Weight Watchers recipes and Success Stories: November 2018

First person Alli review

Alli Review

Jessica Carreras recently wrote this Alli review article for the Michigan Journal about her results in using Alli , the new wonder diet pill that I have written about before. As we all really suspect from a fitness standpoint this pill is not going to help you lose if you are not taking care of yourself with a great diet and daily exercise.

Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Hydroxy Cut – and the newest loss miracle? Hello, Alli. This in fact a first person Alli review

Praised as a miraculous “fat blocker” that helps women to lose 50 percent more when on a diet, Alli has received lots of criticism lately because of allegations that it may cause, er, unpleasant side effects to the tune of fecal incontinence. Indeed, on the bottle, it warns potential users to begin using Alli on a day that you can be at home near a bathroom, just in case. Yikes. Anyway here is an Alli review from someone that used it for a week.

Alli Review Experiences

So here’s my confession, and I say that because I am somewhat ashamed: I tried it. What can I say? I was curious and my shorts haven’t fit so well this summer. Plus, my mom was footing the bill because she wanted to try it too. In my defense, it was her idea.

Shame aside, I’m here to quell the rumors and spill the beans about this miracle loss pill. No pun intended.

I have to admit, I was deathly afraid of Alli the first day I took it. My mom and I would call each other every couple of hours asking if the other had “experienced any side effects,” i.e. was either of us in need of a Depends and a change of clothes. To our pleasant surprise, neither had. In fact, neither of us felt any different at all, good or bad.

So I took my pills, three a day, and turned down the McDonalds and the cookies for fear that I would regret them later in more ways than one.

One Week on Alli

To keep the story short, it’s just over a week later and I told my mom she can keep her Alli to herself. The reason? Yesterday was our weigh in. Yep, you guessed it. No fecal incontinence, but no loss either. Even my mom, who I’ll admit has a much healthier diet and stronger resolve than I (midnight Taco Bell runs, anyone?), didn’t shed a pound. Okay, so it’s only been one week. But still.

I didn’t necessarily quit because it wasn’t working, although I’ll admit that I’m among the millions of women waiting for that miracle pill. I quit because it made me afraid to eat and, quite frankly, I love eating. When we entered into the Web site that we hadn’t lost any , it told us that obviously, we needed to eat even less fat. Smaller pants size be damned. I’m sick of salads.

The bottom line: It’s not worth the hefty price tag, or the fear. Really, though, most loss plans aren’t. If I really reach a point where I am determined to lose weight, I’m confident that I know how to on my own. I don’t need a book or a Web site or a bottle of pills to tell me that grilled chicken is a better choice than Pizza Hut, or that taking the stairs burns more calories than eating a doughnut while riding the elevator.

And I certainly don’t need a loss pill that makes me afraid to eat French fries but doesn’t help me lose any . Goodbye, Alli.

So what did you think about this Alli review? Have you tried Alli? If you have why not add your own Alli review in the comments of this post.

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Men Lose Weight faster than women

I am paraphrasing this article from Health 24 that I thought many men would like and many women would be a little disgusted with on how men can lose faster than women.

The “Secrets of the Sexes” series on BBC recently featured a fascinating episode on “Brainsex”. Zooming in on the brains of men and women, they concentrated on how the sexes differ in terms of emotions, empathy, problem solving and spatial orientation.

It was evident that the brains of men and women differ considerably.

This set me thinking about the differences between men and women when it comes to basic metabolism and ability to lose weight. I started wondering whether men have an advantage over women in keeping those kilos in check.

Let’s have a look at some of the most important factors that determine body to see whether this is true, or not.

Resting energy expenditure
Resting energy expenditure (REE) is defined as the amount of energy required to support normal body functions and to maintain the energy balance of the body (homeostasis). REE supports body functions such as breathing, the circulation of the blood, energy used by the nervous system and keeping our body temperatures constant (Krause, 2000).

The most important factors that determine REE are body size and composition.

Generally speaking, men are bigger than women. This means that they would require more energy to maintain REE. In addition, men tend to have a higher percentage of lean muscle tissue than women, so the metabolic dice are loaded against women when it comes to REE.

Because of their bigger bodies and higher percentage of lean muscle mass, men will have a higher REE and thus be less likely to gain .

Body fat percentage
Women have a higher proportion of body fat than men. This is a genetic adaptation which ensures that the female body is cushioned to bear children. The higher body fat percentage in women lowers their metabolic rates by 5 to 10% compared to men (Krause, 2000).

Thus, women need less energy to sustain their normal metabolism and will be more inclined to gain if their food intake exceeds their energy requirement.

Average men and women have body fat percentages of 14% and 24% respectively. Elite male and female distance runners, with the same body mass or , have body fat percentages of 5% and 10% respectively (Noakes, 1991).

If even our top female athletes have double the amount of fat in their bodies than their male counterparts, then ordinary women will generally carry more fat than ordinary men. Consequently, females also have a lower percentage of lean body or muscle mass when compared to men.

Lower VO2 max
Another factor that can hamper loss in women is the fact that they tend to have a lower VO2 max. The VO2 max is a measure used in exercise physiology to describe the maximum amount of oxygen an athlete can take up to use for exercise.

The unfair advantage
It is evident that men have a number of unfair advantages over women when it comes to losing weight. Most couples have experienced this when both partners go on a slimming diet and do exercise to lose : the husband loses more at a faster rate than the wife.

So, the female of the species has to work so much harder and stick to her diet for so much longer and do so much more exercise to achieve the same results as her male counterpart. This seems unfair, but it is a fact and there is nothing we, as females, can actually do about this – except to persevere, of course.

Women do need to eat less for longer and exercise harder to lose the same amount of as their partners.

Saving grace
The saving grace that counts in favour of women is that the female sex is much more motivated to lose and, in most cases, less susceptible to temptations when it comes to cheating. Female dieters won’t as easily succumb to a night out with the boys, which entails consuming copious amounts of beer and fatty snacks.

