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To lose weight is not an easy process, especially if you have been struggling with your weight for years. Sometimes, to lose weight quickly, we end up taking routes that may hurt our body in the long run. Laxative diets are one such method of losing weight. But we should not judge a book by its cover right? Here's see how laxative diets may hurt your body more than you think. What are laxatives? Laxatives are originally drugs that are meant for those suffering from constipation issues. Laxatives work in your large intestines, while the food is absorbed in your small intestine. When our diet lacks proper intake of vegetables and fruits with the required amount of roughage, we end up being constipated. Laxatives are ideally meant for people suffering with severe constipation, owing to a disease or symptom, that has prolonged for more than four days.

A trend- laxative diet Since laxatives help you poop smoothly, your body ends up losing water. Many people mistake this water loss for weight loss.

"When a party or big celebration approaches, we often want to lose weight. People often take laxatives to get rid of tummy fat for a temporary period of time. What they don't understand is how it can hurt them in the long run," says Dr Renu Garg, nutritionist and homeopath. Dr Garg also mentions how dangerous this temporary solution can be if one is in the habit of taking laxatives every now and then.

Experts feel that using laxatives as a permanent solution for weight loss is a huge myth that needs to be busted right away. This is because when we consume laxatives for weight loss, we are damaging our muscles, nerves and digestive tract permanently.

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After a traumatic breakup from a long-term partner, Kaitlyn turned to food as a comfort and eventually hit her highest weight at 225 pounds. But things took a turn when she used exercise as a solace for depression. The Arizona-based engineer picked up weightlifting and almost immediately noticed the results on her body, but also on her mood and her brain. Her tips are practical and positive, and show just how much we can be capable of when we keep working hard and set goals.

POPSUGAR: What made you decide to start your weight-loss journey?

Kaitlyn van Brunschot: I was fresh out of a six-and-a-half-year relationship and felt completely lost. I initially started my journey with weightlifting just to fill my time. Very quickly I began to realize that lifting weights made me feel great! It gave me so much confidence, so I just kept doing it. It's funny how quickly you can change, because it's been almost a year now and I have such a passion for fitness. I never thought I'd be the person that I am today!

I gained a lot of weight when my partner cheated on me. I turned to food to feel better about myself. I used food as a means of reward to feel better. Couple that with a relatively sedentary lifestyle and you've got a perfect recipe for weight gain!

PS: What drew you to weightlifting specifically?

KV: I started lifting weights because cardio always left me feeling drained. So I tried weightlifting! I was fortunate enough to have a good friend show me how to do deadlifts and squats, and that's all I did for months. Slowly I started branching out and trying new things.

I have had this idea that I needed to diet or work out since I was 12 years old. That's more than half of my life! I kept thinking to myself that I'll dedicate my time to it later. After next semester. After the Summer. After I get my bachelor's degree. Little did I realize that I was just putting off my efforts for years. I've tried swimming, DVD programs, and plain old cardio. None of them worked because I wasn't ready for the lifestyle change, nor did I believe in myself. I've learned that just having the belief that you can change is oftentimes the biggest barrier to achieving your goals. Once you trust yourself and have faith in your own abilities, then everything will fall into place!

I think another huge thing is that I always got so stressed about making immediate lifestyle changes. I wouldn't just start working out; I would try to go vegan and start home-cooking and meal prepping and start working out all at the same time. I know now that those extreme changes are not helpful. It really does take baby steps when it comes to making lifestyle changes!

PS: What's your favorite way to work out?

KV: I am beyond passionate about lifting weights! It's such a fun and challenging way to achieve your fitness goals! Lifting has boosted my confidence more than I thought possible. I really love when I can work out with friends who help push me to try harder and lift heavier. Oftentimes that's enough for me to beat a personal record!

PS: What's your weekly exercise schedule?

KV: When I first started, I was working out once a week for about a month or two. Then I started feeling so good every time after I worked out. So I started going two to three times a week for a few more months. After that, I really started noticing my progress and was feeling so good about myself so I started going almost every day. For the last five months, I literally go six times a week. It's not a chore or a punishment for me; it is my passion. I feel so blessed to have discovered weightlifting! It makes you feel so capable and strong and those feelings fuel my passion!

It took me just under a year, but I went from just doing a 10-minute cardio warmup followed by deadlifts and squats every day to hitting every muscle group each week!

