Vitamin A, The forgotten.

For much of our lives we have been told how important Vitamin A is for eyesight, and it is in its Bata Carotene form, but vitamin A is so much more. Those of you that follow my blog and YouTube channel know there are current American deficiencies in Vitamin D, and you know that I stress the importance of supplementing Vitamin D3 in the amounts of 1000ui to 5000ui per day. What few point out is that when you supplement with Vitamin D in large amounts it can lower Vitamin A levels.
Things to know about Vitamin A and D are that they are both fat soluble, which means two things: one, the vitamins are stored in fat cells, and two, they are best to take with an oil or fat for better absorption.
“Adults need about 1000 IU vitamin D daily to avoid vitamin A toxicity. This can be supplied by a dose of a recommended brand of cod liver oil that provides 10,000 IU vitamin A, which is a completely safe dose of natural vitamin A.” (Sally Fallon Morell)
Vitamin A works in with the function of stem cells, it tells these cells what they are to be just as a growing fetus needs Vitamin A to tell the stem cell to be a heart cell. Vitamin A is needed even more in persons undergoing chemo- therapies; also, there could be a big link with all the problems of ADD and ADHD due to a lack of vitamin A during gestation and after. Vitamin A is involved in mental functions such as focus, and I’m a big believer that it is a controlling part of telling stem cells to make new nerve cells.
“Vitamin A, which is essential for your immune system just like vitamin D, is also a precursor to active hormones that regulate the expression of your genes, and they work in tandem. For example, there is evidence that without vitamin D, vitamin A can be ineffective or even toxic. But if you’re deficient in vitamin A, vitamin D cannot function properly either. At least 2,000 genes, or nearly 10 percent of your genes, have been identified that are directly influenced by vitamin D, which in turn impact a wide variety of health issues, from preventing the common cold and flu to inhibiting at least sixteen different types of cancer. There’s even evidence linking vitamin D to the process of brain detoxification of heavy metals such as mercury. Widespread vitamin D deficiency has also been strongly linked to the childhood epidemics of autism, asthma, and diabetes, both type 1 and 2.” (Sally Fallon Morell)
The best way to get your vitamin A is with Cod liver Oil. Do not use some generic brand but rather fermented Cod Liver Oil such as Green Pastures, which still makes it the biblical way. You want a 10 to 1 Vitamin A to D ratio. How should you take this, and when since Vitamin A can be toxic? I would take the recommend dosage every three or four days, and on those days don’t take your Vitamin D, since Cod Liver Oil will have 100ui of Vitamin D. Remember that Vitamin D is taken every day.

“Vitamin A plays a vital regulating role in the immune system. Vitamin A deficiency leads to a loss of ciliated cells in the lung, an important first line defense against pathogens. Vitamin A promotes mucin secretion and microvilli formation by mucosa, including the gastrointestinal tract mucosa. Vitamin A regulates T-cell production and apoptosis (programmed cell death) (Nutrition Reviews 1998;56:S38-S48)”.
“Lack of vitamin A interferes with optimal function of the hippocampus, the main seat of learning. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California, found that removing vitamin A from the diets of mice diminished chemical changes in the brain considered the hallmarks of learning and memory (Proc Natl Acad Sci, Sep 25, 2001 98(20):11714-9)”. In simple terms, you need Vitamin A to make thyroid hormones. The lack of Vitamin A in America could be a major cause of all the thyroid issues that plague Americans. Included in this is how Vitamin A works with insulin sensitivity because T3 is a controller of making insulin work.
Vitamin A and stem cells Vitamin A tells these cells what they are to be just as in a growing fetus needs Vitamin A to tell the stem cell to be a heart. The importance of Vitamin A is needed even more in persons under going chemo- therapies; also there could be a big link with all the problems of ADD and ADHD due to a lack of vitamin A during gestation and after. Vitamin A is involved in mental functions it gives you focus.
It is important to know antibiotics, laxatives, and some cholesterol-lowering drugs interfere with Vitamin A absorption.
Sources of Vitamin A
• Animal livers
• Apricots
• Broccoli
• Cantaloupes
• Carrots
• Collards
• Fish livers and fish liver oils
“The US Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin A is currently 5,000 IU per day (and may possibly be lowered to 2500 IU per day). From the work of Weston Price, we can assume that the amount in primitive diets was about 50,000 IU per day, which could be achieved in a modern diet by consuming generous amounts of whole milk, cream, butter and eggs from pastured animals; beef or duck liver several times per week; and 1 tablespoon regular cod liver oil or 1/2 tablespoon high-vitamin cod liver oil per day.” (Sally Fallon Morell)
For more information click on the link below
http://www.westonaprice.org/abcs-of-nutrition/167-vitamin-a-saga

