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Low Cal Sweeteners Lead to Weight Loss
Thursday, March 20, 2014
(Article first published as Low-Calorie Sweeteners Key to Weight Loss, Reduced Calorie Diet on Technorati.)
Millions of Americans struggle to lose weight every day, as they desperately try to find the right key to open the door to improved health and fat reduction. This task is made even more difficult thanks to the never ending assault of glitzy junk food and fast food marketing efforts. People trying to lose weight want to make the right choices, but are persuaded otherwise by ridiculous weight reduction promises, pills and fad diets.
The effectiveness of low-calorie sweeteners has been questioned frequently, but the results of a study published in the journal Appetite indicate that diet aids can significantly reduce a persons caloric intake and the tendency to overeat, thus assisting in weight loss.
While there is some controversy around recommending artificial sweeteners, the all natural sugar substitute stevia receives high marks as an alternative and was found to be highly effective toward promoting weight loss in this research.
Use low-calorie sweeteners as an important tool toward your healthy weight loss goal. Any weight reduction program must incorporate a variety of lifestyle changes and proper motivation to deliver the desired end result. Start making the changes today which will burn body fat and lead to vibrant health.
Prepare Your Mind to Lose Weight
Your brain must be coordinated with your body to drop the pounds permanently. So many people think of a diet as a temporary event which has a beginning and an end, leading to ultimate failure. Your new enhanced lifestyle does have a beginning, but if you view your journey with an endpoint, forward progress will end and any lost weight will return with a few extra pounds as a survival mode warning.
Learn to Eat Better
Solid nutritional education should be a part of our childhood schooling. Theres no better time to learn the importance of food, when knowledge will assist and promote your health for the rest of your life. Childhood obesity continues to skyrocket and sadly, children are illiterate when it comes to proper, healthy diet, believing fast food and processed fare are appropriate substitutes for fresh vegetables, fruits and lean protein. Teach your child about good nutrition by example and cook most meals at home, saving dining out for special occasions.
Work It or Lose It
Aside from a well balanced diet, nothing is more important to your health and weight loss goal than physical activity. Exercise boosts the production of endorphins in the brain which combats depression and enhances mood and spirit. Further, exercise encourages healthy blood sugar and insulin control, lowering the risk from metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Moderate exercise for 30 minutes, 5 days a week is all you need for optimal benefit.
Start Your New Lifestyle Today
Theres no time like the present when it comes to taking charge of your life. Motivate your mind through an understanding of the importance of reducing fat and dropping weight. Your overall health, and quite possibly your life depend on adopting a reduced calorie diet with plenty of physical activity. Use all available resources such as low-calorie sweeteners and reduced calorie foods to assist in reaching your healthy weight target, and never look back!
Millions of Americans struggle to lose weight every day, as they desperately try to find the right key to open the door to improved health and fat reduction. This task is made even more difficult thanks to the never ending assault of glitzy junk food and fast food marketing efforts. People trying to lose weight want to make the right choices, but are persuaded otherwise by ridiculous weight reduction promises, pills and fad diets.
While there is some controversy around recommending artificial sweeteners, the all natural sugar substitute stevia receives high marks as an alternative and was found to be highly effective toward promoting weight loss in this research.
Use low-calorie sweeteners as an important tool toward your healthy weight loss goal. Any weight reduction program must incorporate a variety of lifestyle changes and proper motivation to deliver the desired end result. Start making the changes today which will burn body fat and lead to vibrant health.
Prepare Your Mind to Lose Weight
Learn to Eat Better
Solid nutritional education should be a part of our childhood schooling. Theres no better time to learn the importance of food, when knowledge will assist and promote your health for the rest of your life. Childhood obesity continues to skyrocket and sadly, children are illiterate when it comes to proper, healthy diet, believing fast food and processed fare are appropriate substitutes for fresh vegetables, fruits and lean protein. Teach your child about good nutrition by example and cook most meals at home, saving dining out for special occasions.
Work It or Lose It
Start Your New Lifestyle Today
Theres no time like the present when it comes to taking charge of your life. Motivate your mind through an understanding of the importance of reducing fat and dropping weight. Your overall health, and quite possibly your life depend on adopting a reduced calorie diet with plenty of physical activity. Use all available resources such as low-calorie sweeteners and reduced calorie foods to assist in reaching your healthy weight target, and never look back!
Pessimism about the future may lead to longer healthier life
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Optimistic older adults face greater risk of disabilities and death
Older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may be more likely to live longer, healthier lives than those who see brighter days ahead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
"Our findings revealed that being overly optimistic in predicting a better future was associated with a greater risk of disability and death within the following decade," said lead author Frieder R. Lang, PhD, of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. "Pessimism about the future may encourage people to live more carefully, taking health and safety precautions." The study was published online in the journal Psychology and Aging.
Lang and colleagues examined data collected from 1993 to 2003 for the national German Socio-Economic Panel, an annual survey of private households consisting of approximately 40,000 people 18 to 96 years old. The researchers divided the data according to age groups: 18 to 39 years old, 40 to 64 years old and 65 years old and above. Through mostly in-person interviews, respondents were asked to rate how satisfied they were with their lives and how satisfied they thought they would be in five years.
Five years after the first interview, 43 percent of the oldest group had underestimated their future life satisfaction, 25 percent had predicted accurately and 32 percent had overestimated, according to the study. Based on the average level of change in life satisfaction over time for this group, each increase in overestimating future life satisfaction was related to a 9.5 percent increase in reporting disabilities and a 10 percent increased risk of death, the analysis revealed.
Because a darker outlook on the future is often more realistic, older adults predictions of their future satisfaction may be more accurate, according to the study. In contrast, the youngest group had the sunniest outlook while the middle-aged adults made the most accurate predictions, but became more pessimistic over time.
"Unexpectedly, we also found that stable and good health and income were associated with expecting a greater decline compared with those in poor health or with low incomes," Lang said. "Moreover, we found that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability."
The researchers measured the respondents current and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10 and determined accuracy in predicting life satisfaction by measuring the difference between anticipated life satisfaction reported in 1993 and actual life satisfaction reported in 1998. They analyzed the data to determine age differences in estimated life satisfaction; accuracy in predicting life satisfaction; age, gender and income differences in the accuracy of predicting life satisfaction; and rates of disability and death reported between 1999 and 2010. Other factors, such as illness, medical treatment or personal losses, may have driven health outcomes, the study said.
The findings do not contradict theories that unrealistic optimism about the future can sometimes help people feel better when they are facing inevitable negative outcomes, such as terminal disease, according to the authors. "We argue, though, that the outcomes of optimistic, accurate or pessimistic forecasts may depend on age and available resources," Lang said. "These findings shed new light on how our perspectives can either help or hinder us in taking actions that can help improve our chances of a long healthy life."
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