PS: How do you keep workouts exciting?

KV: Work out with friends! Take lots of before and after photos and enjoy your progress! Listen to your new favorite song only when you're working out (my mom told me this one and trust me, it works!). I have made so many friends at my gym, and being naturally outgoing, it helps when I get to work out with them.

PS: How much weight have you lost?

KV: I've lost 78 pounds! The first 25 pounds I lost were just from getting off of birth control, but the rest was all from weightlifting! I went from 225 at my heaviest recorded weight (but I can almost guarantee I was heavier; I just avoided the scale!) to 148 pounds right now.

PS: What was the first big difference, other than the number on the scale, that really made you feel proud and excited?

KV: Being able to fit into clothes that I never thought I'd fit into again. It's a surreal feeling. I vividly recall trying on a dress again that hadn't fit in years and finding that it was way too big. I was drowning in it. And I just looked at myself in the mirror and broke down in tears. I was so damn proud of myself; never did I imagine I would ever lose weight and get healthier. I never believed in myself until that moment. That was a very cathartic moment for me!

PS: How do you track your weight loss?

KV: I used MyFitnessPal to track my food and my weight. Although, when I started working out, I didn't adjust my diet at all and was still eating out a lot, so I didn't always track my food because I felt guilty. And weirdly enough I use Instagram a LOT to track my progress. I post a lot of before and after photos and the support I receive on there is a phenomenal source of extra motivation for me!

PS: What's a typical day of meals and snacks?

KV: I have been eating Oats Overnight, which is a prepackaged high-protein oatmeal, every morning for breakfast (I found them through Instagram!), and I usually eat chicken breast and frozen veggies for lunch. I don't always have time to grill up the chicken myself, so I get the rotisserie chickens or roast turkey breast from Safeway or Costco! Then I'll have Chipotle or a homemade acai bowl for dinner after a good workout session!

I snack on corn thins and rice cakes a lot at work. I like to mindlessly snack when I'm writing code and working on software and they're pretty guilt-free and super filling! I also like to snack on protein granola from Sprouts or fresh blueberries.

PS: Do you count calories?

KV: I do on occasion. I used to do it religiously, but after six to seven months of tracking, I've gotten a pretty good idea about what I'm putting in my body. I eat intuitively now and don't feel as stressed when it comes to tracking my calories. It's easy to get caught up in trying to eat as little as possible, but it's just not worth it. I'm probably sitting at around 1,800 calories a day, but I eat pretty clean, so it's a lot of protein!

PS: What are the healthy staples that are always in your fridge?

KV: Almond milk and blueberries! As far as nonfridge items go, I always have frozen acai pure in my freezer and bananas and granola on my counter. Also, I don't think I could survive without my peanut butter powder at this point. I put it in every shake I make!

PS: How do you strategize for meals out?

KV: I don't anymore! I don't crave fast food, so when I do go out I just listen to my body. I used to eat until I was so full that I felt ill and bloated. I don't do that anymore; instead I like to actually enjoy the food I'm eating! The nice thing about weightlifting is that if you eat more food, it just means you're fueling your body more!

PS: Do you use a fitness tracker?

KV: I use a Fitbit Charge HR 2. It helps me keep track of my heart rate, which I love when I'm working out!

PS: What role did weightlifting play in your journey? Would you recommend it?

KV: I literally recommend weightlifting to all my friends! Just for the fact that it makes you feel so great about yourself!

PS: What advice do you have for anyone starting out on a weight-loss journey?

KV: Please let yourself celebrate the little victories, like ordering a medium instead of a large meal at a fast-food restaurant! It's such a slow process, but it is absolutely worth it! Find something physical that you love and let yourself develop a passion for it. Let it become more than a temporary thing to lose weight. If you can find something that can be a lifelong hobby, then you're going to go so far!

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Its a muggy, sunny day here on Long Island, and in a couple of hours, I begin a full afternoon into the evening of clients. I love helping people change their lives by incorporating exercise into their daily lives, and by making simple nutritional tweaks. Because of all the information out there (most of it being bull!), its very easy to get overwhelmed and confused while seeking to improve your health and your weight!

Today, I want to dive deep a little bit about conventional thinking on diet and exercise. Here in the States, its recommended by both the government and the medical establishment that the average person gets an average of 60 minutes of light-to-moderate physical activity per day, and that their diets should be carb-saturated and dependent on calories above all else.

