Weight loss myths - how much do they cost?

If you’re like most of us, you’re probably searching for an effective way of losing a few pounds and keeping them off.  It’s a common issue in modern life, especially where I live in the United States. In recent years, obesity rates are soaring.

There are lots of things at play. Busy and stressful work schedules keep people from exercising and make it hard to avoid eating fast food. Processed food is packed with sugars and unhealthy omega-6 oils. Many people follow the advice of experts and eat "low fat", and then find it nearly impossible to maintain a healthy weight.

The result is a tragic roadmap toward a life of chronic diseases. More and more of use get diabetes, heart disease, cancer. If you're lucky you'll avoid those but suffer from constant joint pain, fatigue, digestive disorders and premature aging.

Does any of that sound familiar?

People are trying to lose weight, spending $270,000,000,000 every single year chasing diets, fitness programs and weight loss pills that never seem to work. Nearly a third of the U.S. population spends money on diet and weight loss products in a given year!

Some folks try more than one approach, and still can't enjoy success.

So with all this exercise, dieting, and money spent you'd think that people would be losing weight. Instead, we are we all still getting fatter, sicker and older before our time. Why would that be?

For one, far too many people - including the supposed experts themselves - don't understand the facts about nutrition. And also basically getting repeat buyers of weight loss "systems" is good for business, that’s why!

There is so much misinformation out there when it comes to weight loss.  Things that we’ve all been conditioned to think are necessary and that in some cases not only don’t work but actually harm your body.

Eat less and Eat Low-Fat:

The experts have been telling us this for years. First they say, eat fewer calories than you burn, and the pounds will melt away. This is a dangerous health myth because it actually makes sense.

But scientists are discovering that the way a real human body works is more complicated than that. First off you're probably heard that we can toss out the low fat myth right away - its not just the total calories you eat but the kinds of foods you eat. And sugar is the biggest offender when it comes to health.

Eating like a bird never works long term either. People feel unsatiated on low calories diets. They get weak and tired, and feel irritable.

The problem is that our bodies are designed to preserve themselves.  When you starve a body, your body goes into famine mode and converts more and more of the food you are eating into fat deposits.  On top of that, it begins to break down dense muscle tissue for energy in the meantime.  Not eating is one of the worst things you can do to yourself.

Crush it on cardio:

We’ve all heard this one.  Get out and run until you drop!  The fact is that no matter how fast you run, you’re only burning 100 calories per mile.  Also, continuous hard running is bad for the joints and even builds up scar tissue on your heart and can lead to heart attack!  And the sad fact is that as soon as you stop running, your metabolism drops back to normal too.

No carbs:

Yes, this one is BS too.  Your body needs carbohydrates for energy.  Of course, you certainly should cut down on potato chips, ice cream and corn muffins.  Yet if you work in harmony with your body and are getting the right kind of exercise, even starchy carbs like rice, pasta and potatoes are actually good for your body and will help you lose weight!

So don’t let the people trying to sell you expensive gizmos and put you on long-term high-cost diets fool you.  There is a simple, easy, safe and highly effective way to lose weight and look and feel great.  You don’t have to run until you drop, spend 2 hours every day in the gym, starve yourself or eat bacon 5 times a day!

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Warning: The Hidden Secrets About Fat and Why You're Not Losing It

For the past 50 years the government - following the advice of so-called "experts"- has been telling us to avoid eating fat. But are they really on our side?

Ever since the health craze began in the 1970's, people have been trying to eat low fat and whole grain foods. We were advised to avoid eggs and eat lean cuts of meat. And what happened? People got fat. And keep getting fatter!

Worse, the fact that many food products are advertised as healthy makes it all too tempting to overeat. If you're eating a skinless chicken breast and low-fat ice cream for dessert, why not indulge a little? These foods make us think that we're eating healthier and we can even eat more of them. But is that really true?

Despite the rise of new diet fads like keto and Atkins, you still see the labels all over the grocery store:

“Reduced fat” and “Fat free”

I't sad but true - the reduced fat and fat free craze has driven more people into being overweight or obese than could have been imagined. Part of the reason is that temptation to overeat I mentioned earlier. If you're eating real cookies, most folks will eat one or two. If they're told they are reduced calorie or low fat cookies, many people can't resist eating hand fulls.

And they think because they're eating something that is "low fat" they're living a healthy lifestyle.

Nope, sorry to bust your bubble, but that’s not true.

Sugar-free is another problem that's developed over the past 50 years.  Scientists concocted some crazy chemicals in the lab that sort of taste like sugar, but do you think its really a good idea to fill your body up with saccharin or aspartame day-after-day? Recently, to everyone's surprise, they found out that people that drink diet sodas sweetened with that stuff actually gain weight!

That said, most everyone is starting to agree that sugar is the problem.  That doesn't mean you have to go on an extreme Keto diet, however. You see the problem is when you remove too much fat from food, to make it edible you need to add something else. More often than not that "something else" is sugar.

Next time you're at the grocery store, browse the salad dressing aisle and look at the low fat dressings. Note how much sugar they contain. You may as well put ice cream on your salad! And yet, people think having a salad with some sweetened "vinaigrette" is healthy. Truth - it's not. 

Most processed foods have been enhanced this way. Is it any wonder that so many people are becoming diabetic? And so many others are getting fat?

Unfortunately, sugar is far far more destructive to your body than fat.  It’s even been shown that sugar can be more addictive than cocaine.  And the excess calories provided by all that sugar quickly gets converted into fat cells. Not only stored on your stomach, rear end and thighs - but also  and stored in the pancreas and liver as glycogen. That can cause all kinds of health problems, the least of which is diabetes.

