Lacking Nutrients? The Health Risks You Face
by JohnMc
You hear a lot about vitamins and supplements and their great health benefits. But do you know the scary things that can happen when your body is lacking one of more of these key nutrients?
Check out our list of the top 11 vitamins and supplements to see what ailments await you if you’re lacking a key nutrient like calcium or vitamin C.
It may not paint a pretty picture, but it is information that you and your family need to take preventative action now.
Already ailing from one or more of the following afflictions? You can start reversing your ailments by starting a vitamin and supplement program now.
B-Vitamins (B Complex)
Without adequate vitamin B complex, you can experience one or more of any one of these symptoms:
• mental problems
• heart palpitations
• heart arrhythmias
• fibrillation
• indigestion
• chronic fatigue
• chronic exhaustion
• paranoia, vague fears, fear that something dreadful is about to happen
• nervousness
• ADD (attention deficiency), inability to concentrate, irritability
• feeling of uneasiness
• thoughts of dying
• easy agitation, frustration
• inability to sleep (insomnia)
• restlessness
• tingling in hands
• tingling fingers and toes
• rashes
• crying spells, inability to cope
• soreness all over
Calcium
Without an adequate, constant supply of calcium your bones become weaker and develop tiny holes. These “porous bones” lead to osteoporosis. A Surgeon General report warns that by 2020 half of all Americans older than 50 will be at risk for fractures from osteoporosis and low bone mass. Populations most at risk of a calcium deficiency are post-menopausal women.
Coenzyme Q10
CoQ10 levels decrease with age and are low in patients with chronic diseases such as:
• heart conditions
• muscular dystrophies
• Parkinson's disease
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• HIV/AIDS
Fish Oil (essential fatty acids)
• hardening of the arteries (buildup of atherosclerotic plaque)
• breast cancer
• diabetes
• heart disease
• depression
• memory loss
• acne
• aging
• allergies
• arthritis
• asthma
• high blood pressure
• obesity
• stroke
Folic Acid
Folic acid is a B vitamin that helps the body make healthy new cells. A lack of folic acid can lead to:
• major birth defects of baby’s brain or spine
• heart disease
• stroke
• cancer
• Alzheimer’s disease
• anemia
• weakness
Glucosamine
When you have a glucosamine deficiency, cartilage hardens and bone spurs develop which leads to deformities in the joints. Your mobility becomes limited and osteoarthritis develops.
Iron
A deficiency of iron limits oxygen delivery to cells, resulting in fatigue, poor work performance, and decreased immunity. Having iron deficiency anemia may cause you to feel tired and often look pale. Iron deficiency anemia is common, especially in women. One in five women and half of all pregnant women are iron deficient. You can usually correct iron deficiency anemia with iron supplementation.
Magnesium
Magnesium is needed for more than 300 body reactions. Even a mild deficiency causes:
• sensitiveness to noise
• nervousness
• irritability
• mental depression
• confusion
• twitching
• trembling
• apprehension
• insomnia
• muscle weakness
• cramps in the toes, feet, legs or fingers.
Vitamin C
• tiredness
• weakness
• sore muscles
• bleeding gums
• wounds that don’t heal quickly, if at all
Vitamin D
• bones become thin, brittle or misshapen
• rickets for children
• osteomalacia in adults
• osteoporis (vitamin D works with C to strengthen bones)
• inflammation
Vitamin E
• destruction of vital red blood cells
• weakened immune system
In extreme cases vitamin deficiencies can even lead to death.
If you're concerned you may be lacking some essential vitamins thanks to bad eating habits, then a vitamin supplement can be a good way to fill the gaps. Try a daily multivitamin supplement and you might just be surprised at how much better you feel overall.
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August 11, 2008
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Crack The Fat-Loss Code: The 10 Keys
by JohnMc
Wendy Chant, MPT, SPN is the best-selling author of Crack the Fat-Loss Code, a book that hit No. 1 on the charts right after I first interviewed her several weeks ago.
Thanks to Wendy and her publisher, McGraw-Hill, we're following up with the 10 Keys for Fat-Loss Success.
Read and apply them, so you can attain weight loss success and stick to a healthy lifestyle forever.
Straight from Crack The Fat-Loss Code, here are Chant's...
10 Keys to Fat-Loss Success
1. Set realistic short-term goals.
The best way to think of these is as “mini goals.” When I was actively training in road racing, I didn’t start out running a marathon. I started with lower-mileage races, and in each race, I would try to better my time and better my distance until I was running a competitive marathon. There is no way to reach a huge long-term goal without a few mini goals along the way. What are your mini goals?
2. Short-term goals should lead you to long-term goals.
Allow for occasional setbacks along the way, but regard them as learning experiences. That’s the beauty of short-term, or mini, goals. You can make a few missteps along the way and still reach your ultimate goal, as long as you simply learn from your misstep and get back on track.
3. Set a training schedule and stick to it.
It helps to have a contract with yourself. How formal you make this “contract” is up to you. Some clients put the schedule in writing; others tack it to their fridge or keep a sticky note in their wallets. Some keep it in their heads. But all do one thing in common: stick to it.
4. Listen to your body.
Listen to your body. Don't eat too much (stuffing) and don't eat too little (starving). Your body sends you signals when it’s too full or too empty; listening to them is one way to stay in balance. Your exercise should be the same. Fatigue is a sign to take a break, and it’s OK to do so. The old adage of “no pain, no gain” has gone by the wayside.
