Cheat Your Way Thin

December 3, 2010 by · Comments Off
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When I decided to review the Cheat Your Way Thin system, I frankly expected it to be complete BS. It promises to tell people how to pig out during the holiday meals and at other times – without missing out on any dinners, desserts, or parties – yet STILL lose weight!

To my surprise, as I scanned the page, I saw that the creator – Joel Marion – had actually hit on the one thing that can make this work. Sure enough, he promises that his system allows your body to avoid going into starvation mode!

In a nutshell, the body has evolved to avoid starvation due to the fact that for the majority of the species’ history, humans have had a shaky food supply. Even today, in some parts of the world, calorie conservation is essential for survival.

As Cheat Your Way Thin explains – a diet is, at the bottom of it, a program of intentional starvation. The body, however, doesn’t realize that you’re doing it on purpose, so it responds by keeping every ounce it can!

Eventually, all of the strong anti-starvation efforts win out, and your diet fails.

Ironically, the way to avoid this is to eat more – but only at the right times. This way, you can fool your body into thinking it’s getting plenty all the time and cause it to release its iron grip on the pounds.

After discovering this principle by accident, personal trainer Joel Marion perfected a method that allows you to eat all of your favorite foods during the holidays and lose weight just the same. Since actually eating anything good on a diet is often called “cheating,” it makes sense that he’s named the system Cheat Your Way Thin.

In his system, he tells exactly how to go about “strategic cheating” in order to fill your cravings AND lose weight. He promises that Cheat Your Way Thin will get you past stalls in your weight loss program, and lose weight DURING the holidays without depriving yourself!

As a special for the holiday season, Joel Marion has included two bonuses with his Cheat Your Way Thin program. These bonus ebooks are made special for holidays like Christmas, New Year’s, and other “feasting” days.

The first bonus e-book is the Cheat Your Way Thin Restaurant Guide, Holiday Edition. It both tells you how you can use restaurants for strategic cheating sessions AND tells you how you can eat at ANY restaurant you want, at ANY time of the year!

Best for this time of year, the other bonus is the Cheat Your Way Thin Strategic Holiday Cheat Calendar. In this ebook, he maps out every single day from Thanksgiving to the first week of January. What’s so great about that? It sets everything up for you so that your Strategic Cheating Sessions all fall on holidays! That’s right, your big Christmas and New Year’s dinners are COVERED!

MY PERSONAL OPINION:

I have personally discovered the value of strategically adding high-calorie days to a weight loss program. I know that the theory is sound. By buying the Cheat Your Way Thin system, you avoid having to go through months of “beta testing” to figure out how to maximize the effects.

This will be a great purchase for anyone who wants to lose weight RIGHT NOW without missing out on holiday meals. It will allow you to avoid the disappointment and guesswork involved in figuring out the right method, and get on to losing more weight.

Since there is a MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE with Joel Marion’s Cheat Your Way Thin program, it’s a no-brainer to go ahead and buy it if you’re looking for fast, effective weight loss and want to eat all those delicious holiday foods as well!

Just CLICK HERE to go to personal trainer Joel Marion’s site and buy Cheat Your Way Thin today!

Cinnamon Weight Loss

August 30, 2010 by · Comments Off
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As someone who has always had a lot of trouble losing weight, I finally decided to ignore the conventional “wisdom” and look for an easier way to do it. I was pleasantly amazed to find that cinnamon weight loss is an absolute reality! So far I have lost 22 lbs (update) 29lbs by taking simple cinnamon caps!

On the internet, there is a lot of misguided advice concerning cinnamon. The most damaging of this is the myth of a requirement for expensive, “true” cinnamon. I spent several nights looking for the blood-sugar study that started the reports of cinnamon having beneficial effects. I finally found this study, and guess what? The effective cinnamon is indeed CASSIA CINNAMON (Cinnamomum cassia)- the very same kind sold in American grocery stores. In other words, the CHEAP STUFF! Anyone who says otherwise has not read the study abstract that actually says the genus/species of the cinnamon involved.

