New Study Says, "Don't Focus on Weight Loss"!

Researchers concluded that "Dieting and other weight-loss efforts may unintentionally lead to weight gain and diminished health status" in a recent literary review.

Our Suggestion/Strategy Remains the Same
For years we have done our best to steer people away from the "quick, short-term diet" mentality and towards a "learn about healthy habits and how to incorporate them into your life" way of thinking.

There are many well-known reasons why this is a much better strategy. In essence, ANYTHING that sets a time limit should be cautiously considered. Instead of buying a 5-day, two-week, or two-month diet or workout plan, look into a long-term commitment.

We understand nutritionists and other professionals from the wellness industry have good intentions when they tell their clients exactly what to eat. We feel it is better to TEACH these clients HOW to eat. Take the time to teach them how to manage quantities and how to rotate foods so that a wider variety of nutrients are ingested.

We challenge all health & wellness professionals to have your clients/patients depend on you ONLY for information and not for meal and exercise plans. Instead of handing them a list of foods to eat at specific times during the next few weeks, sit down and explain how THEY should construct a meal plan. Teach them about the glycemic index, proper exercise, and how to calculate the amount of water each needs to drink.

We challenge clients/patients who go to weight-loss professionals to not take these prepared diet regimens. Instead, ask HOW YOU can construct a meal plan on your own. If you only learn that "you need to eat this at this time and come back for a new plan in three weeks" you will never be in control of your health. And, as suggested in this study, you may struggle with weighloss and possibly do more harm than good. Bottom line, your health and wellbeing is no one else's responsibility but your own. Go on GlycoTrainer.com and spend 30 to 60 minutes a day reading and learning about your body, nutrition, and physical activity.

If you have already changed your eating habits and have started to exercise but are disappointed about your results, contact us. Our fitness and weight management products are fantastic. Our whey protein blend is backed by numerous clinical studies where it has proven to aid in fat burn (50% more than with diet and exercise alone).

Articles:
[Medical News Today]: Weight Loss Focus Is Ineffective And Harmful, Study Suggests - Focus On Improving Health Status Instead

Is Lifting Weights as Good as Blood Pressure Medicine?

According to a recent study (Oct 2010) resistance training can have similar effects as aerobic exercise on blood pressure. The study was led by Dr. Scott Collier at the College of Health Sciences' Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science at Appalachian State University.

Dr. Collier's team took the participants' pulse (in different part of the body) before and after resistance and aerobic training.

Results
There were several findings reported, but of major interest is that resistance training had a greater effect on lowering blood pressure than aerobic exercise (short term).¹ In fact, Medical News Today reported that it can reduce blood pressure by "20 percent decrease in a person's blood pressure, which is as good as or better than the benefit of taking anti-hypertensive medication" and that "beneficial effects of resistance training continued about 30 minutes after the exercise had ended and as long as 24 hours in individuals who trained for 30-45 minutes three times a week".²

Articles:
[PubMed]: Changes in arterial distensibility and flow-mediated dilation after acute resistance vs. aerobic exercise
[Medical News Today]: Resistance Training Benefits Cardiovascular Health

Negative Article About VitaminWater on Well-known Newspaper

The Huffinton Post published an article titled "The Dark Side of Vitaminwater". The important message IN THE WHOLE article breaks down to the following points taken directly from the article:

• In a staggering feat of twisted logic, lawyers for Coca-Cola are defending the lawsuit by asserting that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage."
• the product is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. And the amount of sugar is not trivial. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage.
• How many people with weight problems have consumed products like vitaminwater in the mistaken belief that the product was nutritionally positive and carried no caloric consequences? How many have thought that consuming vitaminwater was a smart choice from a weight-loss perspective? The very name "vitaminwater" suggests that the product is simply water with added nutrients, disguising the fact that it's actually full of added sugar

Please don't believe everything you hear in advertisements... and even more importantly, do not believe that because it is sold in a store it is safe, effective, and healthy.

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Article [Huffington Post]: The Dark Side of Vitaminwater

Medical Social Security will Destroy Mexico's Economy

According to a recent article on CNN Mexico, "The Mexican population has grown 7 times in the past 100 years, but lives longer". The article states that "In a century, the Mexican population grew 700%, and at the same time life expectancy went from 25 to 75 years of age".

This sounds like good news, but their not.

With the population increase grows environmental decay and the decay in the quality of our foods. Example: 100 people will contaminate any habitat more than 1. What about our foods? Have your grandparents ever told you about how life was at the ranch or town in which they lived? It was a calm life full of walks from one side of the town to the other... It was a time when your neighbor was the one with who grew avocados and that's where you purchased them. Ripe, freshly picked, and of course, full of nutrients. There were no cars to contaminate the air, or planes that dropped exhaust on the masses. Dirty/contaminated air was the dust picked up by the wind or kicked up by a passing horse.

