Vitamin D is becoming a very hot topic amongst the health community and scientists.  The reason for this is because the research is starting to show Vitamin D’s power and benefits. 

You always need to build a solid nutritional foundation, but it is hard to eat a wide variety of all the nutrients you need each and every day.  This is why nutritional supplements are of value to most every person.  Nutrition supplements are designed to supplement what you are already consuming through food.  They help complete that foundation. 

One vitamin that tends to be low in too many people is Vitamin D.  Milk is the main source of Vitamin D and if you are not a big milk drinker then you are increasing your chances for Vitamin D deficiency.  The best way to get in enough Vitamin D is to get 15 minutes of full sun exposure each day. 

The sun used to be the easiest solution, but now with the risk of skin cancer and sunblock that we all use, we are blocking the sun’s rays and the Vitamin D it provides. 

When you are deficient in Vitamin D you have a higher risk of heart and stroke related deaths. 

What you should do is schedule a visit with your doctor and ask them to test your 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.  If you are not at least 50ng/ml then it is time to supplement with Vitamin D3.

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Those that think they don’t like salmon because they have heard that it is fishy are missing out on this amazing fish.  First, good salmon is not fishy and second, when prepared properly it is full of flavor and healthy nutrients such as 3gms of omega 3 fats per 1 6-oz salmon filet.

Here is a recipe using yogurt and a ginger sauce.

1 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 minced garlic cloves
2 tsp minced ginger
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp pepper
2 6-oz salmon filets

In a shallow bowl mix up the yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander and pepper. Then set aside 1/4 cup of the mixture.  Add salmon to the remaining yogurt mixture and coat both sides of fish.  Place fish on a grill or over high heat for 7-10 minutes only turning once about halfway through the cooking process.  Use the 1/4 cup yogurt mixture as a dipping sauce for the salmon.

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Want to burn more fat or lose more weight?  Your healthy weight loss diet should consist of this very common food for a few reasons. 

This common food is called milk and the casein protein you consume from milk.

Milk helps you to lose weight in a few ways.  The first way is by reducing hunger.  Researchers from the Netherlands put male and female subjects on a high protein diet with casein as the sole source of protein and other subjects on a low protein diet. 

The high protein diet subjects had reduced hunger compared to the low protein diet subjects and they also increased the number of calories burned while sleeping. 

Why did they burn more calories while sleeping?

Well, the second reason milk is beneficial for healthy weight loss or your diet plans is because it contains natural CLA.  CLA is a natural fat that some research has shown to burn fat calories and help with quick weight loss. 

CLA or conjugated linoleic acid is most commonly found in milk or milk products and is its natural form, which at this time appears to be the most effective in regards to other forms of CLA. 

Try consuming 1 cup of cottage cheese immediately before bed to take advantage of satisfying hunger and potentially burning more fat calories when following your healthy weight loss diet.

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To make matters worse, the rate of increase of soda consumption is so high that we consume 70% more than 30 years ago.

Do you find these numbers staggering or not surprising because more people are obese rather than following healthy weight loss tips and diet plans?

Let’s try an experiment of our own.

Figure out how many grams of sugar you eat and drink for a total of 3 days.  Multiply this number by 122 and it will result in the grams of sugar you consume in a year.  Now convert that amount into cups and leave a comment telling us how many cups of sugar are included in your diet plans each year.

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It is if the fiber is Glucomannan.  Glucomannan is an extract from the Konjac plant and can act as a weight loss aid to your healthy eating plans.  It is a carb free fiber that can be consumed before meals with water.  It will absorb the liquid and expand in your stomach, which reduces hunger and can promote feelings of fullness or satiety.

Controlling hunger is a big benefit to those following healthy eating plans when hunger is a factor that can lead to failure with your healthy weight loss.

A study from the University of Connecticut had two groups follow a healthy meal plan and supplement with Glucomannan.  Only one of the groups also participated in strength training and cardio.

The results showed that both groups experienced significant weight loss and improvements in HDL (good) cholesterol. 

Glucomannan can also improve sensitivity with insulin, which means the carbs you eat will be used more for energy rather than stored as fat.

Glucomannan comes in a powder that you can sprinkle on foods or drink with water as well as a pasta form.  The Glucomannan pasta is an excellent substitute for pasta dishes and the noodles absorb whatever seasoning you mix with it to give it plenty of flavor. 

If you use the powder form try 1-2 grams before meals with water.

