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		<title>Japanese 2 Day Diet Lingzh</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Japanese Diet Review
2 Day Diet Slimming Japan Lingzhi I AM 40 YEARS OLD AND I TAKE THIS PRODUCT. MY DAUGHTER IN-INLAW TOLD ME ABOUT IT SHE HAD LOST 25 POUNDS VERY QUICKLY. SO I DECIDED TO TRY THEM AND I LOST 25 POUNDS IN 3 MONTHS TOO. WHAT I NOTICE ABOUT [...]]]></description>
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<h1><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OT203G?tag=becoolicompuc-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=B001OT203G&amp;adid=1MCCBWXGK7QN82F13SWR&amp;"><strong>Click here for more info</strong></a></h1>
<p>Japanese Diet Review</p>
<p>2 Day Diet Slimming Japan Lingzhi I AM 40 YEARS OLD AND I TAKE THIS PRODUCT. MY DAUGHTER IN-INLAW TOLD ME ABOUT IT SHE HAD LOST 25 POUNDS VERY QUICKLY. SO I DECIDED TO TRY THEM AND I LOST 25 POUNDS IN 3 MONTHS TOO. WHAT I NOTICE ABOUT THEM FIRST IS THEY DIDN&#8217;T MAKE MY HEART SPEED UP. THEN I NOTICE INCHES COMING OFF BEFORE I SAW THE POUNDS GO AWAY. IT WAS LITERALLY MELTING MY FAT AWAY, MY LEGS AND THIGHS ARE AMAZING. SO I TOLD MY 60 YEAR OLD MOTHER ABOUT THEM AND SHE LOST 10 POUNDS IN 2 WEEKS. I ALSO HAVE MY SISTER IN-LAW TAKING THEM AND SHE ALSO LOST 10 LBS. SO FAR I AM STILL LOSING WEIGHT AND THEY ARE TERRIFIC.</p>
<p>2 day Japanese Diet Review</p>
<p>For the first time ever a diet pill that works miracles. I&#8217;m 30 yo female and have had 2 children. My body has never been the same&#8230; blah, blah, blah. I started taking this a week ago and have lost 5lbs. No joke, it works, and I&#8217;ve tried everything on the market!</p>
<p>Japanese Diet review</p>
<p>I really like this product. It help supress my appitite quite a bit and give me extra energy without the gitters. It&#8217;s been about 30 days and I have lost about 10 lbs. without exercise.</p>
<p>For the first couple of days my heart kind of pounded really fast, but that went away. That was the only downer for this product. I guess my body had to adjust to the pills.</p>
<p>Japanese Diet review</p>
<p>I have to admit when these pills came out&#8230;it was the hottest thing&#8230;My whole departmentat work took it and people thought we were on crack (literally) the way the weight dropped. I had a horrible side affect&#8230;my skin broke out and I have all kind of irregular molds..I went to my derm who immediately took me off the pills&#8230;.I know many people who have used it without that side affect&#8230;please when u have reached ur desired weight&#8230;reduce your dosage and take time and come off or you will experience double the weight gain&#8230;</p>
<p>FYI this was one of the weight loss pill the FDA banned&#8230;</p>
<p>Good luck to you all&#8230;much RESPECT</p>
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<p>i received the package very quick and i did not pay for expedited shipping&#8230;thnak u</p>
<p>Japanese Diet review</p>
<p>So the first couple days I took this I was totally jittery. Dry mouth was bad. But it kept me drinking water, and after a couple days I loved the effect it has on my appetite and energy level! I haven&#8217;t noticed any other side effects, and like all foriegn made products don&#8217;t really know what is in this product, I believe the FDA has banned for sales in the US, but it works well and gives me the energy and appetite control I need!</p>
<p>It works! Believe me when I say&#8230; this stuff REALLY works!!!!! I used to be an avid gym rat, but I hurt my knee, and was unable to workout for a while. I became sedentary and of course I ate more, so I gained some weight all in the wrong places. I then discovered this product and have been taking it on a 3-month on, 1-month off rotation and have seen dramatic results (all without working myself to death in the gym)! My knee is about 80% healed, so I plan to get back in the gym real soon&#8230; I can only imagine my body&#8217;s metamorphosis when I combine the two! Try it, you can&#8217;t go wrong!</p>
<p>Good Luck and Best Wishes!</p>
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		<title>misconceptions about low-carb diets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of misconceptions about low-carb diets. Almost every &#8220;anti-low carb&#8221; information or news report says the same thing: reduced-carb diets don’t have enough fruits and vegetables, and even often draw an image of people eating unhealthy diet.
