Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle

There are so many weight loss programs on the market that it can be difficult to choose one – could Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle be the program for you?  Let’s take a closer look at Tom Venuto’s ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’. Review the pros and cons below to decide if this program is right for you.

Pro: It provides a highly personalized approach to weight loss.

‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ is basically a body type diet

The premise is that people of different body types process foods in different ways. For example, one body type might do better on a diet heavy in complex carbohydrates, while another body type might need a much lower carb intake in order to flourish.

The system teaches you how to determine which body type you are. Then it gives you the information you need to design a diet and fitness plan based on your body type. As you progress, you can adjust your calories and nutrition as needed. This highly personalized plan should, in theory, result in more weight loss than a generic one.

Pro: It provides tons of nutritional information.

This system contains pretty much everything you’ve ever wanted to know about nutrition, especially as it pertains to your individual body type. Venuto delves into the facts about macronutrients, vitamins, and calories. In fact, 270 pages of the core book are devoted to nutrition.

There are comprehensive guides to help you determine your base metabolic rate and caloric needs.

Pro: You can purchase upgrades.

Besides the core book, you can purchase supplemental information such as a series of author interviews, and a subscription to Venuto’s web site. All of the bonuses are high in quality, and the web site itself will easily provide many months of content to read. The web site also features calculators, recipes, and product reviews. The message forums are active and filled with answers and advice.

The amount of information would be valuable to someone who wants to reshape their life and body, but might be too much for casual dieters.

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Review – The Bad

Con: It’s not for casual dieters.

By reading this ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ review, you’ve potentially saved yourself a lot of time – the core book is 341 pages long! That’s not including the many extras you get with the package, and the ones you can purchase separately. Casual dieters might be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information.

Also, Venuto is a bodybuilder and he writes like a bodybuilder. That is, he places quite a bit of emphasis on getting a low body fat percentage. The competitive bodybuilding information can be a little heavy-handed, but informative.

Con: Exercise is not extensively covered.

Despite the importance of exercise in weight loss and bodybuilding, Venuto devotes most of his pages to nutrition facts. Cardio exercise and weight training are given about 25 pages apiece.

Venuto does go into detail about how exercise affects the body, but tends to suggest exercises without explaining how to do them, leaving the research to the reader. The sample workouts included in the book are more like lists than step-by-step guides.

One bonus: If you’ve ever wondered about weightlifting, you can probably find the answers to all your questions in the weightlifting FAQ.

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Review – The Bottom Line

‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’ is an extraordinary product. Its detailed approach to weight loss has earned it many loyal followers. While it might not be the best choice for someone who just needs to lose a few pounds, it shines as a guide to building your best body.

Check out Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle for yourself.

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Foods that burn fat to help you lose weight is every dieters dream.  Finding and eating these foods can put your diet on auto pilot.

Are there really foods that burn fat? It may sound too good to be true, but scientific studies have found that people who consume certain foods end up losing more weight than those who don’t eat the foods – even when all other factors are the same!

Let’s take a look at three of the most popular foods that burn fat, according to science:

Beans

Beans are a preferred protein source for dieters everywhere. They contain a healthy mix of protein and carbohydrates. Beans are challenging to digest, so it takes your body longer to process them. This is a good thing, because it keeps your blood sugar stable and helps you stay full longer.

But the real magic of beans lies in their fiber content. Fiber is like a workout for your digestive system. It keeps things running smoothly, and prevents your blood glucose from spiking too high. Plain beans are the best choice. Sugary baked beans or fatty refried beans can sabotage your weight loss efforts by supplying too many calories and simple carbs.

Skim Milk

Of all the foods that burn fat, calcium is perhaps the most popular proven metabolism booster. In fact, studies have proven that calcium causes weight loss. Two groups of test subjects were studied. The groups did everything the same, except that one group received several servings of calcium each day. Surprisingly, that group lost almost three times as much weight as the group who did not receive extra calcium.

You can get calcium from vegetables like broccoli, but dairy products remain the most popular choice. Choose products made from 2%, 1%, or fat-free milk. They deliver the greatest amount of calcium in the lowest amount of calories.

Green Tea

Green tea has been touted as a dieter’s miracle product for years. It contains powerful antioxidants that reduce the number of potentially cancerous free radicals in the body. Its modest caffeine content is enough to perk up your heart rate and metabolism without putting undue stress on your body. It is also a mild diuretic, which can be helpful for getting rid of retained fluid.