This may not seem much of a compensation to most women who struggle to lose weight, but if we keep in mind that “the hand that rocks the cradle, controls the world”, then women can exercise iron control and achieve their goals of loss despite the unfair advantage that men enjoy.

Text copyright: Dr I.V. van Heerden, DietDoc

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Bigger steak is not always better

It is barbequing season, well yes I kn ow it is always a good time for a bbq but tonight while eating I was thinking about the giant steaks that we get everytime I order from a restaurant in the US.

The fact is that steak is hard for your body to digest and the more steak you eat at one sitting the harder it is to get that digested and through the whole digestive tract.

I love steak probably as much as anyone but the best thing that you can do is to eat half of your steak with dinner and then a couple or three hours later have the other half of the steak. I know that steak does not warm well and is not nearly as good the second time around but think about how you felt after an hour or so after having a really big steak and the big pit in your stomach. If your were to have half and the potato and veggies and then just had a half steak snack later your body would really thank you for it.

One more thing that I think that I may have mentioned here before is that your body can only process 30 or so grams of protein per meal so this is yet another reason. Your body is only going to use about four or five ounces of the steak anyway and with the cost of steak you may as well get what you pay for instead of leaving it behind in the morning.

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What to look for in protein powder

One of the real problems with eating six meals or so a day is food preparation. It is easy to eat a bunch of meals for a couple of days but to consistently eat a lot of times over the long haul you need to have some shortcuts. Having a protein powder supplement to make a quick meal is one of those shortcuts.

What to look for in protein powder

There are a couple of things that you should look at when buying a meal supplement. First of all you need to make sure that you know what you are getting. Most supplements are just cheap soy protein or lower quality protein. Make sure that your protein powder is whey protein based. Secondly make sure that the powder that you select is mostly protein. The cheapest powders have a lot of carbohydrates and carbohydrates are another way that producers can make a cheap but low quality powder.

Lastly when buying for price make sure that you do not buy a powder that has any additives. in it. Most of the time creatine or some other supplement is added to make your protein a super-protein that you may not need and you will certainly pay more for it.

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Antioxidants And Good Health

We hear very often about the importance of antioxidants and the role they play in improving our health so I thought I would check the great Wikipedia and US government research sites to see if I could find some good info on the role that antioxidants play in good health and how to get them.

Antioxidants are present in foods as vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, and polyphenols, among others.

Many antioxidants are often identified in food by their distinctive colors—the deep red of cherries and of tomatoes; the orange of carrots; the yellow of corn, mangos, and saffron; and the blue-purple of blueberries, blackberries, and grapes.

The most well-known components of food with antioxidant activities are vitamins A, C, and E; ß-carotene; the mineral selenium; and more recently, the compound lycopene.

Antioxidant Fruits

The research continues to grow regarding the knowledge of antioxidants as healthful components of food.

Oxidation, or the loss of an electron, can sometimes produce reactive substances known as free radicals that can cause oxidative stress or damage to the cells.

Antioxidants, by their very nature, are capable of stabilizing free radicals before they can react and cause harm, in much the same way that a buffer stabilizes an acid to maintain a normal pH.

Because oxidation is a naturally occurring process within the body, a balance with antioxidants must exist to maintain health.

Why Do You Need Antioxidants?

While the body has its defences against oxidative stress, these defences are thought to become less effective with aging as oxidative stress becomes greater.

Research suggests there is involvement of the resulting free radicals in a number of diseases associated with aging, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, immune dysfunction, cataracts, and macular degeneration.

Certain conditions, such as chronic diseases and aging, can tip the balance in favor of free radical formation, which can contribute to ill effects on health. This leads to the idea that antioxidants can help improve health and aging.

Consumption of antioxidants is thought to provide protection against oxidative damage and contribute positive health benefits.

For example, the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin engage in antioxidant activities that have been shown to increase macular pigment density in the eye.

Whether this will prevent or reverse the progression of macular degeneration remains to be determined.10 An increasing body of evidence suggests beneficial effects of the antioxidants present in grapes, cocoa, blueberries, and teas on cardiovascular health, Alzheimer’s disease, and even reduction of the risk of some cancers.

Taking Vitamins for Antioxidants

Despite the clear role of oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease, controlled studies using antioxidant vitamins have observed no clear reduction in the risk or progression of heart disease.

This suggests that other substances in fruit and vegetables (possibly flavonoids) at least partially explain the better cardiovascular health of those who consume more fruit and vegetables.

During exercise, oxygen consumption can increase by a factor of more than 10. This leads to a large increase in the production of oxidants and results in damage that contributes to muscular fatigue during and after exercise.

The inflammatory response that occurs after strenuous exercise is also associated with oxidative stress, especially in the 24 hours after an exercise session. The immune system response to damage done by exercise peaks 2 to 7 days after exercise, the period during which adaptation resulting in greater fitness is greatest.

During this exercise recovery process, free radicals are produced by neutrophils to remove damaged tissue. As a result, excessive antioxidant levels have the potential to inhibit recovery and adaptation mechanisms.

Antioxidant Supplementation and exercise

The evidence for benefits from antioxidant supplementation in vigorous exercise is mixed.

There is strong evidence that one of the adaptations resulting from exercise is a strengthening of the body’s antioxidant defenses, particularly the glutathione system, to deal with the increased oxidative stress.

It is possible that this effect may be to some extent protective against diseases which are associated with oxidative stress, which would provide a partial explanation for the lower incidence of major diseases and better health of those who undertake regular exercise.

After looking at this research and it is really thorough research it looks as though it is more important to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables instead of taking the pills that promise the same effect.

I have taken vitamins for years but mostly to supplement what I do not get in my diet not to replace my diet with antioxidants in pill form.

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How good is Canadian Health Care?

On the weekend I had a chance to see Michael Moores movie Sicko. Sicko as everyone no knows is a documentary that looks at some people that are on underinsured health plans and compares them to regular folk in other countries. I am a Canadian so I can answer a little to the Canadian experience but of course I do not know much about the other countries that Michael Moore went to.