Long-term strength training and insulin.

I have been telling clients and people that are interested in weight loss the importance of strength training along with a healthful diet and cardiovascular training. The three go hand-in-hand. It is that simple. Strength training for improving one's health and body composition, including the long term effects on insulin sensitivity, is equally important to cardiovascular training. Click on the link to see the study by
Hernán Jiménez O, Ramírez-Vélez R, concerning this.

Hernán Jiménez O, Ramírez-Vélez R.
Source
Programa de Profesional en Deporte y Actividad Física, Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Cali, Colombia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the effect of long-term strength training on insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and body composition in overweight and obese subjects.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A prospective, randomized, interventional study in 16 overweight or obese subjects aged 18-35years who were investigated before and at the end of 8weeks of strength training. The experimental group (n=8) followed a strength training program consisting of 4 sessions per week at 50% to 80% of repetition maximum (RM), estimated through the 1RM test. The control group (n=8) did not perform the training program. Glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL-C, VLDL-C, and LDL-C levels and arterial index were determined. Insulin sensitivity was measured by calculating HOMA-IR (Homeostatic Model Assessment-Insulin Resistance). Indicators of body composition included weight, height, waist circumference, body fat, fat weight, muscle mass, somatotype chart and distance.

RESULTS:
At the end of intervention, the experimental group showed a decrease of insulin sensitivity (3.5±0.9 vs. 2.9±1.2; p=0.04), LDL-C (106.9±20.8 vs. 95.5±14.2; p=0.03), and arterial index (4.0±0.6 vs. 3.5±0.5; p=0.01), as well as an increase in HDL-C levels (43.7±8.8 vs. 46.9±5.6; p=0.04), while the control group remained stable. There were no significant differences between groups in body composition, somatotype chart and distance after training.

CONCLUSIONS:
In overweight and obese subjects, strength training for eight weeks improved insulin sensitivity and lipid profile without altering body composition.

Copyright © 2011 SEEN. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

Is your vegetarian diet really healthy?

So you have decided to go vegetarian for healthful reasons or because of your love of animals. Maybe you just buy into the misinformation about red meat and meat in general, but whatever your reason is you’re now a vegetarian. You’re not eating meat, so you don’t get as must iron as you once did. Your B12 levels are low, and your amino acids are incomplete. That’s on the inside. On the outside you’re pointing out to all your friends that you’re losing weight, but that’s the thing, you’re losing weight and not fat; there is a big difference between losing weight and losing fat. With weight loss you lose muscle, and your goal and focus should be fat loss.
The problem in your quest to be a vegetarian is you failed to learn the importance of protein and fats, including saturated fats, but wait you say, I’m getting my protein from soy, and that is a major problem. The health risks of American soy products are well hidden by the soy makers and the FDA. The adulterated soy that is sold in this country is an endocrine disruptor and possibly more harmful than BPA’s. Included in this quest of yours to be a vegetarian is eating the boxed soy meals in the frozen section of your grocery store. That’s great; too bad you replaced healthy meats with chemicals. Sorry, but eat a bunch of chemicals, and vegetarian it makes you not. Eating pizzas and bean burritos from taco bell without meat on it also does not make a vegetarian out of you; that makes you a crappy eater. Far too many people that choose the vegetarian lifestyle eat foods that promote an unhealthy diet such as chips and sugar-filled snacks.
So what is a vegetarian to do? Well, you need to learn some basics about complete proteins and how to mix your foods to get that full amino acid, protein profile for muscle building and use supplements to get your Omega-3 fatty acids. Almonds, walnuts, and pecans are great sources of fats. For proteins, hemp protein, rice protein, and pea protein are excellent choices, but the key is to stay away from non-fermented soy. If you can get fermented soy, that is good since the phytoestrogen are removed.
The three most important steps in becoming a healthful vegetarian are:
• Learn how to make a complete protein out of incomplete proteins
• Stay away from non-fermented soy
• Learn the importance of supplements and EFA (Essential fatty acids).

