Losing Weight? - Go Herbal

 

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These days, there is a great  need for overweight Americans to lose those excess pounds. Being healthy would not only lead them to have a healthier lifestyle but it will also literally lighten their load,  and improve their overall well-being.

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Ways to Change Your Diet Plan and Break Through that Weight Loss Plateau

 

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It is common to start a new exercise or diet program and see results right away. The pounds will start melting off and then all of a sudden the scale gets stuck and it seems impossible to lose anymore weight. This is called a weight loss plateau, and though the causes behind it are complex there are some simple ways to break through them.

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Special Diet Plans for those with Kidney Disease

 

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Kidney disease is a very serious condition for many people. The disease prevents the kidney’s ability to filter and remove waste products and fluids from the blood. Kidneys are not able to maintain the proper fluid and electrolyte balances. Individuals with kidney disease are usually given a special diet that helps control fluid buildup. It is possible for diuretics and other medications to eliminate excess sodium, potassium, and water, but patients must follow a particular diet in order to remain healthy. Avoiding certain foods and eating properly can help regulate the balance of sodium, potassium, and water. The extent of one’s kidney damage will help in the decision of how sodium, potassium, phosphate, and other fluid intake should be controlled.

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Smart Drinking Options that Will Not Sabotage your Diet

 

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Everyone knows that eating the wrong foods while dieting can prevent weight loss; however, people tend to overlook the effects that drinking may have on your diet’s success. Dieting requires a certain amount of discipline in both areas. There are a few helpful hints that dieter should be aware of when deciding what to drink while trying to lose weight.

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Ten Great Dieting Guidelines for the Holiday Season

 

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The holidays are considered the most fattening time of the year. This is because we attend parties with high calorie goodie, we have less time to work out, and the stress of the season can contribute to emotional eating habits. Government studies showed that most Americans gain at least one additional pound during the holidays and few of us take it off after the New Year. The good news is there are a few dieting guidelines that may help you avoid adding any unwanted pounds this holiday season.

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Yes Your Diet CAN Make You Fat

 

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Recently much speculation has been given to the idea that diets that are intended to help us shed unwanted pounds are actually having the opposite effect. Dieting is actually contributing to our weight loss problem rather than getting rid of it. This is primarily due to the failure rate of fad or “yo-yo” dieting. Though dieting might show results in the short term, over time dieters usually gain back all of the weight that they worked so hard to take off. And often they end up weighing more than they did before they started the diet.

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Top Eight Diet Tips that Keep the Pounds Off Permanently

 

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The key to successful weight loss and health is to make small, permanent changes instead of temporary, radical changes.  Temporary, radical changes may result in rapid weight loss, but there are two main reasons why you should aim to lose weight this way: 1) because it’s bad for you heart for your body weight to ‘yo-yo’ and 2) because weight lost in a temporary, radical diet change will come right back as soon as your radical diet is replaced by a more normal diet.  Here, the best ways to keep those pounds off permanently:

1.    Exercise regularly---just like food control, exercise is best done in smaller bouts throughout the week (preferably every day) than in one 2-hour extreme hike on the weekend.  Make exercise a part of your daily life:  bike to work, walk to your lunch spot and make an evening walk your platform for catching up with your family instead of sitting in front of the television. 

2.    Portion control---of course, what you eat affects your weight, but the true key to permanent weight loss is portion control.  If you’re craving chocolate, don’t wait until you’re able to devour an entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s, instead, head the craving off at the pass by taking a Hershey’s kiss or two as soon as the craving starts.

3.    Eat more meals---sounds counter-intuitive, but the body stores whatever it does not need.  What happens is if you eat huge portions, some will be put into storage because the body has no use for the onslaught of calories.  Instead of eating one huge meal in the morning and one huge meal at night, try five little meals evenly spaced throughout the day.

4.    Enjoy your food---the modern tendency is to wolf food down, in the car, behind your computer, in front of the television, which does not satisfy us psychologically.  Pay attention, not only to the fact that you’re eating, but notice all the flavors and enjoy them.  By doing this, you won’t feel the impulse to go eat something else just 45 minutes later.

5.    Know your food groups---existing on carbs alone is not good for the body, but neither is cutting them out entirely.  Go for ‘healthy’ carbs—the higher the fiber content, the happier your body will be with it.  Keep track of your carb intake and if you’re convinced that carbs are your worst enemy, try a low-carb diet, not a no-carb diet.