First of all in Canada it is important to know that the federal government sets up rules as to what kind of care needs to be accessible to everyone in the country, this is known as the Canada Health Act. Care is not actually delivered by the federal government but instead is delivered by provincial governments across the country. This is where the fighting goes on with the provinces saying that the federal government does not give enough money and the Federal government mandating services that the provinces must provide. The system is huge and although there is a level of bureaucracy, I have always heard that the amount is very small on a per capita basis compared to the US, also of course the system is not for profit since it is run by the two levels of government…I am sure though that some money filters out through slippery hands though.

Anyway that is how Canada funds our socialized health care system, how about the care itself? In Canada you can choose your doctor and my family doctor will get me in on the same day if I have a real problem or a few days later if I just have some aches and pains I want to talk with him about. If there is a real emergency there are many walk in clinics around the city that I can go to instead of my family doctor where the wait would be 30 minutes to an hour. For real emergencies like stitches or broken bones you need to go to a hospital and the wait times in the emergency room of the hospital can be bad with people waiting up to 12hours for treatment. This is a horrible reality across Canada with levels of government working to address the problem. The other problem is with MRI or other specialized treatment which can have long wait times as well of up to a few months. Almost no one dies to my knowledge from waiting for treatment but it is bad in some cases having to wait a long time for surgery or for testing.

Cost is one issue that is always swept under the rug for Canadian health care. Even though the standard of care in universal, almost all provinces have no monthly premiums for health care except unbelievably Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, these are the three richest provinces in Canada and are also the only places where people pay a monthly health care premium. The premiums are about $20-$55 per person per month.

The Canada Health Act and the provinces do not cover prescriptions, eyeglasses or dental care but most everything else is covered including childbirth and even vasectomies as well as other day surgeries.

In talking to most Canadians you will find that most people are in favor of the system that we have. People always want to see better service but that of course would cost more money. The way that we in Canada really see the difference between our system and the American system is really seen when you go to the dentist. It costs a fortune to get a filling but if you get hit by a car and need surgery you pay nothing. So after watching Sicko I must say that Michael Moore may have exaggerated a little on the speed of service and coverage that Canadians get for health care but it was pretty well on the mark. I would love to see how the Brits, Cubans and the French feel about the way that their health care systems were profiled.

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Beans Bean the fiberous fruit

I have a couple of cans of Beans here in front of me and it is interesting in looking at them just how much fiber and protein that they contain. One thing to remember is that the fiber in beans does not have a very balanced amino acid profile but the fact is that you can compliment the amino acids with some corn. If you are ready here are the numbers:

Heinz Deep Brown Beans in Tomato Sauce
1 Cup
4 grams fat
62 grams carbohydrates
14 grams protein
14 grams fiber

No Name Six Bean Blend (for making chili)
1 Cup
2 grams fat
44 grams carbohydrates
15 grams protein
10 grams fiber

As you can see both of these cans of beans are high in both fiber and protein. In my house when we make chili we always add corn to it and the deep brown beans? They are another side dish for us. The added advantage of having canned beans is that they are cheap to buy so it will not empty your wallet to eat well.

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Why Diets Can Never Work

Why Diets Can Never Work As the writer of a popular fitness blog I get emailed almost every day by people asking what diet to use, why their diet does not work, and especially why everyone seems to gain after they stop their diet. Well the simple answer is that diets just can’t ever work.

OK, to stem the risk of seeming a little crazy (I have in fact given positive review of a couple of diets) I will expand on the simplistic so that you can know why a diet will never work and what will work.

Diets can never work because they are only temporary. How many of us have been awed by the loss of a coworker that was on Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig or Atkins? Of course after the came back on we did not congratulate them on the return of their old habits but it was in fact the old habits that came back to roost.

The life of a diet

There is always a sense of excitement when someone starts a new diet. It is like any other lifestyle change in that when we begin a diet we like to look at our perfect selves in the future instead of the warts and all that we live with now. The first few weeks on the diet are full of small victories, a pant size here, 5 pounds there and eventually we not only take pride in our loss but actually identify ourselves with losing weight. The trouble is you can not sacrifice forever and eventually you have to stop losing and oh yeah maybe the people in the office are not really asking to much about the exciting new diet anymore.

Eventually the diet ends. We have either reached a goal , stopped sacrificing or just given up. Lets for example say that the ultimate happens. You hit your goal ! Well now all of the stars have aligned and you feel great about yourself, have pride and a feeling of accomplishment and eventually go to bed. What happens tomorrow.

I will tell you what happens tomorrow, far to often the old habits creep in. After the initial goal there is nothing left and you get tired of sacrificing. You eat a couple of candies ( you lost all that of course you deserve it). You start going out with the people from work in the evening, eat a bit of a bigger lunch and then before you know it you are up 5 pounds, then 10 and then you feel like a loser for not keeping things up but the habits are already headed in the wrong direction.

Enough of the crappy story.

I told you that I would tell you what will work and after all that I know you want to know it before you get to the all magical goal .

What can you do to make a diet work?

The fact is that a diet is not nearly enough, all a diet is to your body is a phase that will eventually end. What you really need is a lifestyle change. Eating better is good but just losing and feeling better is not enough. When the chocolate is calling you need a bigger and deeper reason to keep to the rules that you have. In fact what are your rules?

This is the first big part of successful lifelong loss, what do you feel is important? What is the role of food in your life? What are the rules that you have in the food arena? What are the foods that you just do not want to eat anymore? Remember that once you finish your loss all of those foods that you are denying yourself will expect to be back in your diet. You can not banish foods forever, but, you can just decide that these foods are no longer going to be important.

The next big part of your life will be your relationship to exercise. We all know that we need to exercise but if the diet is going well and we can avoid the exercise then many of us will skip it altogether. What you really need is a goal based exercise program. I can not think of anything worse than knowing that you have to exercise for 30 minutes a day for the rest of your life. A better way to do exercise is to make it a social event. Join a walking club, get a squash team together, join an online forum that talks about successes in exercise. If you are only looking at exercise as an important chore to losing then once you have lost the there will be no reason to continue and guess what, you won’t continue. So just like the food it will be important for you to make sure that the value of your exercise is internalized an important lifestyle choice so that after the day you reach your goal there will be no decision the exercise has just become a part of your life.

