The Human Fuel

Carbohydrates resemble the main source (about 90%) of energy requirements of humans living away from extremely cold weather ( pole).
How much we take them? how the body deals with them? what is the impact of them on the body?. This is what we are going to discuss now.

Carbohydrates are present in many chemical forms:
-Mononmolecular form is either 5 or 6 carbon atoms.
-Dimolecular form which is a combined 2 monosaccharide (6 carbon atoms each).
-Oligosaccharide wich is formed of a few combined monosaccharides.
-Polysaccharides ( polymolecular chunks) of glucode.

Pentoses (5 carbon) are present in nature in bound forms, and oligosaccharides are of structural value (e.g. Antigens) , but the disaccharides specially sucrose (sugar of commerce) which may make up as much as 40% of carbohydrate intake, and the polysaccharide starch, with glucose as the building unit of both, are abundant in nature and are relevant to energy production in humans.

Glucose is the most important molecule in carbohydrate metabolism.
-It can be catabolised (broken down gradually) in the cytoplasm to produce some energy as in muscle cell or red blood cell, and its catabolic products are oxidized in the cell energy house(mitochondria) to produce larger amounts of energy.

Glycogen is the storage form of carbohydrates in human body to meet rapid demand of glucose or energy (fat is the other storage form).
The only human that can store glycogen in high amounts is the fetus before birth, however adult human can only store small amounts of it:

-Adult stores about 250 grams of glycogen in the liver which breaks it down during starvation to be completely depleted within 24 hours, the first thing the liver does after meals is to restore the normal glycogen store.
-Adult stores another small amount of glycogen in muscles which never give it up to be kept for their energy needs to start work.

The human brain stores Glucose as is in the blood and the whole body is responsible for keeping a blood concentration within a narrow range, this is done primarily by the liver which can utilize glycerol (split from fat) and amino acids (from protein) to build up to 55 g glucose which accords precisely with the estimated energy requirements of the brain.

Blood glucose can only highly fluctuate in diseases:
1- High levels in diabetes mellitus. Glucose can react with body proteins and modify them contributing to Cataract and other long term complications of diabetes.
2- Low levels near to 0 in Cancer, producing a muscle waste and general weakness (cachexia). The ability of cancer cells to absorb huge amounts of glucose led some scientists in the former Soviet Union and in Germany to flood blood with glucose to kill the cancer cell by its own produced high acidity through cytoplasmic glycolysis of this glucose. It proved some success in some cases.


The surplus glucose is stored as FAT, the most efficient form as energy store on weight basis , man strategic energy resource which he never uses nor he needs, moreover, stored fat is a mechanical handicap and a health risk.

If humans think that their main fuel is produced by Sun (through plant) and that Sun is present all the time they are present on earth, they would have thought about not to keep energy stores!
Next time when you are faced with cookies, candies, bakeries, pasta, and desserts, remember this article.

6 Home Made Teas for Weight Loss

Home made teas have the advantage that they let you control every thing you intend to ingest. You can discard any unacceptable ingredients and largely modify their amounts as they are not standardized for a precise content, so that they become more palatable, convenient or beneficial to you.

Certainly, there is no miracle tea that will do all the work for you. You should have your plan of weight loss and these teas may help you to better commit to your plan. None of these teas contain those serious ingredients that may affect your health negatively, like Senna which may induce hypokalemia ( decreased blood Potassium) which may lead to serious effects including cardiac arrest and death, if used unwisely.

These teas have another advantage of keeping you away from the buzz of the debate about
their use. Many people use them regularly without planning for weight loss.

The oriental teas are used to be boiled with water, or soaked in cold or hot water, and their
constituents are household spices that may be used regularly.

These are your teas for weight loss:-
1- Sage: boil 1 tablespoonful of Sage herb in a cup of water. Drink it in the evening.

2- Cumin: soak 1 tablespoonful of Cumin seeds in boiling water, put Lemon slices in the water,leave it overnight. Drink it before breakfast.

3- Chicory ( leaves, flowers and roots): Boil 1 tablespoonful in a cup of water. Drink it 3 times daily for 3 weeks.

4- Ginseng: It is said to generally exert offsetting breakdown and building up of carbohydrates, lipids and protein metabolism. It backs up the response to stress.

5- Green Tea: It is well known to have antioxidant effects as well as it is a supplement to aid
weight loss.

6- Apple vinegar: add 1 teaspoonful to a cup of cold water. Drink it before breakfast.

There are some seeds that help you regulate taste and convenience of your teas. They are all
used in many ready-made weight loss teas. These are: Fennel- Caraway- Anise- Coriander,
in addition to Peppermint herb.

You still can drink Cherry and Pineapple juices as they are known to be good for weight loss.
breakdown and building-up action of carbohydrates, lipids and protein. It backs up the response to stress.

You still can drink Cherry and Pineapple juices as they are known to be good for weight loss.

The Killer White Gold

Until the second middle of the 18th century, sugar was a luxury and its profits let people call it "The White Gold". The impact of table sugar on the health of people masses had started less than 150 years ago. By 1874, Gladstone- the British Prime Minister- abolished the tax on sugar and brought its prices within the means of ordinary people.

The first sugar was recorded in England in 1100. Its price in London in 1300 was equal to US $100 per kilo at today's price, and it is the discovery of the new world (The Americas) that established the sugar industry, as the climate in the Caribbean was so advantageous for the growth of cane.