6.    Variety---not only does the body need vitamins and minerals from a wide variety of foods, your body processes variety better than a huge onslaught of one thing.  Instead of having three pancakes or three eggs for breakfast, try one pancake, one egg—with a slice of low-fat cheese, and a small piece of fruit.  All nutritionists agree that breakfast should consist of, at least, one carb, one dairy, and one fruit.

7.    Go to the grocery store!---a lot of modern people eat unhealthily because they rely on takeout because when they arrive home at 7:30, there’s never anything in the fridge---surprise!  Keeping your kitchen stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables and everything in between will deter you from choosing a pizza for dinner or even choosing what you think is a healthy take-out option---usually it’s not.

8.    Small changes---when implementing all of the above, aim for small, permanent lifestyle changes.  Radical changes are usually not assimilated into your true routine.  Aiming for small changes will help you adjust to the changes and you’ll find that you even like the changes if they are small enough to not disturb your entire lifestyle.

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Getting more alkaline into your diet

 

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The pH miracle diet is a revolutionary new way to look at how you eat. The essentials of the diet are to keep the ph balance of food intake at 80% alkaline with 20% acidity. The goal with this diet is to match the ph level of the bloodstream, which runs on the alkaline side. This task can be daunting for many because foods that most people love to indulge themselves on are considered high in acidity. The goal in adding more alkaline into your diet is to identify good sources of alkaline. Creating a comprehensive list of alkaline producing foods will help you make the most of the pH miracle diet.

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Green drinks and the pH miracle diet

 

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If you’ve been learning about the benefits of the pH miracle diet you’ve probably run across the phrase “green drinks” before. In fact, a quick search of reviews on Robert Young’s book “The pH Miracle Diet” shows that many people who use the program also use green drinks to boost the level of alkaline in their diets. What are green drinks and how are they beneficial to those following the pH diet?

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Twenty Quickie Diet Tips to Lose the Weight

 

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Dieting can be an effective weight loss too if done correctly. However, often dieters become frustrated with their lack of results and give up on their attempts to lose weight. Here are twenty quick tips on how to diet and lose weight effectively.

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Get your Fill with the Fiber Diet

 

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Fiber was not so popular in the past; it had this kind of laughable reputation as being a bowel-regulator.  However, the benefits of a high fiber diet go far beyond regular bowel movements, whether kids and teens are willing to eat high-fiber cereals or not.  A high-fiber diet is a good idea for all age groups; the need for fiber is not restricted to a certain age group or a certain sex.  Fiber is just plain good for you, and you, and you, and you!

Fiber has many functions in the body, but when we’re looking at fiber from a dieting perspective, we can quickly see the benefits that fiber will have on one’s diet.  The easiest factor to see is that fiber fills people up.  Fiber is one of the densest feeling foods that people can eat and can make the difference between eating 5 slice of puffy white bread and 2 slices of dense, healthy whole-grain bread.  The higher the fiber content, the fuller one feels after have eaten it.  But the benefits don’t stop there.

Higher fiber amounts means that the carbohydrates in the food are more complex.  Sure, everyone’s heard of complex carbohydrates, but what are they exactly?  Well, essentially, the puffy white bread turns into sugar almost immediately once it is eaten; this type of carbohydrate is not complex.  This type of carb is broken down immediately, and some of it is used for energy, and all the excess that you ate (because you didn’t feel full) is turned into sugar and then immediately stored as fat because the body already has enough glucose from the first two pieces on which to run the body.  This is how simple carbohydrates turn from bread to fat within hours of eating them.  You thought eating bread with low-fat cheese meant you weren’t going to put on fat?  Sorry, but unused energy gets stored as fat.

Higher fiber breads, dark (from complex carbs, not from molasses or colorants) and dense, are a much better bet, not only in terms of avoiding fat storage, but also in terms of efficient energy use.  Because these carbs are complex, it takes the body a little time to process them.  Complex carbs are equivalent to ‘slow-release’ medications whereas simple carbs sock it to the body in an all-out attack.  The body uses the slow-release version much more efficiently.  In addition to diet and weight concerns, diabetics and pre-diabetics should only be eating complex carbs (in a controlled manner) since simple carbs can cause just as strong a glucose spike as a candy bar can cause.

In addition to all of these factors above, high fiber diets usually have a lot of useful vitamins and minerals built right in.  Complex carbohydrates from beans, for example, have a lot of other elements that are extremely important to the body’s overall health and the quality of the overall diet when compared to simple carbohydrates.  In addition to nutrients that come alongside fiber, there’s the good that fiber can do for your digestive system; fiber is not only good for your diet, it’s good for your whole system.