The time to act is now

No matter where you are at in the cycle of dieting, just starting, almost though, at your goal or, on the other side with your moving up, it is important for you to decide on the role and value of diet and exercise that will carry you for the rest of your life and not just until you hit your goal .

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New FDA standards for dietary supplements

Well this was a long time in coming and we will have to wait to see the effect but the FDA has set new rules for standards and purity for all of those supplements that we see out there.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a final rule establishing regulations to require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements. The rule ensures that dietary supplements are produced in a quality manner, do not contain contaminants or impurities, and are accurately labeled.

New FDA standards for dietary supplements

“This rule helps to ensure the quality of dietary supplements so that consumers can be confident that the products they purchase contain what is on the label,” said Commissioner of Food and Drugs Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. “In addition, as a result of recent amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, by the end of the year, industry will be required to report all serious dietary supplement related adverse events to FDA.”

The regulations establish the cGMP needed to ensure quality throughout the manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and storing of dietary supplements. The final rule includes requirements for establishing quality control procedures, designing and constructing manufacturing plants, and testing ingredients and the finished product. It also includes requirements for recordkeeping and handling consumer product complaints.

“The final rule will help ensure that dietary supplements are manufactured with controls that result in a consistent product free of contamination, with accurate labeling,” said Robert E. Brackett, Ph.D., director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

standards for dietary supplements

Under the final rule, manufacturers are required to evaluate the identity, purity, strength, and composition of their dietary supplements. If dietary supplements contain contaminants or do not contain the dietary ingredient they are represented to contain, FDA would consider those products to be adulterated or misbranded.

The aim of the final rule is to prevent inclusion of the wrong ingredients, too much or too little of a dietary ingredient, contamination by substances such as natural toxins, bacteria, pesticides, glass, lead and other heavy metals, as well as improper packaging and labeling.

The final rule includes flexible requirements that can evolve with improvements in scientific methods used for verifying identity, purity strength, and composition of dietary supplements.

As a companion document, FDA also is issuing an interim final rule that outlines a petition process for manufacturers to request an exemption to the cGMP requirement for 100 percent identity testing of specific dietary ingredients used in the processing of dietary supplements.

The final CGMP and the interim final rule are effective August 24, 2007. To limit any disruption for dietary supplements produced by small businesses, the rule has a three-year phase-in for small businesses. Companies with more than 500 employees have until June 2008 to comply, companies with less than 500 employees have until June 2009 to comply, and companies with fewer than 20 employees have until June 2010 to comply with the regulations.

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What kinds of diet pills are there?

There are many kinds of diet pills on the market, I will try to explain what the difference between them is and how you can better choose, if you do decide to choose what kind of diet pill is best for you

Diet and exercise are key

Before I start with the kinds of diet pills I have to admit that I am not a fan at all of diet pills in general because for most people it is much easier to lose by eating well and exercising. As we all know it can be a challenge to eat well or exercise but I am convinced that these are going to help 90% of the people out there. I will link to a diet and exercise hub as soon as I create one.

Three kinds of diet pills

kinds of diet pills

There are three kinds of diet pills. The first diet pill is the kind that raises your metabolism; this is a kind of upper and will have an effect more like caffeine then anything. The next kind of diet pill is designed to stop you from getting hungry, this is an appetite suppressant. The third kind of diet pill is a much different, this kind of pill stops your body from metabolizing either fats or carbohydrates to try and make you not get penalized for what you eat. There is a fourth kind of diet pill, diuretics but these are not good at all for anyone’s diet as they get rid of water and as we all know water is essential to life. Do not take diuretics!

Metabolism raising diet pills

OK, first kind of pill raises your metabolism. This is an effective way to lose as the number of calories that you burn per hour at rest can make a big difference in how much you lose. Be prepared to be hungry though as your body will just naturally try to get you to eat more food to counteract this raised metabolism. The most common pills to do this either have ephedrine or ma huang or some kind of green tea.

Stopping hunger with diet pills

This one has been in the news a lot lately. Instead of worrying about the output of your body you control the input this way if you do not eat you should lose weight. The most popular diet pill on the market for suppressing your appetite is of course Hoodia. Hoodia seems to work but the problem is that if you go to Wal-Mart you will see lots of diet pills with Hoodia, the trouble is in the way all of these products have been created these is not much Hoodia in them at all and it is just mostly fillers.

Fat and carb blocking diet pills

The last kind of diet pill allows you to eat but what it does instead is not allow your body to metabolize either fats or carbs. I would lump these together as some diets say low carb and some diets say low fat. Your choice on what diet works best for you. These are kind of exciting as this is a whole new way to deal with loss and I would guess that you would quickly learn what you are doing wrong with your diet depending on which one of these works best for you.
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There is a lot to learn about kinds of diet pills and whether they will work for you or not. My own advice is to go first with diet and exercise, these should work. If you still can not find a way to lose the continue with the good habits and then supplement with what you need. Is your metabolism slow? Do you binge eat sometimes? Does your body store the carbs or fat to easily? Good luck with your diet and loss goals.

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Best Way To Improve Cardio Workouts

Found this great bit of info from mercola.com. Apparently the best way to really pick up a cardio workout is to have short high intensity peaks in your workout to really push yourself.

New findings suggest that it pays to alternate short bursts of high-intensity exercise with gentle recovery during workout regimens at least once a week.

Using Interval Training

Interval Training Works

Although this alternating technique, called interval training, has existed for decades, a new study has confirmed that it can dramatically improve cardiovascular fitness and the body’s fat-burning capabilities.

Researchers asked eight college-age men and women to sprint for 30 seconds, and then either stop or pedal gently for four minutes. After only two weeks of this interval training, 75 percent of them doubled their endurance.

A control group, which did not do any interval training, showed no improvement in endurance. The marked improvement in the interval training group was even more startling because the volunteers were already fairly fit.

