Are you tired of all the health and fitness freaks? You know:
the ones that juice, jog, and junk out on Gym. They take daily
supplements, build their muscles, and bore you incessantly.

Articles on health and fitness abound, therefore this article
should provide more interesting reading for you, the more
discriminating and sophisticated reader.

This article will lead you along a different path, a path
already traveled, but not commonly so; and definitely more
enjoyable! You will benefit by not being one of the crowd, and
find more comfort and solace in being an individual, with plenty
of time to yourself, and with no real ties or commitments.

This is all you have to do:

1. No matter what time you wake up, start your day with a
cigarette. And I don't mean low tar, low nicotine, go for the
strongest and best. Keep a pack beside your bed so you won't
interrupt your flow by having to get up.

2. After your first cigarette you may want to consider getting
up. But no too fast now, nothing faster than a slow crawl. Head
for the kitchen a make yourself a nice, STRONG cup of coffee.
Beware of Decaf and use only full strength!

3. Once your coffee is ready it's time to light up your second
cigarette, and enjoy this with your first cup of coffee. Of
course no cup of coffee is complete without a second and it also
provides the opportunity for another cigarette. See! All this
and you haven't even left the house.

4. Avoid establishing good bowel habits. Spend more time
drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. This way you'll be sure
you're running late for work, and you won't have time to clear
your bowel, setting the way for chronic constipation.

5. Never walk to work! Always drive to make sure you get a
daily dose of road stress, you know, that great feeling that
accumulates from sitting behind the wheel, stuck in traffic!

6. Make sure you drink more coffee during the day, soaked up
with lots donuts and followed by a cigarette each time.

7. For lunch, be sure to have plenty of deep fried foods, the
ones that are still dripping while they reach your mouth, and
make sure you eat plenty, and eat it fast, that way indigestion
will be unavoidable. After all why should you deprive yourself
the joy of taking Antacids?

8. On your way home smoke plenty more cigarettes in the
enclosed space of your car, this adds to the accumulation of
road stress and ensures maximum absorption of passive smoke as
well.

9. Once at home, reward yourself with half a bottle of whiskey.
Order pizza, especially the one with pepperoni, cabanossi and
other processed meat. Finnish the other half bottle of whiskey
with your evening meal, topped up with a few beers.

10. Flop yourself down on the lounge in front of your TV,
making sure you have your remote beside you, your cigarettes,
and more beer before you flop, otherwise you may have to get up
again.

11. After you've fallen asleep and woke up again a few times,
head for your bed, go to sleep and have plenty of nightmares.
12.In the morning, start all over again, as in Step 1

About The Author: Alfred Bellanti is a published author and
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South Beach? Jenny Craig? Weight Watchers? Discount Vitamins?
Discount Herbs? As America's waistline grows, more of us are
looking for help in fighting the battle of the bulge. However,
we're bombarded by nutrition information overload, much of it
contradictory. Perhaps we can help make some sense of this
subject.

First, the simple truth; we gain weight when we burn up fewer
calories than we digest. No hocus-pocus can change that. To lose
weight, we must reduce the amount we digest, or the amount we
burn up. Most weight loss programs target one or more of these
points. Some math is inevitable, and we apologize. A pound of
fat represents roughly 3,500 calories. A moderate walk might
burn 300 calories an hour, so for each pound you want to lose,
plan to walk almost 12 hours and 36 miles, about one and a
quarter laps of Manhattan Island, or 21 times across the Golden
Gate Bridge. There are many benefits we realize from exercise,
but losing weight strictly via exercise is a tough road.
Therefore, most people end up tackling the calorie intake part
of the problem. Here, we have countless choices of diet
programs, but most fall into one of these categories; the food
pyramid, carbohydrate restricted, and fat restricted.

Diets such as Weight Watchers' Flex Plan concentrate on eating
nutritious foods in proportions similar to those of the familiar
food pyramid, while limiting total calorie intake. Using a
number of psychological tools including group support, the
company has one of the best records for sustained success.
Companies such as Jenny Craig go one step further, providing
clients with premade meals that do away with any decision
making. However, they don't come cheap. In the 90's, following
in the footsteps of Dr. Dean Ornish's claims that a minimal fat
diet could reverse heart damage, low fat diets became popular.
None had the impact, however, of Dr. Atkins revolutionary
low-carb diet. The notion that we could lose weight while
thriving on a regime of sausage and bacon was wildly popular
with the public, and has led to offshoots such as the
still-popular South Beach Diet.