During the 18th century, sugar became enormously popular and heightened demand and production of sugar came about to a large extent due to a great change in the eating habits of many Europeans, e.g. they began consuming jams, candy, tea, coffee, chocolates, processed food, and other sweet victuals in much greater numbers.

Now, annual consumption is running about 120 million tons (about %15 of them is in US alone) and is expanding at a rate of about 2 million tons per year. Most sugar is consumed within the country of production and only approximately %25 is traded internationally. In many industrialized countries, sugar has become one of the most heavily subsidized agricultural products.

Besides the refined white sugar, there are some other forms of sugar, these are :
* Brown sugar: Unrefined or partially refined soft sugar.
* Caramel : It is a food which has an orange-brown color and sweet toasted flavor derived from the caramelization of sugar. Caramel is used to flavor candy, as well as soft drinks such as Coca-Cola. It is also used as a food coloring (with the E number: E150).
* Corn syrup: Known as Glucose syrup outside Canada and US, it is a syrup made from corn starch by enzymatic process and composed mainly of glucose. It is used to sweeten commercially processed food.
* Golden syrup: A thick, amber-colored form of inverted sugar syrup, made in the process refining sugar cane juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts.
* Natural brown sugar: It is either an unrefined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar.

Impact Of Sugar On Our Health:
Refined sugar and starchy foods commonly eaten (e.g. refined grain products) represent the most abundant foods having a high Glycemic Index(GI) , those foods that release their absorbed sugars through the stomach lining into the blood stream rapidly. The trend of fat reduction concurrently with high carbohydrate intake specially those with high Glycemic Index(GI), and since fats slow gastric emptying , this may result in even more accelerated absorption of sugars.
 Eating sugars with low fat causes a rapid spike in blood sugar. The body responds by releasing extra insulin in the blood stream. The high insulin makes blood sugar crash back down and suppresses fat burning as well, one gets that famished feelings which lead to overeating.

High GI meals induce a sequence of hormonal and metabolic changes that promote overeating (clinical trials proved people ate almost twice as much after high GI meals compared to low GI meals). Compared with low GI meals, the high GI meal resulted in higher Insulin levels, lower plasma Glucagon levels, lower post absorptive plasma Gluose and serum fatty acids levels and elevation in plasma Epinephrine.

The first observed effect of eating too much sugars (and other carbohydrates of high GI) is the formation of a lot of fats (obesity) a predisposing factor to Diabetes mellitus(ll). Some authors exaggerate the impact of eating carbohydrates by describing the most severe complications of uncontrolled diabetes like blindness, limb amputation, stroke...etc, yet we can point to some common known impacts of eating sugars on health, which in themselves may be predisposing factors to some other effects, these are :

1- Increased blood Insulin has negative effects on the body that accelerate aging.
2- Increased blood Glucose causes Glycation of proteins and this affect some tissues and systems negatively (e.g. Hypertension).
3- Raised cholesterol and triglyceride and sequela.
4- Indigestion, flatulence, constipation and gall stone formation.
5- Acne (actually the formed pustules are filled with un-metabolized carbohydrates).
6- Emotional disorders.
7- Osteoporosis.
8- Food, Caffeine and drug addiction.
9- Supra-renal gland exhaustion.
10- Hypersensitivity.
11- Arthritis.
12- Overweight.
13- Diabetes mellitus type ll.

In essence, we need to use sugars as a luxury again.
Unless you suffer from low blood sugar or you are running a marathon, minimize or avoid the killer "White Gold" i.e. sugar.

Essential Hypertension

Blood Pressure (PB) reading consists of 2 numbers in a top/bottom assembly.The top number is the systolic pressure which measures BP when the heart is contracted, and the Aorta and carotid arteries (that carry the output of blood) are stretched out to expand, while the bottom number is the diastolic pressure which measures the BP when the heart, aorta and carotid arteries are negative at work.The difference between the 2 numbers measures the resistance exerted by the blood vessels and is called the pulse pressure. It is a rough index of vascular rigidity, and we should consult a specialist if it is higher than 70mmHG.

In 10% of hypertension cases the cause may be a congenitally inherited disease , chronic disease in the kidney or its supplying arteries (e.g. renal failure), alcohol abuse or hormonal imbalance, it is called "Secondary hypertension".
In 90% of hypertension cases, the cause is unknown and is regularly seen at older age. It is called " Essential hypertension".

A normal BP is 120/80 or lower, higher BP is 140/90 or higher. If it is in between the case is called a pre-hypertensive case. As hypertension is the "silent killer" if not treated in time to guard against its prognosis, one should be aware of his BP at any age. After the age of 21, it should be measured every 2 years.

Hypertension damage the blood vessels, raising the risk of stroke, kidney failure, heart disease and heart attack. Nicotine in cigarettes and other Tobacco products causes BP to rise as a result of both constricting blood vessels and accelerating heart beats. Sodium (in table salt) can increase BP in some people but not every one.

FACTORS FACILITATING HYPERTENSION:
Large arteries are designed so as to stretch out expanding when they receive blood pumped by the heart, then when this blood flows out of these arteries into smaller ones, they recoil back to their original size before the heart beat.
To perform this job, the middle layer of the arteries is made up of smooth muscle cells surrounded by a network of collagen and elastic fibers. Collagen and Elastin are proteins which together form the nest or the matrix where-in the smooth muscle cells reside. It is this middle layer that is responsible for elasticity of arteries.

