5 Point Healthy Eating Checklist

<b>by Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN</b> <b>Author, <a href="http://healthhut.mp3trainer.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eating for Energy</a></b><br /><br /><b>Yesterday, I posted a question about where you guys need some more motivation for eating right.</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgc2U013FaCqDQXmJHNI2aid3gByV1GxJrUSf1B2wNkOhPZn7GObORNUNZqAWsArhLoSl2uvQhTqKCzM-CRnj5chtk3z5uj_gHNYOO5e7umcfbCjzpfd85haOo1X7YUYnCfs8phMwbmnT/s300/eating+for+energy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgc2U013FaCqDQXmJHNI2aid3gByV1GxJrUSf1B2wNkOhPZn7GObORNUNZqAWsArhLoSl2uvQhTqKCzM-CRnj5chtk3z5uj_gHNYOO5e7umcfbCjzpfd85haOo1X7YUYnCfs8phMwbmnT/s300/eating+for+energy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>The most common answers were:</b><br /><br />- "meal plans" <br />- "eating healthy 98% of the time"<br />- "healthy eating" <br />- "struggling right now to eat healthy"<br /><br />As you can tell, eating healthy is something many of you are striving towards, yet finding it tough to stick to.<br /><br />And that's ok. Remember, you're battling years of conditioned eating habits and not-so-good food choices - so it takes time.<br /><br />And if you slip once and a while or every day, then don't fret. Don't beat yourself up. You're doing the best you can.<br /><br />Don't expect yourself to be perfect. I certainly am not. I do my best to let you guys know that I too am human and make some pretty horrific food choices every now and again (like the chicken wings that I had last week).<br /><br />Each day is a new day and a new chance to start fresh. Don't let yesterday's choices affect today's, ok?<br /><br />With that said, I want to give you a healthy eating checklist that can help you stay on track throughout the week. As you're about to see, planning and preparation are the key.<br /><br />It's actually ironic that more structure leads to greater freedom (in all areas of life). The less thinking you have to do, the better off you'll be.<br /><br />This is same reason why pilots do the same pre-flight inspection before every flight. And they don't do it from memory - they simply follow a pre-defined checklist. You can do the same with your diet.<br /><br /><b>Item #1 - Kitchen Walk Around</b><br /><br />Is your kitchen full of unnecessary clutter? Can you even see your blender or bowl of fruit? If not, clean up the mess. Get rid of that pile of dishes, put away what doesn't need to be on the counter, and give yourself some breathing room.<br /><br />A cluttered space creates a cluttered mind. And a cluttered mind can't think straight, let alone figure out what to eat.<br /><br /><b>Item #2 - Keep The Essentials Within Reach</b><br /><br />Which appliances do you use most - a blender, juicer, food processor, other? If you've got space in your kitchen, keep those visible and within reach.<br /><br />As silly as this may sound, if your juicer is packed away in a cupboard, you now have one more obstacle in your way of making a fresh juice - the act of opening the cupboard and taking out the juicer. Yes, we humans are pretty lazy.<br /><br />Keep whatever you use more often visible and put away the rest. If you never make coffee, then put away the coffee maker (note to self).<br /><br /><b>Item #3 - Compile a Weekly Grocery List</b><br /><br />I don't know if you've noticed but we mostly rotate between 7-10 go-to meals. Even if we follow a diet (like <a href="http://healthhut.mp3trainer.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eating for Energy</a>) which has tons of recipes and meal plans, eventually we default to a select number we enjoy most.<br /><br />And that's fine. It can actually make your life a little simpler sometimes.<br /><br />So let's say you've got 7-9 recipes that you eat throughout the week…<br /><br />What are the ingredients needed to make them. Write these foods/ingredients down and the quantities of each.<br /><br />Remember, get all the thinking done ahead of time.<br /><br />This then becomes your master list which you turn to each and every week. Even if you try a few new dishes each week, you'll always have your staples taken care of.<br /><br /><b>Item #4 - Chuck the Crap</b><br /><br />Rule #1 of healthy eating: if it's in your house, it will be eaten, especially if it's a not-so-good treat.<br /><br />For your body's sake, go through your fridge and pantry and remove the treats and foods you know shouldn't be in your home.<br /><br />Here are some helpful tips:<br /><br />- if it's in a box, you probably don't need to eat it. <br /><br />- if it's been advertised on TV, please burn it or return it.<br /><br />- if it has more than 50 ingredients, don't touch it. <br /><br />- if it has a health claim or health check (ie. low in fat, "heart healthy", etc...) then it's doing nothing more<br />than deceiving you.<br /><br />As you can tell, pretty much all packaged/processed foods will fall into this category.<br /><br /><b>Item #5 - Stock Up</b><br /><br />So what should your fridge and pantry consist of then? Well, here are the fundamentals, which should make up about 90% of your foods.<br /><br />- tons of fresh fruits and vegetables <br /><br />- unsalted, raw nuts like almonds, walnuts, and cashews <br /><br />- fresh (from the butcher) grass-fed beef, free run chicken eggs, organic meat, (if you like animal products) <br /><br />- organic nut butters<br /><br />Now you've got a solid base from which to work.<br /><br /><b>Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN</b><br /><b><a href="http://healthhut.mp3trainer.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eating for Energy</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b></div><br /><br />

5 Point Healthy Eating Checklist

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20 Top Health, Fitness and Nutrition Pros

