People often choose a celebrity endorsed fad diet in order to lose weight. And if a fad diet is used and endorsed by their favorite celebrities, then they would obviously prefer it over other diets. The Zone Diet is one of those Celebrity endorsed diets with useres like Mekhi Phifer from ER, hockey player Brian Leetch, and Brad Pitt. I will tell you to start that the Zone diet is difficult to follow but the carb to protein to fat levels seem to be quite good for any active person.

Now, as a matter of fact, just because a diet works for your favorite celebrity doesn’t mean that it would work for you too. Different people have different body compositions and what works for one doesn’t necessary work for another! Another thing to note is that the Zone diet is said to be miles apart from a strict vegetarian diet. Considering the fact that experts say that vegetarian diet is the best diet for quick weight loss, and that people who thrive on a vegetarian diet usually remain fit and healthy, you maybe curious as to how the Zone diet works.

So what is Zone diet all about? According to the Zone diet, your meals must consist of 30% fat content, 40% carb content and 30% protein content. With this combination, your insulin level will be balanced. When your insulin level is balanced, you automatically lose weight (since higher levels of insulin trigger the storage of fatty tissues in our body). As you can see, the Zone diet is particularly useful for those who want to get rid of diabetes or any heart-related ailments. Read the rest of this entry »

Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems.

Tags: Barry Sears, Brad Pitt, Brian Leetch, diabetes, hockey, hockey player, Mekhi Phifer, vegetarian diet, Zone

I just saw an article on CNN about a woman that lost 160 pounds on the Raw Food Diet. Many people ask me about this because the Raw Food Diet seems like a natural and safe way ot lose weight.

Raw food diets can be a great way to not only lose weight but also led a much healthier, natural lifestyle in general. Most raw food diets are plant-based, with at least 75% of the diet composed of raw food.

Food examples include living and raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, rolled or flaked grains, and seaweeds. Some adherents may also eat cooked grains and legumes, fresh fish and poultry. For the strict raw food diet, however, nothing should be heated over 116 degrees Fahrenheit. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: cancer, chemical reactions, CNN, dairy products, digestive disorders, energy, food, Food additives, food diets, food enzymes, Food examples, food variety, raw food, raw food diet, raw food dieters, raw food diets, raw fruits, strict raw food diet

The very capable guys and gals at the Mayo Clinic have an article today about Bisphenol A health risks. This is something very new to most of us but it involves plastic containers that we store food in.

An important article in the Sept. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association discusses the health effects of the chemical Bisphenol A. What is this compound and what are its effects? What might happen as a result of this study?

Bisphenol A is a chemical in plastics. It is widely found in the lining of food containers, plastic bottles, compact discs, carbonless paper, and many medical devices. It also is used to coat metal products (food cans and bottle tops), and even water supply lines. Some dental sealants also contain this ingredient.

Now for the Bisphenol A health risks. Animal studies done in the 1980s and ’90s identified that low doses of Bisphenol A have adverse effects on the brain, reproductive system, and metabolic processes related to insulin balance and liver function. It may also be related to cancer or even obesity and heart disease. Although it is not immediately lethal, studies show that greatest sensitivity to Bisphenol A occurs during periods of early development and that the substance accumulates over time in the body and environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: American Medical Association, cancer, dishwasher, Environmental Protection Agency, food cans, food containers, food in., heart disease, Mayo Clinic, medical devices, metal products, National Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, obesity, plastic food containers, plastic sports bottles, plastics, the Journal of the American Medical Association, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

There are fat camps for kids that are designed to help kids lose weight through diet, exercise, and learning new skills to stop the habits that casued the troubles in the first place.

The BBC has this great article about how things will get better for kids that learn the life skills that many of us never really learn about the relationship between life, food and exercise.

Jeneisha and Jamal Holroyd-Bruce were both badly bullied and lacked confidence six weeks ago.Since then, they have been at the Carnegie camp and I went to find out how they got on.Jeneisha and Jamal have changed and it is not just their physical appearance which is different.They both look slimmer, their faces are thinner and they have rosy cheeks.

