Healthy Weight Loss

Healthy Weight Loss
summer weight loss

Summer is here and the fruit and vegetables are plentiful so it's a great time to change to a fruit and vegetable diet. It's a time when you can replace all those unhealthy foods that have crept into your diet with delicious fresh fruit and vegetables.

Fresh fruit and vegetables will supply you with a huge boost of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that scientists have discovered can rev up your system. Your body has an incredible system that breaks down and eliminates toxins every minute of every day but we are surrounded by so many toxins that it can become overloaded and fruit and vegetables will help detoxify it..

It's a known fact that toxins are everywhere. They get into your body through the water you drink, the food you eat, the air you breathe and the products that you put on your skin. Other toxins are produced in your body by the normal metabolic processes. Scientists know that they accumulate in your body from tests they have done on tissue and blood samples from people all over the world.

More and more research is showing that the underlying cause of poor health and many diseases is toxicity and deficiencies of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Some chronic illnesses such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, ME, Parkinson's Disease, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity and cancer are due to failure of the detox system.

It's not hard to understand that we have to try to help the detox process to get rid of these unwanted and dangerous chemicals before they can harm us.

Detox to improve your health

By doing a body detox from time to time you will see an overall improvement in your health. Modern detox is not about fasting for a week or semi-starvation diets. It's about smart food choices. Fresh fruit and vegetables really do contain a power house of nutrients that are needed by the detox system to perform its work.

Fruit and vegetables are high energy foods. They nourish your cells with live nutrients and have great cleansing powers. It's their ability to rev up the detox pathways and revitalize cells that make them a must for any detox diet plan.

While you don't have to eat only fruit and vegetables to detox you can spend 2 or 3 days eating nothing but fresh fruit and veg as an initial cleansing phase. These foods contain fiber that helps to cleanse the entire digestive system too.

Apples, pears, lemons, oranges, pineapples, mangos, kiwi, peaches, apricots, blueberries, and melons are just a few of the fruit that you can eat to detox your body. (Read more about Fruit Detox)

Some of the best vegetables are carrots, turnips, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, onions, garlic, artichokes, beets, peppers, dark green leafy veg such as kale, collard greens, Swiss chard and salad leaves.

To get the most benefit from the fruit and vegetable summer diet you will have to lessen your toxic load. Avoid foods that are hard to digest and that rob your body of nutrients such as processed foods, fatty foods, red meat, sugar, wheat, dairy products, regular black tea, coffee, fizzy drinks and alcohol. Find a way to give up smoking.

Look for natural personal care products to replace your chemical laden ones. Avoid using chemicals in the home using only non toxic household products. Avoid highly polluted areas as much as possible.

Change your eating habits

Change some of your eating habits.when you get the urge to snack. Replace fatty and high calorie snacks with fruit or raw vegetables. Replace that caffeine and calorie laden soda with fresh fruit or vegetable juice. Eat a large salad for lunch instead of a fast food meal.

Replace wheat and minimize other gluten grains such as rye, oats and barley and replace with brown rice, quinoa, millet, lentils and beans. Eat tofu, lentils, beans, nuts and seeds that have been soaked overnight. Have a little fish and grass fed meat but make the bulk of your meals fruit and vegetables.

The Detox Summer Diet Plan

Start your day with a glass of filtered water with 1 – 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice. Have a large green smoothie for breakfast and a bowl of fresh fruit later if still hungry.

Snack on fruit or vegetable sticks and bean dips like humus mid-morning and afternoon.

Eat a large vegetable salad for lunch with raw vegetables and a variety of salad leaves. Top with some sprouted beans and a handful of pre-soaked seeds. Add a little dressing made with virgin olive oil and lemon juice.

For dinner have a large raw vegetables salad or a small salad to start and a plate of lightly steamed vegetables, brown rice and beans or lentils if you are very hungry.

