HEALTH AND SLIMMING

3500 Calories To Lose A Pound - Is This Formula All Wrong?
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Most fitness conscious people have heard that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. If you create a deficit of 7000 calories in a week, you lose two pounds, and so on. Right? Well, not so fast. Dr. Kevin Hall, an investigator at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity that throws a wrench in works of the “3500 calories to lose a pound” idea. ...Read More

 

The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success
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Understanding the mind's role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in physical fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can't get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is worthless. With new discoveries in the science of visualization, you can make amazing breakthroughs in your health and fitness achievements. ... Read More

 

Alcohol: Why Some People Can Drink It Without Getting Fat
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Alcohol has been implicated as a factor that may hurt your efforts to lose body fat. Whether alcohol is "fattening" has been a controversial subject because technically, alcohol is NOT stored as fat; it is oxidized ahead of other fuels. Whether moderate drinking is healthy has also been a subject of controversy. Many studies show cardiovascular benefits associated with moderate beer or wine drinking, while other studies show improved insulin sensitivity. Some experts however, say that alcohol has no place in a fitness lifestyle. A recent 2007 study published in the journal Obesity adds new findings to our knowledge about alcohol, insulin resistance and abdominal obesity and gives us some insights into why some people seem to drink and get fat while others seem to drink and get thin! ... Read more

 

Foods That Burn Fat: The Top 10 Lists
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Anytime the topic of my blogs, articles or newsletters has turned to my own personal grocery shopping list, there has always been a spike in interest. It seems that many people are not only curious about what foods a natural bodybuilder eats to maintain single digit body fat, but they also want to be taken by the hand and told exactly what foods to eat themselves while on fat-burning or muscle building programs. That's why I decided to put together four separate “top 10” lists of healthy foods that burn fat and build muscle. ... Read more

 

Fish Oil May Help Burn Fat, But It's No Fat-Burning Miracle
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Unless you've been living under a rock somewhere for the last several years, you've probably heard about the health benefits of eating fatty fish or taking fish oil supplements. Well, it looks like you might be able to add fat loss alongside the other benefits like heart, blood, brain, skin and joint health (and the rest of the list, which is too long to print here). However, the fat loss benefit is not as much as some people want you to believe…Read More

 

The Incredible Shrinking Fat Cell By Tom Venuto
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Earlier this week someone in our discussion forum wrote, "I haven't LOST any fat... I know EXACTLY where it went! I got a chuckle out of that because I "got" the joke, but truth is, most people really don't know where the fat goes when it's burned or how the fat burning process takes place, so this is a really good question. ... Read More

 

Abdominal Training Secrets - The Interview, By Tom Venuto With David Grisaffi
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In this full-feature length interview, Tom Venuto interviews Abdominal and core training expert David Grisaffi about the best ways to flatten your abs, improve athletic performance, decrease body fat and eliminate low back back. (DOUBLE COMMISSION OPPORTUNITY for affiliates - TWO clickbank products! ...Read more

 

The Low Body Fat Secret Of Bodybuilders And Fitness Models By Tom Venuto
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The secret to getting super lean – I'm talking about being RIPPED, not just “average body fat” – is all about mastering the art of "peaking." Most people do not have a clue about what it takes to reach the type of low body fat levels that reveal ripped six-pack abs, muscle striations, vascularity and extreme muscular definition, so they go about it completely the wrong way.... Read more

 

Don't Catch These 2 Diseases
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One of my favorite motivational speakers is Brian Tracy, who is one of the world's top experts on success psychology and personal achievement. In case you haven't heard of Brian, he is sort of like a calmer, more “laid back” version of Tony Robbins. Not long ago, I had the chance to attend a seminar Brian held at the Jacob Javitz center here in New York City. One part of his talk really grabbed my attention, and I'd like to share it with you... Read more

 