Fiber is what keeps people regular when it comes to bowel movements.  A diet that is high in fiber (but not too high—aim for 25 grams per day), paired with adequate water intake will seldom feel bloated and constipated.  Eating too much fiber, or pairing a high fiber diet with low water intake, will result in a very unpleasant, very full feeling.  Considering the diet of most Americans today, there’s virtually no risk of going over 25 grams a day, but keep track of your fiber to know how much you’re getting; chances are it’s only 10-15 grams—kick it up a notch for a diet and overall health boost.

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High Carbs-Low Fat The Pritikin Diet Way

 

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The Pritikin Diet is the polar opposite of the Atkins Diet.  However, this diet is not as popular as the Atkins Diet. The Pritikin diet plan promotes a diet that is high in carbs and low in fats. The diet was originally developed by Nathan Pritikin and further enhanced by his son Robert Pritikin. The Pritikin theory states that because food is readily available man has the tendency to “over consume,” leading to weight gain, heart disease, colorectal cancer, and other diseases. This diet re-orientates the diet toward high-fiber, unprocessed carbohydrates and low-fat protein sources, and a significantly reduced fat intake and regular daily exercise. The Pritikin Diet is designed to improve the overall health of dieters as well as reducing risk factors for dietary related diseases.

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Nine Reasons Why High Protein Low Carb Diets Are Not an Optimal Choice

 

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Low carbohydrate diets have been around since the 1970s. These high protein weight loss plans have recently gained huge popularity as can be seen by the massive amount of books, advertisements, foods and entire stores dedicated to the subject. While some of these diets restrict the amount of carbohydrates you are allowed others prohibit them all together.

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Smart Dieting with Soy

 

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Soy protein has been proven to provide health benefits to humans. The protein can help in the prevention and treatment of heart disease, bone disease (osteoporosis), kidney disease, and several types of cancer, including breast cancer. Soy can also be used to aid the weight loss of many individuals. Incorporating soy into a diet can prove beneficial in aiding the weight loss process, as well as giving healthy benefits to the dieter. The protein can help dieters maintain a healthier diet, and may speed up weight loss. Dieting with soy can prove to be the smartest decision for many dieters. 

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Green Tea A Good Tool for Weight Loss?

 

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Drinking green tea has numerous health benefits. It can lower cholesterol, enhance fat oxidation, and increase thermogenesis, which is the body’s rate of burning calories. Green tea is becoming a more popular form of weight loss as can be seen by the wide variety of supplement makers that are using it in their weight loss products.

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Clever and Easy Snacks that Won’t Disrupt your Diet

 

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Some people feel that snacking between meals is disruptive to your diet. However, there are a variety of clever and easy snacks that can fit easily into any weight loss diet. There is no reason to feel guilty about snacks as long as you make healthy selections and eat in moderation

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Is the pH Miracle diet right for you

 

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The pH Miracle Diet is one of the most interesting and groundbreaking new eating plans to hit the world of nutrition and dieting. This way of eating proclaims that following the program will help restore your health to natural balance and rid you of a myriad of conditions, including excess weight. While most people are looking to shed a few pounds, this diet also claims to help with fatigue, muscle pain and indigestion, as well as many other problems.

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Smart Dietary Choices for Diabetes

 

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Finding out that you have diabetes means you need to make serious changes in your diet. There isn’t one certain diet for everyone with diabetes to follow; it’s more specific to each individual.  But there are some guidelines that everyone with diabetes can follow in order to make smart dietary choices for their individual needs.

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Fruitarian

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You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the value of a raw foods diet. A raw food diet consists primarily of uncooked, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, sprouts, seaweed, nuts and juices. It’s a vegetarian diet, but one that rejects any animal products. Its central tenet is that cooking and processing take out the majority of essential vitamins, enzymes and nutrients that our bodies evolved to thrive on.

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Losing Pounds with the High Protein Diet

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Don’t be fooled by the name ‘high protein’—high protein is another way of saying low or no-carb diet.  All of the fad diets that were no or low carb in recent years were bashed for their unhealthiness.  Don’t be tricked into thinking that this new thing—the high protein diet—is a whole new thing!  Low or no carb diet also means high protein or fat diet; it’s just changing the name and hoping everyone will buy it!

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