Obesity is it your only risk?

With the growing concerns over the rise of obesity many people focus on the wrong risk factor which is the weight gain, now weight gain is a risk, but by ignoring some real risks, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease that lead to premature death rates which totaling 250,000 per year which can be avoided by taking action. A sad reflection is that most people who have one of these preventable diseases don’t only have one; they have more. This not only affects you; it affects your family and society with high insurance rates and longer wait times in doctors’ offices. It is a troubling situation which can be controlled by you, and the key word here is you. No government, friend, or magic pill can help. It is about you making yourself important and doing what is right.
Health benefits from exercise are seen with the minimum effort of 2-3 RPE (Rating of perceived exertion), or an easier way to gauge your effort is to ask yourself if you can talk with comfort. If so, your exertion is about 2, and you need to walk at this level for 15 minutes continually five days a week. That is the minimum for health benefits. If you up the time and effort, you can see weight loss as well. But the goal here is to point out the health benefits, not weight loss. You can even improve your health benefits by changing your diet to eating more healthful such as eating protein within the first 15 minutes of waking and eating a small meal every two and half to three hours and not eating carbs with your last meal of the day.
So today, not tomorrow, go for a walk with your friends, pet, or even your loved ones for a minimum of 15 minutes five to seven days a week.

Codex and your health.

Like many in America I take vitamins and minerals along with other supplements ranging from fish oils to protein powders. I take these all without a doctor’s prescription and in the amounts that I choose, but could this be threatened? Could I have to go to my doctor to get a prescription for protein powder, and would it be only .08 grams per pound of body weight as the USDA recommends, or could it be that dreaded soy or something made in a lab that is synthetic? The answer is yes, Codex is already written into the 1996 Health insurance bill. A rider was written and contains within that is the world health organization codex that seeks to put medical and health in the hands of the United Nations. One major part of this is the multination pharmaceutical corporations, mostly German who are fearful of the encroachment of vitamins and minerals into the drug market places.
The supplement market is an 18 billion dollar industry that the FDA, FTC and AMA don’t have their hold on. That’s a lot of money that they are losing. Leaders in the industry say they need to protect us from the risks of the supplement market. If they’re so concerned with our health and safety then why are cigarettes and alcohol still legal to buy? Or why are so many prescription drugs released to the public with life ends effects? Don’t be fooled; it’s not about our safety; it’s about their profit.
So what will Codex mean to you?
No dietary supplement can be sold for preventive use or therapeutic use.
No dietary supplement sold as food can exceed the potency levels set by the commission.
Codex regulations for dietary supplements would become binding.
All new dietary supplements would automatically be banned unless they go through the Codex approval process.
One example is in Canada: you cannot get melatonin, a simple, natural sleep aid that your own body produces, without a prescription.
We have started the prescription fish oils. For $200.00 a month you can get your doctor to prescribe fish oils, or you can get the same fish oils at a health food store for $30.00 a month. Under Codex you will HAVE to get them through your doctor.

setting of goals

Drink your sleep troubles away: tart cherry juice helps beat insomnia

This is a re-post from Muscular Development Magazine Online

Drink your sleep troubles away: tart cherry juice helps beat insomnia
by S. L. Baker, features writer

(NaturalNews) Millions of Americans have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, resulting in excessive fatigue and even more serious consequences. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC): "Insufficient sleep is associated with a number of chronic diseases and conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression...it is also responsible for motor vehicle and machinery-related accidents."

