Try Not To Be A Puny Twiglet All Your Life - Check Out How To Gain Muscle Here

By The Buff Jerk

Hello Loser! You're probably reading this article now because you're living the second class life of a scrawny twig. Am I right? Of course I am! You wound up on this webpage, didn't you?!

I know you've been searching online for a while now, looking for some sort of special 'secret' to gain muscle. Well, I can tell you now, that there are no secrets or quick fixes to doing it. However, there are two very common, well known strategies that you can follow to gaining muscle. Are you ready for them?... Okay... To gain muscle, you have to eat right... and lift weights. Thats it!

Let's you and I get a few things straight before we go any further. I'm a rude, obnoxious jerk! If you met me, I can guarantee that you wouldn't like me. But guess what... I couldn't care less! I can score chicks in my sleep with a physique like mine, so do you really think I value your opinion? Heck NO!

I do have vast knowledge on gaining muscle. It's part of my job. And after all, that's why my body's so beautiful! So I might as well point a few scrawny twerps like you in the right direction while I've got nothing to do.

When I first began gaining muscle myself, I searched through and read information on the internet a heck of a lot, and now, I can tell you from my first hand experience, that there is so much B.S. on the internet nowadays on how to gain muscle. So many companies trying to sell you lots of useless, powders, pills and supplements. And 'body builders' trying to give you their amazing workout programs that helped them gain X amount of lbs for the summer (which they probably just copied from some online magazine or something).

If you really are waiting to hear the 'big secret' that helped me gain muscle when I first started out, then here it is. Top of the range muscle gain programs. You can download one online these days for about the price of a tub of protein. Only a retard could go wrong with a proper program in their locker. It just makes gaining muscle a no brainer for anyone. You just basicly read the instructions and away you go. And you're not a retard, are you?

Mind you, there are only a handful of top quality programs out there, and all the rest don't really give you the whole picture - so don't get scammed!

A good program will tell you what you must know, including the following:-

* What to eat

* How often you need to eat

* The foods you should eat and why

* The foods you'll need to avoid

* How to train in the gym

* How many times you'll need to train per week (depending on your goals at that specific time)

* How long to train in the gym

* The correct exercises and form to perform them in

* What not to do in the gym

* The important roles that hormones play when gaining muscle

* How to control your hormones to help you bulk up quicker (including growth hormone and testosterone)

* The importance of, and the best ways to rest when gaining muscle

I could sit here all day and night. The list goes on and on...

Anyway, like I was saying before... Instead of hitting the gym and doing what you're friends tell you to do, or what you've read online, spend a few bucks on getting professional information and you'll not go wrong.

How many weird supplements, tubs of protein and monthly gym memberships have you paid for so far? And how much success have you had? I'm gonna guess little or none! So quit being a whiney loser and tackle the problem from the source. Get yourself a proper 1 2 3 guide on what to do to gain muscle. Or you can just stay a skinny twerp forever - it really doesn't bother me!

Take care loser! - 17273

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Before you check out any Gain Muscle programs online, make sure you check out this writer's How To Gain Muscle website!

Don't Be A Pathetic Loser Your Whole Life - Learn How To Gain Muscle Here

By The Buff Jerk

Hello Loser! You're probably reading this article now because you're living the second class life of a scrawny twig. Am I right? Of course I am! You wound up on this webpage, didn't you?!

I know you've been searching online for a while now, looking for some sort of special 'secret' to gain muscle. Well, I can tell you now, that there are no secrets or quick fixes to doing it. However, there are two very common, well known strategies that you can follow to gaining muscle. Are you ready for them?... Okay... To gain muscle, you have to eat right... and lift weights. Thats it!

First of all, let's get a few things straight. If you met me, you probably wouldn't like me. I'm obnoxious. I'm rude. And I'm a jerk. But I Don't care! I can score chicks in my sleep with a body like mine. So do you really think I value your opinion? Hell NO!

Now, it's my job to help skinny dudes like you gain muscle. I'm a recognised expert in the field, so I thought I'd just thrash out this article while I'm sitting on my *ss here, with nothing to do.

