be supplying any dietary fat so your body is forced to burn stored body fat.

One approach I have seen work well and be a more tolerable for the average person is to do the only protein plan two days in a row, than eat normal for one day. Keep repeating this two days on one day off cycle until your fat loss goals are met. This strategy is one that lets you go in and out of ketosis. You will be burning the most fat every third day, this will be the second day of only protein. On the second day of only protein you should be into ketosis. But then once you eat normal on the next day you will quickly throw your body out of ketosis. This type of approach is safe to do as long as it is needed.

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]]> http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/342/feed/ 12 Best Cleanse? Fruit and Juice http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/best-cleanse-fruit-and-juice/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/best-cleanse-fruit-and-juice/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:12:24 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=147 It all sounds good on the package, but I just don’t personally buy it. There are people that swear that we should all be doing a couple 2 week cleanses each year, but I believe thy have been sold a bill of goods. It is a nice dream that we can eat crappy all year and then do a 2 week cleanse and undo all of the past year, this is the promise that these cleansing product espouse on there product labeling.

If you really want to naturally detoxify your system for a few days just do a fruit and juice cleanse for 3 days. Eat and drink all the natura fruit and juice you want. This will give your body a nice break from all the hard to digest foods that we normally eat daily. You will probably drop 5 pounds in the process if you are lucky.

]]> http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/best-cleanse-fruit-and-juice/feed/ 6 Stop Using Fake Sugars! http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/stop-using-fake-sugars/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/stop-using-fake-sugars/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:03:47 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=71 Ingesting synthetic man made sugar substitutes is one of the worst things we can do for our health. All of them; NutraSweet, Splenda, Saccharin, are all molecularly altered substances that the human body was never designed to process, especially in the quantities that are being used daily by many millions of people. The people that are choosing to limit real sugar intake by using sugar free products are literally overdosing on all these chemicals.

These fake sugars are one of the leading cases of elevated liver enzymes, because our livers are forced to work way too hard to attempt to process and rid our bodies of these toxic substances. Elevated liver enzymes are one of the first warning signs of deeper health concerns, because they are the initial indicator of toxicity in our bodies. There are mounds of research connecting these chemicals to many forms of cancer. Using these substances to me is just not worth the health risk.

What are the alternatives? First let’s take a look at Stevia. Stevia is a completely natural plant that grows is native to South and Central America. Stevia is 300% sweeter than table sugar, and it is virtually calorie free so it works great in a low calorie or low glycemic index diet program. It does not elevate glucose (blood sugar) levels so it is useful for diabetics as well.  It is available in both powdered and liquid forms, and is very convenient to use.

Next, there is Xylitol. Xylitol is a natural sweetener that is was originally derived from the bark of the birch tree, but is also now extracted from the fibers of many fruits and vegetables including corn, plums and berries.  Xylitol is an organic compound and is not molecularly altered in any way. It has roughly two thirds the calories of traditional sugars and does not significantly elevate blood glucose levels. It also has the benefit of being extremely tooth friendly and is used as a cavity preventer in various gums and toothpastes.

Both Stevia and Xylitol are far better sugar alternatives than any of the nationally advertised chemical sweeteners that are being marketed as safe. Try switching to one of these natural and healthy products for your sweetening needs.

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Our body stores all its reserve protein in our muscles. When we don’t eat sufficient protein in our diets our body will begin to cannibalize our own muscle tissue as its only source of more protein. The body’s metabolic rate is solely determined by how much lean muscle mass we have on our frame. Our metabolic rate is what determines the efficiency of out body’s ability to burn caloric energy. Without adequate protein we destroy our lean muscle tissue and in turn destroy our metabolisms. So, by the time we are 40 we have begun to loose much of our lean muscle tissue and have replaced the tissue with fat. And then we wonder why our metabolic rate is so slow.

When people diet they only increase this muscle loss scenario. Most diet programs today focus only on total weight loss, and unfortunately a lot of this weight loss is loss of healthy muscle tissue. When the diet is over you have lost some weight, but the weight usually comes back on, because your metabolic rate has been decreased by the effects of a diet with low protein. When choosing a diet program to follow you need to pick one that understands this and focuses on protein intake while loosing weight. This is the only type of dieting that is in the long run is even worth pursuing. Otherwise your weight loss will only be temporary.