Another study also showed that interval training enhances the body’s ability to burn fat. Eight women in their early 20s were told to cycle for 10 sets of four minutes of hard riding, followed by two minutes of rest. After two weeks, the amount of fat burned in an hour of continuous moderate cycling increased by 36 percent, and their cardiovascular fitness improved by 13 percent.

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Fat Loss Secrets

Looking for some fat loss secrets? For some people fat loss is very difficult and for others fat loss is quite easy. Have you ever wondered why?

Great Genetics help keep the off

Well to start with some people seem to be lucky enough to have a fast metabolism and some people are cursed with a slow metabolism. I am not going to try to claim that there are not genetic differences in the way that people lose or gain fat but there are a few things that hard losers will need to do to get that metabolism jumped up.

Fat Loss Secrets

First of all lets get the facts straight on what causes fat loss. You have two things that affect your . The first thing that affects your is the amount of calories you burn both from exercising and from just regular eating like when you are sitting on the couch or when you are sitting at work. The second factor is that food that you eat and the number of calories that you eat during the day.

Raise your Metabolism

So what are the secrets to fat loss? Well one of them I already mentioned and that is to raise your metabolism. Raising you metabolism can be done by spacing out your meals during the day, try to eat six meals throughout the day. Another way to raise your metabolism is to get more exercise and preferably earlier in the day is better.

Meals and water to lose

Another secret to fat loss is to make sure that your calories that you take in are best used by your body. Make your meals small and always drink lots of water. If you have a big glass of water 30 minutes before each meal it will kind of fill you up and make it easier for you to eat a normal amount at meals instead of overeating as we all like to do.

Stay excited to lose

Finally, and this is not very well documented but one really great way to lose is to stay excited about what you are doing. When you are excited about what you are eating, doing for exercising, and generally really looking at life with and excitement of what will be coming next you will be cranking up your metabolism and all of your thoughts will be having you do what is right, well we hope mostly anyway, right?

Do these seem like easy to implement fat loss secrets? I bet you can implement these changes today. Not only will the eating patterns change the way you burn fat but the exercise in the morning will make you feel fantastic all day long. I hope you like them as I have lots more to offer.

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Deltoid workouts

I have wanted to write about deltoid workouts for a while now but never quite get to it. Out of all of your muscles your deltoids may be the most obvious to work in your workout. The muscles are very easy to isolate. To work your shoulders you have to remember that your deltoids have three heads, one in the front or lateral deltoid, one on the side, medial deltoid and one in the back posterior deltoid.

Any exercise where you are lifting in front of you works your front deltoid. This includes front raises, pullups and to some degree bench press. To work the side deltoid you can do side raises and there do actually isolate your side of your shoulder really well and make your shoulders pop out, widening your shoulders better than anything else. To work the rear deltoid I have always found that the best exercise is to lean forward and do a flye like exercise where you swing your arms out from underneath to a position right lateral with your upper body, try it out you will really feel this exercise a lot.

One mistake that many people make when working shoulders is using too much and doing to few reps. Try doing three sets of each of three exercises (one for each part of the deltoid) and do 10-12 reps for each exercise.

Take care of your form as well. I also find that most people want to really work their shoulders and will use bad form and swing that more than they should. Do not worry about the amount of that you are lifting instead try to concentrate on keeping the reps very controlled and a little slower than the time that it takes for reps of other muscle groups.

Deltoid workouts can be tough and hurt a lot the next day but in the end your deltoid muscles will make your upper body look a lot bigger so it is worth the effort.

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Exercising in the morning is important

Exercising in the morning is important I like to kick start my day by getting some exercise in the morning. As you may or may not know the morning is the best time to exercise and there are several reason for this.

First of all when you get up and workout right away whether running, biking, swimming or doing weights, there is nothing to really stop you. If you wait until the evening you are often stuck because you can have commitments that will get in the way and as we all know if you do not make time for exercise it will disappear very quickly

Another reason to workout in the morning is to get your metabolism going and to jump start your body and mind for the day ahead. There is nothing like getting your heart rate and sweat going. After getting a workout in the morning you have a clearer head and a lot of energy. This is one of my main reasons for getting my morning workout in.

Lastly, the best reason for working out in the morning is that you will raise your metabolism and will burn more calories in the morning. If you were not to work out in the morning then you would keep that slow metabolism until lunch but if you do get that workout in you are going to be pumping up that metabolism and burning lots of calories.

One more tip. After you workout in the morning try to wait an hour or so before you eat. There is a good fat burning going on right after your workout and if you eat right away then your body will not burn the fat but instead will take the glucose out of what you have just eaten.

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Spacing out your meals

How often do you eat? I know that when I was lifting a lot of weights a few years back I tried to eat every 2 hours, actually it was a bit of a race to see how many meals a day I could eat.

I am a little more responsible now ass far as eating is concerned. I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and then stuff snacks between each meal and then have an evening snack.

To be sure I may not be eating enough protein as I try to push but each of those meals that i eat I try to keep smaller than the average meal is.

Another good reason to break up your meals is because your body can only take and process so much food in a single sitting.

By spacing out your meals you will be able to make the most of the food that you eat.

The best way to size up your meals is to look at what you would eat in your three meals and then split all of that food up into six meals. These meals may seem small but in fact you are eating more often so your body will not be as hungry as you start the next meal.

Now that you are eating smaller meals more often I can let you in on the best reason to eat like this. If you are trying to lose you will be happy to know that your metabolism will be kicked into overdrive by eating meals so often.

Your body that may be all screwed up as far as knowing what starvation is or is not will now have a much more balanced blood sugar level.

If you would like to see some examples of smaller meals I know that the Diet Blog had a great article on 300 calorie meals.

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New Chitosan facts

It takes a lot of disciple and commitment to lose or to maintain a trim body. These days a lot of people are making that important decision to lose and keep healthy. Fortunately, due to the advancement of science, there are now various pills and medications which can make the process of losing easy, quick and safe. Chitosan is one of these wonderful diet pills available.
Chitosan diet pills reduce fat, help raise good cholesterol and control appetite naturally. Basically, Chitosan is a fiber derived from shellfish, and it operates as a magnificent fat trapper.
Nowadays, many chitosan-based products are available on the market, and they all promise to block fat in order to benefit fromweight loss.