This is what were taught in school growing up, what were told by our doctors, and what most of the people in our lives looking to lose weight and to improve health turn to. The problem is, NEITHER of these common recommendations are accurate, and as a result, there are a lot of folks across the country and around the world that follow this advice to the tee who see little-to-no longterm success.

I should know Ive been there

After struggling with childhood obesity, I decided to pick up a baseball and start playing sports at the ripe old age of 12. Due to my growth spurt, the sudden onset of regular physical activity and my teenage metabolism, I quickly grew into my weight, and then entered college at a lean but muscular six feet tall, 215 lbs.

A common ailment for folks attending university is to put on 15 lbs during their freshman year. I was fortunate that did not happen to me Unfortunately, over the first three months of my sophomore year, I wasnt so lucky:

In just three months, I put on 70 lbs! I was still active, going to the gym five days a week, playing rec sports like basketball, football, and racquetball, and yet, because I never changed a damn thing about my nutrition, it finally caught up to me!

I remember going home for Thanksgiving break towards the end of November, and my family members and home friends asking me, What happened to you?! You were just in shape three months ago! To make matters worse, my school friends began to see all the weight Id put on in my weeklong absence during the holiday, and quickly began ragging on me when we had a few too many to drink back at school.

After the academic year was over, I decided I was going to count calories, reduce portions, and exercise HARD! Following the Food Pyramid (now known as MyPlate), I consumed a diet low in calories, high in healthy grains, vegetables and fruits, and minimized my dietary fat. My gym sessions ramped up from 90 minutes to nearly three hours, and Id often do two-a-days!

For four months, this worked: I lost 40 lbs, and thought I was well on my way to undoing the damage. Unfortunately, this began the longest plateau of my life:-(

For the next TWO years, I didnt lose a pound. I stayed stuck at 235 lbs, and no matter what I did, I just couldnt get under that. I started trying other popular dietary strategies and fitness methodologies with little-to-no success. I damn near gave up

Then, my buddy turned me on to CrossFit. After doing some research, I saw that a lot of CrossFitters subscribe to the Paleo diet. While my nutritional philosophies have evolved a bit since then, this was the first nutritional philosophy Id come across that told me NOT to worry about calories or portions, and to instead worry about WHAT I was eating.

Over the next four months, I lost another 20 lbs, and got back to my original weight when I started my journey. But, I wasnt satisfied! I wanted to look like one of those fitness models in the magazines, and decided to see if there was anything I could do to push the envelope. I was told to get a food allergy test by another acquaintance, and sure enough, found I was allergic to dairy. I cut that out of my regular diet, and another 15 lbs left without even trying! I then learned about lipolysis and keeping your body in a fat-burning state, and it was game, set and match:

Why do I tell you this? Because I wasted TWO YEARS of my life following conventional advice and fad diets with nothing to show for it after the first four months. I really thought I was going to be stuck with this tubby dadbod forever, and that maybe thats just how Im meant to be.

This whole experience really turned me off to listening to conventional thinking, and so I took matters into my own hands: Getting both certified and educated so that I could make the best decisions possible for my health! Now, thats what I do for others, and Im proud that thats the path Ive chosen.

So, if youve been told to watching your portions or to bust your ass for an hour a day, think again! Studies show that types of exercise like interval training can do just as much for you in 10 minutes as a two hour gym session can:-)

Plus, you dont NEED a gym! If going to a gym works for you, great, but Im a huge proponent of working out at home or outdoors. This gives me more flexibility to change things up and work out on MY time, without having to allocate nearly two hours to commuting to and from a gym.

So, do me a favor? Next time an expert tells you to eat a certain way or to do a certain type of exercise, do your homework before you blindly accept his/her recommendations;-)

pete@weightlossbypete.com

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The Biggest Loser has been canceled by NBC, according to multiple media reports and none other than the hit show's resident doctor.

An incredible 17-season run for TBL on the network has ended following a weight loss drug scandal, the origins of which go back years.

According to Dr. Robert Huizenga, this can be traced back to a former contestant who alleged that participants were given drugs on set.

Ones to make them lose weight, if that wasn't obvious.

The bombshell revelation was made in court documents in which the doctor accuses a participant of bringing bad publicity to the show.

Last year, Huizenga sued Joelle Gwynn, who appeared on the show in 2008, and the New York Post, over an article implicating him.

