Why some cannot lose weight?

Food combining is a great way to manage your weight. The idea is that you eat a single food by itself, or more than one food in the right combination with other foods, you maximize your digestive capacity and ability to break down the foods effectively.

This means your body doesn't hold on to undigested food which then gets turned into fat balls of toxins and cellulite. Proper food combining allows the body to efficiently burn fat.

HOW IT WORKS?

Group 1: Proteins (meat, poultry, cheese, fish, eggs, milk, nuts) produce acid juices for their digestion. They digest slowly.

Group 2: Carbohydrates - these are all grains and the foods made from them 9bread, pasta, cereals, flour, biscuits, etc.) and starchy vegetables (such as potatoes, yams, and sweetcorn) which produce alkaline juices. They digest quickly and require different enzymes to proteins.

If you eat Groups 1 and 2 together, the competing enzymes and digestive juices will fight and neutralize each other. The result is that food doesn't get digested properly and rots inside the gut, causing gas, bloating, heartburn, stomach pains, malabsorption, indigestion and energy drain, to say the least.

Group 3: Salads, non-starchy vegetables, roots, seeds, herbs, spices, nut and seed oils. These can be digested with either Group 1 or 2 above.

Group 4: Fruit. This is out on its own and holds the record for the fastest digestion rate. Fruit uses completely different enzymes from all other groups above.

The solution:

• Don't eat Group 1 (proteins) and Group 2 (carbohydrates) together at the same meal.
• Group 3 (vegetables) can be eaten with Groups 1 or 2.
• Group 4 (fruit) must always be eaten on its own, at least 30 minutes away from other food groups. It is best to eat fruit on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning with no other food types. If you eat fruit after a meal, it can't go anywhere, because it's stuck behind food that takes much longer to digest, so it will ferment in the gut. When fruit is indeed mixed with other food groups, you can expect bloating, flatulence, indigestion. (Never mix melons with other fruits. Melons digest the fastest of all fruits. Therefore, eat alone or leave alone!).
• Leave 2 hours after a carbohydrate meal before eating protein. Leave 3 hours after eating a protein meal before eating carbohydrates. Proteins take 4 hours to reach the bowel, and carbohydrate meals take 2 hours from mouth to bowel.

Body Signs (3) - Face

VEINS CLOSE TO SURFACE ON CHEEKS/RAISED CAPILLARIES

A sign of digestive enzyme insufficiency or lack of stomach acid. These people are often skinny. You may think they have high metabolic rate as they eat a lot and still seem malnourished (I can name 2 person off my head). It may be that the food they eat are never digested and absorbed.

Solutions:
1). Take HCL supplements before meals and a digestive enzyme with meals.
2).Apple cider vinegar before meals may help.
3).Eat more sprouted seeds, sprouted grains, raw fruits and raw veggies as they are laden with digestive enzymes.

Body Signs (2) - Head

DANDRUFF

This can be due overgrowth of yeast, and/or deficiencies of essential fatty acids, vitamin B6 and/or selenium.

Solutions:
1. Take some flaxseed oil supplements
2. Consult pharmacist for an antifungal shampoo such as selsun
3. Eat foods high in enzymes
4. Add selenuim, B6 supplement in diet
5. Wash/maintain hear with camomile or tea tree shampoo

Body Signs (1) - Tongue

THE TONGUE:

A healthy tongue should be smooth, supple and slightly moist. It should be pale red in color with very thin, white film. Common indicators to look out for are cracks, avines, coatings, sweliings, patches of red and cuts.

1).CRACK DOWN MIDDLE:
A midline crack may mean you have a weak stomach and having maldigestion. You are likely to be nutrient-depleted. Symptoms may include bloating after eating, and maybe suffering from energy slumps during mid-day especially after lunch.

[Solutions]:
a). Avoid eating same food groups at the same time (ie proteins all at one shot).
b). Take digestive enzymes with meals - this is a supplement which helps break down food during digestion.
c). Avoid fuzzy and carbonated drinks during meal times.

2).TEETHMARKS AROUND THE SIDES
This is a sign of nutritional deficiency with likelihood of impaired digestion and spleen deficiency. If your spleen is weak you end up with bloating and gas.

