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Do you know what the best diet is for getting rid of bingo wings? Probably not, because not even the government has reached a consensus on the best dietary approach for weight loss!

Combine this will all the marketing lies out there and you have a recipe for mass confusion. And confusion is not good if you want fast results.

Now if the government can’t decide and if the marketers are flooding the media with lies, how are you supposed to choose the right diet to get rid of those bingo wings? If only things were simple in modern times.

Luckily for you, I’ve already done all the homework. I can save you endless amounts of headaches and dead ends.

So without further delay, here are 4 things to consider about high carb diets and bingo wings:

1. Endless energy. As long as you include lots of vegetables, your levels of energy should be extremely high compared to other diets because your brain and muscles work much better when fed carbs.

2. You can eat carbs. There is a reward response in your brain when you eat carbs. So if you really like your bread, this diet will be a godsend.  Read more...

Do you take dietary supplements on a regular basis? If so, you are not alone since more than half of the American population takes supplements to improve their health.

After all, the American public spends billions and billions of dollars each year on a wide array of pills and powders.

The main issue here, however, is that lot of these supplements are sold with downright deceptive advertising, and in extreme cases, can cause serious health issues.

Thus, without further delay, here are common falsehoods the supplement companies don’t want you to know:

1. They don’t have side effects: Look, just because the supplement companies market their products as natural does NOT mean there are 100% safe. In fact, there are many “natural” substances that are lethal. Also, remember that a lot of supplements are super concentrated concoctions of different ingredients. Thus, at this level, the naturalness tends to fade.

2. They are backed by valid studies: Most of the sexy charts and graphs you see on the labels and advertisements are made up. You see, the bulk of the data is performed by biased entities that are directly related to the supplement companies themselves.  Read more...

Disassembling a fat cell is only part one of the process. Once disassembled, the fat cell’s contents have to be transported in order to be oxidized.

As a result, maximizing blood flow in your body is necessary for maximum fat loss.

So here is how to lose more weight by increasing blood flow:

1. Do cardio: Doing some extra cardio is the most efficient way to strengthen your heart and circulatory system. Just make sure you don’t do too much because you’ll get a negative return. The best approach here is to do a couple sessions of high intensity cardio per week.

2. Track progress: You should consider tracking the progress you make with regards to blood flow. Blood cholesterol levels and heart rate are two great parameters to begin tracking. Both indicate how healthy your blood flows throughout your body.

3. Control your emotional center: Negative emotions don’t just stay in your head, they have profound effects throughout your entire body. Said effects can age your circulatory system, thus reducing your ability to get blood around efficiently. So make sure you have some type of daily routine that allows you to keep things in balance.  Read more...

Body weight issues have taken over our country. And being overweight is not simply about looks, it also affects health in a profound way.

And the facts don’t lie: a lot of the leading causes of death in our country are associated with being overweight. So getting in shape is vital for a healthy life.

You may be confused, however, with all the different exercise plans out there. After all, how are you supposed to pick the best one? Well, the best one is going to be the one that trains your body in all different modes.

So here are 4 types of exercise you need for perfect health:

1. Cardiovascular exercise: Also known as aerobic exercise, this form of exercise is great for increasing heart health. And the best thing here is that you don’t have to become a sprinter to notice benefits. In fact, the simple act of walking can improve your health substantially.

2. Weight lifting: Now you don’t have to become a bodybuilder here. Pick the type of routine that best suits your personality and stick with it. Weight lifting is a great way to keep your tendons, ligaments, connective tissue and muscle in tip top shape. It will also prevent your metabolism from going down.  Read more...

Yoga is well-known to improve health, relieve stress, improve coordination, balance and overall fitness, both mental and physical. Yoga, if you know nothing about it, can be intimidating. You have visions of turning yourself into a human pretzel – you who has not done anything remotely pretzel-like since you were five years old! Put your mind at rest. In yoga for beginners there is no need for you to do any pose beyond your ability. Here are a few beginner’s poses to get you started.

Sukasana is translated as Easy Yoga Pose. You may be doing this pose already and not even know it is yoga! Start by sitting on your bottom with your legs crossed and bent at the knee, not straight out in front of you. Then move one leg toward your body. The other leg can lie on the floor. Sit up straight and tall with your head parallel to the floor. Be sure your shoulders are relaxed.  Read more...