A young person arteries are similar to soft latex birthday balloon. But for many persons, the arteries have become more like rubber tires.This is due to stiffening of arteries which is determined by the changes in the smooth muscle cells and the matrix proteins(collagen and elastin) in their walls. This stiffening of arteries is called "Athersclerosis".

Atherosclerosis is initiated by direct damage of blood vessels through glycation.With aging the amount of vascular collagen increases, causing an imbalance of collagen and elastin to occur, and abnormal cross-links from between the collagen strands as a result. These cross-liks are the result of advanced-glycation-end-products(AGEs).

GLYCATION:
It is the result of a sugar molecule, such as Glucose, Fructose or Galactose bonding to a protein or lipid molecule without enzymatic control.
Dietary-Preformed Glycation products and Advanced Glycation End Products(AGEs):
As an organic reaction AGEs can be and they are typically formed when sugars are heated(cooked) with proteins or fats. High temperature greatly accelerates the reactions, but lower temperature with larger cooking times also promote their formation.
These compounds are absorbed by the body during digestion with about 30% efficiency .
Sugars are added to products such as french fries and baked goods to enhance browning. Browning reactions are evidence of pre-formed Glycations.
Many foods contain AGEs, like those with significant browning, or with directly added AGEs ( as flavors or colorants). Just to mention a few of foods with very high exogenous AGEs:
Donuts - Barbecued meats -Cake - Dark colored Soda pop.

In-Vivo formation of AGEs( Inside the body) :
In the blood, Glucose, Fructose and Galactose, through a complex series of very slow reactions ( inside the body) like Amadori's, Schiff's base formation and Millard reactions, leading finally to AGEs formation. Some AGEs are more reactive than the sugars they are derived from and are implicated in many age-related disease.

MANAGEMENT:
1- Reduce weight.
2- Exercise as your health allows.
3- Reduce intake of foods known to contain AGEs.
4- Untill very recently, not a single study has shown improved health outcomes on reduced Sodium diets.
5- Stop smoking.
6- Keep visiting your Dr periodically.

TREATMENT:
It should be through a specialist who can describe one or more of these drug groups:
Diuretics - B-Blockers - Methyl-Dopa - ACE inhibitors - Calcium channel blockers - Angiotensin2 antagonists, according to how he evaluates the patient condition.

Static Herbs that Cure Ailments

There are plants known to have some medicinal effects and they are used traditionally as herbal remedy. When used in its natural form, it is considered as a herb medicine, but if an active ingredient is extracted, isolated, investigated and used in a specified dose then it is a medicine with a specific pharmacological  effect.

An example that illustrates the difference is Ephedra plant and its active ingredient Ephedrine alkaloid. Ephedrine can be toxic if its dose exceeded the recommended one which is tiny.

Herb medicine has some great advantages as it has a high safety margin since it is present in minute amounts in its native source, in addition to its highly diversified utilities ( Have you heard that Fennel+Dill can treat Cataract or that Garlic can treat snake or scorpion bites ? I had).

Now, what endows herb medicines their activity in treating different ailments? in other words, how do they affect our bodies and why?. The answer lies in understanding the design of the plant and animal structures so as to perform biological functions.

It is easy, plants derive their energy from solar energy and are reproduced through their seeds, i.e. they don't need to move, while animals need to move to seek food and mate. This mechanical difference in survival needs dictated the structure and the metabolism -biochemical activity- of each to serve the static standing nature of plants and the dynamic mobile nature of animals.

Plants only needs built-in canals to transport water down-up and animals need muscles around bones to move. Plant canals are hollow cellulose walls and animal bone and muscles are made of protein.

Both animals and plants utilize the same food categories (carbohydrates, fats and proteins) , yet the genetic code of metabolism of each serves their essential mechanical nature , hence the plant metabolism is largely devoted to carbohydrates metabolism to serve the purpose of producing building units (cellulose).

Animals use protein as their structural element (bones and muscles), they also elaborated tiny protein molecules to serve other functions like enzymes, immunity proteins, cell adhesion proteins, some hormones...etc., consequently their protein is highly responsive to any extraneous chemical molecule.

When animals ingest food, they use both carbohydrates and fat for energy production and storage, and put some of them in cell membranes, while they assimilate protein so that it becomes similar to their own protein. Any other substance different from the aforementioned forms will not enter the normal pathways of metabolism, and will be excreted.

Herb medicines through their extraneous materials that do not be involved in normal human metabolism, mostly affect human protein so as to modify its structure without distorting it, these protein modulations restore the proper structure and function of body proteins (this is of particular crucial importance if the protein is present in cell membrane or is an enzyme).
They can also also affect carbohydrates and fat to a lesser degree.

Known traditional herb medicines if investigated systematically can launch the conventional medicines to much more better level.

How to Save Money on Prescription Drugs

Thе goodies paid fоr іn thе prescription іs prescribed by thе doctor, аnd your relation with your doctor іs a key іn reducing thе costs оf your prescription drugs.


