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How are you going to do this? It is a simple idea and one I find easy to follow because the required changes are small. Things like drinking light beer instead of regular beer. Another suggestion is to have thin crust pizza. Thick crust pizza has many more calories and carbohydrates than thin slice. Put things like pesto, sun dried tomatoes, Tomato sauce (has lycopene), olives and anchovies on your pizza to get the health benefits these foods provide. Eating healthy snacks like fruit, nuts, popcorn and humus will help to get rid of that beer belly and improve your well being. Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables to fill you up and say no to sweets. That is the one key to increase your success. One of the most important things you can do and the easiest, is to eat breakfast. Why is breakfast so important? Your body is starving when you wake up. It has been sleeping and doing very little for 7-10 hours. It has been conserving energy, calories, so you need to do things that lets your body know that it is alright to start burning calories again. To do this you need to give it some calories to burn, eat something and a reason to burn them, exercise. Breakfast can be as simple as a cup of tea or coffee and peanut butter on whole grain toast or as big as bacon and eggs. The only requirement is that you eat something.

The third component of the Beer Gut Diet is exercise, the reason for your body to burn the fat. I fine that the best time to exercise is when I first wake up. This gets me going, energizes me and makes me hungry. If you are going for a waist loss I suggest that you include some crunches in your core exercise plan so you have those six pack abs once the belly fat is gone. Three times a week or more, do at least half an hour of walking, jogging, swimming or biking, increase the activities as your strength and endurance improves.

One thing not in the Beer Gut Diet that will greatly your results and health is that you must drink water. Water is what is going to flush the excess out and help your body cleanse its self. If you follow these tips you will be on your way to healthy waist loss of course one of the healthiest diets to follow and keep the waist off is the Mediterranean diet. This is a good and easy way to begin to take care of your self and taking care of yourself is the best way to lose weight.

the waist size that is right for you, is to see if your waist

is half or less than your height. This will tell you if you

need to work on your waist. The way to measure this is

to stand up straight take a deep breath and pull in your

stomach. Put the measuring tape around your waist at

your belly button and read the answer.

I did this and found that my waist is 35″, exactly half my

height. This is a huge improvement from the 41″and 217

lbs. I was at. I will keep working to get my waist down

even lower. My goal is 33″ which should take care of my

love handles.

The way to do this is to eat right, drink water and

exercise, said Dr.Oz. The things that you need to eat

must be to be nutritious. Preferably deeply colored fruits

and vegetables and you can have as much of these as you

like. Dr. Oz has often talked about putting these things in

to the blender for a quick meal or snack. The main things

to avoid are saturated fats and sugars. Doing these 2

things will get you started on your healthy waist loss

program, which is more important to your health than weight loss and really what you want.

If you want to really kick start the process then using a

waist loss system that includes supplements like

Acaiberry, appetite suppressants and colon cleansing will

increase your results by 2-3 times.

The dirty dozen include:

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Apples

Bell peppers

Celery

Cherries

Nectarines

Strawberries

Kale

Lettuce

Imported grapes

Carrots

Pears

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The study found that those subjects who were very physically active had a 33 percent risk reduction of Alzheimer’s; those who adhered more strongly to a Mediterranean-type diet had a 40 percent risk reduction.  In addition, Dr. Scarmeas and his colleagues found that there was a gradual decreasing risk for Alzheimer’s in study participants who were reporting that they were both exercising a lot and following a diet closer to the Mediterranean-type: those subjects had a 60 percent reduction in their risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

“So it seemed that the more that they were doing in terms of both diet and exercise, the lower was their risk for the disease,” said Dr. Scarmeas.

This is one more benefit of a Mediterranean diet and exercise to add to the list of proven benefits that included cardiovascular health, improved brain function, weight control & loss and lower risk of diabetes. read more…

So it is no surprise that these stars have their own secrets when it comes to staying fit and gorgeous. Their health agenda can range from extreme workouts to well-planned meals. Who doesn’t want to know their secrets in staying absolutely sexy? Here are some of the diet secrets of seven women celebrities.

1. Jennifer Aniston
The star of the phenomenal television show Friends not only mesmerized audiences with her adorable comic sense and her famous hairstyle, she was also known for having one of the sexiest bodies in Hollywood, as she appeared in countless magazine covers. To stay trim, Jennifer follows the 40:30:30 diet method. The diet consists of:

40% Low glycemic carbohydrates
-Foods such as beans, fruits and vegetables, legumes

30% lean proteins
-Tofu, fish, chicken, turkey, beef and low fat dairy products

30% essential fats
-nuts and seeds, fish and olive oils

It is essential that every meal should contain macronutrients to attain the balance of hormones and maximum weight loss.

2. Kate Hudson
The gorgeous daughter of actress Goldie Hawn gained 60 pounds during her pregnancy, which she needed to shed quickly before commencing on her next film. From her previous eating plan, she switched to a higher protein diet. She consumed high protein meals in smaller portions, and she combined this diet with an exercise program that includes weight training and cardiovascular workouts. After getting a lot of flak because of her post-pregnancy figure, Kate removed all that baby weight in only four months and has gained abdominal muscles that gained the envy of many in Hollywood.

3. Oprah Winfrey
As one of the most successful talk-show hosts in the world, there is no question that Oprah needs to maintain her physical appearance for her millions of audiences. Known as one of those celebrities who are constantly battling weight gain, she has recently toned up her figure by combining a regular exercise regime and diet plan. Oprah works out five days a week, spending 30 minutes on the treadmill and doing free weights. Her eating plan consists of legumes, fish, nuts, fruits and vegetables, chicken and dairy products that are low fat. She limits her consumption of white sugar and flour. Oprah also credits her trim figure to her habit of not eating anything after seven in the evening.

4. Gwyneth Paltrow
A lot of people may find it hard to believe that the perpetually slim Academy award-winning actress actually needs to diet. Gwyneth actually follows a healthy eating plan that resembles Oprah’s, avoiding sugar and white flour. She usually follows a macrobiotic diet, eating foods like vegetables, brown rice, and lean meat. She also eliminated dairy from her diet, and does yoga everyday.

5. Madonna
The pop star known as the Material Girl has always flaunted a body that is to die for, and has become a true fitness paragon over the years. She keeps herself in tip-top shape by having Ashtanga Yoga, and follows a strict diet that mostly shuns junk foods. She adopted a macrobiotic eating plan that includes organic foods rich in lean protein.

6. Claudia Schiffer
The bodacious German supermodel eats salad and steamed vegetables for dinner and eats only fruits before the afternoon. While on locations, she prefers to eat black grapes and drinks tomato juice and herbal tea.

7. Christie Brinkley
Long-time supermodel maintains her all-American good looks by being a vegetarian. She does not keep junk foods of any kind inside her home to make sure that she does not eat them when cravings occur. She snacks on sweet potatoes in place of candy bars, and she adopts a liquid juice diet when she needs to slim down fast.

Celebrities are just like ordinary people. They need to maintain their figures just like anyone else, and there is more pressure on their part since they are constantly in the public eye. Ordinary folks can have celebrity-like bodies, too, and by following these diet and fitness plans, they can also look like red-carpet worthy.