Drink plenty of pure water during the day – at least 8 x 8 oz a day. You can also drink herbal or green tea if you like. By following a summer fruit and vegetable detox you can gradually change your way of eating and greatly improve your health and vitality.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
Ph 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST

Marketing your business

Top SEO Results Tips
Marketing your Business

I was recently researching information about Dipolog City and found sites for both the region Zanorte and the City itself, however the information on the sites has not been kept up to date and one site is missing altogether, perhaps it is been revised. How can a city attract visitors and investment when information is not up to date. One glaring example was the electrical supply situation where no mention was made about the fact of a major upgrade that is at present underway. I gleaned this information from a private site that suggests it supplies news on a daily basis but was last updated in October.

When you are marketing a business online it is vital that your website is kept up to date and the same goes for public information sites otherwise your visitors will disappear.

Commercial sites must have a constant supply of fresh information, for example details of special offers, prices changes, sales or even changes in personnel and management. An easy way of supplying this information is to write a daily blog and then connect the feed the the index page of your blog, this will ensure visitors including search engine robots will keep coming back for more.

Until the next time

David Ogden
Internet Marketing Mentor
Veretekk Marketing Asia
1-386-308-1956 USA Office after 6PM EST
60-999-114 1149 Philippines 0600-1200hrs

Healthy Weight Loss

Healthy Weight Loss
summer weight loss

If you want to lose weight by summer, it's still possible! Here I give you several simple weight loss suggestions that can help you lose weight for the summer if you implement them into your daily routine. That way you will be able to shape up your body to face summer with confidence in a matter of 3 to 4 weeks. Is is sometimes easier to lose weight during the summer due to the longer days which invite you to go outdoors and enjoy yourself.

How to lose weight over the summer?

• Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water a day – Water plays very important part in our bodily functions. Body fat and bones account for about 20% of water each, lean muscle tissues are 75% water and over 80% of our blood is water. Water helps kidneys to remove toxins, that way allowing liver to metabolise more fat. Water also works as a natural appetite suppressant
• Drink less alcohol or remove it completely – If you are serious about losing weight, then put alcohol on your highly restricted list. Alcohol just helps your body to store fat by slowing down your metabolism.
• Avoid desserts, ice-creams and such – These are a big no-no if you want to lose weight. These things are full of saturated fats and sugar, and they are all main culprits that cause excess weight.
• Include low fat milk products like yogurt, skimmed milk, cottage cheese in your diet – These all contain "good proteins" that will help you suppress cravings for foods. They are essential in building your muscles.
• Include vegetables, beans, whole grains and fruits in your diet – They contain "good carbohydrates" which are moderate on calories and fats. They are digested slowly by the body; therefore they will help you suppress your hunger and feel full for longer.
• Include Omega 3 fatty acids in your diet – These kinds of acids increase metabolism and energy levels of your body. You should eat fish such as Mackerel, Salmon, Sardines and Herrings. They are all rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, and those acids are proven to prevent blood clothing, regulate blood pressure and lower risks of heart failure. Therefore they are very helpful in summer weight loss as well.
• Eat 4, 5 or 6 smaller meal portions – Instead of having normal 3 meals a day, go for 4, 5 or even 6 smaller meals a day. Smaller meals at shorter intervals will help your metabolism and burn more fat. It's also good for weight loss.
• Eat high-fiber food – Fiber food is more filling and it will suppress your hunger. High fiber food takes more time to be digested and when it passes through your body it will attach to some fats and proteins in your food, therefore it will keep them from being digested. Some examples of high fiber foods are: whole grains, brown rice, figs, apples, broccoli, peas, lentils, beans, fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts etc.
• Use proper spices in your diet – Spices like ginger, mustard, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf etc all decrease sugar cravings and are helpful in losing weight.
• Avoid late night meals – You shouldn't eat anything 2 to 3 hours before going to bed. Allow some time for food to be digested before you go to bed.
• Use a dietary supplement – If necessary, you should use some effective weight loss supplement. It should be all-natural and without any side effects. Using a healthy weight loss supplement can drastically speed up your summer weight loss process, and you want to be fit for the summer, right? So if everything else fails, don't be afraid to use a diet pill.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
Ph 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST

Marketing your business

Top SEO Results Tips
Marketing your Business

I have been hanging around a popular online forum and everyday people are asking the same old questions, how to build backlinks to websites.