Of course, Big Pharma has come up with a huge array of supposedly easy solutions for those who have a hard time getting enough shut-eye. All you have to do is pop a pill such as the heavily hyped Sonata, Rozerem, Lunesta or Silenor and you'll soon be snoozing away happily, the drug advertisements promise. Of course, you might decide that's not the healthiest idea if you check out the side effects which can include hallucinations, thoughts of suicide, loss of coordination, fever, "sleep driving" while not fully awake and memory problems.

But here's good news for people wanting a more sensible, safer way to help sleep problems. Researchers say they've found what could be a natural and tasty solution for insomnia -- drinking tart cherry juice daily.

In a pilot study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester and the V.A. Center of Canandaigua tested the effects of tart cherry juice on the sleep habits of 15 older adults. The research subjects drank 8 ounces of the beverage every morning and night for two weeks. Then, after a two week "wash out" period of no juice, the study participants were switched to another juice drink containing no cherry juice.

The results? During the weeks the study participants drank the cherry juice, there were significant reductions in reported insomnia severity when compared to the weeks when they were consuming the non-cherry juice drink. What's more, drinking the tart cherry juice appeared to help people sleep through the night better, without waking up.

In a statement to the media, the researchers noted that tart cherries' natural sleep-enhancing benefits could be the result of their relatively high content of melatonin -- a natural antioxidant that has been shown in previous research to help induce sleepiness at night and wakefulness during the day.

In addition to normalizing sleep, scientists are discovering other health benefits of tart cherries and tart cherry juice, too. For example, University of Michigan research published last year in the Journal of Medicinal Food, suggests tart cherries may help to control weight and to prevent metabolic syndrome, the cluster of symptoms including high blood pressure and high cholesterol that ups the risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Oregon Health and Science University's Department of Medicine researchers have also found that drinking tart cherry juice for 7 days before and during a strenuous running event minimizes post-run muscle pain. Their study was published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

The good fat and the ugly, or the good, the fat, and the ugly

For years now people bought into the lies that the media, AMA, and doctors have told concerning fats. Fat phobia is the result. But many have caught on and realized the need for fats in a healthy diet. Omaga-3 and other mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats are necessary, but many are still avoiding saturated fats. These fats are needed for cell membranes, production of hormones, and hormone function.

So what is saturated fat? Well, that is not an easy question since the saturated type is not just one simple fat; it is eight different fatty chains each with a different length. Take Palmitic acid—the most common saturated fat found in plants and animals and microorganisms. As a stem-fatty acid, Palmitic acid is used in the human body to make other fatty acids. Palmitic acid is also a surfactant protecting human lungs. Out of the eight saturated fats, only three raise LDL; the other five lower LDL.

Where did this idea come from that saturated fats are bad? Thank Ancel Keys in the late 1950s for that. His research, and any research that disagreed with his, was dismissed. However, more and more information is coming out that saturated fat is healthy. This is not to say that people need to go out and eat globs of saturated fat though.

Is the link between saturated fat and heart disease? The problem comes when one eats refined sugar and saturated fats together. The rise in rates of heart disease is evident with the increased consumption of refined sugars. There are multiple cases displaying that saturated fats are helpful. One example is Stearic acid; this is the major component in animals, and it is shown to lower LDL and raise HDL. Refined sugar increases body fat and gives immediate energy. That’s about it. There is also glucose signaling, which speeds up the aging of cells.

Saturated fat becomes a big problem when it is oxidized. The oxidation happens during the consumption of refined sugars. Take cheesecake as an example, something so many love, but it is the combination of the sugars and the saturated fats that make this the bad choice.

“Saturated fats have become the fall guy for huge profits generated for five decades by the really big oil companies: those that make vegetable oil”. (Cereal killer)

The cure and the government in the grassy knoll

Let me start this blog by sending my condolences to all the families and persons that have lost someone to cancer.

We have all heard the conspiracies about the drug companies having a cure to cancer, but out of greed they don’t release it because we all know that cancer is big money. Many of you know that I am far from a fan of big pharmacy or the FDA, and I’m less of a fan of the government. But why is it that we have neither cured nor eradicated a single disease in 20-40 odd years? If you ask me, it’s because sick people are big money.

