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Friday, October 9, 2009

How to Avoid the Unhealthy Holiday Meal Choices

It has finally reached that time of year where people are bombarded with many unhealthy holiday meal choices. People struggle drastically throughout this time of year trying to not destroy their diets but always seem to fall into the bad eating habits that they are presented with. We all know that the holidays are full tempting meal options, but they are also full of ridiculous amounts of calories.

This year is the year that you should take control of your diet and your lifestyle. There are many ways you can go about this and many more that will be even worse for your health. Many people are known to over eat throughout the holidays which leads to unwanted weight gain. This can really affect a person and make them lose a lot of hope in dieting. Instead of losing hope take control this year.

There are many ways you can avoid the unhealthy holiday meal choices and all those unhealthy meals are going to be lingering around quite a bit. To help yourself be able to handle the temptation ensure you eat regular meals of a smaller size throughout this time of year. The less hungry you are the less food you'll eat. This means you will not eat a larger amount of unhealthy meals that you have in the past.

For those that struggle with temptation and really want to have the strength to get through the holidays more easily this year consider opting into a weight loss diet plan. By being involved in such types of plans you'll have less want to eat unhealthy foods and feel satisfied. These plans are designed to fill the needs of peoples usual eating habits with healthier options.

Alongside having the ability to satisfy your needs and wants with your hunger with various dieting plans there is one dieting company that now offers personal dieting consultants. These consultants have been placed to help people get involved in the right diets that are also mixed with the right exercise routines. Having the knowledge behind your diet can help you have better results in the long run.

MediFast Health is one dieting company that goes above and beyond with their dieting assistance. They offer not only dieting consultants but also a supportive community that will help you through every step of the way. Dieting shouldn't be too hard and when you are dealing with unhealthy meal options you will want to have the ability to get past them, which is where a supportive community and helpful, personal diet consultant can come in handy.

If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

A Word on Medifast

While traditional methods of weight loss usually involve a bit of education about the type of meals to be prepared, the reason that certain foods are superior to others, and the time and frequency with which they are to be consumed, there is an easier way to get a meal plan. Medifast offers a meal plan that is not unlike conventional diets. With just a few adjustments from your normal meal selection, coupled with higher nutritional content, lower calorie content, and higher protein, Medifast is sure to provide not only great tasting foods that are healthy, but a cost effective and timely manner with which you can get started on your weight loss plan. While not only diets are alike, their focus is still on helping you achieve your weight loss goal. The foods that you eat are definitely the biggest contributing factor to your weight. The difficulty most Americans run into is not having some guidance as to what they should eat, and instead grab or drive thru what is nearest to satisfy a sudden hunger urge.

While the focus of a healthy lifestyle should not be on food, having a healthy meal plan in place will provide two immediate benefits. First, you can rest assured that the meals you are getting are going to satisfy your hunger. And second, you can be confident that by following the meal plan provided you won't have to fuss with unnecessary and unhealthy choices that permeate the marketplace - i.e. fast foods. The added bonus is that once your plan is in place, you just follow it. There may be some refining to get the foods that you find satisfying to the taste, but by and large the selections available are nothing short of satisfying even the most particular palette.

Medifast is not the final answer to the obesity solution, but one very helpful tool to get you moving in the direction of better health and therefore a healthier weight. A diet may serve the purpose of weight loss, but a diet plan should be about fulfilling a need to develp a healthy lifestyle. In the end, the choices you make will determine your weight and your level of health.

If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

Cholesterol Actually Good Part of a Medifast Diet

While we are so easily conditioned to modify or adopt new beliefs because of the millions of dollars spent on advertising, there are some important truths that tend to get lost amidst cloudy promotional campaigns. For decades, the suggestion that cholesterol is bad and the source for clogged arteries and heart attacks has been literally shoved in our face. Sure we hear about high levels of cholesterol, but does anyone remember that there is a positive use of cholesterol? In fact, it's not cholesterol that's bad, but the lipoprotein that is the problem, specifically of the low density variety.