Both sources claim the doctor was behind giving participants illegal weight loss pills, and he wasn't the only player involved, allegedly.

Gwynnalso accused the show's trainer Bob Harper of supplying contestants with Adderall, a drug prescribed to patients with ADHD.

Adderallis also known to suppress appetite; Harper also supplied, allegedly, pills containing ephedra extract, which is banned by the FDA.

She told the New York Post that the pills left her "jittery and hyper" and alleged that he approved the distribution of the pills on the show.

Gwynn, along with other past contestants, also claimed they were encouraged to lie about their calorie intake during the NBC program.

As a result, multiple reality stars have said that after the competition, they quickly gained back all the weight as a result of the regimen.

Gwynn told the newspaper last year:

"People chastise Bill Cosby for allegedly offering meds to women, but it's acceptable to do to fat people to make them lose weight."

"I feel like we got raped, too."

For his part,Huizenga has denied all allegations and has filed a lawsuit stating the story was "fabricated, fictitious and outright libelous."

"Nothing could be further from the truth," he says.

He calls himself "a world-renowned health expert and esteemed sports doctor who advocates for safe and effective weight loss methods."

Gwynn fired back, reaffirming her statements on the record, and demanded his suit be thrown out and that the doctor pay her legal fees.

In new court documents,Huizengademands thatGwynn's motion be denied, by virtue of her public comments getting the show axed.

Gwynn's"outrageous" accusations, his lawyer says, "resulted in the cancelation of The Biggest Loser" and other opportunities for him.

This is particularly egregious for Dr. Huizenga (above), he says, because of his "strict life-long anti-drug beliefs and strict anti-drug policy."

On The Biggest Loser, he wouldn't even allow contestants to take "caffeine pills or drink more than one cup of coffee, much less illegal drugs."

Though Gwynn never named names, his legal team claims that a "defamed person need not be named in the defamatory words" necessarily.

If the statements are enough to identify him, it's all academic, he says, and it was enough to cost him multiple other TV show opportunities.

Season 17 of the show aired last year, after which NBC did not publicly announce a decision on future installments of The Biggest Loser.

NBC has yet to formally announce the cancelation.

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Even Charlize Theron struggles to lose weight.

The 41-year-old actress is opening up about packing on the pounds for her role in the upcoming film Tully and the effects it had on her after she tried to lose the weight.

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In a new interview with Variety, the Atomic Blonde star shares that she was looking for a role in a smaller film where she "could lose herself," which led her to reunite with her Young Adult director, Jason Reitman, for Tully. Theron plays a mother of three who gets a night nanny and the two form an unexpected bond. The part required her to gain weight, which she says was "harder for her now than when she was in her 20s."

"It was brutal in every sense," Theron, who previously put on 40 pounds for her Oscar-winning performance in the 2003 film, Monster, expresses. "This time around, I really felt it in my health. The sugar put me in a massive depression. I was sick. I couldnt lose the weight. I called my doctor and I said, 'I think Im dying!' And hes like, 'No, you're 41. Calm down.'"

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Theron will next star in Atomic Blonde, where she portrays a bad-ass international spy. During the filming, she had to go through intense training and ended up with bruised ribs, a twisted knee and even underwent extensive dental surgery after she cracked two teeth.

"It happened the first month of training," Theron tells Variety. "I had severe tooth pain, which I never had in my entire life. Having to cut one of the teeth out and root canals, it was tough. You want to be in your best fighting shape, and its hard. I had the removal and I had to put a donor bone in there to heal until I came back, and then I had another surgery to put a metal screw in there."

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As the years go by, youll start looking back on your early twenties and think, "I had it so easy back then". You could probably get away with going out to eat all the time, sipping soda and skipping the gym without a worry about your waistline. But you cant exactly carry those habits later in life and expect the same results.

You might find yourself wondering why your body is putting on weight when you're not doing anything different? Or why the scale won't budge when you're putting so much effort into being healthy.

The unfortunate answer to these questions is simple: the older you get, the harder it is to lose weight.

There are several reasons for this lamentable phenomenon, including:

Disadvantage #1: Your muscles deteriorate

Even if youre pretty active, most people start losing their muscle and start replacing it with fat starting in their 30s, research suggests. Because fat doesn't use up as many calories as muscle does, your body is now burning less calories throughout the day. As a result, you don't need to eat as much, which slows down your metabolism.

