I checked out the Beyond Diet website, lured in by the “5 Foods to Never Eat” slogan, and the banana.  Well, I was pleasantly surprised, and thought they had a very nice and high quality video to watch.  I didn’t see anything about not eating bananas as one of the 5 foods to never eat though!  I’m wondering if any members of the Beyond Diet site could leave a comment and let us know how the banana comes into play?  The Beyond Diet website had all the components I like in a members site, healthy advise for good food intake, and member interaction and support.  I would give the Beyond Diet a favorable review, please leave a comment and share your experiences with the Beyond Diet member site.


Five Foods to Never Eat Beyond Diet

While I don’t think there is a truly finite list of 5 foods to never eat, the Beyond Diet membership site video focused on a sound weight loss (and health) principle – eating foods with a low glycemic index.  What this means is to keep a steady healthy blood sugar level.  This has many health benefits, such as keeping a stable energy level, and hopefully avoiding diabetes. So you’re probably wondering…  The Beyond Diet 5 Foods to Never Eat Are???

So What are These 5 Foods to Never Eat?

1. Don’t eat phony foods!  Don’t eat phony pretend butter.  Avoid the hydrogenated oil, canola oil, vegetable oil, margarine.
2. Don’t eat high fructose corn syrup.  Sugar is your enemy!
3. Don’t eat complex recipes with ingredients that you can’t pronounce.  Stay away from those processed soy products.
4. Don’t use diet food.  Avoid garbage food, processed foods.  Don’t eat packaged snacks.
5. Don’t eat phony sugars!

So how do you build your good food list?  The Beyond Diet video had excellent advise that I have heard from my endocrinologist for years.  Eat lots of fruits and vegetables.  And in addition to this, (and something my endocrinologist did NOT say, eat butter, not marjarine.)  Stick with single ingredients – steak, chicken, butter, (yes, butter!) fruits, vegetables and high protein grains such as quinoi.  The idea behind the 5 foods to never eat diet is to eat simple, healthful foods, avoid high sugar and artificial foods, and eat in moderation.  If you follow this simple diet, you’ll have even energy levels and gradually lose weight.  Keep this in mind, per the Beyond Diet video – when you elevate your blood sugar, either by real sugar, fake sugar, or carbs that turn into sugar, you start a chemical reaction in your body that triggers your body to store fat.  It isn’t just an excess of calories, which of course stores fat, but it’s that SWING in your blood sugar levels that stores the fat… So, moderation will help you to avoid storing fat.  All in all I’d give the Beyond Diet website a favorable review.  What do you think about Beyond Diet?  Please leave a comment and share your experiences!  I think their guarantee of a full refund for 60 days gives you adequate time to review all their tools, and the 14 days of supercharged meal plans, and decide for yourself if you like it.  It’s not a crash diet, it’s not a super low calorie plan, it’s a way to eat to maintain for a lifetime.  You can also benefit if you’re a vegetarian, or vegan, or if you’re going through menopause or have diabetes or fibromyalgia.

Beyond Diet Recipes – these would be low glycemic index foods.  Here’s where beyond diet recipes will be similar to Weight Watchers recipes – more vegetables and grains than starches.  More good olive oil and butter and less sugar and sugar type products.  You want to maintain a level blood sugar level.  The ups and downs of blood sugar levels trigger chemical reactions in your pancreas, ultimately causing fat storage.

5 Best Foods to Eat for Weight Loss

1. Quinoi is the secret food for weight loss!  It’s a grain that is very high in protein.  You can cook it in your rice cooker, using either water or broth, and use it like you would use rice.  Because quinoi is high in protein, it’s going to give you a stable reaction with your blood sugar, which is one of the ideal equations for weight loss that the Beyond Diet Recipes call for.  Here’s some additional information about Quinoi – please click here:  Quinoi Recipes.
2. Sprouted Grain Bread, Raw Nuts
3. Sweet Potatoes with butter and cinnamon
4. Steak, Fish, Chickens, Eggs
5. Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Butter

So all in all, I’d say in this review of the Beyond Diet Website and Beyond Diet Video is that it’s a simple, healthful way of eating, with lots of support from a community of like minded individuals.  I’d say I’d totally recommend watching the Beyond Diet Video with personable Isobel narrating, and if it moves you, try the program and join the community!