While high cholesterol has had war waged on it all for the sake of profits for Big Pharma, there are some interesting studies that concluded there was actually no advantage to taking these drugs - statins in particular - over a "normal diet and enough exercise". With the dangerous side effects of statins, there seems to be more harm done than any possible benefit from their consumption. This report is offered on NaturalNews.com --

In an 8-year long heart study, researchers observed 10,000 people with high cholesterol levels. Half of them received a best-selling statin drug. The other half were simply told to eat a normal diet and get enough exercise. The results stunned the researchers. Although the statin drug did indeed lower serum cholesterol, this had no impact whatsoever on death rate, non-fatal heart attacks and fatal arterial disease. In other words, the statin-users had zero advantage over those who received no treatment at all. However, they had just spent eight years taking a costly drug with hideous side effects - risking liver failure, muscle wasting, even sudden death. Lowering cholesterol either through drugs or low fat diets does not lower the risk of developing heart disease. Read more...

The bottom line is that cholesterol is needed by the body and is an important part of the body's overall function and self-maintenance. A diet that is lacking in proper nutrition - fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based sources - is one that will increase the possibility of health problems. Same goes for lack of physical activity. Being overweight is the first and most obvious sign that potential health problems may be around the corner. So getting your diet and your fitness under control is crucial to your good health.

Note: If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Monday, April 7, 2008

A Medifast Diet is Best with Raw and 'Super' Foods

When you set out to achieve a weight loss goal using any diet plan including Medifast, it is best to start incorporating raw foods as well. This is the best source for a full range of nutrients that will support your health. While Medifast may provide the macronutrients and some nutritional value, your body and health still needs to be supported by the thousands of phytonutrients that only comes from plant sources. Raw foods and/or Superfoods are best because they are uncooked, unheated, and in the form as they left Mother Nature - this keeps the nutrient value optimal. If you cook any foods, you will diminish the value of the nutritional content to some degree. Here's more on Raw Foods and Superfoods from NaturalNews.com --

(NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Raw Summit Teleseminar program which can be found at (www.rawsummitarchives.com) . In this excerpt, David Wolfe weighs in on "you are what you eat" and the basics of raw and super foods.

Raw Summit Excerpt with David Wolfe raw food and super food lifestyle guru, author, chocolatier, alchemist, speaker and founder of the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. He has spent the last 15 years spreading the news of great health around the world.

Kevin: I am excited about this call. So David, why don't you just give us a brief explanation for maybe people who don't know you that well. Who you are and a little bit about your story.

David: Well, I started out as a son of two medical doctors. And I grew up inside a medical doctor's office if you can image what that was like. And I've basically been with my dad on a huge array of different types of situations from emergency medicine to automobile crashes to motorcycle wrecks to house calls and I grew up in a very unique situation because of all those experiences. And that I believe is what oriented me towards natural health. Because I never really believed that injecting something was really necessary. And I always felt that I was really the healthiest when I ate natural foods and, in particular, the first time I ever had a fresh tangerine off a tree when we first came to southern California in 1977. read the complete interview...

Comment: While Medifast can assist with your weight loss, the nutrient value contained within raw fruits and vegetables or plant-based foods will provide the added phytonutrients that are important for good health. If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Medifast Diet Needs to Include Changing Your Mindset

The stigma behind most diets is that they are a unique way of eating that isn't typical of an average diet. The real reason a "diet" should exist is to allow an individual an easier plan to follow that is healthier than the way they eat now. In other words, a choice of healthy meals and items that are not so unique that the dieter can't wait to complete their goal and finish the diet. Unfortunately for most of those who seek weight loss, this mindset does not bring about lasting change. This is why a true diet plan should be appealing now and in the future. It may not be the exact way of eating that will be followed for years to come, but it should provide a foundation for healthy eating, and establish not only healthy habits but a knowledge and desire to continue choosing healthy items. When you start to believe in the lifestyle, you no longer will have to seek out a diet. These same thoughts are shared by Review.com --

Shifting the focus towards being healthy is the key to an education campaign encouraging women to forgo fad diets and focus on simple, lifelong changes. The "Campaign for Healthy Weight," created by a partnership between America On The Move, Curves and the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), has a simple rallying cry - small, specific changes in physical activity and calorie intake can make a significant difference. It all starts with taking a pledge for a new, healthy approach.