When I first began gaining muscle myself, I searched through and read information on the internet a heck of a lot, and now, I can tell you from my first hand experience, that there is so much B.S. on the internet nowadays on how to gain muscle. So many companies trying to sell you lots of useless, powders, pills and supplements. And 'body builders' trying to give you their amazing workout programs that helped them gain X amount of lbs for the summer (which they probably just copied from some online magazine or something).

If you really are waiting to hear the 'big secret' that helped me gain muscle when I first started out, then here it is. Top of the range muscle gain programs. You can download one online these days for about the price of a tub of protein. Only a retard could go wrong with a proper program in their locker. It just makes gaining muscle a no brainer for anyone. You just basicly read the instructions and away you go. And you're not a retard, are you?

Bear in mind that some of the muscle gain programs out there today are... well... a rip off. They don't give you all the information you need and are quite expensive. So read the reviews and don't get scammed!

A good program will tell you what you must know, including the following:-

* How to eat

* Times to eat

* What foods you should ONLY eat and why

* The foods to avoid

* What to do in the gym

* How many times you'll need to train per week (depending on your goals at that specific time)

* How long to train in the gym

* What exercises to perform and the proper form you should perform them in

* The things you shouldn't do in the gym

* Hormones, and the important roles they play in gaining muscle

* How to manipulate hormones to help you gain muscle quicker (such as testosterone and growth hormone)

* The importance of, and the best ways to rest when gaining muscle

I could sit here all day and night as the list goes on forever...

Anyway, as I was saying... Instead of going down to the gym and busting you're *ss trying to build your muscles, (which I can guarantee won't work unless you know exactly how to go about it) download a well reccommended, quality body building program from the net.

How many buckets of protein powder, weird supplements and monthly gym memberships have you paid for so far? Take a stab in the dark right now and try to estimate how much thats all came up to. And how much progress have you made? I'm gonna guess little or none! So stop being a pathetic timewaster and tacke the problem from the source. Get a professionally written 1 2 3 guide on how to gain muscle and you'll not waste any more of your time or money... Or you can just stay a scrawny twerp forever - doen't really bother me!

Later loser! - 17273

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Before you check out any Gain Muscle programs on the net, be sure to check out this writer's How To Gain Muscle website!

Quick Vegetarian Dinners

By Kristen Thorpe

It seems I don't enjoy meat as much as I used to these days. I'm not sure it it's simply the taste I don't like very much or that I'm bothered by the actual thought of the animal I'm eating. How much meat would I eat if I had to hunt it and kill it instead of picking it up neatly packaged from my grocery store? While I'm not quite ready to give it up altogether, I do think it's time to add more vegetarian dishes into my diet routine.

It's so easy to find great vegetarian recipes. There are so many excellent cookbooks available plus a ton of information on the web. I think the first hurdle is just getting out of the mindset of a meat-centered meal. It's a matter of overcoming some our childhood rituals of meals made of meat and potatoes.

One of the easiest substitutes to start with is tofu. Unless you can't have soy, tofu is an excellent and flexible alternative to meat. You'll find lots of great ways to prepare tofu from stuffed ravioli to baked tofu for a sandwich. You can use it for desserts such as creamy cannoli as well.

Another favorite is eggplant. This natural food is delicious, especially when served as a baked casserole. It's a simple dish really - simply slice up a fresh eggplant, bread the slices, and then pan fry in a nonstick pan. You then take the slices and place them on a layer of sauce in a large casserole dish or pan. Add more sauce, layer again, and then top off with shredded cheese.

Any kind of pasta can make a great vegetarian dinner. You can make a simple white cheese sauce or your favorite red sauce, topped with fresh grated cheese. Serve with some fresh baked asparagus or a leafy green salad with balsamic dressing and you've got a delicious, satisfying, and healthy meal.

Of course let's not forget pizza. This all-time favorite can be prepared any number of ways and will surely please everyone in your family. You can top half the pie with pineapple and fresh cubed pepper pieces for the vegetarian and the other side with extra cheese and pepperoni for the person who still loves meat in their meals.

There really is no end to the ways you can incorporate a more vegetarian lifestyle into your food routines. You don't have to make the change all at once, but if you start in small ways you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to eat less and less meat. And you'll feel plenty healthy and satisfied in the process. - 17273

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Usana - Vitamins for Wealth

By Angela Giles

'Health is Wealth', an ancient proverb is brought to life by Usana Health Sciences, Inc, a company marketing health products including vitamin and mineral supplements, energy drinks and skin and hair care products in fourteen countries worldwide.