All have their shortcomings, however. Studies have shown the
low-fat diet difficult to maintain. The low-carb diet has been
linked with some increased health risks. Jenny Craig, and to a
lesser degree Weight Watchers, take an ongoing financial
commitment. The chances that weight lost via any of these diets
will stay off after we complete the diet are poor, unless we
come to accept that eating is a lifetime occupation, and finding
the balance between intake and outgo is a life skill, not a
campaign. The key to this is eating intentionally.

The first step is learning what our body needs. For our body to
function well, it needs protein and fat, vitamins, minerals,
antioxidants, essential fatty acids, and a thousand other
nutrients. Whether from meal replacements or a savvy, wide
selection of food, our health and wellness depends on stoking
the engine that is our body with the proper fuel. Fortunately,
what surprises many of us is that, once we start eating the
fruits, vegetables, fiber that our body needs, our cravings for
calorie and fat-laden snacks diminishes.

The second step in eating intentionally is breaking the
negative cycle of self-criticism. To quote Robin Williams in
Good Will Hunting, "It's not your fault." Back in the days when
we lived in caves and hunted with spears, plentitude and
starvation were all to frequent. So our propensity to store food
as fat is an instinct, one that served us well for thousands of
years. However, this instinct isn't working for us now. In a
time where scarcity isn't a problem, we need to learn to
reprogram ourselves to reign in this instinct. Changing an
instinctual behavior isn't impossible, either; we have learned
to manage our instinct to reproduce, for example.

What eating intentionally takes is understanding about
nutrition, practice, and patience. Learning how what you eat
determines how you feel and function. Practicing wise food
selection (and by practicing we mean trying, making mistakes,
and trying again). Patience means treating yourself with
kindness, looking at eating as a lifelong process, and making
steady but gradual changes that last.

Learn to eat intentionally and you can jump off the diet roller
coaster forever. And isn't that what we really want?

About The Author: Silvio D'Amato is a leading clinician and
health educator. His studies in natural medicine and preventive
healthcare management led him inexorably to VitaNet Health
Foods, http://vitanetonline.com/ which offers discount vitamins.
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Your mother always told you that you needed to eat right in
order to grow tall and strong - and she was right. Just as
you wouldn't put water into your car's gas tank, you
shouldn't be putting inferior fuel into your body's gas
tank. But perhaps some of us have been swayed by food
manufacturers' promises of fortified goodness in everything
from sugary cereals to prepackaged processed foods. They
have vitamins in them, so they must be healthy, right?
Eating healthy is about more than just vitamins and
minerals - here's what you stand to gain by eating right.

More Money in Your Wallet

What most people won't tell you is that eating right is
actually more economically smart. When you choose fruits
and vegetables over processed foods, you will reduce your
overall spending on groceries. While it is true that
fruits and vegetables can be more expensive in the short
run, you can use them for more meals, while makes them less
expensive to use per meal. For example, if you make a box
of macaroni and cheese for dinner, that's going to cost
about $3.00 for the package and $0.50 for the milk and
butter you add. But if you were to make a salad for
dinner, it will cost about $1.00 altogether, including some
salad dressing.

But it's not just the actual costs of healthy foods that
will help you boost your financial health. By taking the
time to spend money on healthy foods, you will reduce the
health care costs you need to spend. Since your body will
be healthier, you won't need to spend money on additional
supplements or extra doctor's visits. This all adds up to
a healthier life and a healthier bank account.

You won't have to spend money on additional medications to
help you maintain your blood sugars or your cholesterol
levels. And studies have shown that those who take fewer
medications tend to live longer lives. While you don't
want to stop any current medications you are on, you might
be able to reduce the list of medications you may have to
take - and you already know how expensive they can be.