Tags: BBC, Carnegie camp, food, Jamal Holroyd-Bruce, Jeneisha Holroyd-Bruce

It is nice to see plans that people have for improving health and fitness in an area. I am still a big believer that you need to take care of your own health but one of the Sport columnists at a Halifax paper has a far more reaching plan.

10 steps to improve fitness in our communites

Chris Cochrane thinks that the government can take steps in making fitness easier for people and has a 10 step plan to change things.

Lets hope this sticks somewhere and that governments can make positive changes in peoples fitness instead of just throwing money at health care.

Tags: Chris Cochrane, Halifax

While drinking my morning coffee I ran across this article during my second cup. Donklephant, which is a political blog has a quick article on how coffee may be good for you including the following claims

There’s evidence, Arab noted, that the beverage may protect against certain types of colon cancer, as well as rectal and liver cancer, possibly by reducing the amount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up the passage of stool through the colon (and thus cutting exposure of the lining of the intestine to potential carcinogens in food), and via other mechanisms as well.

Dr. Lenore Arab of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is the Dr Arab mentioned in this article.

Tags: beverage, colon cancer, David Geffen School of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, food, Lenore Arab, liver cancer, UCLA

This has nothing to do with fitness just a noticing by another blogger Tino Buntic has recognized 2000 bloggers that have their pictures on their blog. The list is all over the place in terms of types of blogs but in looking at the pics it is nice to see people from all races, both genders and, even though tough to tell, hopefully from many countries and not just North America and Western Europe.

Great idea and thanks Tino for including me!

Tags: north America, Western Europe

Thanks again for signing up for the 12 part program to learn how to vastly improve your fitness.

I have developed a free 21 day program that I can send you in seriews of emails that will make you feel stronger, healthier and help you in all part of your life. All you have to do is sign up and follow just a few steps.
Why do you need to sign up to recieve these lessons from me?

* To get more energy
* To help you get though the day without being tired all the time
* To have better concentration
* To be stronger and look and feel more healthy
* To improve your health and get sick less

What will you learn in the next 21 days?

I will show you the following things that can change your fitness and health

* How important is water?
* What should you be eating to gain or lose weight and feel better
* How to get more exercise both weights and cardio
* How to start your day so that you will be able to tackle everything that you want first thing without that cup of coffee
* Tips to sleep better and cure any insomnia you may suffer from
* What supplements to take and which to avoid
* How to save money by working out at home – No weights required!

There is only one more step for you to do. You need to your email and you will need to confirm that you are interested in signing up and then voila you will be receiving one email every two days teaching you all of the above and more.

Now if you would like to go back to that last page that you came here to read then hit the back button on your browser and you can get what you came for…in the first place

Thanks again for signing up. I hope you enjoy all of this and improve your fitness

Bill

Tags: energy, insomnia

I am again going to promote one of my own websites. I have found a great method of creating a site that will give you the latest in great articles about different areas of fitness and diets as well as a directory of some great websites that are the top as most popular in their category. The site is called the diet and fitness directory for everyone.

You can find the site here:

Diet and Fitness Directory for Everyone

Please let me know what you think

This is a weblog about feeling better, not just in the summer but all year round. I have been exercising and interested in diet and fitness for 20 years and have read far to much for myself not to be vane.

I will go through 30 days of trying to have you improve your fitness by concentrating on improving your diet, your exercise and your attitude so that after 30 hopefully mostly pain free days you will have a much better and helthy body and mind.

I will be trying to follow myself and be better than I am now. I am in decent fitness and my diet as I joke with my wife is really goo but I add a bunch of unhealthy food as well.

I am married to Michelle, with a two year old boy Jaiden and a five year old daughter Taylor so there are many reasons for me to improve my fitness and improve my diet as well as exercise more. Lets do this together and if you are joining this weblog late please try to do it over 30 days.

Good luck

Bill

Tags: Jaiden, pain, Taylor, unhealthy food