Evеn with insurance, drugs cаn bе pricey. Without insurance, thе cost mаy feel ѕо inordinate you mаy bе tempted tо skip оr skip оn medication. Dо nоt dо thаt Thеrе аre ways tо halter іn thе cost оf prescription drugs,  аnd skipping medication cаn bе disastrous аnd ultimately mоrе costly thаn thе drugs thеmsеlvеѕ

Bе friendly with your doctor

In mаny cases your doctor mаy nоt knоw what you will еnd up paying fоr a prescription. But thаt doesn't mеan hе оr ѕhе dоеѕ nоt want tо hеlp you оut
Althоugh іt cаn bе uncomfortable tо admit cost іѕ аn issue fоr you, your physician would prоbаbly rаthеr you dіd Onе іn fіve nеw prescriptions thаt аre written аre nеver filled, which drives doctors crazy. Sо іf thеrе іs еvеn a small chance you mаy skip thе script bеcаuѕе оf money affair, іt іs bеtter tо ѕay ѕo аnd work оn solutions tоgеther

Check your formulary

Depending оn your insurer's formulary (a list оf medications thаt аrе covered), thе copayments fоr twо similar drugs - fоr еxamplе Crestor оr Zocor tо treat cholesterol - mаy bе wildly dіffеrеnt Tо avoid paying fоr thе pricier drug, you nееd options.

When your doctor prescribes a nеw drug, аѕk hіm оr hеr tо list thе top thrее choices. Check with your insurer tо find оut thе copayment оn еаch аnd аny formulary restrictions thаt mіght apply. Choose thе bеѕt option аnd lеt your doctor knоw thе drug you prefer.

Thе doctors аre generally very happy tо find patients аrе cooperative tо complete thе treatment.

Shop аround
Compare prices аt pharmacies іn your supermarket, retail stores, online, аnd via mail order. You cаn оften find discounts fоr ordering a 30- оr 90-day supply оf medication. Tаke advantage оf prescription discount programs. AARP, fоr еxаmplе hаѕ a program thаt prоvіdеѕ discounts оn FDA-approved medications thаt аrе nоt covered by Medicare Part D аnd аre filled аt a Walgreens retail аnd mail service pharmacy.

If you order prescription drugs online, mаkе ѕure thе site іs VIPPS-certified.

Try tо order аll your drugs аt thе ѕame pharmacy, hоwevеr ѕо thеy cаn kеep track оf potentially risky drug-to-drug interactions.

Aѕk fоr samples

Bеfore you fork оvеr thе cost оf a month's supply оf a drug, you want tо knоw іf you cаn tolerate іt If іtѕ a brand-name drug, your doctor will lіkеly hаvе samples. Aѕk fоr 10 tо 14 days worth ѕo you cаn try іt bеfоre you fill thе prescription, with self-pride.

Uѕе coupons

Flip thrоugh magazines оr gо online tо find coupons fоr thе drugs you аrе tаking A couple good coupon sites аrе Optimizerx.com аnd InternetDrugCoupons.com. Manufacturers оften will offer a free 30-day trial оr a coupon fоr a discount оn thе purchase оf thе drug.


Inquire аbоut generics

Aѕk your doctor іf thеreѕ a generic medication thаt cаn bе prоvіdеd іnѕtead оf a brand-name product.Thе cost оf a generic drug іs 80 percent tо 85 percent lоwer оn average, thаn brand-name products, аccоrding tо thе US Food аnd Drug Administration.


Divide аnd conquer

Nоt аll medicines double іn price with double doses. Onе оf thе thіngѕ thаt ѕоme оf оur older clients hаvе dоnе tо save money) іѕ thеy аѕk thеіr doctor fоr a double-strength prescription аnd thеn thеy tаke hаlf a pill. Thаt way, thеy save money but ѕtill gеt thе benefit оf thе drug. Thіs cаn mоѕtly bе applied tо tablets.

Lose thе spare tire

Obesity drives up medical costs, аnd much оf thе extra expense іs prescription drugs uѕеd tо treat chronic conditions ѕuch аѕ high blood pressure аnd diabetes. But you cаn dо ѕоmethіng аbоut іt Evеn a modest weight loss - ѕаy 5 percent tо 10 percent оf total body weight - cоuld pack a huge payoff.
You'll ѕее improvements іn blood pressure, blood sugar, аnd cholesterol, аnd when your health improves, you mаy bе аblе tо cut bаck оn medications.

Uѕе preventive care

Seniors cаn tаkе advantage оf thе one-time "Welcome tо Medicare" visit, yearly wellness visits, аnd free health screenings tо catch medical conditions early, when thеy аre mоst treatable.
Thіѕ mаy reduce thе chance thаt you will nеed tо tаke multiple prescription medications dоwn thе road.

Review your Part D plan

It mаy sound lіkе a hassle - аnd іt cаn bе But reviewing your Medicare Part D plan options еvery year durіng thе Medicare open-enrollment period cаn save a bundle. Thіѕ period starts аround thе middle оf October аnd ends аrоund thе middle оf December.)

Compare plans based оn total cost. Factor іn thе cost оf drugs іn еаch plan. Don't shop by premium аnd deductible. You cаn save, оn average, $1,500 tо $1,600 еach year by reviewing аnd switching Part D plans.

Gеt Extra Hеlp
Medicare beneficiaries with limited income аnd resources mаy qualify fоr Extra Hеlp a government program thаt helps seniors with costs оf a Medicare prescription-drug plan, including monthly premiums, annual deductibles, аnd prescription co-payments.