The reality, low-carb diets concentrate on healthy food, nutritious, and research into reducing carbs continues to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are a lot of misconceptions about low-carb diets. Almost every &#8220;anti-low carb&#8221; information or news report says the same thing: reduced-carb diets don’t have enough fruits and vegetables, and even often draw an image of people eating unhealthy diet.</p>
<p>The reality, low-carb diets concentrate on healthy food, nutritious, and research into reducing carbs continues to show more and more positive results.</p>
<p>Here are the misconceptions and the truths about low-carb diets to set your own mind at easiness and help you inform others.</p>
<p>1. Consuming Low Carb = Courting Heart Disease<br />
In study after study, cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides, and other indications for heart disease risk decline on low-carb diets. Also, in one large long term study, even low-carb diets with a lot of animal protein and fat did not raise the risk of heart disease.</p>
<p>2. Eating Fruits and Vegetables not Allowed on Low-Carb Diets<br />
People believe that fruits and vegetables are not allowed because they are mainly carbohydrate.<br />
Actually, people who take a low carb diet almost all the time eat more fruits and vegetables than usual. Instead, non-starchy vegetables are actually comes at the bottom of the low carb pyramids.</p>
<p>3. Low-Carb Diets will Cause Kidneys Disease<br />
The reason is that since people with kidney disease are typically encouraged to consume low protein diets, a diet that is higher in protein will raise kidney disease.<br />
In fact, a low-carb diet is frequently not higher in protein than the latest suggested levels.</p>
<p>4. Low Carb means No Carb<br />
Many people thought that a low carb diet must be extremely low in carbohydrates.<br />
Not even a single expert endorses this. The fact, you should have at least 45% &#8211; 65% carbohydrate depending upon individual.</p>
<p>5. Dr Atkins Died of His Own Diet<br />
Despite improperly obtained medical reports mis-reported by the vegetarian group &#8220;Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine&#8221;, Dr Atkins died from head injuries resulting from a fall. He was not fat when he died</p>
<p>6. Low-Carb Diets Have Insufficient Fiber<br />
The reason is, because fiber is carbohydrate, a low-carb diet must be low in fiber.<br />
In fact, a lot of low-carb foods are high in fiber, and on diets that encourage carb counting, fiber doesn’t come into the calculation. Fiber remains undigested, so it is encouraged on low-carb diets.</p>
<p>7. Low-Carb Diets will “Leach” All The Calcium from Your Bones<br />
The reasoning goes that low-carb diets are always high in protein. People on higher protein diets are likely to have more calcium in their urine. But this turns out to be a red herring. This has been proven NOT to be true. In fact, it turns out that protein, rather than cause bone loss, actually protects our bones</p>
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		<title>How to Build Bigger Biceps &#8211; Just a simple change to your Biceps Workouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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I don&#8217;t know about you but the longer I train the more I wish there were things I could do to shorten a workout. Just a few simple changes to any workout can improve the efficiency and speed of it. This secret training tip will shave minutes of those routine biceps [...]]]></description>
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<p>I don&#8217;t know about you but the longer I train the more I wish there were things I could do to shorten a workout. Just a few simple changes to any workout can improve the efficiency and speed of it. This secret training tip will shave minutes of those routine biceps exercises and will begin building bigger biceps.</p>
<p>The incline Dumbbell curl is one of the routine biceps workouts, and is the example that I am going to share with you today. It is common knowledge that the incline dumbbell curl is one of the most effective biceps exercises you can do, as it puts an enormous stretch on the bottom of the bicep muscles and it&#8217;s key to building bigger biceps.</p>
<p>The normal way of doing a very effective biceps workout by the way is lying back on the bench, letting your arms hang down beside you then curling the dumbbells up to the highest position. This is the normal style and has been tried and tested for years, there is nothing wrong with it, but it can be improved with just a few tiny adjustments, and your not reading this article because you want normal results are you?</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s the technique on How to Build Bigger Biceps using the Incline bicep curl&#8230;..</p>
<p>Right&#8230;..Instead of sitting right back on the incline bench as you would do normally, you are going to pick up your dumbbells first of all, then your going to straddle the incline bench. Once in that standing position, move your butt all the way onto the incline bench. The sit on the incline face of the bench and set your feet on the seat of the bench with your knees bent.</p>
<p>You with me so far?&#8230;..Now, the top end of the bench should be in line with your shoulder blades or just below. Now arch your back over the back over the top end of the bench as though you were trying wrap your back over and around the bench end if that doesn&#8217;t sound too painful&#8230;Trust me it&#8217;s fine <img src='http://fitstop-usa.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  Then turn your palms forward throughout the exercise for maximum results. In this bottom position, you should feel an increased stretch on the biceps beyond what you normally get with the incline bicep curl.</p>
