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F a B LIVING
Unlock Your Weight Loss Potential
W /REBEKAH STAR
If we're healthy, what's
there to worry about?
D o you feel like y o u r w orrying
y o u rse lf to death about your w eight
loss? A bout starting the right diet
and staying on it? I often hear “ T hat
d ie t’s g o o d ” or “ I ’m gonna go back
on t h e ___ diet.” . A nd I have been
one to say m any o f the ‘I ’m g o nna
lose w eight phrases too, the one
thing I know for sure is: A diet does
it not ‘g o o d ’ if you can not stay on
it! T hat is FO R SU R E! So as a result
o f thinking this w ay for years and
years, it tim e for c h a n g e ! It all starts
in our m ind. A new book on the
m arket, T he N ew A m erican Diet,
reveals how som e o f the chem icals
in our food are m aking us fat. I f w e
can learn to eat a m ore clean diet,
then huge results will follow . H ere’s
a sm all glim pse into the book that
inform s us on diet crushers that
scientists are ju s t now finding out
about. T h e y ’re called betokens,
nasty chem icals that act as fat-build­
ing catalysts, reg ard less o f how
often you hit the gym . W ho knew ?
H ere's a sm all piece o f an interview
w ith the boo k s a u th o r, S tep h en
Perrine, ed ito r at large for M e n ’s
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Cancer
Survivor
Day this
Sunday
H ealth m agazine.
What and where
are obesogens?
“ T h e y re n a tu ra l o r sy n th e tic
ch em icals that d isru p t the w ay y o u r
h o rm o n es operate. F o r exam ple,
leptin is the h o rm o n e that tells y o u r
body it is full; fructose, an o b eso g en ,
can interfere w ith leptin and trick
you into thinking y o u r starving
r ig h t a f te r a b ig m e a l. S o m e
o b eso g en s m im ic the ho rm o n e es­
trogen, high levels o f w hich p ro ­
m ote fat storage. T hey're in plastics
used in food p ack ag in g and other
co n su m er goods. M any pesticides
are obesogens, as are steroids and
antibiotics fed to o r injected into
a n im a ls. O b e so g e n s a lso o c c u r
naturally in soy.
O besogens m ake it m uch easier
to becom e obese and to develop
diabetes. Plus, researchers believe
that som e obesogens are changing
the w ay o u r genes behave, causing
o u r bodies to create no t only m ore
fat cells, bu t also larger ones that are
m ore effective at storing fat. A nd
som e studies have indicated that
the m ore obesogens a w om en is
ex p o sed to during h er pregnancy,
the m ore likely h er children are to be
o b ese as adults.
How are obesogens
found In water?
T h a t w a ter p ro b a b ly tra v e led
th ro u g h PV C piping and contains
traces o f pesticides. A nd h ard -p las­
tic w ater bottles can contain the
o b e s o g e n b is p h e n o l A (B P A ),
w hich can leak into w ater. Y ou need
fluid, so the thing to do is cut dow n
on y o u r o verall exposure.
What's left to eat?
T h e k ey is to fo cu s n o t o n all
th e fo o d s y o u s h o u ld 'n t e a t, b u t
ra th e r o n th e 12 N ew A m e ric a n
D ie t s u p e rfo o d s. L o o k fo r s u s ­
ta in a b le fish a n d g ra s s-fe d , n a tu ­
rally raised ch ick en , b eef, and pork
th a t h a v e n 't b e e n in je c te d w ith
h o rm o n e s o r a n tib io tic s . B u y o r­
g a n ic eg g s an d d a iry p ro d u c ts.
G e t fo o d th a t c o m es in b o x e s o r
b a g s in ste a d o f B PA lin e d can s.
In term s o fp ro d u c e , g en erally look
fo r o rg a n ic v e rsio n s o f fru its w ith
e d ib le sk in like a p p les, p e a c h e s,
o r p e ars; th o se w ith a to u g h sk in ,
lik e a v o c a d o s, b a n a n a s, an d k iw i,
a re fin e in c o n v e n tio n a l fo rm .
W h en y o u c u t o u t o b e so g e n s an d
ad d in th e se h ig h n u tritio n fo o d s,
y o u can lo se w e ig h t w h ile e a tin g
h o w e v e r m u c h y o u w a n t. P e o p le
w h o d id o u r p ro g ram fo r 6 w e ek s
lo st an a v e ra g e o f 15 p o u n d s, ju s t
b y m a k in g sim p le sw ap s.
C heck out the rest o f his interview
by visiting menshealthmagazine.com.
It's very im portant for us to becom e
m ore conscious o f w hat's in the food
w e eat. 'The N ew A m erican Diet', is
not ju st a diet, it is a change in the w ay
you consum e your food. I f there is
one thing w e can take aw ay from
research on additives, the all have a
firm stand against high fructose com
syrup. So let's take a step together in
the right direction and elim inate that!
P lease visit o u r F acebook page at
'Fab Living w /R ebekah Star' and post
your questions and com m ents. U ntil
next w eek, L ive Fabulously!
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