One popular weight loss supplement available in the market today take the form of tea. Stores all over sell slimming tea, dieter’s tea and others but all of them are actually the same. They may appear to be effective, but what is not seen may actually harm you.

One of the effects of drinking dieter’s tea is frequent bowel movements. This gives people the feeling of body cleansing. These people may get toxins out of their body but it isn’t exactly the only thing that slimming tea actually does to the body. Slimming tea contains herbs which are natural laxatives. These include aloe, senna, rhubarb root, cascara, buckthorn and castor oil. These are products which are derived from plants and are used since the ancient times because of their potency in treating constipation and to inducing bowel movements.

Cascara, castor oil and senna are substances which are recognized as laxatives available over the counter and are also regulated as drugs. Scientific studies show that diarrhea induced by laxatives does not absorb significant amounts of calories taken in the body.

The reason for this is that laxatives do not act on the small intesines where most of the calories are absorbed. Instead, they work on the large intestines. If taken in large amounts for prolonged periods, it can affect fat absorption of the body. This may lead to greasy diarrhea and loss of weight. Abuse of laxatives is common practice among people who suffer from bulimia and anorexia nervosa.

While weight loss can be guaranteed by overdosing on laxatives, it may also cause permanent damage to the gastrointesitinal tract and the weakening and softening of the bones, a condition known as osteomalacia. Drinkers of slimming teas may actually patronize the product because they are less axpensive and taste better than other laxatives sold in the market. Other people, such as those with eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia nervosa drink dieter’s tea because they work fast and produce watery stool and having loose consistency.

Women may even be more susceptible to the effects of slimming teas. Although they may are not known to interfere directly with the woman’s menstrual cycle and fertility, they should watch out if drinking them causes them to rapidly shed off weight. It is also not safe for pregnant women to be taking in laxatives of any kind. Wise and reponsible herbalists also discourage the use of senna and other herbal products with laxative properties for pregnant women and women who are trying to conceive.

One should be wary about these findings because the labeling of slimming teas in the market today can be absolutely misleading. For instance, they commonly refer to the laxative qualities as "natural bowel cleansing properties" and not specifically use the word "laxative". Some even use the term "low-calorie" on their labeling. These products in fact, contain essentially no calories nor nutrients whatsoever; unless of course, if they are sweetened.

Adverse effects of misusing laxatives in the form of slimming tea generally occur when taken in more than or longer than recommended. These include nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting, rectal bleeding, electrolyte disorder and dehydration as well as injury and worse, death. It was also reported that excess use of stimulant laxatives cause severe constipation and pain for long periods (as much as for decades) due to the colon losing its function. It eventually led to surgery removing the colon altogether.

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According to manufacturers, diet pills use natural ingredients capable of prolonging life and containing alcohol used in medication or flavoring. One thing’s for sure, never take diet pills as substitute for cutting calories without the doctor’s recommendation.

There are simple but important steps to be followed when taking diet pills:

1.Never crush diet pills to mix in drinks or soups. Take it whole with a full glass of water.

2.Diet pills causes a person to urinate more frequently due to its diuretic effect. This could lead to dehydration, thus, causing complications. As a pre-caution, it is best to drink eight glasses of water everyday while on diet pills.

3.Take only the recommended dosage. Taking more than required will not help you lose weight but increase the risk of side effects.

4.Heartbeat should be less than 86 beats per minute. Stop taking the pills if it reaches 90 or higher that is why regular checking of pulse is a must.

5.Always follow the instructions set by the dietician and/or doctor and not only rely on what’s enclosed in the box. Also diet pills will only work as expected if diet plan is being followed.

6.After three months, stop taking the diet pills. Common diet phenylpropanolamine is safe to use only up to sixteen weeks. Other studies show that it can cause health problems if taken under one month.

There are two kinds of diet pills; one is the prescription only diet pills and the over-the-counter diet pills. Prescription Diet Pills – are drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration agency which side effects are monitored, maybe advertised and prescribed under certain dosages. The most popular of these is Xenical, which is licensed for long-term use.

