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Monday 30 September 2013

WARNINGS AGAINST USING 'SLIMMING' HERBAL TEA...

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The Supreme Council for Health has warned the public against the use of Dr Mings Herbal Tea, produced by Chinese Angel Export and Import Company and used for slimming and weight reduction.

Friday 27 September 2013

TEN OF THE BEST DRINKS TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT...

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1. Try Aspall Organic Cyder Vinegar from Supermarkets and good Health shops. It

speeds up your metabolism and suppresses your appetite naturally. If you hate the

taste then stir into a smoothie or fruit juice. Make sure you read how to take this.

2. Swap your regular tea for Green or Oolong tea as it may help with your weight loss

by putting up your leptin levels which help burn up calories. 3 -5 cups a day has

shown measurable amounts of weight loss.

3. Drink Pu Erh tea which they say improves with age. It is widely used to manage

weight and cholesterol levels as well as an aid to digestion and managing weight. The

Chinese have been drinking it for almost 2000 years !!!!!

4. Cranberry flavoured ‘Aspire’ is said to burn off 209 calories in 3 hours. The drink

is available from Holland & Barrett but it is not advisable for those who are sensitive

to caffeine.

5. Drink at least 8 – 10 glasses of water a day to flush your bodies of fat and

impurities, as this can help a give weight loss and give you a flatter stomach. If you

drink a large glass of water before breakfast or lunch it could reduce your calorie

consumption by thirteen per cent.

6. If you are fine with caffeine intake then take advantage of its diuretic effects, but

don’t go overboard with it.

7. Add full fat coconut milk to your home made curries as studies have shown it can

speed up your metabolism, helping you to lose weight.

8. Drink half a glass of grapefruit juice or half a grapefruit before a meal as it will fill

you up. Do not do this is you are on statins.

9. Never drink during meals, only drink before or after.

10. Home-made vegetable soup made from fresh vegetables and a stock cube.
 
 

Wednesday 25 September 2013

WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH HYPNOSIS...

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I suppose my weight “issue” has been with me since my teenage years, I’ve yo-yoed for goodness knows how long but it has always ended up going back on again. I’ve tried every diet imaginable from the Cabbage Soup Diet to the British Heart Foundation Diet, I even went on a Mars Bar Diet (I was in heaven for a week). I’ve also joined every slimming club you could join, and I’ve been to most health farms and “yes” I’ve lost the weight with them all but slowly its crept back on again. I’m not knocking the slimming club’s successes of which I was one a few years back, but I realised I needed to try something completely different.


My main problem is that I cannot do any exercise, apart from moderate walking (slowly) as I have a big back problem (four failed back surgeries) and it has now reached the stage where I can do very little without it aggravating my back. I became quite despondent and even did a home study course on “Weight Consultancy”, thinking that maybe I could set myself up as a Diet Consultant in order to keep my own weight in tune but although I passed with flying colours I knew I was not fit enough to take it any further.


Some of my medications side effect is weight gain but its easy to use that as an excuse and I have been told in the past that weight gain contributes to back problems however I do feel society is prejudiced against overweight people and as weight is solely inflicted I felt I needed to bite the bullet before it got any worse.


Most days I have to sleep for a couple of hours each afternoon to help recharge my batteries (it helps with the pain) and although I’ve read many an article on how you lose weight when you sleep, it certainly didn’t work for me. Over the last year I had put on another stone and every morning I was going on “another” diet but I just ended up being totally obsessed with food.


Then a miracle happened, I met Margaret Turner, a qualified Hypnotherapist and who specialises in Weight Loss. My friends and family were very supportive of me trying yet another diet ( your not allowed to call it that when you see Margaret) although a few I must admit were quite sceptical as to how it would help me, but they were soon amazed at how much weight I was losing.


For the first time in my life, I have stopped thinking about food and also stopped picking in between meals, if I fancy anything between meals then I grab a piece of fruit instead. My husband said one of the first things that he noticed was that I had stopped picking literally “overnight” and also that I had cut how much I ate at a main meal by half. At first I found it quite hard to leave food on the plate when I felt full, having been brought up to clear my plate at every meal. The best part of this weight loss programme (not a diet) is that I feel in total control of my eating habits. I don’t need to weigh food, see what calories, points or fat units they are as I know what not to eat having been on so many diets before. Now, because I don’t think about food like I used to, I don’t eat it until its meal times and I feel so much fuller afterwards. Don’t get me wrong I am a true chocoholic and if you put a large block of chocolate in front of me now, the chances are I would try and finish it but I know I would feel so full after it that I would not need anything else for some time. My friends know what a chocoholic I am and we only recently went to a dinner party when my friend made me a delicious chocolate bread and butter pudding and I had two portions of it but because she had told me about it before we started the meal I made a point of being careful of what I ate before the pudding came.


