Do You Know That You Are Eating Genetically Modified Foods?

Did you know that there’s a 99.9% chance that you eat some type of genetically modified foods everyday? 

GMO, stands for genetically modified organism.  It’s when an organism is created through the introduction, elimination or rearrangement of specific genes or DNA sequences using a recombinant DNA technique.  Basically it’s engineered food, that’s got traits that aren’t natural in nature.  It often means that these organisms are genetically altered to be resistant to harmful chemicals found in pesticides and herbicides. 

So what does this mean to you?  It means, that there is a strong likelihood that traces of harmful chemicals being utilized on these GM crops have infiltrated your body because almost every processed and packaged foods have at least one or more GM products in them. 

Keep reading to find out what GM products you may be eating and how it affects your health.  I’ll also show you how to avoid GM products to ensure that you keep consuming “real” natural foods that are beneficial to your health rather than harmful.

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5 Tips to Help You Break Bad Habits that are Making You Fat

Winter can bring about an entire change in your lifestyle.  You get into hibernation mode: your activities decrease, eating habits change, even foods you crave changes.  And while trying to survive the winter blues by eating a little comfort food here and there may not seem so bad…it can become habitual real easily.

Bad calories are always bad, but combine that with lack of activity, increased consumption (of bad calories), gray skies, seasonal blues and frigid temperatures and you’ve got a perfect environment for cultivating poor unhealthy eating habits that can add inches to your waistline.  But like all habits, good or bad, it can be broken…it only takes 30 days to break and create a new habit.  So, here’s a few simple and easy tips you can immediately implement to help you turn poor eating habits into good habits so you can begin shedding those extra pounds of winter insulation today.

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The Best Way to Train for an Endurance Event

If your training for an upcoming 10 km and you’ve been told that you need to run, run and run some more for those distances or longer to build up your endurance…you’ve been told wrong.  Training for a 10 km or even a longer endurance event isn’t about just doing that activity for long periods of time.  It’s easy to think that way and it seems like the right thing to do, but what you don’t know may actually be hindering you from getting better faster.  There’s nothing worse than putting in hours of hard work and not seeing the results you expected.  If you want your results to reflect all the hard training you put in, than you better start training right.  I’ll show you the most common mistakes people make when training for these events and simple but effective training methods that you can easily implement into your training regimen to help you improve your performance.

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Simple Solutions For Chronic Low Back Pain

About 75 million U.S. adults experience some sort of chronic pain, with low-back pain among the most common complaints. 

Although you can get temporary symptomatic relief from medications like Tylenol, Motrin and Aleve, it’s by no means a permanent solution…and taking too many meds can cause other serious health complications. 

So what’s the best remedy for chronic low back pain?  Well, the solution comes from understanding how the problem first came about. 

Modern conveniences have made us increasingly more sedentary and less active.  This has contributed to our ever expanding waist line, as well as, all of the health problems associated with it.

Although being overweight definitely adds to the problem.  Surprisingly, it’s not the most common cause.
 
You may be surprised to find out what causes most low back pains and the shockingly simple solutions for it.

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Calorie Counters Beware!  You May Be Eating More Than You Think.

If you’ve been diligently counting calories in hopes of cutting down your caloric intake so you can lose weight…you may be in for a rude awakening!  Apparently all is not what it seems as indicated on the labels of packaged or canned foods. 

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more calories than what’s stated on their package labels and restaurant meals may contain a whopping 18% more calories than they claim.

And as far as the FDA is concerned, it’s completely fine. 

So let’s say you’re on a 1200 calories per day diet.  8% is only about 100 calories a day.  But add that up and you’re looking an additional 3000 calories a month and 36000 calories a year.  Remember, there’s 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat.  At an extra 36000 calories per year…that’s about 10 extra pounds of fat!

If you can’t trust the information on the label, what are you supposed to do? 

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Are Your Shoes Causing You Injuries?

Every few months all of the major footwear companies come out with their latest and greatest running shoes.  Some even have built-in computers that help you keep track of how much you ran! 

Nowadays every possible technology you can think of is being implemented into the shoes…heck with all of the money being spent on R&D, you’d think they’d be able to make shoes with wings so you can fly! 

Unfortunately, most of the new technologies are more about hype and marketing gimmick then anything that’s actually useful or beneficial. 

In fact, the latest research done on runners wearing the latest technologically advanced shoes, is that it actually puts more stress on your leg joints including your hips, knees and ankles than walking in a pair of high heels!  Can you imagine that? 

The truth is you don’t need to get caught up in the hype and pay hundreds of dollars for a pair of athletic shoes that may look nice, but can actually harm you.  There’s a much better solution that’ll save you a lot of money while improving your athletic performance and keep you injury free.  Check out the full story below. 

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WARNING: Artificial Sweeteners Can Make You Fat

Sugar is a HUGE conundrum for many, because it’s in pretty much everything you buy….and that’s especially the case for processed foods, pre-packaged foods and all fast foods. 

Sugar is addictive…no doubt about it.  And it’s lethal combination of abundance and addiction that has resulted in our current health debacle where over 60% of the adults in the nation (US) are either overweight or obese. 

At this rate some experts say that it can reach 75% by 2015.  That’s 3/4 of the entire nation! 

