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		<title>4 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Lose Weight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 &#8211; Broaden your focus. If you focus on all the different things you must do to lose weight, you will feel very relaxed and calm, instead, if you change your focus of interest for all the great things that will bring to your Life is starting to eat right and exercise your body, how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.halanmediacorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/lose-weight.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" />1 &#8211; Broaden your focus. If you focus on all the different things you must do to <a href="http://www.novo5.com/lose-weight-with-protein-shakes.htm"><strong>lose weight</strong></a>, you will feel very relaxed and calm, instead, if you change your focus of interest for all the great things that will bring to your Life is starting to eat right and exercise your body, how you will feel vibrant, alive and well, then yes you will see the motivation to increase, and will want to start as soon as your journey to lose weight, only imagine how good you will feel.</p>
<p>2 &#8211; Start your day like a winner. A great way to find a good attitude with regard to losing weight is to create your personal motivation in the morning, starting the day with a win. Eat a small (large) breakfast with protein, and if you have time to do a bit of exercise and you will be motivated to see that the rest of the day.</p>
<p>3 &#8211; Know exactly what you are looking for when it comes to losing weight. If your objective is vague: &#8220;I&#8217;m in to lose weight.&#8221; So you will not feel very motivated to achieve that goal, because this is very ambiguous. However, if your goal is clear and specific, &#8220;I&#8217;m in to lose 20 pounds and wear my new bikini this summer.&#8221;<span id="more-555"></span> So there you will find extra motivation and will do everything to get to wear that bikini even before summer arrives.</p>
<p>4 &#8211; Commit to do one thing without fail. When you think you have to change many things about your lifestyle in order to lose weight, you will feel overwhelmed and paralyzed. To turn that into motivation, you must commit to doing one thing, and should only leave for another when you can really only do the former well. For example, commit yourself to do <a href="http://www.novo5.com/tips-to-eliminate-and-combat-cellulite.htm"><strong>exercise</strong></a> every day of the week, without fail, and when you master it completely you will feel extremely motivated to add more and more things that go changing your lifestyle.</p>
<p>Use these tips as your motivation to lose weight and start as soon as their journey. Take action, put into practice all the knowledge you acquire about losing weight, because without action they will not move from ideas in your imagination loose.</p>
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		<title>Diet For Pancreatitis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 07:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis In pancreatitis acting enzymes that destroy the pancreas and produce inflammation. Pancreatitis can be acute or chronic and its consequences can be deadly. From the point of view diet therapy can treat both, in this case I will refer to foods diet for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Food for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" style="padding-right: 8px;" src="http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/340601-48130-12.jpg" alt="food for pancreatitis diet" width="225" />In<a href="http://www.novo5.com/"><strong> pancreatitis acting enzymes</strong></a> that destroy the pancreas and produce inflammation. Pancreatitis can be acute or chronic and its consequences can be deadly. From the point of view <a href="http://www.novo5.com/category/diet"><strong>diet therapy</strong></a> can treat both, in this case I will refer to foods diet for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis.<br />
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas (endocrine gland, producing enzymes and hormones like insulin, among others). This inflammation leads to self-destruction of pancreatic enzymes that begin to recognize the pancreatic tissue as foreign and destroy it.</p>
<p><strong>The pancreatitis can be classified as:</strong></p>
<p>* Acute: This usually comes on suddenly and then returns to normal, but in extreme cases can lead to death.<br />
* Feature: The pancreas is permanent damage, it is their anatomy and their functions, which can lead to produce fibrosis.<br />
<strong><br />
Causes of chronic pancreatitis:</strong></p>
<p>* <a href="http://www.novo5.com/fat-burning-diet.htm"><strong>Diet rich in carbohydrates and fats</strong></a>.<br />
* Calculations billiares.<br />
* Excessive alcohol consumption.<br />
* The presence of a tumor.<br />
* Cystic Fibrosis.<br />
* Renal failure, among others.</p>
<p><strong>Symptoms of chronic pancreatitis:<br />
</strong><br />
* Nausea.<br />
* Vomiting.<br />
* Abdominal pain.<br />
* Rapid pulse.<br />
* Fever.<br />
* Edema or ascites.<br />
* Jaundice (yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes).<br />
* Abnormal glucose tolerance.</p>
<p>The treatment of chronic pancreatitis from <a href="http://www.novo5.com/category/diet/diet-foods"><strong>foods diet</strong></a> is a very important pillar complements the treatment with drugs.</p>
