The 2 steps you must take before starting any diet, period.
Everyone is in search of a magic bullet with the obesity epidemic affecting almost 100 million Americans. From the “pay per pound” diet offering $5/lb lost, to the shocking “feeding tube diet,” no weight loss method is considered too extreme or too taboo these days.
Dominating the market lately are exotic ingredients like Raspberry Ketones and African Mango Extract – “miracle fat burners” or “rapid weight loss catalysts” that promise to speed up metabolism and suppress appetite without a single diet tweak!
The popular… Continue reading Categories
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May 15th, 2012The 2 steps you must take before starting any diet, period.
Everyone is in search of a magic bullet with the obesity epidemic affecting almost 100 million Americans. From the “pay per pound” diet offering $5/lb lost, to the shocking “feeding tube diet,” no weight loss method is considered too extreme or too taboo these days.
Dominating the market lately are exotic ingredients like Raspberry Ketones and African Mango Extract – “miracle fat burners” or “rapid weight loss catalysts” that promise to speed up metabolism and suppress appetite without a single diet tweak!
The popular… Continue reading Liver-Lovin Time!
April 19th, 2012
Spring into health with a cleansed liver.
It doesn't get the attention that the heart and brain do. But your liver is every bit as important, performing close to 400 different jobs from transforming food into energy and controlling hormonal balance to producing bile that supports healthy digestion.
The largest organ in the body, the liver is also a potent detoxifier. Perhaps its most important function, detoxification—ironically—puts the liver at great risk for damage. Everything from alcohol abuse and environmental toxins to parasites and unprotected sex can harm this vital organ.
A number of… Continue reading Is Your Sluggish Thyroid Weighing You Down?
April 12th, 2012
Strategies to kick up energy, mood and pare the pounds.
Hypothyroidism (sluggish thyroid) is epidemic today, particularly among women. The incidence of this condition increases with age. I would estimate that about three out of every four of my female clients over the age of thirty five is low thyroid.
The thyroid gland is the body's energy burner and thermostat. When this gland slows down, so does metabolism, as well as heart and muscle strength.
Some signs of an underactive thyroid include:
- Fatigue
- Menstrual changes
- Brain fog
- Depression
- Delayed reflexes
- Loss of libido
- Sensitivity… Continue reading Release Fat with Slimming CLA
April 10th, 2012
CLA fights fat and dials down inflammation linked to cancer and heart disease.
It’s been ten years. And I still marvel at the way CLA targets belly fat. That’s why I've made this “good” omega-6 fat part of the tried and true Fat Flush regimen.
Changes in America's food supply have made it difficult to get sufficient amounts of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in the diet. For example, cows allowed to graze on grassy pasture have 500% more CLA in their milk than those fed… Continue reading How to Beat the Fat Trap
April 5th, 2012
Clean up your liver to neutralize toxins, chemicals and hormone-mimics.
It’s a toxic world out there. Every day, our bodies are assaulted by pathogens and poisons—which are making us fat!
One theory about why chemicals induce weight gain has to do with the way many of them mimic the effects of estrogen in our bodies. That’s why this group of toxins has become known as “false estrogens” or xenoestrogens.
These poisonous infiltrators, whose use skyrocketed since World War II, find various ways of inducing, blocking, or otherwise scrambling our hormonal signals, either because they have… Continue reading Fresh Start to Lose 10, 15, 20 Pounds, Fast!
March 29th, 2012
Reset metabolism for spring cleaning.
With swimsuit season just around the corner, it’s time to get your body bikini-ready. The latest research suggests some smart ways to turbo-charge weight loss in just a few weeks.
"Energy presented in liquid form can have satiating power," says recent research in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Adding fiber to low-carb foods helps suppress appetite and allows you to control what you eat.
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that low-carb dieters lost 50% more weight by getting most of their protein… Continue reading Top 5 Super Supplements for Spring
March 20th, 2012
It’s the season to love your liver!
Today is the first day of spring, and although the calendar doesn’t lie, sometimes the weather gets confused these days. It’s snowing in Idaho and 82 degrees in Chicago. But regardless of your locale, your body knows that from March 20-June 19 is the best time of the year to direct your detox intentions to the liver.
Your liver, after all, is your body’s major detoxifier and key to life. When your liver is sluggish, more than four hundred bodily processes are affected.
If you are experiencing… Continue reading Is This Drug Your Secret Addiction?
March 8th, 2012
America’s most popular drug is now inhalable.
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the news, I’m sure you couldn’t miss the FDA warning about the new AeroShot Caffeine Inhaler. The FDA issued a warning letter to the makers of AeroShot for “false or misleading statements” in their promotional materials which suggest that the product can be “both inhaled and ingested.” The problem is that the powder can be sucked into the lungs—which is unsafe, to say the very least. Not to mention that the product (with its slick packaging in a… Continue reading Fat Flush: From Fad to Fabulous
March 1st, 2012
The diet that defies conventional wisdom.
My Fat Flush mission is plain and simple: to help the 58 million Americans who are overweight, the 40 million who are obese and the 3 million who are morbidly obese to lose weight and keep it off. At the core of the plan is my commitment to promote a balanced lifestyle and champion simple healthy habits that we all overlook or forget about as a result of life in our hectic 21st century.
Diets come and go. You’ve over exercised, counted calories, cut out fat, protein, and carbohydrates… Continue reading Do You Have a Food Sensitivity?
February 28th, 2012
Surprising symptoms related to common foods that masquerade as your friend.
A while back, Dr. Oz featured a segment on food sensitivities which turned out to be the highest rated show of the season! This is a much bigger issue than you may realize, so even if you don’t think you have a food sensitivity, take a quick moment to answer this easy questionnaire—you may be surprised. Answering “yes” can indicate the strong probability that you suffer from a food intolerance:
- Do you have itchy skin, chronic skin rashes, or eczema?
- Do you have
Visionary, health guru, diet/detox expert, author, spokesperson, role model, and natural foods icon, Ann Louise Gittleman has always been a trendsetter. 