My weight is now going slowly but surely at 1 – 2lbs a week which is how they want you to lose it and on some weeks I stay the same but it is the first time “ever” I have gone on holiday for a week and not put any weight on!! I have had no weight “gain” since I had my first hypnosis session. I know Margaret is there for me if I need any more sessions but I am sure I won’t need to go back for any as I enjoy the 4 x CD’s she made up for me and quite often put them on when I go upstairs for a rest in the afternoon.


I personally cannot recommend it enough but you really must want to lose weight with all your heart for this to work and not because someone has told you to lose it. I was so focused when I first went to Margaret that it just sunk in after each session. Unfortunately the most frustrating thing for me is that it hasn’t helped at all with my back pain but I definitely feel a lot better in myself, which has to be the best tonic you can have anyway.







Tuesday 24 September 2013

FIVE TOP FOODS TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT...

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Pistachios in the shell

Potatoes

Eggs

Oatmeal

Greek Yogurt

For  more details on how to eat the above head to the I Village site
 

Sunday 22 September 2013

TEN OF THE BEST HERBS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT...

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1. The herb Yerba Mate is a herb similar to green tea, and recent studies have

uncovered yerba mate’s fat-burning properties.

2. For an appetite suppressant try the herb Hoodia from South Africa. It works as a

natural appetite suppressant with few reported side effects.

3. Camellia Sinensis is the Latin name for ‘Green Tea’ which has become popular for

its antioxidants. It has also been found that it is an efficient fat burner for weight loss.

4. Cook with a chilli pepper as they say it can boost metabolism and promote fat

burning. It can also curb the appetite and reduce the severity of after meal insulin

spikes which can produce cravings for sweet things.

5. Use Tumeric in your cooking as it helps reduce fat absorption.

6. When making your desserts or cakes add Cinnamon as it enhances energy usage

and therefore burns more calories, it also lowers blood sugar levels.

7. Use black pepper as they say it will avoid weight gain and it can also cause your

body to use more energy to digest food, which then burns more calories.

8. The wild shrub Damiana because of its effects on the digestive system.

9. Kelp, which is rich in iodine can aid in weight loss and also helps to regulate

thyroid function.

10.The herb Hoodia helps reduce food cravings, so you can cut calories without

feeling hungry.
 

Friday 20 September 2013

WEIGHT LOSS BOOSTERS...

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Adding citrus fruit to your water can speed up the fat burning process and help you feel more energized. Lemons and oranges in particular are a great source of Vitamin C, and assist in fat burning at the cellular level.

Flush out your system and your metabolism by sipping glasses of cucumber. The natural diuretic effects of this vegetable containing potassium and vitamins A and C, flushes out toxins and revs up your metabolism moving. Add 6-8 slices of cucumber to a pitcher of water a refill you glass for cool, refreshing drink.

Research suggests that the capsaicin found in cayenne pepper can boost your metabolism shortly after ingesting it, and make you fell fuller.

From an article in I Village
 

Thursday 19 September 2013

NERVES IN YOUR STOMACH COULD BE WHY YOU DONT LOSE WEIGHT...

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According to a recent study, research suggests that nerves in the stomach may cause your diet to fail.

The reason is because these are the nerves that tell the brain when the stomach is full. But when they get used to you eating fatty food, they stop working properly.

The trouble for dieters is that the malfunction continues even after a switch to healthy food.

Written in the International Journal of Obesity they said, ' More research is needed to determine how long the effect lasts and whether there is any way to trick the stomach into resetting itself to normal.

 

Tuesday 17 September 2013

TEN OF THE BEST EVERYDAY FOODS TO HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT...

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1. Eat Greek yoghurt as its protein content has twice as much as other yoghurts and is

a fat fighting food.

2. Sip sweet liquorice, like fennel tea as it’s a natural diuretic and helps you to feel

full.

3. Eat wheat germ and oats as studies have demonstrated they can work magic with

your organism and keep your metabolism on top speed.

4. Eat vegetable soup as a starter to lose weight, as the fibre causes the rest of the

meal to pass through your digestive system more quickly.

5. Eat two eggs with low GI carbohydrate bread (rye or wholemeal) as it is slower to

digest and eggs have been found to reduce the number of calories eaten at lunchtime.

6. Keep a sugar free jelly made up in the fridge as it’s great when you fancy

something sweet.

7. Eat more protein as it’s harder for your body to break down than fat or

carbohydrates, and so you’ll burn more calories by eating it.

8. Eat an apple when your feeling hungry as five grains of fibre in a medium apple

will take the edge off your hunger. Eat an apple 15 minutes before your meal to feel

full. When digested they produce the hormone GLP-1, which sends messages to the

brain that you are full.

9. Cleanse your body of harmful impurities by using fruits such as acaiberry. Harmful

chemicals that are ingested add layers of fat to your body as well as clog your organs.

10. Eat hot peppers as they contain a flavourless compound called ‘capsaicin’ which

can curb your appetite and speed up your metabolism slightly.