Disadvantage #2: Your metabolism slows down

Your metabolism is in charge of all the chemical and physical processes that continuously happen inside your body it helps to keep you going throughout the day.

"The largest component of your metabolism is your basal metabolic rate (BMR), which is the amount of energy your body uses just to maintain functioning at rest. This surprisingly accounts for 50-70 percent of the energy used each day," says Robbie Clark, dietician and sports nutritionist. Clark says that a BMR typically decreases by one to two percent per decade after you reach the age of 20. It may even decrease up to 10 percent per decade after the age of 45.

While you can't stop this decrease, you can do things to optimize your metabolism (we talk about this down below).

Disadvantage #3: Your hormone levels decline

As you grow older (especially after menopause for women) your levels of sex hormones decrease. This includes estrogen and testosterone. The loss of these hormones compounds your bodys difficulty to lose weight.

All three of these factors sound like a pretty grim fate for anyone trying to lose weight past their twenties but its not a hopeless cause. While deteriorating muscles, slowing metabolisms and decreasing hormones are unavoidable, there are some steps you can take to optimize the body you have.

Combat tool #1: Get enough sleep

Getting that recommended 7-8 hours a night might be low on your list of priorities, but sleep is actually a huge tool for combatting your bodys declining ability to lose weight. Research from a study published in the International Journal of Endocrinology shows that sleep deprivation and sleep disorders may have profound metabolic and cardiovascular implications.

In other words, your sleeping patterns and your metabolism are intricately connected. Your metabolism relies heavily on sleep to keep from slowing down too quickly.

Combat tool #2: Do HIIT workouts

Of course, regularly working out isn't news for someone who wants to get more fit, but certain workouts are particularly beneficial for combatting a slowing metabolism. HIIT, or high-intensity interval training, is a type of exercise that involves repeated short bouts of high-intensity, or burst exercises between longer, low-intensity exercise. A typical HIIT workout could be jogging at a slower, comfortable pace for a couple minutes, sprinting for 20-40 seconds, then repeating the pattern for 20-30 minutes total.

These interval workouts are the best cardio option for boosting your metabolism. HIIT causes your body to burn more calories post workout in comparison to steady state workouts, which might just be the answer for anyone struggling to see results from their steady-state exercises.

Anyone can modify a HIIT workout so it fits your age and physical capability. You can do HIIT workouts while jogging, cycling or even walking.

Combat tool #3: Eat more protein

Protein can have a profound effect on your metabolism. Though both protein and carbohydrates contain four calories per gram, protein forces your body to use more calories during digestion than carbs do. Protein also builds metabolically active muscle and prevents body fat storage.

Just make sure youre not eating more high protein foods in addition to what you normally eat in a day. Instead, replace some of you more unhealthy calories with lean proteins.

Doing these three things will help you combat that slowing metabolism. There is still hope to having the healthy, fit body you want, even while your body ages.

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Diet and exercise counseling provide a positive but small effect in preventing cardiovascular disease for otherwise-healthy adults, according to a new recommendation from one of the nations most influential health care organizations.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which makes recommendations that are often followed by clinicians and health insurance companies alike, released an updated guideline Tuesday morning on one of the nations most pressing problems: How to fight the ongoing obesity epidemic estimated to affect one in three adults.

After reviewing the results of 88 clinical trials, a panel maintained a middle-of-the-road C grade for diet and exercise counseling for those classified as normal or overweight who have no known risk factors for heart disease such as hypertension, high blood sugar levels, elevated blood cholesterol or diabetes. The rating leaves it up to individual doctors to decide whether or not each patient they see could benefit from more intensive weight-loss programs often led by nutritionists who offer a combination of sound advice and regular check ups one-on-one and in group settings.

This higher level attention, often delivered through six-month comprehensive lifestyle programs, is already strongly recommended for anyone with cardiovascular risk factors and for those whose body mass index classifies them as obese based on studies that show clear and substantial benefits. In some cases, for example, diabetic patients are able to stop taking medications after moving toward healthier food choices and becoming more active. But, after looking at the evidence, experts were not able to find that behavioral counseling made a huge difference in who, among the overweight and those of normal weight, ended up developing heart disease.

