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Cookies and Hot Fudge Diet

By Anonymous

March 21, 2004--The Cookies and Hot Fudge Diet is the new program for weight loss that provides an alternative to low-carbohydrate diets. Critics of the Atkins diet report on the rigidity of that eating plan and the difficulty of eliminating carbohydrates for months, or even years, at a time. The Cookies and Hot Fudge Diet is based on the principle of eating the foods one loves, in moderation. It is the perfect weight loss program for people with a sweet tooth.

The Cookies and Hot Fudge Diet is written by Lynn Shirey who, through experience with countless diets, found that eating a cookie or two with breakfast, then having a hot fudge sundae as the final meal of the day, was reward enough for a sensible eating plan.

Desserts are no longer a dieters downfall on the Cookies and Hot Fudge Diet. They are an integral part of a program that emphasizes common sense eating (with no special foods) and exercise. This 39-page booklet costs $5.00 and explains in detail the eating plan which works for people who crave desserts.

www.CookiesandHotFudgeDiet.com for more information,or contact the author, Lynn Shirey at CookiesandHotFudgeDiet@msn.com



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What You Need to Know Before Starting a Low Carb Diet

By Nancy Andrews

In the last 12 months or so, low carbohydrate diets have captured the hearts and weight loss hopes of the American public. And why not? These diets promise quick weight loss and the ability to keep eating fatty foods. If you love your steak and eggs, this seems like the ultimate diet. However, before signing up, the low carb diet bears a review. Is it really the right diet for you?

The premise of the Atkins or any low carbohydrate diet is that carbohydrates are the source of all our weight loss woes. There is some real substance to the argument in that we Americans have been eating excessive amounts of refined carbohydrates which have caused many of us to become insulin resistant as the body continues to wage war against repeated blood sugar spikes brought on by our poor eating habits.

The Atkins diet and other very low carbohydrate diets take your body out of a sugar burning state by practically eliminating all carbs for an induction period that can last two weeks or more. The body will continue to burn sugar as it primary energy source until it essentially runs dry and then converts to burning fat. During the conversion, the dieter can feel tired, irritable, have headaches or get dizzy. Once you get past this incredibly tough period, you are allowed to eat a few carbs, but generally not more than 60 grams a day. That’s like eating one bagel a day and then stopping. This is a difficult road to follow for a liftetime.

In fact, a recent study showed that most adults who start a low carbohydrate diet quit the diet within a year. Admittedly, there is great progress by Atkins and other food manufacturers to dramatically reduce the amount of effective carbs in some food offerings that could be classified as comfort foods (e.g., muffins, brownies, yogurt and more). This helps but you cannot have much if you want to stay within the diet guidelines.

In addition to the loss of almost all traditional comfort foods, by cutting out carbohydrates, the diet is also cutting out a lot of foods that are good for us. Fruits and vegetables have fiber, vitamins and phytonutrients that help keep us healthy. Limiting fiber while consuming a lot of saturated fat, is not the most heart healthy diet.

The low carb diet does take a person out of a primary sugar burning state into a fat burning state. However, some literature makes it sound as though you cannot burn fat any other way. The fact is that we are all burning some fat, we may just be adding more fat faster than we burn it. Modifying the diet to eliminate refined carbohydrates and focusing on high quality protein and good fats will gradually train the body to burn more fat and less sugar.

To their credit, the Atkins group have refined their diet guidelines from their original ‘eat all the fat you want’ stance to ‘eat moderate amounts of good fats’. This is not only a heart healthy step forward but is also likely to help your weight loss efforts as essential fatty acids (the good fats) can help you actually burn more fat. However, when you consider that carbs are already limited on this diet, I’m not sure what you eat except grilled chicken breast, fat free cottage cheese and egg-white omelets. This effectively transforms the diet into a high-protein, low-calorie diet which, if it becomes low calorie, will induce the body to lower its metabolism.

But the one thing you need to know about why the Atkins diet brings about significant weight loss in the first week is that it sends the body into ketosis. Without getting technical, this is a body imbalance that causes your body to flush out toxins (ketones) through your urine like crazy! What you are losing then is primarily water – not fat. Over the long term, restricting carbohydrate consumption to the levels recommended in Atkins and other similar diets is that they overlook the fact that your body needs carbohydrates to utilize the protein you consume. Thus, just like the low calorie diet, this diet cannot help you increase or even maintain muscle mass if carbohydrates are not consumed at a higher level than they recommend.

Finally, if you go off of the low carb diet, your body will immediately stop burning fat as it’s primary fuel source. Adding carbs back into the diet will usually cause weight gain as the water weight loss comes back within days.