However, this too has it’s own side effects, diarrhea, oily and unexpected fecal discharge are just some. Therefore, users are advised to take a low fat diet plan. While Over-the-Counter Diet Pills are categorized as food substitute and are unregulated. Beware that these diet pills are not Federal authorities tested and may cause serious side effects up to and including death.

Aside from a dietician, local pharmacists can also help in determining the pills that are safe and not for each person’s case. Just be extra careful about the so-called “natural” or “organic” ingredients. Not everything that comes from a natural source is safe. One example is Ma Huang, which is a botanical source of ephedrine known as a stimulant and being studied for potential side effects. Those who have or have a family history of prostate problems, thyroid disease, mental illness, high blood pressure, and heart problems should avoid taking diet supplements. The same applies to those who’ve had seizures or strokes. If someone is taking cold medicines, especially those with decongestants, diet pills should not be taken.

Whether it be a prescription or an over-the-counter diet pill, the dangers are unvarying with other similar drugs which controls the brain to reduce appetite and includes chest pains, hair fall, fever, depression, and even impotence. And as a general rule, don’t ever try to take diet drugs if pregnancy is suspected. Persons that are allergic to sulfites and tartrazine should also avoid taking diet pills. And those who are under 18 years or over 60 years of age should consult their doctor first prior to taking any dietary drugs, especially if they rely on over-the-counter stimulants used as a replacement for increase exercise.

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There is a great benefit acquired from losing weight.  Though losing weight is not easy,  the long term effects brought by it would probably be of help to anyone considering to shed those unwanted and unhealthy pounds. 

The following are a few of the remarkable advantages from losing those excess weight.

Weight loss prevents high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke

That is a three in one benefit from losing weight.  It is a fact that heart disease and stroke are one of the primary reasons for disability and death in both men and women in the US.  People who are overweight have a higher risk to have high levels of cholesterol in their blood stream as well as triglycerides (also known as blood fat). 

Angina, one type of heart disease, could cause chest pains as well as a decrease in the oxygen pumped to the heart. 

Sudden death also occurs from heart disease and stroke, and usually this strikes with very little warning, signs and   symptoms.

It is a fact that by decreasing your weight by a mere five to ten percent, this could positively decrease the chances of you having or developing heart disease or a stroke.  Plus, how your heart functions would also improve as well as your blood pressure, cholesterol and triglyceride count will decrease.

Weight loss prevents type 2 diabetes

Diabetes puts in jeopardy one’s life as well as how one leads his or her life because of the complications that result from having it.  Both types of diabetes, type one and type two are linked with being overweight.  To those who already have diabetes, regular exercise and losing weight could help in controlling your blood sugar levels as well as the medication you may be currently taking.  Increase your physical activity.  You could simply walk, jog or dance.  It helps get those blood streams moving as well as lose those unnecessary pounds.

Weight loss helps reduce your risk for cancer

Being overweight is linked with a number of kinds of cancer.  Specially for women, the common types of cancer that is associated with being overweight include cancer of the uterus, gallbladder, ovary, breast, and colon.  This is not meant to scare you, this is only to keep you informed.  Men are at risk too from developing cancer if they are overweight.  These include  cancer of the colon, prostate and rectum.  Extra weight, a diet high in fat and cholesterol should as much as possible be avoided. 

Weight loss reduces sleep apnea

Or it could eliminate it all together.  Sleep apnea is a condition wherein one could temporarily stop breathing for a brief period and then would continue to snore heavily.  Sleep apnea could cause drowsiness or sleepiness during the day and – because of being overweight – could result in heart failure.  Shedding those excess pounds could help in eliminating this problem.

Weight loss reduces the pain of osteoarthritis

When one weighs heavily, the joints of  his or her knees, hips and lower back would have to exert double – if not triple – effort to carry him or her through out his / her waking, walking and moving life.  This could cause tension and stress on these joints.  Weight loss decreases the load these joints carry thus decreasing – if not eliminating – the pain of one who has osteoarthritis.

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Seriously, the most important part of the process is arming yourself with the CORRECT knowledge. If you know how your body works…why it stores belly flab…what actually causes it to burn off…you’re a whole lot better off.