5. Constantly challenge yourself.
Life is meant to be a challenge. We strive to meet challenges and move beyond them. If we don’t learn, we can’t grow. Success is like a muscle; it doesn’t grow if it isn’t stretched. How far can you stretch today?
6. Devise your own personal definition of success.
This is so important. Often we compare ourselves to others, doing ourselves a disservice in the process. But let’s face it: not all of us were meant to be 6-foot-2 and wear a size 4. Be more than just content with who you are and what you’ve done; be happy about it. Find success on your own terms, not somebody else’s.
7. Believe in yourself.
You are special; you are worthy. And the one person in control of your own personal destiny is you. Listen to positive people, listen to your trainer, your nutritionist, your mentors, family, and friends, but believe in yourself. At the end of the day, you can be either your own worst enemy or your very best friend. The choice is up to you.
8. Surround yourself with a team of positive people who motivate you to succeed.
We all need others to make it in this world, whether it’s at the dinner table or in the gym. Smart people surround themselves with other smart people; successful people do the same thing. Being around negative doubters who question your every move and complain “you’ll never do that” is one sure way to prove them right!
9. Make planning the most important part of your program.
Making a plan is your first step toward ensuring your success. It really is the most important part of your program, because without a plan there would be no program.
10. Realize that life happens, enjoy each day, and know that life is magnificent.
You are no longer a prisoner of your body. Now you can realize that your body does not run your life; you do. Live life again. Experience it for all the joy it has to offer. Being healthy, fit, and in control of your eating decisions frees you up to enjoy life to the fullest. Don’t waste another minute dwelling on your appearance; be proud of who you are, and live life now!
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August 4, 2008
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Cracking The Fat-Loss Code
by JohnMc
Are you ready for a science-backed eating plan that’ll lead to permanent weight loss... an eating plan that includes plenty of real food, lots of really tasty recipes and guilt-free cheat days?
Then you're ready for Wendy Chant, MPT, SPN -- a likeable high-energy sort who holds not just a master of personal training degree but also a specialist in performance nutrition degree.
Chant, a former marathon runner and bodybuilder from Central Florida, first learned the science behind trimming down and powering up for competition, then put pen to paper to create her hot new book, Crack The Fat-Loss Code (McGraw-Hill).
Chant, whose book is subtitled "Outsmart Your Metabolism and Conquer the Diet Plateau," claims that if you follow her "scientific way to lose fat" you'll drop up to 25 pounds in eight weeks... and keep it off!
I have to admit that a "scientific" approach to weight loss sounded like something that would be dry and difficult to follow. I was wrong on both counts.
Chant has done the homework for us and she writes in such an easy to understand style that you'll quickly embrace her formula.
Once you understand that the human body evolved to resist starvation by holding on to fat you understand why it's so darn hard to lose weight!
Chant notes, "My plan is scientifically designed to help you outsmart your body's natural cycles for storing and burning calories. The plan teaches you to boost your metabolism through 'macro-patterning' -- a simple routine of alternating carb-up, carb-down, and baseline days. There are built-in cheat days so you can enjoy the foods you love. Once you get your eating habits on schedule, you'll find that you can lose weight... for good."
So what is the fat-loss code?
According to Chant, "The body’s survival mode and adaptive response is the fat-loss code you need to crack so you can lose weight and keep it off for good. Like any code, the 'fat-loss code' solves a mystery — in this case, the mystery of why you can restrict calories, lose weight, and then hit the dreaded diet plateau.
"So cracking the fat-loss code is about understanding the body's adaptive response."
The Fat-Loss Code
• You’ve got a body whose job is to survive.
• You’ve got food coming in: intake.
• You’ve got energy being used: expenditure.
• You’ve got a “survival machine” analyzing the fuel coming in every 72 hours.
• You’ve got the same survival machine processing the energy going out every 48 hours.
• You’ve got a point of adaptation where the body analyzes the 72/48 fat-loss code and realizes how much to spend with what’s come in.
• And you? You’ve got a nasty dieter’s plateau just waiting to be conquered!
Chant notes, "As a result of these very powerful elements, cracking the fat-loss code is a scientific process of macro-patterning during a proven eight-week period specifically designed to counteract the body’s inherent adaptive response."
Macro-patterning? Chant says that's the manipulation of the energy you take in via protein, fat and carbs.
With her plan, you can eat all foods, but you need to develop an understanding of how your body uses the energy from food.
"The body uses energy logically," Chant says. "It uses carbs as its main source.
"The three sources of energy are the food you eat, the energy readily available in your muscles, and the energy stored in fat cells."
Chant says fad diets are doomed for failure because they keep you on the same eating regimen and that allows your body to adjust and stop burning fat as efficiently.
"Every 72 hours the body figures out what is coming in," she says. "You never want three days the same because it's the design of the body to keep and hold."
So while you'll enjoy carb-heavy foods one day, you'll follow up with a carb-light day. You'll end up eating all the foods you love, but in a manner more conducive to fat burning.
"Fat loss is biological and chemical," Chant says. "You are better off having 7 cookies on one day than to have one cookie a day for 7 days."
Crack The Fat-Loss Code will train you to create a science-based eating plan that works for you. Once you work your way through the first right weeks, you'll be ready to go forth with the proven eating habits that lead to weight loss and -- eventually -- weight maintenance for life. |
July 10, 2008
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