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An Acne Diet You Should Follow

For those who don’t know if there is a relationship between your acne condition and the foods you eat, let me tell you that there is. You might have heard that oily foods cause acne, but this isn’t entirely true. Oily foods have caused internal changes including high cholesterol levels, but they don’t really have a huge impact on the skin condition. When does oil affect skin conditions such as acne? The only time oil would affect your acne condition, is when you use cosmetic products that have animal fats, oils and additives. Most of the makeup products and skin care products on the market today have oils added to them.

One thing you should begin doing is purchase herbal skin care products that contain no oils or preservative chemicals. These additional chemicals and oils will only cause harm to your skin condition. For those who have acne, it is never a good idea to use tons of makeup. Makeup may seem like a great way to hide your acne, but it surely does not make things any better. The types of food you eat will affect your overall acne condition. The following are some of the foods you should and shouldn’t limit on a daily basis, if you intend on controlling your acne.

The calcium rich fluid we all love drinking could be bad for your acne condition. Milk has been a great addition to any breakfast meal, but it could lead to your acne getting worse than it already is. Since milk originally comes from cows, there is a significant amount of fat and hormones which could cause an imbalance in your acne condition. I am not saying that you should stop drinking milk, but it would help if you could limit your daily intake. If you are someone who drinks milk several times a day, it could be a problem for your acne.

The one type of oil that is considered to be a helper in your acne condition is Omega 3 fat oils. All types of fishes have this fish oil in them, and they have been known to prevent acne and keep skin looking fresh. Whether you are cooking the fish or simply having some sushi, it is considered to be great for your skin and overall health. Apart from the acne benefits of fish, you would also be taking in some much needed proteins.

Oranges and berries are two amazing types of fruits you should eat at least once a day. When I say berries, I mean all sorts of berries; whether it is strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or blackberries. Berries and oranges have high antioxidant content along with nutrients that help with skin development and acne prevention. By eating such fruits, you’ll be able to get rid of the bad skin cells, which allows for new skin development. During skin development, one thing you should do is drink lots of fluids. Water and concentrated juices are the best, as they give your body the hydration, vitamins and energy.

I hope this you can incorporate parts of this acne diet into your everyday meals, so that you can get rid of all the acne and live a young and healthy life.

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The 3 Week Diet Review- The 3 Week Diet Rapid Results!!

It is not a big surprise or magic to drop 15Lbs of fat in less than 3 weeks. Calorie shifting technique, one of the recent innovations of dieticians is the method we are going to handle in this article. Here you will get lots of tips to drop pounds in week’s time and trim your belly fat with natural foods.

3 Week Diet Review A 3 week diet is a weight loss program that covers the weight loss of dieting, motivation, and exercise.For More Info Visit Here : 3 Week Diet system

Plan 1
Your first plan in this weight loss program will be to avoid all the unnatural products. You will stop taking diet pills, if you are using it to lose weight. The negative side of the diet pills cannot be explained in words. These pills completely put an end to raising metabolism and increasing fat burning hormones. To drop 15Lbs of fat in less than 3 weeks, you also evade tinned foods recommended for weight loss.

The important thing in this plan is keeping away from faded foods. Faded foods such as heavy cheese contained pizzas, bad fat fast foods and other oily substances are enemies of metabolism. They do maximum trouble to your metabolism, if taken regularly spoiling the function of metabolism. This cause reverse effect and the fat do not melt instead increase. So, through the plan 1, you stay away from faded foods, stick to natural foods and increase metabolism.

Plan 2
What are these natural products?
These are the products that are in your own kitchen. Healthy dhal, wholesome grains, pulses, oat meal, corn, fruits & vegetables are some of the good products that are used in this weight loss program. You can drop 15Lbs of fat in less than 3 weeks even if you are not exercising and taking only these naturally made foods. Your breakfast should have good amount of proteins & carbohydrates. Since, you are taking food after 12 hours; it should have good nutritional value to burn the fat and increase metabolism.

In the calorie shifting diet method, you will be following 4 delicious, nutritious meals. The 4 meal will contain different calories. You will be increasing calorie level in your lunch, to give sudden surprise to it. This shifting calorie is done to rapidly increase the metabolism. So, shifting calorie technique will also increases fat burning hormones melting the fat permanently. The weight lost through this method is highly preferred, as you will not regain the lost weight any more and stay with permanent result.

