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What is
the most common reaction when people go
on a diet to lose weight?
They eat less, depriving
their body of good essential nutrients.
What happens next? The body receives less
nutrition and less nutrients and as a result
they start losing their muscular mass. In
other words muscles become the source of
nutritional reserves for their body. When
people stop their dieting they go back to
eating as before but they have less muscle
mass which is precisely what they need to
help burn calories.
Why
is our weight loss system different?
This weight loss system
is different because it actually
feeds the body correctly, it does
not starve it. The reason
most people become overweight is due to
nutritional deficiencies. When you don't
feed the body correctly it craves more food
than it actually needs; it craves sugar
and fat. People often give up on diets or
"cheat" because they can't stand the hunger
pangs. It becomes too hard.
No Matter how good your nutrition,
if you aren’t absorbing the nutrients –
It’s just a waste!
In your small intestines there are
finger-like protrusions called villi or
villus. It is through these villi that
absorption takes place. Through the
years, your villi become damaged and
break-off. Things that damage your villi
include:
Stress
Alcohol
Additives &
Preservatives
Airborne,
Water & Soil Toxins
Medications
& Drugs
Smoking
Fatty Foods
Salt
Lack of
Fiber-Packed Food
Lack of
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Unhealthy foods make villi
unhealthy, flatten out the villi and
decrease absorption capacity. These
tiny, finger-like structures along the
wall of your intestine are essentially
“gatekeepers,” helping your body absorb
more nutrients, vitamins and minerals,
while protecting you from toxins. The
healthier your villi, the more
efficiently you can absorb the
nourishment your cells need–and the
healthier you’ll be. Herbalife’s
products are scientifically formulated
to support healthy “villi.”
Simply
consuming good food and adding nutritional
supplements will not make any difference
to the way you feel if your body is unable
to fully digest and absorb all the nutrition
you eat.
Herbalife makes use of knowledge gained
from the botanical world's 6,000 year history
and incorporates health building nutritional
herbs with the best modern technology to
help our bodies cleanse and detoxify so
that the cells - the tiniest living units
- can be as fully nourished as possible.
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Balance of protein
and carbohydrates in your diet?
Cereals for breakfast,
sandwiches for lunch, pasta for dinner and
rice cakes, chocolate and biscuits for snacks?!
"My diet
had been almost all carbs I had no nutrition
going into my body"
Protein rich foods keep
you fuller for longer. Focus on getting
protein into every meal without the added
fat, calories and expense of animal proteins.
Personalised programmes ensure that
you
eat the correct amount of protein for your
body, so you can help curb those hunger
pangs! And you can increase your lean body
mass, which in turn speeds up your metabolism
and burns more calories! It’s so simple!
Your Herbalifes Coach will do all the
calculations for you – and will present
you with the solution you’ve been looking
for!
Excess carbohydrates in your diet?-
Insulin the storage hormone
A BBC Programme about
the
science of losing weight - provided
practical demonstrations on the value of
getting protein into every meal.
The
LA Shape Diet Book explains the science
behind the programme
and how
to find the personal protein prescription
to best achieve your goals.
Herbalife nutritional
shakes combine complex carbohydrates with
lean protein and nutrients which can keep
you going for longer without feeling the
need to snack!
Why do I eat more than my body can burn
up?
When
the food a person eats does not give the
body the nutrients that it requires, the
body will demand more in an effort to obtain
those nutrients. Therefore, a person may
eat more calories than they need and cannot
burn them up so it gets stored as fat. That
person can also have excessive cravings
for sweets and fatty foods. When the correct
nutrients are supplied this habit can be
broken as these cravings can be greatly
diminished.
How can I increase
my physical energy level?
Energy
is created by the body by processing the
food and nutrients it receives and effectively
distributing this to all the cells of the
body. The better the quality of those nutrients
and their ability to be utilised by the
body, the more energy the body will generate.
What
is the best way to ensure my future health?
The body's many systems will function
properly only when supplied with all
of the nutrients they require. When
they do not, they can break down and
problems can arise. If the immune system
were functioning at 100% on a constant
basis, this would make it very difficult
for other organisms to cause illness
in the body.
Why a balanced nutrition
plan?
A balanced nutrition plan should provide
bodies with balanced levels of energy,
vitamins, minerals, good carbohydrates,
plant-based protein, healthy fats and
beneficial fibre, herbs and antioxidants.
The
intelligent
nutrition concept involves eating
a variety of foods - but all in moderation:
being "intelligent" about what we are
eating. What
does water have to do with weight loss?
Water plays a very important part in
the weight loss process. The kidneys
cannot function properly without enough
water. When they do not work to capacity,
some of the load is dumped onto the
liver. One of the liver’s primary functions
is to metabolize stored fat into usable
energy for the body. But if the liver
has to do some of the kidney's work,
it cannot work at full throttle. As
a result, it metabolizes less fat and
more fat remains stored in the body.
For the full article: "The Role of Water
in Fat Metabolism and Weight Loss"
How
does it compare with other programmes?
The weight
loss programme is based on two shakes and
one main meal, allowing our clients to
gradually change their eating habits
so that they can maintain the results long
term. That is in contrast with
other diet programmes that our based on
3 shakes and offer no long term perspective.
So finish these other programmes and the
weight goes back on. Other diets are based
on low fat where they replace the fat with
carbs, not a great option if you were
already eating too many carbs!. And other
programmes based on counting calories where
you get a crazy scenario so someone is missing
meals so that they can up for save some
calories for the weekend. That's a great
way to promote a healthy
metabolism !
An example
of changing habits with the Herbalife programme
is getting into the routine of eating 3
times a day, getting protein into every
meal, finding alternative to carb based
snacks and "feeding" the body not "starving"
it. The programmes promote
good nutritional habits like reducing fat,
fried foods, salt and sugar in the diet
and increasing protein, fibre and nutrients.
And for those concerned
about Cholesterol levels?
The
inclusion of at least 25g Soya protein per
day as part a diet low in saturated fats
can help reduce blood cholesterol.
Two
Formula 1 shakes (vanilla) provide 17.8 g of
soya protein (71% of the suggested intake
of 25 g). An additional 7.2 grams may be
obtained from other foods, such as
Protein Bars
serving or Herbalifes
Formula 3 Personalised Protein Powder
(4.5g soya protein/6g serving.
The nutritional value of
foods?
We're
seeing a gradual erosion of the nutritional
value of food, in everything from the vitamin
C content of oranges through to the zinc
and copper levels in corns and other grains."
See a comparison here.
Additional
information:
-
How to make a Herbalife
Shake? - Tips for
making your shake
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Adding fruit to shake
- How to add more fibre to diet
alongside the protein, fibre, complex
carbs already in the shake.
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