Some will even aggravate existing problems dieters already have. For example, low-carbs diet plans can make certain cholesterol problems, cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes worse for a majority of people.

On the other hand, it’s not impossible to come up with some basic and essential rules with which a safe and effective diet can be carried out.

Here are 6 essential rules for a most healthful diet that is risk-free and effective for almost everyone:

1. Avoid Fake Fats and Butter

Avoid artificial butter such as margarine’s, cooking fats, and shortenings. These fake fats account for over 95% of the trans fatty acids in typical American diet, and they highly increase the risks of heart disease and diabetes. No only they’re high in calories and cause the levels of harmful LDL cholesterol to skyrocket, they also increase risk of breast and colon cancers.

Use only traditional fats and oils instead, such as raw butter, organic coconut and palm oil, extra virgin olive oil, and expeller expressed sesame and flax oil.

2. Do Not Miss Meals

Do not skip breakfast. Many people will skip either breakfast or lunch and have brunch instead. When people skip breakfast, they’re already starting the day on empty fuel. Doing so will invariable make them gain weight because they will compensate by overeating at the next meal and snacking too often during the day. They will end up having higher calories intake over 24 hours when compared to those who don’t skip meals.

Skipp meals also raises LDL ( the bad cholesterol )because the liver will work less efficiently by creating less receptors whose functions are to make sure the bad cholesterol stay out of circulation.

3. Stay Away from High Glycemic Carbohydrates

Simply put, these ingested high glycemic carbohydrates cause an upsurge of insulin which stimulates fat cells to enlarge in size and thus accumulate more fat as a result.

All those foods that contain sugar, honey, and high-fructose corn sweeteners are the ones to avoid. Stay away from all “white foods” too, such as white bread, white rice, white sugar, pasta, potatoes and any other foods that have been “whitened.”

Have an Glycemic Index handy so that it can be referred to when making food choices for any meals. Avoid carbohydrates with glycemic indexes of 70 or more. Choosing foods of low glycemic numbers is one of the best surefire ways to ensure healthful eating.

4 Do Not Eat Heavy Meals at Night

Our body burns 15% less calories at night. Calories from our meals at night are easily stored as fat due to slower metabolism; therefore, it’s always wise to eat light before sleep and choose only those foods that have less calories for dinner.

5. Eat Fish and Sea foods at Least 3 or 4 Times Per Week

Most fish, although high in protein have almost half the calories of red meat and close to 1/3 the calories of chicken or turkey meat. High in Omega 3 fatty acids, they can nourish our body with plenty of these EFAs which red meats often don’t have enough.

Therefore, by eating fish and sea foods several times a week, we can supply our body with ample amount of good quality proteins but less calories, making our weight loss tasks much easier to attain.

6. Eat Only Dark-colored Fruits and Vegetables

Yes, darker fruits and vegetables do contain more vital nutrients, antioxidants as well as plant chemicals that help to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Best choices are: broccoli, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watercress, dark grapes, nectarines, peaches, plums and all berries.

By following these 6 easy steps, anyone can find losing weight and staying healthy isn’t that hard to attain at all.

The #1 advice given to high blood pressure sufferers is to cut down the salt intake. Foods to avoid include fast foods, fried foods, oily foods, frozen dinners, canned vegetables, pickled foods, instant noodles, processed foods, bouillon cubes, steak sauce, barbecue sauce and more. It can get quite depressing if you just focused on what you cannot eat. It is better to have a positive approach instead by focusing on what you can and should eat.

So, here are 5 kinds of food that will help you fight your high blood pressure woes.

1. Garlic
You can either add fresh cloves of garlic to your cooking or take garlic supplements. Garlic helps lower blood pressure because it contains components that can dilate your arteries. This means your blood is able to flow easier. There have been several studies done to investigate if garlic really does help lower blood pressure. The University of Adelaide in South Australia did a review on 11 studies that involved garlic supplements. They concluded that garlic supplements can successfully lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure when taken on a regular basis. However, do not expect that eating garlic by itself will make your blood problem go away. It’s only an aid and not the entire solution. Also, the fact that it’s a blood thinner makes it unsuitable for certain people.

2. Celery
Celery is an old Chinese remedy to lower blood pressure. The University of Chicago Medical Center did some research on it and found that phtalide (3nb), a compound found in celery, helps improve blood flow. It’s interesting how the research came about. For one week, the father of one of the researchers consumed about 4 stalks of celery everyday. As a result, his blood pressure dropped from 158/96 to 118/82.
There are several ways to add celery to your diet. You can use it as an ingredient in your soups. You can also eat celery sticks as a snack or juice it along with tomatoes or carrots.

