The Difference Bewteen Weight Loss & Fat Loss

by Juledor Corneille

As the year begins to wind down and the Christmas season draws near, many people are beginning to anticipate all of the treats and the food that will be available for the merry season.

On the other hand, some people have placed themselves on diets now, preparing for the amount of food they expect to eat once the Christmas season rolls around.

It’s a dangerous game of see-saw to play when you decide to lose weight, with plans of putting it back on in a few weeks.

Particularly for those who’ve made the commitment to lose a certain amount of weight by the end of the year.

Those who experience road blocks and apparent dead ends will give up way before the holiday season and go back to “the way things were.”

Let’s hope there are some who will stick it out, no matter how hard it may seem.

For those of you who’ve made that commitment (both to yourself and to others) to lose weight and get in shape this year and even for next year, I have some advice for you in this week’s article.

Let me begin by giving you this rule of thumb for losing weight.

Okay, I know you feel that you’ve heard everything and that talk is cheap, but I believe that words mean something and that is why we use them.

So, here we go; the first thing you should bear in mind when it comes to losing weight is that there is a difference between weight loss and fat loss.

When we talk about losing weight, that would consist of fat, muscle and water.

When we talk about fat loss, that’s some thing different all together.

In order to lose fat you have to learn how to manipulate the body to get rid of fat, while holding on to muscle. And that’s the trick most people don’t know.

When you hear someone say that they’ve lost weight, you may be able to notice such a loss in their clothes or in their features.

But what you do not see is the percentage of fat lost or the percentage of muscle that has been maintained.

Once you can lose fat without losing muscle tissue, you’re close to accomplishing your goal of proper weight and fat loss.

Now, there is a lot of talk these days about the use of fat burners.

These supplemental products are helpful for those people who have a hard time with discipline in their eating habits and who may need some assistance in getting rid of that stubborn fat.

But using fat burners should come with knowledge. From how many to take to when to take them can mean success or failure.

The idea of when you should take fat burners is important. It’s all about timing.

When it comes to fat burners the rule of thumb is that you never take them after 4 p.m. in the afternoon. Try to take fat burners early in your day as possible.

Why?

Well, a lot of those products contain caffeine, which is used as a stimulant and everyone knows what caffeine can do to the body.

This is why so many people who take fat burners find it difficult to sleep when night comes.

They take fat burners after 4 p.m. and that caffeine kicks in, leaving them awake all night. It’s all about timing.

While we’re on the topic about timing, let me throw this in – fruits should be eaten at a certain time of the day. You may say, ‘well, I eat a lot of fruits,’ but you may do so at the wrong time of the day.

You may think it’s no big deal, but because fruits contain sugar, eating them in the evening can cause you to put on weight.

It can also cause gas, if that’s all you eat in the evenings. Fruits should be consumed as early in the day as possible, so that the sugar in the fruits will have a chance to be distributed into the blood stream and used as energy throughout the day.

But you would continue your exercise program and eating the right foods to maintain your weight loss.

Most people blame the diet products for causing them to gain the weight back, but it is the foods you went back to that caused you to gain the weight.

Also remember that in any weight loss program, the right amounts of protein should be consumed. Protein builds muscle and muscle burns fat, so as you cut back on carbs and fat, keep a good eye on your protein intake.

You want to look good while losing weight. I’ve seen some people who just cut back on eating, do no exercise and take in very little protein and although they’ve lost weight, they look sick.

You can lose weight and still look healthy, if you follow these simple rules.

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Vitamin A – The Role It Plays In The Body & Where You Can Find It

Vitamin A plays an important role in healthy eyesight, healthy skin, our immune system and also in infant growth… in fact it’s invaluable in many different ways!

(THP) In its direct form – retinol – vitamin A is found only in animal-based foods: fish oils, liver, egg yolk and even caviar are all excellent sources of retinol. A well-known antioxidant, it also protects us against cardiovascular disease.

But there is another source of vitamin A, or rather of pro-vitamin A – pro-vitamins are substances that our body is able to transform into vitamins – and this is something you are very familiar with: beta-carotene, which is found in carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes, red peppers and, in particular in lamb’s lettuce. Melon, mango and apricots also contain beta-carotene, as do blueberries and other dark berries such as blackcurrants – in fact allied pilots consumed large quantities of these during the Second World War as, in addition to the benefits mentioned earlier, vitamin A also helps improve night vision.

If you want to know whether you are getting enough vitamin A, check your eyes, skin and teeth. Red eyes, dry skin and fragile tooth enamel can be signs of deficiency, along with recurrent loss of appetite.