"We need to get past the era of extreme dieting," agreed renowned obesity expert James O. Hill, Ph.D., co-founder of America On The Move. "Health management needs to be a bigger part of weight management."

A new report called "Weighing in on the American Diet," found that although dieting is at an all-time low, "feeling healthier" is the primary motivator for those beginning a diet. The new study, conducted by The NPD Group in collaboration with Milk Processor Education Program, looked at the who, what, how and why of dieting in this country - providing one of the most comprehensive snapshots of weight management practices in America. read on...

Final Word: If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed. While Medifast can help you get on track, it is the mindset of a healthy lifestyle and the empowerment that it brings that you should seek to achieve.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

To Use Medifast or Not, That is the Question

Those who have read our blog have asked why Medifast is recommended when we make it clear that a healthy diet should be all about natural foods like fruits and vegetables instead of someone else's diet plan. While that is true, people still don't take up the cause to improve their health and do the actions that would bring about a healthy lifestyle. Therefore, with a Medifast plan it is easier to follow the diet that is already organized in the hopes of getting weight loss going. Medifast is a meal plan, not so much a plan for building a healthy lifestyle. So while a healthy lifestyle is the goal, Medifast can at least be a choice that will help you move in that direction. And anything we can help you do that is better than what you're doing now, is going to help you get to where you want to go - weight loss and fitness and better health.

So if you aren't following the transitional steps to lose the weight and build a healthy lifestyle with The Vice Busting Diet Plan, or maybe you aren't following it exactly and you need help with a meal plan, then by all means you can try Medifast. We'll continue to recommend fruits and vegetables and daily exercise, and drinking water over any other beverage, but Medifast will be there as an option to help you get started while you put all those other healthy actions in place.

Note: Because most people are not getting their daily recommended intake of fruits and vegetables, we recommend a supplement to make up for this deficiency. Here's the deal - Diet and exercise can help reduce the risk of degenerative diseases like heart disease and stroke, diabetes and cancer. Click here to learn why eating fruits and vegetables is especially important, and how you can benefit from adding Juice Plus+® to your diet. Juice Plus+® is the most thoroughly researched nutritional product in history.

The Health & Wellness Institute, DC PC

Saturday, April 5, 2008

World Health Day - Diet, Fitness, and Healthy Lifestyle Should be the Focus

While you may hear about World Health Day and the focus on such debatable claims like 'global warming' and the challenges faced with a rise in the Earth's temperature, but there are bigger issues at stake. For starters, the health of mankind needs to be mentioned from a diet and fitness level. Although this may sound much less important than trying to eradicate deadly diseases like AIDS or malaria, the fact is that many more diseases will be present and many more lives at stake in years to come, without a focus on a quality food supply. Just because mankind can be fed, doesn't mean that mankind is going to be healthy, only perhaps survive another day. Without wholesome foods grown on good quality soil full of nutrients and trace minerals and the like, the immune systems of all living things could be compromised to the point of making a common cold a common risk of death. Sounds extreme but even HIV positive patients see a great benefit to a very strict diet that enhances their immune system and leaves out processed foods that can deplete its strength.

How is it that food could be the basis for good health for all? Is it the hundreds of nutrients present in whole foods that we don't hear about or aren't talked about? Maybe these healthy sources of nutrition are overshadowed by marketing efforts of the big burger places and soft drink makers. It's not unrealistic to think that society will lose many of the nutrients that are very important to supporting good health and preventing disease much the same way that certain species are now extinct. Afterall, genetically modified seeds have made their way into the food system in a BIG way. What effect is this having? Will we know anytime soon?

