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		<title>Are Weight Loss Clinics Really Helpful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to lose weight not only to become healthy but also to look good; after all, no one would love you if you have a fat belly and a pair of flabby arms. People also want to shed all those extra pounds pf fat in the shortest time possible. Most people go to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone wants to lose weight not only to become healthy but also to look good; after all, no one would love you if you have a fat belly and a pair of flabby arms. People also want to shed all those extra pounds pf fat in the shortest time possible. Most people go to the traditional diet route but some even use the lipodissolve fat-dissolving injections. </p>
<p>Then again, some people need a bit of extra support to help them achieve quick weight loss! Here is where weight loss clinics come in.</p>
<p>There are many weight loss clinics popping up in recent years but not all of them are worth your money. Some are endorsed by celebrities, but just because a clinic is endorsed by celebrities doesn\\\\&#8217;t mean that it is good. Most of the weight loss clinics would promise you the impossible, so it is important to do your due diligence before you join any of them.</p>
<p>Before you join a weight loss clinic, enquire about the following:</p>
<p>1. Presence of qualified physicians: Enquire if there are any qualified physicians present at the clinic. For one, weight loss cannot always be achieved by diet and exercise; in some cases, people gain weight because of medical complications and in such cases, the person will need medical attention. </p>
<p>For another, it is important that you don\\\\&#8217;t suffer from some kind of side-effects after weight loss. In short, if there are no physicians available at the clinic, then don\\\\&#8217;t join it!</p>
<p>2. Time taken: Enquire how much time it takes on an average to lose weight, and how much weight could be lost within that time period. The salespersons might try to offer misleading answers on this question so make sure to do local enquiries too! </p>
<p>Remember that if the clinic claims to help people lose huge amounts of fat within a very short time, say fifty pounds within two months, then that means they are using some unhealthy weight loss methods. Run away from such clinics!</p>
<p>3. Food: What food do they suggest you to eat? This is a very crucial question you should ask yourself before joining a weight loss clinic! Most of the weight loss clinics offer pre-packaged meals to their clients. Pre-packaged meals are okay if you can spend hundreds of dollars on them, but what if you don\\\\&#8217;t have that much money? </p>
<p>Besides, what will happen after you lose weight successfully? Will you keep spending ridiculous amounts of money on food? Any weight loss clinic which limits you to their pre-made meals is not a viable solution for you! You should be allowed to cook foods on your own!</p>
<p>4. Exercises: Regardless of whatever people tell you, it is almost impossible to lose weight fast without the aid of exercises. Changing your eating habits alone won\\\\&#8217;t yield any permanent results! Weight loss can be achieved only when you combine healthy eating with physical activity. </p>
<p>Exercises boost your metabolic rate, which in turn helps you burn fat fast. If the clinic in question doesn\\\\&#8217;t include exercise in their weight loss program, this is not a suitable clinic for you!</p>
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		<title>Staying Motivated to Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exercise is always a do-it-yourself venture. No other person and no machine can do it for you. Hence, it is important to have those motivating factors so that a person who is into exercise in order to lose weight will hang about.