The next myth is that there is some odd need to combine it with honey. While it can be used as a tea, there is no need to gag down gallons of cinnamon tea or to use honey. It’s much easier to take cassia cinnamon supplements. I take 5, 500-mg capsules of cinnamon a day. These doses are spread throughout the day: 1 with breakfast, 2 with lunch, and 2 with dinner. The studies have used up to 6 grams a day with no ill effects, so I have no fear of overdosing.

Since cinnamon has been publicly connected to weight loss, many vitamin companies have now jacked up their prices for this actually-cheap spice. Don’t fall for that. I use plain old Puritan’s Pride brand, and that goes for about $2 for a bottle of 200! I always get the 5-for-2 deal. This means that I end up with a massive quantity per order, but the benefit is that it’s CHEAP and lasts for ages. There is no need for it to be expensively standardized or extracted; the type that works is just plain cinnamon.

One question many may have is how long it takes to lose weight by taking cinnamon capsules. For me, it’s taken a bit over 6 months to lose the 22 lbs. This is without making any other changes to my diet. Combined with the old saw of “diet and exercise,” it will almost certainly work even faster.

Another thing I’ve had to do as time went on is up my dosage of cinnamon. 3 caps/day worked for about 10lbs. Then the weight loss stalled, so I pumped up the dosage by another cap. Finally, after losing about 18 lbs., I had to add a 5th cap to keep the weight loss moving along. However, since the study showed no ill effects even with a 6 gram (12 capsule) dosage, I’m not worried about “maxing out” any time soon!

Cinnamon weight loss works great, but that’s not the only benefit of this age-old spice. As the original study shows, it’s also great for controlling blood sugar, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. This study tested cinnamon in diabetics, but there is no reason to believe it wouldn’t work for everyone. My own blood sugar is in the normal range according to finger-stick tests.

I heartily endorse using cinnamon for weight loss. It is the absolute easiest way I’ve ever found to lose weight without putting myself through any discomfort at all!

Green Tea Supplement

May 25, 2010 by · Comments Off
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Green tea has many benefits. It can help control cholesterol, improves the weight-loss effects of exercise, help with arthritis symptoms, and boost the immune system. It has a high amount of EGCG, a powerful antioxidant with anti-aging properties and many health benefits.

Another great benefit is that it gives users energy. This is beyond the normal “pop” from caffeine; the EGCG and possibly other energy-giving aspects last longer and don’t have a huge crash. Many users specifically mention green tea’s energizing effects in their reviews.

But what if you don’t want to drink 5 cups of green tea a day? You aren’t out of luck, and you don’t have to settle for having less and getting a lower benefit.

By taking green tea supplements, you get the benefit of several cups of green tea all in one convenient little pill. These supplements are made by several manufacturers, and prices vary. It isn’t hard, however, to find inexpensive and effective green tea supplements.

One thing to look for when shopping for green tea capsules is the percentage of EGCG contained within. Overly-cheap versions may be what amounts to dried green tea, with very little EGCG. Good versions are standardized to at least 50% EGCG. Surprisingly, these highly-concentrated versions aren’t all that expensive.

Taking green tea supplements that are standardized to at least 50% EGCG is therefore an easy and economical way to get energy, anti-aging, and other health benefits all at the same time.

CoQ10 Dosage

April 17, 2010 by · Comments Off
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After learning about the benefits of CoQ10, the obvious question is “how much CoQ10 should I take?”

To find out the answer, I spent many hours looking at studies available on the internet, along with a multitude of other sites concerning this supplement. There were many different dosages used, and several suggested, however I did find one CoQ10 dosage coming up again and again.


A CoQ10 dosage of in the range of 300mg/day was used in many studies, and associated with some of the greatest benefits of this coenzyme. There are even a couple of reports of women becoming free of small breast cancer tumors after taking about 350mg/day of CoQ10.

One confusing thing is that a lot of supplement companies call 100mg of CoQ10 “one serving.” I think it’s best to consider these servings like food servings rather than a daily dosage; having more than one a day is a good thing in this case.

Overall, 300mg seems like a great daily CoQ10 dosage, with no negative side-effects and many possible benefits for the heart, gums, blood pressure and other health-related upsides.

