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If you are overweight (or consider yourself overweight) chances are that you have looked at countless books, brochures and magazines offering a solution to losing weight New diets or miracle weight loss solutions seem to appear weekly. They are clearly good for selling magazines, but for the majority of people who are overweight the ‘diets’ [...]
Summary of main points. • Plateaus in fat loss arc common and are due to physiological adjustments and reversion towards old habits. • Maintenance of fat loss can be extremely difficult due to changes in metabolic rate and body composition. • Physiological adjustments result in a lower than predicted loss of body fiat with changes [...]
Summary of main points. • Fat cells are similar to other cells, but contain a lipid or fat pool for storage of fats to be used as energy. • The average human body has 30-50 billion fat cells, and obese people have up to 100 billion. • Most increases in fat mass are associated with [...]
Which foods will give you longer life and keep you younger longer? The macrobiotic diet outlined in this chapter will improve your health and increase your longevity. It is a predominantly lacto-vegetarian diet high in natural carbohydrates and low in animal proteins. The bulk of this diet consists of raw fruits and vegetables, whole grain [...]
If you have problems of hair loss you should first see that your general health is well taken care of. Various derangements in the functions of your vital organs must be corrected. The digestive system must be in good working condition, so that the nutrients from the foods you eat will be properly assimilated. Also, [...]