Tips for successful weight lossWritten by Annette Croft
Throughout my childhood and teenage years I watched as my mother tried every fad diet under sun. I recall one time she ate boiled cabbage and nothing else for a whole week. I felt my mothers’ frustration and misery, however I could not understand why it was so difficult for her to lose weight and keep it off – until that is I became a weight management coach.For past two years I have been assisting people to achieve their ideal weight and in this time I have experienced what contributes to a successful weight loss story. Getting serious - It all starts with you and how serious you are about losing weight. The key to successful weight loss is partly dependent on your level of commitment. How would you rate your seriousness on a scale of 1 – 10 (10 being deadly serious)? No quick fix - If you have made commitment to get serious about losing weight then you need to make commitment to do it safely and effectively. One piece of invaluable advice my own family doctor passed onto me is that slow and steady is always best option. The longer it takes you to lose weight less likely you are to put it back on.
| | DO YOU HAVE THE #1 MISDIAGNOSED INTESTINAL DISORDER? Millions do and don't know it!Written by Peter R. Berlin
The bad news is: if you have intestinal problems and have been diagnosed with IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) Crohn’s disease, spastic colon or catch all "chronic digestive disorder," you may be treating wrong problem. The good news is: you may have undiagnosed celiac disease and if you do relief is just a change of diet away.According to National Institute of Health, it is estimated over three million Americans have undiagnosed celiac disease and on average it takes 11 years to get a proper diagnosis. That’s 11 years of needless suffering from symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and weight loss. And many patients don't experience those signs, instead reporting so-called atypical symptoms, including a blistering, itchy skin rash, anemia, short stature, delayed puberty, infertility and tooth enamel defects. Because of its broad range of symptoms that may be readily associated with another condition or ailment, celiac can be difficult to diagnose. Another factor why doctor’s miss diagnosis is that many doctors are not knowledgeable about celiac disease. The disease is a genetic autoimmune disorder also known as gluten-intolerance. Gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley and its derivatives, so foods and ingredients to be avoided include such staples as most flours, bread and pasta. If a personal with disorder continues to eat gluten, chances of gastrointestinal cancer can increase by 40 to 100 times that of normal population. In addition, gastrointestinal carcinoma or lymphoma develops in up to 15 percent of patients with untreated celiac disease.
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