Controlling Your Weight

When you choose healthier foods, you will also be able to
more easily control your weight. Instead of focusing your
diet on foods that can spike your blood sugar, causing you
to feel hungrier and thus eat more than you should, you can
eat wholesome foods which have fiber and nutrients in them.
The added fiber will help you to feel fuller for longer,
while also keeping your blood sugars even.

Fruits and vegetables also naturally have fewer calories in
them, which helps you to have a lower caloric intake,
leading to weight loss or weight maintenance. In addition,
eating healthy exposes you to more tastes - vegetables,
fruits, low fat dairy, low fat meats, and whole grains.
The more tastes you have on your plate, the easier it will
be for you to eat only what you need, rather than filling
up on sugars and high salt processed choices - which tend
to make you feel hungrier.

Increased Immune System Function

The better your body is functioning, the more likely it is
that you won't get sick. Going back to the car example,
when you fill it with premium foods, you won't have the
buildup and the grime in your engines - the same idea
applies to your body. By supplying your body with
nutrients, you will enhance the body's response to illness.
Your immune system will be strong and ready to defend
itself against all sorts of attacks. And thus means that
you will be able to fight off not just colds and flus, but
also more serious diseases you might pick up. Even if you
do get sick, it will be easier for you to get over that
illness and get back to health.

Reduced Chances of Chronic Illnesses

Cancers and heart diseases are also much less likely when
you eat healthy foods. When your cells are getting the
highest levels of nutrition, they aren't susceptible to
cellular damage, which can lead to cancers. And if you
focus your diet on non-animal sources of nutrition, your
cholesterol levels will be far lower, reducing your risk of
heart attacks, plaque buildup and even strokes. This is
especially the case as you get older. Since your body
begins to slow down, you need to make sure you are only
giving your body foods that are healthy as anything else
can be difficult for your body to process, which can then
lead to illness.

Eating healthy isn't just something that you should do,
it's something that you must do. With each bite of
unhealthy food, you are damaging your body. While medicine
is able to fix many age related problems, it's up to you to
prevent these problems from happening in the first place.
A long healthy life is something that's completely in your
control, so why not do what works? Eat right.

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Beta Carotene is a healthful supplement to most diets. Beta
Carotene comes from the orange coloring naturally present in
foods such as pumpkins, squash and sweet potatoes. The scientist
who discovered the nutrient of "carotene," did so by
crystallizing a mixture created from carrots.

Not only is this a powerful antioxidant, beta carotene is a
provitamin A compound. This compound converts to Vitamin A once
ingested. Among the many benefits of Vitamin A are healthy skin,
hair, vision and an improved immune system. Alpha, beta, and
gamma carotene nutrients are all considered "provitamin" because
they are converted to Vitamin A in the body.

Vitamin A deficiencies have been linked to a number of health
problems. Those include bone development disorders and
reproductive disorders. Commercial grade beta carotene typically
changes to retinol in the body and this is essential to good
vision.

Beta Carotene is in the same carotenoid family as the
oft-discussed lycopene, another powerful weapon against many
diseases. Beta Carotene holds many benefits in itself. The
compound also contains flavonoids. Flavonoids are also
antioxidants and are found in most red and orange fruits.

Other items that contain beta carotene include: tomatoes,
cantaloupe, watermelon, apricots and mangoes. Food items
containing a spectrum of the carotenoid, including beta carotene
are: spinach, broccoli, kale, and lettuce.

Foods that contain the healthful flavonoids hold them just
around the skin so it isn't recommended that you peel these
fruits. If you remove the skin, you will likely strip away these
beneficial nutrients.

Beta carotene has been studied for its effectiveness with such
diseases and disorders as: anemia, cataracts, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, benign
breast disease, immune system enhancement, Graves' Disease,
improving lung function, macular degeneration, osteoarthritis,
angioplasty, cancer, cardiovascular disease, postoperative
injury prevention, stroke, sepsis and many others. All
scientific proof has resulted in a diverse report on each
theory. Your health care professional will have further
information.

Beta carotene supplements come in capsules, chewable tablets or
typical tablets. If you want a natural way, this will require
five to eight servings of fruit and vegetables a day. This
amount seems to be prohibitive to many and supplements may be
ideal for such a situation.

