Key Diet Tips

Ok you made your decision to shed the pounds. Great first step. Now where are those diet tips you have heard so much about? This section of our growing family of topics will seek to publish leading information and informational guides on just that, life changing tips for all ages.

Here we seek to simplify. No one likes to have to think about ways to diet. With a few solid tips you can enjoy long term dieting for life versus the yo-yo effect of most of the fad programs that are out there.

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We really see a trend in America for smaller portions. For years the battle grounds have been set for more is better. Look at all the fast food dollar meals. How do they do that? Well it's all subsidized through their high margin products like their sugar drinks (soda). We won't bash the names here as there is no need.

What if all you did for every meal going forward was down size your plate. I don't know about you but our dinner ware service is huge and I had no idea. The bread plates are as large as my

The downside to this of course is left overs. You will be seeing this grow exponentially so true to form think of creative ways to move dinner left overs to next days lunch menu!

Next diet tip, set a pitcher of water in the center of your dinner table. Everyone gets a starter glass full of eight ounces of water. Start each meal by having everyone drink half of their water. Somewhere near the middle of your meal have everyone finish the drink and refill. This will create a sense of fullness in your stomach and curb your desires to keep eating.

The added benefit here is we just don't drink enough water as a culture and this must be one the key natural ingredients that the body needs the most of. So, going forward, give us your thoughts by adding your own tips (see form below). Enjoy!

Clock Management

Our bodies are incredible machines. They are effected by many things and one of them is Time. As the sun begins to drop our brain sends a signal to our organs to start cooling down (so-to-speak). This is a good thing as this is the MOST important period of the day for body repair.

Free radicals range throughout our body. Antioxidants look for the Free Radicals and attempt to neutralize them before they become a bigger problem like inflammation or worse case a cancer creating tumor. As the sun drops on the horizon the brain begins a methodical shut down to prepare for a good nights sleep and thus a repair of the internal body.

If we are adding SUGAR to our body in the evening the odds are that we are probably not burning those new found calories (fat) prior to going to sleep. Thus the glucose/sugar must find a resting place and this is very negative to a healthy way of living. We gain weight. We add unwanted pounds to critical areas of the body that now remain with us until we create a deficit and begin to burn them off.

So, getting back to Clock Management, we would advise (based on our experience) that you try to halt all Comfort Foods prior to 7p. If you do partake in the fun foods then try taking a 45 minute brisk walk to offset the urge that was satisfied. But most important strive to be asleep by 9p with NO TV, NO Radio and NO lights what so ever. The sensors in the body want total darkness to be at complete rest and thus do a complete repair of your internal needs.

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This is an extreme way of getting to the heart of the matter. This Mayor is at least recognizing there is a serious problem here!