A healthy diet and lifestyle should be the focus of World Health Day, instead of what citizens are doing that may be raising the temperature of the Earth. Sure we need to make diseases like Malaria and Small Pox obsolete. Anything that we have vaccines for should be practically non-existent with a concerted effort. But the big problem that supercedes these is the foundation of health - diet. What you decide to eat will determine whether or not we, together, the farmers that provide fruits and vegetables will still be in existence in years to come. They won't be needed if they have a product that no one wants. Make the choice to eat more fruits and vegetables. Increase the demand, while decreasing the demand for hamburgers, soft drinks, potato chips, or any other processed foods. The collective choices of the citizens of the planet is what ultimately will decide where the future of the World lies.

The World Health Organization (WHO) was (apparently) founded on this day, and I suppose that's the reason for this day as World Health Day. Maybe a healthy diet day should be started to help increase awareness of what a healthy diet really is. Is it french fries, hot dogs, pizza, soft drinks, cereal (and I don't mean Oatmeal here!), and pastries? Most of the foods offered that have been pre-packaged - that is, already made and can be eaten out of the box or heated - are missing hundreds of important nutrients for supporting your health. There isn't one food or soft drink manufacturer or fast food restaurant that would be behind a World Healthy Diet Day as described. They would lose hundreds of millions of dollars just in one day.

With a healthy diet you can expect weight loss if you need it; you can expect more energy if you seek it; you can expect your IQ to go up if you want it. You may see your income go up, your relationships improve (oh yeah? you don't think your sex life is better with more energy and a slimmer body?), your creative thoughts and productivity as a person may improve. These are all things, and more, that have been noticed by individuals who make the effort to improve their health by changing what they eat. A healthy diet plan is just the beginning to a healthy lifestyle.

If you really want to make World Health Day something to talk about, then give up the top contributors to the overweight and obesity epidemic - soft drinks, fast foods, and any other packaged foods that aren't made with the intent to IMPROVE and SUPPORT your health.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Is Medifast a Food?

Lunch is a very important meal - one that needs to keep your metabolism going and provide you the energy for the afternoon stretch. Most people we find not bringing their own lunch to work, but instead buying. In my experience, not only is buying more expensive to you and adds up quickly if you're on a budget, but it's most often compromising to your health, especially when you can better control what you're going to eat when you make your own at home. You can get what you need at the supermarket, prepare it exactly how you like it, and be sure that the fruit and or vegetable that you want is included. And believe me, all of this is going to be cheaper than going somewhere and having someone prepare your sandwich. And if it's not more expensive, then be assured that it is certainly "garbage" that you're eating (i.e. fast food?).

Here's more from Michael Pollihan who agrees about most of what we consume being less-than-healthy-food -

According to Michael Pollan, most of what Americans consume isn't food. He calls it "edible foodlike substances." He also says that the way we consume it is not really eating. It's something we do pretty unconsciously as we work or drive or watch TV. We all know about the U.S. epidemic of obesity and diabetes over the past 25 years, on top of the steady rise of chronic diseases over the past hundred. Paradoxically, this happens just as Americans and the food industry are ever more aware of nutrition. What's going on here? Pollan claims that in the Western diet, good old food has been replaced by nutrients, mom's good advice by nutritional experts, common sense by confusion, and for most, a relatively good diet by a bad and dangerous one. The book in which he makes all these claims and advises us simply to "Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants," has topped the New York Times bestseller list. (from AlterNet.org)

Comments: Bottom line, most of what is offered at supermarkets, sporting events, bowling alleys, quick shops, fast food restaurants, and everywhere that has a shelf with a food item on it, is just not the best nutrition for our health. Start with those items that come from the garden, or the orchard.
Note: If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Medifast - Can a Healthy Diet Provide Cancer Help?