Green tea has also been studied as a fat-burner, and the results have been encouraging. People who drink 4 – 6 cups of green tea per day enjoy faster weight loss than those who don’t drink green tea.

Honorable Mention: Water

Okay, it doesn’t contain nutrition, but water would still rank highly on any list of foods that burn fat. It dilutes sodium to beat bloating, pushes retained fluid from our bodies, promotes healing, and satisfies the appetite. But did you know that water can also keep your metabolism running at maximum efficiency?

It’s true: Our kidneys are our primary filtration system. They help pass toxins and waste fluids out of our bodies. But they need plenty of hydration to keep functioning well. When they are deprived of water, the kidneys call on the liver for back-up.

While the liver can serve as a secondary filtration system, that is not its best use. It is designed for, and excels at, turning stored fat into usable energy. But when it has to support the kidneys, the liver cannot metabolize fat as quickly as it used to. You can bring your metabolism back up to speed by drinking plenty of water each day.

For a quick and productive diet overhaul, start eating foods that burn fat. Add 64 ounces of pure drinking water each day, and you will be on your way to successful and permanent weight loss.

Can't Lose Weight

How do you expect to lose weight if you always tell yourself and anyone who will hear you that you can’t lose weight?

If you are going to accomplish anything you have to get your mouth involved.  Everytime you say you can’t lose weight it locks you in even that much more to where you are.

Can’t Lose Weight, Or Won’t Lose Weight

Getting your mouth involved in accomplishing the things you want was known in Biblical times and before: “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks (Math 24:34). It seems like a joke when you say it, “I can’t lose weight,” and everyone smiles but you know how serious it is to you.  Did you realize as you said or thought those words how you were locking yourself into your overweight condition?  You are using it as an affirmation, but this is an affirmation that you don’t want to have.

Change Your Can’t Lose Weight Into “I Can Lose Weight”

Erika Henke is a personal trainer who was once where you are, one day after a couple of kids and life’s struggle she finally had enough and set out to change the way she looked and felt and she did.  Today she is a personal trainer, you can find her whole story at http://www.erikahenke.com/ and if your are one who thinks you can’t lose weight you will see how wrong you are.

Here is Erika’s latest video about the struggle to lose weight and how the battle is all in your mind: “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.”  If you think you can’t lose weight see what Ericka has to say.

Why So Many Struggle to Lose Weight…The KEY to Your Success!

http://www.erikahenke.com/So many of you are struggling to lose weight. I was in your shoes, and I know how difficult it all seems. But the truth is that your mind is making it so much harder than it really is. Sticking to a workout program (like ChaLEAN Extreme, P90X, or Insanity) or eating healthy meals isn’t as hard as it sounds once you’ve committed your heart and mind to the task. See yourself as successful and you’ve already won the battle! The “battle of the bulge” won’t be a battle any longer once you’ve resolved yourself to the outcome…a slimmer, healthier, sexier YOU!

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Are there cures for snoring? You probably already know that snoring possibly means you have sleep apnea and all of the dangerous things that may go with that — from just being tired all the time to high blood pressure, weight gain, and a host of things. It’s bad stuff.

Your doctor will send you for a sleep study that will cost you a lot even if you have good insurance and then it’s likely that you will get an expensive (even after your insurance pays their part) CPAP machine (continuous positive airway pressure).

Oxygen flow is reduced as your throat muscles relax and your airway is restricted. These machines help hold the airways open while you sleep by blowing air into your nose. They help some while others have wasted their money. Still others do not have access to CPAP due to the prohibitive costs.

Here is an anti-snoring program – remember some of the same issues cause snoring also cause sleep apnea, and snoring is a precursor to sleep apnea. This program uses exercise to strengthen muscles in the throat-neck, mouth, tongue, and nose to eliminate the problem. There are 24 exercises in the program to naturally and inexpensively solve the problem naturally by strengthening the air passages. Here is an example of one of the exercises:

Try out this jaw strengthening exercise

The best way to see how simple these exercises are is to try one out.

So here’s an exercise that helps to loosen your jaw – because tight or clenched jaws are considered one of the leading causes of snoring.

This exercise takes only a minute, but before you’re done, you should feel your jaw muscles strengthen and the back of your mouth opening up.