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;">by: Julie Lamb, <a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/" target="_blank">Social Media Delivered</a>| @juliedlamb </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><b>To help you stay on the right course for achieving your goals, here are some of our top picks for nutrition and fitness accounts on Twitter. </b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/healthcastleglopic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #f69220;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7236" height="100" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/healthcastleglopic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="healthcastleglopic" width="100" /></span></span><span class="image_overlay_effect lightbox_image" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/magnify.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong><strong>Gloria Tsang, RD – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/HealthCastleGlo" style="text-decoration: none;">@HealthCastleGlo</a></strong></strong><br />Founding Editor of HealthCastle.com. Dietitian & book author <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/GoUnDiet" style="text-decoration: none;">@GoUnDiet</a>. HuffPost Top 20 Nutrition Expert. Life changed when dad had cancer. <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23GoUnDiet" style="text-decoration: none;">#GoUnDiet</a>moderator.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">One of many Registered Dietitians you will find on this list, this account has a little bit of everything you need to know about food: a Nutrition Tidbits Daily, some healthy recipes, videos (such as how to de-seed a pomegranate), and articles like snacking smart at work.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nutritiousfeastpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7249" height="72" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nutritiousfeastpic.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="nutritiousfeastpic" width="72" /><span class="image_overlay_effect lightbox_image" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/magnify.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong><strong>Dina Lindquist, RD – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/NutritiousFeast" style="text-decoration: none;">@NutritiousFeast</a></strong></strong><br />I’m a Registered Dietitian who provides quick, simple tips about general nutrition, healthy food products and nutritious recipes.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">The best part of this account is that she provides links to interesting articles of the latest nutrition and food news from a wide variety of sources.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/themojocoachpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7245" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/themojocoachpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="themojocoachpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Debi Silber – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheMojoCoach" style="text-decoration: none;">@themojocoach</a></strong><br />Health/fitness/lifestyle/personal energy expert,spokesperson,speaker,author & THE secret behind some of the healthiest,most dynamic&successful people today.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Shh…This account is all about helping you find your mojo. From the holiday Mojo Series featuring videos such as “How to get through the holiday stress” to inspirational quotes and thought-provoking questions, this is the account to follow if you need some health and wellness motivation.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/skinnyjeanspic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7244" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/skinnyjeanspic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="skinnyjeanspic" width="80" /><strong style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Stephanie Quilao – </strong></strong></a><strong style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/skinnyjeans" style="text-decoration: none;">@skinnyjeans</a></strong></strong><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Healthiness Instigator, Runner, iPhone food photographer. Tweets healthy living, food, mobile health & apps, personal growth, social good. Loves Yoda!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Focusing on small, manageable goals such as remembering to stay hydrated or choosing a banana over a cookie for a snack, this account is a great reminder that all of your #tinyactions matter when trying to reach your health and fitness goals.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joyceschneider1pic.png" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7237" height="72" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/joyceschneider1pic.png" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="joyceschneider1pic" width="72" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong><strong>Joyce Schneider – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/JoyceSchneider1" style="text-decoration: none;">@JoyceSchneider1</a></strong></strong><br />Half of the Cook & the Cardiologist team, passionate about health, weight loss & finding a cure for diabetes.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">This account has great articles about important concepts such as heart disease, diabetes, and the real way to speed up your metabolism. It also has lots of unusual recipes like substiuting protein powder for flour to make a chocolate cake.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/goodhealthpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7235" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/goodhealthpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="goodhealthpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Health Magazine – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/goodhealth" style="text-decoration: none;">@goodhealth</a></strong><br />Health Magazine and Health.com inspire you to live better and look and feel your best.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Just like their print publication, Health Magazine’s Twitter account is very comprehensive and cover all aspects of health from 5 min workouts, #recipeoftheday, and even tips for dealing with depression.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/womenshealthpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7247" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/womenshealthpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="womenshealthpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Womenshealth.gov – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/womenshealth" style="text-decoration: none;">@womenshealth</a></strong><br />The Office on Women’s Health is part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Not only is it a good idea to keep tabs on what the Federal government is saying about health these days, the account is also very helpful. It provides information about finding a doctor, RTs other government initiative sites like @myplate and @fruits_veggies, and has a great summary or provocotive question about the articles it links to that really makes you really interested in reading them.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/menshealthmagpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7241" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/menshealthmagpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="menshealthmagpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Men’s Health Mag – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MensHealthMag" style="text-decoration: none;">@menshealthmag</a></strong><br />Men’s Health magazine is your ultimate guide to fitness, health, weight loss, nutrition, sex, style and guy wisdom.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Similar to Health Magazine’s Twitter profile, but important since there are not many accounts that focus strictly on nutrition, health, and fitness for MEN.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/foodfunpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7234" height="72" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/foodfunpic.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="foodfunpic" width="72" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>FoodFun – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FoodFun" style="text-decoration: none;">@FoodFun</a></strong><br />Educational Games That Let You Play w/ Your Food. We teach children the importance of healthy eating & living, supporting the fight against childhood obesity.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Healthy foods and lifestyles are just as important for kids as it is for their parents. Full of creative ideas about how to get children and teens interested in making healthy choices and articles detailing the latest news on causes and solutions for childhood obesity, this is a great resources for any family member.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DrOzpic.png" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7233" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DrOzpic-80x80.png" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="DrOzpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Dr. Mehmet Oz – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/DrOz" style="text-decoration: none;">@DrOz</a></strong><br />I’m a cardiac surgeon, author and Daytime Emmy-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">As entertaining as he is on TV, Dr. Oz also provides information about upcoming health twitter chats and health-related programs to watch on TV.