But that type of lifestyle has vanished with increased population. There are more and more larger companies that come in with modes of transportation that aggressively attack our environment and leave us with contaminants that make us sick. These large companies also introduce foods that never ripen before they are picked. So that Mexicans can get bananas from Ecuador, those bananas had to have been separated from the plant before they ripened. The problem is that nutrients are introduced to the fruits en the last 48 hours of ripening. If it isn't connected it will never receive the nutrients it is supposed to have. The very same nutrients that help us stay healthy.

Problem in Mexico
With increased age com many chronic problems. Medical Social Security in Mexico will not be able to take care of the population's medical needs. It is impossible, because these types of treatment cost a lot of money. With an increase in population and a prolonged lifespan, treatment costs will skyrocket, and it will be the end of Medical Social Security in Mexico. Or, if not... it will be the end of the country. It will be an economic impact from which it will not be able to recover. We sincerely believe that the Mexican government will change its laws in the near future.

All this because the people will suffer from more health issues. They won't have sufficient money to pay private doctors and will have to depend on the government.

Citzens, it's in your hands
The country is made or destroyed according the its citizen's actions. And what the Mexican citizens need to do in this case is to take control of their own health. You have to think about prevention and not wait until you are sick to start taking corrective measurements.

The people have let themselves be influenced by advertisement and marketing. The country renowned for its delicious fruit juices is now one of the top soda consumers in the world. The country that exports a lot of produce to the US only consumes vegetables in hamburgers or juices from foreign companies. Mexico has the second largest obese population in the world (only behind the US). But this will change in the next generations. Yes! Mexico has the highest child obesity rate in the world! When they grow up, they will become the most obese adults as well. We need to adopt a Mediterranean style diet in which 70% of the food is in the form of raw produce (salads, vegetables, fruits, etc). Oils and meats that are rich sources of Omega-3 are consumed. The cheeses are fresh and the wines or beers are drunk, in moderation, with meals because enzymes in them help with digestion.

What happened to our fresh salsas? Now it is common to buy them in cans at the supermarket.

Let's stop eating the burgers, the sodas, and the candies. These are candies like before with a little bit of peanut and caramel. In which EVERYONE in the world can pronounce the ingredients. Now they are candy with colors and preservatives that only a biochemist can pronounce the ingredients of. Without a biochemistry degree it is near impossible to pronounce certain ingredients... much less know what they are, or know what they do to the body.

We need to return to a state of physical activity. A recent study found that the longer you sit (prolonged time) the shorter you'll live. And it doesn't matter how much exercise you do. The human body needs to move around. Think of the times when humans didn't have refrigerators or neighborhood stores a few steps from where we live. We had to hunt, climb trees, or dig to obtain our foods. There were no matches, lighters, or stoves that created instantaneous fire... It was a great task to start a campfire with stick or rocks.

And finally, you need to supplement. Science recognizes that it is impossible to get the necessary nutrients that your body needs to be healthy through diet alone. This is why Harvard's Medical School came out with a food pyramid that included "supplements for most". We have to think about an optimal health system that supports the cell in it's 5 physiological needs.

Making decisions has to do with much more than yourself! What you eat and what you buy at the supermarket is what your kids will eat and what they will buy in the supermarket. Change your eating habits today and you will change the your health and that of your future generations.

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Artícles:
[CNN México] (Spanish): The Mexican population has grown 7 times in the past 100 years, but lives longer
[ScienceDaily]: More Time Spent Sitting Linked to Higher Risk of Death; Risk Found to Be Independent of Physical Activity Level

The problem with Most Vegetarians

The doctor sometimes says, "you should eat less red meat," or may suggest that you eliminate it altogether.

A lot of people think that it would be good to eliminate all types of meats and maybe even have a greater health benefit by becoming vegetarians.

The problem of becoming a vegetarian
The problem is that most of these people don't know about eating habits that held by true vegetarians. They did not have parents who taught them, from a young age, how to combine food, what can be eaten at what times, quantity (portions), and many other things one would normally learn about the kitchen/food from parents.

Usually, the first error is the substitution of meats with breads and pastas. Breads and pastas bring the highest feeling of satiety to new vegetarians. A recent study confirmed that eating more carbohydrates and less fats increased cardiovascular risk. It is hard to acknowledge this, but many vegetarians are overweight because of this.

The solution
The solution almost never lies in completely eliminating a food group. Instead of red meat, one could benefit from eating chicken or turkey. Fish is also an excellent source of protein and essential omega-3 fats.