[Solutions]:
a). Foods high in chlorophyll - leafy greens, algae
b). beans - kidney, mung, aduki
c). Herbs - garlic, black pepper, ginger, cinnamon, cayenne pepper

3).SORE TONGUE
Often a sign of iron, vitaminB6 or niacin deficiency.

[Solutions]:
a).Take mineral supplements.
b).Check iron levels

4).BURNING TONGUE
Sign that stomach lacking in digestive juice. May often have indigestion.

[Solutions]:
a). Try taking a teaspoon of apple cider viegar before each meal.
b). Try a cup of dandelion tea twice daily.
c). If available, try a teaspoon of Sweedish Bitter daily.

5).SWOLLEN TONGUE
Sign of too much mucus in body, lack of good bacteria and an elevation of yeast (as a result of low good bacteria).

[Solutions]:
a). Cut dwon on dairy products [they are mucus producing].
b). Try barley green.
c). Avoid carbonated rinks, alcohol and fatty meats.
d). Take a good probiotics supplements.

6).HORIZONTAL CRACKS, SMALL CRACKS/GROOVES
Sign of malabsorption especially of B-vitamins and is often accompanied by lack of energy.
Most overweight people are lacking in B-vitamins.

[Solutions]:
a). Take B vitamins
b). Take a digestive enzyme
c). Drink peppermint tea t help calm stomach
d). Aloe vera or barley grass helpful

7).THICK YELLOW COATING
Indicates excess heat in the gut. Indicates also lack of good bacteria.

[Solutions]:
a). You may be run down so take things easier
b). Try aloe vera or barley green to cool down the body
c). Dring sage or camomile tea to settle down the body
d). take a good probiotic supplement.

8). RED TIP
Indicates emotinal stress, strain or upset. Thus the body is high in stress hormones such as adrenalin and cortisol.

[Solutions]:
a).Selected ginseng
b).B complex esp vitamin B5

Kintop capsules

It is sad that these things happen. These people make their RM10-20 million in 2-3 years (turning over RM10 million per month) and lie low for a while before starting again using different business names and products. The fine is only RM3,000 (Poison's Act 1953)

Eleventh Hour has supplied various weight loss products to different markets, locally to MLM and pharmacies and soon to Indonesia, Vietnam and Middle East. But we always has a reasonable attitude towards financial rewards and the commercial interest of those whom which we deal with.

Bad Foods (6)

PROCESSED FOODS:

The processing of foods changes the original food and the proportions of the nutrients within these foods. Many pre-packaged and plastic wrapped foods, quick fix, and microwavable, and boil in the cup/bag foods have gone through a multitude of prcoesses before they end up in the supermarket. These foods have little or no nutritional value.

The food industry alows up ot 3,000 food additives to be used in the processing of food. And just because many of these additives are deemed safe, it does not mean that they are. So, chemicals, food additives, coloring agents, sweeteners, artificial flavors, dyes, nitrates, nitrites, preservatives to prevent spoilage, acids, maturing, bleaching agents, emulsifiers to maintain consistency are all finding their way into our bodies via these easy-to-prepare packaged foods.

These processes can cause allergies, stress on the liver to process such chemicals, many of which are cancer forming.

Bad Foods (5)

BAD FATS:

Saturated animal fats are heavy and turn into stone inside the body, hardening the arteries, leaving you at risk of heart attack and stroke. Red meat, pork, dairy products, butter and cheese are examples of foods that are fat saturated. THE BODY IS NOT DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF FAT.

Thes fats raise blood pressure and cholesterol, interfere with blood sugar levels, cause liver stagnation, which can lead to depression and weight gain. The body cannot effectively process bad fats, so many are turned into toxic balls and stored in the body, making you fatter.

Hydogenated fats are the results of a process that hardens liquid vegetable oils.Shortening and margaine are hydrogentated fats, so patato chips, chocolate, sweets, ice cream, pastries and baked goods all contain hydrogenated fats.