Last week I was having a hard time coming up with a new blog for this week; then I came across a small article that brought up an old study by Spanish researchers who discovered that injecting THC directly into the tumor, the active agent in marijuana, destroyed incurable brain tumors in rats. What is interesting about this study is it showed the same thing that a 1974 study had done.

“In 1974 researchers at the Medical College of Virginia, who had been funded by the National Institute of Health to find evidence that marijuana damages the immune system, found instead that THC slowed the growth of three kinds of cancer in mice - lung and breast cancer, and a virus-induced leukemia.

The DEA quickly shut down the Virginia study and all further cannabis/tumor research, according to Jack Herer, who reports on the events in his book, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes." In 1976 President Gerald Ford put an end to all public cannabis research and granted exclusive research rights to major pharmaceutical companies, who set out - unsuccessfully - to develop synthetic forms of THC that would deliver all the medical benefits without the "high."

Since then, President Ford did his best to hide any research on this subject. The government has done everything in its power to suppress any positive findings about marijuana ever. A sad reflection is that the Spanish study is the first one in 25 years, that’s 25 years that we could have been testing these findings and saving lives. While the Spanish research would be considered big news, the three big new providers ignored the story. This makes one wonder if the government is suppressing this research, as a way to make sure marijuana is not legalized. And this is at the expense of lives.

FDA approved?

So you’re watching TV, and once more you’re bombarded with yet another commercial for some prescription drug, and it is FDA approved. Later on that day you’re with your friends talking about health, and you say you need some vitamins. Your friend says you should be careful because they’re not FDA approved.

So what is so important about something being FDA approved? Does that mean you could die if they’re not? But wait; people have died taking prescription drugs that have been FDA approved, so it cannot be that. So what is so important about FDA approval? Well, today it means nothing.

In 2007 the FDA did a report on itself stating that it is incapable of doing its job. One example of this is the release of Ketek, Telithromycin. This drug is very liver toxic and may cause heart damage as well as vision damage. The FDA still decided to allow testing on infants. When it did the review of Ketek, it allowed fraudulent tests. It told its own employees not to worry about the fake data; just let it go through.

The high-ups in the FDA actively allowed fake tests and approved a drug and allowed it to go to market. This even came out in a senate hearing, and yet no one was punished. If you or I caused this much damage or death, we would be in prison, but yet the FDA and the people behind this still work there. The FDA just does not make a few mistakes but are actively involved in the covering up of dangerous drugs and encourage doctors to push these dangerous drugs, all under the words “Approved by the FDA”.

Not long ago Hydroxycut by Muscletech was put on an FDA banned list because one person had liver failure. According to the FDA the liver failure was due to Hydroxycut, so in response to this adverse incident, Muscletech pulled Hydroxycut before the FDA got involved. However, the FDA still has done nothing about Alli which had the same if not more adverse reports but is FDA approved, and the FDA has done nothing to pull it from the market.

What happen to your New years resolution?

It has been a little over 30 days now, and you’re not going to the gym as much. What happened? It was your New Years’ resolution to lose that weight and get healthier. But what was five days a week at the gym has turned into once every two weeks, or you’re just not going. You dropped about $600 on the membership you’re not using and another $200 on gym clothes. That’s $800 you wasted, but, no, you’ll get back to the gym next week. Well, it is next week, and you still have not gone, WHY?

The first question you should ask is: why do you want to lose weight, get in shape? Is it for you or others? Is it because of pressure from a loved one, friends at work, a contest? Your success or failure has a lot to do with your reasons. Suppose you go into the doctor’s office, and he tells you that if you don’t lose 25 lbs of fat, you’re going to get diabetes. You nod your head saying ok. Once you get home you think, well, it’s type II. It can be managed with pills. I’m already taking pills for my high blood pressure, cholesterol, and depression; what is one more pill? That one more pill is a continuing sign that you’re not healthy. Pills are not going to make you better; they help manage your diseases, but you don’t do what is necessary to cure them.

You jumped into the New Year with the best of intentions, but you fell short of your expectations. It’s ok, you can start up again with a few easy steps.