3. Tomatoes
Lycopene found in tomatoes effectively lowers blood pressure. This is confirmed by a study conducted by Dr. Esther Paran of Soroka Medical Center in Israel. He selected patients that were not responding well to hypertension medications and gave them a daily supplement of tomato extract. Within 4 weeks, they experienced a significant reduction in their blood pressure. It is recommended that you eat at least 4 tomatoes daily to see positive results. You can make tomato juice, add tomatoes to your salad and sauces or make tomato salsa. You can also run to the pharmacy to buy tomato-concentrate pills.

4. High Fiber Foods
Don’t forget to include high fiber foods to your diet. That simply means eat a lot of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grain.

5. Potassium Rich Foods
A contributing factor to high blood pressure is not having enough potassium and too much sodium. It’s best to get your daily potassium from natural foods instead of supplements. Potassium rich foods include potatoes, meat, oranges, and bananas. Too much potassium is also not good and can be dangerous to your health. You want a good balance of potassium-to-sodium.

You can bring down your blood pressure effectively when you start to eat right. It’s not easy to make dietary changes. You may feel it difficult to break old habits. However, you’ll find the effort you put in will soon bring about pleasant results to your health.

Whether they come in the form of unsolicited commercial email messages or online classified ads, offers for seemingly magical diet programs are hard to miss on the world wide web. Some of the most popular are 3-day diets that focus on specific foods such as grapefruit, tuna fish, cabbage soup or chicken soup. They claim that if you combine certain foods there will be a powerful effect that melts fat away.

One such diet even uses the name of a famous medical institution in Minnesota, despite the fact that this clinic has never endorsed such a weight loss program.

For most overweight men and women who are otherwise essentially healthy, it would probably not do them significant harm to eat only a half of a grapefruit, a slice of toast and a cup of black coffee every day for three days, but most experts on diet and nutrition would agree that any weight lost during such a fad diet would quickly be put back on after the 3-day starvation was over.

Even more mainstream diets such as Dr. Atkins, the Zone and South Beach programs are difficult for some people to stick to on the regular basis that is required for weight loss to be permanent.

One diet that seems to be different from the others is based not on counting calories and reducing carbohydrates but instead it advocates eating foods with a lower glycemic index rating. The glycemic index, or GI, is a scale that rates different foods on their effect on the body’s blood sugar level. Common foods that have very high GI ratings are sugar, white flour, potatoes and white rice. Advocates of low-GI diets say that simply by making a few substitutions that reduce the amount of high-GI ingredients, people can not only lose weight but also gain other health benefits such as lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Some of the easiest of such substitutions are to eat brown rice instead of white, baked goods made with whole wheat instead of white flour, sweet potatoes instead of white ones and sugar substitutes such as stevia.

When it comes to fad diets that promise miraculous weight loss, it is best to remember the old adage that those things which seem too good to be true are probably not true.

1)Diet–No, I don’t mean subsist on grapefruit and plain grilled chicken for the rest of your days. But I do want you to be conscious of what you put into your body. Do you quaff can-after-can of diet soda thinking it’s much healthier for you than regular soda is? Do you drink very little water? Do you buy diet foods think that will be the solution for weight loss? Love to eat over-processed foods containing white sugar, white flour or white rice? If so, it’s time to review what goes into your body on a regular basis. You need to think of food as fuel for your body. Would your car run at peak performance levels if you pumped dirty, watered-down gasoline into its tank? Of course not! If you want that sleek, toned body with ripped abs, you need to pay serious attention to your diet. You work out effectively and lose weight if you don’t fuel your body for performance. Lose the sodas, drink plenty of water and get over-processed foods that add nothing in the way of fiber, vitamins or minerals to your diet. Go for foods in as natural a state as possible–fruits; vegetables; whole grains; heart-healthy oils such as olive and canola; and lean, unprocessed meats need to make up the bulk of your diet.

2)Give Up Low-Intensity Cardio–Love to spend hours on the treadmill or elliptical machine, but haven’t really seen any weight loss results after months of workouts at the gym? You need to switch to interval training for effective fat loss. It’s been scientifically proven to burn more fat in shorter workout sessions. What is interval training? Interval training is switching up your workouts with intensely hard burst of exercise alternated with shorter periods of moderate activity. For example, you might run as fast as you can for two minutes, slow it down for another two, then go hard again. You might only need twenty minutes of interval training to burn as many calories as you did in your old slower method of cardio.