Extra Hеlp іѕ worth roughly $4,000 pеr year.
Drowning іn out-of-pocket costs? Mаny states hаvе pharmaceutical assistance programs tо hеlp low-income seniors pay fоr gaps іn coverage аnd cost-sharing nоt covered by Medicare Part D Tо check what іs аvaіlable іn your state, check оut thе Medicare site.

If your state hаs a program, іt cаn significantly cut thе cost оf your medication,


Gо tо thе source

Don't give up hope іf you cаnt afford thе drug your doctor prescribed. Evеn іf you don't qualify fоr state оr federal discount programs - оr іf coupons aren't cutting іt - you mаy ѕtіll bе eligible tо receive a drug fоr free оr аt minimal cost.

Mаny pharmaceutical manufacturers hаve so-called patient-assistance programs tо hеlp uninsured аnd low-income individuals. Tо search by drug nаme оr drug company, check оut Rx Assist, a patient-assistance program established with a grant frоm thе Robert Wood Johnson Foundation іn 1999.

Pina Colada Face Mask

Pina Colada Face Mask:

Yesterday, we discussed use of sugar in face masks, and how can we make it a complete skincare regimen for face. Today we will go a step further and discuss how can we utilize the properties of sugar, and add it to a well known recipe to get the maximum benefits for face skin, this recipe is Pina Colada for Face.

Pina Colada is a drink that contains some natural ingredients like pineapple and coconut to be mixed with rum. To use it for face we add yogurt and sugar to make use of the peeling effect of the alpha hydroxy acids, Lactic and Glycolic acids they contain.

According to Wikipedia, there are many varoations of Pina Colada drink like :
* Different proportions may be used. For example, 1 part rum, 2 each of pineapple juice and coconut cream.
* Dark rum may be used.
* Amaretto colada — amaretto substituted for rum
* Belizean piña colada — evaporated milk (e.g., PET Evaporated Milk) instead of coconut cream
* Caribou Lou - Malibu Rum, pineapple juice and 151 rum
* Iguana Colada - piña colada with Midori
* Kahlúa Colada — substitute Kahlúa for the rum
* King Henry or Chi Chi — vodka substituted for rum
* Lava Flow — strawberry daiquiri and piña colada blended together[5]
* Marula Colada - Amarula instead of rum
* Miami Vice — 1/2 strawberry daiquiri poured over 1/2 piña colada (use frozen versions of each, and do not blend together)
* Staten Island Ferry — coconut rum and pineapple juice over ice
* Virgin piña colada or piñita colada — without the rum

As you see we use virgin Pina Colada, and we may use Miami Vice variety for even better results.

Sugar for Face is all what your Face-Skin Needs

The Story of Sugar for Face

The story of an amazing soft skin (like baby skin), starts with using sugar for face regularly. The story will not end at using sugar for face, because you will feel the skin of the other parts of your body like pumice, compared to your face skin.

It is the story of using an effective, safe and cheap ingredient, for the best skincare you could perform for your face and your body. It can be used regularly for all the family members starting with your kids.

You will discover that sugar is the best scrub for your face and body, not only that but you will discover that, using sugar scrub can save much of time and cost spent on other routines of skincare.
Sugar for Face is all what your Face-Skin Needs

Caveman Diet

Caveman was always lean thanks to his diet plan that was designed by nature. The basic principles were to offer him all food kinds, that did not give him a fat body, and at the same time to keep him doing exercise for the majority of day to get them. He had game, fish, leaves, fruits, nuts, and of course water.

In fact, the basic nutritive elements we need today is coded for in our genes, and these codes were originated from foods that were "on the table" of our ancestors.

What Caveman Diet Did Not Contain

Since cultivation of grains and beans, and cooking the land crops and the agricultural communities, did not begin before 10,000 years ago, caveman did not recognize these items:

- Grains and their products (bread, pasta, noodles ..etc)
- Beans (including string beans, kidney beans, lentils, peanut, peas, and snow-peas)
- Potatoes
- Dairy products
- Sugar
- Salt

Foods Similar to Caveman Diet

Considering the broad lines of caveman diet, we can use the following items to acquire his eating lifestyle:

- Lean meat, fish and chicken
- Eggs
- Fruits
- Vegetables (except potatoes)
- Nuts (all kinds)
- Berries

A helpful tip is to ask yourself before eating any food, is to ask yourself could this food or drink be found in the wild thousands (or millions) of years ago?

Caveman and Water

Actually caveman did not drinkable liquids other than water or the human race would have been eradicated. He had no connection to the internet to advice him not to drink while eating.

Now we are recommended to drink 8 glasses of water every day. Water helps good metabolism, and relives hunger and constipation.

Health Benefits of Caveman Diet

Caveman diet is free of a lot of toxins and "anti-nutrient" like lectins and inhibitory enzymes,
which upon repeated accumulation needs detoxification and cleansing. It is also rich of antioxidants, which guards against the free radicals present in the environment. Now it is found to be of great value for fat loss.

The Diet Solution Program Review

The Diet Solution Program Review

Today we will review the Diet Solution Program. We will discuss the program description, i.e. what you will get for the money, and discuss its benefits, i.e. what is in it for you? is it suitable for you or not, is it tried by a sufficient number of people and proved to work, or it is just a rehashing of what people already know? is it good at maintaining your weight and health for life. Briefly, is it different from other countless products?. We will also honestly review its pros and cons.

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Description and Benefits of The Diet Solution Program

It is described in details at the official website.