Backlinks are a measure of a sites importance, the more links coming into your website from other websites the better, provided that the incoming links are correctly tagged with your keywords.

So how do we get backlinks you may ask. there are a number of ways such as buying links, link swaps etc but in my opinion the best way is to build them yourself. I build a minimum of three links every day using classified ads and webpages, in addition to links from blogs.

The first system I use is 1-Family Classifieds, which is one of the oldest classified sites on the Internet, it has an Alexa ranking of 80,000 or 30,000 in the US so information posted hear is picked up by search engine spiders.

I also use Free Page to build a one page website, no special skills are required, it just a matter of filling in a template and the web site has an Alexa ranking of 50,000 in the USA so once again it is popular.

Normally the content that I place in these sites is information about the products and services I sell, note I said information, because that is what people are looking for. Do not try to hard sell with figures, graphs and the like. Provide information that adds value to your product, remembering of course to link back to your business with your specified keyword phrase.

Remember that your same keyword phrase needs to be prominent on the page that you link back to. I does not get much simpler than this and over.

To get fast rack results I recommend building 500 single webpages and 1,000 classified ads for any new website as fast as possible.

Until the next time

David Ogden
Internet Marketing Mentor
Veretekk Marketing Asia
1-386-308-1956 USA Office after 6PM EST
60-999-114 1149 Philippines

Healthy Weight Loss

Healthy Weight Loss
summer weight loss

The sun is shining, temperatures are rising, in some places it is too hot. Summer is the time to shed layers of clothes, as well as some pounds. Do not opt for a stringent diet regime, instead simply enjoy all the wonderful foods the season brings? You'll still slim down, and do wonders for your health.

It's a natural trend to eat lighter during the summer, and you can easily do so without feeling deprived. If you follow the U.S. government's dietary guidelines of four-and-a-half cups of fruits and vegetables and three servings of fat-free or low-fat dairy each day, you'll be getting plenty of naturally low-cal foods that are high in fiber, calcium, and important nutrients.

Much of summer's bounty has extra nutritional benefits you may not be aware of. Fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants and other phytonutrients that may slow aging, protect against cancer and stroke, improve blood pressure, and keep your heart healthy. And just about all are low-calorie, so your waistline stays in check, another big health benefit.

Eat Tomatoes and Peppers for Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Lycopene
These powerhouses of nutrition are members of the fruit family, though thought of mostly as vegetables. Tomatoes and bell peppers of all colours deliver large amounts of vitamins A and C. A medium tomato, for example, is low in carbohydrates and has only has 35 calories but gives you 40% of the vitamin C and 20% of the vitamin A you need for the day.

Tomatoes have other benefits, too. "Consuming a diet rich in tomatoes has been shown to decrease the risk of prostate and other digestive tract cancer," says Emily Abercrombie, RD, LD, a clinical nutritionist at Atlanta's Emory Hospitals. This is because tomatoes and processed tomato products have high levels of a nutrient called lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that gives some fruits and vegetables their colour.

Lycopene may prevent as well as treat several types of cancer. Research suggests it also may help prevent the LDL "bad" cholesterol in the bloodstream from being converted to oxidized LDL that can form plaques in arteries and increase the risk of heart attacks.

Peppers have antioxidants too, such as beta carotene, which can help boost the immune system and prevent the cell damage that comes from free radicals, a natural byproduct of our bodies' normal functioning. Studies show damaged cells can lead to a number of diseases, such as cancer and heart disease.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
Ph 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST

Marketing your business

Top SEO Results Tips
Marketing your Business

Conference Room

Marketing your business via a conference room is a relatively new but cost effective way of putting your business in front of potential customers. Video is a very effective marketing tool and part of any business plan needs to contain a video about your business ideas and products.