The number one reason to visit the dentist, is to prevent gum disease, this is the leading cause of adult tooth lost. Your dentist will be able to see if you have a condition called gingivitis, if it is in the early stages it can be treated and cured. However, if this condition is left unchecked for a long period of time, another more serious disease called periodontitis might take place. To prevent this from happening visit your dentist on a regular basis, to check for these conditions just in case.

They will give you the same advice, regarding flossing and brushing your teeth at least twice a day just to keep your teeth clean. Another reason to keep your teeth clean, is to have that perfect smile. If you have a wedding day coming up, you will want everything to be the best including your smile. Taking care of your teeth, and going to the dentist for regular checkups is one way to do this. Don’t wait until the last minute, before trying to take care of your teeth. If you wait too long the damage, which is caused will not be able to be treated.

I received an email yesterday by one of my consistent readers:

Q: “…Hey Regev! How are you? I was wondering whether I need meal replacement shakes or not in order to achieve the same gains that you had and wrote about in that article about transformation. My friends say that there is no way you gained all of that without any powders or supplements. Prove them wrong please, I don’t have the money for that Thanks! Josh…”

Here is my answer to this curious dude. I thought of sharing it here since many people seem to have the same questions, more or less.

A: “Hey Josh, I’m fine. Thanks for asking! You can safely tell your friends that I used absolutely zero supplements all the way from 60kg to around 83kg. I did use some weight gainer powder from 55 to 60kg, but that’s how I realized that I don’t really need them. They are merely calories in the form of powder, for easier consumption for people that have reached their solid food cap. You really don’t need them if you want to get bigger or fitter, but they can be pretty helpful at times. I mean, if you have a stressful job (don’t!) and no time to cook or something, you can easily grab a meal replacement snack or shake and get the deal done. Up to you, but you can certainly do awesomely well without them. Just my two cents, Regev.”

I hope that resonates with you all. If not, again, drop me an email for more specific directions. My email, again, is regev (at) freshbeetle (dot) com. Do not hesitate to contact me on any occasion, as strange as you think it is. Life is short, conquer the opportunities.

Pain is our body’s unique way of telling us that something is not going right and that we need to stop and take better care of it. When your knees start to give in to aches, throbs and inflammation, it is high time that you give your lower limbs the attention they deserve.

Knee pain is a common condition that typically affects those of us who are past our teens and twenties. It is often triggered by subjecting the joints to undue stress and tension, some of which may have arisen from previous injuries.

Knee injuries can come from something as simple as slipping on a snowy patch or falling down a couple of steps to something more serious, such as a car collision. Under such trauma, the ligaments and cartilage of the knees are often stretched beyond their limitations. As a result, they tear and elicit shooting pains that will restrict your capacity to walk, run and move. Engaging in sports and other strenuous activities can also adversely impact the surrounding muscles of the lower extremities, resulting in bruising and swelling.

Regardless of whether your pain is caused by a single injury or a string of continuous muscle strains, promoting knee health is essential to protect yourself from the harsh effects of injuries.

The knees are especially prone to taking a beating, so properly caring for them can help you live your life to the fullest. Here are several tips on how you can steer clear of injuries. Keeping your knees pain free requires work. These exercises and other techniques will help avoid knee discomfort.

1.    Exercise

The key to preventing traumatic blows to the knees is to educate yourself on how your body works and find out which exercises can best support its needs. For instance, if your knees are susceptible to arthritis, taking on high impact stretches may not be the best route; but if you are only experiencing mild to moderate pains every now and then, regular stretches and muscle toning can do wonders for your body.

Stretching the leg muscles by taking morning jogs or climbing stairs are great and cost-effective ways of stabilizing your lower limbs, specifically the knees. For rigorous work out routines, always remember to do a quick warm up to avoid placing too much stress on your ligaments, muscles, and joints. Pay closer attention to your hamstrings and quadriceps to help ease strain on your knees.