Anyone who tells you that your diet won't make a difference in your health either has been living in a cave their whole life or... well, who knows. The fact is that with so much evidence pointing to the importance of a healthy diet in the prevention of sickness and disease, it is clear that most of our health problems stem from poor nutrition. While diet can't provide all the protection from sickness and disease - certainly genetics and environmental conditions can be contributing factors that we may not have too much control over - there is no debating the importance of consuming healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables. This advice wouldn't mean much if it didn't come with the ever-growing important point of avoiding, completely, all processed and fatty foods. In particular, reference should be made to those offered by fast food restaurants where soft drinks are commonly purchased with those items - another no-no.

Here is an article on how diet may be particular beneficial after the fact - that is, after you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer, but how most of it comes from patient testimonials. And because a condition or disease is present, it is noteworthy that not just any healthy diet will do, but one that is stictly raw-food. Some would go so far as to say an alkaline diet. Regardless of "Scientific Research", no diet that includes hot dogs, Twinkies, and soda is going to improve the body's fighting power against cancer. Here's more:

A raw-food diet – basically raw fruits, vegetables and whole grains – has plenty of advocates, but whether it's the right choice for a cancer patient is open to question. A raw-food diet includes raw fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and grains. Foods are heated to no more than 116F. In a matter of seconds, you can find numerous testimonials online about its health benefits. However, finding peer-reviewed scientific studies, much less specific research on raw foods and cancer, is harder. "There are only a couple dozen studies worldwide on relationships between raw-foods diets and anything else," says Suzanne Havala Hobbs, a registered dietitian with a special interest in vegetarian nutrition who has tracked the raw-foods movement. She knows of no studies on raw foods and cancer. "What you could say about a raw-foods diet and cancer risk or cancer treatment could be something that's extrapolated and kind of surmised," she says, "based upon the body of evidence related to diet and cancer in general." read on...

Comment: Before you have to deal with a life-threatening disease, you may want to try adjusting your diet habits now and move toward a healthy diet plan that includes mostly raw foods. It may not be easy, but for this reason it is suggested that making one small change at a time to ensure lasting change may be a smart way to go about it. For the sake of weight loss and health, it is definitely something to consider.

The Health & Wellness Institute, DC PC

Note: If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Diet change could stop 70,000 dying

From the UK Press -

Nearly 70,000 premature deaths could be prevented each year by improving the UK's diet, a Government report says.

That equates to more than 10% of the UK's current annual mortality rate.

The average adult currently eats too much salt, saturated fat and added sugar, research published by the Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office says.

But people are still not eating enough fruit, vegetables, wholegrains or oily fish.

