The real secrets to dieting – from the experts and our brains
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One of the hardest things for me about losing weight has been figuring out how to do it with my family. They key is making changes that everyone can enjoy, and promotes good health. The sooner you start eating the right things the faster your whole family gets used to it.
Check out these tips to change your family’s eating habits for the better. [Continue reading...]
The Park Avenue Diet, created by Dr. Stuart Fischer aims to be more than the average diet and exercise program. It seeks to address all aspects of your lifestyle, based on its 7 point plan. The whole thing is developed to suit the needs and desires of a stereotypical “Park Avenue” lifestyle – rich, thin and gorgeous. To achieve those goals, it covers a lot more than just food. [Continue reading...]
Food that is Virtually Impossible to Store as Body Fat
Certain foods are extremely difficult for the human body to convert into body fat – not impossible but damned near impossible. By consuming calories derived from these foods, the anabolic margin of error is extended dramatically, which means it will be easier to lose fat and gain muscle, if you choose.
Lean protein, protein devoid of saturated fat, has been the staple, the bedrock nutrient of elite athletes for 50 years. Why? You can eat a mountain of lean protein and not get fat – assuming you train with intensity sufficient enough to trigger muscle growth. Lean protein is difficult for the body to break down and digest. As a direct result of this digestive difficulty, the body kicks the metabolic thermostat upward to break protein down into subcomponent amino acids.
The human body wants to preserve stored body fat as a last line of defense against starvation. If overworked and under-fed, the body will preferentially eat muscle tissue to save precious body fat. [Continue reading...]