The hydrogenated fats change into the evermore dnagerous trans fatty acids which has been shown to cause diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Trans fatty acids also cause you to gain weight as they intefere with the metabolism and breakdown of essential fatty acids. They increase the bad cholesterol in the body and deplete the good.

Parts of my write up of Bamboo Salt - after some translation help

I find that there is still so much about health and products that I do not know.
I pray to God that I am always learning, improving and growing in knowledge (and of course wisdom) and not stagnating.

We should always use even the smallest segment of time to improve ourselves (knowledge, skills, work-related functions) on a daily basis.

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THE STORY BEHIND KOREAN BAMBOO SALT:

The health benefits of bamboo salt were discovered 1,300 years ago in Korea. For centuries only a privileged few were able to enjoy this body tonic that has vast properties from cleansing the body, balancing the body pH to boosting immunity.

Its manufacturing technique was a closely guarded secret and was only handed down from within family lines. It was not until 1988 that technique of production was applied on a commercial scale so that the rest of Korea could benefit from it vast health properties. Subsequently its use spread to Japan and Europe.

The SECRET INGEDIENTS FOR RESTORING HEALTH:

Bamboo salt uses sea salt, bamboo, yellow earth, pinewood and pine resins. The salt is filled in to bamboo of at least 3 years old and covered with yellow earth. This is burnt with the use of pinewood and pine resins, generating a temperature of 1,300 °C. This process is repeated many times to remove heavy metals, toxins and impurities.

During the burning process, important minerals and nutrients from the yellow earth, pinewood and resins are absorbed into the salt. Laboratory analysis have shown that there are more than 60 vital micronutrients, minerals and vitamins in bamboo salt.


BENEFITS OF BAMBOO SALT:

1). Detoxify the whole body

Upon consumption, bamboo salt quickly neutralizes toxins in the body and speeds up it excretion. Accumulation of these toxins are bad for health and are a result of chemicals present in the food, water and vegetables that we consume.

2). Calms inflammation

Bamboo salt is a carminative, and tones down inflammatory process that leads to heatiness and general feeling of malaise.

3). Body homeostasis

The modern day diet with its fatty foods results in our body being overly acidic. Bamboo salt has a pH >110.5 and is able to buffer the body pH. The ideal body pH is 7.35 to 7.45, not too acidic to harm the body, and enough to ensure bacteria can’t thrive in the body. Bamboo salt is able to buffer the pH within this ideal pH range.

4). Oxidation and Reduction Potential (ORP)

Bamboo salt has a high ORP to protect cells and the blood circulation. One way to protect healthy tissue from the ravages of oxidation is to provide free electrons to active oxygen radicals, thus neutralizing their high oxidation potential and preventing them from reacting with healthy tissue. High ORP means that it is a good and safe source of free electrons to block the oxidation of normal tissue by free oxygen radicals.

5). Replenishes vital nutrients

Bamboo salt with over 60 important and essential micronutrients, minerals and vitamins is able to replenish our body stores essential for good health and to prevent diseases like cancer.

6). pH buffering properties

Too many fatty, red animal meat, fats, refined foods, alcohol, carbonated drinks can toxify the body and acidify the blood, deplete calcium, overwork the kidneys and liver, stagnate digestion and destroy the good bacteria. This can also lead to kidney stones and liver fatigue, colon and bowel disorders, constipation, arthritis, osteoporosis and heart disease.

Bamboo salt is the only edible salt that has pH buffering properties. It is able to reverse body acidosis because salt becomes alkaline only after the burning process.

This enables our immune cells to function optimally and thus boost the immune system. Notice that when SARS spread throughout Asia, there were no deaths reported in Korea. This is attributed to Korean’s consumption of bamboo salt and kimchi.