This problem has spawned a MULTI-MILLION dollar industry of sugar alternatives as a solution to help curb sugar consumption in an effort to beat the overweight and obesity problem.

Artificial sweeteners are 300 times sweeter than sugar, they don’t cause an insulin spike and have low (or no) calories. 

Sounds good to me…all the pleasure without the guilt. 

Although, there are some “minor” health like issues like headaches, migraines, seizures and even brain tumors, that’s been linked to active ingredients like aspartame in artificial sweeteners—it’s all good because it still helps you lose weight (I’m being very sarcastic here if you didn’t catch that). 

Well, that is until recently… 

Studies have now come out that indicate sweeteners aren’t as effective at helping you lose weight as initially thought.  In fact, now there’s evidence that they actually promote weight GAIN! 

Don’t get left in the dark about this ...read the full story here and find out what you can do about it:

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The Proven Formula To Losing Your Stomach Fat

Do you workout but your one problem area never seems to go away…your belly fat?  If you’ve been on a quest for a flat belly or even a six pack, it’s what you don’t know that may be sabotaging your efforts of budging that stubborn fat off your stomach.  The right information can be the difference between looking at your same old belly a few months from now or seeing a brand new you with flat abs you haven’t seen since your high school days.  Find out what’s keeping you from losing your gut.

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Why 95% Of People Who Lose Weight Gain It Back.

Losing weight isn’t the hard part, it’s maintaining your hard earned body that’s tricky.  Most people gain their weight back within 2 years of losing it all.  And the reasons aren’t what we initially thought.  Gaining your weight back and more, may have more to do with your body’s biological processes.  There is strong evidence which shows, once you lose the weight, your body does everything in it’s power to regain that weight back.  Your thinner body needs less calories to sustain itself, but your craving for food intensifies, making it increasingly difficult to maintain your hard earned lean body.  But not all is lost, where there’s a will there’s a way!  Find out what you can do to keep your weight off and maintain your lean body for the long term and avoid being the 90 - 95% of people that gain it all back.

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Learn How Your Body Fat Helps You Burn More Calories

What image comes into your head when you think of fat?  You may think of fat as an inanimate blob that just takes up unwanted real estate in your body.  But new research has shed light on this unpopular and otherwise inert substance and it can actually help you lose more fat!  Yep you read correctly…fat that burns fat.  Up to 300 - 500 calories a day!  Check out how. 

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Do You Really Know What You’re Eating?  The Truth Will Floor You!

You are what you eat.  It’s something we all understand (intellectually) but don’t take it seriously enough.  (And I was reminded of that myself, after watching a documentary called “Food Inc.” A great film…and I have to say, even for me, some of the information was quite disturbing.  So much so, that I decided you need to know about it…so I wrote a little about it myself.  I highly recommend you watch the film.)  It’s much easier to look over the obvious and pretend that everything is fine.  I mean everyone else is eating it… so it must be okay…right?  Well, considering the epidemic rate of obesity and diabetes, I’d say that following what majority of others eat, is not such as wise idea.  But in all fairness, the food industry makes it extremely difficult for you to eat well.  I mean have you noticed that you can buy a burger for a buck but you can’t buy an apple for the same price?  How does that make sense?  In fact, if you went to your local grocery store and started comparing prices of processed foods to real foods like vegetables and fruits, 9 out 10 times the processed foods are cheaper. How can that be?  It’s processed, doesn’t that mean, it should cost more?  It takes more time and energy into making each product right?  You would think that what comes out of the ground or grows on trees as mother nature intended would naturally be cheaper than anything that has to be processed.  But logic takes a back step when greed and profit become the primarily motivator.  What’s happened to our food industry is not only alarming but darn right scary.  Find out more…

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Learn How To Use Your Hormones To Burn More Fat

People look at exercising as a means to lose weight, get rid of belly fat and get a lean well-defined body.  And while most of us work hard to get that look on the outside…what’s happening on the inside, often gets ignored.  In fact, it’s what goes on inside your body, that allows you to get the look you’re after.  It’s the unglamorous side…I know.  We all want the end result…yesterday.  But the benefit to you, is that the more you know what goes on inside your body, the better and faster results you’ll achieve on the outside.  So if you’re serious about shedding pounds and losing stubborn body fat, you’d better learn about the little dudes that really calls the shots in your body. 
Find out how these little dudes actually help you burn more fat.

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Prevent Cancer By Working Out Like This…

Let me start off by saying that NOT all exercises are created equal…and the way you do exercises can mean the difference between looking at your same old body in front of the mirror or staring at a brand new you with curves and muscles you never though you had.  But it’s not just all about looks.  Now science has discovered that the way you do exercises can also help prevent the deadliest disease in the world…cancer. 

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Is Exercising Making Your Bones Brittle?

Exercise promotes health…but did you know that certain types of exercises can actually make you more fragile?  What may seem like a healthy, active lifestyle may be missing something critical that’s keeping you in the high-risk category.

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What’s The Best Time Of Day To Workout?

Will you get better results if you workout in the morning or the afternoon?  Some say exercising in the morning forces your body to utilize fat as the energy source, so it’s the best time to workout if you want optimum fat loss.  Others say your lean muscle building and fat loss hormones peak in the afternoon, so if you want a better body you’d better workout later in the day.  So which is it, AM or PM? 

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