<p>Diet therapy treatment must take into account that these patients:<span id="more-458"></span></p>
<p>* Steatorrhea, presence of fatty substances in the stool.<br />
* Creatorrea, protein in the feces.<br />
* Diabetes.</p>
<p>Diet for chronic pancreatitis:</p>
<p>* Fats: They must be reduced to 15% of total caloric value.<br />
* Protein: They represent approximately 25% of total caloric value.<br />
* Carbohydrates: Their contribution should be high around 60% of total caloric value.</p>
<p>Meals should be of low volume, this can only make six meals a day.</p>
<p>The pancreatitis is a disease of very careful, for this reason that the diet should be carried out strictly from the pancreas to function properly again. Dietoterápico Obviously this treatment is accompanied by a drug treatment prescribed by your doctor.</p>
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		<title>Nutritional supplements for a better weight control (part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mzPOTTER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chromium opposed the elevation of postprandial blood glucose chrome swing does not stimulate the metabolism and has no thermogenic action. By cons, he is able to oppose the increase in blood glucose that occurs when a meal rich in carbohydrates with high glycemic index are consumed, thus helping to prevent tipping metabolic mode of fat [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="padding-right: 5px;" src="http://enlargedprostate.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nutritional-supplements.jpg" alt="nutritional supplements for a better weight control" align="left" /><strong>Chromium opposed the elevation of <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">postprandial blood glucose</a></strong></p>
<p>chrome swing does not stimulate the metabolism and has no thermogenic action. By cons, he is able to oppose the increase in blood glucose that occurs when a meal rich in carbohydrates with high glycemic index are consumed, thus helping to prevent tipping metabolic mode of fat storage . This does not mean that to lose weight, just take chromium while continuing to eat regular meals rich in carbohydrates with high glycemic index. A study of patients treated for diabetes type II indicates that the daily intake of 1 000 mcg of chromium associated with antidiabetic medication further improves insulin sensitivity and glycemic control that the drug alone. Chromium has also reduced the weight gain usually associated with this type of treatment and decreased fat accumulation abdominales5.</p>
<p><strong>Chromium fights the urge to snack</strong></p>
<p>Mood swings, carbohydrate cravings &#8230; sometimes the signs of depression not identified that may be associated with weight gain. Supplementation with chromium picolinate reduces these compulsive patterns, fatigue and depression by eliminating hypoglycemia. Insulin may indeed be the link between the desire to snack and depression. By increasing the response of insulin, chromium can combat depression and cravings grignoter6.<span id="more-186"></span><strong><br />
Chromium prevents muscle wasting</strong></p>
<p>Some data suggest that<a href="http://www.novo5.com/"> chromium promotes fat loss</a> and <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">retention of lean muscle mass</a>. Austrian researchers have evaluated the effects of chromium yeast and chromium picolinate on muscle mass during and after weight loss induced by caloric restriction for 8 weeks in obese patients without diabetes. The lean mass of the subjects taking chromium picolinate increased and decreased body fat.<br />
In a crossover study, controlled against placebo, researchers at the Medical University of Georgetown have shown in women during 8 weeks taking 600 mcg daily of chromium bound to niacin, a significant loss of body fat while the mass lean (muscle) was spared.</p>
<p><strong>Forskolin stimulates lipolysis</strong></p>
<p>Forskolin is derived from the plant Coleus forskohlii traditionally used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat many health problems like asthma, hypertension, eczema, psoriasis or heart failure.</p>
<p><strong>Action on the lipolytic cascade</strong></p>
<p>Forskolin acts primarily by a<a href="http://www.novo5.com/">ctivating the enzyme adenylate cyclase</a>, <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">increasing cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in cells</a>. It belongs to a class of substances, that of secondary messengers, involved in cellular regulation. Increasing cellular cAMP leads to many physiological and biochemical effects. Among other things, increased levels of cAMP has the effect of activating the protein kinase dependent on cAMP, which in turn activates hormone sensitive lipase which breaks down fat and releases into the bloodstream as acid fat free. This process is commonly called cAMP cascade or waterfall lipolytique7.<br />
<strong><br />
Obese people produce less cAMP</strong></p>