Bringing the nation's diet in line with nutritional guidelines would cut the number of deaths linked to cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Juice Plus+ is made by juicing 17 different fruits and vegetables into a vitamin supplement all in a capsule form. A cup of other vitamins and a tablespoon of apples, all for health. When you start with a juice from a fruit or vegetable, and then you add others, you get a healthy mix of nutrients with the water and sugars removed. But when you dry the mix, you are left with the nutrients and that is what goes into a Juice Plus+ Capsule. Like our weight loss plan that is a doctor approved diet plan, this is a healthy choice. A diet and weight loss plan that is endorsed by healthy dieters around the world, you can always lose weight, but are you doing it the healthy way? Oprah's Dr. Mehmet Oz knows that a diet is temporary but a healthy lifestyle with a healthy diet plan in place is for good. Even Juice plus+ is made from the juice from an orange, a lot of orange juice, that gives it a lot of nutrition when a cup of results and lemon is added. A Medifast diet with fountain water without some breville and juice fountain, although fruits and other juice is the convenient way to get nutrients but many convenient even if you have apple juice. When I can't have those healthy and fresh products, I use juice plus vitamin, and juice nsa plus is a way to get healthy with juice plus vitamin, so if you are a distributor juice plus, then the gummies juice plus is juice plus supplement. The juice plus scam that we see does not hold much credence, but it is a problem. You may have read a juice plus review that is similar to acai juice plus. If you are interested in any juice plus product and you want to learn if there are any benefits, then look at the juice plus research. Breville fountain juice plus is not one of the things that is available, but the complete juice plus line can be found at www.jpsupplement.com. If you have a complaint juice, then any distributor nsa plus can help you. Juice noni is not something you can find when you try to buy juice plus. All the nutrients plus some fiber from the fruits and veggies can be found in the capsules. Don't get it from ebay because the jp+ you find there is usually expired or you can be sure of the quality. You may use to find inc juice nsa plus for you diet, but don't expect to use a breville fountain. If you look for the capsules or the pills - don't be confused it's not a weight loss plan like Medifast that many people are familiar with. Be sure to consider thins, the vineyard, and even the gummy. If you are pregnant, take juice plus everyday as a perfect alternative to most vitamins on the market. There is a Juice Plus+ study - actually many - that validate the quality and effectiveness of the nutrition that is found in the product. Now we also recommend if you are having trouble getting your diet plan situated, and you need some structure provided by someone else, then you consider using Medifast for your meals and snacks. It is a healthy alternative meal plan, although we don't necessarily recommend that you count on making it a permanent fixture in your life. Fresh fruits and vegetables are a necessary part of a healthy diet and that's what will support your health, and that you won't get from Medifast diet. That is also why we recommend Juice Plus+, which is made by juicing 17 different fruits and vegetables, then with a cup of vitamins and a tablespoon of apples, you get a healthy start. When you start with a juice, and then you add another, you get a healthy combination. Juice plus is made with an orange, a lot of orange juice, that gives it a lot of nutrition when a cup of results and lemon is added. With this supplement, the sugar and water are removed through a drying process that leaves you with the healthy nutrients you need! Try Juice Plus today!

Boosting fruit and vegetable consumption to the recommended five pieces per day would have the biggest impact on the nation's health - potentially cutting 42,200 premature deaths each year, the report says.

Reducing daily salt intake from the average 9g to the recommended maximum of 6g could reduce the death toll by 20,200 annually.

And cutting excess saturated fat and sugar intakes could mean 7,000 deaths being avoided each year.

The interim report, called Food: An Analysis Of The Issues, says: "There can be few areas of public policy where the positive benefits to lives, health and well-being are potentially as dramatic as they could be in diet and nutrition.

"The potential benefits of changes to diets are huge, as are the issues to be tackled in effecting and sustaining long-term change."

Comments: The bolded text above was done to emphasis the two basic diet faults that just about every individual is guilty of. Of course, the marketers are doing a good job of putting these fast foods on the market that are in almost every way addictive and create a very strong desire to want more, so each individual should not carry 100% of the blame. However, fruits and vegetables are the most important part of a healthy diet plan or weight loss plan if you are trying to lose weight and get healthy. It is for this reason that The Health & Wellness Institute also recommends Juice Plus+ - because even a decent diet is one that falls short of enough fruits and vegetables. And Juice Plus+ contains the nutrients from 7 different fruits and 8 different vegetables - whole food nutrition. So get rid of the soft drinks, fast foods (high sugar and high fat items and high salt items), and start adding fruits and vegetables in their place. You just may be one of those lives that you're saving!

The Health & Wellness Institute, DC PC

California kids falling behind in health, education

From MercuryNews.com --

An Oakland-based youth advocacy group gave low marks to the state of children's health and education in California today and urged leaders to boost funding and take other measures to dramatically improve those areas.

In its 2008 California Report Card released today, Children Now concluded that the well-being of youth statewide is generally poor and needs top priority even in the face of the current budget crisis.

"Far too many kids are falling behind and don't have access to the support necessary to have a chance to succeed," said Ted Lempert, the organization's president.

However, earlier reports by Children Now and others indicated that San Mateo County children are doing better than their peers statewide.