These exercise programs do not need to be expensive; in fact, many of them can be done right in the comforts of your own home. If you are unsure of how to go about it, consult with your physician or physical therapist to help you decide on which fitness plan to take.

2.    Maintain a Steady Work Out Pace

If you suddenly wake up wanting to lose weight or take on a more extreme lifestyle, remember to not go overboard. Often, many knee injuries occur when one over-stresses their muscles by attempting to take on high impact exercises such as muay thai or capoeira without proper pacing. When attempting to change your fitness routine, start out slow before steadily progressing to more difficult ones. This will give your muscles and tendons enough time to adjust to your new routine without subjecting them to added tension. Conversely, if you want to do less, taper off the levels of your workout rather than quit abruptly, as this can weaken your limbs and joints.

3.    Watching your Weight

Packing on more weight than your body can handle places tension on your lower limbs, which can result in osteoarthritis. This is precisely why you need to be mindful of the scale and make sure that you stick to your acceptable weight. A combination of healthy meals and an active lifestyle can help you do just that.

4.    Wear Proper Fitting Shoes

If you are fond of wearing six-inch stilettos, then you are subjecting yourself to one of the many causes of plantar fasciitis and knee pain. The key to maintaining the right alignment of your knees is learning to choose the right type and fit of shoes to support your weight and maintain balance. If you are suffering from malformations of the foot, there are several foot pain solutions such as wearing foot pads, orthotic inserts, or orthopedic shoes to reduce your discomfort.

5.    Seek Help From a Physical Therapist

Physical therapy is one of the most effective ways to rehabilitate a knee that has recently suffered an injury and help your body regain its strength and restore its balance.  Under the care of a physical therapist, your joints, muscles and ligaments are properly monitored, stretched and reformed to get the body back in shape. This is also necessary for those who are thinking of undergoing knee replacement surgeries.

While there are some incidents that are beyond your control, taking on these steps can help ensure that your body is strong enough to resist these injuries.

It will also be worth purchasing fitness equipment, that way you can target specific areas of your body for a more intense workout. If you want to put together a home gym and you are on a budget its not really a big deal. You can find some pretty good cheap fitness equipment machines for sale on the internet and even at local stores. One of my favorites to use is the pull up bar, if you learn every way to do a pull up you can workout almost every muscle in the upper body. If you run and use the pull up bar you are taking care of a large majority of the fitness exercises you should do. There are still a couple of other exercises you should still do, to get a great workout plan together you should think about asking a personal trainer or someone that you know that has lost weight and has gotten back in shape.

There are plenty of advantages in using a portable exercise machine. For one, it is handy and easy to use. Plenty of manufacturers nowadays try their best to invent and re-invent their existing models in order to suit the needs of customers. Foldable, compact, lightweight, and portable versions of gym-favorite equipments can be found everywhere floating in internet websites and home shopping depots. With these characteristics, people can easily handle the equipments and still do their exercise routines without searching for a nearby gym in their new location.

Another advantage is it will save more time. If people have a portable exercise machine at their disposal anytime, they can do their exercise while waiting inside the hotel. Sometimes, business trips do not leave ample time for people to take a taxi, search for a fitness center, enroll for a few days, and do their routines. Most business or company related trips require the whole time and dedication of a person that he or she might forget to exercise or it will be a hassle to hunt down a gym for just one week.

One example of gym equipment people could use during travels is a portable recumbent exercise bike. It will give them the ample amount of exercise for their whole body and they will not miss their workout schedule because they can choose a foldable bike, put it in the back of a car, and assemble it once they get to their destination.

To know why rice protein powder is a good alternative for other protein powder forms, you must have a bit of understanding of how the former is made. Note that rice protein powder is made through a complex protein enzyme process where the carb portion of rice is separated from the protein portion. In the end, you get a low carb, rich protein health supplement that can be easily digested and frees you from any animal products.