<p>Balanced Research College of Medicine, State University of Pennsylvania found that many obese people had lower production than normal cAMP. Furthermore, studies in vitro and in animals have shown that <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">forskolin stimulates lipolysis</a> (the breakdown) of fat cells. Based on these data, researchers have hypothesized that forskolin might be an effective agent for weight loss, particularly among subjects with impaired cAMP production. A small study seems to confirm this hypothesis: Six overweight women took 25 milligrams of forskolin (capsules of 250 mg of an extract forskohlii standardized to 10%) twice daily for eight weeks. At the end of the study, subjects had an average loss of 5 kg and percentage body fat had decreased by nearly 8%. During testing, levels of blood pressure also tended to diminuer8.</p>
<p><strong>Forskolin stimulates the thyroid<br />
</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.novo5.com/">Forskolin</a> has demonstrated its ability to <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">increase production of thyroid hormones</a> and stimulate their release. Through this, forskolin enhances metabolism: this could be one mechanism by which it promotes weight loss.<br />
<strong><br />
<a href="http://www.novo5.com/">Hydroxycitric acid</a> from Garcinia cambogia extract acts on fat and satiety</strong></p>
<p>The pericarp of the fruit of the Garcinia cambogia or Malabar tamarind, contains hydroxycitric acid (HCA), an organic acid similar to citric acid which acts on the absorption and synthesis of fats. Studies in vitro and in animals indicate that it inhibits the action of the enzyme ATP citrate lyase, essential for lipogenesis.</p>
<p>In fact, HCA inhibits the conversion of carbohydrates into fat by binding to ATP citrate lyase. It reduces this way the production of triglycerides and low density lipoprotein while promoting the formation of additional glycogen. Finally, HCA reduces the production and storage of fat in the body.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fucoxanthin The fucoxanthin the brown pigment is found in large quantities in the brown algae Undaria pinnatifida, or wakame, used in salads and Japanese miso soup. Researchers at the University of Hokkaido, Japan, just to demonstrate that fucoxanthin burns fat very effectively. Working with mice, Japanese scientists have successfully demonstrated that by stimulating the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="padding-right: 5px;" src="http://speedfitnessguide.com/images/supplement/digestion-and-weight-loss-supplements.jpg" alt="nutritional supplements for a better weight control" align="left" /><strong>The fucoxanthin</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">fucoxanthin</a> the brown pigment is found in large quantities in the brown algae Undaria pinnatifida, or wakame, used in salads and Japanese miso soup. Researchers at the University of Hokkaido, Japan, just to demonstrate that fucoxanthin <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">burns fat very effectively</a>. Working with mice, Japanese scientists have successfully demonstrated that by <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">stimulating the production of a protein</a>, UCP1, able to <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">oxidize fats</a> and to <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">promote their degradation</a>, fucoxanthin could help <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">weight loss</a> of 5 to 10%. They also demonstrated that it stimulates the production by the liver of mice with DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a fatty acid of omega-3 known to reduce levels of &#8220;bad&#8221; cholesterol LDL1 2.<br />
Two double-blind studies, controlled against placebo were tested on 150 overweight women the effect of concentrated fucoxanthin combined with a diet providing 1 800 kcal. The subjects were followed for 16 weeks. In the first trial, the group supplemented with fucoxanthin lost an average of 7 kg, as against only 1.5 kilograms in the placebo group. In the second study, the metabolic rate of subjects taking the fucoxanthin was significantly higher than placebo.<span id="more-165"></span></p>
<p><strong>The <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">glucomannan</a> induces a feeling of satiety</strong></p>
<p>The glucomannan, a <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">soluble dietary fiber</a> with a particularly high viscosity, is extracted from the Konjac root. Taken before meals with water, glucomannan binds to water in the stomach and small intestine to form a gelatinous mass, viscosity slowing the absorption of sugars and inhibits the reabsorption of cholesterol excreted by intestinal the liver. It also induces a feeling of satiety and reduces the amount of calories absorbed.<br />
A clinical trial in double blind placebo controlled cons showed that obese subjects who took one gram of glucomannan before each meal for eight weeks had lost 2.5 kilograms. During this test, subjects did not change their eating habits and physical exercise. The total cholesterol and LDL were also reduced respectively by 21.7 and 15.0 mg / dl in the group supplemented with glucomannan. No secondary reaction was rapportée3. Several other studies have confirmed that the glucomannan modestly reduced weight, compared to a placebo or a single system. The total cholesterol and LDL, together with postprandial insulin and glucose levels were reduced significantly when taken before repas4.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.novo5.com/">Chromium</a> potentiates the effect of insulin and reduces cravings for carbohydrates</strong></p>