3) Don’t be afraid of the weights–Ladies, this one is for you. Many women shy away from lifting anything but lightweight “Barbie” weights, thinking if they use heavier weights they will build large, bulky muscles like men have. Nothing could be further from the truth. Women do not have enough natural testosterone to build this type of muscle. If you see women bodybuilders with huge muscles, you can bet that they had help in the form of supplements to get that way. If you switch to heavier weights, you can build more lean muscle mass, which has the effect of kick starting your metabolism to burn more calories even when you’re at rest.

If you pay proper attention to your diet, start using interval training and lifting weights heavy enough to exhaust your muscles after 8-10 reps, I promise you that you can have that slender body with those sexy, defined abs that you’ve always wanted.

We know how lose weight we have done it a hundred times before!  We get off to a good start everything is going perfectly and by lunchtime we are ready to go off our diet. What went wrong?

Did you know that most diets tend to break down or fall apart in the middle to late afternoon? Is that what usually happens to you?

There have been scientific studies conducted on brain waves that show that often around 3 to 4 PM your body enters a time that researchers have called the “breaking point.” This is a time when your brain waves slow down and your body transitions into a place where it wants to be in a recuperating phase of rest or sleep. This causes your body to experience one of your lowest energy points of your waking hours.

During this phase you may feel less alert, very fatigued, and possibly like you need a nap. You know, that feeling of sluggishness near the end of your workday where it gets harder to think clearly and focus to get your work done.

This low energy time of day is the exact time that a huge percentage of dieters fall off the diet wagon and they reach for food to try to regain energy to get themselves through the rest of their day. Unfortunately these quite often empty calories (usually found in the vending machine) don’t even give you energy — eating simply occupies your brain with action and falsely helps you feel like you have more energy. Or you may get more energy for a brief moment and then drop down into even deeper sluggishness.

The good new is that you really can learn how to lose weight it is just a matter of choices. A better plan (and one that would help you stick with your new healthy diet) is to be very aware that these slower phases occur in your body and brain every day — then make a plan to give yourself what you REALLY need — rather than empty calories — when those sluggish times of low energy hit you.

So what do you really need? Your body really needs a break if at all possible. Grab a quick 20 minute nap or “rest break” if your schedule and environment allow it. You will feel a lot better if you can give your body to rest it wants. That short rest will rejuvenate you for the remainder of the day.

If you can’t take a quick nap, then at least take a small break. Even a five-minute break with a change of pace — away from your desk if possible — where you do some light stretching, take a short walk, grab some fresh air outside and reconnect to your body, your mind, and YOU.

Avoid using food to push yourself through your day. Listen to your body and give it food only when it is hungry and give your body rest when it needs rest. Get in touch with what you REALLY need and you will reach your health and weight loss goals.

No one ever said that it would be easy to fight obesity. Think about it – we’re changing years of bad habits. For this reason, it certainly will take more than a few days to fix. The most important first step is to commit. It won’t be a month long fast or even a years worth of dieting. This is about a complete lifestyle makeover. Nutritious eating and an active lifestyle forever. Once you come to terms with this decision, the pressure dissipates. So you miss two days at the gym and have a slice of cake every now and then – it doesn’t seem so bad when you look at it long term.

Secondly, switch up your exercise routines. Even change the time of day – being spontaneous and creative will keep you sane and assist with shedding the pounds. Create a list of all of the activities you enjoy – yoga, Pilates, bike riding, swimming, baseball, hey, even dancing at the club! The choices are endless. Thus, you can proudly say goodbye to obesity if you embrace impulsiveness.

At first it can be difficult to enjoy healthy food, but even your favorite treats can be modified. Focus on different ways to cut calories. Do you love brownies? Try whole wheat ones with flax and a sprinkle of chocolate chips. How about those egg rolls from your favorite chinese restaurant? Try Nasoya egg roll wraps; fill it with veggies and bake it in the oven. We don’t expect you to stick to chicken and veggies on a plate. There are hundreds upon hundreds of recipes – modifying it to make it healthy and tasty will surely help your waistline.

It takes years for many of us to feel in our own skin. Most of us never even get to this point fully – whether we’ve been scrutinized because of our weight, made fun of, or just can’t get over the supposed perception of beauty; it is difficult to be average, let alone obese in this war of the scales.

With the right outlook, you too can feel great in your own skin and embrace beauty. Follow these tips and perhaps you will find out what it means to be gorgeous – both inside and out.

1.  Being healthy is not about numbers. So you’re 115 or 185 – is your heart healthy, are you exercising and eating right? Do YOU feel good? Focus on the important aspects, rather than the three digits.

2.  Every morning when you wake up, tell yourself one statement that makes you feel beautiful. Phrases such as “I love my legs today,” or “I feel gorgeous” actually feeds you motivation and self love. If you say it often enough, you might just start to believe it!