Now, I know there are a ton of so-called experts out there that are confusing the heck out of you. I know a lot of people tell you different things.  It can be as frustrating as all get out. But if you follow these simple rules and burn them into your brain things will be a lot different.

Anyway, let’s get to today’s easy lesson. Check this out:

• Increased Protein intake triggers the hormone Glucagon.
• This, in turn, prevents the spiking of your Insulin (which is also a hormone) levels.
• Which simply means you minimize the chance of storing blood sugar as fat.

In other words, eat more protein and you bust the belly flab. Sure, there’s more to it than that, but that is the crux of it. And so long as you understand the basics you can KEEP the belly flab from coming back.

When you only eat carbs your Insulin levels go through the roof. And all that blood sugar (that’s what the carbs turn into after you’ve eaten them) which isn’t needed by your body MUST go somewhere. Yup, it goes to your belly; or your butt; or your hips; or your thighs…

The best part is, it’s not very hard to consume more protein. In fact, it’s pretty darn easy. A high quality protein powder will do just the trick.

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We’ve all had lackluster workouts, but if you take care of these seven tips that will absolutely minimize the times that you don’t hit the gym raring to go and make huge progress.

1. Don’t be a slave. Schedules written down on paper look wonderful.  They appeal to the idea of symmetry and neatness that all of us have, but your body doesn’t care what day of the week it is or what the paper says. If you need to adjust things because you’re not recovered, don’t be afraid to do so.

2. Pick and time your food. Everybody has different reactions to food and a different timetable that their body operates on for digestion and use of energy. So pick the food that you like that makes you feel the best or strongest and eat it at the time that makes the most sense or usefulness for your workout. Again don’t be a slave. Just because Mr. Northeast Uzbekistan likes to eat oatmeal one hour and thirteen minutes before his workout doesn’t mean that it’s right for you. But be smart as well. Heavy garlic, tomato sauce, meatballs and sauerkraut four minutes and fourteen seconds before your workout probably ain’t the best idea.

3. Exercise often works on perpetual momentum meaning the better the shape you get in, the better your workouts get. The better you recover, the more consistent they are. That being said, build some momentum building time into your workouts. If you’ve been doing nothing but heavy power training and suddenly decide you can’t live without running a marathon, even though you haven’t run farther than from the couch to the refrigerator in the last year it’s probably not a great idea to go out and try to run 26 miles first thing tomorrow. Build up and give your body some time to get a running start at adaptation.

4. Stay hydrated. Most people don’t drink nearly enough caffeine free liquid, let alone water. The quickest way to fall out during your workout or to have a crappy one to start with is to not have liquid in your system. Your car won’t run long without oil and you’d never drive it without it. Why would you do the same thing to your body.

5. Get warmed up. Sometimes even when you don’t feel like a good workout if you spend some time getting the blood pumping, getting a sweat going and raising your core temperature, and getting your muscles and joints limbered up, you’ll suddenly feel like working out and your strength will suddenly be better. Not only is it protective of injury, it’s a mental boost and performance enhancer.

6. Mental pre/Qi Gong. Visualizing what you’re going to do and then immediately following through with it without ever allowing yourself to doubt your visualization is the key to effective mental preparation.  The deep breathing and energy recruiting movement exercises of Qi Gong can help you get to a deep level of focus within the mind and a place of unified, muscular, mental, spiritual and subtle energy in physical effort focus. These are high level techniques but they are simple to apply and can be a huge boost to your workout.

7. Have fun! Doing something that you really like within the context of something that brings you long-term gains and is safe is the key to being enthusiastic and productive in your workouts. Cover the bases of strength in all areas of the body and in levels of max, intermediate and endurance expression. Set your program up so that it fits within your life and with the equipment you have access to. Beyond that do what you like to do. The more you like it, the better you’ll be at it.  The more fantastic your workouts will be.

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Pain is something that everyone wants to avoid. Often our dislike for exercise comes from childhood gym class. We have all at one time or another had that gym teacher who thought it was their job to scream at you to make you a fit citizen. Not very motivating is you ask me.