"We seem to be faring better on many of the indicators," said Peter Burchyns, spokesman for the county Office of Education. "But we're not saying we're at the place we want to be."

In a previous report, Children Now ranked San Mateo second out of 58 counties in the percentage of children with health insurance and second in the percentage of children ages 3 and 4 enrolled in preschool.

The county also came in sixth in elementary students meeting state targets in English-language arts and sixth in those reaching goals in math.

Burchyns partly attributed the county's better standings to its relative wealth. Read on...

Comments: The educational system in this country is definitely falling short of what it needs to be. The books are outdated, the thinking is outdated and for some reason everyone has to be a "winner" today(?). There aren't the same challenges put on children as there were decades ago. It could be that all of the luxuries that technology has brought us, has created a generation of overstimulated, under-educated kids. They can tell you the entire workings of a Wii game, but can't do problem solving that is critical to development and survival in life. Not only that, but the diet of most kids is putting a strain on their ability to perform and learn, as statistics have shown. The plan we need is to get kids exercising and eating healthy, not to mention teachers too. A healthy lifestyle that includes a healthy diet plan, and mental exercises that require some deduction, logic, problem solving, creativity, will all help with the proper advancement of the generations to come.

The Health & Wellness Institute, DC PC

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Medifast Resources and Diet and Meal Plans

The National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute support the use of BMI since it provides a more accurate measure of total body fat compared with the assessment of body weight alone.

Get medifast for weight loss, health, a healthy diet, and a diet plan. Medifast is a product that helps you lose weight. There are benefits to using Medifast in your diet, and can be used for weight loss. Phase 1 - 5 & 1 Program for Weight Loss 5 Medifast Meals per Day Over 50 meals to choose from - shakes, bars, drinks, oatmeals, chili, soups, pudding and more. 1 "Lean and Green" Meal per Day Lean Meat: 7 ounces of chicken, turkey of fish, or 5 ounces of lean beef, pork or lamb. Grill, bake or poach meats using non-stick spray. Salt, pepper, herbs and spices may be added if desired. You may also use 1 - 2 teaspoons of condiments such as ketchup, mustard or barbecue sauce. Salad or Vegetables: Either 2 cups of salad greens (any kind) and up to ½ cups raw vegetables, or up to 1 ½ cups cooked vegetables. You may also use 1 - 2 tablespoons of Media low-fat or non-fat dressing.Phase 2 - BeSlim™ Philosophy of Lifelong Weight Control Once you have reached your healthy weight, your Health Advisor will help transition you to the BeSlim™ philosophy of lifelong weight control. The BeSlim™ philosophy is a part of the Take Shape for Life program that incorporates key behaviors mastered by those who lost significant amounts of weight and kept their weight off for years. These key behaviors include: Breakfast (eating Breakfast every day) - High quality fuel, such as our delicious Medifast oatmeal, cappuccino, or chai latte, is essential to start your day the right way. Exercise - Continued exercise increases metabolism, provides strength, flexibility, and mental clarity. Support - Your Health Advisor is here to help you reach and maintain your goals, providing the coaching, tools, education, and caring support you will need along the way. Low-fat meals 5-6 times a day - Eating frequently, controlling portion and total calories, especially those from fat, are critical for success. Individual Plan - Create an individual plan to help you achieve an optimal healthy lifestyle and build the skills and strategies you need to cope with modern life. Monitor your weight - Weigh yourself on a regular basis to maintain optimal weight. Catch it before it becomes a challenge! Join the BeSlim™ Club today and set your life in motion! Introducing the New BeSlim Club & Rewards Program! Optimal Health is its own reward, but how about earning a bonus or two along the way? You’re on a journey to Optimal Health. You’ve made a commitment to lose weight and keep it off! You’ve earned the right to celebrate your success! The new Take Shape For Life BeSlim Club & Rewards Program is your ticket there. The BeSlim Club & Rewards Program is Take Shape For Life's progressive savings program, offering clients and Health Coaches an easy way to obtain their Medifast Meals at a savings, with exciting rewards you can earn along the way! The longer you are member of the BeSlim™ Club, the more significant your savings are and the more rewards points you’ll earn. When you join the Take Shape For Life BeSlim Club & Rewards Program, you: Enjoy your favorite Medifast Meals all month long, with orders conveniently shipped right to your door Save on your meal purchases and enjoy increased savings the longer you’re on the program Earn points towards exclusive rewards that promote healthy living Receive coupons for special savings. Enrich your life as you achieve Optimal Health Available to all, the BeSlim™ Club is a great way for individuals learning and practicing the BeSlim™ philosophy. Every time you order, you earn points towards healthful rewards. Here’s how: There’s no minimum purchase required. Redeem your reward points* for exclusive Take Shape For Life merchandise, including: Apparel, Exercise Equipment, Spa Trips, And more! Join the BeSlim Club today! Simplify Your Life -- — Receive automatic monthly shipments of your favorite Medifast Meals; Save Your Money — Enjoy savings that increase the longer you are a club member; Earn Just Rewards— Select from an array of rewards that promote healthy living and a healthy lifestyle