<p>Now&#8230;the reason behind the increased stretch on the biceps comes from the actual position of the chest and the shoulders. When you&#8217;re in a standard position doing the incline bench curl, your shoulders are over-lapping your chest which doesn&#8217;t allow your chest to fully open. Don&#8217;t get me wrong you still get a pretty good stretch doing it this way but you don&#8217;t get the maximum stretch, which is the absolute key to performing this exercise to it&#8217;s best.</p>
<p>When your shoulders are off the top end of the bench and are not supported, the weight of the dumbbells pulls the shoulders back down, allowing the chest to open more and create a larger stretch on the bicep muscles.</p>
<p>Perform this exercise as you would normally do on an Incline Dumbbell Curl. Start off with the normal squeeze of the biceps, lift all the way to the top of the movement, doing your best to keep the upper arms vertical, then hold it for a second at the top.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the big secret&#8230;On the way back down I want you to keep your palms faced outwards, keep them facing forwards all the way down to the bottom of the movement. This is the most important part of the exercise and is were you will feel the most benefit. Make sure you lower the dumbbells under a complete smooth action, and for an extra shot of tension on the biceps, try pushing your elbows forward ad you lower the dumbbells. To do this you need to imagine that your trying to push a button with your biceps &#8211; it takes quite a bit of patience and persistence as it can be very hard to get right, but it definitely worth your while if you can master it.</p>
<p>Now&#8230;when you lower the dumbbells to the very bottom of the movement, you should let the dumbbells pull and stretch your shoulders backwards and down, therefore opening up the chest and creating much more tension on the biceps. This negative part of the movement together with the increased stretch caused by your bodies positioning will lead to AWESOME muscle building potential.</p>
<p>You must take advantage of this tip and put it into practice as soon as you can, just remember not to lose the stretch and tension in your biceps. As you feel the stretch curl up again with same exact movement as last time. This exercise is a lot more strenuous on the muscles so make sure you start off with lighter weights than you would like to use at first. Applying the stretch like this alleviates the need for a heavier weight and just comes to show that it&#8217;s not how much you lift it&#8217;s how.</p>
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		<title>How to get those 6 pack abs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six pack abs are not difficult to get if you are willing to exercise the right way towards this goal. Having well defined abdominal muscles is a goal that many of us have but few attain. This is because we do not work hard enough at how to get six pack abs.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Six pack abs are not difficult to get if you are willing to exercise the right way towards this goal. Having well defined abdominal muscles is a goal that many of us have but few attain. This is because we do not work hard enough at how to get six pack abs.</p>
<p>Some ways that you can use to get six pack abs are as follows:</p>
<p>Floor Exercises</p>
<p>Floor exercises include crunches and sit ups. If you want to know how to get six ;pack abs, you need to tighten your abdominal muscles and exercise them in this manner. Doing sit ups or crunches may be difficult at first if you have not done them in awhile and are basically out of shape. Start with a set of 20 and then build yourself up. Each day, try to do at least one more crunch or sit up. Eventually, you will be able to pull off 100 crunches or sit ups with no problem.</p>
<p>Exercise Machines</p>
<p>There are some exercise machines that you can use that will work your abdominal muscles. You can find these machines at health clubs or even purchase one for your home. Of course, healthy club memberships and exercise machines only work if you use them. If you want to know how to get six pack abs, get yourself to the gym.</p>
<p>A Healthy Diet</p>
<p>There are foods that you can eat that will help you gain muscle as well as lose fat. In order to get six pack abs, you need to eat a healthy diet that includes all the major food groups. Going on a crash diet is not how to get six pack abs. Trying a diet that eliminates a certain necessary food group to lose weight quick is not the way to do this, either. In order to get six pack abs, you have to eat a healthy and balanced diet along with exercise.</p>
<p>Pilates</p>
<p>Pilates are stretching exercises that concentrate on working individual core muscles. You can use these to get six pack abs if you work on them every day. Pilates have gotten good press recently as an effective way to exercise, especially when it comes to six pack abs, but they have been around for quite some time. They were first used by dancers but are now taught in many gyms and home study classes. People like using Pilates to get six pack abs because you can do less of these exercises than floor exercises and get good results. But they have to be done correctly to get six pack abs.</p>