1. Set up your goals. How much weight do you want to lose? Saying you want to be healthy is not a concrete goal. Start small; your first goal could be losing 10 lbs in two weeks. And start eating breakfast. As these goals are met, make new ones. We know your long term goal is to be healthy, but what DO you think is healthy?

2. What is going on in your life? You could be dealing with a death in the family, a divorce, a move, or unemployment. With all that stress you may not be able to deal with another life change.

One of the biggest reasons people fail is because they are not ready. People really do have too much going on in life and use the weight loss goal as a way to avoid the other problems. STOP. You need to get your life in order and focus on healthier living not just replace one stress with another.

Remember, start with smaller goals that help lead you to the bigger goal.

Vitamin D and you

It has been some time since we have seen a case of rickets, so we’re doing a damn good job in making sure we are not vitamin D deficient, or are we?

First a little background and what Vitamin D is. Vitamin D is a group of fat soluble prohormones called secosteroids. So vitamin D is really a steroid hormone that the body uses to make *calcitrol (1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol)*, the active form of vitamin D that our bodies use.

As Dr. Mauro DiPasquale states, “Research has shown that vitamin D is crucial for many functions of the body, and is crucial for many internal cellular processes, insulin production, the immune system, depression, heart disease, pregnancy problems, birth defects, skin and other cancers, and other diseases, including inflammation in the body from various sources, including aging.”

We are moving back to a culture of vitamin D deficiency. It is believed that 3 in every 4 adolescents are vitamin D deficient. How do we know if we are? First of all, it’s important to get your 25(OH)D blood level measured to see just where you are as far as your long-term vitamin D intake. Once you have the initial measurement and make any changes that need to be made as far as daily vitamin D intake, you should have your 25(OH)D level checked as needed until you’re above 50 ng/mL, and then once it’s relatively stabilized, get it done at least once a year just to make sure you’re not developing a deficiency. Dr. Mauro DiPasquale suggests you “get your 25(OH)D blood level measured to see just where you are as far as your long-term vitamin D intake is concerned. Once you have done this, you should have your 25(OH)D level checked as needed until you’re above 50 ng/mL, and then once it’s relatively stabilized, get it done at least once a year just to make sure you’re not developing a deficiency.”

Regardless of time in the sun and the foods you eat, you should be taking 1000ui to 2000ui a day of Vitamin D if your levels are low. You need to take more, ideally, as cholecalciferol or vitamin D3, is the easiest, cheapest, and safest way to make sure you're covered.

Testosterone and sleep.

So you hit the gym day in and day out. You’re taking vitamins and getting your protein, with the hopes of adding muscle mass to your frame and hoping at the same time that your testosterone levels are high enough to help push this growth. You’re doing everything right, but wait you’re up all night playing video games and surfing the net. Could this LOWER your testosterone levels? I hate to tell you this, but YES.

We all know that high intensity workouts lead to high testosterone levels, but could sleep play a larger roll in testosterone production?

One problem most men face is that their testosterone production levels decline with age and another problem is that we don’t sleep as long as we get older. As children, we sleep 8-10 hrs a day; then that becomes 6-7 as we grow older. One study from China showed that the testosterone levels of men who sleep 4-6 hours a night are much lower than those of men who get more sleep. Testosterone levels were higher in men who sleep 8 or more hours a night. Not only does this effect show on total testosterone but on Free testosterone levels as well.

So, it is very important that you do get your 8 hours a night for optimal testosterone production along with recuperation from the day’s stress and work.

The biggest loser now?

Who is the biggest loser now? Well, let’s start with Bob Harper of The Biggest Loser fame who has sold out to the grain industry right along with the U.S. Government. This latest push is the biggest push, yet in the consumption of grains, who do sellouts believe will benefit the most from the latest dietary guidelines? First the grain growers, second, the drug companies pushing even more drugs to control cholesterol and high blood pressure, diabetes, and I’m sure the soon to be released fat loss drug, and third the medical industry with even more sick people. Remember that 80% of health issues are lifestyle related. And who will lose? It will be anyone that follows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dietary Guidelines.