Usana's products have got the only 5-star rating in the 'Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements', a study that compared over 1500 nutritional products. No wonder that it has regularly featured as the No.1 network marketing company between 1997 and 2008 in MLM Insider survey.

The company has been a leading sponsor for athletes and athletic teams like USA Bobsled Team Radcliff. The Sony Ericsson WTA tour of 2006 had the company as its official nutrients supplier. Its founder Myron Wentz was honored for outstanding achievement in life sciences with the Albert Einstein Award.

The company employs a network of over 175,000 distributors to market its products. Apart from directly ordering from the company, consumers can purchase products from these distributors. Since the products are not retailed, they are not available at chemists and supermarkets.

Usana offers the simplest, easiest, safest and the most rewarding compensation plan to its associates. To join the network, each associate is required to purchase an initial product inventory. This can be sold to consumers or can be used for personal consumption.

The company provides sales training and product knowledge to its distributors and expects them to meet certain pre-defined sales volumes. If these targets are not met, then compensation is not given. However, the company allows personal consumption to be considered as part of the target.

The simple binary compensation method requires each distributor to employ only two additional distributors under him. The requirement from these two is to employ two more and so on. The distributor earns a share of revenue of all distributors who are employed in the network under him. This builds up a continuous and long-lasting stream of revenue for the distributor.

Having said all this, I must add that being a network marketer myself for over 4 years, I have not come across another company that is offering such products and business opportunity for its distributors. Life is full of people that are young and healthy but not wealthy or wealthy people who are well past their prime and unable to enjoy good health. How incredible it would be to have the best of health and wealth! That is the promise of Usana, whose products have helped thousands of people to improve their lifestyle following an improvement in their health. - 17273

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Angela Giles is currently active in building several successful online businesses, and currently leads a group of world wide entrepreneurs dedicated to using their abilities to make a positive impact on the world. More Info on Usana. Click here for article submission.

Ab Workouts - Muscle Power vs. Duration

By Jose Loni

Which are better for ab workouts - muscle mass training or endurance training? Both are equally good at helping the body become fit and both are great ways to start a healthy lifestyle. But to really get rock hard abs, training for muscle mass will get you the results you want faster.

People often have an ideal image of how they want to look, which determines what type of exercise program they should follow. If looking lean and muscular is your goal, then going for a long run will not be effective.

Endurance activities will train your body to perform for that type of activity. For long distance running, the body will streamline itself and become lighter as you glide over the long distances. If your body did have big muscles, endurance training will decrease the size of the muscles to make the body lighter to run better.

Muscular strength training is very effective at increasing the body's metabolism. The increased size of the muscles causes the body to work harder to supply energy to the bigger muscles, which results in more calories burned and greater fat burning.

The increased muscular activity burns the food that we eat and when the body needs more fuel, it will use the excess body fat and burn that. When the body starts burning more fat, the abdominal area of our body will begin to show the underlying abs and give us more ab definition.

By weight training with high weight and low repetitions, the muscles will be forced to increase its size and also work harder to adapt to the increased exercise intensity. The muscles training at a high intensity cause a build up of carbon dioxide and lactic acid in the muscles, which will force the body to try to get oxygen to the muscles to replenish, repair and remove the waste products.

When the body has a chance to get oxygen to the muscles, the body will continue to replenish, and nourish the muscles from the exercise movements. As a result, the increased muscle activity forces the body to use up more calories and burn more fat.

Long duration or muscle power, the choice is really up to you. Both activities are great at helping you lead a healthy lifestyle. If ripped abs is what you want, then train for muscle power, it will be your fastest and most efficient way to get those abs that you've always dreamed of. - 17273

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Fast Abs Workout - Core Strength Counts

By Dan Solaris

Modern technology and successful research has enabled the food industries in the world's leading countries to provide a seemingly endless stream of fast delicious gastronomic fare to anyone who wants it- anytime and mostly anywhere. It's inevitable then that a big portion of the populace in those countries will over-indulge and become overweight.

Between the endless supply of delicious fast food fare and increasingly short times we have available to us after work, it's no surprise that people are unable to burn the calories they consume. The sedentary lifestyles most city-dwellers have fallen into these days are causing an upward trend in hypertension and ill cardiovascular health.