Green Tea Benefits

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For centuries, green tea has been used for medicinal benefit in China and nearby Asian countries. Recently, those in the West have realized that this tea really does have many health benefits.

Some green tea benefits are:

Lowering cholesterol
Helping to prevent cancer or, if it’s already present, slow its growth
Improvements in the immune system
Fighting infection
Helping with arthritis symptoms

A closer look at green tea benefits shows that many of them are likely due to the high amount of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) found in the drink. According to University of Kansas researchers, EGCG is twice as powerful as resveratrol! This is quite something – especially since green tea and green tea extract is usually quite a bit cheaper.

Here are some of the things EGCG has been found to be good for: This substance has been shown to inhibit cancer growth or even kill cancer cells in laboratory environments. For this reason, smokers and others who are exposed to cancer risk factors are encouraged to drink a lot of green tea or take green tea supplements.

Studies have also shown it to have a positive effect on the healthy formation of blood clots; helping to prevent abnormal clotting. This in turn makes green tea drinkers less likely to suffer from heart attacks or ischemic stroke, which are caused by clots forming where they shouldn’t.

Some people may be interested to know that studies have shown that green tea helps with weight loss. In a trial comparing green tea to plain caffeine, dieters who drank the tea burned more calories than those who just had caffeine pills. This shows that the tea’s caffeine content isn’t what’s responsible for the additional weight loss. Green tea, in fact, has far less caffeine in it than coffee.

One benefit many find they get from green tea and green tea extract pills is extra energy. Customer reviews of one supplement claim that it keeps them going all day! This is a much longer-lasting effect than coffee gives, again pointing toward green tea’s effects coming from more than its caffeine.

All in all, there is a lot of evidence supporting the fact that green tea benefits are real. Perhaps just as good, it’s easy to add green tea to your daily intake. You can simply take dried green tea capsules if the thought of drinking 4-5 cups of tea a day sounds like too much; or if you like green tea, just drink it the regular way.

Fish Oil Weight Loss

April 9, 2010 by · Comments Off
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There have been some comments on the Internet saying that fish oil weight loss is a reality. At first, it doesn’t seem to make sense: Oil is a form of fat, and fat is notorious for sticking around when ingested.

However, it seems that the DHA and EPA in fish oil give it quite different properties. DHA and EPA, forms of long-chain Omega-3 fatty acids, appear to interfere with the production of body fat. Just how is still being studied, but their benefit in fish oil weight loss programs is much clearer.

The most promising study on fish oil weight loss comes from Australia. Researchers determined that, when combined with exercise, fish oil intake did indeed increase the loss of fat. Unfortunately, without exercise, there was no positive effect on weight. But when added to a routine of walking 45 minutes 3 times a week, it helped cause a weight loss of 3.3 lbs. in the subjects.

To make sure it was the fish oil adding a benefit, they compared those results with people who took sunflower oil and walked the same amount. The sunflower-oil subjects only lost a negligible amount of weight, showing that adding the fish oil instead did indeed cause an increase of weight loss.

The fish oil dosage for weight loss may seem daunting at first. The study subjects took 6 grams of it a day! However, it is likely more important to look at the amount of DHA and EPA fatty acids in the dosage. When added up, it amounted to 1560 mg of DHA and 360mg of EPA per day. It is easy to get this amount of fatty acids in just 2 or 3 high-potency omega-3 fish oil pills per day.

Due to the difference in strength between fish oil brands, the answer to the question of how much fish oil for weight loss varies. Check the label, and then calculate how many capsules per day equal the needed amount of EPA and DHA.

By the results of the Australian study, fish oil and weight loss is NOT a myth. Combined with a sensible walking program, it can indeed take off the pounds. Fish oil is inexpensive, so trying a fish oil weight loss program won’t overly lighten your wallet, but it just may help you lighten the load on your body. Start popping a few fish oil 1000mg supplements before you take walks, and see what happens!