Chitosan, works to bind to some of the dietary fat that you eat and remove it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed. This way, you do not accumulate excess fat.

Based on some reviews and claims, Chitosan attaches to the intestinal lining where it tightly binds dietary fats and lipids prior to the absorption in the body. Consequently, the dietary fat is prevented from entering into the bloodstream because when the dietary fat is bound to the chitosan fiber, it becomes a large mass which cannot be absorbed in the body. This means that the fat is not absorbed into your body, thus preventing you from carrying excess .

In addition to chitosan, Supplementing with Vitamin C can aid Chitosan effectivity. Several published reports have shown that chitosan works in concert with Vitamin C. Additionally; Chitosan also contains an all-natural bean extract that generally inhibits alpha-amylase activity. This prevents the breakdown of dietary starches into glucose, which means that carb from starch passes through the system unchanged.

It is also claimed that Chitosan is a non-stimulant, all-natural nutritional ingredient derived from the white kidney bean. Chitosan is by far the first nutritional ingredient that has been clinically and scientifically proven to neutralize starch that is commonly found in your favorite foods like breads, pasta, rice, crackers, corn and potatoes. If we do not expend some energy by exercising, we accumulate fat from eating these carbs.

It is important to understand how Chitosan works. The advocates of Chitosan state that during the digestive process, your body converts carbs by breaking down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha-amylase, which is an enzyme produced in the pancreas. These calories are either burned off through exercise or stored as fat cells for future use. If one does not exercise to expend calories, this may lead to gain. Inactivity means that these stored fat cells accumulate. This is where Chitosan comes in. Chitosan then binds to some of the dietary fat that you eat and removes it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed. In addition, Lipase, a digestive enzyme is added to Chitosan in order to assist in emulsifying the fats that you consume, making it a better fat absorber.

Chitosan seems like a wonder pill has several other health benefits; namely, it increases fiber intake; avoids constipation and increases bone density. It is also said to help with healing wounds and ulcers. Chitosan also reduces the risk of heart disease and improves longevity.

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The old can stay young with weightlifting – New study says

A new study was released over the last week showing what many older people already know, that training is a very important part of keeping you young.

The study says resistance exercise for people 65 and older can actually reverse important aging effects on skeletal muscles, to the point where they work genetically like those found in people four decades younger.

“We see big improvements … after training,” said Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, an associate professor at the McMaster University Medical Centre.

“Many people were reporting they could pick up their grandkids, they could carry more groceries, it was easier to go up the stairs,” said Tarnopolsky, an expert on muscle diseases and one of the paper’s two lead authors.

There are several reasons for this change and most of it is in the physical changes that take place in the mini powerplants of cells and this, says the good doctor promises to make things better for many people for years to come.

The study looked at DNA expression in the muscle cells of 25 healthy seniors, who had undergone twice-weekly resistance training for six months.

It concentrated in particular on the cellular mitochondria, the “powerhouses” that fuel activity in cells. They are typically depleted in older people, with many of the genes that affect them turned on or off by age. This depletion resulted in a loss of muscle mass and many of the mobility restrictions often found in seniors.

But Tarnopolsky said the genetic “fingerprints” of the exercising seniors actually shifted from their age-altered state to one more closely resembling those found in young men and women in their mid 20s to 30s.

“We improved or reversed to a large extent the … gene signature of aging,” he said.

The reversal was accompanied by a 50 per cent improvement in strength among the seniors.

Starting out about 60 per cent weaker than their younger study counterparts – determined via knee extension capacity – the training seniors ended up 38 per cent weaker after a half year of training.

Tarnopolsky said lifting might remove some of the mitochondria damaged by age-related stresses, replacing them with genetically intact ones. As well, it may turn on genes, switched off by age, that offer muscle cells protection from damage.

This is a very interesting although small study but the ramifications are huge. Anyone that is in there 60s or 70s though should talk to a doctor before beginning a lifting regimen but the effects on your life can be fantastic.

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First signs of West Nile Virus

I was in a park field with the kids this afternoon and getting stung by mosquitos like they had never seen me before. This got me to wondering what the first symptoms of West Nile Virus would be.

After a bit of a search around I was able to find a great faq of info from the CDC on what and how to tell if you have West Nile Virus.

Q. What are the symptoms of West Nile virus (WNV) infection?
A. Infection with WNV can be asymptomtic (no symptoms), or can lead to West Nile fever or severe West Nile disease.

It is estimated that about 20% of people who become infected with WNV will develop West Nile fever. Symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, and body aches, occasionally with a skin rash (on the trunk of the body) and swollen lymph glands. While the illness can be as short as a few days, even healthy people have reported being sick for several weeks.

The symptoms of severe disease (also called neuroinvasive disease, such as West Nile encephalitis or meningitis or West Nile poliomyelitis) include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, and paralysis. It is estimated that approximately 1 in 150 persons infected with the West Nile virus will develop a more severe form of disease. Serious illness can occur in people of any age, however people over age 50 and some immunocompromised persons (for example, transplant patients) are at the highest risk for getting severely ill when infected with WNV.

Most people (about 4 out of 5) who are infected with West Nile virus will not develop any type of illness (an asymptomatic infection), however you cannot know ahead of time if you’ll get sick or not when infected.

Q. What is the incubation period in humans (i.e., time from infection to onset of disease symptoms) for West Nile disease?
A. Usually 2 to 15 days.

Q. How long do symptoms last?
A. Symptoms of West Nile fever will generally last a few days, although even some healthy people report having the illness last for several weeks. The symptoms of severe disease (encephalitis or meningitis) may last several weeks, although neurological effects may be permanent.

