Easy Health, Wellness, and Weight Loss Diet.

Easy Health, Wellness, and Weight Loss Diet.

by Diane M. Hoffmann

So many people are looking for the perfect diet -- either to lose weight or get healthier or both. Usually it's both.  And there are indeed many of them around. But a lot of the programs are too cumbersome to follow.

One of the things that people are looking for in a diet program is SIMPLICITY.  I followed different types of programs over the years which worked somewhat but which still contained harmful foods.  About a year ago I wrote a truly healthy-eating program from much of the reading and research I did.

It came with recipes and all, but it became too cumbersome to follow.  Sometimes when I didn’t have the time to plan the meals ahead or didn't have the ingredients for the particular recipe on any particular days, I would have to either go to the store and buy the missing staples or substitute it with something bad which would get me off track.

So, I simplified. And I would love to share the program with you. If you're looking for a program just click on the tab above.

So many folks are suffering from actual diseases. I meet them all the time. Just the other day I ran into a couple in the grocery store.  Both suffer from various common diseases. Both are over-weight.

As they tell me their tales of woes and assure me they watch what they eat, I glance into their grocery basket and see 90% of the products are dead wrong!

I'm thinking, "I can fix you if you'd only eat what I tell you to eat and not to eat".  But that's the problem, we want to get better but still stuff ourselves with junk foods. And, hey, I know junk foods taste good!

Our diet today is killing us slowly. We could empty the hospitals by 50 to 75 percent if we changed it.

People think they eat well. But when I give them the test in my consultation, they fail it woefully. When I ask them to do the "1-week list of what they eat" and analyze it, it is 90% wrong.

People are looking for a diet that's easy to follow, they don't want to have to count calories, skip meals, fight cravings, buy expensive supplements -- and all that for short term benefits or none at all.

Well the simple way is to cut out the bad stuff and replace it with good living foods. Yes that means cut out the sugars and refined and processed foods.

You say, "that's hard to do." Well only at the beginning.  A good diet requires a change of lifestyle in our eating habits. Depends how badly you want to get well or lose the weight. Depends on how serious you are. Depends on how tired you are of being sick and tired.

And it doesn't mean you'll never, ever be able to eat ice cream or chocolate and chips, etc. again. It means you will have to change the priorities around. Once you get through the first couple of weeks of re-conditioning your body, you will start a second nature with your foods habits.

The easy part is that "dieting begins at the grocery store".  If you make a list of the right foods to eat, you just need to buy what' s on the list.  How easy is that?

And you will no longer have the wrong foods in the house to tempt you. Plus you'll feel so good that you will not want to get back to the old ways./dmh

Articles copyright(c)2010 Diane M. Hoffmann. You may reprint this article without any changes, making sure to include the following bio:
Diane M. Hoffmann is a certified nutritional consultant and an entrepreneur of offline and online businesses. Diane offers her web site http://easyhealthwellnessweightlossdiet.blogspot.com on health, diet and stress management for business people who need to keep healthy and strong in order to run their businesses.

For my "Feel Great and Lose Weight Within the First Week" click on the tab at the top of the page.

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Health, Diet and Weight Loss – Understanding Our Body System

Health, Diet and Weight Loss – Understanding Our Body System

by Diane Hoffmann, certified nutritional consultant

The human body is a complex organism with the ability to heal itself — if only we’d listen to it and respond with proper care and nourishment. If we have respect for our bodies, diet will be easy. Understanding the nine main divisions of our body will help to discuss our needs with out health professional.

Respecting this fearfully and wonderfully made body system is key to realize the importance of diet and health. Even the smallest elements going into our body play a critical role in its proper function of health and well-being.

The body is composed of millions of cells that work like tiny engines. These work either synergistically or independently. To work properly these cells need specific types of fuel or nourishment. Like engines, if they are not given proper fuel and oil they cannot work properly – it’s as simple as that.

These fuel and oil called nutrients come from within the healthy foods we eat. These nutrients are basically vitamins, minerals, enzymes, water, amino acids, carbohydrates and fats. All of these are vital for the body to carry on its daily functions. The functions of these nutrients take place on a microscopic level. That’s why every bit of healthy foods and supplements given to our body affects the system critically.

To give you an idea, a cup of coffee has approximately 375 mg of caffeine. When a doctor gives you a medication, check and see what milligram of ‘whatever’ it contains. Often these may be only 5 mg. If only 5 mg of some medication is enough to make a difference, imagine what coffee does at 375 mg 2, 3 and 4 times a day!

The specific processes of these nutrients differ greatly and are involved from fighting infections to repairing tissues and nourishing even our brain function and thinking. If we do not give our body the proper nutrients, the normal functions are impaired. And we all know that this generation is lacking a major portion of these. That’s why we have so many sick people around and obese. There may even be no signs of illness or disease for a long time before we begin to notice symptoms. It is our responsibility to find out if we are eating right — most people in our society do not!

Right off, one of the most common problems is the cooking and processing of our foods. We cook and process nutrients right out of our foods before they even get into our mouths. The next thing is the organic raw foods supplying these basic elements are largely missing from today’s diet, because of the constant attacks from environment pollutants, food additives, pesticides, drugs, air pollution, chemicals and now, increasingly, genetically altered foods. All these destroy the needed nutrients from our foods and our bodies.

If we want to be and stay healthy, we must increasingly take conscious control of the food intake in the form of good choices of foods and supplements in order to overcome these pollutants. And to do this, it helps to know where our bodies might be affected.

The body is divided into nine main basic systems: 1. The Immune system. 2. The Circulatory system. 3. The Digestive system. 4. The Intestinal system. 5. The Nervous system. 6. The Respiratory. 7. The Urinary. 8. The Glandular.. 9. The Structural system. Each of these systems receives the benefit of certain key supplemental products. For more on each of these main divisions of the body click here.

For example the Digestive system’s key requirements and supplements are enzymes. If we eat our foods mostly over-cooked and over-processed, they are depleted of needed enzymes. Enzymes are found mostly in fresh, raw vegetables. The Intestinal system requires also a healthy bacterial environment and good amounts of fibre which are found respectively in acidophilus, yogurt, raw vegetables and fruits, etc.

So in order to get the right foods and supplements for specific problem areas, it helps to understand that not all foods and supplements are the same for all over the body. Being aware of this will help you to discuss your needs with your health professional in order to put your money in the right places. If we have respect for our bodies, diet will be easy./dmh

Articles copyright(c)2010 Diane M. Hoffmann. You may reprint this article without any changes, making sure to include the following bio:

Diane M. Hoffmann is a certified nutritional consultant and an entrepreneur of offline and online businesses. Diane offers this web site on health and stress management for business people who need to keep healthy and strong in order to run their businesses.

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