There is a need however to go further by using interactive conferencing. Many businesses use online conferences to reduce staff travel and it can be an excellent way to answer customers queries or to host seminars on particular subjects.

Your conference room can be used as a 24/7 sales or support room holding a collection of videos which will answer customers queries, when you are not available, supplemented of course by live presentations.

Until the next time

David Ogden
Internet Marketing Mentor
Veretekk Marketing Asia
1-386-308-1956 USA Office after 6PM EST
60-999-114 1149 Philippines

Healthy Weight Loss

Healthy Weight Loss
summer weight loss

Healthy summer weight loss means keeping things quick, easy and cool in the kitchen. After all, you want to get outside and enjoy the good weather. Happily the abundance of fresh foods that speed metabolism can help make sticking to a diet simple. Make it a fun time for yourself, exploring exciting new flavours or rediscovering old favourites. Here are some delicious summertime choices that are high in nutrition and low in calories. Their high nutrient density means you can enjoy eating again while taking off the extra pounds. With antioxidants, Vitamins, and phytonutrients these foods can help your weight loss hormones leptin and adiponectin do their job of curbing your appetite and getting your metabolism up to speed. Light and refreshing, these choices are perfect for when the temperature goes up.

Below are 5 top summer weight loss tips

1. Blueberries
   Sure you know these sweet, tart berries are good for you. But research now shows that eating blueberries can boost antioxidant levels in the body and help protect against the effects of aging. Exciting studies have demonstrated that the blueberry can help maintain a youthful brain, helping memory and learning. And they contain nutrients that can help lower cholesterol. We include blueberries in breakfasts, desserts and snacks as part of our effective reducing diet.
2. Iced Green Tea
   You don't need to wait for winter to get the big health benefits of green tea. Simply brew some tea and then let it cool in the fridge to make a thirst-quenching delicious drink. It is perfect without added sugar or sweeteners. Green tea is high in antioxidants and can help increase metabolism. This delightful beverage may even help prevent chronic disease, lowering the risk of some cancers. The high nutritional benefits of green tea make it a perfect part of a healthy meal plan.
3. Strawberries
   Strawberries are a summertime classic bursting with flavour and health benefits. Eating these juicy berries can help make your fat burning hormone adiponectin work properly. The strawberry has Vitamin C and can also moderate blood sugar. We like to eat strawberries just as they are, to get the benefits without adding extra calories from sugar. For more on how this natural treat can stimulate your metabolism, see our article.
4. Fresh Parsley
   High in antioxidants and Vitamin C , fresh parsley should be on any short list of healthy summer foods. This fresh herb is also a carotenoid champ, with zeaxanthin, lutein and beta carotene for maintaining healthy vision. Look for a fresh bunch of parsley at the supermarket or farmer's market and start eating green. Sprinkle a little of this fresh herb onto your favourite dishes and new recipes and see how they come to life.
5. Garden Salad
   Big, crunchy and satisfying, beautiful summer salads answer the question: What's to eat? Quick and easy to toss together, salad keeps the kitchen cool when cooking is off the menu. They are a wonderful way to get more vegetables—a lot more, into your day. Optimum nutrition requires 9 or 10 servings of fruit and vegetables per day, and having salad is a delicious way to get there. But skip the fat-free dressing. To absorb nutrients such as carotenoids, a little bit of healthy fat is required. That's why our diet includes dressing recipes made with extra virgin olive oil or walnut oil. So let yourself off the hook from cooking and make a big salad your healthy meal.

Healthy eating during the warmer months means enjoying more of the fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs that are available during the season. Work blueberries, strawberries, green tea, fresh parsley and salad into your new routine. This can jump-start your healthy weight loss hormone leptin so you can get in shape for swimsuit season.

David Ogden
Healthy Weight Loss
Ph 386 308 1956 after 6PM EST