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/angiefit4040pic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7231" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/angiefit4040pic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="angiefit4040pic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Angie Fit – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/angiefit4040" style="text-decoration: none;">@angiefit4040</a></strong><br />Personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor, Fitness Model in Dallas ready to help you get healthier</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Interactive questions, helpful tips, inspirational quotes, and a sense of humor: what more could you ask for?</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/keriganspic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7238" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/keriganspic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="keriganspic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Keri  Gans – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/kerigans" style="text-decoration: none;">@kerigans</a></strong><br />I am a Registered Dietitian, Author of The Small Change Diet & Media Spokesperson in NYC who loves healthy foods, dining out, trendy fashions & yoga !!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">This account is packed with helpful and powerful tweets, most of which don’t even need to include links to be effective.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nutritionexpertpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7243" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/nutritionexpertpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="nutritionexpertpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Mitzi Dulan – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/NutritionExpert" style="text-decoration: none;">@nutritionexpert</a></strong><br />Nutrition & fitness expert, coauthor of The All-Pro Diet, blogger, mom, appears on CNN, FOX News, ABC, NBC, CBS. Columnist for 435 South Mag. Bootcamp Owner</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Mitzi often tweets what she eats, which is helpful to see the choices a nutrition expert actually makes. Also, she knows how to create memorable and motivating hashtags such as #inwithMitzi and #WinFromWithin.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/veggiebelly.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7246" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/veggiebelly-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="veggiebelly" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Sala Kannan – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/veggiebelly" style="text-decoration: none;">@veggiebelly</a></strong><br />Vegetarian & vegan blogger. Food photographer. My blog has hundreds of recipes – everything from easy to exotic. Traveled over 30 countries in 6 continents.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">This is a fabulous account to follow if you are vegan, vegetarian, or simply interested in reducing your meat intake for health reasons. Sala tweets consistantly and expertly, even when traveling in other countries, and the food pictures on her recipe blog are abosolutely stunning and will inspire even the biggest meat-lover to try some vegetarian dishes.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lunchboxbunchpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7240" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lunchboxbunchpic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="lunchboxbunchpic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Kathy Patalsky – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/lunchboxbunch" style="text-decoration: none;">@lunchboxbunch</a></strong><br />Kathy Patalsky, HHL has vegan recipes, food photography, trends & healthy inspiration from me to YOU! ..Also see my latest site: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/FindingVegan" style="text-decoration: none;">@FindingVegan</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Kathy has a colorful and vibrant blog with tweets to match.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/carlocelotti.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7232" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/carlocelotti-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="carlocelotti" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Carlo Celotti – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/CarloCelotti" style="text-decoration: none;">@carlocelotti</a></strong><br />Total Performance Fitness Consultants – Holistic Exercise, Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching, <a href="http://www.tpfconsultants.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">www.tpfconsultants.com</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">This account includes wonderful quotes about life and happiness along with brief but effective fitness and nutrition tips.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/myfitnesshutpic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7242" height="72" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/myfitnesshutpic.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="myfitnesshutpic" width="72" /><span class="image_overlay_effect" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Mark Dilworth – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MyFitnessHut" style="text-decoration: none;">@myfitnesshut</a></strong><br />Fitness Writer and Trainer. Check out Top Fat Loss and Weight Loss Experts at Your Fitness University!</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">If you are looking for some new exercise and workout ideas, look no further. As a bonus, this account also provides information on general health and wellness.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/amiehofffitnesspic.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7230" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/amiehofffitnesspic-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="amiehofffitnesspic" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect lightbox_image" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/magnify.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Amie Hoff – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/AmieHoffFitness" style="text-decoration: none;">@amiehofffitness</a></strong><br />Fitness Consultant│Spokesperson│Media Contributor│Author│Co-Founder of FitKit.com – Total Fitness in a Kit│Loves Inspiring & Empowering others</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">This account links to many fitness tips, especially for runners and traithaloners, along with general health news.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ShelleyCase.jpeg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7250" height="72" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ShelleyCase.jpeg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="ShelleyCase" width="72" /><span class="image_overlay_effect lightbox_image" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/magnify.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Shelley Case, RD – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/shelleycase" style="text-decoration: none;">@shelleycase</a></strong><br />International celiac and gluten-free nutrition expert. Author of national best seller Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Being on certain diets is not a choice for many people, and more and more people seem to be figuring out that they need to cut gluten out of their diet. Whether you have Celiac Disease or gluten intolerance, here is an expert who has useful information for following a gluten-free diet.</strong></div></div><a href="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lexieskitchen.jpg" rel="lightbox[auto_group1]" style="display: block; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7239" height="80" src="http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lexieskitchen-80x80.jpg" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; z-index: 2;" title="lexieskitchen" width="80" /><span class="image_overlay_effect lightbox_image" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/glossy_overlay.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 5;"><span class="image_overlay_effect_inside" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.socialmediadelivered.com/wp-content/themes/corona/images/skin-minimal/magnify.png); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: 2;"></span></span></a><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.390625px;"><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><strong>Lexies Kitchen – <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/lexieskitchen" style="text-decoration: none;">@lexieskitchen</a></strong><br />Food blogger, wife and mom of two spending her days modifying recipes for modified diets.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0.5em 0px;"><strong style="background-color: white;">Most tweets link to her eye-catching blog that has beautiful pictures and delicious yet allergy-friendly recipes. If you or a family member have multiple food allergies, this account will help take away the frustrations of not knowing what to cook or eat.</strong><br /><strong style="background-color: white;"><br /></strong><strong style="background-color: white;">Check out these 20 sites....they will really help you achieve your goals sooner!</strong></div></div><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b></div>