Costs:
- The Diet Solution Program is available for download for $39.97.
- A deluxe version is also available for $59.97, which includes extra audio downloads on the subjects of meal planning and goal setting.


What is The Diet Solution Program:
According to De Los Rios, a person falls into one of three metabolic diet types – protein, carb, or mixed - and you should eliminate the foods that don't suit your metabolic type to lose weight. She sees that you will never lose weight if you exercise without commitment to the right nutrition plan. You will Stay within ideal calorie ranges and consume a variety of high quality foods.

Nutrition:

- The principles from the perspective of ideal weight
- Detailed daily meal plans that make everyday eating easy
- Shopping lists to make food shopping much more easy
- Delicious recipes to make everyday meals is not boring and tasty
- A list of foods and activities to avoid in order to maximize weight loss results


Exercise:

Exercise program focused on cardio and resistance training.The goal is to boost metabolism and use total body fitness to increase fat loss.You should be exercising two to three times a week for 20 to 30 minutes each time.

A great basic move to do is squats–include basic squats, side squats and sumo squats for the best workout.

The items needed at home are an exercise ball, 2 adjustable weights, an exercise mat, and a Spinning bike.


If you are busy and your time is tight, you can walk around your office floor, take the stairs, walk during your lunch break or trade your desk chair for a fitness ball.

Benefits of The Diet Solution Program:
* It is suitable for any age group
* It is individualized, as it is based on an individual factor (the metabolic rate)
* It is neither restrictive nor depriving
* Diabetics can diet safely
* It makes your transition to your newer healthier nutrition much easier
* It produces a happy lifestyle through natural and healthy eating
* People can find long lasting results
* It contains clear instructions and photographs of the strength and cardiovascular exercises included
* Cravings are eliminated
* People are well educated about nutrition
* People become more aware of food ingredients
* People become more aware about fat
* People become more aware about some foods like wheat, soy and daires
* Graded levels of starting a diet
* People diet without starvation
* preferences about food can be changed
* People love to learn cooking to prepare their own diets
* It provides a significant decrease in blood glucose levels,as well as cholesterol

Pros and Cons of The Diet Solution Program

Pros:
* Protein type people do not go hungry, since each meal includes high quality protein
* Emphasizes foods high in the heart-healthy omega 3 fats
* Encourages the intake of fresh fruit and vegetables
* Includes meal plans and a wide selection of delicious recipes
* Meal plans can be adjusted to suit individual needs.
* Teaches dieters the appropriate portion sizes
* Increases awareness of how different foods affect the body
* Very good information about good nutrition
* Encourages the intake of pure water
* It has helped thousands of people lose weight permanently

Cons:
* Metabolism Type may require some nutrition awareness to answer properly, since it is based on a questionnaire,
* Meal planning by metabolic type could not be easy for some
* Some nutrition experts have argued the validity of the metabolic type - but are we all typically the same?
* It does not provide vegetarian meal plans

A Final Word

While the diet solution program may be not very comfortable for vegetarians ( nothing perfect in this world), and its underlying scientific roots are still debated, yet it is a further step towards a permanent healthy normal lifestyle without that bulging belly.

It is based on an individual factors so it is more successful. The metabolic concept seems to be the most unique twist on an eating plan ever. Think that you will eliminate foods that metabolize quickly. They drive your blood glucose level to a quick high, followed by an almost as rapid drop. This glucose is stored as fat, without you even aware of what is happening because you are on a diet.

While it stresses nutrition, there is no room for eliminating a complete category of nutrients from your food, as well as there is no more plain calorie counting, because we need all food categories and all calories are not created equal.

You will diet and eat these foods: meat and poultry, eggs, fish, raw dairy products, raw nuts and seeds, fruit, vegetables, baked sweet potatoes, coconut oil, butter, olive oil, avocado, sprouted breads, stevia, raw chocolate, salmon, cod liver, krill or flax seed.

What The Diet Solution Program Did to Its Users

Users will tell us about their experience with the diet.

* Weight Reduction:

- "I lost 3.1 cm on my waist"

- "I have lost a total of 22.5 lbs. since March 30."

- "I have lost nearly 40 pounds and gone from a size 14 pants to a size 8."
- "Anyway, it has been a (thankfully) slow process, but I have lost 18 pounds since then."

- "I weighed 242 lbs in April of 2007. I now weigh 190 in large part because of your expertise."


- "Her program broke my plateau"

- "In the just the first 3 weeks I’ve lost 9 lbs"


-"Thanks to Isabel’s program and inspirations, I lost 56 pounds"


* Lifestyle Changes :

- "The one thing that does surprise me is that is I am not craving chocolate like I used to"

- "THE INGREDIENTS are the FIRST place you look. Now I know Almonds, Flax seeds & Walnuts are good for me!"

- "The Diet Solution has changed my life so much for the better."

- "The best part is, and I have to thank you for this, is that I’m not hungry. "

- "I was happy to discover that I was able to walk briskly for 2 to 3 hours in the morning and run for 90 minutes in the evening."

-"Foods that I hardly ate in the past are now part of my diet, like sardines, anchovies, mackerel, raw cheese, sprouted spelt and almond butter".
- "I avoid anything with ingredients I do not understand."

- "This program really opened my eyes to the mistakes I was making in my eating and the results were amazing!



* Opinions :

- "Isabel’s Diet Solution Program is the first nutrition program that I’ve found that I actually agree with 100%".

