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Diet Fads And Hads. Are You Being Conned When It Comes To Beating The Bloating?

By Paul Phillips

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It may come as a heart-sunken surprise to some that over 95% of diets don't work. Many meticulous and well-researched studies have been done to show this.

For example, research at the University of California, Los Angeles (which can be sourced from ScienceDaily.com) found that initially, slimmers, when starting out, lose about 5% to 10% of their weight, regardless of the type of diet used. Then, however, some months after, they not only regain the lost weight, but also end up heavier than they were when the diet first began. -It could be said that the irony in this may be summarised with a simple equation: Diet = Weight Gain! Many of the so-called experts with their fad-diets know this.

Many dieters find themselves in this recurring pattern or circumstance: They give up and return to the same old eating habits. Then, because their body's metabolism had adjusted to the diet period, they put on even more weight than before.

Another major factor that contributes to a failure to lose weight through diet comes from the fact that dieters are being conned by false and misleading information. This includes calorie counting. 'The whole idea of calorie counting should be taken and thrown out through the window. Why? Because it's the quality of food you eat that counts first and foremost.

We're all aware that supermarkets openly display and well-tout their low-calorie foods, but less people are aware that the benefits are far, far, far outweighed by the disadvantages in eating these awful products: Low-calorie food is factory processed and can have very little quality nutrition value. The solution here is to eat less food, but make sure it is quality. I always summarise good food in that it should have the following main features or common denominators. That the food is:

1.Natural (organic): Such as seeds, beans, nuts, fruits and vegetables...

2. Is mainly free of chemicals, preservatives with mysterious E-numbers, flavour enhancers, emulsifiers and stabilisers...

3. Has had very little heat treatment. Poaching or steaming is okay

4. Is fresh, since the vitamins & enzymes will not be too denatured and be able to take more of an effective part in the body's metabolic requirements.

-Slick advertising and marketing has had more than its fair share in deceiving people into eating certain products. Besides creating much misunderstanding, it has had a significant hand in promoting illness as well as overweight.

An example of this can be found in the deception used to successfully market cheap and nasty fats and oils. Some researchers including myself will say that cheap fats and nasty oils have over the last 70-odd years contributed quite significantly to obesity and diabetes. Don't believe me? Have a read of a revealing article by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig entitled 'The Skinny On Fats' (it can be got from a search engine).

I will say that what I'm about to put forward to you are the most important recommendations you could ever get about diet weight loss.

There are 4 factors responsible for weight loss, which can be turned into recommendations. The first 2 recommendations are obvious and well known, but the other 2 are not. I wouldn't guarantee to anyone that they will lose weight if they don't pay heeds to all 4.

The first 2, the obvious ones are

1. Eat healthier in tandem with

2. Appropriate exercise. The remaining recommendations are

3. Undergo hormonal therapy. Many people who have no success with 1 and 2 have hormonal imbalances, which can be put right by practitioners who are well versed in this form of treatment. Finally, another very important factor is

4. To eat accordingly to your 'metabolic type'.

'We know that carbohydrates, proteins and fats are part of an essential diet, but what many don't know is that each one of us has a 'tailor-made' specific dietary requirement, because our body's metabolism differs from one person to the next. For example, because of the nature of one person's metabolic processes, he/she being a 'protein type' would need more protein than another individual who is a 'carbohydrate type'.

A individual's metabolic typing can be established through a diet questionnaire. Eating accordingly to your 'metabolic type' may not only produce successful weight loss, but also prevent grogginess and mood swings.

I, Paul Phillips am a health writer researcher. I graduated in 'Biological Sciences' which includes biochemistry, physiology and nutrition. I have worked in various related research and development labs. I am always willing to give advice and help people in my field. For a wealth of vital information please try the link below http://www.HealthNewsLive.net

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