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Dr. S. Gregory- Finds Good Results With Nitraplex And The Fat Release System

“Over the past 40 years, I have used a variety of different nutritional products.  As with most people, the results were more hype than reality.  Allow me, first, to say how much that I appreciate your products. The distinct mark of any product is its efficacy.  I can easily distinguish between my past program results, and the results achieved by using the Nitraplex high performance products – these are very effective natural products.

Complimenting these result-based products is the “Fat Release System”. Now here is a wonderful product that performs in a very desirable manner.  The results are real and my results are undeniable. Beginning my recent program with the Nitraplex high performance products and then instituting the complimentary “Fat Release System” has provided me with about a 10% loss of body fat and allowed me to maintain a relatively consistent body weight.  This 10% number relates to a 5 pound loss in my waist line! Please understand, that I was not trying to lose weight.  I was trying to lose the fat and increase the muscle mass. This is obviously what I have accomplished.

I anticipate that within the next 60 days the results will be even more to my liking. It is apparent to me that these products would enhance any personal health program.  For anyone desiring to loose a quantity of fat; for someone trying to gain healthy weight; or for someone that desires to be lean — these are the products.  In fact, I now recommend these very products to my associates and clients.

Accolades to the True Healthy Product team for a job well done.

Professionally,
Dr. S. Gregory”

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Vitamin Supplements – Do They Work? – The Case For 9 A Day Plus

Do Vitamin Supplements work?

Written by Jessica Smith

Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Vitamin Supplementation is huge worldwide. Most of us take vitamins now or have taken vitamins in the past.

Here are some statistics compiled by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) on supplementation:

The US ranks top in dietary supplementation globally.18.9% of Americans had taken at least one dietary supplement in 2004. Over 100 million Americans use vitamin and mineral supplements everyday.

The “global self-medication market” has become a multi-billion dollar industry and the dietary supplement sector is growing the fastest – 16% in 1998 alone. In the US, retail sales of supplements reached $11.3 billion in 2000.

The most common reason for supplement use is “to improve overall health and general well being.” It is a popular belief that vitamins are antioxidants and can therefore protect us from oxidative stress that causes many health conditions.

The most common health conditions that call for supplementation are menopause, cough, cold, flu, sore throat, and allergies or sinus conditions.

The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988–94 reported that about 40% of Americans, starting at age 2 months, have taken some kind of dietary supplement.

The most common supplements taken are:

• multivitamin/multiminerals – 22%
• multivitamins plus vitamin C – 15%
• vitamin C as a single vitamin – 13%
• herbal and botanical supplements – 7%
• vitamin E as a single vitamin – 6%

Over the years, more and more reports on the health benefits of vitamin supplements have emerged, ranging from cardiovascular benefits to cancer prevention. This is mainly due to the antioxidant properties of vitamins that can protect us from oxidative stress. As a result several studies have been conducted to confirm these reports. Some of the latest studies summarized below reveal surprising results to say the least.

Disease prevention and mortality
One of the very first studies to comprehensively investigate the health effects of vitamin supplements was conducted by Danish researchers in 2007. They performed a meta-analysis on data pooled from several clinical trials which used supplementation of the antioxidant vitamin A, vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C and selenium used as stand-alone or as combination supplements to treat a wide range of health conditions, from cardiovascular disorders to cancer. Their results were surprising, even troubling. For one, no benefits of these “antioxidant supplements” were found. Second, supplementation with vitamins A and E and beta-carotene (but not vitamin C and selenium) actually increased overall mortality. This study prompted other researchers to take a second look at the benefits of vitamin supplements.

In a more recent review paper, the same researchers performed another meta-analysis of more data from several clinical trials, this time involving over 200,000 people who are healthy as well as those with existing health conditions. The researchers only considered studies which compared the efficacy of antioxidant supplements against placebos in the primary and secondary prevention of different medical conditions. The authors reported that they “found no evidence to support antioxidant supplements for primary or secondary prevention. Vitamin A, beta-carotene, and vitamin E may increase mortality.”

Cancer
Another meta-analysis investigated the anti-cancer properties of antioxidant supplements, particularly against gastrointestinal cancers. They looked at data of trials which studied beta-carotene, vitamins A, C, and E and selenium. The authors concluded that “we could not find convincing evidence that antioxidant supplements prevent gastrointestinal cancers.”

