Alicia has found that by removing animal based foods from your diet, you can overcome health conditions, lose weight and feel younger. She has helped friends by introducing the to a plant based diet with great results and now wants to help others by releasing ‘The Kind Diet’ book.

What’s the Kind Diet about?

Alicia says it’s not about animals or treating them humanely, although she loves animals, it’s all about you. Your life in a positive manner, about feeling great and being kind to yourself. If you fall of the wagon so to speak, don’t beat yourself up, just focus on the positive and get back on track and move forward. It’s also about the benefits of a plant based diet without eating animal foods. She makes the case for a plant based diet well and also includes lots of vegan recipes, from appetizers to desserts and everything in between.

She goes in detail about addressing concerns over nutritional needs and answers questions about issues like ‘where do you get your protein’ on a vegetarian diet as well.

The Kind Diet also focuses on how eating a vegan, plant based diet is one of the kindest things you can do for the planet. It’s one of the most eco friendly and ‘green’ ways you can impact the environment since raising animals for food contributes more to the detriment of our environment than all the auto pollution combined. She makes the environmental case for a plant based diet clearly as well.

If you’re interested in losing weight, being radiant, feeling younger and better, than Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet is certainly worth investigating.

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It’s one of the most straightforward plans since the reason most people gain weight is that they eat more calories than they burn. So restricting calories and increasing activity will help in weight loss.

But it’s also important to remember that the type of foods eaten are also vital to the success of any healthy living lifestyle.

Along with restricting calories, it’s important to focus your diet on high nutrient dense, fresh and locally or organically grown produce, primarily fruits and vegetables. Eating these will increase cleansing of the body riding it of toxins and at the same time, release extra fat. They are also fiber rich and full of living enzymes vital to proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients. Processed and cooked foods lake these living enzymes and clog up your system instead.

Learn more about healthy meals and how to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks as well as the vegetable diet.

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A recent poll of gym owners and members shows an increased trend of those visiting the gym to workout in this economy. 84% of those polled said that now is the best time to invest in their health and workout.

The trends also show people are spending less on entertainment and eating out.

Many gym owners are seeing full classes and more members working out than in the past. LifeTime Fitness in particular has seen a rise of 13% in new memberships and an increase in member visits and Town Sports showed club usage up 15%.

These are great trends that we hope will continue.

If you wanted to learn more about how to workout at home, without the costs of a gym membership or expensive equipment, check out Roger’s Lightning Routines.

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Previously a professional triathlete, Rip put his knowledge about health to work and helped them lose weight and lower their cholesterol. Every one of them lost weight with his help.

In his well reviewed book, Engine 2 Diet, he outlines how a plant based whole foods diet is the key to better health and weight loss. I no doubt believe that Rip’s father, internationally renouned cardiologist and author Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, formerly of the famous Cleveland Clinic and a proponent of plant based diet for heart health, was a large influence. Dr. Esselstyn recommends a vegan diet to become ‘heart attack’ proof.

The book includes an excellent selection of low fat plant based recipes along with his plan for a healthy way to lose weight and live.

Here are some actual comments from readers:

“I have been eating the Engine 2 diet for five months. I’ve lost 35 LBS. My cholesterol dropped over 60 points. This was all after a meeting with a doctor who told me my cholesterol would only be slightly lowered by changing my diet. ”

“I love many things about Engine 2. It gives people excellent goals for better health and explains in detail how to achieve those goals. I found the chapter on reading labels extremely helpful, especially the specific criteria for the grocery store aisles. The large recipe section includes many simple everyday dishes and few elaborate dishes. It offers replacements for animal-sourced high-fat workhorses like mayonnaise, salad dressing, and sandwich fillings. The book’s strength is showing how to live this lifestyle every working day. ”

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What’s the diet about?