Start by lining up your upper and lower molars and put them together, very lightly.
Now imagine your molars are like a hinge (similar to your door). Lower your jaw while keeping your molars together and your lips closed. Open and close your lower jaw about 20 times.See how easy they can be?

This is just one of the 24 exercises that have been developed to stop people from snoring. Each exercise is designed to strengthen a specific area – turning relaxed, weaker muscles that block your airways and flap like a flag into toned and well-controlled muscles.

We’ve explained what causes snoring, That there are cures for snoring and this is an inexpensive program that you owe it to yourself to tryout.  Here is our affiliate link, the owners of this website will receive a commission if you order here.

You should always check with your doctor if you think you have sleep apnea. Have him work with you on the program.

By James LaValle, R.Ph, ND, CCN

Did it ever occur to you that the reason you can’t lose weight may be due to the fact that you are eating foods that you’re allergic to? This is a revelation to many people who have struggled unsuccessfully for years to get rid of unwanted pounds.

The prevalence of food allergies is on the rise in both children and adults.^1-2 Allergies can be responsible for a number of health issues including irritable bowel type symptoms³ and migraines.⁴ Very few people are aware however, that immune responses to foods can go on to create a number of metabolic disruptions that can contribute to weight gain.

At LMI where we counsel people to lose weight using our Metabolic Code Diet (MCD) eating program, we see this all the time. We had one patient in our diet group who had tried a very low carb diet in the past, and lost no weight. The reason? She was sensitive to dairy and didn’t know it. On her previous diet, she was eating a lot of cheese. On the MCD, which is a lower carb, low allergen eating plan, she cut out the cow’s milk cheeses and dairy products, ate according to our meal recommendations, and the weight started coming off.

There are several ways common dietary allergens can keep weight on you. When the body is having an immune reactivity to food, it can cause increased stress hormone production. Increased cortisol in particular can contribute to insulin resistance — and that reduces your body’s ability to process the glucose from foods high in carbs. And the increased insulin keeps you from being able to burn fat.

Increased cortisol can also go on to inhibit the body’s ability to convert your primary thyroid hormone, T4, to the active form, T3. Without enough active T3, it is very difficult to lose weight. If you have developed an immune response (an allergy) to certain foods, it can also go on to cause autoimmune antibodies which can attack any tissue in the body, including thyroid tissue. Autoimmune attacks on the thyroid cause one of the most common forms of low thyroid, called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.

So, in a roundabout way, food sensitivities can slow metabolism and cause weight gain. By decreasing your consumption of any foods to which you might be sensitive, you may potentially improve insulin sensitivity, lower glucose, and promote better thyroid hormone production.

There are seven foods responsible for almost all food allergies — peanuts, other tree nuts like walnuts, fish/shellfish, soybeans, eggs, wheat and cow’s milk. The only two foods we limit initially on the MCD eating program are wheat and cow’s milk dairy. Why? Through years of clinical practice, we have found that wheat and dairy are usually the most problematic. So, we eliminate cow’s milk products and wheat, and anything made from them.

This part of the MCD eating plan can be a challenge at first for many people. Western diets are so centered around wheat and dairy there is almost no red-blooded American who doesn’t eat at least some wheat and dairy every day. But you would be surprised at the variety of breads, crackers, and chips that are available wheat-free. (You just need to be careful to eat them within your limited carbohydrate portions.) You can even find a wide array of goat and sheep’s milk dairy products in most supermarkets and health food stores. What most people find is that they may miss a few of the eliminated foods at first, but their quality of life improves so much, that eventually they don’t miss them at all.

We estimate that food allergies contribute to weight gain in at least 30% of our patients who come to us for weight loss. Of those, the vast majority doesn’t have to go any further than eliminating wheat and dairy to jump start their weight loss.

The Metabolic Code Diet is a sensible eating plan that you can follow for the rest of your life and never feel deprived or hungry. But most importantly, since it addresses all the potential causes of metabolic disruption, it’s an eating plan you can count on to get at the root causes of your weight gain, making it a better long-term solution for healthy weight loss and management.

References

1. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/545808/
2. Kagan RS (February 2003). Environ. Health Perspect. 111; (2): 223–5.
3. Zar S, et al. (July 2005). Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 40 (7): 800–7.
4. Arroyave-Hernandez CM, et al. Rev Alerg Mex. 2007 Sept-Oct; 54(4):162-8.