A lot of those that manage to find time to squeeze in exercise programs into their hectic daily schedules eventually get bored and stop after a few months. Reason for this is loss of motivation that comes about from inadequate workouts and insignificant results.

Most people hit the gym to lose weight and get a six-pack. A fast abs workout that effectively tones-up the midsection in a short time will solve issues of boredom and keep people motivated and exercising continuously.

Aside from regular cardiovascular exercises that facilitate rapid body fat burn, the best way to tone-up and develop the midsection is through developing the core muscles and improving the body's stability. By doing exercises that include balancing and stabilizing the body, all-around core strength is improved.

The core of the human body refers to the muscles in our center. That means the upper and lower abs, the obliques on either side of our midsection and the lumbar muscles. Most fitness buffs make the common error of putting too much focus on the abdominal muscles and ignore the muscles on the lower back. A highly-developed abdomen would be useless without an equally strong back because injury can result from this imbalance of support.

Using a an exercise ball or similar unstable support for the body while doing ab exercises and hyperextensions will employ the use of the lower back and the muscles of the obliques also. Developing these as well as the abdominal muscles will insure complete core strength and a better balance and endurance.

The amount of calories burned while doing abdominal exercises on an exercise ball or other round surface is increased significantly compared to doing sit-ups and crunches flat on one's back. Studies show that more muscle fibers are engaged in activity when a person is lying on a round surface. The wider range of motion means more calories spent and hence a faster abs workout. - 17273

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Rock Hard Abs - Increase Muscle, Lose Fat

By Jose Loni

Work your muscles, lose fat and get rock hard abs. Everyday, we always see a new machine or ab exercise promising rock hard abs. Well, by increasing your muscle mass through weight training, you will lose fat and get rock hard abs!

New exercises, ab machines or diets all promise the same thing- fantastic abs. It's incredible how they market the new machines and exercises to make you believe that if you use their product, you will look like the over-muscled bodybuilder or the super trim fitness model that they have demonstrating the exercises.

Here's the reality check! You will not look like those fitness models in a few weeks of using their products.

Let's keep it simple. Increase muscles to increase your overall metabolism, which will in turn burn body fat.

Resistance training has a way of making the muscles rapidly adapt to the increased demand of the exercise. As the intensity of the activity increases, the muscles must also work harder, which requires more energy to do the increased muscle activity. The body needs to supply the muscles with the energy to carry out its activity.

The body burns the food that we eat as fuel and when that is all gone, it takes the necessary energy from the stored fat on our body and uses that as a fuel for the muscles to burn.

When we exercise, the body's muscles are worked at a great intensity, which decreases the oxygen in the muscles. The moment the body has a chance to bring oxygen to the muscles, it will work hard to try to repair, replenish and remove waste products from the muscles.

This repair and nourishment of the muscles can occur throughout the day and causes the body to burn more calories even after the exercise session is over. As a result, the body becomes a fat burning machine, even when it is not exercising.

After a few sessions of training, the body's muscle mass increases and as a result the muscle metabolic activity also increases relative to the overall muscle increase.

More muscle means less fat, which inevitably means rock hard abs. It is really that simple! Train hard and lose the fat. - 17273

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This Is One Of The Healthy Eating Facts That Actually Works!

By Dan Beckwith

It all gets pretty confusing, protein, nutrients, good carbs, bad carbs... there are tons of good healthy eating facts out there and it can get very frustrating.

Today, let's put away the latest calorie counting charts and discuss a tactic that is incredibly easy and is guaranteed to help you lose weight, and eat more healthy. It is truly one of the best healthy eating facts around.

Take a moment to think about this...when was the last time you picked up dinner at a fast food restaurant, or ordered a pizza?

Why? You are trying to lose weight, and you know those things are bad for you...so why did you do it?

Of course there will be exceptions, but for most of you - I venture to guess - that you ordered a pizza or went to the fast food place because you didn't have any good ideas on what to fix for dinner! And they offered an easy solution!