7). Infra-red properties

Infra-red properties of bamboo salt can produce an impressive number of positive health benefits:
• Assists weight loss and increases metabolism: burns up to 600 calories in 30 minutes Improves circulation to deep and superficial tissues
• Promotes detoxification of the heavy metals and organic chemicals stored in fat cells
• Helps to boost the immune response to kill viruses and bacteria
• Pain relief
• Muscle relaxation
• Accelerates the breakdown of fat and cellulite
• Promotes skin tone, elasticity, pore cleansing, and healing of skin conditions such as acne, eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis
• Accelerates wound healing from injuries and surgeries and reduces scar formation
• Passive cardiovascular conditioning effect: enhances oxygen and nutrients to deep tissues
• Regulates blood pressure
• Useful in athletic conditioning to warm muscles before, and after, activity
• Reduces physical and emotional stress
• Reduces fatigue and stimulates energy
• Anti-cancer effect through hyperthermia effect, immune enhancement and elimination of carcinogenic chemicals.

Bad Foods (4)

REFINED FOODS:

The modern diet contains many refined foods. Just take a walk in 1-Utama, Jusco or Giant Hypermarket. Look at all the cakes, bakeries, chocolates etc.

Refined foods are stripped of their original, natural nutrient content and fiber. The consumer is left with a more concentrated, unnatural sweet version of the original food.

Refined white flour and white sugar are the two most common examples of refined fooods. These ingredients are then used in a multitude of other 'foods'. Baked goods, chocolates, fast foods, and ready made meals to name a few. Moreover, they have preservatives and additives to give them a longer shelf life.

U.S. Report: Too Few Screened for Chronic Diseases

Malaysia must be worst thus it is up to us to educate the public

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Feb. 2 (iVillage Total Health) -- Far too many Americans are skipping the recommended screening tests and exams designed to catch chronic illnesses early enough to save lives. That's the finding of a newly released report by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Although the quality of the overall healthcare system in the United States is improving, physicians, hospitals and clinics across the country are missing the opportunity to provide important screenings and exams, Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, AHRQ director, said in a press release.

The reports found that:

* Less than half of obese adults (people with a body mass index of 30 and over) in the survey said they were counseled about diet by their physician or other healthcare provider. Obesity affects a number of diseases and conditions and increases your risk of developing high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary artery disease and osteoarthritis. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends obese patients receive "intensive counseling and behavioral interventions." In addition, obese black people were far less likely to be told were they overweight by a healthcare provider than white patients.

* Nearly half (49 percent) of people with asthma said they received information about changing their environment to avoid asthma triggers. Only 28 percent reported receiving asthma management plans from their healthcare providers.

*Only 48 percent of adults with diabetes received blood sugar tests, foot examinations and eye exams -- the three screenings recommended to reduce the risk of complications from hyperglycemia. According to the AHRQ, nearly $2.5 billion could be saved annually by eliminating hospital stays associated with complications from diabetes.

* Only 52 percent of adults in the survey said they received colorectal cancer screenings. The task force recommends colonoscopy or other screening tests by age 50 or earlier for people at high risk. The screenings were significantly lower for black people and Asians than white people.

"The message is clear," Clancy said. "Much more can be done to prevent illness from occurring or progressing."

The data is part of two reports issued this month: The 2006 National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report. The annual reports provide snapshots of the healthcare system and look at effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care and patient focus in delivery of medical treatment.

Source: Copyright 2007 iVillage Total Health

Bad Foods (3)

Bad Proteins:

Depending on how strong your digestive system is, some proteins may not be good enough for you. Some proteins from red meat may be hard to break down.

Too many high-proteins, fatty, red animal meat can toxify the body and acidify the blood, deplete calcium. overwork the kidneys and liver, stagnate digestion and destroy the good bacteria. This can also lead to kidney stones and liver fatigue, colon and bowel disorders, constipation, arthritis, osteoporosis and heart disease.

Even cow's milk is too difficult for many to digest. It can trigger allergic responses such as asthma, sinusitis, earache, congestion, eczema, fatigue, lethargy and irritability.

Whole cow's milk is too high in saturated fat, low in vitamins and the mineral content is out of balance with human biochemistry; as a result many of the nutrients are not absorbed by humans. Also cow are subjected to hundreds of different drug injections, hormones, pesticides, drug residues which in turn make their way into milk. Some dieticians suggest that if you must drink cow's milk, boil it fist to make it easier to digest.

Try goat and sheep milk as alternatives, as the molecules are smaller and easier to break down. Soy milk is a very good alternative as it has all the essential amino acids.

