Thursday, April 24, 2014

Long term on the Fast Metabolism Diet | Haylie Pomroy

Long term on the Fast Metabolism Diet

Posted on April 23, 2014

We are thrilled that some people on the Fast Metabolism Diet have now lost 60, 70, even 100 pounds. If you have a similar long-term goal, here are some tips on doing the diet for several rounds.

Keep going!

If you have more than 15 or 20 pounds to lose, you can continue doing the Fast Metabolism Diet’s Phases and eating wonderful nutrient-dense foods. If you’re only a few pounds from your goal weight, you may only need another week or two. But if you ultimately want to lose more, head right into another 28-day cycle after your initial month.

Variety is the spice

With my long term clients, keeping it interesting is key. Our bodies love habit — they adapt so quickly to new routines. But we don’t want your body to get used to the same foods, the same activities and the same schedule day-in, day-out.

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Eggs Don’t Cause Heart Attacks — Sugar Does - Dr. Mark Hyman

Eggs Don’t Cause Heart Attacks — Sugar Does

by Mark Hyman, MD

Last Updated February 13, 2014
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It’s over. The debate is settled.

It’s sugar, not fat, that causes heart attacks.

Oops. Fifty years of doctors’ advice and government eating guidelines have been wrong. We’ve been told to swap eggs for Cheerios. But that recommendation is dead wrong. In fact, it’s very likely that this bad advice has killed millions of Americans.

A rigorously done new study shows that those with the highest sugar intake had a four-fold increase in their risk of heart attacks compared to those with the lowest intakes. That’s 400%! Just one 20-ounce soda increases your risk of a heart attack by about 30%.

This study of more than 40,000 people, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, accounted for all other potential risk factors including total calories, overall diet quality, smoking, cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity and alcohol.

This follows on the heels of decades of research that has been mostly ignored by the medical establishment and policy makers. In fact, the Institute of Medicine recommends getting no more than 25% of your total calories from added sugar. Really?? This study showed that your risk of heart attacks doubles if sugar makes up 20% of your calories.

Yet more than 70% of Americans consume 10% of their daily calories from sugar. And about 10% of Americans consume one in every four of their calories from sugar.

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Monday, April 7, 2014

1 in 3 Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease Is Preventable

One in Three Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease is Preventable

April 07, 2014 | 31,252 views

By Dr. Mercola

About one in every three deaths in the US is attributed to cardiovascular disease, which includes heart attacks and stroke. In the US, the most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD), which can lead to heart attack.
Even though the death rate from cardiovascular diseases has declined by 29 percent between 2001 and 2010, it's still the number one cause of death in the US. According to a new report1 from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 800,000 Americans die from cardiovascular disease annually.
A quarter of these deaths—or about 200,000—could be prevented through simple lifestyle changes, and more than half (6 out of 10) of the preventable heart disease and stroke deaths happen to people under age 65. As reported in the featured USA Today article:2
"Preventable/avoidable deaths were defined as all deaths from heart disease and stroke in people under age 75 because if their risk factors... had been under control they should have lived longer, says the lead author Linda Schieb, a CDC epidemiologist.
The current life expectancy in the USA is age 78 so if people died sooner than that it is considered early or premature, she says."
CDC Director Thomas Frieden noted that the findings were "really striking" since we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people dying well before their time each and every year.
The analysis shows that African Americans are nearly twice as likely as Caucasians to die from preventable cardiovascular disease. Those living in Southern states also had the highest rates of preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke. According to Mr. Frieden:

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