Body Wraps And Waist Wraps: The Difference Between Losing Fat And Losing Inches
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"Body wraps" and rubber waist belts have been around for ages in the weight loss and spa industry. Claims include loss of body weight, loss of body fat, and loss of inches. When your body fat decreases, your circumference measurements usually also decrease, but what few people realize is that “fat” loss and “inch” loss are not one in the same. If you don't know how to tell the difference, you could be falling for one of the oldest, most notorious fitness and weight loss scams in the book. ...Read more

 

Why Some People Quit And Some People NEVER Give Up
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Throughout my 18 years in the fitness industry, I have noticed that some people who start a diet and exercise program give up very easily after hitting the first obstacle they encounter. On the other hand, I noticed that some people simply NEVER give up. These people are like the bulldog that refuses to release its teeth-hold on a bone. The harder you try to pull the bone out of his mouth, the harder the dog chomps down with a vice-like grip. What's the difference between these two types of people? Psychologists say there is an answer. ...Read more

 

Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive
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There are many fantastic ways to get focused and motivated to start a new diet or exercise program, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive and see your goal through to completion. Within just weeks of beginning a new fitness program, many people have already hit their first snag or setback, and as a result, have slipped backwards in the mental focus and motivation department. Setting goals in writing is an essential step to success, but how do you stay focused on them? One technique I have used ever since my very first bodybuilding competition 18 years ago, is... Read more

 

Brain Science And New Year's Resolutions
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It doesnt matter how much you know about nutrition or exercise. Until specialized fitness knowledge is linked with goals and directions, you won't accomplish much or keep the changes long term. Most people believe they are "setting goals" when they make a new year's resolution. However, most resolutions are casually set, lightly taken and only done once a year on January 1st. Neuroscience has now shed some light on why New Year's resolutions almost always fail and how to set goals scientifically for permanent change and results that last ...Read more

 

Tom Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips, Part 1
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just because you're traveling doesn't mean you can't follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision. ...Read more

 

Tom Venuto's Top 10 Travel Fitness Tips Part 2
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just because you're traveling doesn't mean you can't follow your regular exercise regimen. If you want to continue to improve your physique while on the road, you can! Here are 5 more ways that I did it on my last extended business trip that you may find helpful as well. It begins with a simple decision. ...Read more

 

Cortisol, Stress And Body Fat: Straight Answers To The Top 20 Questions About The Stress Hormone
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It seems that every time science uncovers some type of association between body fat and anything, opportunistic entrepreneurs are waiting in the shadows to create a product and a marketing campaign around it. The most recent example is when researchers discovered a correlation between cortisol and abdominal body fat. Cortisol was then blamed as the latest culprit in the obesity problem, and cortisol-suppressing pills were touted as the “miracle solution.” ...Read more

 

Protein Supplements Vs. Protein Foods
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Did you ever notice how so many articles about protein in bodybuilding and fitness magazines are slanted towards hyping some "revolutionary" new protein product? did you ever wonder why? Are protein powders and supplements really better than protein foods? Although protein powders can be very useful, as with most aspects of the bodybuilding supplement industry, the subject of protein is often driven more by marketing hype than science. ...Read more

 

How To Use Super-Sizing, Portion Distortion And Dietary Displacement To Your Advantage
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Ever since the independent film, Super Size Me was released, research on the relationship between increasing obesity and increasing portion sizes has skyrocketed and the results have been virtually unanimous. There have been numerous well-designed studies published just in the last several years which confirmed exactly what we suspected (and much of what Super-Size-Me suggested) ...Read more

 

Can You Think Yourself Thin?
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On a recent special edition of The Larry King show, panel experts Bob Proctor, John Assaraf and others who were featured in the movie 'The Secret' explained that recent breakthroughs in neuroscience along with understanding mental laws, reveal why goal setting, the "law of attraction" and "positive thinking" really do work, regardless of whether you look at them from a metaphysical or a scientific perspective. ...Read more

 

How To Repair A Damaged Metabolism
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If you've caused metabolic damage as a result of following starvation diets or losing weight too rapidly in the past, it can be extremely difficult to achieve any further fat loss at all. The good news is, metabolic damage can be repaired. All it takes is the right combination of metabolism stimulating exercise and metabolism stimulating nutrition... Read more