But there are 7 ways to make exercise more enjoyable and they also come from early childhood gym class.

The first secret is to listen to music while training. We all liked gym class the weeks that it was about learning how to dance even if we hated the thought of having a child of the opposite sex as a dance partner. Yuck! But once the music started we seemed only to feel the rhythm and it made us feel good. One of the reasons music during training helps us feel good is because as we pay attention to the rhythm we also breath in a more relaxed fashion.

Taking long deep breaths that oxygenize our blood stream and increase our energy level while causing us to naturally improve our posture and form. So just like gym class, if we listen to music that we enjoy while exercising, we will enjoy it more.

The second secret to enjoying exercise is to think about positive, successful moments in your life when we were full of confidence and courage. Imagine that you are bringing these same qualities into the picture of what you want to accomplish. Remember when you got a Ribbon as an award for some field day games or school relay of some kind? The sense of accomplishment made you think positively and enjoy the event even though you were hot an sunburned from a long day in the hot sun. Use that positive feeling and positive thoughts to draw encouragement for your future workouts.

The 3rd secret to enjoying exercise is motivational stories. Remember back to that gym teacher who always told you stories about historical athletes and how they overcame injuries, disease or other hardships and still became a champion. Those stories inspired us to try harder and enjoy our training more. You can recapture those motivating stories without hunting down your old gym teacher from 4th grade by listening to motivational CDs, filled with stories and information about how you can improve your life. You can find motivational story CDs at any book store. I like to listen to them in the car on my way to my workout.

4. Spend some time focusing on your goal and your present condition before you begin your session. Doing this will help you begin and end your program with focused enthusiasm.

5. Focus on your breathing, watching the inhale and exhale. When you focus on your breathing while exercising, you can feel the same euphoria, within minutes, that has been labeled, “runner’s high.”
 
6. Focus on the bottoms of your feet when you are running, biking or walking. Push off the ground. Notice how much more of your latent physical strength is used when you pay attention to the connection your feet have with other things.

7. At a high-point of the workout, imagine that you have already achieved your goal and someone wants to know how you accomplished it. Mentally pretend that you are telling them how you did it and they are praising and congratulating you for your achievement.

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A lady doctor from Arizona has blown the lid off the best-kept secret in weight loss ever discovered — and this has the whole diet food and drug industries turned upside down and in nothing less than a torrential uproar.

Her name is Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, and she’s marching to the beat of a different drum.

And no, nothing about her “secret” is difficult — nor does it require that you do something completely out of the ordinary or anything unnatural.

Instead, the Arizonian boasts proudly “…this is something that I caught onto just before 2002 when there was so much research and exploration going around concerning the human colon and digestive system working in harmony with nutritional absorption, and I started doing independent studies just to test things at first … but which I later expanded on after seeing some fantastic results.”

This same woman medical practitioner went on to accurately determine a definitive correlation between harmful plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and people suffering chronic obesity — and who despite intense diet and exercise appeared to be unable to lose any weight whatsoever.

Over the course of six years the Arizona doctor developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these same harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly reproducing digestive parasites — and when applied to even worse-case patients suffering extreme obesity (98% of which were in immediate danger of dying) she saw a 100% effectiveness and success rate.

She then borrowed from her research on the severely obese, and applied the same strategies on milder cases of overweight persons — only to find the same effectiveness and quality results as described above (although the individual weight loss per subject wasn’t nearly as much as those obese patients 100 lbs to 200 lbs or more overweight).

So powerful is her secret that she’s able to reverse diabetes, rid illness altogether in people suffering from cancer (linked directly to poor diet and overweight factors), as well as an elimination of an entire spectrum of serious and otherwise life-threatening diseases.

Nearly 100% of all her case subjects were told in the alternative by “conventional doctors” that they either had just months or years to live, or they would never live a life anything resembling remotely a “normal” existence — yet after applying Dr Suzanne’s treatments saw a complete contradiction to others doctors’ prognoses.

Again, nothing about her secret is unnatural or requires someone to do any major action or modification in their lives.

