The Eat Anything You Want Diet

It hardly seems possible, but my wife and I are losing weight while eating all of our favorite foods in satisfying portions. We love food, and eat a wide variety of great meals, ranging from Italian pasta dishes to old fashioned American barbecued ribs. A nice Spanish paella or Chinese fried rice will grace our table one day, then Mexican burritos or enchiladas the next. My wife is a wonderful cook, and has an international repertoire that would be the envy of many a fine restaurant. She doesn't stint on the olive oil out of fear of calories. She doesn't avoid frying foods for fear of fat content. We don't avoid any of our favorites because they might be fattening. Yet for the past three and half months we have been losing weight.

Our weight loss is slow, but that is one indication that it will be permanent. We are not on a temporary diet to lose weight, we have changed our lifestyle permanently. Oh, and the side-effects of our new dietary practice, besides losing some unwanted weight at the beginning, are improved health and perhaps even a longer life.

What, you might ask, have we done that can produce all these benefits? Well, we didn't try to change what we eat, or how much we eat -- we just changed WHEN we eat.

This isn't some off-the-wall idea we came up with ourselves. It is supported by good scientific evidence, and gaining in popularity among the small minority of people aware of it. It is easier to follow this diet than any weight-loss diet either of us have ever tried, including Atkins, Fit For Life, Glycemic Index, Jenny Craig, Pritikin, Scarsdale, and Weight Watchers. We feel better, look better and still have plenty of energy for exercise and our work and play.

The only problem is the name: Intermittent Fasting. See, one of our readers just fainted at just the _thought_ of fasting. That's why when Brad Pilon wrote a book on how to lose weight through intermittent fasting, he didn't use that term in the title. He just called it Eat Stop Eat. Get that ebook (it is an instant download) for a more detailed description than this brief article can give you.

Fasting really isn't as bad as it sounds. We all fast every day, typically for eight hours when we sleep. If you don't eat for a couple hours before bed-time and have breakfast late, that might be ten or twelve hours. Many people undertake longer fasts for religious or health reasons.

We eat every day, and fast part of every day. The fasting periods alternate between morning and evening, with the evening fast followed by a morning fast so that we have a total of 23 hours fasting. It is not very difficult, and it's a long way short of 'starvation.' The fast is followed by 25 hours of normal eating, so we do not feel at all deprived of food. We have our main meal at the same time each day, and a smaller meal before or after that, depending on the schedule. That main meal is either the first or last thing we eat for the day, which is why our fast is 23 hours rather than 24 -- our main meal time is the same each day.

Check out the book Eat Stop Eat and see if intermittent fasting isn't right for you. We think intermittent fasting is a better way to live, and weight-loss is just a welcomed side-effect. When we 'plateau out' -- stop losing further weight -- we will continue this diet for the other health benefits it provides.

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Transform Your Life!
Is it time to make changes for the betterment of your health, although, you
just don't know how? Are you tired of living day by day doing the same thing
over and over and getting the same results? Well, it starts with you! In order
to make changes in your life right now, you have to be open and non-resistant
to change. Transformation is a process which most people are afraid of because
it requires them to live outside of their box. We go through our whole lives
thinking we are living because we go to work, pay the bills, eat junk food and
then expect to have excellent health.

Your body is your temple,your life source, and what we put into it is clearly
visible through your measure of health, well being and longevity. We all strive
to live a quality life and age gracefully, so why not feed it foods that will
aid us on our journey.

The first step to transforming your mind is to be open to eating healthier by
preparing these transitional recipes from the e-cookbook: Quick & Easy
Vegetarian Recipes To Heal Your Body. These recipes will allow you to have
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Collards. You will not only enjoy every recipe, but you will be enticed to try
other healthy foods. This ecookbook is the bridge to the other side of EATING
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Monique Marion Sharp has been serving vegetarian food to the movers and shakers of Atlanta metropolitan for the past seven years. While serving the community, she has worked at Atlanta's most popular restaurants and hotels observing and learning everything from the kitchen to the front of the restaurant. Monique is currently working on opening a vegetarian cafe in Atlanta, Georgia. The proceeds of this book will contribute to the opening of Canava Cafe. She is available for cooking classes and personal chef services.