<p>If you want to know how to get six pack abs, you need to follow the above advice as well as have the true desire to get six pack abs. Eating right and exercising are essential parts of achieving this goal. Once you have it in your mind to get six pack abs, which are well defined muscles in the abdomen, you can do so if you simply follow a plan and stick with it.</p>
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		<title>Diet Fad&#8217;s &amp; Weight Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity is a physical state that refers to excessive body fat. Chances are you have experienced the frustrations of dieting at least once in your life, if you have problems with your weight. Close to a hundred million Americans go on a weight loss diet in any given year and up to ninety-five percent of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obesity is a physical state that refers to excessive body fat. Chances are you have experienced the frustrations of dieting at least once in your life, if you have problems with your weight. Close to a hundred million Americans go on a weight loss diet in any given year and up to ninety-five percent of them regain the weight they lose within five years. Worse, a third will gain back more weight than they lost, in danger of &#8220;yo-yoing&#8221; from one popular diet to another. The conventional approach to weight problems, focusing on fad weight loss diets or weight loss drugs, may leave you with just as much weight and the additional burden of ill health.</p>
<p>Today, an estimated sixty-five percent of all American adults are obese or overweight. Our culture obsesses about staying thin even as we grow fatter, but this isn’t about appearances. Obesity is known to be a precursor to many debilitating health conditions such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and gallbladder disease. Obesity contributes to as many as 375,000 deaths every year. In addition, the public health costs for obesity are staggering. According to researchers at Harvard University, obesity is a factor in 19% of all cases of heart disease with annual health costs estimated at 30 billion dollars; it’s also a factor in 57% of diabetes cases, with health costs of $9 billion per year.</p>
<p>Set Realistic Goals:</p>
<p>No doubt you have fallen for one or more of the weight loss diet schemes over the years, promising quick and painless weight loss. Many of these quick weight loss diet programs undermine your health, cause physical discomfort, flatulence, and ultimately lead to disappointment when you start regaining weight, shortly after losing it. Fad or quick weight loss diet programs generally overstress one type of food. They contravene the fundamental principle of good nutrition &#8211; to remain healthy one must consume a balanced diet, which includes a variety of foods. Safe, healthy, and permanent weight reduction is what’s truly lost among the thousands of popular diet schemes.</p>
<p>Some of the weight loss diet schemes reign supreme briefly, only to fade out. While some wane from popularity due to being unproductive or unsafe, some simply lose the public&#8217;s curiosity. Examples of such fad diets include the South Beach Diet, Atkins diet, the Grapefruit diet, Cabbage Soup diet, the Rotation diet, Beverly Hills diet, Breatharian, Ornish Plan – the list goes on and on. These fad diets advocate a specific technique (such as eliminating a certain food, or eating only certain combinations of foods) in conjunction with the basic idea that the body makes up the difference in energy by breaking down and utilizing some part of itself, essentially converting matter into energy. This self-cannibalism, or catabolism as it is referred, typically starts with breakdown of stored body fat.</p>
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		<title>Should you count calories or carbs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should you count calories or carbs? As far as I&#8217;m concerned without counting and cutting down on calories you just won&#8217;t lose weight! Count as many carbs as you like but without burning calories you will not reach your weight loss goal!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should you count calories or carbs? As far as I&#8217;m concerned without counting and cutting down on calories you just won&#8217;t lose weight! Count as many carbs as you like but without burning calories you will not reach your weight loss goal!</p>
<p>There are such diets as a very low carbohydrate diet, a popular one is the Atkins diet. The low carb diet will insist on nearly zero carbs and this will lead to fast weight loss at first. Once your goal has been achieved, gradually carbohydrates will be introduced. The problem is with this type of diet is that it may have to be maintained for life. People do find that when the carbs are re-introduced the pounds just pile back on.</p>
<p>Watching your calorie intake is the key. You need to burn more calories than you are consuming. By going with a no carb diet you will see differences in your weight quite quickly but as soon as you lose it, you will gain it again when you add the carbohydrates back in. The way forward is to choose low calorie food alternatives, add regular exercise into your diet and follow a well structured weight loss program.</p>
<p>Choosing the correct weight loss program is important. A program will help you to count your calorie intake and enable you to plan your meals correctly. By planning your meals (along with exercise) watching your calorie intake can easily be done. As part of the weight loss program carbohydrates will be part of your healthy eating program.</p>
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