[Ed. Note: James LaValle is the founding Director of the LaValle Metabolic Institute, one of the largest integrative medicine practices in the country. Dr. LaValle is the author of The Metabolic Code Diet: Unleashing the Power of Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss and Vitality and the Executive Editor of THB's The Healing Prescription. Let 2009 be the year to unleash the power of your metabolism. To sign up for "free" access to this exclusive, insider teleconference with Dr. LaValle, click here.]

This article appears courtesy of Early to Rise’s Total Health Breakthroughs which offers alternative health solutions for mind, body and soul.

Myth #1: Dieting Will Help You Lose Weight and Make You Healthy

By Tim Reynolds, MD

Every day we are bombarded with medical garbage. It comes from all sources — maybe even your doctor. There are also medical myths that have been passed on from one generation to the next — unfortunately, no one has looked carefully at where the information started and whether it is in fact valid or not.

I hate budgets and I hate diets. I think I hate them for the same reason — they make me want all the things I can’t have even more. Have you ever noticed that the word DIET is a four letter word and that the first three letters are DIE?! That’s how I feel about dieting. So many times we go to the doctor and he/she says “Well you are overweight and you need to start on a diet”. Unfortunately, many health professionals do not know exactly what this means — it is also the wrong approach to take to lose weight.

Instead of going on a diet, why not change the way you look at food and the way you approach your health? Why not change your reality and realize that food is nutrition that is good for the body as long as it’s the right kind and eaten in moderation? Food is not the enemy — choosing the wrong foods and overeating is the enemy.

A major problem started with flawed research that was then capitalized upon by food manufacturers. In the 1970s and 80s, it was erroneously determined that our high fat diet was making us all fat.¹ Food manufacturers quickly caught on and soon every product had a label that said “low fat”. Unfortunately, we replaced the fat with sugar. As we all ate our low fat diets, the entire country got fatter.

A variation on the theme is being seen now with carbs. Everyone wants to be on a low carb diet. So now everything at the grocery store is advertised as “low carb”. Once again, most people have no idea what this means. There is more than one type of carbohydrate and not all carbs are bad.

Natural plant fiber is made from carbohydrates. Fruits are carbohydrates but should not be considered the same as carbohydrates from a doughnut. If we only look at the carb count, once again we will be led down the wrong path due to creative advertising.

So what are we to do? How can we figure all this out? I have two simple recommendations that will help. First get back to nature. I do not mean move to the mountains (although that does sound nice) — but start eating natural foods. Think of it this way — if you can’t catch it or pick it, don’t eat it. If you follow this rule, you can have all the fish, fresh meats, vegetables, and fruits you want.

In fact, if your diet consisted of just these foods, you would never be fat. As I write this, I am at a scuba diving resort in Borneo, Malaysia. This island does not have an overweight person on it. Why? Because they only eat what they can catch or pick. They have a natural high protein, low carb diet.

Second, if you are going to eat processed foods, always check the label. You will find protein content in grams, fat in grams, and carbohydrates in grams. Under carbohydrates it will list sugar in grams. If the grams of sugar are higher than 10 (8 if you want to be strict), put it back and choose something else.

You will be amazed at what does and does not have sugar once you start looking. Remember, it is not simply the fat or carbohydrates — as it turns out, the problem is the amount of sugar it contains.

Finally, I have an 85/15 rule. If you eat like I just showed you 85% of the time, you can eat what you like the other 15%. Food is energy — it is good for you. Choose the right foods and they will keep you healthy. Choose the wrong foods and they will make you ill. You are in fact what you eat.

Reference

1. http://weightoftheevidence.blogspot.com/2008/02/dr-jamie-bailes-fat-free-fallacy.html

[Ed. Note: Tim Reynolds, M.D., is a practicing physician and a health and lifestyle expert. For more information, click here.]

This article appears courtesy of Early to Rise’s Total Health Breakthroughs which offers alternative health solutions for mind, body and soul.

1. Set realistic goals. Anyone who has ever set an unrealistic weight loss goal will tell you that not meeting your own expectations is the fastest way to fail at weight loss. You should plan to lose no more than 1-2 pounds per week. In general, people who set realistic goals will exceed it during at least the first few weeks. Exceeding your weight loss goals will give you something to get excited about, and keep the weight loss process positive.