One of the most recent developments in vitamin supplement research is the long-term SELECT (Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial) study of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The study evaluated the efficacy of selenium and Vitamin E in preventing prostate cancer and enrolled 35,000 male participants in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The participants were randomly assigned to one of 3 groups: group 1 were given vitamin E supplements only, group 2 were given only selenium, group 3 took both supplements in combination, and group 4 were given placebos only. Five years into the study, the NCI decided to stop the trial because of some “concerning” findings, namely:

1. The analysis found no lower risk of prostate cancer in men taking the supplements, either alone or together.

2. Men who were taking only vitamin E actually had a slightly higher risk of developing prostate cancer.

3. Men taking only selenium seemed to have a slightly higher risk of developing diabetes.

Another study evaluated the efficacy of combined folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 in reducing cancer risk among women. Their result show that combined folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 treatment had no significant effect on overall risk of total invasive cancer or breast cancer among women during the folic acid fortification era.

A study published in December 2008 evaluated whether vitamins C and E and beta carotene supplementation have an effect on overall cancer risk. The data was taken from the Women’s Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study and involved 8,171 women who were cancer-free at the start of the study about 9.4 years ago. The findings of the study showed that “supplementation with vitamin C, vitamin E, or beta carotene offers no overall benefits in the primary prevention of total cancer incidence or cancer mortality.”

Cardiovascular disorders
The Women’s Health Initiative Calcium/Vitamin D Trial evaluated the effects of vitamin D and calcium supplements on blood pressure and risk for hypertension risk of 36,252 healthy postmenopausal women. The women were assigned in 2 groups: one group received a daily supplement of 1000 mg of calcium plus 400 IU of vitamin D3 daily. The other group received placebo only. The researchers reported that “in postmenopausal women, calcium plus vitamin D3 supplementation did not reduce either blood pressure or the risk of developing hypertension over 7 years of follow-up.”

The Physicians’ Health Study II evaluated whether vitamin E or vitamin C have cardioprotective properties that can reduce risk for CVD in men. A total of 14,641 American doctors were enrolled in the study, aged 50 years and older, and were followed up for 8 years. The study results showed that “neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplementation reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events. These data provide no support for the use of these supplements for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older men.”

This study evaluated whether antioxidant (vitamins E, C and/or beta-carotene) supplements can prevent atherosclerosis. The researchers performed a meta-analysis of 22 trials which involved 134,590 participants. The researcher conclude that “…the majority of studies included in this review does not support a possible role of antioxidant supplementation in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease … no definite conclusion can be drawn to justify the use of antioxidant vitamin supplements for the prevention of atherosclerotic events.”

Folic acid is routinely prescribed for pregnant women to prevent birth defects such as spina bifida. It has also been thought that folic acid, which reduced the levels of homocysteine in the blood, can prevent cardiovascular disease. Homocysteine is an amino acid used as a biomarker for cardiovascular disorder. This trial investigated whether a vitamin combination pill with folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 (vs. a placebo) can reduce cardiovascular risk. It enrolled more than 5,400 American women with a history of cardiovascular disease or with moderate to high risk profile for cardiovascular disease. After 7.3 years of treatment and follow-up, a combination pill of folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 did not reduce a combined end point of total cardiovascular events among high-risk women, despite significant homocysteine lowering.

While most of the evidence from studies summarized here does not seem to support the health benefits of vitamin supplements, there are some studies which indicate that vitamin D supplementation is worthwhile, even essential.
Vitamin D is unique because we cannot get our vitamin D requirements from food alone. Instead, vitamin D is synthesized by the body upon exposure of the skin to the sun, thus earning it the title “sun vitamin.” However, since the sun is said to cause skin cancer, people tend to avoid exposure leading to widespread vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a large number of health problems including osteoporosis, rickets, cancer and autoimmune disorders.

American health experts are convinced of the necessity of vitamin D supplements and thus, routinely prescribe vitamin D supplements even for newborn babies. Milk and other dairy products in the US are fortified with vitamin D but not in many parts of the world. Last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines for vitamin D supplementation to recommend the doubling of the dose for babies and children from 200 IU to 400 IU per day.

According to a review paper, “vitamin D is not only important for calcium metabolism and maintenance of bone health throughout life, but also plays an important role in reducing risk of many chronic diseases including type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, deadly cancers, heart disease and infectious diseases.”

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Natural Vitamins Vs Synthetic Vitamins

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Not all vitamins were created equal – or natural. To be more specific, over 90% of the vitamins purchased by consumers, whether in a supermarket, pharmacy or health food store, are substances formulated in a laboratory. These synthetic, fractionated vitamins simply cannot be easily absorbed by the body which means that when you take them you are literally flushing money down the toilet.

