Archive for 2008

Shifting Calories Method - Theory Behind The Story!!

The Shifting Calories Theory is one of the newest “it” phrases in the weight loss industry. The interesting thing, though, is that shifting calories has been around for a long time. It’s been called many things, including “calorie cycling”, “calorie shifting”, and “the zigzag diet”.

Although most “it” diets focus on restriction of some kind (whether through calories, food groups, or eating only specific foods), The Shifting Calories Theory is a bit different. It focuses on eating any kind of food that the dieter wants (but recommends healthy foods, of course).

What is a Shifting Calorie Diet? Some Insights

Question 1 - What Is a Shifting Calorie Diet?

A: Shifting calorie diet is in a nutshell is a way to force your body into losing weight by tricking your metabolic rate into always burning fat. You do this by eating at least 4 meals a day and eating food of various caloric levels. This way your body is constantly burning fat through a constant supply of food on top of the fat burnt through calorie shifting.

Question 2- Does the Calorie Shifting Diet work?

The Shifting Calories Diet Method - Why Does It Work?

The shifting calories method which is becoming very popular in the United States is a unique diet method which was developed in order to ensure a fast and continuous weight loss.

Why is that important? Because in contrary to other diet plans which may provide a short term weight loss, the Shifting Calories method ensures that you will not gain back the weight you have lost and that you will continue to lose more and more weight for weeks and months.

Foods that Speed Metabolism with calorie shifting

Low Fat & Fat Free Foods Will Get You NOWHERE…

If you walk down the aisle of any grocery store you’ll see dozens “low fat” and “fat free” food items nearly everywhere you look.

The whole world has gone “low fat” crazy — and most people think that if they just begin eating low fat foods then their bodies will have less fat too.

Sounds logical right?

Wrong.

You see, the problem with this type of thinking is that there is no “direct” relationship between fat calories eaten and fat tissue on a person’s body.

The truth is that your body can convert ANY type of calorie to fat tissue, not just fat calories.

Fitness - Muscle Fitness

Muscle fitness can mean you have muscles that can lift heavier objects (strength) or muscles that will work longer before becoming exhausted (endurance). As you increase your muscle fitness, you will notice that you can carry heavy grocery bags more easily, pick up children without feeling as much strain, or carry heavy items longer before becoming too tired to continue. Having stronger muscles also protects your joints.

One part of muscle fitness is strengthening the muscles of your trunk. This strengthening is called core stabilization. It can help you have better posture and balance, and help protect you from injury.

Fitness - Aerobic Fitness

Aerobic fitness increases the amount of oxygen that is delivered to your muscles, which allows them to work longer. Any activity that raises your heart rate and keeps it up for an extended period of time will improve your aerobic fitness.

Benefits of aerobic exercise

Increases in:

Decreases in:

  • Heart health
  • Blood supply to heart and muscles
  • Your body’s use of oxygen
  • Muscular endurance
  • Mood, self-esteem, and self-concept
  • Energy level
  • Risk of cardiovascular disease
  • Blood pressure
  • Cholesterol level
  • Shortness of breath
  • Risk of diabetes
  • Blood sugar
  • Risk of some cancers
  • Body fat
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Fatigue

Striving for Six-Pack Abs

Flat stomach, tight abs — we all dream about it. Here’s how to get them, with step-by-step instructions.

“How do I get a flat stomach?” Fitness trainers hear this question more than any other.

“To get defined abs, it’s going to take work,” says exercise physiologist Kelli Calabrese. “A lean midsection takes a combination of good nutrition, cardiovascular conditioning, and abdominal training. Those who see the best results combine all three.”

How to get Abdominal 6 pack?

If you want to get the 6 pack then abdominal exercises are an unavoidable curse. But do you actually know what it takes to get them?

Well if you don’t, there’s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that there’s only three things you have to get right to get six pack abdominals. The bad news is those three things require dedication, determination and a whole lot of effort.

Popular Nutrition Myths Exposed - The soy myth

The soy myth

Finally the soy myth needs to be exposed. This is another persistent one among alternative circles. An often-used argument is that soy has been used in Asia for thousands of years. Another half truth. While it is true that soy products were consumed as far back as the Ming Dynasty, only fermented soy was used. Raw soy products such as tofu, soy milk, soy lecithin and soy oil are only 200 to 300 years old. Once again they have been popularized by a powerful industry which has been pulling the wool over our eyes by emphasizing a healthy tradition in fermented soy use and confusing it with unfermented soy. Health food stores sell this as a health food!

Popular Nutrition Myths Exposed - Trans fats

Trans fats

The missing link between saturated and unsaturated fats is trans fats. A trans fat is an unsaturated fat which is heated, causing the fluids to evaporate and the fat to solidify. A hydrogen molecule is then added to the fat. This hydrogenation process alters the chemical structure of the fat. What was originally an unsaturated fat has now become a saturated fat. These fats are man-made and do not exist in nature. What’s their advantage? Take that cookie. Vegetable fats are cheaper and are used in place of butter. They are liquid, however, and don’t have the same semi-solid structure as butter has naturally. By hydrogenating vegetable fats they can be used as a direct replacement for butter. They also keep well. So what if butter is a natural saturated fat and trans fats are unnatural saturated fats? The consumer won’t even know the difference, right?