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8 Tips to Stop Bad Food Cravings

by <a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/aff/index.php?p=myfit&w=7dbpc-video" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Healthy Back Institute</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://cdn1.losethebackpainmedia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sugar-cravings.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="how to stop food cravings" class="alignright wp-image-14624" height="256" src="http://cdn1.losethebackpainmedia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sugar-cravings.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: none; display: block; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 18px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="h" width="384" /></a>Is it a bowl of chocolate fudge ice cream that gets you? A pepperoni pizza that calls your name? A large order of curly fries, jelly beans or a big bar of chocolate?</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Virtually all women, and the majority of men, crave certain foods, and almost always those foods fall into the “junk” category.<span id="more-14623" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you ever wondered why most people don’t crave a giant salad or steamed broccoli? (If only!)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">High-fat and high-calorie foods actually impact your brain much like hard drugs like heroine and cocaine, overloading your brain’s “pleasure centers” and leading to addiction.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[i]</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus, processed foods are, quite literally, made to <a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/aff/index.php?p=myfit&w=Diet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">make you crave them</a>. The food industry pours big money into researching how to make you want their foods, and this goes way beyond appealing to your taste buds.</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px 3em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Scan the scientific journals, or read the food industry publications and a picture emerges of an army of chemists, physicists and even neuroscientists, all working to make sure you want a second cookie,” CBC News reported.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[ii]</a></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Processed foods aren’t created by chefs … they’re made up in kitchens that more closely resemble laboratories, the product of a team of marketers, consultants and scientists who consider things like “mouth feel,” how to blend flavors so you don’t get tired of a food too fast, and even the sound or “crunch” a food makes when you bite it (a bigger crunch is more appealing). All of this virtually guarantees that you’ll crave their products.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s a lot stacked against you, but you’re not powerless. The tips that follow will put you back in control and help you kill your food cravings, fast.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #43557d; font-size: 24px; text-transform: capitalize;">8 Tips To Stop Food Cravings</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Imagine Eating It</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Typically, once you eat a food your subsequent consumption of it tends to <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">decrease</em>, because you’ve already fulfilled your craving or need for that taste. It turns out that just<em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">imagining </em>you’ve eaten a food has the same effect, and will lessen your desire to actually eat it.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[iii]</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Exercise</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exercising in the morning has been found to impact the way people respond to food, and actually decreases food motivation.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[iv]</a> This means that if you exercise you’ll not only burn calories but also likely have fewer food cravings (and be less likely to give in to them).</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Chew Gum</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keep a pack of gum handy, as chewing a stick can cut down on your feelings of hunger and your cravings for foods, especially sweet foods.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn5" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[v]</a> Brushing your teeth can also help curb the cravings if you’re not a gum chewer.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Eat Eggs for Breakfast</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eating a protein-rich breakfast helps to satisfy your appetite and, as you might suspect, reduces not only hunger but also food cravings for the rest of the day.<a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_edn6" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[vi]</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Call a Friend …</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Or do any other activity that distracts you for 30 minutes to an hour. Cravings rarely last longer than this, and by substituting eating with an absorbing activity you’ll be less likely to give in to the craving. Even waiting 10 or 15 minutes before giving in will reduce the craving, probably enough so that you can resist it.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Eat a Healthier Food Instead</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Are you craving peanut butter ice cream? Try peanut butter on celery instead. If you want something salty, like potato chips, try a bowl of air-popped popcorn, olives or cheese and whole-grain crackers instead. Eating real food in lieu of the junk food you’re craving will satiate your appetite and may also make your initial craving disappear.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Substitute the Craving With Something You Want Even More</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In other words, you might be craving a piece of chocolate cake at the end of your day. But if that means driving to the store to get it, you might rather soak in a bubble bath instead of getting in the car and making the trip. Or, you might <em style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">really </em>want to slim down in time for your upcoming vacation, in which case you might substitute the chocolate cake with a session of cardio.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Use a Spritz of ThinMist</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/aff/index.php?p=myfit&w=Diet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ThinMist</a> is scientifically formulated to reduce cravings and tame your inner Carb Monster by helping regulate your blood sugar and serotonin (‘happy hormones’). When cravings appear, ThinMist can send them packing …</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">by </span><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/aff/index.php?p=myfit&w=7dbpc-video" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" target="_blank">The Healthy Back Institute</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">References:</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref1" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[i]</a> <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20348917" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Nature neuroscience.">Nat Neurosci. 2010 May;13(5):635-41.</a></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[ii]</a> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/03/05/f-vp-crowe-food-addiction.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CBC News March 7, 2013</a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[iii]</a> <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Morewedge+C+Science" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Science (New York, N.Y.).">Science. 2010 Dec 10;330(6010):1530-3.</a></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[iv]</a> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22617393" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Medicine and science in sports and exercise.">Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Oct;44(10):1864-70.</a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref5" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="">[v]</a> <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133824.htm" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Study presented at Experimental Biology 2, Baton Rouge, Louisiana April 19, 2009</a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.losethebackpain.com/blog/2013/03/22/how-to-stop-food-cravings/#_ednref6" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title=""><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[vi]</strong></a><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/oby.2011.108/abstract;jsessionid=BD396FDAB4747B11327F191598B911E5.d03t04" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Obesity Volume 19, Issue 10, pages 2019–2025, October 2011</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22.671875px; margin-bottom: 22px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b><br /><br /><br /></div></div>

8 Tips to Stop Bad Food Cravings

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11 Tips on How to Eat Carbs

<b>by Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN</b> <b>Author, <a href="http://healthhut.mp3trainer.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eating for Energy</a></b><br /><br /><b>First of all, carbs are not necessarily the enemy. They can actually be your best fat burning</b><br /><b>friends – IF you use them strategically.</b><br /><br />And, if you really want to control fat loss once and for all, it’s crucial for you to understand<br />the pros and cons of carb intake. Trust me, it can be a love-hate relationship.<br /><br /><b>The Pros of Carbs</b><br /><br /><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLB7eOHWZI2iVQFOhXPpobM1czfkhVPnTd4dyG4D3PE_3XUTb_l9MMdekIum_LJyDPHOqtRvpUdc_7bLqeuJ7awzRoYx7X2cEpd9XlSMKSiJ9LhWYPiE924_T7LAODDABYlyqgKn5rWNt/s1600/carbs.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLB7eOHWZI2iVQFOhXPpobM1czfkhVPnTd4dyG4D3PE_3XUTb_l9MMdekIum_LJyDPHOqtRvpUdc_7bLqeuJ7awzRoYx7X2cEpd9XlSMKSiJ9LhWYPiE924_T7LAODDABYlyqgKn5rWNt/s320/carbs.jpg" /></a></center><br />1. Carbs are muscle sparing. In other words, they preserve and prevent the breakdown of lean<br />calorie burning muscle tissue.<br /><br />2. They provide energy to the brain and the body.<br /><br />3. They help spark our metabolism and keep it elevated to prevent metabolic slowdown and keep<br />hormones in check.<br /><br />4. They stimulate insulin, which leads to a very a nabolic/muscle building environment (this is<br />kind of a catch 22 as you’ll read in a second).<br /><br /><b>The Cons of Carbs</b><br /><br />5. Carbs spike insulin levels and elevate blood sugar. It’s almost impossible to burn body fat in<br />the presence of high insulin levels. (hence – the catch 22 above)<br /><br />6. Consuming too many carbs over lengthy periods of time can lead to a lot of fat spillover, which<br />leads to excess fat storage. Think obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc.<br /><br />7. Carbs (especially processed carbs) are the most abused nutrient from both a health and fat<br />loss perspective.<br /><br />8. Excess carb intake creates a lot of water retention, which leads to a soft look so it makes<br />you look and feel bloated.<br /><br />9. Processed carbs hide nasty fillers and chemicals that can potentially lead to severe<br />health challenges. We call these obesity additives.<br /><br />10. Additionally, processed carbs like grains contain “anti-nutrients” and gluten that can block<br />fat-loss and potentially cause various types of autoimmune diseases.<br /><br />Now you can see why people think you can just cut out carbs to lose weight. But there’s obviously a<br />lot more to it because we need carbs to stay healthy and keep our metabolism happy and burning<br />fat.<br /><br />11. Additionally, low carb diets only work for 4 to 7 days at a time before your thyroid and leptin<br />levels react negatively to slow metabolic rate and suppress fat burning hormones.<br /><br />Now you can see the crux of carb intake. It can be a double-edged sword.<br /><br />That’s why you gotta get “sneaky” and cycle your carb intake to maximize both your health and long<br />term fat-loss.<br /><br /><b>Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN</b><br /><b><a href="http://healthhut.mp3trainer.hop.clickbank.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eating for Energy</a></b><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b></div>