As wonderful as Vitamin A is for the healthy body, there are
some cautions you should consider before making this a part of
your daily regimen. Smokers or those who drink alcohol should
not use this supplement. People who are allergic to orange foods
should not take beta carotene. As with any change in your diet,
discuss the benefits or risks of beta carotene with your
physician prior to using the supplement.

There are little in the way of scientific study or research
involving children and beta carotene. There is also minimal
information in regards to pregnant or nursing women using this
supplement. Your healthcare provider should be consulted in
either of these situations.

Carefully study product labels. The FDA does not usually
regulate the use of herbs or supplements. There is also the fact
that many supplements are produced synthetically with the use of
palm oil, algae or fungi. Hence, make sure the supplement you
purchase is from a reputable name brand company that gets tested
regularly for quality assurance.

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In my experience, luck has very little to do with achieving
home based business success. People who succeed in their
home based business are typically the ones who are always
positive, believe they will succeed, have a burning desire,
goals, knowledge and courage to implement a plan of action.
How can you believe and expect to succeed in your home
business if you allow yourself only negative input.

Discover how to lift your mood and your energy with these
five simple tips and the home business blues will become a
song of the past.

1. Just as you can choose your mood for the day, you can
choose positive things that will give you a lift the first
thing every morning. Those could be for example, just as
simple as, seeing your wife's or husband's smiling face, or
your children playing in the living room floor, or what
ever. It doesn't matter what those are. The most important
thing is that they make you feel good and happy.

2. When you're not physically healthy, your energy levels
are compromised, your mind doesn't function at optimum
efficiency, your moods may be altered and heavy, and an
imbalance may be created that will affect all areas of your
life and business. Take care of yourself. Eat healthy and
excersise regularly. I am sure you know the phrase "Healthy
Mind In Healthy Body".

3. Lift your mood by having the time of your life,
literally. If you will force yourself to call a friend and
meet for coffee, a movie, a walk, a talk - anything to get
out and change your atmosphere, the chances are good that
will have a good effect on changing your mood for the
better.

4. Watching an hour long comedy where we laugh and take our
mind off our daily problems can last for hours or days as
far as reducing chronic pain, a "blue mood" feeling. This
is very effective way for me personally to cheer up if I
feel a little bit down.

5. Music (hearing it or playing it) has long been used by
people of all cultures to create or alter a mood. It will
change your mood for the better if you allow it to and if
you concentrate on the music and creating and forget how
you have been feeling.

Now that you have created choices for yourself to lift your
mood, reward yourself every time you make a positive
choice. No matter what type of reward it is, make sure it's
something that doesn't counteract your home business goals,
but instead makes you want to achieve more. Knowing that
all of the income you have coming in was created because of
you is a great feeling. Being positive and energetic makes
you more effective, being effective makes you more money,
and making more money, trust me, feels soooo good.

In summary, to be successful home business owner you must
have positive attitude in all areas of your life. Positive
attitude comes from yourself. It is all up to you how you
keep your mind healthy. Here was some simple tricks for you
to use.

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We live in a time when most of our food sources are
composed of convenient, fast, and processed foods. In
addition to the chemicals and preservatives added, this has
resulted in food with less nutritional value. One of those
nutritional values is the lowered amounts of natural fiber.
One of the disturbing health concerns that has resulted
from this is that we have had an enormous increase in the
number of people, especially young people, wh are
overweight or obese. Excess weight leads to other physical
health concerns and also emotional health concerns, i.e.
self image and esteem.

People without excess weight concerns consume about 33%
more dietary fiber than people who suffer weight issues.
There are good reasons that people who consume more dietary
fiber do not experience weight concerns. When soluble
fiber combines with water, it swells the stomach giving a
greater feeling that hunger has been satisfied without
adding excess calories. Fiber slows the digestion process
resulting in feelings of hunger occurring less frequently
and providing our bodies with the time needed to properly
absorb nutrients. This eliminates the feeling of hunger and
feeling the need to continue eating which leads to excess
weight. Fiber reduces the occurrence of spikes in
blood-glucose levels which possibly leads to insulin
insensitivity and food cravings. Fiber may also reduce the
absorption of fat. Fiber also lowers cholesterol levels
which is a serious concern for people with excess weight.
High cholesterol in bile is responsible for the formation
of gallstones that lead to pain and gallbladder surgery.
Fiber lowers cholesterol as effectively as statin drugs,
which carry the risk of harmful side effects.