3.  Indulge once a week. Sure, we all need to eat healthy and make sure we fight obesity. However, it’s important to splurge as well. If you don’t treat yourself, you are only setting yourself up for failure. Find something to celebrate. Appreciating your life will lead to a healthier outlook.

4.  Throw out those old jeans! Most of us have a pair – the ones that are collecting dust in the back of our closet. Secretly, we dream about wearing them one day, when we finally have a chance to lose the weight. Let’s face it – we dwell on the fact that they are too tight, too small or that we have let ourselves go. Forget about it. Focus on now rather than the past- if you want to feel great, buy a new pair of jeans.

5. Treat yourself to a day at the spa. Indulge every body part; even your mind needs a rest. A hot stone massage, a facial or even something simple like a pedicure could do wonders for your spirit. Life is a tough journey, without pampering ourselves we tend to lose focus of what is important. In the end, embracing our beauty is the first step to success.

Taking steps such as these combined with a good weight loss diet plan will go a long ways towards surviving this world of perfection. You will feel better, be happier and live longer. What more could you ask?

Vegetables are an effective way to eat healthy and lose weight, but we know – they generally are not the most flavorful. Fortunately, there are ways around this road block. Try adding spices to enhance the taste. How about sautéing green beans in garlic or cooking a breaded Parmesan zucchini casserole? Trust us, a little flavor goes a long way. In no time, you’ll forget that you’re eating healthy!

It is crucial that you also eat plenty of whole grains. Brown rice and whole wheat bread are just a few alternatives that will keep your stomach full, boost your energy and help that waistline. A whole grain english muffin is a great way to get your grains in early. We suggest eating it with an egg white omelet. Who said you can’t make a healthy breakfast sandwich?

While grilled chicken is certainly a staple item for any diet, salmon is another lean meat that is packed with health benefits. If you aren’t a fan of seafood, how about turkey burgers? Make sure that you purchase the extra lean kind, as this will significantly cut fat and calories.

We know most of you are worried about that sweet tooth. Don’t worry – there are ways to fulfill your craving, without ruining your waistline. First and foremost, avoid artificial sweeteners like Splenda. Despite the fact that results are still controversial, many feel that this fake sugar can cause cancer and additional health complications. Instead, drink low fat chocolate soy milk or try whole wheat brownies with flax. Making your own smoothies is another yummy alternative. Use fat-free yogurt, unsweetened frozen fruit and low fat milk for a tasty treat.

The best and healthiest way to quickly lose weight is by eating plenty of lean protein (white meat, fish, pulses) and low Glycemic Index (GI) carbohydrates.

This will not only help burn calories but combined with exercise, it will build muscle to replace the fat you are losing.

The beauty of this plan is that it is so easy to follow and doesn’t involve lots of calorie counting, starvation or complex recipes. You simply stick to white meats like fish, chicken and turkey, pulses, tofu and low GI wholemeal carbs like brown rice and wholemeal bread.

You will also never be hungry which means you can really stick to it and lose the excess pounds for good. Low blood sugar is what makes you hungry and irritable but if you eat lots of low GI foods, this will keep your blood sugar levels stable and balanced.

You will have plenty of energy all day long and the hunger pangs will be kept at bay so that you don’t get tempted to binge on sweet and sugary foods.

SIMPLE DIET RULES

Drink six to eight glasses of water a day. This will keep you fully hydrated and flush out the toxins in your body. It also works to keep any hunger pangs at bay. Your body often thinks it s hungry when it is actually thirsty!

Eat five or six small meals, spaced out across the day so that you eat at least every three hours.

Eat slowly and take time to chew your food. It takes about 20 minutes for your body to realize it has had sufficient food, so eating more slowly also gives your body time to recognize this.

Chewing food well aids digestion and that means your body gets all the benefit of the healthy food you are eating.

Try not to eat late in the evening. Have your last main meal no later than four hours before bedtime and if you must eat something later, have a light snack only.

Eat plenty of fiber in the form of fruit, vegetables and wholegrains to keep your digestive system working efficiently.

Swap high GI foods such as white bread and white rice for wholegrain versions such as granary bread and brown rice. This will keep blood sugar levels steady so you don’t crave sweet or fatty foods.

Reduce the amount of salt you eat as it causes your body to retain water. Check food labels, particularly of ready made meals.

MENU IDEAS

Pick one meal from each section every day and have two or three snacks from the list.

These are just a few suggestions to set you off on the right track, but there are lots of other easy combinations that will work just as well.