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The Mediterranean Diet For Losing Weight

There is a recent interest in the Mediterranean Diet for weight loss. Strictly speaking, it is not so much a diet but a lifestyle of the people of Greece and southern Italy or the coastal areas along the Mediterranean Sea. However, the eating habits of this region was recently recognised as a diet good for heart health and was also noted that it may be beneficial for weight loss. I have therefore doing a review of it here with regards to its effectiveness in weight loss.

The lifestyle of the Greeks and Italians is to gather around and dining is more of a social gathering rather than just eating. They consume high amounts of legumes like lentils and broad beans, tubers like radishes, turnips and carrots, green leafy vegetables like lettuce and root vegetable like potatoe, tomatoes and eggplants, nuts and seeds. They also partake a lot of fruits like apricots, peaches, nectarines and cherries, olives and in season figs and grapes too. Oil used is olive oil

Fishes like fresh sardines and anchovy are also eaten a lot with moderate diary products mainly of cheese and yogurt. The fish are usually grilled and drizzled with lemon juice. Wine consumption is moderate with a very low intake of non-fish meat products like pork, chicken, lamb and beef. Also rarely seen in cuisines of this region are processed foods high in salt and sugar.

For staples, pita, either white or whole grain and barley bread is consumed. Now let’s see how this eating habit does for your weight loss efforts

Firstly, Olive oil is high in healthy monounsaturated fats instead of the unhealthy polyunsaturated and trans fats found in other types of oil.

Secondly, studies1 have shown that eating a serving a day (about 130grams) of lentils and broad beans help study subjects lose 0.34 kg over a 6 week period. The Mediterranean cuisines also uses plenty of tomatoes and eggplants. Tomatoes are known to reduce inflammation and water retention and reversing leptin resistance. Leptin is the protein that signals to our brain that we are full and stop eating. Therefore, tomatoes are great to prevent us from overeating and lower our calorie intake. Eggplants are high fiber and low calorie. Its high fiber can lower blood sugar by slowing rate of digestion and absorption of sugar in body. Slower absorption keep blood sugar levels steady.

It is also known to increase production of insulin which can lower blood sugar. The high fiber content also helps to keep you full longer resulting in lower calorie consumption.

Thirdly, their diet also consist of fresh sardines and anchovy. Each 100g of serving of sardines contains 125 calories, 7g of fat, 20g protein and 0 carbohydrates. Each 1 oz serving of anchovy contributes 37 calories, 1.4g fat and 5.8g protein. Both are rich in omega 3 fatty acids.

White pita bread has a Glycemic index of 57, with the whole grain option being lower while the barley bread is even lower at 34.

As for the fruits eaten, all are highly beneficial for weight loss. Apricots is low in calories of roughly 48 calories per 100 grams and high fiber. Peaches are also low in calories and boost metabolism as tthey contain flavanoids like catechins and they also have high fiber content. A medium nectarine has 60 calories, 15 g fat and 2g fiber. Sweet and juicy, it provide a source of natural sugar without the need for added sugar. Cherries contain a hormone called melatonin which is what is produced when we are in deep sleep that sets our body fat burning into overdrive mode. They are also low in calories and contains vitamins that boost metabolism. Cherries are believed to be one of the most energy boosting fruits.

Based on the above observation, all the components seem to be tailored for weight loss. No wonder the recent craze on this diet. Although it was not originally meant as a diet plan, with just a few minor adjustments, it can be turned into a super effective weight loss diet. Some of the changes are for example to skip the pita and just take the barley bread instead, and skip the potatoes. In addition, non-fish meat products should be limited to skinless chicken breast and skip the other meats altogether. With these changes, what your eating plan would be

a. Carbohydrates from green leafy vegetables and low to non existent starchy carbohydrates

b. Low fat diet mainly from cheese and yogurt

c. High protein from the nuts, seeds, sardines and anchovy

d. low calorie, high fiber and metabolism boosting fruits

e. Moderated consumption of wine which also helps

I would say, you can’t go much wrong following the above.

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