- It is a no-fail program, scientifically based, that is sure to deliver the results you’re after. Forget dieting, forget gimmicks, and forget your past failures".

- "This is the most complete diet and nutrition program that I have found by far and Isabel is definitely one of the most knowledgeable experts in the field."
- "Not only does The Diet Solution explain what to do, it explains how to do it."


- "Great book, great tips, great recipes, and great information."


- "Thank you for writing your very informative, insightful, and tremendously helpful book."


- "This book is for people who are serious about permanent weight loss and superb health".

- "This program really opened my eyes to the mistakes I was making in my eating and the results were amazing!"

- "Thank you Isabel for creating a program that was easy to follow and proved great results!"


- "I am loving it. I am definitely seeing results and feeling heaps better."

How to Get Rid of Acne: Getting Rid of a Weak Enemy

Prepare to get rid of acne in a few days. Although acne is a weak enemy, however there are many myths that makes getting rid of it, a distracted uncomfortable process. Reading this article will convince you that combating acne should not take more than 3-4 days, when understanding well how is it formed
Get rid of "Food Causes Acne" Myth:
As long as the underlying cause of any disease is not well established, any one can claim that certain foods are involved in its cause or exacerbation.
Thus we can find commonly unfavored food categories like, saturated fat, trans fat or high calorie intake, are accused of causing acne, based on observation of sporadic cases and conventional wisdom, and not credible scientific research to prove these claims.
Get rid of any thoughts about food (including chocolate and candy) when dealing with acne.
Get rid of "Acne and Diet" Myth:
Based on a theoretical sense, many diets that can affect hormones like insulin and androgens, or affect inflammation have not yielded sensible results, and more research is still needed to conclude a reliable scientific facts.
Getting Rid of Metabolic Aberrations associated with Acne:
Acne is mediated through some metabolic aberrations (produced by metabolic stress and not genetics), and you should understand them first.
During the teens and early 20's, fat plays a central role in metabolism. During this stage, the body extract energy mainly from fat under the influence of growth hormone.
Fat is also the starting material of synthesis of steroid hormones. Fat is largely supplied to the skin which increases in size greatly in this period of age.
Large quantities of fat are synthesized by the body to meet the needs of energy supply, formation of sex hormones and increased number and activity of sebaceous glands.
Coenzyme A plays a central role in fat (and carbohydrate ) metabolism. It is a part of the starting molecule of fat synthesis in the body, and a part of the starting molecule of the mitochondrial production of energy from both fat and carbohydrate.
The condition of metabolism that is predisposing your body to acne formation, allows existence of surplus fat including sebum in the ducts of the sebaceous glands, which dries up and clogs the skin pores producing acne.
Acne is a greasy situation, and if we increase fat breakdown we can reduce acne.
Get Rid of Acne by using Precursors of Coenzyme A
By now, you get the whole picture of acne formation, and you should have understood that increasing the amounts of available Coenzyme A, leads you to get rid of acne whenever it is formed.
To increase the availability of Coenzyme A, you should increase intake of its precursors orally or locally. I know it, I have been there, and I recommended this for years with great success.
Go read this article to know that Getting rid of acne is no more easier than that. You can get the whole practical picture of treatment to Get Rid of Acne

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A new blog that discusses social and political life in Egypt after the new revolution.

Placebo for Cardio Vascular Disease?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Placebo Works Even if Patients Know - Health Blog - CBS News

Is it possible that we can see "Placebo for Pain Relief", "Placebo for Respiratory diseases", or "Placebo for Cardio Vascular diseases"?

Comparing a group of people taking pills that are made of inert substances with the word "Placebo" printed on the bottle, to another group of people who were told to do nothing in a recent study of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, revealed that the placebo worked almost as the leading medication on the market.

Although the study was small and it is not clear what it would mean for other conditions, yet the most important question it raises is , isn't it better to add traditional herbs to the placebo and submit it to research?

3 Mistakes when Buying a Diet Plan Online

Deciding to lose weight, and you search for a diet plan to buy online? Before going anywhere, read this article first.

Do not start searching before you define the goal of your diet. If you start searching blindly, you will be excited by will written messages, telling you that you will lose specified amount of pounds in the next, month, week, or 3 days! but what then?


You suffer the impact of your extra weight on your health and on your shape. You should know that gaining excess weight is a mark that your metabolism and your life style are on different tracks.

To prevent a wrong message that may penetrate your subconscious, you should avoid these mistakes:




1- Not recognizing the principles of weight loss

The classic view of calories is a bit changed now to consider source of calories rather than their number, in other words "not all calories are created equal". The balance of calories-in and calories-out is still applicable, but calories from food that builds muscles is different from calories
from food that help store fat.


The source of calories effect is obvious when the metabolism is changed, for example; in the growth stage the source of calories does not matter that much, since all the body activities are directed to building, but when growth has stoped, there is no gross building and any extra energy is stored as fat, and among the factors that facilitate this process are food types.


You have to change your eating habits to cope with your new metabolism pattern. To lose any excess deposited fat, you should change types of food you eat without restrictions of its amount.



2- Not Knowing how to maintain your optimal Weight

Be assured that any diet plan will shed pounds of your weight, the first days or weeks you use them. There are many ways to do that. Nevertheless, the problem which faces dieters is the maintenance of the acquired weight.