If you are committed to fat loss success, then you cannot overlook the body’s need for sufficient calorie levels to prevent the body from lowering its metabolism. You also need sufficient protein that the body can utilize to have a shapely figure (this goes for guys and gals), youthful skin and great hair. Keep the fruits and vegetables, permit yourself a serving or two of a whole grain bread or pasta, focus on high quality proteins and good fats, get calcium from low fat dairy products such as yogurt and your body will respond with a slow, steady and healthy weight loss.

Here’s to your health as well as your weight loss success!

After four years of a near twenty-year Finance career as VP Finance at a global software company, I wanted a fresh challenge. I re-focused my career to pursue my long term personal interest, Health and Fitness, and founded Accelerate Nutrition, Inc. of which I am President. Our website, http://www.accelerate-weight-loss.com, is focused at increasing health awareness on diet and fitness issues.

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New Perspective on Losing Weight and Maintaining Weight Loss

By Anonymous

January 7 2004--“The lowdown: Overall, the diet is well balanced, according to Tammy Baker, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. ‘Plus, it promotes weight loss in a fun way,’ says Baker….The bottom line: “I’d recommend it for someone who is already exercising every day,’ says Baker.”
Fitness, November 2003 issue

“Enjoyed the different approach to proper nutrition in this easy to remember format.” Cheryl McCann, www.review-books.com

The 7-Day Color Diet:
The New Way to Health & Beauty
Mindy Weisel, Carolyn Weisel Miller, M.S., R.D., and Jessica Weisel Courtney, L.E.
May 2003     ISBN 1-931868-08-5    $24.95

Dulles, VA: According to the American Dietetic Association, “Obesity has reached epidemic proportions and health care costs associated with weight-related illnesses have escalated.” Many people site uninteresting diet plans and the inability to eat favorite foods as reasons they are unwilling to start diets or unable to maintain lower weights once the diet is complete. Most of the fad diets that are popular today focus on short term solutions, causing dieters to return to the diet regularly as they gain weight again after the initial loss. Mindy Weisel, an acclaimed artist and author of Daughters of Absence, and her daughters Carolyn, a registered dietician, and Jessica, a licensed esthetician, provide a long term lifestyle change, not a short term diet, in their 2003 book "The 7-Day Color Diet: The New Way to Health and Beauty."

Like seven days at a lovely spa––The 7-Day Color Diet offers you a healthy color-a-day diet plan that will help you reach your weight loss goals, one color at a time. From White through Red, Green, Orange, Purple, and Yellow and into Rainbow Day, savor the rich spectrum of nature’s colors as you lose unwanted pounds and gain the healthiest of complexions. By the end of the first week, you’ll be slimmer, more energetic, and glowing with health. The 7-Day Color Diet is easy, fun, and colorful. It tastes good, looks good, and is good for you. Due to the diversity in foods allowed in the diet and the interested format, dieters are more likely to stick with the diet and continue with it as a regular way of eating. Mindy Weisel’s nutritionist daughter, Carolyn Miller, has ensured the health and weight loss benefits of this color-by-color diet.

One of the biggest problems for dieters is how to maintain weight after the initial weight loss is completed. The American Dietetic Association says, “Clearly, preventing regain of fat losses is the major challenge of weight maintenance. Among the limited numbers of programs that do long-term follow-up, many find that losses are completely regained within 3-5 years.” With its more than 100 recipes, the 7-Day Color Diet continually adds foods and dishes as it progresses, emphasizing long lists of permitted foods and stimulating even the most novice of chefs. Carolyn and Mindy also provide a maintenance place to help dieters continue their success long after the initial weight goal is reached.

    Besides teaching you to get slim and stay that way, Mindy’s esthetician daughter, Jessica Courtney, offers you a 7-day color-by-color skin care and beauty treatment plan. “Color is an inspiring way to organize a week devoted to health and beauty,” she says. Just as the diet adds new foods, color-by-color, so the skin care program adds a beneficial skin treatment to go along with the color theme of the day, including recommended products and their application.

Mindy Weisel’s art hangs in museums and institutions around the world, including the Smithsonian, Hirshhorn Museum, National Museum of American Art, Israel Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and the U.S. Capitol. Her work has been reviewed by the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Art News, and more. She is the author of Daughters of Absence and Touching Quiet. She lives in Washington, D.C. Carolyn Weisel Miller, M.S., R.D., is one of New York’s hot, young, clinical nutritionists, working with Midtown Nutrition Care. She has been featured in articles in the New York Post and Glamour, and will appearing in Newsweek, Fitness, and Cosmopolitan. She graduated at the top of her class from New York University’s School of Nutrition, and at 3l is a bright new voice on the latest in science and nutrition. Jessica Weisel Courtney, a licensed esthetician, is the founder of Hydra Skincare Studio in Miami, Florida.



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