CoQ10 Benefits

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If you’re interested in nutritional supplements, you may have seen some stories talking about how great CoQ10 is. What makes it so special? Turns out there are many CoQ10 benefits for the human body! When they are all considered together, they qualify CoQ10 as an antiaging supplement of the finest order.

You may wonder how CoQ10 can deliver all these benefits. The answer is simple when put in layman’s terms. CoQ10 is an essential nutrient that the body uses for the metabolic process that creates 95% of cellular energy. As a person ages, their own body makes less and less of this vital coenzyme.

This decrease in CoQ10 production starts at only 20 years old. By the time you reach an advanced age, your liver may only make 20% of the CoQ10 needed for proper functioning of the cells! The deleterious effects of aging, in many cases, seem to boil down to the simple lack of cellular energy needed for the body’s parts to do their jobs. Eventually, like a car that’s been slowly running out of gas, there just isn’t enough fuel left to go on, and the system stops altogether.

So how do you get full CoQ10 benefits when you’re older than 20? You can eat…beef hearts! Or, if you find that as gross-sounding as I do, you can take CoQ10 supplements. These supplements – easy to buy online – provide the needed CoQ10, without the need to gnaw through any tough and bloody hearts.

If you want to know about some specific CoQ10 benefits, read on:

Since most studies use the typical method of examining specific diseases, most of CoQ10′s benefits are presented in that form. However, most if not all of the diseases it works best on are aging-related. Slowing or stopping these diseases clearly gives a person a body that performs as if it is younger.

One of the most well-proven CoQ10 benefits is that it lowers blood pressure. Studies have shown that supplementing with CoQ10 can reduce hypertension by up to 17mmHg. This is enough for many people to be able to reduce their pharma-type blood pressure medicine, or even eliminate it altogether. When taking CoQ10 for this purpose, those on meds should consult with their doctors for dosage adjustments as improvements occur.

Another one of the well-studied CoQ10 benefits is its role in reducing the damage from heart disease. It has shown benefits in lowering the amount of damage suffered in cases of heart attack, protecting the heart from damage associated with heart-attack risk factors, and other such cardiovascular stressors. One of the most interesting things to come from heart studies is that heart-disease patients have a deficiency of CoQ10 in their heart muscles. Why this is the case isn’t yet known, but supplementation improves heart health in many cases.

CoQ10 benefits don’t stop with the heart. It also shows great benefits when used for periodontal (gum) disease, especially when used to shrink pockets and lower inflammation. To maximize these CoQ10 benefits, some manufacturers make CoQ10 toothpastes and mouthwashes so the coenzyme can be applied directly to the gums and the rest of the mouth.

There are many other CoQ10 benefits being studied, and some show promising results. It is speculated that it can slow the advance of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, help with overall brain health, improve the skin, and perhaps help with athletic performance.

If you’ve been looking for a supplement that can help you feel younger as well as have a good chance of helping to improve certain maladies, give CoQ10 a try!

CoQ10

March 24, 2010 by · Comments Off
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CoQ10, sometimes known as coenzyme Q 10, CoQ, or ubiquinone, has an essential function in every living cell of the human body: It’s used in the production of the cell’s energy. More specifically, it’s an essential component of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which is the cell’s fuel on the metabolic level – 95% of the energy produced by the human body comes down to this component.

In plain English, cells without enough CoQ10 “run out of gas” and stop functioning properly, or even completely. This becomes visible as disease: Studies of many common disorders like gum disease, heart disease, and other degenerative diseases show that the affected parts are depleted of CoQ10. In many cases, supplementation with this vital coenzyme will help the part heal or even reverse the damage altogether.

One common medical condition – high blood pressure – is worthy of extra attention. CoQ10 supplementation has been shown to lower blood pressure by as much as 17mm Hg (also known as “points”), with a mean drop of 10mm Hg. This can mean that by taking CoQ10 supplements, some people can lower their dosage of prescription anti-hypertension medicine, or even eliminate it.

Studies have also shown promising results for a whole host of other disorders. At the time of this writing, according to NIH’s Supplement Information page for Coenzyme Q10, the only things it’s been conclusively shown to NOT help are Huntington’s disease and diabetes. Many other sites, especially those whose grants don’t depend on “further research,” are very enthusiastic about this vital coenzyme’s ability to help with other disorders.