Most of the diet programs adopt strange ways to force your body to lose weight. They either starve your body, ban whole categories of food, introduce foreign materials that affect your metabolism, or put your body on an unsatisfying style of tasteless foods, or strenuous exercise, or both.

Your diet plan should let you eat your favorite way keeping you full and satisfied. It may discriminate some foods but should not restrict your whole life.



3- Not sneaking Your diet Plan

A diet designer should let you taste how his plan looks like. He should have been brought you something new as a new diet, and you should know what is this new diet about.

Testimonials are not enough because as said earlier, every diet plan will reduce weight for sometime. You should ensure that the concept will cause a permanent weight loss. An audio-visual support is better, but at least you should know something from inside the program.

If you want to know the exact principles of choosing diet program online you can visit The Diet Solution Basics

Saturated Fats and Heart Diseases

Saturated fats in butter, meat, eggs, vegetable oils do not increase heart diseases as processed foods do. At least when they are heated they do not acquire trans fats. Statistics show that the increase in heart diseases is associated with use of processed foods and not saturated fats. It is the processing of fats and not their type that may predispose our hearts to disease.

The Diet Solution Program is a rocketing diet program that utilized this fact to recommend, that you include meals that contain saturated fats like butter, eggs, coconut oil, lean meat ....etc to lose weight.

Cottonseed for Cancer

No, it is not the whole cottonseed, it is a purified derivative of its extract called Gossypol. When this compound was tested against human prostate cancer in mice, the cancer was completely wiped out.

Cancer cells express proteins to resist chemotherapy and radiation, so that it can prevent cell death (apoptosis). There are 6 varieties of these anti-apoptotic proteins and they are expressed differently in different cancers. Targeting the right one protein may not be enough to kill cancer cells, as they often express more than one and can select for an "escape" protein and continue to prosper.

The new compound inhibits all six anti-apoptotic proteins. Its broad spectrum activity could make current cancer treatment more effective by preparing malignant cells to die.

Read the details ...
Cancer: Trapping the escape artist

Eating Nuts Associated with Improvements in Cholesterol Levels

Nuts are Alternative to Mediterranian Diet

Consuming more nuts appears to be associated with improvements in blood cholesterol levels.
According to the pooled analysis of 25 trials, participants who consumed an average of 67 grams (about 2.4 ounces) of nuts per day, were found to have an average 5.1 percent reduction in total cholesterol concentration, a 7.4 percent reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) and an 8.3 percent change in ratio of LDL cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good" cholesterol). In addition, triglyceride levels declined by 10.2 percent among individuals with high triglyceride levels (at least 150 milligrams per deciliter), although not among those with lower levels.

the lipid-lowering effects of nut consumption were greatest among subjects with high baseline LDL-C and with low body mass index and among those consuming Western diets.

Read the details ....

Eating nuts associated with improvements in cholesterol levels

Flaxseed and Ovarian Cancer Prognosis

Flaxseed-fed chickens shed light on ovarian cancer
It has been recently discovered that a diet enriched with flaxseed decreases severity of ovarian cancer and increases survival in hens.

Janice Bahr, a professor emerita in the U of I Department of Animal Sciences said "In hens fed flaxseed, we found that more tumors were confined to the ovary and they had less metastatic spread,".
She added "This is an important finding as the metastases that accompany late-stage ovarian cancer are the main cause of death from this disease. If the cancer is found at an early stage, when the tumor is still confined to the ovary, women have a much better prognosis and more treatment options."

2-year-old laying hens (hens that have ovulated as many times as a woman entering menopause) were submitted to the clinical trial, since "The chicken is the only animal that spontaneously develops ovarian cancer on the surface of the ovaries like humans" according to Professor Bahr.

It is thought that inflammation associated with continuous ovulation leaves ovarian surface epithelial cells susceptible to malignant transformation. The observation that egg-laying domestic hens frequently develop ovarian cancer supports this hypothesis.

According to Bahr, 25,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year and 15,000 die. The incidences of death in other cancers have dropped recently, but ovarian cancer death rates have remained the same.

Risks of Missuse of Potent Drugs

C. diff Infections, Fractures Linked to Acid Reflux Drugs
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) like Aciphex, Dexilant, Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, and Protonix are  the most powerful class of antacid drugs.  The drugs do a great job of reducing stomach acids. PPIs are supposed to be used only for serious conditions, but often they are taken for simple heartburn, and doctors tend to overprescribe PPIs for hospitalized patients, they write 113,4 million prescriptions for the drugs. Two, Prevacid and Prilosec, are available without prescription.

Now Boston Medical Center researcher Amy Linsky, MD, and colleagues find that hospital patients treated for C. difficile infections (hard-to-cure bacteria that causes severe diarrhea) are 42% more likely to have their C. diff infection come back if they take PPIs (a 25.2% risk vs. an 18.5% risk). Another study found that the risk for patients taking PPIs is higher is higher than for those taking H2 Receptor Antagonists or no antacids.

Although the risk is not so great ( a little below 2 percent), but about 60% of U.S. hospital patients get antacids.

Other researchers found that there is a risk of developing fractures.

The benefits of PPIs may not justify their risks for many people, suggests Mitchell H. Katz, MD, of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

My Story with Morning Sickness Cure

This is an interesting story of how gynecologists and I had attained a new unprecedented cure of an annoying disease, aka morning sickness.

In fact, we need to push the medical bodies to admit this treatment. You can participate by commenting on this hub :
My Story with Morning Sickness Cure