11 Tips on How to Eat Carbs

by Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK, RHN Author, Eating for Energy First of all, carbs are not necessarily the enemy. They can actually be your best ...

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Eat These SPECIFIC Veggies To Burn Fat This Weekend

by Kevin DiDonato, MS, CSCS, CES<br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; width: auto;"><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;">Now, when it comes to <a href="http://myfitnesshut.getprograde.com/two-ways-t-burn-belly-fat.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #16387c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>weight loss</strong></a>, you do everything in your power to avoid certain foods, sugar, alcohol, and “diet” anything.<br /><br />And this may lead you to losing weight, keeping it off, and maintaining your weight loss for months or years to come.<br /><br />Most people have their staples from the list below, but if you notice, there is ONE food group that is always on your plate: vegetables.<br /><br />And for good reason!</span><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;">Veggies are a low-calorie, low-fat food that is packed full of vitamins, minerals, water, and FIBER which are vital nutrients for any fat loss program.<br /><br />But, although ALL vegetables are GREAT to include on any weight loss plan, there may be some that shouldn’t be consumed ALL the time.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;"><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Download your Free Report, "<a href="http://www.yourfitnessuniversity.com/eat_after_workout.html">What to Never Eat After You Workout</a>!"</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Fuel your body all day to give you better results during and after workouts.</span><br /><br />The reason: their glycemic index may be too HIGH!<br /><br />Glycemic index is a scale for foods that determines - when you eat a particular food - how fast the sugar will rise in your blood.<br /><br />For example, a food that has a glycemic index of over 80, may result in a sharp and fast increase in your blood sugar; then your body will produce insulin to take care of all the excess sugar.<br /><br />Now, the problem with this is pretty simple: The more insulin and excess sugar you have, the more likely it could lead to it being stored as fat!<br /><br />And, the more you are exposed to conditions like this (high blood sugar and high insulin levels) the more likely you may become insulin resistant or even diabetic.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;">So here is a list of foods that you should consume – BUT IN MODERATION – if you are healthy and free of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome:<br /><br />• Potatoes (yes they are good for you)<br /><br />• Corn<br /><br />• Carrots<br /><br />• Peas<br /><br />• Some types of squash (winter ones)<br /><br />• Parsnips<br /><br />Now, don’t get me wrong, all the vegetables on this list may provide benefits to your health.<br /><br />They all have essential vitamins, minerals, and in some cases, antioxidants…<br /><br />But they may also contain high levels of sugar and they may all be foods higher on the glycemic index.<br /><br />Now, if you don’t suffer from diabetes or other conditions, such as metabolic syndrome, then consuming these foods in moderation may be a great way to round out and boost your nutrition.<br /><br />For those who do, these would be best avoided, or limited, due to the way they are processed by your body.<br /><br />But don’t worry, the next list contains foods that are LOW on the glycemic index and could provide your body with vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and other nutrients your body needs for both weight loss and overall better health.<br /><br />Here’s that list:<br /><br />• Parsley<br /><br />• Celery (some say celery is good for boosting T-levels in men)</span><span style="font-size: 16px; width: auto;">• Collard greens<br /><br />• Spinach (if you have gout, keep this one in moderation due to high purine levels)<br /><br />• Swiss chard<br /><br />• Brussels Sprouts<br /><br />• Broccoli<br /><br />• Cabbage<br /><br />• Cauliflower<br /><br />So what makes these foods so special?<br /><br />Well, just like the others, these veggies are loaded with vitamins and minerals your body needs for optimal health.<br /><br />And, they are low in calories and fat and full of fiber, making them an ideal food for weight loss, or for people looking to watch their calories but increase their fiber intake.<br /><br />Now, the most important part, they all have a much lower glycemic index, which is perfect for maintaining blood sugar control, therefore better insulin control.<br /><br />Simply put: You may avoid the peaks and valleys associated with high blood sugar levels – which may drop to levels below normal levels – therefore keeping your energy up.<br /><br />But what’s more important?  They are PERFECT for weight loss!<br /><br /><strong>Your Next Steps</strong><br /><br />If you’re looking for the best way to improve both health AND fat loss, then you should look no further than the foods you are eating.<br /><br />Vegetables, which are all low in calories and fat, may be perfect additions to any meal or snack for added calories and the essential nutrients your body needs for optimal functioning.<br /><br />However, you do need to be concerned about some of the veggies, since they are higher on the glycemic index than others.<br /><br />Keeping those foods in moderation may prevent you from storing excess sugar as fat in your body.<br /><br />Looking for foods that fall lower on the glycemic index may lead to greater fat loss, plus still provide your <strong><a href="http://myfitnesshut.getprograde.com/green-drink.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #16387c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">body with the vitamins and minerals it needs for optimal functioning</a></strong>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; width: auto;"><span style="color: #16387c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"><br /></span><span style="color: #16387c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none; width: auto;"></span><br /><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b></div></div><div style="color: black; 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10 Spices to help Control Blood Sugar and Burn Fat