Basically it’s taking 5 bites per meal:

• 5 bites of anything for lunch
• 5 bites of anything for dinner
• Drink as much as you want as long as it has no calories
• Take a multivitamin
• 1 bite of protein a day

As Dr. Lewis explains, it’s extreme portion control. And the reason it works is that it resets your body’s set point for being full. When you eat less, after a few days, you’ll stop being hungry and be satisfied with less. Dr. Lewis believes that basically American’s eat way too much food.

I agree with Dr. Lewis that we as a nation eat too much food. And he’s right on, if you eat less regularly, in a few days you’ll stop being hungry and adjust to a smaller amount of food to be satisfied.

This may be a good way for you to lose weight, as many of Dr. Lewis’ patients have, as long as what you eat is healthy foods. His restriction on drinking anything as long as it has no calories leaves room for abuse. Some diet sodas have no calories, but certainly you’ll not want to drink that all day, or even a sip. Sodas are full of chemicals and additives, along with high fructose syrup which alone can derail your weight loss efforts.

Can you sustain on this diet?

Sure, again as long as you eat healthy foods. You’ll want to adjust your intake once you reach your optimal weight. On this diet, you’ll probably get their pretty quickly since many lose up to 15 pounds a week.

However, you can lose weight without the extreme portion control by switching your diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and natural grains. And more importantly, rid your diet of processed and junk foods and drinks.

To your best health!

Mark Idzik

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Well, first, Tony got the idea from watching The Biggest Loser on television and getting frustrated when the participants complained they couldn’t make it. They could leave their jobs, compete for prize money and training, stayed in nice places, had great opportunities to hike and exercise, but still complained, had breakdowns and relapses.

After watching all this he realized that the key to success in making any lifestyle change was group support. Having someone to be accountable has always been a key to success for many others so he decided to share his idea with his family.

At first there was some resistance, but after some time everyone gathered together around the idea and the F.A.S.T. Diet was born.

What does F.A.S.T. stand for? Families Always Succeed Together. The concept being that what’s a better support group than your own family? Each family member had another member to be accountable to and could go to for support. The benefit with family members is that they’re with you every day, not just weekly or bi-weekly for workouts and weigh-ins.

This diet is more about support and accountability than eating and exercise, although all three are vital to successful weight loss. It seems that they did it naturally, without any pills, all by making lifestyle changes.

And he’s proven that the concept works.

They all eat better, exercise more and are still accountable to each other regularly to continue their progress. He and his family have lost over 500 pounds in twelve months, and they are now getting together to help communities around the country do the same, using the concept of family support systems.

His success with his family prompted the writing of the book, The F.A.S.T. Diet.

The Dean’s family success is proof that with accountability and support, achieving any lifestyle change or goal is possible. Those with high levels of self-discipline may not need the support structure, but most appreciate the accountability and support of others and overall there is a higher chance of success in making any change.

Here’s a video of the Dean Family on Good Morning America for some great before and after shots. All family members look great, especially his dad, who lost over 100 pounds with the most remarkable transformation.

Learn more about Tony’s book ‘The F.A.S.T. Diet ‘.

To your best health!

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First, here’s how Dr. Ian sets it up.

It’s designed in four phases, each a specified length of time and introduces different foods. The first is basically a detox phase, getting rid of all the toxins and junk you may have accumulated over time.

This phase in my opinion is the best part about this diet. It allows you to eat all the fruits and vegetables you want, no limits, and this rule carries throughout the diet.

Where I feel the diet takes a wrong turn is in the introduction of yogurt, milk, alcohol and lean meats throughout the other 3 phases. Interestingly enough, it’s mentioned that diets high in meat, dairy (milk and cheese) and processed foods are nutrient poor and the cause of obesity and being overweight. It’s also mentioned that the milk and beef campaigns, designed to make you believe you need milk and beef to live, are in fact killing us.

But then, in Phase II meats are re-introduced and in Phase III, breads and pastas are introduced again. And in Phase IV, white rice (probably one of the most nutrition-devoid foods and a bad, refined starch) and alcohol are included.

