Making sense of slimming

Are you trying to lose fat or lose weight - or both?  There are many out there who lose weight only to still look fat - just smaller.  Perhaps you are one of those people and have decided this time you will get serious with a fat loss program.

Losing fat can be a challenge for anyone.  But, by sticking to simple rules and learning the real reason why you are fat, you may make it easier for yourself to lose fat and keep it off.

Changing any habit including diet is hardest during the first few days.  This is normal for anyone.  The problem arises as intense cravings take over.  On top of this, we are bombarded with the marketing of light foods or fat free foods that do not work.  Often, these foods are no better than their regular counterparts.  (Think about it - will “light baloney” help you lose weight?)

In America, 68% of the population is obese, creating an epidemic.  This trend is not lessening, but growing.  We blame it on poor diet, genetics, hormonal imbalances and a general lack of self-control.  All of these can be factors in having excess body fat or weight gain.  Modern diets and weight loss drugs are not working if the problem is growing.  It is time for a new way of thinking.

Simply put - you have been misguided with wrong information.  We have all been given wrong information for years.  For example; calories are what makes you fat.  So if you eat less calories, you will lose weight.  But what if your diet is only 1200 calories but these calories are in the form of cookies?  See the flaw?  You may lose some weight, but not fat.

All fats in food are bad is another lie you have been told.  Some people still believe that avocados make you fat.  Now we know there are different kinds of fat and some are necessary.  In fact, if you do not eat “good fats,” you can cause a range of health issues from hormonal imbalances to depression and heart disease.  The truth is that good fats like Omega 3’s and 6’s are needed for good health and help you lose fat!

And the grandest of misinformation is that your body knows how to cleanse itself and will do so when necessary.  Even a “board certified nutritionist” claimed that your body can cleanse out whatever it doesn’t need.  This flaw is obvious.  This is simply stating that if you eat what your body doesn’t need, such as excess calories and fat, your body will eliminate it.

Every day, this is proven to be wrong.  Too many of us are overweight and cannot lose fat.  The fact is that if you over eat, your body doesn’t eliminate the excess, it stores it.  Also, the form of calories you eat does count.

Many of our foods are processed with chemicals that stay in the food.  The problem is that your body does not have the necessary gene code to tell it what to do with man-made chemicals.  This can cause problems since it is known that toxins from chemicals and even metals can be stored in the fatty areas and in the fat cells themselves.

The truth is that your body cannot cleanse on its own.  The reason is that putting too much burden on the body, such as stored chemicals, will cause your body to not be able to perform its job of eliminating excess waste, or cleansing.  One reason may be that recent studies have found some toxins interfere with our endocrine system and may even mimic hormones.

Now for the disgusting news - humans are animals and all animals get parasites.  We want to believe that because technology is so advanced and chemicals are abundant that we are immune to this problem.  If this were true, then why wouldn’t we be immune to virus and bacteria?  We know these exist and harm us, for even though we cannot see them we take precautions using anti-bacterial products or take antibiotics to fight them.

The parasite issue is a common problem often ignored by the medical community.  The subject is gross and we don’t want to hear about it.  But ignoring a problem rarely eliminates it.  The fact is that parasites have been common in societies and man has taken course to deal with them for millennia.  Only modern society is the first to ignore the problem.  But in many older cultures you see the use of parasite control from eating wasabi and ginger with raw fish to regularly eating pumpkin seeds in Mexico.

Parasites are known to excrete waste into the body.  Waste can accumulate in the hypothalamus causing an imbalance and even inhibiting its function.  This can cause your body to store more fat.  Have you ever wondered why we are so addicted to junk food and cravings?  If humans were prone to problems with self-control, we would have dies off centuries ago due to eating ourselves to death.

The bottom line is this; if you want to lose fat, you must eliminate the cause that is making you fat or you risk gaining it all back in a short time.  Cleansing is a must and using a parasite program can help many.  Eliminate all junk and processed foods, eat mostly fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grains and cleanse your body.  When done properly, you can gain more energy, hold on or regain that youthful look and stay healthier and lose fat for life.