How do you know if you are ingesting a synthetic vitamin or one made from all natural fruits and vegetables? It’s easy really, just read the label. If your vitamin’s ingredients sound like something from a chemistry lab then that’s exactly what they are; chemically created synthetic vitamins.

For example, here is a list of the major ingredients of a leading vitamin brand found in just about every grocery store and pharmacy in America and taken by millions of unsuspecting consumers every day: magnesium oxide; dicalcium phosphate; ascorbic acid; di-alpha tocopheryl acetate; ferrous fumarate; croscarmellose sodium; potassium chloride; calcium panthenate; pyridoxine hydrochloride; hypromelose; polyethelene glycol; manganese sulfate; pytonadione and cyanocobalamin (a synthetic form of vitamin B-12). Do you have any idea what any of those things are? You’d have to be a chemist to know what you are putting in your system with a list like that.

Now look at the list of ingredients on a box of 9 a Day Plus where the vitamins come from these natural sources: carrots; acerola cherry; soy; sunflower; corn; spinach; blueberry; raspberry; apple; cranberry; grape; aloe vera; beets; etc. It is easy to see that there is a difference so now you need to understand why that difference really matters to your health.

The truth is that even though they are often called natural, most non-food vitamins are isolated chemical substances which are crystalline in structure. And most vitamins in these supplements are made or processed with petroleum derivatives or hydrogenated sugars. Vitamins naturally found in food are not crystalline and never isolated. Vitamins found in any real food are chemically and structurally different from those commonly found in “natural vitamin” formulas. Since they are different, you should consider non-food vitamins as vitamin “analogues” or imitations and not actually vitamins.

The body treats these isolated – or fractionated – vitamins as they would any foreign or chemical substance: it rejects them. This is why the bulk of the content simply passes through the body and is never assimilated into your system. This is why over-consumption of these kinds of vitamins can actually be detrimental to your health as they can build up in the liver or kidneys and do more harm than good.

You may be thinking that your vitamins are different because you buy them at a health food store. You are probably wrong. Here is a list of ingredients from a bottle of vitamin C from a major brand found in a local health food store: ascorbic acid; cellulose gel; corn starch; hydropxypropyl cellulose; hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; magnesium state; silicon dioxide; stearic acid;polyethylene glycol. The front of the label says all natural and it’s on a shelf in a reputable health food store, but the ingredients label doesn’t lie – there’s nothing natural about this product at all.

You may have noticed that a common ingredient is ascorbic acid. Some of you may be thinking that ascorbic acid is in fact vitamin C but here is another myth about the vitamins we waste money on. Though the FDA allows Ascorbic Acid to be labeled as vitamin C, it really is NOT vitamin C. It is only part of the vitamin C complex and what is known as a fractionated vitamin. This is true for many of the vitamins you may be taking now. Instead of getting the entire benefit of the vitamin you are buying you are probably getting only part of the vitamin, which is like taking no vitamin at all. The body cannot use a vitamin unless it is in its entirety. It doesn’t use the isolated parts properly so you might as well not bother taking it at all.

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Dr. Simeons Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) – Orally Administered Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) – Fat Release System

The Diet

(THP) The 500 calorie diet is explained on the day of the second dose to those patients who will be preparing their own food, and it is most important that the person who will actually cook is present – the wife, the mother or the cook, as the case may be. Here in Italy patients are given the following diet sheet.

Breakfast:

Tea or coffee in any quantity without sugar. Only one tablespoonful of milk allowed in 24 hours. Saccharin or stevia may be used.

Lunch:

100 grams, or 3.5 ounces of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab, or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking, and the meat must be weighed raw. It must be boiled or grilled without additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed.

One type of vegetable only to be chosen from the following: spinach, chard, chicory, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.

One breadstick (grissino) or one Melba toast.

An apple or a handful of strawberries or one-half grapefruit.

Dinner: The same four choices as lunch.

Since, the inception of the Dr.Simeons Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD), many have touted the efficacy with amazing end results.

However, 40 years later with the expansion of nturitional products, True Healthy Products has a great variety on nutritionals which offer nutrient packed fuel that feed your body, while enabling the body to shed the excess pounds of fat, just as efficiently.

For example, Protein Power Mix, is a quality protein that can be utilized, to help you feel full, while giving your body quality amino acids to keep you running at optimum efficiency.

Nine A Day Plus Vitamins, provides organic vitamins and minerals derived from veggies and fruits, which fuels the body with necessary nutrients, so you don’t literally starve. Thus, the very low calorie diet (VLCD), is just a reduced caloric intake, while you still can nourish and support vital functions.

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