Breakfast Options

- Poached egg on granary toast.
- Egg white omelet (4 egg whites) with mushrooms with granary toast.
- Tex Mex omelet (4 egg whites) with chopped onion, green pepper, tomato and jalapeno pepper with granary toast.
- Banana smoothie made with semi-skimmed milk and an apple.
- Low-fat yogurt with fresh fruit salad and chopped nuts.
- 6 oz cottage cheese with granary bread or toast.
- Bran flakes with low fat milk.
- Oatmeal porridge sweetened with honey.

Lunch Options

- Grilled chicken breast with a large salad of lettuce, tomato and peppers dressed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
- Bowl of lentil soup, plus an open salmon sandwich, made with slice of wholegrain bread and tinned salmon.
- Small tuna steak, seared, served with brown rice with chopped up red and green peppers.
- Smoked turkey wholemeal wrap with tomato and
red onion salad.
- Prawn sandwich with low-fat mayo, tomato and salad leaves with a pot of low-fat fruit yogurt to follow.
- Jacket potato with cottage cheese and chopped red pepper.
- Tuna or salmon salad with oriental vegetables and chili dressing.
- Black bean salad with oz of black beans, lettuce, tomato, cucumber dressed with low fat vinaigrette dressing.

Dinner Ideas

- Cod cooked in foil with a tablespoon of mozzarella, tomatoes and a few basil leaves, served with green beans and asparagus.
- Grilled chicken breast and mixed vegetable stir-fry.
- Tuna steak with anchovy and boiled egg salad.
- Grilled lamb chop, with steamed broccoli, peas, carrots and tsp of mint sauce.
- Salmon grilled with a drizzle of honey with oven-roasted veg.
- Grilled tofu with mixed salad of lettuce, green pepper, tomato, carrot and red onion dressed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil (1 tablespoon).
- Small grilled lean pork loin (or chop) with small jacket potato topped with low fat crème fraiche.
- Small grilled sirloin steak with broccoli, asparagus or mushrooms.

Mini-Meals and Snacks (Eat 2 or 3 per day)

- A handful of unsalted nuts.
- Small bowl of raspberries and strawberries.
- Piece of fruit such as banana, apple, pear, peach, orange, mango, papaya, melon slices.
- Two oatcakes with peanut butter.
- Low-fat yogurt and a tangerine.
- Carrot sticks with a tablespoon of low-fat humus.

Enjoy your food and experiment with new flavors and ingredients to make your meals enjoyable and tempting.

Remember, most diets fail because they are rigid and difficult to follow. To lose weight and keep it off means a change in lifestyle and eating patterns.

The secret is to take a little time and plan out what to eat each week and then buy only what you will need for the week and keep temptation at bay.

Follow these healthy eating guidelines and you will steadily achieve your weight loss goals.

To prevent these conditions from occurring the colon diet needs to be one filled with certain kinds of foods. These foods are not unusual and list of them is far greater than could be listed here.

Think of your colon diet goods consisting of foods such as fruits, vegetables, and beans (kidney and navy beans are great for this), yogurt and such. The list here could be printed out and taken with you to the grocery store to shop from.

Take a moment and print it off and mark off what you would like to try this week. You’ll find that slowly but surely your body will grow stronger as you start adding one to two or more of these items to your base diet. You’ll see an almost instant change after about a week.

*Apples
*Apricots
*Beans
*Cabbage
*Cantaloupe
*Citrus fruit
*Cranberries or cranberry juice (avoid the overly sugary high fruit juices)
*Green tea
*Sweet potatoes (Yams included)
*Whole grains, cereals and some pastas
*Yogurts

To keep in mind a few tips though would be essential to any good colon friendly foods. The idea here is simply to keep it fresh. Choose fruits that are fresh versus canned or frozen. Now if you cannot get the fresh fruits and vegetables where you live due to price or seasonal constraints, then the frozen or canned varieties will have to do. They are better than not eating fruits or vegetables at all.

Next you should try to increase your intake of vegetables or fruits that are the right colors. Color does make a difference. The right color this season is green. You see the green produce has chlorophyll, this is just another very important ingredients for a colon healthy diet to get a super boost. By itself, chlorophyll can help in healing the damaged intestinal lining and the colon. This damage is often caused by out diets being less about freshness and more about convenience.

Finally, while at the market you should pick up some bottled water. The water you choose is often the subject of debate these days. Just avoiding those carbonated waters, vitamin waters, sugary waters etc. would be wise. Often these products carry higher sodium and sugar amounts versus just plain old water.

As you can see a colon diet is doable if you follow these simple steps. The process begins with selecting the right foods and deciding to make a change in your diet which can help you to become healthier and lighter than you’ve ever been.

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