So the next time you hear a leading health expert complaining about McDonald’s French fries, step up and ask them why it’s okay to put massive amounts of sugar in food.

Just check the ingredients on your favorite can, bag, bottle or box.  See where sugar is on the list.  Keep in mind that ingredients are listed from the most to the least in quantity, so if sugar, corn syrup, malto dextrin or other sweeteners are above #4… you’ll know why dropping a few pounds is so tough.

If you're reading this article, I'm sure you're interested in living a healthier lifestyle, avoiding all that sugar and losing weight fast and safely without killing yourself at the gym.

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Is giving up carbs necessary for losing weight?

I keep hearing that to lose weight and be healthy I need to give up carbs, but I also noticed that most Asians - who eat lots of rice and noodles - are thin and healthy. And no, I'm not talking about people in poor countries who are starving. Look at folks in South Korea, or in Japan - where they have the longest life expectancy in the world.

People in Asian countries aren't just avoiding obesity. They're living longer and doing it better, too. Countries like Japan have lower rates of dementia and Alzheimers than western nations like the United States.

They also seem to age more slowly.

Sure, many Japanese who live stressful city lives might not fare as well as those who live in more rural areas, just like over here… yet even so, it always seems like they look younger than they truly are, doesn’t it?

Part of that might be all that fish they eat, but I keep coming back to the fact that they eat rice and noodles without suffering from all the consequences all the gurus promoting diets like keto and paleo are telling us. That got me thinking. Maybe we don't need to completely cut out carbs, maybe we just need to eat them in reasonable amounts.

Japan is pretty healthy, but look to one specific part of Japan - Okinawa.

Recent studies have shown that the residents of Okinawa are some of the longest living people on the planet.  Not only do they live well past 100 with remarkable regularity… they don’t look like they’re that old either.  On top of that, these long-lived Japanese have trim bodies free of unsightly fat deposits.

That makes sense, though, when you look at it.  After all, the healthier your body, the less likely you are to contract some life-threatening disease like diabetes, heart disease, cancer and even Alzheimer’s.

One significant reason for this is that many Okinawa islanders still live on a special diet that has been around for thousands of years.  A diet free of modern preservatives, artificial sweeteners, synthetic foods and other junk that we get every day in the U.S.  Long ago, these Japanese learned to eat and live in harmony with their body’s natural rhythms and processes.

Of course, thousands of years ago, they didn’t have any science to tell them this.  They simply ate naturally and through time, discovered what worked and what didn’t.  Today, though, things are different!

I recently read a story about a marine who lived with a family on Okinawa during World War 2. He had been shot down by the Japanese, and some farmers nursed him back to health. That gave him a chance to learn about the kinds of foods and exercise people did in Okinawa. In the process, he learned how to stay healthy and lose weight quickly but safely.

What's really interesting is that the lifestyle habits he learned about go against everything we supposedly know about diet and health. You don't have to radically ban entire food groups to benefit, and you don't need to kill yourself in the gym either.

 With everyone going around asserting that you can't eat carbs or on the other end of the spectrum living as strict vegans, a moderate approach like this - proven by the centuries of healthy living in Japan and on Okinawa - sounds more reasonable. They've been living this healthy lifestyle for centuries. That convinces me, as far as proof goes, compared to the newest diet fad.

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And its a lot easier to follow that something heavily restrictive like keto, in my opinion.

There is so much misinformation out there when it comes to weight loss.  Things that we’ve all been conditioned to think are necessary and that in some cases not only don’t work but actually harm your body.

Heavy cardio:

For years the experts have been telling us to exercise until we drop! But have you noticed a lot of people exercise without losing weight? One reason is your body triggers you to eat a little more when you exercise a lot. It needs the extra energy to do the exercise. Look I'm not saying exercise is bad. Most people just aren't going to lose weight all that easily relying on exercise alone - or God forbid - combining exercise with calorie restriction. And very vigorous exercise like running tons of miles every week isn't necessarily good for you. The fact is that no matter how fast you run, you’re only burning 100 calories per mile.  Also, continuous hard running is bad for the joints and even builds up scar tissue on your heart and can even lead to a heart attack!  And the sad fact is that as soon as you stop running, your metabolism drops back to normal too.

Eat less:

It seems like common sense. If you eat less you'll lose weight. And the experts are still peddling this even though it never seems to work very well. Things turned out to be more complicated than anyone imagined, because the body shuts down and goes into famine mode to preserve itself when you don't get enough calories day-in and day-out. You can even end up breaking down healthy muscle tissue as the body seeks out new ways to generate energy.

Not to mention that on a traditional diet based on calorie restriction, people find themselves feeling unsatisfied. When you don't get enough to eat you feel tired and grouchy.  The end result is people give up on the diet and end up heavier than when they started.


No carbs:

Yes, this one is BS too.  Your body can function on "ketosis" but its designed to use carbohydrates for energy.  Just because it can use some alternative means of energy production, like when you're living in the ice age and don't have access to plants most of the year, it doesn't mean we should adapt that kind of lifestyle or that it's healthy.

 Of course, you certainly should cut down on eating too many unhealthy carbs. Like potato chips, sugary drinks, ice cream and corn muffins.  Yet if you work in harmony with your body and are getting the right kind of exercise, even starchy carbs like rice, pasta and potatoes are actually good for your body and will help you lose weight!

So don’t let the people trying to sell you expensive gizmos and put you on long-term high-cost diets fool you.  There is a simple, easy, safe and highly effective way to lose weight and look and feel great.  You don’t have to run until you drop, spend 2 hours every day in the gym, starve yourself or eat bacon 5 times a day!

Click this link and watch a free video that explains how easy it is to lose weight without breaking the bank.

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