Now I’m not sure why a diet would remove these foods and drinks to detox and cleanse you, and then re-introduce them all again? The animal based foods (meats, cheese, milk, yogurt) seem to be introduced for protein. Interestingly enough most Americans already eat a diet overflowing with protein and our true protein requirements are minimal. We can get more protein in a few vegetables, nuts or seeds than we can metabolize in a day. Most of the proteins Americans eat are flushed down the toilet daily in our urine. Animal foods are acidic, contain no fiber and are proven to be the cause of most diseases we die from today.

And the processed starches like breads (even whole wheat) and pastas are all complex carbohydrates that once eaten are converted to sugar and cause an increase increase in blood sugar levels. A diet comprised of processed complex carbohydrates leads to weight gain, obesity, diabetes and other related issues. These are not foods to be re-introduced into a diet once you have cleansed your system.

And alcohol, in any form, are just empty calories, devoid of any nutrition at all.

You see, even with the recommendation to go easy on these foods, as recommended in this diet, requires willpower. Lack of willpower is what causes most of our health problems to begin with. But here’s the twist. If you don’t eat these foods, and concentrate on primarily greens, vegetables, fruits, seeds and some nuts, you won’t have a taste for animal foods or need willpower to avoid them. The ‘addiction’ and taste for processed and animal foods will go away and you will naturally seek healthy alternatives. Again, surprisingly this is also mentioned in the diet, but then these same foods are re-introduced.

It appears that many of these foods and drinks are re-introduced into this diet perhaps to appeal to readers that may think they can’t live without them. Or to make the diet more appealing to a wider audience knowing that you can eat and drink these regular staples in the American diet.

What I like about the Fat Smash Diet:

• recommends a cleanse or detox to start
• recommends eating as many fruits, vegetables, greens and legumes
• recognizes that campaigns like “milk does your body good” and “beef, it’s whats for dinner” are actually killing us
• is more focused on lifestyle changes, not a one time diet

What I don’t like about the Fat Smash Diet:

• recommends meats
• recommends dairy products
• recommends alcohol
• recommends processed, complex carbs

The Fat Smash Diet starts out on the right track. And what Dr. Ian mentions in Phase I, that it’s impossible to be obese eating as many fruits, vegetables, greens and legumes as you want, is true. In fact, that is the diet that not only brings you to your optimal weight, but also keeps you there as well as avoiding most disease and health issues. If he stuck with that theory throughout the diet, without the re-introduction of the foods that initially cause weight gain, disease and other health issues, then it would be something to recommend completely.

The Fat Smash Diet does work and get results, any diet that suggests a healthy detox or cleanse using fruits, vegetables, and greens will work. It’s just not the optimal method to lose weight, and more importantly, obtain optimal health.

To your best health!

Update: Sometimes you can tell more about a diet based on how much you can buy a used copy of the book for. As of this writing, you can pickup a used copy of the Fat Smash Diet for 50 cents on Amazon.

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By using Epigenetics, according to D’Adamo, the GenoType Diet helps a person understand that the decisions he or she makes everyday will affect his or her body.

According to D’Adamo, it’s basically helping you understand how the series of choices you make throughout your life effects your body. It’s not really a diet book he notes, it’s just an easy way to eat healthy.

There are specific foods, exercises and supplements for each of the 8 ‘GenoType’s’.

But does it have to be that complicated?

Personally, I’m not sure.

Genetics do play a part in what works best for your body. Personally I know that certain fats affect me differently than others. Certain foods digest easier and I take better to certain types of exercise.

Others have also commented on why it’s necessary to get so detailed rather than working with the larger picture. And some of the recommended foods are not commonly known as ‘health foods’. For example, certain cheeses are considered ’superfoods’. Again, any kind of cheese is mucus building, processed and certainly not a cleansing and energizing food. So, many of the recommendations aren’t what I consider healthy.

However, I do know this much. In general, you have to follow a simple set of guidelines to live a healthy life. You can’t eat as much processed, fatty and sugary foods and be healthy.