 

Induction Destruction: The Perils Of Diving Into Strict Diets Head First
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One thing that almost all mainstream popular diets have in common is an “induction phase” (or the equivalent). This is often done under the scientific-sounding labels of “making the metabolic switch” from “carb burner” to “fat burner.” However, "induction" is simply a politically correct way to say you have to crash diet and starve yourself in the beginning... which is a one way ticket to eventual weight regain and metabolic destruction! ...Read more

 

Increase Your Metabolism And Curb Your Appetite With This Fat-Burning Food Group
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There have been countless studies performed on the role of protein in the muscle growth process to try and determine exactly how much protein you should consume to build muscle mass. Recently, several studies have looked at the role that dietary protein plays in helping you lose fat, and more importantly, helping you keep it off! One thing scientists have discovered is that eating lean protein foods is important for regulating body composition because it decreases your appetite. ...Read more

 

What a "Muscle-head" Says About Organic Food
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Last week I was talking about nutrition with one of my workout buddies and when I mentioned grass fed beef and "organic food” he asked, "Do you mean like what you get at Whole Foods Market?" I said, "Yes, exactly... that's a natural food and organic supermarket." He said, "Yeah well, that place costs so much, I call it Whole Paycheck!"I was rolling on the floor laughing, but the truth is, organic food really is expensive so it's a valid question to ask, “Is it worth it?” After researching the subject, let me offer you my take on it from a bodybuilder's viewpoint. This is a perspective on organics you may not have heard before. ...Read more

 

Nutrition Or Training - Which Is More Important?
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Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, "The Iron Guru" Gironda was famous for saying, "Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!" Is this really true or is this just another fitness and bodybuiding myth passed down like gospel without ever being questioned? This IS an interesting question and I believe there is a definite answer: ...Read more

 

Building A Better Body One Brick At A Time
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Losing weight and getting in shape doesn't happen overnight. Once you understand the truth about what it really takes to build a better body, you'll never fall prey to fads, gimmicks or scams ever again... Read more

 

Banking Calories - Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later?
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Suppose you're on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You're expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of “party snacks.” You're not sure if there will be any healthy food there, but you are sure that you're going to be in a festive, partying mood! What should you do? Should you cut back on your food earlier in the day to make room for the big feast? ...Read more

 

Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes
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Common workout mistakes has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, and so on.. Ironically, you seldom hear about the biggest mistakes of all. I call these humongous bloopers “bonehead mistakes” because once you start to analyze and think about them, they're really just common sense... Read more

 

Don't Be A Big Loser: Why You Should Say No To Quick Weight Loss
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There are hundreds of ways to lose weight quickly, but only one way to lose fat and keep it off in the long term. ...Read more

 

How To Lose 20 Pounds In 5 Minutes
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Absolutely guaranteed to be the fastest way to take off 20 pounds that you have ever seen. ...Read more

 

Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat
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Is obesity a genetically inherited disease or something you control? Some researchers say it's all genetics, but with billions of dollars in weight loss drug sales at stake, you might want to think twice before listening to those who say fat is just fate. ...Read more

 

Health And Fitness Is Not A 12 Week Program
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Thinking about entering one of those 12 week transformation challenges or going on a quick weight loss diet? If so, you'd better read this first ... Read more

 

The Glycemic Index: Is Glycemic Index The key to fat loss or just another diet gimmick?
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Many diet programs revolve around the concept of Glycemix Index (GI). Some even say that the GI is the “key to fat loss.” While the GI is one important aspect of fat burning nutrition, using GI as your only criteria for choosing foods may not be the diet panacea that some “gurus” want you to believe. ...Read more

 

The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss
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Count calories, count portions or calories don't count? Discover the truth... Read more

 

Everything You Need To Know About Loose Skin And Weight Loss
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If you're extremely overweight or if you've been extremely overweight in the past, then you know that getting rid of excess weight is only one of the challenges you face. Once the fat is gone, you are often confronted with an equally frustrating cosmetic problem; Loose skin. ...Read more