The C rating is important for another big reason: The Affordable Care Act requires all health insurance companies to cover preventive services receiving an A or B rating from the task force. So, while insurance companies are currently required to cover weight loss counseling for those who are already obese, that will not be the case for those who are merely overweight. This is despite the fact that the American Heart Association recommends such counseling for both weight categories.

Dr. Carol Mangione, a task force member and practicing internal medicine specialist who teaches at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, said the letter grade should not be taken as evidence that diet and exercise changes are not beneficial or critical in fighting the nations obesity epidemic. Its just that, when looking only at the evidence, other choices, such as quitting smoking, deliver a larger benefit and thus get a higher grade.

As to the fact that a C grade is one shy of insurance coverage requirements? Though the task force is seen as the arbiter of what gets covered and what does not, thats not part of the evaluation process.

We look at the clinical evidence but we dont consider insurance coverage at all, Mangione said.

Because it looks at weight through the lens of cardiovascular disease, the recommendation, noted Dr. James Sallis, a well-known behavioral medicine researcher at UC San Diego, is far from the last word on who should be told to enroll in a comprehensive lifestyle program and who shouldnt.

The problem is, diet and exercise specifically are related to many different diseases. Cardiologists dont pay much attention to cancer and osteoporosis and depression, but they are all affected by obesity. Recently, as an example, there was a very large study that linked physical activity levels to 13 different cancers, Sallis said.

The bigger problem, he added, is that many doctors dont know what to do, beyond advocating for a plant-based diet more regular exercise, when they encounter a patient who is overweight and at risk of eventually becoming obese. Often, he said, they send patients to gyms and other self-directed resources even though evidence shows that the best results are obtained from the kinds of programs which help people set specific goals, have accurate ways to track progress toward those goals and have some sort of mechanism, such as group meetings where results are shared, to provide accountability.

Creating a link between doctors and these more-proven options, he said, is whats needed in order to reverse the obesity epidemic, and thats why the C grade was a little disappointing.

A C recommendation is not going to stimulate much change. The way our system works, if they dont have a diagnosis that would lead to coverage, then they are going to have to pay out of pocket. When patients have to pay out of pocket, theyre less likely to follow a doctors recommendations, Sallis said.

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The Military Diet is one of the fastest ways to lose weight

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Atlanta, GA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/11/2017 -- A new diet that helps people to lose weight in the shortest time possible has become one of the most talked about diets of 2017. The Military Diet is what the world has been waiting for according to Dan Parker, a nutritionist and health enthusiast with over eight years of experience in the field.

At a time where 68 percent of adults in the USA are classed as overweight, and 45 million people are trying to lose weight, a new solution is needed. The Military Diet has caused excitement by being one of the simplified and effective diets on the market. It's so successful and so fast that a person can lose 10 pounds within a week and 30 pounds in a month.

Dan Parker, a nutritionist, and health enthusiast said: "The military diet is perfect for those wishing to lose weight quickly for a special occasion. It has become so successful in achieving fast weight loss that female celebrities are using it before appearing on the red carpet to have that perfect picture taken."

There are lots of diets on the market that claim they can achieve fast weight loss but never deliver, so it's no wonder people become skeptical when a new diet makes an appearance with the same claim. However, the Military diet is different, and unlike other fast weight loss diets on the market, this one does work.

The Military Diet is so easy to follow, and people don't have to starve themselves to achieve fast weight loss results. As has been proven, those following the low in calorie diet can enjoy carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats and still achieve the results they need to achieve in the shortest time possible.

"There are a number of reasons that make the Military Diet so effective. First of all, it's low in calories meaning it'll lead to a calorie (energy) deficit in your body. To make up for it, your body will have to use stored fat as fuel. In other words, you'll lose weight," explained Dan Parker

That is not the only reason why the diet has achieved so much success. According to Dan Parker, the diet involves intermittent fasting, which is extremely beneficial for weight loss. Dan Parker explained, "Fasting increases insulin sensitivity, which means the nutrients you ingest go into your muscle and liver cells rather than your fat cells."

Those that have tried to diet before will know that in order to achieve success their metabolic rate needs to increase in order to burn calories. The Military diet plan uses high protein foods, high fiber foods, and foods rich in calcium. These foods help the body to burn fat.

Since being launched, it has become one of the most used diets with brides-to-be using it to look great on their wedding day, and those looking to get slimmer for their holiday. The diet is not just for women; it is also being used by men who want to look good without starving themselves to lose weight.

