Meet your weight loss goals with My Pyramid Tracker
Copyright 2006 Adam Waxler
As anyone involved with weight loss will tell you, there are countless weight loss plans and weight loss methods and new weight loss diets coming out all the time.
In fact, just last year, even the USDA released an all new nutrition and diet plan for healthy Americans. On April 19, 2005, the United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its new My Pyramid nutrition pyramid. However, the USDA's new guidelines for a healthy diet plan are not so much NEW as they are more in depth, detailed and helpful in getting people to meet their weight loss goals.
First of all, My Pyramid can be personalized. On the main page of their web site (www.mypyramid.gov), you have the option of entering your age, gender and activity level.
Simply submit your information and instead of getting those vague, wide-ranging recommendations, you'll get a recommendation suited specifically for you.
While this is a tremendous improvement on the old nutritional pyramid, it's not the only improvement. The nutrition calculator factors in your age, gender and activity level to come up with a recommended caloric intake. From there, it breaks down the calories by food group, and explains exactly how much of each group you should eat per day for a healthy diet. It is much easier and much more accurate to figure out what 2 cups of milk is than it is to figure out how much 3-5 servings of dairy is.
Fortunately, the new My Pyramid doesn't stop there. Beneath the pyramid chart with the specific serving sizes on it, you'll find, divided by food group, a list of links to tips for making the healthiest choices from each food group.
There are not only great diet tips and weight loss tips, but there are also tips showing ways to serve foods in appetizing and nutritious ways.
But wait, there's still more?Want to know how your current weight loss diet stacks up against the dietary guidelines of the USDA and get specific, personalized recommendations for improving your current weight loss diet?
Well, at the bottom of the list of helpful links in the menu you'll find the My Pyramid Tracker.
The My Pyramid Tracker is one of the handiest tools that I've ever seen or used when it comes to comparing and improving your weight loss diet.
Simply, enter the foods that you eat in a typical day, click "analyze", and you'll get a detailed analysis that includes the calories, the amount of nutrients, the difference between your weight loss diet and an optimum weight loss diet, as well as specific recommendations for changes you should make to eat a healthier diet and facilitate your weight loss goals. Not only that, you can actually save your history day by day to keep track of your eating habits and watch the improvements that your weight loss plan has provided.
The My Pyramid Tracker is the diet diary with a difference. Use My Pyramid Tracker and you'll quickly see yourself eating better every day which will, in turn, naturally lead to long term weight loss
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Eating Chocolate Ice Cream Every Full Moon Promotes Weight Loss
Copyright 2006 Adam Kessler
Are these the kinds of stories that we as health professionals are trying to write to enlighten the public or gain fame and notoriety?
I read this story several days ago about some doctor who claims if you limit your flavors and pick a flavor of the day you will lose weight and has the case studies to prove it.
C'mon!!
First we have the Atkins diet, then the cabbage diet, and now this.
I mean if you really want to prey on the many people who are so desperate to lose weight then do a case study on the above title.
I'm sure you will sell some copies for that book as well.
Now, if someone didn't read the story very carefully they're going to say, "Hmmm, I'll start with a bowl of cherries, that's healthy.
Then move on to cherry ice cream, then some cherry pie, and let's wash it down with some cherry coke."
Laugh, but trust me those people are out there.
They are the...
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The Role of Calories In a Nutritional Program
As far back as we probably can remember we can all usually recall the word 'calories' when the topic of diet and weight loss is discussed in typical mainstream fitness. For some the word is infamous and generally equated with restriction. For others it is just a byword. This time around we will explore that little word in a little more detail examining its role and also the positives and negatives regarding how they can be used. First of all, what is a calorie? Without getting too technical, a calorie is a unit of heat.
It takes one calorie to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree celsius. Calories are used by our bodies for heat and energy purposes. As I'm sure you are aware of, different foods have different levels of calories. In some cases we take in more of this unit than we need to be used for energy therefore resulting in an caloric overload. Since the body cannot use these calories at that particular time they will be stored in the form of fat.
Now...
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The 7 points you must check before you go for any weight loss program.
Warning:Don't go for any weight loss or diet plan before reading this report.Yes,you must be aware of the following 7 points before adopting a diet plan.1)Your weight loss program must remove toxins from your body.
- Do you know these facts? FACT #1:90% of the toxins in your body are expelled from your body through breath.But an average person uses only 30% of his/her lung capacity! FACT #2:8% of the toxins are removed from the excretory organs.But 80% of the population has clogged colons resulting in pounds of impacted waste. FACT #3:2% of the toxins are removed through the skin,nose,ears etc. So,where do all the toxins that are not expelled through the breath and excretory organs go? Simple,they get stored in your body. No matter how much clean you think your body is....it has a storage of toxins in one form or the other due to the above factors. And,toxins are the No.1 cause of fat deposition.
In fact,it's toxin which makes fat removal so difficult to achieve.But,...
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Use Essential Fatty Acid To Help You Eliminate Your Acne
To eliminate or clear your face of acne it will require you take a variety of health steps.
The use of essential fatty acids is but one step.
I have identified 10 different steps but will only discuss one step in this article - using essential fatty acids.
Getting sufficient essential fatty acids is of prime importance in clearing acne. It's these fatty acids that help to control the production of excess androgens - the hormones that surge during the teen-age times
It is androgens, which causes excess sebum oil to clog your hair follicle and contribute to creating your acne.
The three fatty acids you need to get daily are:
? omega-3
? omega-6
? omega-9
When you are deficient in these essential fatty acids, you will
have,
? A weaken immune system
? Inflammatory disorders
? Poor skin
? Skin eruptions and other wounds that won't heal
? Sebum...
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