Most of us consume half of the dietary fiber that we need.
Lack of dietary fiber is associated with health concerns
such as hemorrhoids, cancer, diabetes, varicose veins, heat
dissease, appendicitis and chronic constipation. Chronic
constipation is a huge complaint of many people, especially
older people, and accounts for millions of visits to a
doctor and is among the most frequently given reasons for
the purchase of prescription or patient, synthetic drugs
with their possible harmful side effects. Antacids often
contain aluminum and synthetic painkillers and
antidepressants may actually cause constipation. Fiber
contributes greatly to the healthy function of our
digestive system by removing sludge, mucus, heavy metals
and fat and relieving constipation and/or diarrhea which is
essential for weight loss. Fiber protects against
diverticulosis by keeping waste soft and easy to eliminate.
Straining hard to eliminate waste contributes to
diverticulosis and also hemorrhoids.

Since many of our processed and fast foods contain little
fiber, we can increase our fiber intake with the use of
supplements that contain additional amounts of fiber and
also contribute in many other ways to our health as well as
assisting us in reducing and maintaining our weight.

Oat bran fiber contains a great deal of soluble fiber that
forms a gel which produces a soft easy flow of the contents
of our stomach and small intestine. This helps decrease
constipation distress. The gel delays our stomach emptying
giving us a longer feeling of our hunger being satisfied
helping with weight loss. Oat bran fiber is also very
effective in lowering cholesterol levels by attaching to
cholesterol and eliminating it. People who consume oat bran
fiber are far less likely to become overweight.

Apple pectin is a fiber that can be obtained in supplement
form. It is a powder obtained from dried apples. Apple
pectin lowers cholesterol levels, helps prevent hardening
of the arteries, diabetes and may inhibit cancer
metastases. Apple pectin corrects constipation and
promotes digestive health including promoting the health of
intestinal flora. Apple pectin is tolerated by most people
with allergies.

Green foods can be obtained in supplement form and contain
good amounts of fiber. In addition, green foods provide
antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, active
enzymes, bioflavonoids, chlorophyll and other
phytonutrients necessary for cellular metabolism, repair
and protection, enhanced digestion and absorption of
nutrients, and detoxification. All this is vital for
health and weight loss. Most of us do not get a good
amount of green foods that we need because of our modern
eating habits.

Flaxseed oil is one of the best choices of high fiber food.
Mucilage is the unique soluble fiber in flaxseed that
absorbs moisture and forms mucilagenous substance that
cleans and soothes intestinal walls and relieves many
intestinal discomforts. Flaxseed oil contains many
vitamins, minerals and other elements that contribute to
balancing blood sugar levels as well as other benefits.
Balancing blood sugar levels is very important for weight
loss and energy as well as a feeling of well being.
Flaxseed oil lowers cholesterol and triglycerides. It
helps satisfy hunger with few calories and reduces the
absorption of fats.

Many of us have experience the benefit of using fiber to
lose weight.. We come to know the use of fiber for weight
loss as "fiber trimming" or "fiber thin". In addition, we
have experienced many other very important health benefits
from fiber beyond weight loss. The way foods are being
processed for convenient consumption, little preparation
and for long shelf life makes it difficult for us to obtain
proper nutrition and health benefit without using natural
health supplements. This is also true of our obtaining a
healthy amount of fiber in our diets. Green foods, oat
bran, apple pectin, and flaxseed oil are easily obtainable
in supplement form. The cost, economically and
emotionally, of obtaining natural health supplements to
gain and maintain good health is far less than the cost of
illness and medical care where we risk the possibility of
harmful side effects from prescription, patient, synthetic
drugs and medical procedures. Fiber each day, keeps the
doctor away. Prevention is far less expensive in so many
ways, than repair. We can lose weight, improve our health
and feel far better about ourselves with the use of
supplemental dietary fiber.

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