To learn more about the Military Diet and why it has become one of the most talked about diets in the world, and to see how it works, please visit https://militarydiet.co/

About Dan Parker Dan is a nutritionist and health enthusiast with over eight years of experience in the field. He has written countless studies and articles on how to eat better and improve health through proper nutrition.

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OHIO CITY The Ohio City Park Association and the Lambert Days Committee has finalized plans for the 2017 festival.

Lambert Days is always the third full weekend in July. This years dates are July 21-23. This is also the 50th anniversary of Ohio Citys celebration of the life of John W. Lambert and his invention of Americas first automobile.

This years edition of Lambert Days will feature a communitywide garage sale. For more information, contact Laura Morgan at 419.965.2515. There will also be food all weekend in the newly renovated Community Building on Ohio 118.

Friday, July 21

Festivities start off with a steak dinner (carryout is available), starting at 4 p.m. Friday. Ohio Citys American LegionHarvey Lewis Post 346 will have aflag-raising ceremony at 5 Friday evening, while kids games and inflatables will also open at 5. At 6 p.m., the Lambert Days Wiffleball Homerun Derby will take place. For more information, contactLorenzo Frye 419.771.7037.

There will also be entertainment at 6 p.m. featuring Cass Blue. At 7, there will be a adult Wiffleball tournament. For more information, contact Brian Bassett419.203.8203. A Texas Hold em Tournament will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, along with Monte Carlo Night, which begins at 8 p.m. For more information, contact Jeff Agler at 419.513.0580.

Entertainment for Friday night starts at 8 and will be the band Colt & Crew. There will also be a fireworks display at 10:15 p.m. Friday (Saturday night is the rain date).

Saturday, July 22

Saturday morning begins with a softball tournament at 8. For more information, contact Brian Bassettat 419.203.8203. There will also be a coed volleyball tournament that starts at 9 a.m. Saturday. For more information, contact Tim Matthews at 419.203.2976. The Lambert Days Kids Wiffleball Tournament starts at 10 a.m. Saturday. For more information, contact Lorenzo Frye at 419.771.7037.

Kids games and Inflatables continue at 11 Saturday morning. Cornhole tournament registration and 3-on-3 basketball tournament registration start at noon, while both tournaments begin at 1 p.m. For more information on cornhole, contact Josh Agler at 567.259.9941 and for 3-on-3 basketball, contact Scott Bigham at 419.953.9511.

The Hog Roast Dinner starts at 4 p.m. Saturday and carryout is available. There will also be music under the tent by Jeff Unterbrink at 4. Bingo will start at 5 p.m., and the night ends with entertainment by Megan White and Cadillac Ranch.

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The North American Free Trade Agreement may have dramatically changed the Canadian diet by boosting consumption of high-fructose corn syrup, a new study suggests.

That boost arrested a years-long decline in total sugar consumption. And it shifted Canadians away from liquid sweeteners such as maltose and molasses toward high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener that has been linked to the obesity epidemic.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that as tariffs on high-fructose corn syrup dropped over a four-year period, consumption grew: from 21.2 calories of corn syrup per day in 1994, to 62.9 calories per day by 1998.

NAFTA may thus have contributed to growing obesity and diabetes rates over that time, its authors say.

There are free-trade deals being negotiated all over the world, and NAFTA has been used as a blueprint for many of them, Pepita Barlow, a doctoral student at Oxford University and the lead researcher on the paper, said. In some ways, this is an opportunity to think about who benefits from these deals and who loses and how we can craft them to better promote health and wellness.

The connection between free-trade agreements and health has not been well-studied, Barlow said. To date, most research on globalization and nutrition has examined the effects of foreign direct investment: how consumption patterns change when multinational food companies, such as Coca-Cola or the global snack food maker Mondelez, begin producing and advertising in new markets.

Joseph Glauber, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and the former chief economist at the USDA, said he would expect that sort of investment to have a larger impact on consumption, relative trade. But the research, he acknowledged, is in its early days.

This connection between trade and nutrition is getting to be a very big question, Glauber said. I think the effect is probably pretty minor, on the tariff side. But theres a huge issue with foreign direct investment and advertising, which has become very aggressive. And thats all a part of trade liberalization.

Tariff reductions do make food ingredients cheaper, irrespective of their nutritional qualities. Lower prices encourage manufacturers to use more of those ingredients.

