I understand that you are a doc..atleast your blog title says that..

So, do we have any scientific data to prove what you have described in your article? Any reports/data published anywhere on the internet about this?

You just made me little anxious and looks like I need to see my doctor asap and get his opinion too

But thanks for this information. If this is what it is, then millions of people need this.

Regds,
Deep

Observe your body and your mind

What are you feeling physically? You know your body better than anyone else. What is going on with it right now? Is your current diet fueling you? Is it giving you energy throughout your day? Or are you feeding yourself poorly and expecting your body to pull you through anyway?

And how are you doing mentally? Are you feeling like you can conquer the world? Or are you suffering mild depression or lack of excitement about your life?

Before you make a change in your diet, take stock of where you are now, jot down your current state of mind and health so you know your starting point. Then write down what you would like to be feeling both mentally and physically.

How do you want your body to look? How do you want your body to feel? Do you want to wake up more excited about each new day? What do you want to have accomplished in the next 30 days? Three months? Six months? A year from now? Write out what it would feel like to reach the goals that you are working toward.

Avoid a binge the day or night (or week!) before you change your diet.

You set your body up for disaster by overeating junk foods before starting a new healthier diet. Unfortunately this is probably one of the most common moves that many people make. If you have ever gone on a diet or know someone who has, you have probably heard or experienced the “last supper” where huge amounts of food are binged on (and not usually even enjoyed) in an effort to eat as many forbidden foods as possible before they are taken off the menu.

Drink a lot

Not alcohol, but water! Hydrate your body with lots of water continuously. This is good advice for every day of your life, not just when you’re making a change in your diet. You can never hurt yourself by getting a lot of water each day. Keep a glass of water near you at all times and sip it throughout your day.

Avoid eating late at night

You may not know this, but sumo wrestlers use the method of eating a lot of calories and then going right to sleep (either napping or sleeping at night) as a technique for putting the pounds on fast. So don’t do what sumo wrestlers do. Don’t eat late at night and then go to sleep. If you eat a lot of calories late at night you won’t have time to burn off the calories you have eaten before you go to sleep and as an added bummer you will wake up in the morning feeling groggy, not rested, because your digestive system has had to work hard all night to deal with all the food you munched on the night before.

These are just a few health tips to consider when making a change in your diet. It is good to move toward a healthier diet — just keep these tips in mind for a smoother transition and better results.

To estimate how many calories you should consume in order to maintain your weight, you’ll need to do a little math. By using a simple formula called the Harris-Benedict principle, you can assess your basal metabolic rate — also known as your BMR.

(Then, to lose weight, you’ll need to cut calories or burn extra calories and shoot for a level lower than the results you get with this formula.)

Calculate Your BMR
Your BMR is the amount of energy your body needs to function. We use about 60% of the calories we consume each day for basic bodily functions such as breathing.

Other factors that influence your BMR are height, weight, age and sex.

Step one is to calculate your BMR with the following formula:

Women:
655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

Men:
66 + (6.3 x weight in pounds) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Please note that this formula applies only to adults.

Calculate Activity
Step two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:

* If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent

* If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent

* If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 40 percent

* If you are very active (You exercise intensely on a daily basis or for prolonged periods.): BMR x 50 percent

* If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 60 percent

Add this number to your BMR.

The result of this formula will be the number of calories you can eat every day and maintain your current weightt. In order to lose weight, you’ll need to take in fewer calories than this result.

As you lose weight, you can re-calculate the formula to assess your new BMR.

Continued: Count Calories to Lose Weight >>

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Are you cleansing to lose weight? Maybe you want to give your colon and digestive tract a clean slate by removing waste matter and toxins that have built up due to an unhealthy diet. Maybe you want to do a a water only fast to give your digestive system a complete rest. Whatever your reason for cleansing, your body will enjoy the break from your usual regimen and if you do your cleanse right you can really see some great benefits.

A detoxifying cleanse can be done in many different ways.

Here are a few detox cleanses for you to consider:

“Change your diet” cleanse:
This is the most common and widespread type of cleansing detox. This is where you change your diet and simplify what you eat for a period of time that can be a few days or up to a few weeks. A “change your diet” type of cleanse may mean that you eat only fruit and/or vegetables or another type of cleansing food during the cleanse.

Fasting cleanse:
Another type of cleanse can involve fasting. Fasting is usually defined as abstaining from food. This type of cleanse usually requires that you take in a lot of fluids and these fluids flush out toxins from your body — especially from your colon and digestive tract. There are “water only” fasts, vegetable juice fasts, fruit juice fasts, smoothie fasts and other types of liquid fasts. Fasting is also one of the fastest ways to lose weight when cleansing.

Parasite Cleansing:
Some health practitioners believe that a large part of the world’s population is living with harmful organisms or parasites inside their bodies. They say that you can get these organisms by drinking unclean water or eating undercooked meat or by having poor hygiene. To do a parasite cleanse you usually will need to ingest a concoction of black walnut hull, male fern root, clove, wormwood and more. These special blends cause an unpleasant and unlivable environment for the organisms which causes them to depart from your body.

No matter what cleanse you do, it is recommended that you use simple organic ingredients so that you do not bring more toxins into your system that would contradict the healing process you are trying to create with the cleanse.

When you decide to do a cleanse, find one that works in synchronization with your body to cause a natural discharge of poisons and toxins. Your goal at the end of a detox cleanse is to feel refreshed and revitalized and it really is attainable.