To a surprising extent, our unhealthy diets exist for no reason other than convenience. It's a fact - but, not one of the healthy eating facts. The last thing we want to do after a long day at work, is create a menu for our dinner. We are tired! Then, when you consider the minefield of good carbs, bad carbs and so on... it's even worse. BTW - it's just as bad to toss a frozen pizza into the oven as it is to order one.

For an easy solution to the problem, try this. Set aside a couple of hours, schedule them if you must, and plan your dinner menus for each day of the coming week. If you can work up the ambition, go for two weeks.

Write out each meal plan on a separate sheet of paper. Then place them all in a three ring binder. If you really want to get fancy, you could separate the days with pretty multicolored tabs. Somewhere down the line, you will probably want to laminate the pages too.

Every night, when you get home, open your binder to that days menu and prepare it. Here's the important part, we want to make this a habit so never deviate from this daily plan.

This will stop you from having to worry about what to fix for dinner and will totally eliminate those last minute impulse buys from the local fast food place.

The danger is, many of you won't want to try this because it seems too simple. But, it works and saves a lot of money too.

If you were to hire a personal chef and gave them the task of fixing tasty, nutritious, low calorie, healthy meals, you wouldn't question it, you would just eat the meals. Think of your weekly meal plan as being prepared by your personal healthy eating chef. Don't change it during the week, just fix that meal every day.

Once you make this a habit, you will learn to truly value and depend on that little binder.

Think of it, if you plan all of your meals to be nutritious, low-calorie and healthy ones, eventually your health must improve. It has to, it's a scientific fact.

At the end of your first week, sit down and do it again. Make up a new meal plan for the next week. Try to make them all different recipes than the ones you had before. By the end of the first month, you will have a months worth of different recipes you can call on.

Every meal, for four weeks, will be different. This way you will never get tired of eating the same meals over and over again. They will all be tasty, nutritious and low calorie. Once you've gotten this far, you can stop your weekly planning and just continuously rotate the recipes in your binder.

I think that's one of the best healthy eating facts out there, and it will help you save a bundle at the grocery store.

Check out my website for a bunch of additional information and a free subscription to my " Fast Weight Loss" mini course. - 17273

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The Acai Berry Natural Energizer

By Carter Sinclair

Studies have shown how poorly nourished people are. It has lead to an explosion in the health and food industry. The Acai berry stands at the top of the ladder when it comes to the most healthy foods.

About 80% of the Acai fruit is made up of the seed, the fruit as a whole is about one inch in diameter and is very small. The berry is usually purple but sometimes the berry is green. While the berry is very healthy the seed offers no nutritional value and is often used for livestock feed or top soil.

The ORAC lists Acai berry as one of the highest foods on their chart. That is the reason why the fruit is so sought after. It is the skin and pulp that offer this nutritional value. It is sold as various items such as yogurts, juices, ice cream, and can be dried or frozen.

The ORAC measures the level of antioxidants in a fruit and their ability to fight off harmful free radicals. Acai berry scored over a thousand on the assay. This means that it is very potent and very good at fighting off free radicals. Current studies on the Acai berry are revealing benefits such as amino acids, fatty acids, and other nutrients that the body needs for energy and metabolic functioning.

Coffee and other caffeinated beverages contain high levels of sugar and their energy often loses its kick after a short time period, Acai berry on the other hand will give you energy that will last longer and still has great nutritional value.

The Acai berry is so versatile in that it tastes great in a number of different diet choices. It is a great addition to many different types of foods and has a taste that is a mix between chocolate and semi sweet berries. - 17273

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Reset your body with Usana RESET Weight Loss Program

By Angela Giles

Usana Reset is a 5-day program for getting you on the way to that lean and healthy body you have always dreamed of. Most weight loss programs available in the market do not work because they promise too much and deliver too little. Moreover, they are not based on scientific findings about the way human body gains weight and what happens when you try a fad diet to reduce your weight.

The main cause of weight related health problems is indulging in the wrong kind of diet. Food items with a high glycemic index tend to create a short burst in blood sugar levels. Once the burst subsides, you start feeling hungry again. This makes you eat even though the body does not need it, leading to weight gain.

You can try starving as a means to reduce weight but it has never worked for people. This is so because the body conserves energy by reducing the metabolism rate. So you will need to starve more each day to reduce weight. However, this will cause deficiency related problems and you will be forced to start eating again.