It is almost impossible for an individual to take in to much protein. The idea that to much protein is a health concern has been completely disproven.  Eat as much protein as you can particularly if you are restricting calories.

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What do people really say about Acai? It does seem to give many individuals a natural energy boost, and that is good. It does have some natural anti-inflammatory properties that people agree has helped them with arthritic conditions, and generalized inflammatory conditions likefibromyalgia. It does help some people with curbing sweet cravings, which could help a little with weight loss. And Acai is definitely a very good all around natural antioxidant, maybe one of the best all around antioxidants available.

So, do I think Acai is a useful natural product? Yes I do. But, do I think it is some miracle weight loss cure, like many websites claim. No. I do not.

]]> http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/acai-for-weght-loss-i-am-not-convinced/feed/ 0 Stop Drinking Fruit Juice! http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/stop-drinking-fruit-juice/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/stop-drinking-fruit-juice/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:02:27 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=38 There are 23 million diabetics in America, and that is 8% of the population. Most of this illness is self induced. Thirty percent of Americans are medically obese, and two thirds of us are overweight. We are the fattest nation on earth and likely the fattest people the world has have known.

The human body was never designed to process this much sugar. In the past fruit crops were seasonal and we only had access to these juices for a very limited time. Now we are drinking these fruit drinks and eating fruit year round.

One teaspoon of sugar is equivalent to 4 grams in weight. The average fruit juice has 28 grams of sugar per 8 ounces of juice. Eight little ounces of any fruit juice has 7 teaspoons of sugar. Think about that for a minute. Eight ounces is a half a can of soda. Fruit juice and soda have almost exactly the same amount of sugar. Parents proudly restrict their kids from soda and willingly feed juices like juice is healthy. These parents are actively creating the next generation of diabetics.

People that are confidently drinking all these juices because you believe them to be good for you should seriously do a little research on this subject. It is always the person that is fifty pounds or more overweight that is first to sing the praises of fruit and fruit juices.

]]> http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/stop-drinking-fruit-juice/feed/ 0 Want to Lose Weight? Try Sleeping! http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/want-to-lose-weight-try-sleeping/ http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/2011/10/want-to-lose-weight-try-sleeping/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:03:44 +0000 admin http://guaranteedtosleep.com/blog/?p=3 Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it? Then why do so many of us view regular sleep as something that is really not all that important? I’ll just make up the sleep on the weekend, or on my next vacation, we say. Well, unfortunately studies are showing it just does not work like that when it comes to sleep. A sleep deficit cannot be made up by getting an occasional complete night sleep. Sleep must come in a natural, regular and consistent pattern to achieve the desired results. We spend millions of dollars on diets, vitamins, medicine, and on doctors for our health. But, we ignore the most important and most simple thing. Good Sleep.

Our modern world in is a very sleep deprived society, and a very obese society. The average night’s sleep has decreased from about nine hours in 1910 to about 7.5 hours in 1975, a trend that continues. More than half of people over 50 complain about not getting enough quality sleep. If things are busy at work the first thing that we often sacrifice is our sleep time. Meanwhile our population just keeps getting fatter.

How does this relate to weight loss? All of the body and brains natural ability to heal, rebuild, and recover are done during sleep. With a lack of sleep all of our natural bodily functions start to slow down dramatically including your metabolism. Your metabolism is responsible for speeding up the digestion of food out of your system. The slower your metabolic rate the more your body hangs on to unneeded calories and fat. There are hundreds of products on the market designed to help with speeding up our metabolism, but the easiest and healthiest thing we can do burn more calories is to get serious about getting our sleep patterns normal.

So, what is the best solution? First and foremost is allocating the necessary time to sleep. Second is the ability to get good sleep during this period. If that is not a problem for you than consider yourself lucky. Millions of us would like to sleep better at night but just cannot seem to turn our brains off. What is the best insomnia cure? Doctors will prescribe pharmaceutical sleeping pills, but do we really want to be on prescription sleeping drugs the rest of our lives? I know I don’t. The best and safest solution is to find a really good natural sleep aid that works for you. Some sleep aids these days will offer money back guarantees, so you can try them without financial risk. A safe and effective natural sleeping pill will usually contain nutrients like melatonin, valerian root, hops, and other natural sleeping aids. There are several very good natural sleeping aids available online. With all we do to try to lose weight these days don’t overlook the importance and effectiveness of a good nights sleep.

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