Q. What is meant by West Nile encephalitis, West Nile meningitis, West Nile poliomyelitis, “neuroinvasive disease” and West Nile fever?
A. The most severe type of disease due to a person being infected with West Nile virus is sometimes called “neuroinvasive disease,” because it affects a person’s nervous system. Specific types of neuroinvasive disease include: West Nile encephalitis, West Nile meningitis, West Nile meningoencephalitis and West Nile poliomyelitis. Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it, and poliomyelitis refers to an inflammation of the spinal cord.

West Nile Fever is another type of illness that can occur in people who become infected with the virus. It is characterized by fever, headache, tiredness, aches and sometimes rash. Although the illness can be as short as a few days, even healthy people have been sick for several weeks.

Q. If I have West Nile Fever, can it turn into West Nile encephalitis?
A. When someone is infected with West Nile virus (WNV) they will typically have one of three outcomes: No symptoms (most likely), West Nile fever (WNF in about 20% of people) or severe West Nile disease, such as meningitis or encephalitis (less than 1% of those who get infected). If you develop a high fever with severe headache, consult your health care provider.

West Nile fever is characterized by symptoms such as fever, body aches, headache and sometimes swollen lymph glands and rash. West Nile fever generally lasts only a few days, though in some cases symptoms have been reported to last longer, even up to several weeks. West Nile fever does not appear to cause any permanent health effects. There is no specific treatment for WNV infection. People with West Nile fever recover on their own, though symptoms can be relieved through various treatments (such as medication for headache and body aches, etc.).

Some people may develop a brief, WNF-like illness (early symptoms) before they develop more severe disease, though the percentage of patients in whom this occurs is not known.

Occasionally, an infected person may develop more severe disease such as “West Nile encephalitis,” “West Nile meningitis” or “West Nile meningoencephalitis.” Encephalitis refers to an inflammation of the brain, meningitis is an inflammation of the membrane around the brain and the spinal cord, and meningoencephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain and the membrane surrounding it. Although there is no treatment for WNV infection itself, the person with severe disease often needs to be hospitalized. Care may involve nursing IV fluids, respiratory support, and prevention of secondary infections.

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How To Lose Weight with Hypnosis

We hear a lot about the effectiveness of weight loss hypnosis.

There are claims made that hypnosis instantly changes the way you think about food and exercise, so you automatically begin to make changes in the way you live that lead to taking off the unwanted pounds. But is there anything to those claims?

Here are some scenarios in which you may find this type of treatment to be helpful in your quest for a smaller waistline and a healthier lifestyle.

What is Hypnosis Used For?

How To Lose Weight with Hypnosis Hypnosis has been used to help quite a number of people with a wide range of habits.

No doubt you have heard of hypnotic trances and suggestions being used to help people get away from nervous habits like chewing their fingernails.

Persons who deal with social anxiety disorder are reputed to be helped by the planting of a hypnotic suggestion that there is nothing to fear by being in a group of people.

Smokers have also found some help in kicking their nicotine habits with the aid of a hypnotist.

There are even people who have lost weight after seeing a hypnotist. Finding cases where people were helped with each of these situations is easy to find. So, the short answer is yes, people who undergo weight loss hypnosis can and do experience successful weight loss.

Weight Loss Hypnosis – How Does It Work?

There is one common thread that runs through all cases of help through hypnosis, regardless of what type of habit the individual was trying to break.

All the patients had a strong motivation to make a change in their lives.

The act of hypnosis served as one more tool to help them make that change by using hypnotic suggestions that would prompt the person away from the habit.

It is important to note that hypnosis itself will not bring about some magic cure. We have seen hypnosis portrayed in movies and other types of media as being some sort of force that will easily over-ride the strongest will. That is simply not the case.

Hypnosis has the ability to help strengthen a resolve that is already present in the psyche, but it cannot create a situation where you automatically turn away from your habit.

As an example, hypnosis will not cause you to become physically ill when confronted with a food that you are not supposed to eat. Rather, when tempted by such food, the hypnotic suggestion will give you an extra push to not go after the food.

The temptation is still there, but you will find the desire for the wrong foods is considerably lessened. A similar suggestion might also be implanted to prompt you toward foods you do need to include in your diet.

In the end, you are still in control of your destiny. Will power, common sense, and a sound diet plan will work hand in hand with weight loss hypnosis, but it will never replace all of the tools you need to be successful in your desire to lose weight.

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Four ways to eat to lose weight

It may seem like a backwards way to think but you can indeed eat to lose and here are four tips to help you lose by eating.

1. Plan your meals. Not three meals but instead three bigger meals and three smaller snacks. I know that we are always taught that snacking is bad but if it is not junk food than the snacking will help to raise your metabolism by confirming to your body that it is not starving and keeping your fat burning going.

2. Eat more protein than you are used to. Protein is not only a building block of muscles but more importantly your body will burn fat and protein in nearly equal parts. If there is more than enough protein in your diet then your body will not cannibalize your muscles to burn protein.

3. Strategize eating around exercise. It is important to eat properly around your exercise. Eat carbs to fuel your endurance and protein to help to repair you muscles. Just prior to working out get a lot of carbs and right after your workout take in protein to start beating out that nitrogen negative in your body.

4. Eat lots of high fiber foods. Keep yourself regular, keep your body burning food. A high fiber diet will do three things. First you will have the bulk in your system to keep your body clean and efficient. Secondly fiber will raise your metabolism and thirdly if your drink lots of water your fiber diet will help to regulate the water in your body

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More top 5 fitness lists

More top 5 fitness lists Here is a few more good Top 5 type articles from Top 5 – Group Writing Project Day 4 that I took part in a few days ago. Hope you enjoy them!

One writers reasons why Gluten free is the way to be
Gluten Free Mommy » Top Five Reasons I Look Great on a Gluten Free Diet

How to make real change
Want To Make Real Change? Stop Making These 5 Mistakes

Top ways to get fit…one of many I might add.
Top 5 Ways to Get (and Stay) Fit!