Take note that around 80% of the rice powder contains protein, so you can really say it is protein-dense and packed. If you want to go for the purest form, you can opt for the unflavored ones. However, if you want more taste, there are rice protein powder you can buy in various flavors like chocolate and vanilla. Just take note that the flavored rice protein powder contains artificial sweeteners. So if you want to do away with aspartame and sucralose, you are better off with the plain variety in your protein shake recipes.

Another advantage of taking rice protein powder is the fact that it contains lower calorie content compared to the more common whey protein powders. To give you an idea, a single scoop of rice protein powder contains about 50 to 70 calories while you get 90 to 100 calories for every whey protein powder scoop.

Since we want you well-informed, you also have to know about some downsides of rice protein powder. Compared to hemp protein shake recipes, rice protein powder does not contain as much protein; you only get about 12 to 15 grams for each scoop. Also, rice protein powder does not dissolve as easily as the other powder forms but this can be viewed as a simple challenge easy to overcome (especially when you use almond or rice milk, not water on your shakes and smoothies).

I love the fact that it syncs up with their web site to give me access to my progress on my computer and a log of all my runs. There are other apps that do some of these things but not all that the same time.  I have not found one yet but if you look you may find one out there for less. There are other companies throwing their money into the iPod phenomenon, such as Nike. They have built special shoes and app for the iPhone or I pods. They actually put a sensor in your shoe and keep track of every step no matter if you are running or just walking keeping a step count. I personally do not like the expense it requires special shoes adapter for iPod or I phone and you can get bands that keep track of your pulse.

Let’s not forget the competition in android which does not have Nike backing it. Their app store has apps that cost me ten dollars on my iPhone that I can get for free with android market. Then again it’s all up to the kind of phone you like and the kind of tools you need your app to do for you. Whichever the case, it’s cheaper and a great alternative to expensive running watches that do the same as these apps.  If you’re looking for a gift for a runner, then I’d go for the running watch, because it’s nice to wrap up a gift for a birthday present for a runner, or a Christmas present for a runner.

Have you tried one of the iPhone apps for runners, such as runkeeper pro?  Why not leave a comment and let us know what you think, and give a review of a running app for iPhone.  Thanks!

The monitor itself consists of two pieces.  There is a band you place around your chest which goes over your heart and tracks your heartbeat.  The monitor is usually a watch you place on your wrist, so that you can see the results while you are exercising, just as you would look at a watch.  Some people find the chest band uncomfortable, so there are strapless heart rate monitors, but these usually do not have the same precise readings as those with the chest strap.  Often heart rate monitors will have an alarm to alert you that you are in the “zone” you need to be in to achieve your desired fitness results.  There are many other features available on different models, including the ability to upload your results to the Web, or automated workout routines, or a display of how many calories you have burned.  The more features in a monitor, usually the higher the price.

If you want to get serious about working out, and see results from consistent training, a heart rate monitor is a must for your fitness arsenal.

Traveling kicks, hops, jumping jacks and jogging are a selection of the most typical exercises included in about aerobic dance sessions. Signing up to certain aerobic dance sessions is a hint that the pick was made for sheer pleasure and benefits it offers notwithstanding many possible decisions. Some of the options that are generally accessible to anybody include low impact, heavy impact, step, dance and water aerobics.

It’s critical too that before joining aerobic sessions, you need to be familiar already with the correct methods to yield great results. One can’t pay no attention to the social benefit and the fun that comes when joining a grouping of fitness fans. The employment of music makes the power moves more galvanizing, exciting and peculiar in a way. Indeed leveling up anyone’s health and fitness can be anchored on aerobics. When joining aerobic lessons, one can only expect entertainment and excitement. “Stay healthy in an exciting way” is an ideal slogan for aerobics.

This only implies that you’re not healthy physically ; your emotional contentment is also boosted as you love everything you do with your healthfulness. Nowadays, the concerns of people about their health lead directly to their engagement in exercises. But a number of them do not like what they are doing and that would lead to a problem. Therefore you need to try doing aerobics and if you’d like to have a great time, do it with a group by becoming part of an aerobics class. The bonus comes in gaining new friends and mates which makes each aerobic day an enjoyable day.

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