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1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp dried tarragon
1 scallion, chopped
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 6-oz halibut filets

Combine all the ingredients except for the fish in a shallow bowl and mix well.  Add the halibut and coat both sides of fish.  Then cook on a grill or over high heat for 5-7 minutes, turning the fish once halfway through the cooking process.

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The cosmetic surgery industry has taken some research that says if you lose weight then your faces ages at a more rapid pace, which ruins your anti aging focus.

The study looked at 200 pairs of identical twins and the results showed that losing one dress size was equivalent to aging a women by 4 years. 

So what makes a women look older? 

Smoking, drinking and sunbathing are all causes for accelerated aging.  Divorce can also cause aging as well as dieting according to some experts.

Let’s explain what they mean by ‘dieting’ though.  As you age your skin may start to stretch and you may lose fullness in some areas of your body.  This for the most part is gradual. 

When it is noted that dieting can accelerate the aging process they generally mean extreme dieting and yo-yo dieting because of the stretching of the skin and loss of tissue. 

So what can you do to minimize this?

Well, for one you can lose weight at a gradual pace through proper diet and exercise and avoid the crash diets.  Crash dieting only causes the yo-yo effect, which then causes accelerated aging. 

You can also take nutrients that have shown to provide powerful antioxidant benefit .

This antioxidant benefit helps with the anti aging care and fights off free radicals and ‘active’ oxygen molecules that cause damage inside your body ie: aging. 

These free radicals and ‘active’ oxygen molecules can also contribute to various illnesses and disease. 

So to slow down the aging process and to implement proper anti-aging care make sure you eat right, exercise properly and consume anti-aging nutrients to help you slow down the aging process.

To learn more about anti-oxidants and anti-aging click this link =>>  Anti-Aging Care

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In Medway Massachusetts the public school system is insisting the students are weighed and that their body mass index be calculated so that the school can determine if the child is obese or not.

They are early adopters of this trend and it may be coming to your school district soon. 

The results are sent home with the student just like a report card would except it is a report card on the child’s fitness level. 

Some parents are already fighting this claiming that the public school system and the state government has overstepped their boundaries and is showing no respect for the parents and pediatrician. 

The potential risk with this is that the child will feel embarrassed or judged.  Will they wonder if they are being watched every time they eat lunch, which can easily lead to an eating disorder after that. 

The school system is probably thinking that someone has to take charge, but when are they going to actually teach the child how to eat, exercise and live a healthier life? 

Is it going to be during that 1 hour period where they cut out gym class from most schools or is it going to be during math class when they teach them how to figure out their BMI?

Should the school system be allowed to require bodyweight measurements and have a fitness report card sent home to the parents or should they butt out and mind their own business?

Leave your comments below. 

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There are many healthy weight loss diets that state you have to be strict with your diet plans all the time.  Cheating is for fad diets and can make you fat, apparently.

Well, there is some science that shows this may not be the case depending on which type of healthy weight loss diet you are following.

When you diet, whether it is a fad diet plan or a healthy weight loss diet, your body is usually being restricted in some shape or form.  Obviously you can’t eat more than what you burn to lose weight so there will always be some type of restriction, whether it be calories or a specific nutrient.

The body can start to think that you are starving it when this happens and slow your metabolism to conserve energy.  It does this when it senses your hormone leptin level drop.

The good thing is that you can easily reset your leptin levels by "cheating" on your diet.  If you are following a fad diet or other diet plan that requires restriction of some type you might want to implement a "cheat" day once every 5-7 days to reset your leptin levels and keep your body from triggering its starvation response.

Just make sure that this 1 cheat day a week doesn’t turn into 2 or 3 cheat days.

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The best form of cardio may just require you to lift weights.  University of Wisconsin researchers found that if you perform kettlebell snatches for 1 minute you can burn 20 calories in that minute.

When compared to other forms of cardio you will see that some just don’t compare.

A 180 pound man burns this many calories in 1 minute:

    Spinning:  14.3 calories per minute
    Rowing (vigorously):  11.5 calories per minute
    Elliptical:  9.8 calories per minute
    Running (7 minute mile pace):  19 calories per minutes
    Swimming:  13.6 calories per minute

As you can see, running at a 7 minute mile pace is the closest to burning the same amount of calories, but if you can’t run at that pace or don’t want to spend an hour on the cardio machines then pick up a kettlebell and do 10-15 one minute sets to burn hundreds of calories in a short amount of time.

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