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When we want to lose weight, we know what to do – it’s called dieting. You know it, but you still look for a “shortcut”. I am sure you have noticed or may be even tried natural weight loss medications that claim to miraculously help individuals in shedding their unwanted pounds in a matter of weeks. It’s all great, but the effect doesn’t usually last, unless you change your eating habits.

I am not speaking about completely staying away from all your favorite foods. Just try to learn about them and be careful of what you eat… and especially what you sip. For example: when every morning you are stuck with a double-cream and double-sugar, try to get out. Because, 12oz of your favorite double-double has 80 calories, 16 grams of carbs, and 15 grams of sugar. During the winter, remember that 12 oz of hot chocolate contain 190 calories, 35 grams of carbs, and 28 grams of sugar. And don’t even ask about the whipped cream. Because, when the barista suggests adding a little “fun” to your drink, remember, it’s more like adding a little fat to you. Most people say they add weight in winter, but the summer heat can be as dangerous: 12 oz of double chocolate chip frappuccino will ad to you 430 calories, 60 grams of carbs, and 49 grams of sugar! Do you know how long you need to spend on your Elliptical Trainer in order to get rid of 430 calories? 76 minutes!!! So, may be you need to fall in love with the iced café americano, as 12 oz of this drink will give you only 10 calories and 2 grams of carbs.

Yes, it’s hard to change. But, there is something that can help. It is called Herbal Cleansing. For many years, these herbal treatments have been proven successful in helping individuals lose weight and enjoy good health. Natural weight loss supplements are safe and do not lead to serious side effects. Body cleansers help your body to get rid of years of toxic build up, and restore its ability to properly absorb vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. You will lose some weight and feel more energetic. And, this is exactly what you need to feel confident while signing up your GYM contract.

Here is a list of cleansing programs that help to reduce food cravings and improve digestion:

Colon Cleanse: Eliminates food residues and toxic build up. This results in better absorption of nutrients and better digestion leading to the regular bowl movements.

Liver Detox: Cleanses the liver of excessive fats and toxins.

Blood and Lymph Detox: Reduce food cravings, improve digestion, and help to balance blood sugar to assist with weight loss.

Candida Cleanse: Eliminates excessive yeast, improves digestion, and reduces sugar cravings.

Parasite Cleanse: Eliminates parasites, prevents infections, decreases sugar cravings, and elevates moods.

Without internal cleansing, weight loss can be difficult. When your digestive system is sluggish due to sugars and fats, metabolism slows down and your energy level drops. At this point, your digestive system is simply not strong enough to burn off stored fat through exercise, dieting, or through some fancy fat burners. Remember, after you finish your cleansing program, you’ll find yourself much more inclined to make healthier dietary and lifestyle choices.

Mary Waltraut is a founder of My Cleansing Program ™. Her knowledge is based upon her own experience with the cleansing products. Mary is happy to share a cleansing program that helped her to overcome health problems resulted by the rapid weight loss and the eating disorder. To read her story and to receive a free copy of her 6-month cleansing program schedule, please visit http://www.MyCleansingProgram.com

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When a person wishes to engage in a diet, they will be restricting what they eat or drink with the goal to either become healthier or lose weight.

Healthy dieting practices can improve the overall health of a dieter, as well as prevent complications such as diabetes and heart disease. However, when this process of dieting is not properly done, the individual may fall victim to some of the negative effects of dieting, such as a weakened immune system.

This negative effect of dieting can hinder the body’s ability to cope with the changes caused by dieting and adapting new behaviors.

In order to understand some of the negative effects of dieting, you will have to understand some of the variables that are encountered within the body that makes the difference in your dieting failure or success.

Calories

Calories are needed to provide energy and aid in the maintenance of proper bodily functions. If you consume too many calories during a diet, you will not only increase your body fat content, but you will notice a difference on the scale. Eating not enough calories causes your body to suffer for this deficit.

Carbohydrates

The negative effects of dieting when it comes to the consumption of carbohydrates can be seen when a dieter does not know how to distinguish between what is considered a “good carb,” as opposed to a “bad carb.”

Carbohydrates are a major source of energy for the human body. “Bad carbs” are found in foods filled with sugar, such as soft drinks and sweets.

To avoid the negative effects of dieting, you should choose carbohydrates that are readily available in whole grain cereals, rice and corn.

Fiber

Negative effects of dieting occur when a dieter does not get enough fiber into their system. Fiber can be found in grain products, nuts, as well as numerous beans like pinto and kidney.

Soluble fiber positively affects a dieter’s health because it can lower cholesterol levels. Insoluble fiber combats constipation and hemorrhoids.

Protein

If a dieter does not consume enough foods containing protein, then they will experience a few negative effects of dieting.

It is suggested that 10% to 20% of the calories consumed each day should contain protein. Proteins are used to create red blood cells, as well as regulate enzymes and hormones. Protein can be found in meat, milk, cheese and eggs. A dieter will be at a loss when avoiding such foods.

When a person begins a diet, one of the main goals they are trying to achieve is to lose weight to enhance or improve their appearance.

Unhealthy and Dangerous Weight Loss

One of the negative effects of dieting occurs when a dieter goes overboard and their attempt to lose weight becomes drastically unhealthy and dangerous. This may lead to life threatening conditions, such as bulimia nervosa, anorexia, as well as binge eating.

Bulimia is a negative effect of dieting because a dieter turns to reoccurring cycles of binge eating and purging which is not good for the body. Bulimics will often vomit, abuse laxatives and diuretics to achieve a certain look. Many bulimics often suffer from depression.

Anorexia is when a dieter struggles with the intense fear of becoming overweight.

One of the negative effects of dieting in this way is that these individuals attempt to maintain an emaciated body weight. This can lead to a host of problems that attack the body due to this style of dieting.

By: Stephen Todd

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1. The lower number of calories eaten per day, the harder it is for you to get your daily requirements of proteins and vitamins.

2. Losing weight means digesting your own body tissues instead of food and unfortunately, dieting does not tell your body what parts it needs to digest or which parts to save.

3. Dieting makes your body believe it is starving so it starts to save fat, as this is its best way to store energy.

4. Dieting will make you difficult to live with and your family may want to kill you.

5. Severe dieting causes muscle loss and if you are unlucky the loss may be from your heart with severe consequences.

6. If you’re a smoker you may smoke even more to dull the hunger pangs.

7. Dieting changes your body chemistry and one effect may be bad breath.

8. Breaking a diet often results in guilt, poor self esteem and despair often followed by comfort eating.

9. Dieting makes you food obsessed.

10. Binge eating, generally with very unsuitable foods often follows dieting.

11. Dieting emphasizes food as a reward or compensation - so called ‘comfort eating’ where food is used to cheer us up or because it’s raining we are somehow entitled to eat lots of sweets or cakes.

12. Dieting lowers the base metabolic rate which means you can live on less food, so when you return to your normal food intake which was already too high, you put on weight even faster than before and will probably end up heavier than before the diet.

13. Dieting does nothing to teach you to eat healthily. Healthy eating does not mean going hungry.

14. Dieting often causes constipation and this concentrates toxins and carcinogens within the bowels and they are present for a longer period. Fruit and vegetables have a positively beneficial effect on the smooth running of your digestive system.

By: Paul Wilson

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