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by Robert Dave Johnston Find us on Google+ Rob’s Google Page A fasting diet can truly transform your life and help you attain your goal faster than anything else on the face of this earth. And, to be sure, weight loss is quite simple really. If we learn to control our appetites, the weight will…

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juice fast

by Robert Dave Johnston Find us on Google+ Rob’s Google Page If you want to have clear/glowing skin that is free of acne and/or blemishes, then put away the scrub pad for a while and try a juice fast instead. You will be amazed at the marked results you can get by giving your digestive…

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Busy Schedule? A Juice Fast Is a Good Alternative!

The term “fasting” literally suggests “not eating,” for a predetermined period of time and drinking water only. To be sure, water fasting is by far the most difficult of the fasting disciplines. Today, however, the practice of fasting with freshly-extracted fruit and/or vegetable juice is being more widely embraced. Juice fasting provides similar weight loss…

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More Tips for Juice Fasting Success

Here is a collection of simple but very effective tips that will help you make the most of your juice fasting for weight loss and body cleansing efforts.

The Calorie Restriction Diet Plan is Hot News

We’ve all heard of counting calories to lose weight. In fact I remember much of my teenage life painfully counting calories before deciding whether I could eat something or not. However, what I didn’t realize at that time was how much damage I was doing to my young developing body. I may have lost a…

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Is Calorie Restriction Healthy?

Calorie control is not about just losing weight anymore. A relatively new trend known as calorie restriction is in the news more frequently. It is a regimen that involves reducing the amount of food you eat to reduce the number of calories you take in over a period of time. It is a long term…

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A Calorie Restriction Diet That’s Actually Liberation

If you haven’t heard of calorie restriction you’re probably bristling at the thought of it. It sounds so, well, restrictive. But consider the alternative. Did you know how restrictive obesity can be? A November 7, 2007 Chicago Tribune article cited a study of 1.2 million women. The article opened with these words: “One of the…

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It has been know for nearly 80 years that restricting calorie intake leads to an extension of life among most animal species. Many have speculated that the same principles may apply to humans as well, although it is a difficult theory to prove scientifically due to the extreme time frame required to conduct the experiment…

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All successful weight loss programs rely on one common denominator; calorie restriction. What is calorie restriction? Calorie restriction is an effort to reduce the amount of calories one consumes in order for the body to achieve a negative energy balance. This is simply a person reducing food consumption to the point that they are burning…

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Fast Food and Calories

Here in the technology and information age, we have more knowledge and advancements than ever before in history. Sixty years ago, who would have ever thought that you could send an instant message over a phone, let alone take a picture with it? Sixty years ago, who would have thought we would be capable of…

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Quit Being Fast Food Diet Stupid!

What is this that I keep seeing about fast food diets? I do a ton of internet research day in and day out, and I keep seeing articles and web-sites containing information in regards to fast food diets that can still keep you thin and healthy. What can I say? I suppose that I can…

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Fast food seems to be the main provider of nutrition for our body these days. The amounts of fast food consumed by children below 14 have increased at tremendous rate from 1980 to 2000. The estimation is that children now consume 10% of their bodies with fast food, and that 10% of fast food contribute…

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One of the most important points of a fast is to go into and out of it slowly, and properly. During a fast your body truly does enter a different regime. Your stomach and intestines don’t work like they usually do, and the last thing you want to do is to come in and/or out…

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Introduction to Fasting

…  in its simplest definition, is giving up anything for a specific period of time. Typically, we think of fasting as is in giving up food or water as in a fasting diet. In this regard, there are basically three types of fasts: a total fast in which you give up all food and water,…

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Foods to Avoid – Candida Diet

Here is a sample list of foods to temporarily avoid while on a candida diet. Refined sugar is thought to encourage the growth of Candida yeast.Foods containing refined sugar include: white sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, corn syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, turbinado, raw sugar, demerrara, amasake, rice syrup, sorghum. Read labels carefully…

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Foods to Limit Candida Cleanse

Dairy Products — Candida is thought to impair the body’s ability to digest fat, so dairy products may have to be restricted. How much dairy one consumes may also depend on individual reactions to cow’s milk and cow’s milk products such as cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, and butter. People often temporarily eliminate the following dairy foods…

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Learn About a Juice Fast

A juice fast is a type of detox diet. A juice fast involves the short-term intake of raw vegetable and fruit juice and water only. Proponents of juice fasting use juice because it’s thought to be a good source of vitamins and antioxidants.A juice fast is considered an extreme form of detoxification because no solid…

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Risks of Red Yeast Rice

Red yeast rice is a nutritional supplement used to lower cholesterol. The side effects and risks of red yeast rice are not fully understood. Red yeast rice side effects and risks may include: HeadacheIndigestionBloating and gasDizzinessHeartburnMuscle painJoint painLiver inflammationDamage to peripheral nervesRed yeast rice, like the statin drugs, can cause myopathy. Signs and symptoms include…

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