<b>These 10 powerful spices help to control blood sugar, reduce inflammation, boost your metabolism, aid fat loss, and reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease</b><br /><br /><b><i>healthy spices by Catherine Ebeling - RN, BSN & Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist<br />co-authors - <a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fat-Burning Kitchen</a></i></b><br /><br /><b>Every time you flavor your meals with herbs or spices you are supercharging your food without adding a single calorie.</b> You can transform something ordinary and bland into something truly extraordinary tasting and good for your body, just by generously adding herbs and spices to your meals.<br /><br /><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkV7DLJynGcEhE8ZGrUUIH0jj9AJDbxmUYOfHcJdkpb1tn_o7o6DzbzXve0gMhMZcoPdByCzt3E9MRj1DjWV0SwnfiRY7dETFAYkZlB74jC39ioZM-4-BSbnop696UWjFk5hgvGt9VVD5/s1600/spices.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkV7DLJynGcEhE8ZGrUUIH0jj9AJDbxmUYOfHcJdkpb1tn_o7o6DzbzXve0gMhMZcoPdByCzt3E9MRj1DjWV0SwnfiRY7dETFAYkZlB74jC39ioZM-4-BSbnop696UWjFk5hgvGt9VVD5/s320/spices.jpg" /></a></center><br />Did you know that certain herbs and spices contain a wide variety of some of the most potent antioxidants of any food? In fact, many herbs and spices rank even higher in antioxidant activity than many fruits and vegetables, with some spices such as cloves, turmeric, and cinnamon having as much as 10-50x more antioxidants measured by ORAC value (on a weight to weight comparison) compared to blueberries.<br /><br />The benefits of the antioxidants in spices include some very powerful protection against many serious diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, macular degeneration, Alzheimer’s, and overall aging.<br /><br />Herbs and spices add tons of extra flavor, and when combined with the nutrition in other foods, they actually exponentially boost the natural antioxidants, phytonutrients, and anti-inflammatory power of the food.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fat-Burning Kitchen</a>, will show you how to totally makeover your kitchen pantry to make your body a fat-burning machine!</b><br /><br /><b>Besides the super antioxidants, herbs and spices can also:</b><br /><br />Aid Fat Burning and Boost Metabolism - many herbs and spices are thermogenic, which means they naturally help to increase metabolism, partly because they are so nutrient-dense.<br /><br />Help Stabilize Blood Sugar - Some spices are also good at regulating blood sugar and controlling insulin--even as good as some diabetic drugs! When your blood sugar is well controlled, you are more likely to burn fat and not store calories as excess weight.<br /><br />Powerful Anti-Inflammatory Properties –Scientific studies show that herbs and spices can actually work as well or better than some medications at calming inflammation without the negative side effects of isolated drugs.<br /><br />Anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal - Many herbs and spices contain properties that effectively kill dangerous pathogens like viruses, bacteria and stubborn fungi. The natural properties in these foods work against many microbes that are resistant to conventional medications. <br /><br /><b>Here are 10 of the most potent superfood herbs and spices you can eat:</b><br /><br />1. Basil - Basil is a very effective anti-inflammatory herb with extraordinary healing benefits that work for arthritis, allergies, and inflammatory bowel conditions, to name a just a few. In addition, basil helps kill harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning including: Listeria, Staph, and E. coli O:157:H7.<br /><br />Basil is also an excellent source of beta carotene, a powerful antioxidant that prevents free radical damage. Free radical damage is the primary cause of heart disease, cancer, and many other serious health conditions, as well as aging. Because of its dark green color, it is an excellent source of vitamin K, calcium and magnesium, which is good for the bones. It is also a great source of iron, manganese, vitamin C and potassium. Use both fresh basil and dried basil generously in your foods to maximize it's benefits.<br /><br />2. Cinnamon - This ancient spice has one of the highest antioxidant levels of any spice.<br /><br />Cinnamon is highly effective at helping to stabilize blood sugar levels, making it very effective for those with diabetes (type 1 and type 2). In one study of people with type 2 diabetes, just two teaspoons a day reduced blood sugar as much as 20-30%, as well as lowering LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels.<br /><br />Cinnamon also has powerful anti-inflammatory properties, and helps relieve pain and stiffness in muscles and joints, including arthritis. Cinnamon has a positive effect on brain function, and smelling cinnamon, or chewing cinnamon flavored gum, can possibly help improve memory and attention. Cinnamon also reduces inflammation in blood vessels that leads to atherosclerosis and heart disease, as well as having anti-fungal and antibacterial properties.<br /><br />Try cinnamon in your smoothies, yogurt, healthy baking recipes, oatmeal, mixed with berries, or as a healthy addition in your coffee or tea.<br /><br />3. Cayenne - This hot spice not only heats up your dishes, it heats up your body and raises your metabolism, helping you burn fat faster. And an interesting research study showed that when a person consumed an appetizer with red pepper flakes, they ate 15% less food. And for those of you who avoid cayenne because you think it bothers your stomach, cayenne pepper is actually healing to stomach tissues, it stimulates digestive enzymes, and helps prevent stomach ulcers.<br /><br />Cayenne reduces LDL blood cholesterol, triglyceride levels, and decreases the formation of harmful blood clots, all of which prevent heart attacks and strokes. And, cayenne is a very effective anti-inflammatory and pain remedy for everything from headaches to arthritis and sore muscles, as well as clearing nasal congestion and boosting immunity.<br /><br />Try cayenne in your morning eggs, in soups, stews, chili, or meatloaf for a little metabolism boosting spice!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fat-Burning Kitchen</a>, will show you how to totally makeover your kitchen pantry to make your body a fat-burning machine!</b><br /><br />4. Cloves - Cloves have a unique sweet and spicy flavor, but also contain powerful natural medicine. Cloves have strong antiseptic and germicidal ingredients that help fight infections, relieve digestive problems, and arthritis pain. One of cloves’ best known uses is its ability to relieve tooth and gum pain. Cloves have been measured as having THE highest antioxidant level (ORAC value) of all spices and herbs.<br /><br />The oil in cloves kills bacteria and is very effective when applied to scrapes, cuts, fungal infections, itchy rashes, bites, burns, or bruises. Cloves also help digestive problems like gas, indigestion, nausea and vomiting, and eliminate harmful parasites, bacteria and fungus in the digestive system. And the smell of cloves helps to encourage mental creativity too.<br /><br />Cloves can be a great healthy addition to hot teas.<br /><br />5. Cumin - Cumin is another spice that is especially high in antioxidants, but cumin is known for being especially good for digestion. It stimulates the gallbladder and pancreas to secrete enzymes and bile that break down food into usable nutrients your body can use. Cumin also helps detoxify the body, and is highly effective for respiratory disorders like asthma and bronchitis.<br /><br />Cumin, like cinnamon, helps keep blood sugar levels stable, which means cumin is great for diabetics or pre-diabetics, and it means less chance of weight gain and excess body fat. Cumin has been proven to work as well as some commonly used diabetic drugs at regulating insulin and glycogen. Cumin is also a very good source of iron, vitamin C and vitamin A, which benefit the immune system. <br /><br />Cumin goes great in chili!<br /><br />6. Turmeric - Turmeric’s yellow-orange pigment, curcumin, is the main active ingredient in this super spice. Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory benefits are actually comparable to drugs like hydrocortisone and over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medicines like Advil and Motrin. But, unlike the drugs, curcumin is not toxic at all.<br /><br />Curcumin is more effective slowing down the development of Alzheimer’s disease than many medications, because it decreases inflammation and oxidation in the brain. This spice also speeds up the recovery time from strokes as well. Turmeric and its active ingredient, curcumin, are also highly effective against diseases like irritable bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, and arthritis. Turmeric also improves liver function, lowers homocysteine and prevents heart disease.<br /><br />Most importantly, turmeric is one of the most potent anti-cancer spices that helps protect you. Turmeric and it's derivatives are currently being studied in alternative cancer treatments.<br /><br />Try this trick: Using black pepper along with turmeric (I use this combo in my eggs every morning) helps to increase the absorption of turmeric's curcumin in the body.<br /><br />7. Rosemary - Rosemary contains active ingredients that are potent antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatory agents. Rosemary has long been known to improve concentration, boost memory, and lift depression. Rosemary also strengthens the immune system, improves circulation, stimulates digestion, and fights cancer, as well. <br /><br />Rosemary is highly effective for respiratory problems including asthma, chest congestion, and respiratory infections. While rosemary adds a delicious savory flavor to meat dishes, it also helps digestion by stimulating the gallbladder to release bile as well. Rosemary will protect your body against harmful carcinogenic toxins and prevents colon cancer, stomach, breast, and lung cancer. <br /><br />Fun fact: If you're going to grill meats, marinating meats for hours beforehand in liquid mixtures that contain rosemary and other herbs/spices can dramatically help to reduce HCA's (heterocyclic amines), which are carcinogenic compounds that can form when meats are grilled. So using rosemary, thyme, garlic, oregano and other spices in a meat marinade before grilling meats can drastically reduce any carcinogens that normally would form on grilled meat.<br /><br />The antioxidants in rosemary and thyme from a marinade were specifically cited in studies at being powerful inhibitors of HCA formation when grilling meats. But it was also noted that other spices such as garlic, oregano, and others can help to prevent HCA formation as well, so I suggest using a variety, which tastes great anyway!<br /><br />One more important point about grilling meat: Remember that the more well-done a meat is cooked, the higher concentration of carcinogenic HCA's can form, so rare, medium-rare, or medium are healthier choices than well-done. I've never understood why anybody would want to ruin a good steak by burning it to oblivion anyway. But hey, if you're one of those folks that likes your steaks well-done, just remember that you're eating a lot more carcinogens than a steak that's cooked less, so make sure to load up on your antioxidants (spices, teas, berries, etc) to help combat those extra carcinogens.<br /><br />Washing down your barbequed meal with a glass of unsweetened iced tea (rich in antioxidants) and also a good salad with lots of raw veggies can provide the antioxidants needed to counteract the effect of HCAs in your body from grilled meat.<br /><br />By the way, even charring vegetables on the grill creates different carcinogens such as acrylamides, so don't think that the negative effect of charring only applies to meats.<br /><br />8. Ginger - Ginger is VERY powerful for your health! Ginger contains over 25 different antioxidants, which makes it extremely effective at fighting free radicals in many different body systems. Ginger is best known for its ability to reduce nausea and vomiting, as well as motion sickness. In fact, ginger may even be more effective than Dramamine, one of the most common drugs used for motion sickness. And because ginger does not have harmful side effects like many drugs, it is very good for nausea from pregnancy. Studies actually show that just 1 gram of ginger before surgery is more effective than the standard anti-nausea medication given for post surgical nausea and vomiting.<br /><br />Ginger is also a soothing remedy for sore throats from colds and flu because of its antiviral properties. Ginger also helps coughs and is an effective expectorant. Try a tea made with hot water simmered with a few slices of ginger and a small amount of honey and lemon for a soothing tonic when you are sick. <br /><br />Because ginger is such a strong anti-inflammatory, it helps reduce the pain and swelling of arthritis, and muscle aches. Ginger also fights cancer, reduces cholesterol, and prevents blood clots that lead to strokes or heart disease. I like to use a slice of ginger root in my hot teas sometimes, in our batches of iced teas, and of course, I love piling ginger on top of sushi! I take a couple capsules of ginger daily since it's not as frequently used in dishes as some other spices.<br /><br />9. Oregano - This herb contains an oil that is a very potent anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral agent, rosmarinic acid (also found in rosemary). Oregano oil has been used to treat a wide range of conditions from bacterial and viral infections, to parasites and stubborn fungal infections. Although the oil of oregano is most often used for medicinal purposes, the herb itself can provide many of the same benefits when consumed regularly.<br /><br />Oregano also relieves inflammation, internal or external, and can offer relief from allergies, aches and pain, without side effects. Oregano is very high on the ORAC scale of measured antioxidant value.<br /><br />10. Thyme — Thyme’s active ingredient is known for treating bronchitis, sore throats, chest congestion, laryngitis and asthma. Thyme is so effective it is often an ingredient in cough drops and mouthwashes to treat inflammation and infections. Thyme is also effective as a soothing stomach aid to relieve gastritis, indigestion and colic.<br /><br />Thyme helps prevent cancer, improve memory, treat Alzheimer’s, calm the nerves, and alleviate depression, nightmares, and insomnia. An interesting new discovery about thyme shows that it actually boosts the amount of DHA (an important ingredient in omega 3 fatty acids) in the brain, heart and kidney cells.<br /><br /><b>Here are some other health benefits of some of the most popular herbs and spices:</b><br /><br />• Rosemary, turmeric, ginger and basil are powerful anti-inflammatories.<br />• Cumin, turmeric, and sage help fight dementia.<br />• Cayenne, cumin, coriander and cinnamon help to regulate insulin and blood sugar, aiding fat loss.<br />• Lemon grass, nutmeg, bay leaves and saffron have a calming effect.<br />• Garlic, mustard seed, hawthorne, and chicory are excellent for the heart.<br />• Basil and thyme help your skin become softer and smoother.<br />• Turmeric, garlic, basil, cinnamon, thyme, saffron, garlic and ginger boost the immune system.<br />• Coriander, rosemary, cayenne, allspice and black pepper can help banish depression.<br /><br />There are 3 specific spices that I personally believe are so powerful that I try to take them in daily capsule form as well, since they may not always be used in my daily meals... and those are:<br /><br />Turmeric, cinnamon, and ginger. They're very cheap in capsule form too. I usually take 2 capsules per day of each of these spices unless I use large amounts in certain dishes like a curry dish for example.<br /><br />Spice up your life a bit, and enjoy all of those super health benefits!<br /><br />Note: Always check with your physician to be sure certain herbs and spices don’t interfere with medications you may be taking—and check with your doctor before you quit any current medications.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fat-Burning Kitchen</a>, will show you how to totally makeover your kitchen pantry to make your body a fat-burning machine!</b><br /><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b></div><br /><br />