If so, take caution because food addictions are real and they are destroying the health of countless people. We know that food addictions are real because research has shown brain alterations as a result of food intakes.

And having a food addiction is not healthy because being overweight is associated with so many co-morbidities.

Thus, without further ado, here are 5 tools for beating food addictions:

1. Let them know how you feel: The simple act of expressing your feelings can make a huge difference in the person’s perspective. You have to be careful, however, with being forceful or critical. Doing so will get the person’s defense up and they won’t listen to anything you have to say.

2. Start doing the grunt work: Beginning the research phase of dealing with the addiction can get the ball rolling and provide a sense of trajectory. This sense of trajectory can motivate the addicted person to take further action and gain momentum.

3. Don’t be a passerby: Do NOT jump on the excuse bandwagon with the person in question. If you agree with their excuses, you will only revalidate the thought processes that are keeping them stuck with the addiction. Keep in mind that people can remain stuck with extremely negative behaviors for a very long time because of internal excuses.  Read more...

Anyone who wants to learn to burn fat build muscle and look fantastic, should be ready to make some changes. Obviously, what they normally eat, and how they normally exercise are important things to look at. Before doing anything else, this individual should eliminate all junk food and any excessive sugar.

A lot of people think they have finally found the answer. When they first begin following a low-fat diet. Some believe that they can eat almost anything they want as long as it has no fat in it. These people seriously believe that they will still lose weight. Needless to say, many are quite surprised when this does not happen, and more surprise still are the ones who actually getting. How can this be? Isn’t low fat supposed to be good for you? The answer is yes and no. After all, candy canes have no fat at all, but how many can a person eat before they start gaining weight?  Read more...

We all want to find the secret to a long and productive life. As a result, many of us have been tricked into buying miracle pills and one-hit-wonders.

A much better approach is to make small changes day in and day out that will have a compounding effect over time. This is more sustainable and more realistic than expecting an overnight anti aging cure.

The bottom line is that we don’t age overnight, thus expecting to reverse aging from one day to the next is not reasonable.

So here are some foods you can start incorporating into your daily regimen to increase your lifespan:

1. Nuts: Don’t be turned off by their high fat content because fat is necessary to optimize levels of hormones in your body and to help your nervous system repair itself. For the biggest bang for your buck, stick to walnuts since they have high amounts of heart healing omega-3 fats.

2. Organic cocoa: Harvard researchers found that an indigenous sector of a population drinking cocoa had less heart disease than the same population not drinking cocoa. The key here is to stay away from the commercial formulations as they tend to be loaded with sugar and fat.  Read more...

Many women are focusing on ineffective exercises when trying to crack the “how to lose arm fat” code. Maybe you are one of these unfortunate women.

And it’s not your fault if you are because many of the so called experts can’t come to a common conclusion on the best arm exercises for women.

In response to this issue, I have decided to create a gargantuan review of all the arm exercises I can find. I will take no prisoners in my exhaustive research efforts.

You see, I can save you a lot of time and the potential for injury. That’s right, a lot of the most highly recommended exercises are also the most dangerous. So here is today’s review of low pulley curls:

1. Quick snap-shot. Most fitness buffs do low pulley curls towards the end of a workout to “finish off” their biceps. In other words, it’s mainly used as a depletion exercise. The biggest positive about using a pulley is the reduced stress on the joints.

2. Technical overview. Stand erect and face a pulley machine. Grasp a bar with an underhand grip (i.e., palms facing up). Keep your elbows frozen in place and raise the bar. Then slowly return it to the starting position.  Read more...

It is possible to lose flabby upper arms without having to step on a treadmill for hours on end. Is this statement really true? Absolutely.

The secret is to enter the spontaneous fat loss mode. This type of fat loss is the most effortless one out there because it doesn’t involve exercise or any extreme dietary restrictions.

Instead, it focuses on manipulating the tools you eat with (spoons, bowls, glasses), the environment you eat in and the types of foods you eat. And the arm fat melts away without any conscious effort on your part.

How do you spontaneously lose fat? Well, here are 4 things you can start doing today so that the flabby upper arms are gone by tomorrow:

1. Consume foods with labels from undesirable locations. Now you have to be a little flexible here but it’s worth it. A very interesting study showed that people who were given an alcoholic beverage with a label from an undesirable location, ate 500 fewer calories during a meal.  Read more...