Carbohydrates we eat should come, primarily, from fruits and vegetables. It is important to consider the glycemic index of each one so we do not overeat.

A nutrition like the Mediterranean diet is highly recommended because the majority of the food consumed are raw fruits and vegetables. There is also a high intake of oils like olive oil. Fish is eaten often and of course, some physical activity is recommended.

Let's also take into account that, genetically, some people are not compatible with a meat-free diet.

Nutrients
A deficiency in some nutrients (especially some vitamin B's) is often seen in people who do not eat meat. These people could benefit from a natural multivitamin that is plant-based.

Article [MedlinePlus] (Spanish): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/news/fullstory_97633.html

Stop Drinking your Protein Supplement Until you Read This

In it's July 2010 issue, Consumer Reports has issue a statement of concern against 15 very popular protein drinks.

The report indicates that the protein may be unnecessary and that there are heavy metal contaminants in these popular protein drinks.

It is very important that you not purchase ANY supplement based on price. If you are looking to save money, don't buy anything. As mentioned in the "Homeopathic and Allopathic Approaches" page on our site, "In May of 2009, Sports Illustrated published an article that mentioned that there are more than 5,000 companies that sell supplements 'but only a dozen companies have volunteered their products for certification.' Without this certification, you are playing a form of Russian roulette."

Unnecessary protein
What do they mean? Aren't soy and whey protein good for everyone? The protein is good, however the American diet already offers more than the recommended .8grams of protein for every kg in weight (1kg = 2.2lb). The body does not store excess protein. When you drink this (especially close a meal) the body will use as much as it can for muscle. If there is an excess, it will convert as much as it can (and as much as it needs to) into glucose, the rest is immediately removed from the body via urine. So most of the protein simply passes through your body without doing anything. You are literally peeing your money away (as with most supplements that are not absorbed by the body).

Contaminants
This is very bad. Inexpensive supplements are very likely to not follow Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) protocols. This allows for a variation in nutritional content from dose to dose but even worse... It allows for contaminant, in this case heavy (lethal) metals, because there is no process set into place that removes these and later checks before packaging. There have been several reports of people overdosing on vitamins and minerals because a pill had 200 times the amount that the label said. The product is not standardized... Some pills could have a lot more than supposed to and some pills could have none. But heavy metals should never be present. Do not purchase products based on price because one supplement is almost never the same as the next.

Heavy metals can kill you.

Our recommendation
That you try this whey protein blend. The manufacturer follows the strictest GMPs for all of their products. It has since the beginning. It is one of those 12 companies that Sports Illustrated says have voluntarily asked for NSF International certification. While not all of the products have been evaluated by NSF International those that have, passed with flying colors. All products are manufactured by the same quality assurance guidelines (it just takes time and a lot of money to get all products certified). This will eliminate the heavy metal scare...

But what about the fact that we are already getting enough protein? These scientists thought of that. They found active peptides in whey protein and removed them using natural enzymes. A peptides is a shorter chain of amino acids than a protein. Most of the whey protein is discarded in the process. Instead, you get a serving of the specific amino acids that have been scientifically proven to help eliminate fat and reduce muscle loss during diet and exercise.

This advanced peptide technology has four mechanism by which it aids in fat loss.

Articles:
[Consumer Reports]: Alert: Protein drinks
[Sun Warrior Blog]: Arsenic in Your Protein Shake?

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News Report: 2yr Old Baby Smoke 2 Packs a Day. Why did so many of you get mad at the parents?

A few days ago this video of a two year old smoking 40 cigarettes a day was sent all over the web.





The kid started to smoke because his father TAUGHT him to smoke. Critics said the parents should be thrown in jail, other said they should get the "s**t slapped out of them", and so on. We agree...

But it got us thinking...
Shouldn't we do the same to parents who TEACH their kids about happy meals and that fast foods are okay to consume?

After all, certain health experts believe that "One French fry is worse for you than one cigarette, so swapping your pack for an extra value meal a day is NOT a good choice."¹

Lesson to learn
Kids don't know about fast food vs health food. They simply trust you and believe in what you teach them. But once you get addicting chemicals in them (as are found in cigarettes and fast food²) they will, as the video says, "gets crazy, screaming, banging his head on the floor, even getting sick if he doesn't get his two packs a day". Next time your kid throws a fit because he would rather eat chicken nuggets for breakfast, you know why.

And no one is to blame but you (the parent) for teaching them this unhealthy habit that may have got them hooked for life

Sources:
[1] Mercola, J. Healthbit. Twitter. 7:00 AM Jun 2nd via HootSuite. http://twitter.com/mercola/status/15253111238

[2] Junk Food 'Addiction' May Be Real
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100328/hl_hsn/junkfoodaddictionmaybereal