Simple Home Remedies for Gout Sufferers
Most people have heard of gout, but I suspect many don't know what it really is. Simply put, gout is a disease caused by excessive levels of uric acid in the blood-stream (hyperuricemia). Not everyone who has high levels of this acid their blood develops gout disease, but it does seem most do. Specifically, gout occurs when uric-acid crystals form around body joints like knees, fingers, elbows and especially big toes - in fact, for the vast majority of gout sufferers, the first sign of the disease is big toe pain! After salt-like crystals form, inflammation, tenderness, and even a reddish rash may occur around affected joints.

The disease has been noted and documented since the time of Hippocrates. Traditionally, it's been associated with exuberant living - eating and drinking well. And there is some indirect evidence to support this. For example, a long-term study noted that heavy consumers of meat and sea food were much more likely to develop gout. Additionally, significant alcohol consumption, especially in the form of beer, is also known to increase the risk of gout development.

Below are simple home remedies that may help to relieve pain and other symptoms linked to this sometimes debilitating disease. It's unlikely they will all work for or apply to you, so it may be worth experimenting with different remedies to find the ones that personally help alleviate your symptoms.

* An old study supported by a recent one and significant amount of anecdotal stories suggest drinking cherry juice may help alleviate pain caused by uric-acid crystal formation.

* Soaking the affected joint or joints in warm water, or having a warm bath, may also help.

* Drinking plenty of water may help eliminate uric acid from the body.

* Cutting back on alcohol and meat (especially red) consumption should reduce the level of digestive purines from which uric acid is formed.

* If you're overweight, slowly losing weight may also help.

* A recent study suggested taking vitamin C supplements may reduce the risk of gout attacks, so this is worth considering too.

These are just some simple remedies that may help curb gout attacks. Visit my website: www.gout-diet-tips.com/gout_relief/ for many more ideas.

Brad Watson is a freelance author, programmer and website-master. He loves researching and writing about simple ways to alleviate symptoms of many common disorders and diseases. To learn more about gout visit: www.gout-diet-tips.com/

Diabetes And Your Diet
If you are like me you probably thought diabetes is one of those things you have or don't have; nothing could be further from the truth because diabetes is now the biggest threat to health in the developed world and we are eating ourselves into it because of poor diet.

First question is how prevalent is diabetes?
Using Australia as an example that has a total population of around 20 million inhabitants, in the last full year official figures show 70,000 people were diagnosed with diabetes during the year. That is equal to one extra person diagnosed every seven minutes 24/7.

At present 700,000 people are diagnosed with having diabetes and a conservative figure indicate that for each person diagnosed there is another that is not diagnosed but does suffer from diabetes. that is 1.4 million sufferers out of a total population of 20 million. - More than 5% and growing by the day. The organization Diabetes Australia forecast that by the year 2010 the number of sufferers could be close to 10% of population. This rate of increase is happening throughout the developed world and is caused by lack of exercise and poor diet. We could be quite cruel here and say that people are queuing to shorten their lifespan because diabetes does reduce your lifespan.

The answer to this epidemic is in the hands of each of us. We must exercise more and be more conscious of what we eat. Attention to diet should start from a very young age; in particular we should concentrate on serving sizes and avoiding fatty foods. Yes that does include every child's favorite burger and fries. Once a month does little harm if the children are active, once a week causes damage even if they are active.

We all need to be conscious of seven servings of fruit and vegetables each day in our diet and also the need to back a good diet with reasonable exercise, like walking. People most at risk of type 2 diabetes, the most common, are overweight and do not exercise. They may have high blood pressure and/or high cholesterol, if you fit this category ask your doctor to check for diabetes next time you visit.

I saved the scariest fact for last: The total number of people in Australia with diabetes or "pre-diabetes" is 3.2 million or 15.1% of the total population. Each of these people will have a reduced lifespan.

This article is (c) copyright David McCarthy 2006.

David McCarthy writes articles on the subject of the effects of food and diet on your health. This article could be the most important he has written when you read the scary statistics. His work can be viewed at: www.recipesmania.com/articles.html