Bad Foods (2)

BAD CARBS:

Simple carbs are the sugary, refined carbohydrates that are not good for you. These include biscuits, choclates, cakes, seetws and anything made with, added refined flour or processed white rice.

During the refining process, the majority of the vitamins and minerals are removed and these refined carbo enters the body fast (high Gylcemic Index) just like pure sugar.

High GI foods trigger insulin release, store fat, cause diabetes, mood swings and is bad for the body.

Bad Foods

OVERCOOKED VEGETABLES:

Most people overcook their veggies. Some don't even like them.

We Malaysians tend to boil our veggies to death, or even worse fry it with oil and oyster sauce., in the process losing all the vital nutrients.

To get the most out of your veggies, either eat them raw or simply steam them lightly for 2-3 minutes maximum.

Eleventh Hour is coming out with a soft gel capsule containing multi-veggie. This will be useful for kids and also adults not eating veggies properly. Furthermore, the cost is really inexpensive compared to many of the unnecessary products people are pushing. Look out on this blog on where/when it is available.

Erectile dysfunction 'can be reduced by lifestyle changes'

By living their life in a certain way, men may be able to prevent a decrease in erectile function, a new study reveals.

Lifestyle changes, such as stricter dietary control, increased physical activity and other measures related to preventing cardiovascular disease, can all help reduce the risk of erectile dysfunction, according to report published in the American Journal of Medicine.

Data from 2,126 men was analysed by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Hospital during the study.

Investigator Elizabeth Selvin writes in the article: "The association between erectile dysfunction and lack of physical activity suggests that lifestyle changes, especially increasing exercise level, may be effective nonpharmacological treatments.

"The associations between erectile dysfunction and diabetes and other known cardiovascular risk factors should serve as powerful motivators for male patients for whom diet and lifestyle changes are needed to improve their cardiovascular risk profile."

She added that the data highlights how physical activity can go towards preventing erectile dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction affects more than half of men over the age of 40 at some point in their lives, according to Bupa.

Source:Netdoctor

Good Food (7)

BENEFITS OF GOOD FOOD:

1). Boost your thnking power
2). Lift your mood
3). Reduce stress
4). Boost your vitality
5). Promote a healthy heart

When it comes to heart disease, good foods can supply chemicals in the blood that can unclog arteries, reduce cholsterol, reduce blood clot solvents and send hormones to relax atery walls and reduce blood pressure.

=>Healthy diet plays a part in fighting and preventing cancer by releasing agents that can cause abnormal cell growths to shrink or disappear.

=>Help fight ageing and slow down your body's natural deterioration.

=> Help chase away common colds and flu and stimulate your body to make more natural killer cells to ward off infection.

=> Prevent headaches and asthma attacks.

=> Create substances that can mute pain and swelling of arthritis.

=> Attack bacteria and viruses.

=> Boost your fertility and sex drive.

=> Make your skin, hair and nails glow with health.

Good Food (6)

Good Food and some diets are not synonymous.

Conventional and traditional fad diets usually do not work. Calorie-counting diets, meal replacement diets or even high-protein food diets with no carbs - in my opinion these will all fail you and, even worse, most of them are tedious, pointless and downright dangerous to the body. Sure, they might help you lose weight in a few weeks or even in a few months. In the long run, though you won't be able to continue with these fad diets because ultimately you will gain your weight back (i.e soy protein meal replacement). I mean how long can you keep on skipping lunch??? - 2 years???), and you won't be doing your body any favors.

Fad diets operate on restricting you, and in effect will usually starve you of something important that your body needs. For instance, high protein/low carb diet craze is nutritionally flawed. Every living human being must have complex carbohydrate to function, to think, for energy, for good sex and for a positive mental health. People who go on meal replacement or stop eating complex carbohydrates (eat heaps of protein instead) suffer constipation, mood swings, dizziness, headaches, stomach cramps etc.

A diet is not about starving yourself, but rather eating foods that are good and healthy and eating them in abundance. Otherwise how are the cells going to be nourished to stay young, prevent cancer etc.