Even though it shows great promise for disease treatment, that’s not the most exciting thing about it. The BIG THING about Coenzyme Q 10 is that supplementing with it may extend your lifespan AND keep you healthy as you get older!

CoQ10 has been shown to have life extension properties in mice, as well as providing antiaging benefits against diseases typical in elderly members of the species. Judging by how well CoQ10 protects against human disease, it is likely that the life extension properties will apply to humans as well!

If you’re like me and would like to have an extra 25 years or so tacked onto your lifespan, give CoQ10 a try. With no known significant side effects and plenty of upsides, you’ve got nothing to lose!

Liquid Fish Oil

March 22, 2010 by · Comments Off
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For those looking for large doses, liquid fish oil is the most convenient. Instead of having to swallow gobs of pills, a person only needs to take a spoonful or two of liquid fish oil to get a dose that’s big enough to actually be effective.

Like all good fish oil, liquid fish oil from reputable brands is molecularly distilled to keep the good aspects intact while removing contaminants. Brands like Carlson’s Fish Oil and Nordic Naturals Fish Oil are some of those well-known for purity and potency.

The point of taking liquid fish oil is to get enough EPA and DHA, two forms of essential fatty acids collectively known as Omega-3s. Omega-3 fatty acids are used by the heart, brain, and other critical body parts to make their cell membranes and perform other necessary functions. Liquid fish oil is rich in these vital compounds, and studies have shown that those who have enough of them are much healthier. They have lower blood pressure, a better cholesterol profile, and are less likely to die from some cardiovascular diseases. The oil has also been shown to improve mood, memory, and other brain-related functions. Fish oil has some of the most wide-ranging benefits that can be gained from a supplement, and best of all, many of them are actually proven via real scientific studies!

One thing people find out when researching fish oil is that it can take 2-4 grams a day to see the serious benefits, and depending on a person’s condition, even more may be required. This is hard to do when faced with the prospect of taking 10 or 20 pills! But with liquid fish oil, it is easy. Just swallow a spoonful or two, and you’re set.

Some may wonder what liquid fish oil tastes like. Surprisingly, it’s not fishy-tasting. The manufacturers typically add lemon, strawberry, or other yummy-tasting flavors to eliminate that fish taste. This makes it good even for people who hate the taste of fish.

If you’ve been looking for a natural way to preserve your health and even improve it, give liquid fish oil a try. It’s so beneficial that cardiologists even recommend it to their heart patients!

Fish Oil 1000mg

March 17, 2010 by · Comments Off
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There are many good things about fish oil, but most studies show that the benefits really kick in after taking a gram or more per day. With fish oil 1000mg, this is not a problem. Just one capsule will provide a whole gram of fish oil. If you’d like a bigger dosage, simply take more of them.

Fish oil 1000mg is surprisingly easy to take. This is because it comes in gelcap form, which makes it easy to gulp down despite the apparent size. If you put it in the fridge, it’s even easier to take.

Many manufacturers sell small pills, but there are also several that make fish oil 1000mg. Brands like Nordic Naturals, Carlson’s, and pretty much any other established name have this dosage available. Manufacturers like to provide multiple dosage possibilities so they can serve everyone’s needs. You can also buy liquid fish oil and simply take 1000mg at a time.

Figuring out how many spoonfuls of liquid fish oil will equal 1000mg should be an easy calculation, if the label doesn’t have it done for you already. If they’ve calculated a smaller dose, just multiply from their stated dosage to find out how much you have to drink to make 1000mg.

Of course, the easiest way to get fish oil 1000mg is in the pre-done capsule form. That way, there’s no math involved. Just take one for each gram of fish oil you want. If you want to take a lot of grams of fish oil every day, it’s a good idea to spread them out over the day so your body gets a steady supply. This is easy to do with gelcaps since you don’t have to take a bottle with you or do any measuring.

Fish oil 1000mg is a very convenient way to get a useful amount of the oil into your system. Check out the various brands and you’re sure to find one that’s perfect for you.

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