This is what people who are overweight should learn to understand. However, even if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exercise is always a do-it-yourself venture. No other person and no machine can do it for you. Hence, it is important to have those motivating factors so that a person who is into exercise in order to lose weight will hang about.</p>
<p>This is what people who are overweight should learn to understand. However, even if it so easy to set for instructions and easy to follow, this is not the same case for almost 35% of Americans who are unable to prevent being overweight.</p>
<p>Of course, once we are overweight, we usually want to trim down for a whole lot of reasons, some related to physical condition and fitness, while others would want to enhance their physique and appearance. And it is never too late to be fit.</p>
<p>In the past 50 to 75 years, physical activity has become the exception rather than the rule, both at home and on the job. People tend to drive where others once walked. People tend to flick a switch and machines do the hauling, lifting, pushing, and pulling for them.</p>
<p>However, people who try to lose weight tend to believe that weight gain is likely to happen if they will not take forward-looking steps to stop it.</p>
<p>The point here is that health experts believe that people lose their way, especially when it comes to dieting. They tend to go back to their old eating habits even after they learn to enjoy low-fat eating. They tend to return to sedentary ways even though they enjoy exercising.</p>
<p>But despite the momentum toward weight gain, you can stop it from happening, experts say. And there are plenty of good reasons to avoid excess pounds, reasons that go beyond vanity or social appearance. There are many reasons in order to keep you motivated to exercise and stay healthy for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Ways to Lose Big </p>
<p>1. Have an explicit goal</p>
<p>A simple statement like, </p>
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		<title>Exercise and Hypertension</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems as though many Americans are living a life that leads to high blood pressure or hypertension. As people age, the situation gets worse. Nearly half of all older Americans have hypertension. This disease makes people five times more prone to strokes, three times more likely to have a heart attack, and two to three times more likely to experience a heart failure.</p>
<p>The problem with this disease is that nearly one third of the folks who have hypertension do not know it because they never feel any direct pain. But overtime the force of that pressure damages the inside surface of your blood vessels. </p>
<p>However, according to experts, hypertension is not predestined. Reducing salt intake, adopting a desirable dietary pattern losing weight and exercising can all help prevent hypertension.</p>
<p>Obviously, quitting bad habits and eating a low fat diet will help, but the most significant part that you can do is to exercise. And just as exercise strengthens and improves limb muscles, it also enhances the health of the heart muscles. </p>
<p>Heart and Exercise</p>
<p>The exercise stimulates the development of new connections between the impaired and the nearly normal blood vessels, so people who exercise had a better blood supply to all the muscle tissue of the heart.</p>
<p>The human heart basically, supply blood to an area of the heart damaged in a </p>
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		<title>Exercise and Cellulite</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Mike turned 65, he was 25 pounds overweight. By strict dieting, he shed the extra pounds, but he lost more weight; he also lost his energy and vitality. He was always exhausted, and his friends, seeing his gaunt, drawn face, worried about his health.
By the time volunteered for a particular fitness program two years [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Mike turned 65, he was 25 pounds overweight. By strict dieting, he shed the extra pounds, but he lost more weight; he also lost his energy and vitality. He was always exhausted, and his friends, seeing his gaunt, drawn face, worried about his health.</p>
<p>By the time volunteered for a particular fitness program two years later, he had put 25 extra pounds back on. After 6 months of exercise and some willpower at the dinner table, Mike slimmed down again. This time he felt better than he ever had, brimming with energy and glowing with good health.</p>
<p>What made the difference? The first time Mike lost weight; the second time he lost fat. The distinction is important. According to research, a large portion of the weight lost by dieting alone is active tissue, such as muscle and connective tissue, while a smaller fraction is excess fat. Exercise has the opposite effect. It increased his lean body mass and decreased his excess fat.</p>
<p>Same thing goes with cellulite. Most people tend to think that cellulites are only present to people who are obese. That is why they sometimes associate cellulite with fats and obesity.</p>
<p>Actually, even if cellulite refers to the chain of wrinkled </p>
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		<title>Exercise and Arthritis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 23:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your bones hang out in a lot of joints. Knee joints. Hip joints. The joints in your fingers and the joints in your toes.
Wherever bones meet, there is also cartilage, a rubbery, protective layer that ensures your joints bend smoothly and painlessly. But even cartilage cannot do this tremendous job alone. A thin membrane called [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your bones hang out in a lot of joints. Knee joints. Hip joints. The joints in your fingers and the joints in your toes.</p>
<p>Wherever bones meet, there is also cartilage, a rubbery, protective layer that ensures your joints bend smoothly and painlessly. But even cartilage cannot do this tremendous job alone. A thin membrane called the </p>
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