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Are You Drinking Too Much Water?

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 Maybe you didn't think that was possible. Read on, this is important for those who carry around that water bottle all day. This can also affect weight loss. If your body isn't functioning properly it will affect calorie burn. When you become overly hydrated, your kidneys cannot filter all the water out of your system, thus diluting your electrolytes and causing your sodium levels to become too low. This is why it's important not to overhydrate and to replace lost electrolytes when hydrating. — JAMIE JOHNSON, RDN, MEDICAL EXPERT BOARD Jamie Johnson, RDN How to Drink Water Intentionally for Weight Loss Symptoms of Too Much Water Drinking too much water can disrupt your electrolyte balance, causing a condition called hyponatremia. In hyponatremia, the amount of sodium in your blood becomes dangerously low, which can result in adverse symptoms. Below are some common symptoms of water intoxication based on how it might affect the different organ systems.16 Gastrointestinal (GI)

What's Wrong With Burning Sugar?

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 Your body should be burning Carbohydrates and Fats to provide the nutrition your body needs. The problem is that your body is made to conserve energy. The body has to use some energy to create the energy you need to perform the body functions, like eating, thinking and moving. Everything your body does uses up energy, even creating energy. Your body will try to create energyby using the least amount of energy possible. The body doesn't care what it has to burn to create energy, but it does want to use the least amount of energy to do that. It part of the Conservation process.  The one thing that takes the least amount of energy for your body to create more energy is"Sugar". So your body has accomplished it's job, creating the most energy with the least amount effort. The problem is that Sugar has no nutritional value and thesugar substitutes that are widely used have even less. These new diet pills can be the answer for some seriously overweight people, but we can

Stop Burning Sugar, Start Burning Fat

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  A great article that explains why we work out but don’t lose any inches. The article explains why you could be working out just to burn sugar and other sources of energy but not real fat. by Shaun Hadsall Did you know that the years of eating processed foods, lack of exercise, and normal eating patterns have literally PROGRAMMED your body to burn NOTHING but calories and sugars from the foods you consume every day… …INSTEAD of burning off your ugly body fat? In fact, today’s exercise programs take way too much time and use old-school methods that cause you to crave more food and calories – especially calories from sugar – FORCING your body to burn sugars and waste away nothing but stored energy. This means that EVERY time you eat and exercise your body is busy fighting a losing battle. But – what if there was a way to RESET your body’s fat-burning switch so that your body burns fat FIRST every time you move and exercise? Well, there IS. It’s a super simple 3-step metabolic primer fro

Foods That Burn Belly Fat

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  If you’re watching your weight, the promise you made to yourself probably has something to do with losing excess fat. No one wants to go to the gym looking like they need to go to the gym if you know what I mean. Yes, I can say it, I gained a couple pounds over the past couple of weeks stuck in the house, but I know that I can lose that extra fat just by changing what I eat. Most people don’t realize it but you don’t have to exercise to lose weight. If you limit your calorie intake and eat the right foods you will drop the weight. Now I want to be honest, if you had the extra weight for a long time it will take longer to lose it, but if you just added on a few pounds this winter and want to lose it before the warm weather, then just change your diet and the extra pounds will disappear. I found an article about foods that can burn fat, read below and try it, but remember you have to cut the calories besides just eating these vegetables. Did you know that there is a particular family o