10 Spices to help Control Blood Sugar and Burn Fat

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6 Reasons You're Loading Up on Energy Drinks

<b>If you're regularly drinking energy drinks because you don't have the energy to do what you need to do, check up on your eating and other habits.</b> No one needs to regularly consume energy drinks. <br /><br /><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFFQLWnUV-xizB2fI5yV9xicSZCvuGAZT1BiWZM6qvFFHHB-HyGaBg-iqvPckzSAYpvC_CUaMZIl3WBjdFPmC5EpfiQjSfDr_NqcAE8lTXuVEXtBMtTJBI0nuReiOb2CfDNK_KdkNZZwo/s1600/energy+drinks.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFFQLWnUV-xizB2fI5yV9xicSZCvuGAZT1BiWZM6qvFFHHB-HyGaBg-iqvPckzSAYpvC_CUaMZIl3WBjdFPmC5EpfiQjSfDr_NqcAE8lTXuVEXtBMtTJBI0nuReiOb2CfDNK_KdkNZZwo/s320/energy+drinks.jpg" /></a></center><br /><b>Here are 6 things you should check:</b> <br /><br /><b>1. Are you getting enough sleep?</b> Four or 5 hours of sleep a night is not enough rest. The sleep debt will catch up with you.<br /><br /><b>2. How nutritious are your meals? Are you eating enough? Get your <a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nutrition primarily from food</a>.</b> And, I recommend taking supplements such as multivitamins, fish oil and green tea. <br /><br /><b>3. When's the last time you had a complete physical exam?</b> There could be medical reasons for your low energy. <br /><br /><b>4. You might be dehydrated.</b> “Water serves as a medium for the body to perform its life-sustaining functions, such as regulating body temperature and eliminating waste,” says Toby Amidor, a registered dietician in New York City. “If you don’t ingest enough water to help these metabolic reactions occur, you’ll become tired or lightheaded.”<br /><br />Drink about half your weight in water each day. So, if you weigh 150 pounds, drink about 75 ounces of water each day.<br /><br /><b>5. Maybe you are too caffeinated.</b> Because it is a stimulant to the central nervous system, caffeine can make you tired. Cheryl Forberg, a registered dietician says, "a once-a-day dose in the morning in tea or coffee is fine." <br /><br /><b>"But people can create a vicious cycle when they keep ingesting more caffeine to counteract the exhaustion they feel after the previous dose wears off."</b> And, she adds, "the cumulative effects of the day’s caffeine—such as increased heart rate and a rise in blood pressure—can also keep you from getting a good night’s sleep."<br /><br /><b>6. You don't get enough exercise.</b> You know how energized you feel after exercising? Enough said. <br /><br />"We would discourage the routine use by children and teens," said Dr. Steven Lipshultz, pediatrics chairman at the University of Miami's medical school. He wrote a report with colleagues from the center.<br /><br /><b>The report says energy drinks often contain ingredients that can enhance the jittery effects of caffeine or that can have other side effects including nausea and diarrhea.</b> It says they should be regulated as stringently as tobacco, alcohol and prescription medicines.<br /><br />"For most children, adolescents, and young adults, safe levels of consumption have not been established," the report said. <br /><br /><b>I say, get your energy primarily from food and you will have what you need to live an active life.</b><br /><br /><b>-Catherine Ebeling and Mike Geary are co-authors of the popular ebook, <a href="http://healthhut.mikegeary1.hop.clickbank.net/?pid=240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fat-Burning Kitchen,</a> which shows you how to totally revamp your kitchen to make your body a fat-burning machine!</b><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Mark Dilworth, BA, PES</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><a data-mce-href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" href="http://myfitnesshut.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Hut</a></b><br /><br /><br /></div>

6 Reasons You're Loading Up on Energy Drinks

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