Again and again we are told that “Obesity in America is Epidemic” and that this health threatening condition is being spread worldwide. Look around you and no doubt you will conclude that obesity is rapidly spreading. We blame it all on a sedentary life style and the Mc Donald’s / TV / Computer / Video games generation.
Statistics seem to confirm these points. For the first time in world history more people are overfed rather than underfed. Overweight children at historic highs. An estimated 15 % of boys and girls 6 to 11 years of age are overweight. Children are gaining more weight over the summer than during the school year. Computer and video game “screen time” shows an astonishing 8 hours a day in the United States. Throw in fast foods and this will all explain the current plague of obesity and along with the plague of diabetes which is increasing in rate at an astonishing rate.
Blame it all on fat we are told. If we reduce our fat levels all of this will go away. However it may be that our problems of obesity are a direct result of our cutting out and reducing fat intake not the other way around.
Isn’t it amazing you would think? As a society we have cut our fat intake and cholesterol levels to the bone and yet we get fatter and fatter and have ever increasing amounts of diabetes in our society?
It may well be that it is not the fat that is bad for us – rather it is the refined carbohydrates specifically that are the evil ones. This includes – refined sugars as found in bread and other baked goods, potatoes , yams and obvious refined sugar containing foods such as ice cream , candy , soft drinks , beer and fruit juices.
Mankind was not created to eat a diet high in starches or grains, let alone refined sugars. It was only when man invented agriculture, in the recent past that grain products and concentrated sugars were introduced into our diets.
It is not fat that will make you fat. It is not by eating fat that you will have a much greater chance of diabetes and other health problems. It is not even high serum cholesterol, from eating fatty foods such as steaks or butter that will do you in but rather the amount of these refined starches and sugars in your diet.
On top of that we are told that obesity is simply a result of sedentary behaviors – sitting in front of the TV or video games rather than exercising. In fact it is the other way around. People, who exercise, get hungry, eat and gain weight.
We get fat because of tons of insulin in our bloodstream.
Insulin is needed by our body to break down fat. Obese people need more and more insulin to burn off the fat in their bodies. The fatter you are, the more insulin your pancreas will pump out after a meal. It’s a like a drug addict needing more and more drug to get a high. The body’s need to have more and more insulin to burn the same amount of fat in an obese person is referred to as “insulin resistance”.
It’s the refined carbohydrates and starches that cause the body to secrete insulin in the first place. Fat does not matter. In the end it’s all about refined sugars and wheat products such as pasta that cause our problems and not fat.
In the end obesity and our plague of ever increasing diabetes is not about fat, fatty foods and fat intake and not exercising but rather about our intake of refined sugars, bread and pasta products. It is not about fat and cholesterol. They really do not matter much when it comes to making you fat and obese .
About The Author
Maggie Z. Mathews http://www.mmedsolution.com http://www.fortunacooks.com http://www.morgellonsresearchfoundation.com
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Burn Fat, Lift Heavy (part 1)
Burn Fat, Lift Heavy (part 1) by: Kevin Raison
How does a pill that burns fat faster than any supplement out there sound?
How about that very same pill increasing muscle tone and density?
You've gotta admit, it sounds pretty exciting doesn't it
Now, what if I said...'IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!'
Unless...wait for it!
You begin to lift heavy weights in the gym and avoid your favourite step and fit ball class. Then and only then are you on your way to that dream physique
Now from that last statement I've probably already lost half the female audience, no matter... it's just makes the rest of you look even better.
This is unfortunately, a very common mistake that women far too often mistake as being a way to become a muscular bound female bodybuilder.
NOT TRUE!
In fact, if you're looking to get the kind of body like your favourite superstar, then I suggest you continue to read on.
For what you are about to receive... The following article is split into 4 parts. Part 1 will explain why we should be avoiding long durations on cardio machines known as 'long slow distance' (LSD). Part 2 will look at the reasons why lifting weights works better than LSD training and finally part 3 will explain why we should be lifting heavier with those weights. Part 4 will put it all together in a evenly balance program for you to follow.
The reason for doing it this way is there's a lot of new understanding to take on board. Some of this is going to go completely against your usual way of thinking, meaning you may or may wish to read any further parts.
All I can say is from the experience of coaching many clients in my time, this works better than anything and the results WILL amaze you! So why should we avoid lengthy sessions on the cardio machines?
There are a number of reasons why we should avoid long cardio sessions, the first is simple.
Our body was designed to survive from the days when we were hunter/gatherers and our vocabulary consisted of um, ugg and errr. Kind of like a teenager...
When we ran (chasing food or being chased as food) our body would produce the hormone Cortisol (a stress hormone) as chasing food or becoming food can become a pretty stressful thing for us.
When Cortisol is produced, the body begins to store body fat by slowing down its natural metabolism. The reason being, if you are chasing something and don't catch it, you have no idea when you are going to be eating next. Your body knows that it will have to survive on its own stored fats.
Although our bodies have indeed evolved over the many years there are lots of things about the human body that remain the same. The stress hormone cortisol being released through LSD (long slow distance) being one.
Don't be fooled that it won't happen to you just because you go on the cross trainer, stepper, rower or any other form of equipment. It will, the body can't identify what exercise it is doing or whether you're looking to burn fat or being chased.
If its LSD training you're doing and you're looking to tone and lose fat, you will soon find yourself at a sticking point very soon as your Cortisol levels begin to rise.
The Zone
Let's take another look at those long cardio sessions that "help burn fat".