The problem is they now are telling the average American to eat six servings of grain a day on top of the two servings of fruit. That’s 250g of carbs a day, not counting the six servings of vegetables. This is a complete recipe for an expanding waistline of the American citizen. The six servings a day requirement is for women. For men it is eight servings of grain. This is the first time in history that man would ever eat so much energy food. We’re not an energy-based society anymore. We don’t hunt and gather; we sit, text, and drive for hours in our cars. The average American does not even get 10,000 steps a day, so why all the energy food? We need less grains.

The Grain Foods Foundation I’m sure is paying Bob Harper big dollars to push their daily six program. I guess he wants to make sure he’ll have even more contestants for The Biggest Loser. We might guess that Bob is about dollars, not healthy people. We now have the reason and the cause of Obesity in America. It is our own Government.

Here is the simple math: 250g at 4cals per gram = 1,000 calories. That is about half your daily caloric need. You have not added fats or protein or the six servings of vegetables. That’s right; there is a formula for obesity. There is no way around it.

Now for another math problem: You + following the government dietary guidelines + the insignificant amount of exercise you get = you dying obese or because of obesity

Diets and You

Diets and You

’Tis the season to start thinking about your diet, or I should say what fad diet to go on: the cookie diet, the Hollywood cookie diet, or maybe the water diet. You tried most of them, and you have failed at all of them. Well, it’s not you; it’s the fad diet. Guess what? They don’t work. I know you’re thinking this one will work because some skinny actor or actress says it worked for them. If you believe that, I have some pills to sell you that will let you grow money out your butt. Fad diets are a multimillion-dollar business, and they are just waiting on your laziness and gullibility to suck up the next one.

So what is the right diet for you? It’s not a diet at all but rather it is easier than that. It’s as simple as eating healthier and controlling yourself, the hardest part. There is NO quick fix. It took time to put the pounds on, and it will take time to take them off. Think first about the most important meal of the day: Breakfast. If you’re not eating it, START and START first thing in the morning. I’m not talking about cereal or doughnuts. I’m talking about eggs or a simple protein shake. Watch the carbohydrates. Your body has been starved for the last 6-8 hours, and it needs protein, not an insulin spike. You need to feed your muscles. Doing this is a simple start to your new you and a healthier you. It is not a month long diet. This is forever. Many ask what they should do if they want a bowl of Cheerios. Once in a while have it. Just not every day, and it should not be the first thing you eat. You need protein.

Once you have started to eat protein first thing in the morning, you need to be aware of how many carbohydrates you eat throughout the day. Too many people are eating about 1000g or more, and that’s 4000 calories just from carbohydrates (1g of carbohydrate is 4 calories, and that would be about 1700 calories more than you need) or look at it this way, 3200 calories is equal to one pound.

The obesity push - for 2010

After reading an article on MSNBC web, I was deeply alarmed about what it said and the message that parents would take from this and what kids should be eating. This article stated that kids need to be eating MORE grains (Wow, they said whole grains)but give me a break; that's the last thing inactive kids need is more carbohydrates in there diets. Kids get cake, juices, bread, chips, and muffins day in and day out. And so little protein-you know protein the building blocks of muscle? But no, they push more fruit and grains on kids. Fruit, you know that stuff with Fructose the sugar that is stored in the liver? Little is said about children drinking more water, eating protein and exercising.

So they say each week a kid should have 2.5-5 servings of fruit for lunch and at least 5 for breakfast. OK change that up right there; sugar rush. Sorry, Mom and Dad, I know your kid has ADHD, but let's hop him up with sugar, and don't give me the "it's natural sugar" B.S.
Kids should be eating eggs and 1/2 cup oatmeal in the morning with a glass of whole milk; that's right WHOLE MILK, and for a snack almonds, an apple and water and then for lunch 4-6oz of protein and a cup of green salad with olive oil dressing. Another snack could include almonds or string cheese. Dinner would include protein and some fresh vegetables.
Oh, but "My kids like pop and chips for lunch and for snacks." Well, that's why your kids are fat. It's up to you to be the parent and teach them to eat right.

you can read the article list below
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33388040/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/