2. Get support. When you make the decision to lose weight, enlist the help and support of your friends and family members. Having people around you who will encourage you through the process is a great way to start. Be careful about telling those people who might be discouraging, either by not supporting your goals or by hounding you every time they see you eat something that they deem inappropriate for someone who is dieting. Neither of these scenarios is helpful!

3. Learn to keep things in moderation. When your goal is to lose weight, remember the old saying…all things in moderation. By following this mantra with eating and working out, you will lose weight at a reasonable pace and feel good while doing it!

4. Join a program. Weight loss groups like Weight Watchers are popular for more than just their diet plans. They help people to form a community with other people who have the same goals. This extended support network is great for making weight loss more exciting – having someone with whom you can share your excitement. It is also a great way to talk through some of the issues that you might be experiencing with your weight loss program. Support is crucial when you are attempting to make major lifestyle changes.

5. Buy yourself a portable music player. Music is one of your biggest allies when trying to lose weight. Listening to music will make exercise time fly by and it can definitely improve your mood. Consider buying yourself a new portable music player (mp3 or CD) when starting out on a weight loss program. You don’t need to make a huge financial investment, and you could easily buy a portable CD player for well under $100.

6. Get a buddy. Having a close friend or family member agree to lose weight with you is an excellent way to get the support you need. And it gives you someone that you can learn tips, swap recipes and try new exercises with. Losing weight with a friend is also good for people who need an understanding friend to talk things through with. Remember, weight loss is more than a temporary process, it is a major lifestyle change and you will definitely benefit from all of the support that you can get.

7. Choose your information sources wisely. If a friend or co-worker offers diet advice over a fast food burger and shake – you need to decide whether their advice is the right way to go. Instead find trust sources of information such as your family doctor, a nutritionist, the trainer at your gym or even a reputable website. Finding someone who can answer questions when you have them can take a load off your mind and make you feel good that you’re making informed decisions about your weight loss.

8. Dress for weight loss success: In order to start thinking thin, pay attention to what you are wearing. Overweight people tend to dress “bigger” than they actually are with baggy or oversized clothing. As you begin losing weight, consider some updates to your wardrobe that will accentuate your best features and help you to remember that losing weight will make you more attractive in your own eyes.

9. Remember, there are no guarantees with any weight loss plan. Keep in mind that there are no guarantees with any weight loss plan. While some people may see temporary benefits from fad dieting or other quick fixes, overall the best way to approach weight loss is by modifying your lifestyle and adopting a healthy way of living.

10. Stay off the scale. For best results, do not weigh yourself more than once a week at the most. Since a healthy goal consists of a plan to lose no more than 1-2 pounds per week, you may not see significant results until several weeks have passed. Spare yourself the disappointment of seeing little change and plan to weigh yourself as infrequently as possible.

The best way to build a stronger body is with the use of weights.
This can be with free weights such as dumbbells and barbells, weight machines, or a combination of the two.

Many purists believe that the only way to do weight training correctly is with free weights as they bring into play all the other muscles required to control and balance the movement of the weights.

It is correct that more muscles are required to lift free weights due to the fact that more control is required but the development of weight machines in recent years has been such that they can also offer benefits that free weights can’t give.

By eliminating the factor of control from specific movements it is possible to lift heavier weights and this in turn can stimulate more growth in the muscle.

In addition to this is the fact that many machines are designed to maintain pressure on the muscles throughout the full range of the movement.
Free weights, on the other hand, generally have the least effect on muscle growth at the top and bottom of any movement.

To explain this better we will use the example of the arm curl where a barbell is curled up from a position resting against the thighs to the chest using the bicep muscles.

When the barbell is at the top or the bottom of the movement there is no resistance on the muscle where as with a machine with the correct design elements there can be maximum tension even at those parts of the movement.

Cables and weight stacks will allow this to happen and due to this, you can expect to get additional benefits that aren’t possible with free weights.

Obviously a combination of both free weights and weight machines will deliver the optimum results in the least time.

You’ve heard it all before and you know it within yourself: being overweight makes you at risk for all sorts of chronic illness. You probably beat yourself up when you look in the mirror and make yourself feel bad. Overweight is just another failure – what are the ways to lose weight? How can I lose pounds?

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