The fat burning zone draws fat from the fat stores to be used as energy instead od using carbohydrates; this is known as 'SUB RQ1' where the body doesn't have to use carbohydrates for energy. Now although this is true, if it was so effective, we would be losing pounds as we watch TV or read a book, but as we all know by now, that's just not the case!
Yes, you will burn more calories when exercising at the gym or walking round the park but to get in the true fat burning zone or 'optimal zone' you'll have to exercise for 90minutes (non stop) at least...
After about 90 minutes the body becomes extremely efficient at burning bodyfat!
This true, but come on....90 minutes! England could have been defeated by Luxembourg B team by then. (I'm referring to soccer of course)
So if the body is burning pure bodyfat after 90 minutes, what's being burnt as energy before then?
MUSCLE!
Remember, at this steady lower state of intensity carbohydrates have no need to work meanining something has to help with the energy coming from fats. Unfortunately, we use muscle slowing down our metabolism in the process.
Solution
Now I know that the cardio, fat burning, step obsessed, 'the longer the better' exercise junkies out there aren't going to suddenly hang up their lycra shorts and ankle weights only to share the weights room with the usual vest wearing grunters.
As a result what you should do is something we call Tabata.
Pick your favourite piece of cardio equipment
Warm up for 2 minutes
Go as fat as you can for 30 seconds
Take it easy for just 10 seconds
Repeat 8 times
It's as simple as that and believe me you will really feel like you've had a very intense yet very short workout!
About The Author
Kevin Raison is one of the UK's top fat loss specialists running boot camps, personal training and weight manangement courses in the Midlands. To contact Kevin simply visit http://www.kevinraison.co.uk
How does a pill that burns fat faster than any supplement out there sound?
How about that very same pill increasing muscle tone and density?
You've gotta admit, it sounds pretty exciting doesn't it
Now, what if I said...'IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!'
Unless...wait for it!
You begin to lift heavy weights in the gym and avoid your favourite step and fit ball class. Then and only then are you on your way to that dream physique
Now from that last statement I've probably already lost half the female audience, no matter... it's just makes the rest of you look even better.
This is unfortunately, a very common mistake that women far too often mistake as being a way to become a muscular bound female bodybuilder.
NOT TRUE!
In fact, if you're looking to get the kind of body like your favourite superstar, then I suggest you continue to read on.
For what you are about to receive... The following article is split into 4 parts. Part 1 will explain why we should be avoiding long durations on cardio machines known as 'long slow distance' (LSD). Part 2 will look at the reasons why lifting weights works better than LSD training and finally part 3 will explain why we should be lifting heavier with those weights. Part 4 will put it all together in a evenly balance program for you to follow.
The reason for doing it this way is there's a lot of new understanding to take on board. Some of this is going to go completely against your usual way of thinking, meaning you may or may wish to read any further parts.
All I can say is from the experience of coaching many clients in my time, this works better than anything and the results WILL amaze you! So why should we avoid lengthy sessions on the cardio machines?
There are a number of reasons why we should avoid long cardio sessions, the first is simple.
Our body was designed to survive from the days when we were hunter/gatherers and our vocabulary consisted of um, ugg and errr. Kind of like a teenager...
When we ran (chasing food or being chased as food) our body would produce the hormone Cortisol (a stress hormone) as chasing food or becoming food can become a pretty stressful thing for us.
When Cortisol is produced, the body begins to store body fat by slowing down its natural metabolism. The reason being, if you are chasing something and don't catch it, you have no idea when you are going to be eating next. Your body knows that it will have to survive on its own stored fats.
Although our bodies have indeed evolved over the many years there are lots of things about the human body that remain the same. The stress hormone cortisol being released through LSD (long slow distance) being one.
Don't be fooled that it won't happen to you just because you go on the cross trainer, stepper, rower or any other form of equipment. It will, the body can't identify what exercise it is doing or whether you're looking to burn fat or being chased.
If its LSD training you're doing and you're looking to tone and lose fat, you will soon find yourself at a sticking point very soon as your Cortisol levels begin to rise.
The Zone
Let's take another look at those long cardio sessions that "help burn fat".
The fat burning zone draws fat from the fat stores to be used as energy instead od using carbohydrates; this is known as 'SUB RQ1' where the body doesn't have to use carbohydrates for energy. Now although this is true, if it was so effective, we would be losing pounds as we watch TV or read a book, but as we all know by now, that's just not the case!
Yes, you will burn more calories when exercising at the gym or walking round the park but to get in the true fat burning zone or 'optimal zone' you'll have to exercise for 90minutes (non stop) at least...
After about 90 minutes the body becomes extremely efficient at burning bodyfat!
This true, but come on....90 minutes! England could have been defeated by Luxembourg B team by then. (I'm referring to soccer of course)
So if the body is burning pure bodyfat after 90 minutes, what's being burnt as energy before then?
MUSCLE!
Remember, at this steady lower state of intensity carbohydrates have no need to work meanining something has to help with the energy coming from fats. Unfortunately, we use muscle slowing down our metabolism in the process.
Solution
Now I know that the cardio, fat burning, step obsessed, 'the longer the better' exercise junkies out there aren't going to suddenly hang up their lycra shorts and ankle weights only to share the weights room with the usual vest wearing grunters.
As a result what you should do is something we call Tabata.
Pick your favourite piece of cardio equipment
Warm up for 2 minutes
Go as fat as you can for 30 seconds
Take it easy for just 10 seconds
Repeat 8 times
It's as simple as that and believe me you will really feel like you've had a very intense yet very short workout!
About The Author
Kevin Raison is one of the UK's top fat loss specialists running boot camps, personal training and weight manangement courses in the Midlands. To contact Kevin simply visit http://www.kevinraison.co.uk
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