The specific recommendations made by the author may be helpful as long as you include the following:

• concentrate on a diet of mostly fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seed and natural, living grains
• reduce or eliminate the effects of stress in your life
• drink lots of water
• stay active every day
• eliminate processed, convenient and most animal foods from your diet
• choose organic foods as much as possible
• get plenty of sleep

Using these suggestions alone will trigger weight loss, more energy, clearer thinking and just feeling better.

To read more about The GenoType Diet visit Amazon.

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Suggesting to substitute an Egg McMuffin for a bagel is certainly not healthy choice. Yes, you save calories, but is an Egg McMuffin healthy to begin with? Not hardly. Weighing in at 37% fat it’s way off the scale. Instead of suggesting an Egg McMuffin, why not suggest bringing a couple of bananas, melon or fruit salad along rather than eating out. That’s the truly healthy choice.

Also, eating out is rarely healthy, what the authors are providing here is the lesser of two evils. Do you want a less processed food, or more processed food? A lot of toxins or a few toxins? A little bit of saturated fat or a lot of saturated fat?

Calories aren’t the only thing that determines whether a food is healthy or not. Yes, fewer calories are better than more, but the type of food, the nutrients, what’s inside, whether it’s fresh or organic also play a large role. And of course, activity and exercise play an equal if not more important role as well.

If you have to eat out and want to compare foods to find out which are less calorie or carb rich, this book can be a valuable resource. It’s well researched, full of pictures and choices.

Here is more information about ‘Eat This Not That‘ directly from the publisher:

Americans spend more than $400 billion a year eating out, and behind each burger, turkey sandwich, and ice cream sundae is a simple decision that could help you control your weight-and your life. The problem is, restaurant chains and food producers aren’t interested in helping you make healthy choices. In fact, they invest $30 billion a year on advertising, much of it aimed at confusing eaters and disguising the fat and calorie counts of their products. All of that has changed with EAT THIS, NOT THAT!. This book puts the entire food industry under the spotlight, and arms you with the savvy tricks and insider information it takes to eat well no matter where you are. With EAT THIS, NOT THAT! you’re the expert in every eating situation, from the frozen food aisle to your favorite fast food joint to your local sports bar. You control your food universe-and lose the pounds you want–because, unlike every other customer, you’ll know the smart choices to make-instantly!

EAT THIS, NOT THAT! is jam-packed with secrets the restaurant industry doesn’t want you to know. For example:

Burger King doesn’t want you to know that a BK Big Fish. Sandwich and fries have a whopping 1000 calories-nearly half your daily caloric intake! (Fish is usually healthy, but not this kind. Find out why with this book.)

Pizza Hut doesn’t want you to know that a standard pizza in Italy contains 500 to 800 calories, but the same meal at Pizza Hut can top 2,100 calories! (You’d need to ride a stationary bike for more than three hours to burn off this mistake. Instead, eat all the pizza you want by making smart choices. EAT THIS, NOT THAT! shows you how.)

Macaroni Grill doesn’t want you to know that a single serving of their Grilled Teriyaki Salmon has more than three times your daily allowance of sodium! (Cut your risk of high blood pressure by making smart choices at the same restaurant. You’ll find them inside.)

If only you knew the industry secrets, you could eat at any of your favorite restaurants-or chow down on everything from the company vending machine to your kids’ Halloween buckets-and know that every decision you made was smart, healthy, and the best possible choice for you. For example, did you know:

At McDonald’s, an Egg McMuffin. is actually a healthy choice, with just 300 calories. (The Hotcakes pack more than double that amount!)

At Krispy Kreme, all you need to do is order the Very Berry Chiller instead of the Mocha Dream Chiller, and you’ll save 500 calories! (Do that once a week and you’ll drop more than 7 pounds this year-without trying!)

At Chipotle, you can cut 570 calories out of your Chicken Burrito just by ordering it as a bowl (without the tortilla) and asking them to hold the rice. (Same great taste, but with 94 fewer carb grams!)