Simple and beginning meditations
The Easiest Meditations – Spirituality Applied to Life – Balanced Life Center

Myths about self help – with reference to “The Secret”
Necessary Skills: Top 5 Self-Help Myths

You know how much I like food so this one was an easy pick for me
Top 5 Desserts on TriniGourmet.com

Why Cyclists shave their legs – and no I don’t but maybe this weekend…..
UltraRob’s Adventures: Top 5 Reasons Cyclists Shave Their Legs

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The best of the ProBlogger Top 5 lists

The best of the ProBlogger Top 5 lists As I mentioned yesterday there is a blog writing contest, well kind of a contest going on where people are writing articles on their top 5… whatever they want. I have included this list from that list to let you peruse other articles, mostly fitness, that I liked.

Here is the home page for darrens blog writing project
Top 5 – Group Writing Project Day 2

Great basics on staying or keeping in shape – with a great looking picture
5 Back-to-Basics Strategies For Renewing Your Energy at Ririan Project

Of course as a home beer brewer I had to add a page on beer making that I found in the list
5 Reasons Why I Make Wine and Beer

How to get your body aligned so that it works better
NPA Think Tank: Top 5 Physical Therapist Recommended Body Hacks

Start your day with a bang
5 Top Ways to Jumpstart Your Brain in the Morning

Change your life starting with a good powerful morning
orangtuamurid.info » Blog Archive » Start your days with 5 new positive habits

I may seem like a prude sometimes, but exercise and sex seem like a great mix
Anna’s Fitness Blog : The Top 5 Ways Exercise Will Get You Laid!

New motherhood is sometimes a challenge and this list of help with 5 list of 5 should help all those mothers that suffer like my poor wife did after the birth of our first.
Babylune – My Postpartum Top Five Top Fives

Good long tips of how to imrove your health – You may have read these same kinds of things on my blog but another perspective is great to read
edshealthtips.com » Blog Archive » The Five Keys to Optimal Health

This is my favorite list of today of exercises that you can do at home
Top 5 gym free exercises

Productivity is the key to an easier and more effective life and this list is a great primer on how you can make improvements yourself
The best life hacks I’ve found so far at [MacStansbury]

Yummy, yummy, yummy, here are 5 foods that you can eat on a diet that tasted great
Top 5 Diet Food Obsessions – Diet and Weight Loss Programs

My acne list of course – cause I wrote it
Top five steps to curing your acne problems

Skin care is one of my new obsessions now that I have past age 40, here is a list of 5 skin care regimens
Beauty and Fashion Tech: Top Five Kinds of Skin Care Products for any Skin Type

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Recipe for better skin

Keeping beautiful skin is a major priority for many of us. We are continuously seeking ways to improve our complexion. However, improving our body’s outer texture and tone may not be enough. If we are not selective in how we do this it can be extremely expensive.

However, you don’t have to break the bank to improve the condition of your complexion. Time-honored recipes from our grandmothers are inexpensive and fun to make. In addition, knowing which ingredients to look for can help you select commercial products wisely. Keeping skin young looking can be accomplished for pennies a day.

Are you beginning to discern fine lines or wrinkles? Here is a recipe you can make at home. Combine two tablespoons of whole milk with one fresh, whole egg. Beat together until frothy. Apply to your squeaky-clean face. Wait five minutes, and then rinse with lukewarm water. If the outer surface of the body leans toward dryness, follow with a natural, fragrance-free moisturizer.

Do you have oily complexion? This type of condition requires an occasional masque to discourage excess oil, reduce blackheads, and tighten pores. Here is a wonderful treatment for treating this type of body surface. Simply combine two tablespoons of uncooked oatmeal with a bit of chopped parsley, and then blend in one tablespoon of lemon juice, four tablespoons of yogurt, and one teaspoon of olive oil. Apply this combination to your face, avoiding the eyes, and after five minutes rinse with lukewarm water. Your complexion will feel refreshed and clean.

Of course, improving complexion can also result from using brand-name products. Nonetheless, you don’t have to purchase the most expensive ones to find mild, gentle formulations appropriate for your personal body care needs. Look for the following ingredients next time you shop:

• Copper peptide: This antioxidant may stimulate the production of elastin and collagen, both of which can help your body to seem firmer and more youthful looking.

• Alpha, beta, and poly hydroxyl acids: These help to get rid of dead surface epidermis cells to reveal newer, smoother complexion.

• Vitamin C: This nutrient helps neutralize free radicals that can damage your body surface after being in the sun. Products that contain Vitamin C can also help to lighten brown spots.

• You might also consider purchasing a basic exfoliation sponge. These are inexpensive and can be used with the cleanser of your choice. Even better, they can be rinsed and reused. Removing dry, dulling epidermis cells is another step towards a translucent and appealing body. Beware though these things are a safe harbour for all sorts of bacteria so either microwave it often to kill the bacteria or throw it out and buy a new one.

Keeping the body young looking, improving the body’s surface, and maintaining the health of your complexion can be easy, provided you choose the right products and even mix up a few concoctions at home. Establish a routine that includes several of these recommendations, and you will be pleased with your healthier, more beautiful skin.

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Melamine and food health

Melamine was the biggest problem in the dog food recall a couple of weeks ago that was a result of dangerous dog food killing animals throughout north america. After that food scare some people started looking at the human food sources that may have melamine in them.

Today the FDA came out with a press release that stated that food for people does not seem to be dangerous. Here are a couple of quotes from that press release.

There is very low risk to human health from consuming meat from hogs and chickens known to have been fed animal feed supplemented with pet food scraps that contained melamine and melamine-related compounds, according to an assessment conducted by scientists from five federal agencies.

In the most extreme risk assessment scenario, when scientists assumed that all the solid food a person consumes in an entire day was contaminated with melamine at the levels observed in animals fed contaminated feed, the potential exposure was about 2,500 times lower than the dose considered safe. In other words, it was well below any level of public health concern.

The risk assessment is an important new science-based component of the continuing federal joint investigation into imported wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate from China that contained melamine and melamine-related compounds.

The risk assessment was conducted by scientists from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This team is now compiling a scientific assessment of the risk to animal health associated with ingestion of animal feed containing melamine and its compounds.

Hopefully now we will not have to worry about melamine and can concentrate on all of the other issues from pesticides to salmonella in our food.

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