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Does the Bacteria In Your Gut Help You Lose Weight?

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  For years, we thought of bacteria as organisms to avoid. It turns out our bodies are already loaded with trillions of bacteria. They help digest food and play an important role in your well-being.  So yes, there is a sensitive balance of bacteria in your stomach that breaks down your food. If you are not eating a well-balanced diet and you disturb the balance (too much acid and not enough alkaline) you end up with heartburn or acid reflux or worse and yes you’ll gain weight because too much of your food will be stored in fat cells. If you are doing anything to slow down the digestive process more of your food will be stored instead of processed. Research suggests your gut bacteria are tied to your probability of things like diabetes, obesity, depression, and colon cancer. What Are Gut Bacteria? Living inside your gut are 300 to 500 different kinds of bacteria containing nearly 2 million genes. Paired with other tiny organisms like viruses and fungi, they make what’s known as the micr
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Why People Give Up On Exercise

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  How many times have you given up on exercise? If you’re like most of us, probably more times than you can count. There are plenty of reasons we find it hard to stick to an exercise program. Sometimes we give up for reasons beyond our control – An illness, for example, or an injury. Sometimes there’s no particular reason. One minute we’re exercising and patting ourselves on the back for it and, the next thing you know, that 10 pounds is back and so is the guilt and frustration. There’s always a reason we give up and there are key moments that can happen in any exerciser’s life to watch out for. These moments can create so much frustration, and so much self-doubt, that you may feel like you have no choice but to quit. However, it’s often during these hard moments that you need to keep going. Find out why you give up on exercise and what you can do about it. You Give Up Because You’re Not Losing Weight If you exercise to lose weight, it’s not terribly surprising that you expect to lose
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How Long Will It Take To Lose My Fat?

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  This is a frequently asked question. The answer is different for everyone. If you are only 20 pounds or so over your goal weight, then a 200-pound man can expect to lose about 2 pounds a week. If you’re a woman who weighs about 140 and wants to lose 20 pounds then 2 pounds every week might be too much to expect. And it also depends on your age. For instance, a young woman who has had a baby recently will lose 20 pounds faster than a woman in her late 40s who has carried the extra weight for a few years. If you have been overweight for some time, it will take longer to lose it. So several things being considered, 20 pounds may take 2 months for a new mom to lose, or it might take a man 200 pounds age 65, one year to drop the weight. This is what you need to consider; your weight and your age, what kind of physical shape am I in? The better the condition the more exercise you’ll be able to do. How motivated am I? You have to stay with it. And don’t forget the diet, you can’t cheat, if
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Skipping Meals Promotes Belly Fat

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  Skipping Meals Promotes Belly Fat Storage, Increases Risk for Insulin Resistance I want to reblog this article because this is a common mistake that everyone makes when they first think about losing weight. The author Justin Caba writes for MedicalDaily.com where you can always find valuable information. Skipping meals leads to abdominal weight gain. Beginners have a hard time grasping that concept. It’s not usually the amount of food you eat that puts fat on your body. It’s the kind of food you eat. Eating less of a bad diet is still a bad diet and you won’t lose fat. You can lose weight without losing fat, but that’s why people gain the weight back. Too much body fat is different for everyone. Your “body mass” is about 80% of your total weight. The rest is bones and organs and the contense of the digestive system. Your body retains about three days food. Anyway, if too much of your body mass is stored fat, if the percentage of fat is too high, then losing weight will only cause you
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Fasting For Beginners

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 This is by far the best way I found to lose weight and burn fat. There are several ways to Fast. The three ways that most dieters use are:   Intermittent fasting, also known as intermittent energy restriction, is an umbrella term for various meal timing schedules that cycle between voluntary fasting (or reduced calorie intake) and non-fasting over a given period. Methods of intermittent fasting include alternate-day fasting, periodic fasting, and daily time-restricted feeding.   wikipedia.org Types :  Three methods of intermittent fasting 1. Time-restricted feeding :  Involves eating only during a certain number of hours each day, often establishing a consistent daily pattern of caloric intake within an 8–12 hour time window. 2. Alternate-day fasting :  Involves alternating between a 24-hour "fast day" when the person eats less than 25% of usual energy needs, followed by a 24-hour non-fasting "feast day" period. It is the strictest form of intermittent fasting beca
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Diet Plans

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Picking a diet plan can be frustrating. Not every diet plan will work for you. Most of us hear about diets from friends. You think maybe it's worth a try, it worked for my friend so maybe it will work for me. Some of us read about diets or follow a suggestion from a celebrate.  Those ideas for diet plans don't normally work. If you have tried and failed several times it might be time to try one of the new medicines for Diabetes. Talk to your doctor and get a prescription. Getting a prescription is the easy part. Some people wait as long as 6 months to get their first treatment. The medication is in short supply. It will be expensive, but it does work. I heard that you lose your craving for food. You can't eat as much as before.  If you are diabetic or pre-diabetic your health insurance may cover the cost. This is an extreme way to go. It can cost several hundreds of dollars. Many people are looking for these drugs in other countries like Mexico where some of our prescriptio
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Daily Required Amount Of Protein

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 This article will discuss the protein needs of healthy children and adults and the potential effects of a high-protein diet.  As with other nutrients, there is a government-recommended amount of protein that people should eat in a day. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is considered the baseline for how much protein people should eat in a day. Some people may also need more protein than recommended based on their age, weight, height, and activity level. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) publishes guidelines about protein goals. They recommend that most adults try to get between 10% and 35% of their daily calories from protein sources. For a 2,000-calorie diet, this would be between 200 and 700 calories from protein.1 Another way of looking at it is to aim for about 7 g of protein per 20 pounds of body weight. The daily recommended intake of protein by sex and age is:1 Infants: 11 g Children: 19 to 35 g Teenage females: 46 g Teenage males: 52 g Adult females:
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