The Reset program offered by Usana Health Sciences promises to change the body's dependence on high-glycemic foods, in turn, reducing the regular cravings for food. It adopts a very simple approach of replacing regular meals with Usana foods which have a low glycemic index. These nutritional supplements provide adequate nourishment to the body without increasing the calorie intake.

The Usana Reset program comprises of nutritional bars and shakes called Macro-optimizers. It also provides suggestions on the amount of vegetables, fruits and water to be consumed over the course of 5 days. This is combined with a simple exercise routine to make a balanced approach. The complete set of instructions is available on DVD.

Most overweight people lose interest in losing weight after trying programs that do not work. However, in just 5 days, Usana's RESET program will make you look lean and feel great. This positive effect will encourage you to continue with a lifetime of healthy habits.

After the 5-day intense program, you can switch to a relatively milder program called 'Transform'. This will help you to maintain the momentum of weight loss and prevent you from getting back to your old dietary habits. You will continue to replace your normal meals with the nutritious Usana supplements but can eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

When your weight goals are achieved you can opt for the 'Maintain' program to continue the healthy food habits that you have developed starting with the Usana RESET program and strengthened with the Transform program. Healthy food develops a healthy body and allows you to lead a healthy lifestyle. - 17273

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Angela Giles is the published Author of the Inside Scoop Review and believes that health is the key to maximizing your wealth. More Info on Usana

New and Exciting Engine 2 Diet

By Joshua Anderson

Another popular method for losing weight and going on a diet is following the Engine 2 diet. In the Engine 2 diet plan you can lose weight and reduce cholesterol within a span of just around 28 days, as mentioned by the author of the book Engine 2 Diet, Rip Esselstyn. Under the Engine 2 diet plant you have to only follow the preplanned meals which are made from the ingredients mentioned in the diet plan. The meals are easy to make and can be prepared quickly. The ingredients for making the Engine 2 Diet food are available only in stores providing natural foods. If you strictly follow the planned Engine 2 diet and the exercise regime described in the Engine 2 diet plan you can easily lose weight within 28 days flat. It is always advisable to take the help of friends and others who have followed this plan and also those who wish to follow the Engine 2 diet plan.

Whole grains, nuts and seeds, vegetables and fruits, all are sources of low-fat protein and are the main ingredients to be consumed while following the Engine 2 diet. The author himself agrees that it is very difficult to follow this diet. You are used to the regular diet of eating so many different varieties which you have followed for so many years, which makes following the Engine 2 diet a bit difficult. To make the diet more interesting chicken and fish have also been included which can be eaten in the initial stages of the plan. Whole grain crackers and whole grain pastas, as also tofu, soy yoghurt and vegetable burgers are allowed. In this diet every 1000 calories you consume will have just less than 2.5 grams fat content. You are not allowed to add oil while making these foods. Sugar used will also have to be the natural sweetener only.

In the Engine 2 diet plan you are required to consume less salt. This diet is a vegetarian diet and concentrates mainly on plant proteins. People usually tend to consume dairy products, meat and eggs which are considered as rich sources of protein. Proteins which exist in the form of chains are actually made up of around twenty amino acids out of which only eight amino acids can be ingested from the food that we eat. These amino acids are important for our body and as per the Engine 2 diet plan the plants also can give us the necessary amino acids. Carbohydrates provide energy and fuel to the body and our body absorbs at least 70 percent calories from the carbohydrates that we consume daily.

There are a variety of plants containing different quantities of amino acids. In the Engine 2 diet different vegetables containing different amino acids are put together in various quantities so that your body can get just the right amount of proteins. Non vegetarian foods also contain protein, but the proteins obtained in the vegetables are considered to be much safer. Carbohydrates provide energy to the body, and all the various bodily functions like breathing, exercising, the digestion process etc. all require energy to function. Both the simple and the complex carbohydrates are sugars and get converted into glucose after the digestion process.

Carbohydrate remains in the blood as glucose, but in the muscles and liver, the carbohydrate is stored as glycogen. The body knows what it needs. Therefore, any excess carbohydrate is stored as fat. It is the complex carbohydrates that are health-friendly. These are found in vegetables, beans, sweet potatoes, fruits and different whole grain cereal breads. These complex carbohydrates release sugar in a controlled manner into your body's system, thereby allowing the body to make full use of it as a fuel, and you feel energetic throughout the day. Research has proved beyond doubt that plants can give you all the fat you need.