In fact, her entire treatment is based completely on built-into-nature ‘protection agents’ scattered throughout the world in the form of select herbs, extracts, and organic constituents, and which can be found in a variety of plants — but when combined in specific combinations and carefully chosen amounts make for a solution to what is perhaps the world’s worst ever plague: OBESITY (and the illnesses and diseases resulting from it — or at least severely aggravated or exacerbated by it).

Now to everyone else’s great gain, whether suffering from just a few extra pounds and inches, to those extremely fat and overweight, this brave, bold lady doctor is releasing to the general public her secret for forever destroying the tight unrelenting closed-fist of obesity’s stronghold over the now more than 40% of Americans labeled obese, and others worldwide.

But she’s not promising any of us for how long.

Some experts and sociologists suggest that in the bigger scheme of things, the world will never tolerate a discovery of such magnitude, any more than it would be realistic to expect a car that runs on water (even if very real) to ever become commercially available to the general public for day-to-day use.

One well-respected and famous diet & wellness author wrote years ago that if anyone ever “truly unlocked the keys to permanent fat loss, they may actually suffer the same fate as JFK.”

It is currently available at:

=> Fat Loss Secrets

…so you may want to head on over there now and get it and before someone or “something” gets it forever yanked out of ever getting in YOUR hand at least.

It’s in a very easily readable format and is quickly and readily understood and mastered by anyone with even a 4th grade reading level.

While you’re there, why not scroll down and review for yourself the huge successes others are now having with this incredible breakthrough in rapid, massive weight loss and extremely improved and enhanced health, now made freely available to the rest of us?

Obviously we know why people get fat. What is far more difficult to understand is why the average weight of certain societies has recently been escalating at an alarming rate.

Obesity is growing out of control in the United States. In the years from just after the Second World War until 1960 the average person’s weight increased, but very few were obese. In the two and a half decades since 1980 the growth in the rate of obesity has accelerated and continues to escalate into a public health concern.

There are over 200 million Americans who are overweight. Not only adults, but young children are becoming not only overweight, but obese and “morbidly obese“. These children, are not only packing on the pounds, they are showing symptoms of previously defined “Old Age” conditions such as diabetes. All together this accumulated fat adds up to a whopping 5 BILLION pounds of extra accumulated fat, just in the United States alone.

There are a number of theories as to the cause of this change since 1980. Most believe it is a combination of various factors.

Lack of Exercise
Obese people are less active in general than people who are not overweight, and not just because of their obesity. A controlled increase in calorie intake of people who were not overweight, did not make them less active. When obese people lost weight they did not become more active
Researchers in Boston found that those who secreted high insulin levels had a far more difficult time losing weight than those who secreted low levels of insulin
The reason 200 million Americans are overweight is NOT because defective genes cause them to make excessive insulin. Hypersecretion of insulin is an effect — NOT the cause. They are overweight because they have impaired insulin receptor sensitivity.
Most scientists want to attribute the problem to your genes. These Scientists want you to believe that 200 million Americans are overweight because they have defective genes that make them hypersecrete insulin. This kind of thinking lets people off the hook. “Hey, it’s not my fault. I inherited defective genes that caused this obese condition”. What a Crock!
The truth is that Insulin receptors stop working effectively when you don’t exercise. The human body was designed to move and work and do natural exercise. When the receptors are not being used your body automatically makes this adjustment. Ever heard the saying “Use It Or Lose It”? It applies in the case of obesity
The only way your body can adjust, when your insulin receptors become desensitized, is to make MORE insulin. You have now become an insulin hypersecretor.

This Is Why You Always Feel Hungry

When your body starts releasing insulin, your fat-burning hormone called hormone-sensitive lipase immediately becomes inhibited. This hormone is responsible for releasing fat into your bloodstream to be utilized as fuel. Once lipase is inhibited, you are no longer able to burn fat and will begin utilizing amino acids from your muscles and carbohydrates from junk food as fuel. Excess fat in your body will NOT be burned as fuel and will remain glued to your tissues and organs unless you start exercising.