Experts generally consider a BMI below 20 to be underweight and a BMI of 20 to 25 to be healthy. BMIs of 25 to 30 are generally considered overweight while a BMI over 30 is generally considered very overweight (obese). If you need to lose weight... Medifast Can Help.

General Information About Medifast
What is Medifast?
Medifast is a portion controlled, nutritionally balanced, low fat and clinically proven program that helps people lose weight faster and more effectively than traditional diet plans. Medifast Meals come in individual packets that you mix with water and microwave or refrigerate. Medifast is available in a wide variety of foods and flavors including shakes, soups, stew, chili, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, fruit drinks, iced teas, hot beverages, bars and puddings.

How does Medifast work?

The Medifast 5 & 1 Plan was medically designed to create a calorie deficit, allowing your body to burn fat for energy. Each nutritionally balanced Medifast Meal is formulated with a proven combination of carbohydrates and protein, allowing you to successfully lose weight while maintaining lean muscle mass.

What does the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan consist of?

The Medifast 5 & 1 Plan consists of five (5) portion controlled, nutritionally balanced Medifast Meals plus one (1) Lean & Green Meal.

What does the Lean & Green Meal consist of?

The LEAN portion of the Lean & Green Meal consists of 5-7 ounces of lean meat. For a complete list of meats and portion sizes, please refer to our Lean Options List and our Meatless Options List (PDF files).

The GREEN portion of the Lean & Green Meal consists of 3 servings of low carbohydrate vegetables from our Vegetable List (PDF file).

Medifast Diet Plan for Men

With the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan for weight loss, men can lose weight quickly and dramatically improve their health. No time for shopping or cooking? Medifast conveniently helps you lose the weight and teaches you how to keep it off! The Medifast program is nutritionally balanced, portion-controlled, and simple to follow. You’ll see and feel results in the first week!

Most men start by ordering the Medifast for Men 4-Week Package. With this package you receive the most popular Medifast Meals and save over $30.

5 & 1 Plan
With the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan, you eat 6 meals a day: 5 Medifast Meals and 1 Lean & Green Meal. You can choose any 5 Medifast Meals including shakes, bars, soups, pudding, oatmeal, scrambled eggs and more. With over 60 Medifast Meals to choose from, your menu will never lack variety! Your daily Lean & Green Meal consists of a balance of lean protein (such as beef, chicken or fish) and salad or vegetables.

With Medifast you eat every 2 to 3 hours, so you won't get hungry. The quick weight loss results you experience will inspire and motivate you to embrace Medifast as an essential part of your new, healthy lifestyle. Complete 5 & 1 Plan information is available for free in the Medifast Quick Start Guide, included with every Medifast order. Click here to read more about the 5 & 1 Plan.

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