Other foods that give you simple carbohydrates, will give you a high and instant energy, but then get stored as fat. It is thus, these simple carbohydrates that really make us fat. The excess simple carbohydrates that are converted into fat and stored in the body are dangerous to our well-being. The fat content in some vegetables is as follows: Strawberries - 5% fat, broccoli - 8%, spinach - 11%, and bell peppers - 6%. The super food soybeans give us 41% fat. Different types of nuts are a good source of fat as well. The fats that plants provide are the good fats, either mono or poly unsaturated fats.

In a case study given by Esselstyn the author of the book Engine 2 diet, he states that a gentleman, Tony Gonzalez beat breast cancer so that he could win more than a thousand triathlons. Martina Navratilova, a hugely competitive tennis champion was on a plant based diet. Even Salim Stoudamire, NBA player, Dave Scott went on to win the famous Iron man triathlon in Hawaii. They too were on a plant based diet. From this study we can realize that the best nutrients can be obtained from plants. Essential calories can be obtained from different plants. Good nutrients obtained from the plants are always slowly released into our body system. Very essential supplements like Vitamin B 12 can be richly obtained from fortified soy milk.

Flaxseeds, walnuts and soybeans are a very good substitute for fish oil. So if you wish to enjoy good health, consume a lot of vegetables or plant foods which are not only rich in fiber, but also give you the required energy throughout the day. Rich omega 3 supplements can be obtained from flaxseeds, walnuts, soybeans and other leafy vegetables. So you can replace fish oil with these given substitutes, for enjoying better health. Fatty foods like butter, sour creams and margarine may make your food very tasty but in the bargain you have a lot of good health to loose.

We all develop certain tastes, right from our childhood. So when we try out the natural plant food, in the beginning, we find the taste a bit different, but as the time goes by one can get used to it and it becomes a kind of a habit. Once you find that you are fitter than before you realize the actual benefits of plant food in comparison to non vegetarian foods. - 17273

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The Engine 2 Diet is a new and exciting dieting program. Joshua Anderson, the author has been experimenting with many diets. After becoming very excited about the Engine 2 Diet, he felt it was necessary to tell the world. Click a link above to find information on the book, and how to get started.

Lower Ab Workouts - Differentiating Exercise By Anatomy

By Jose Loni

Doing lower ab workouts and why this may actually be setting you up for failure is a question you may be wondering about. Most people focus on lower ab workouts when they want to get ripped abs thinking it's logical - there's a flabby problem area so let's work in that area to fix it. But your body doesn't operate that way. Flab means there's fat so you need to lose the fat first and no amount of isolation exercises can burn that fat away.

Ab machines and ab exercises promise you rock hard abs in 8-12 repetitions. Other variations of the same products claim to help you flatten your tummy in no time at all. But the fact is, they're all empty promises because spot reduction doesn't work.

Focusing on working just the abs alone will merely strengthen and tone the abdominals, but will not burn fat, which is what's needed to uncover the layers of fat covering the ab muscles.

To sculpt and reveal those six packs, you need to get your whole body moving and do cardio activities, which will jumpstart your metabolism into burning fat continuously, allowing you to lose the fat cover around your ab muscles.

The more large muscles you work out, the more energy is used up to fuel muscle activity. Activities like brisk walking (especially on an incline), cycling, running, lunges and squats work the large muscles so they will help you burn fat.

Another way we can increase our metabolism is through interval training. When we do short intense bursts of activity, our muscles react by working so hard that there is a build up carbon dioxide and lactic acid in the muscles. As a result, the body must work extra hard at clearing away and getting oxygen to the muscles. The muscles react by increasing in size and also consuming more energy by working hard to adapt to the physical activity.

All this clearing away, replenishing of oxygen and repair work uses up a lot of energy, which the body gets from excess fat stores. Addtionally, the training enlarges the muscles, which now require more energy to fuel their new size. This all translates into an increased metabolism.

Exercises that specifically train our abs will not work. Instead, focus on kick starting your metabolism through multi-joint exercises and interval training. By training your metabolism, you train your body to become a fat burning machine that will give your ripped hard abs. - 17273

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