Before NAFTA was adopted in 1994, Canada had a tariff of 5 percent on high-fructose corn syrup. Under NAFTA, Canada agreed to phase out that tariff, while maintaining protections on sugar- and beet-based syrups such as fructose, maltose, glucose and molasses.

As a result, researchers found, consumption stayed flat on those protected sweeteners, but spiked for high-fructose corn syrup. Countries that are economically similar to Canada, but that did not join NAFTA such as Australia and the U.K. did not see a similar effect.

At the same time, obesity rates increased from 13.4 percent in 1994 to 14.8 percent in 1998. According to Canadas national statistics agency, 14.2 million people roughly 38 percent of all Canadians are obese.

This cannot be credited entirely, or even predominanty, to NAFTA, Barlow cautioned: Obesity rates were trending up anyway. And obesity has continued to climb, even as Canadian consumption of soft drinks (a major source of high-fructose corn syrup) has decreased.

But Barlow and her co-authors believe the correlation is strong enough to suggest that the trade agreement did likely contribute to obesity by increasing access at a critical time to a sweetener that some researchers consider uniquely likely to cause weight gain.

In a commentary accompanying the paper, epidemiologists Ashley Schram and Ronald Labonte, who study public health and trade at the University of Ottawa, argue that the paper should give trade negotiators pause as they work on future agreements.

Corn refiners vehemently deny that assertion as well as any suggestion that HFCS may have contributed to Canadian obesity rates.

John White, a nutritional biochemist who consults for the Corn Refiners Association, disputed Barlows claim that HFCS is somehow riskier or more fattening than sugar, citing studies that show it is nutritionally similar to sugar and challenged her to prove the growth of HFCS during the 90s was not caused by something besides NAFTA.

U.S. soda-makers began transitioning from liquid sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the early 80s, and its possible that the Canadian industry took some time to catch up.

White also argued that the study fails to account for Canadians reduction in sweetener consumption throughout the aughts although obesity continued to climb during that time.

This paper may best be considered a historical study with limited contemporary relevance, given the aged nature of the data set and the significant reduction in sweetener consumption in the intervening years, he said. This is nothing more than a theory based on 17-year-old data and biased references.

However, there is growing evidence that people consume more junk food after their countries ink free-trade agreements, particularly with the U.S.

The U.S. is a major producer of processed foods and their ingredients. Exports of prepared foods, beverages and processed fruits, vegetables and dairy have all grown significantly since NAFTAs adoption, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Thats largely because, as previous analyses of trade data have shown, the foods most affected by liberalization are those that are most protected: among them, high-value, high-margin products, such as soft drinks, frozen french fries and snacks.

In Mexico, soda consumption increased by 37 percent between 1998 and 1999, the years NAFTA was negotiated and put into effect.

In Peru, sales of juice, sports and energy drinks surged in the 10 years since the 2006 free trade agreement with the U.S. an effect not seen in neighboring Bolivia, which has not inked an agreement.

One global study, which analyzed food, tobacco and alcohol habits in 80 countries after they joined U.S. free trade agreements, found that those which had signed deals sold 63.4 percent more soft drinks per capita than those which had not, even after correcting for GDP and other economic factors.

Some, like the tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu, have announced plans to address the problem by banning imported foods all together.

At the moment we have an infiltration of junk food from overseas, a community leader in Vanuatu recently told The Guardian.

Its unclear if Vanuatu, or any member country of the World Trade Organization, can pass such a ban without being sanctioned. Glauber and Barlow are in favor of solutions that dont necessarily disrupt trade. Glauber advocates for excise taxes to discourage consumption, rather than tariffs a tax on soda instead of a tariff on imported HFCS, for instance.

Barlow, the Oxford researcher, would like to see more public health groups involved in negotiating trade deals.

Its an important issue to think about, she said. A large number of free-trade agreements are currently being negotiated around the world. We need to know how those actually impact peoples daily lives their well-being and health.

For now, however, such collaboration may be a long way off. The Canadian Medical Association, whose journal published Barlows study, said it had no plans to add trade policy to its advocacy work. The Canadian Health Coalition, another leading public health group, said that while it has concerns about public healthcare and the NAFTA renegotiation, nutrition isnt one of them.

Everyone recognizes that diets are changing because of globalization, Glauber said. [But] its still hard to address this.

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