Fat

Poison is strong word but it reflects Dr. Bob Sears passion.  Fat cells do not just sit around doing nothing while coating your organs and body.  Fat cells actually release inflammatory chemicals which Dr. Sears describes as being poison to your tissues.  The reality is, inflammation is the root of most if not all diseases: heart, cancer, strokes, depression, you name it…  Those inflammatory chemicals cause interactive cellular disturbances. Dr. Sally Byrd describes it this way, “It is like your body is on fire.” We can’t see or hear it but it’s happening.  And so begins the downhill run to disease.  Please note that these diseases are showing up among children.  How sad is that?  (To learn more, download our March 5th interview with Dr. Sears for free on itunes or listen to the archived version on www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com.)

To many, managing weight is all about how you look on the outside, but, on the inside is it all about living a healthy life or struggling with disease and dying. Now you know why being overweight and obesity is a serious disease.   Put your priorities in order, make Better Food Choices and get moving.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Jimmy Moore lost 180 pounds in one year by eating fat and no sugar.  He followed the Atkin’s Diet – followed it exactly – which means he ate at least 4 cups of leafy vegetables every day.  Most people overlook that part of the diet.  Jimmy also chose the good fat sources and did not eat pounds of bacon.  Good health was his motivation and still is.  This is why he has kept the weight down. 

Fat will increase you metabolic process, a good thing.  Sugar stimulates the release of insulin which leads to storage of fat in the body, a bad thing.  Jimmy has lived following a diet combining good sources of fat, protein and complex carbohydrates.  He has canned simple process carbs – sugar.  So can you. 

Having been morbidly obese at 480 pounds, he knows why adults and children are obese… they eat lots of simple carbs and little else.  Go to You Tube and type in Jimmy Moore.  You will be endlessly entertained while being educated by Jimmy and his wife, Christine!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Quotes from our interview with Jordan Rubin (www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com, 6/12/09)

The whiter your bread, the sooner you’re dead.

Oh sure you’ll go to Heaven. You’ll get there a lot sooner.” (from his book Perfect Weight, America)

Eat less by eating more fiber and fat(good fat).

Change your Diet, Change your Life, Change your World

When you journal what you are eating, your dieting success rate improves by 10%.

Obesity increases your metabolic aging by 10 years.

Listen to Rubin – get his books!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

What happens when you fill you car with gas, put the foot to the metal and go, go, go fast.  You wear out the car.  If you put the wrong kind of gas in the car, the engine breaks down – it was not fueled properly.  Can you see yourself as this car?  Are you not eating right and running hard all day long?  Dr. Berkowitz and his nutritionist wife , Valerie, have written a book, The Stubborn Fat Fix : Eat Right to Lose Weight, Cure Metabolic Burnout without Hunger or Exercise.  In it they make it easy to understand that both slow or fast metabolisms can make it hard for to you to lose weight.  Yes, fast metabolisms can contibute to fat gain.  A fatigued body can put your body in the starvation mode which signals, hold on to the fat.  You need an effecient fuel program to put your metabolism, hormones, insulin and more back into balance for balanced weight.  Get this book! (bookstores and amazon.com)  P.S. It is filled with nutrient-filled easy recipes your whole family will like.

… for the health of families,
ellen

The latest stats show that one in five pre-schoolers are obese.  That’s 20 percent.  Look around and you won’t be so surprised.  For all those who are obese, there are lots more who are over-weight.  This is serious stuff.  Stats also reveal that odds are fat kids become fat adults.  The truth is that these kids are probably starving.  The foods they eat are nutrient-empty.  Their bodies are holding on to every calorie and storing it as fat.  Sick, sick, sick.  Fresh vegetables and fruits are where moms and dads need to start when improving a child’s daily diet.  Good sources of protein instead of fried fatty meats are necessary.  This is why Sally and I wrote the book, Are Your Kids Running on Empty?  It is full of easy solutions so you can avoid obesity and the doctor.  Buy it and use it … stats like these motivate me to being direct.

… for the health of your family,

ellen