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Looking & feeling better is achieved by understanding how your body works, and taking the necessary steps to improving its natural healing ability.

The first step to a successful health & fitness strategy is obtaining reliable useful information. We provide our Members and friends with the latest pertinent information. This FREE newsletter will assist you in making informed decisions which will help you look and feel better.

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December 11, 2008

Dieting Stinks!

Four out of Five dieters end up at the ice cream counter.  Why?  Dieting Stinks!  80 percent of diets go belly-up, according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Let's look at it logically.

90-95% of people who lose weight with diet gain most of the weight back within 3 to 5 years. Often times more body fat, or weight is gained back due to yo-yo dieting.  Drastically reducing calories can slow your metabolism and hinder the weight loss process (Leibel, Rosenbaum & Hirsch 1995).  Dieter regains even more weight particularly when old eating habits are resumed and frighteningly, frequent changes of weight increases risk of heart disease and premature death (Brownell & Rodin 1994; Lissner et al. 1991).

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