| Remember the New York teenagers, Ashley Pelman | | | | 2,400 calories daily, and you are consuming 2,650 |
| and Jazlyn Bradley, who sued McDonald's for making | | | | calories daily, you can expect to gain about a half |
| them obese? One of the plaintiffs included a | | | | pound or so per week (250 calories/day x 7 days |
| 15-year-old Bronx boy who says he's been eating | | | | week divided by 3,500 calories/pound = 0.50 pounds |
| McDonald's food since the age of six. Gregory | | | | week). It also works in reverse; for every 3,500 |
| Rhymes--at 5 feet, 6 inches tall--says he now weighs | | | | calories under our maintenance requirement that we |
| 400 pounds and has been diagnosed with diabetes. | | | | don't eat, we lose a pound.Of course, the idea is to |
| Newsday reported that the children's parents say | | | | figure out ways to increase caloric output and |
| they never saw posters in McDonald's restaurants | | | | decrease caloric input. So a combination of more than |
| that explain the nutritional content of the food.William | | | | normal exercise coupled with below-maintenance |
| Sears, the author of several books on children and | | | | calorie intake insures weight loss. Since the goal is to |
| nutrition, commented on this story saying, "The | | | | maximize calorie use (while decreasing calorie intake), |
| bottom line for the food industry is money. What | | | | what is the most efficient exercise?Experts agree |
| motivates the food industry and health-minded | | | | that although aerobic exercise is good for you, it is |
| mothers is worlds apart."I say, What's wrong with | | | | not the most efficient calorie-burning activity. Muscles |
| this picture? What's wrong is the value of | | | | burn the most calories of any body system. |
| self-determinism that was obviously ignored or | | | | Therefore, working as many muscles as possible |
| disagreed with by these teenagers' parents. Victimism | | | | during a workout is the most efficient way to more |
| may be the core issue surrounding obesity outside of | | | | rapid weight loss. Weight training, martial arts, or |
| a glandular birth defect. Wouldn't the American | | | | yoga are the obvious choices here. But whatever the |
| Founding Fathers be cringing in embarrassment to find | | | | choice is, it has to be enjoyable and has to produce |
| citizens so radically oriented away from the principles | | | | results, making it much easier to remain on the |
| of free choice and democratic self-restraint? Of | | | | program.Nutritional SupportThe following are the |
| course, children follow the examples of their parents, | | | | latest products designed to help the body use |
| and eating habits along with moral values begin in the | | | | calories (increase metabolism), and to use stored |
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| as free-choosing citizens here is a list of proven | | | | body uses to digest fat in the liver, and is the main |
| protocols to help start out on that road to recovery | | | | ingredient in these formulas. (Take the BODY Type |
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| to be the champion of the weight-control movement, | | | | for you).* Carnitine: It is the "forklift" that carries fat |
| and his approach is behavioral. One main point that hit | | | | to the mitochondria in cells to be burned. It is an |
| home to me was that of support of the household. | | | | energy facilitating ingredient. In a recent study, |
| If those you are living with have a refrigerator full of | | | | Carnitine caused an 11-fold increase in weight loss |
| sweet, high-calorie snack foods, and are indulging in | | | | over a 12-week period. Carnitine also raises HDL |
| them constantly, it makes the job of sticking to a | | | | (good cholesterol) and lowers triglycerides (precursors |
| regimen that much more difficult. On one show, Dr. | | | | to artery blockages)* CLA (conjugated linoleic acid): |
| Phil went so far as to say we should cut-off any | | | | Helps block fat cells from filling up, and increases |
| relationships in our lives that oppose our weight loss | | | | muscle metabolism creating leaner muscles.* |
| intention. Ultimately, this would mean the entire family | | | | Grapefruit: Actively inhibits enzymes in the intestinal |
| would have to be involved in your weight loss | | | | tract responsible for converting carbohydrates to fat. |
| program, and respect it because it is your heart's | | | | It is an excellent source of Vitamin C, potassium and |
| desire.ExerciseTaking in fewer calories than you burn | | | | folic acid as well.Boyd Martin is a well-known columnist |
| is the cornerstone of any weight loss strategy. On | | | | and musician (drummer) in the Portland, Oregon, area, |
| the average, for every 3,500 calories that we eat | | | | having toured the U.S. and Europe with national-level |
| over what we need to maintain our weight | | | | musical acts. He is an avid, daily Bikram Yoga student, |
| (regardless of how many days it takes us to do it), | | | | with a keen interest in metaphysics, natural health, |
| we gain a pound. So if your maintenance level is | | | | and alternative healing methods. |