Lower your insulin and eliminate "false fat."
5. Lower Your Insulin to Lower Your Weight
Like cortisol, insulin is another fat-promoting hormone. Remember, hormones—and not just calories—dramatically impact weight. Insulin, the key hormone that controls blood sugar levels, is triggered by an excessive intake of carbs. Insulin helps store blood sugar in the liver and tissues as glycogen. However, the body can only store a limited amount of glycogen and any excess is converted to body fat with the assistance of insulin.
Fat-deprived individuals tend to eat too many carbs, programming their insulin levels to remain high. The insulin in turn instructs… Continue reading Categories
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The 6 Fat Flush Commandments: Part 3
October 27th, 2011Lower your insulin and eliminate "false fat."
5. Lower Your Insulin to Lower Your Weight
Like cortisol, insulin is another fat-promoting hormone. Remember, hormones—and not just calories—dramatically impact weight. Insulin, the key hormone that controls blood sugar levels, is triggered by an excessive intake of carbs. Insulin helps store blood sugar in the liver and tissues as glycogen. However, the body can only store a limited amount of glycogen and any excess is converted to body fat with the assistance of insulin.
Fat-deprived individuals tend to eat too many carbs, programming their insulin levels to remain high. The insulin in turn instructs… Continue reading The 6 Fat Flush Commandments: Part 2
October 25th, 2011
Number 4: Stress less (and sleep more) for less fat.
Cortisol, the stress hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, is a fat-promoting hormone that creates belly fat, much to our dismay. When you are under any type of stress it triggers enzymes to store more fat because your body believes there is “danger ahead” and instant energy may be needed. Since deep abdominal fat contains four times more cortisol receptors than other fat sites, cortisol is drawn to it.
One of the secrets of low-stress success is simply getting the proper amount of sleep. Too little sleep can… Continue reading The 6 Fat Flush Commandments: Part 1
October 20th, 2011
Surprising links between weight loss, your liver, your lymph and eating the right fat.
1. Love Your Liver
Fat Flush is dedicated first and foremost to supporting the liver in its daunting role as the body’s purifier. In reality, the liver is perfectly designed to detoxify itself automatically, without any help from you or Fat Flush, for that matter. As the body’s premier detoxifier (think of it as the filter in your personal engine) and fat-burning organ, the liver has an amazing built-in process that is in charge of breaking down everything… Continue reading It is Not All in Your Head
October 18th, 2011
Electrical hypersensitivity triggers and treatment.
I’m concerned. No – make that worried. Really worried.
With the debut of the iPhone 4S, the breaking news about how children absorb 50% more microwaves than adults is truly alarming.
So, I turned to EMF expert Melody Chan Graves to give us an update on the latest research regarding electrohypersensitivity and what cutting edge environmental docs like Dr. Bill Rea of the Environmental Health Center in Dallas, TX are really seeing with their patients.
By the way, Melody Chan Graves herself overcame a debilitating case of fibromyalgia with… Continue reading Frightening Food!
October 13th, 2011
Prevent gut grief with my three GI “miracle molecules.”
It was hard to miss the glaring headlines last week warning us of listeria-ridden cantaloupe.
But the problems with America’s inner workings go way beyond today’s cantaloupe or tainted meats and peanut butter, or the contaminated spinach of years past. Food maladies are definitely on the rise, pathogens are bombarding us—and we’re fighting them off around the family dinner table. Now more than ever, we need a plan of action to defend our bodies against gut-wrenching woes.
I think it is high time we take a… Continue reading Breast Health DOs
October 11th, 2011
Diet, supplement and environmental strategies.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I think that the most terrifying words in the English language for a woman are “you have breast cancer.” But knowing that genetics only play a role in 5% of breast cancer cases should be very encouraging news for all of us because it means that we have nearly total control over the destiny of our bodies! The stats suggest that 1 out of 8 woman can develop breast cancer sometime during their lives yet, more women than ever… Continue reading My October Fitness Plan
October 6th, 2011
Enjoy Autumn's arrival with Yoga-Quickies!
Go outside and enjoy the weather as often as possible before winter drives you inside. Natural sunlight is a key to the cyclical depression syndrome known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which occurs in the fall when daylight hours start to diminish. Depression and overeating (especially carbs) often begin in the fall when daylight lessens. Great Autumn exercises include aerobic walking, cycling, and of course, rebounding!
This is an ideal season for detox and that means it’s now more important than ever to get your lymph moving on… Continue reading My Famous Fat Flush Soup Recipe
October 4th, 2011
Celebrate the flavors of fall.
My Fat Flush Diet Soup is "briskly" simmering on stoves across the nation.
Introduced in Woman’s World Magazine (October 3, 2011), issues quickly disappeared from newsstands across the country as determined dieters were ready for a “yummy” soup that’s a perfect meal the whole family will love when Fall nips the air.
Inspired by a study at Penn State that found eating soup can trigger you to consume up to 448 fewer calories per meal, this satisfying soup is an easy go-to recipe to help jumpstart long term weight control.
For… Continue reading 
Visionary, health guru, diet/detox expert, author, spokesperson, role model, and natural foods icon, Ann Louise Gittleman has always been a trendsetter. 