<p>Chromium is an <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">essential mineral</a> that <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">improves glucose tolerance and insulin resistance</a> while <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">lowering levels of blood sugar</a>. It could also have a beneficial role on the <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">lipid profile</a>: <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">it reduces levels of LDL cholesterol</a>, <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">total cholesterol and triglycerides</a>, while <a href="http://www.novo5.com/">elevating those of HDL cholesterol</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chromium is an essential trace mineral that enhances insulin action and influences the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It has been suggested that could be used as an adjunct to facilitate weight loss and improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. This article examines the information thereon, and offer recommendations on their use. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Chromium is an essential trace mineral that enhances insulin action and influences the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It has been suggested that could be used as an adjunct to facilitate <a href="http://www.novo5.com/tag/weight-loss"><strong>weight loss</strong></a> and improve blood sugar control in people with diabetes. This article examines the information thereon, and offer recommendations on their use.</p>
<p>Sources of chromium (Cr)</p>
<p>When we speak of chromium in foods is necessary for our body, we refer to trivalent chromium (Cr3 + or Cr (III)). Chromium is present in the air, water, land and in many foods. However, as in the case of other trace elements, the amount in food is limited and varies depending on exposure to chromium in the environment and during the manufacturing process. In general, meat, seafood, fish, eggs, whole grains, nuts and some fruits and vegetables are rich sources of chromium.<span id="more-101"></span></p>
<p>Function in the body.</p>
<p>The biological significance of chromium was discovered in the late &#8217;50s, when it was found that yeast prevented the decreased ability to maintain normal levels of blood sugar, linked to aging, in laboratory rats. The active ingredient was identified as an organic form of chromium that is called &#8220;factor glucose tolerance&#8221; or FTG2. The exact nature of the FTG and the mechanism by which potentates the action of insulin in the body is not yet fully understood, but could promote the cellular uptake of insulin by facilitating their transfer across cell membranes.</p>
<p>Controlling blood sugar level.</p>
<p>In type 2 diabetes if the pancreas produces enough insulin, the cells of muscles and other tissues are resistant to its action, resulting in inadequate control of blood sugar levels. Several studies have examined the effects of chromium supplementation in people affected by type 2 diabetes. A recent meta-analysis that integrated the results of 41 studies found that chromium supplements appear to improve blood sugar control among people with type 2 diabetes. However, the authors warn of the need for well-designed clinical studies can confirm this resultado3. <strong>People without diabetes</strong> have shown no improvement in their blood sugar levels after ingestion of chromium supplements.</p>
<p>Weight Loss.</p>
<p>Due to the influence of chromium on the metabolism of sugar and fat, researchers have explored its potential to promote weight loss and improve body composition (less fat and more muscle). Although some early studies showed that chromium supplements were associated with greater weight and fat loss compared with placebo, subsequent studies have failed to replicate these results. Recently, a randomized double-blind study conducted with women consuming similar diets (with constant levels of energy and nutrients) with or without supplemental chromium, found that these did not influence weight loss or fat to a greater extent than placebo4.</p>
<p>Consumption insurance.</p>
<p>Studies on the importance of chromium are scarce. However, several nutrition-related organizations from Germany, Austria and Switzerland believe that the adequate daily intake of chromium for adolescents and adults would be around 30-100 μg5. This amount is in line with the amount recommended by the EU, which is 40 mg Cr3 + to Dia6. Studies show that the European average diets of adults contain 60 micrograms (Germany) to 160 micrograms (Sweden) of chromium per day5.</p>
<p>Although it is unlikely to consume harmful amounts of chromium in the diet, chromium may be added to make foods and supplements of this substance are quite popular. Thus, there is some concern about the possibility that excessive doses of chromium have negative effects on DNA and many think it should rethink its use as a <strong>nutritional supplement</strong> and insulina7 enhancer. However, the European Scientific Committee on Food said: &#8220;In a limited number of human studies have found no evidence of adverse effects associated with consumption of chromium supplementation with a maximum dose of 1 mg of chromium<br />
to day5.</p>
<p>A balanced diet.</p>
<p>Since chromium is found in many foods, eating a balanced diet should provide the necessary amount of chromium. Currently, there is no evidence to support the need for the general population using chromium supplements.</p>
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