Choosing a cinnamon roll at Au Bon Pain over Cinnabon will save you 463 calories and 20 grams of fat!

In the freezer section of your local supermarket, a turkey pot pie from Swanson’s has 610 fewer calories than a turkey pot pie from Pepperidge Farms.

In the produce aisle, you’ll get twice the vitamin C-and nine times as much vitamin A-simply by picking red bell peppers over green ones. (Who said eating healthy was difficult?)

And that’s why EAT THIS, NOT THAT! is going to change everything. It’s time to level the playing field. We’re all tired of sneaky calories adding to our waistlines, and having to starve ourselves or spend hours on the treadmill trying to burn off the damage. Now-for the first time-you’re in charge. With this simple illustrated guide to thousands of foods–along with the nutrition secrets that lead to fast and permanent weight loss–you’ll make the smartest choice every time!

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The popular TV talk show host joined her personal trainer Bob Greene as they kicked off their national fitness initiative, Best Life Challenge, before an estimated crowd of 4,000 assembled at Dumont Plaza.

“We’re really happy to be here,” said Winfrey, who, immediately upon her appearance, prompted several minutes of yells and screams from the enthusiastic audience.

“I’m happy that my state of Mississippi (the comment prompted another rash of yells from the audience) is going to turn the tide with our fat behinds,” she said. “We are going to get off our fat butts and turn our lives around. We are tired of being fat. And we are tired of all the excuses we have made for being fat.”

Winfrey then made the affirmation, “No more excuses! This is your year! This is your year!” Meridian was chosen as the city for the kickoff of Oprah’s and Bob’s ‘Best Life Tour’ because of the community’s push toward weight loss and fitness through the “Just Lose It, Meridian” campaign. Winfrey’s researchers learned about the weight-loss initiative while compiling statistics on obesity for the talk show.

During the search, it was noted that Mississippi was the fattest state in the nation and Winfrey, a Mississippi native, wondered if anyone was trying to tackle this issue. The show’s researches discovered the “Just Lose It, Meridian” campaign on the Internet and contacted local officials about filming in Meridian.

“I want to give the mayor (John Robert Smith) a shout out because he tried to get 1,000 people to sign up last year to lose weight,” Winfrey said. “The mayor saw where the state was headed and said he wanted to do something to turn it around. When we saw that here is a city that has actually made the effort to say, ‘We want to turn the statistics of our state around because we want people to live longer and to be healthier in this community,’ we saw that and said, ‘Let’s go to Meridian.’”

Winfrey admitted that she, like many others, has had struggles, particularly with her weight.

“The only difference is that mine is in the public,” she said.

Winfrey said she is no longer trying to take care of her health to get into a pair of jeans or waiting on the next event in her life.

“This is about changing your life forever; this is it for me,” she said. “And I want it to be it for you – ending the struggle forever. Taking control of your life, of your health. You want to be around to see your children, and your children’s children. You want to be able to live your best life.”

Greene described the Best Life Challenge as a lifestyle, not a crash diet.

“This is about making changes that are ingrained from childhood, which is one of the toughest things to do,” Greene said.

The initiative – which is the same plan followed by Winfrey – includes Greene’s phased approach to changing eating and exercise habits. It also features daily and weekly meal plans based on the individual’s lifestyle and preferences, an extensive online Best Life Approved Recipe Database, an online video library featuring a suite of “how-to” exercise demonstrations, as well as related diet and nutrition clips and weekly newsletters and tips from Greene.

The Best Life Challenge Tour will continue in upcoming weeks in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York and other locales.

“We’re going to hit the whole country – and it started here in Meridian,” Greene said.

“One in three people in Mississippi is fat,” Winfrey said. “But when the nation sees what Meridian can do, it will be a shining example for other people all over the world.”

Winfrey said she does not know if she and Greene will return to Meridian to see the results of those who have signed the contract. However, they will monitor them and have regular contact with them.

Source: MeridianStar

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