Showing posts with label Calories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calories. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 January 2016

Weight Loss Supplements - What is the Truth?

Truth About XLS Medical: Reviews, Ingredients And Side Effects

A new product that is getting popular is called XLS Medical. It enables its user to increase up to three times the regular weight loss accomplished from dieting alone while maintaining its natural origin. What is more, it has been proven effective in clinical testing as well. The usual dosage is three pills that are taken twice each day.
It is crucial to follow dosing instructions properly and to never take more than six pills in a 24-hour period. To get the best results, the user must maintain a healthy diet and watch food intake and be sure to eat well balanced meals. Decreasing caloric intake is also extremely beneficial for your fat loss efforts.

How Does it Help You Lose Fat?

XLS Medical Package
It is a weight loss tablet that is made from all natural substances. Due to this fact it does not interfere with the natural processes of yours body. These weight loss pills work best in conjunction with healthy dieting as this combination leads to better and faster effects. They enable the dieter to satisfy their hunger while shedding pounds with the product’s perfectly balanced dieting plan that provides for three meals a day.
How Does it Help You Lose Fat?

It works as a fat binder. That means it binds fat molecules from the food you consume and then prevents their absorption by your body. By not absorbing the fat, your body will not store those additional calories and hence you will not gain weight. It is that simple.
This product worked for me! I stuck by the instructions! And the dosage ! I have now managed to loose half a stone ! I would recommend this product – Amazon.co.uk
Storage of fat from your food is one of the leading causes of weight gain so the fat binder works against that problem. However, using this product does not give you the right to go out and consume as much fat as you want. Instead, you should consume a healthy diet as this will also assist with your fat loss efforts and help you get back on the track to living healthy life.
In other words the pill interacts with the fat to form a fat fiber complex that is too large to make its way through the small intestine’s wall. It is then eliminated from your body naturally through excrement. However, you have to drink adequate amounts of water to prevent constipation.
Ingredients

If you are considering this pill, odds are you want to know what it contains:
  • Litramine: This substance plays main role of this product. It is clinically proven that litramine binds to dietary fats without harmful side effects on your body. More on it here: Litramine.com
  • Vitamin A, D & E: These are other crucial substances included within these pills.
  • Cactus Leaves: This product is actually derived from cactus leaves, which are known to be gentle on body systems and which have been proven as effective help with fat loss.
Side Effects Of This Weight Loss Product


If you want to get this pill, you need to know if there are any side effects related to this pill. According to the manufacturer, since it is from an organic plant source, it is natural and usually well tolerated by the body.
XLS Medical Side Effects
Because it contains a fat binder, it is categorized such as Medical Device Class IIb, which ensures that it has gone through the proper efficacy and safety testing. What is more, it can be purchased over the counter and does not require a prescription.
  • Constipation: Because it does contain significant amounts of fiber, some users could suffer from constipation if enough water is not consumed.
  • Stomach Pain/Flatulence: There have been a few very rare cases of flatulence or stomach pain reported. Because it is an all natural made, it should be gentle on yours digestive tract. Therefore, another positive aspect of use of the product is that it should not cause irritation to the digestive system and it should not result in allergic reactions, such as rashes or itching.
Proper Dosage And Use

The recommendation is to never exceed more than six pills per day. In addition, the Medical Device Directive suggests a rest period when you will not use this medication that lasts three to five days after every 30 days of consumption.
In addition, it should not be used by anyone younger than 18. Anyone younger than that who needs to lose some pounds should see a professional. Also the product should not be used by anyone who has a body mass index (BMI) that is lower than 18.
User Experience

XLS Medical has numerous positive reviews. Literally hundreds of users have claimed that they have experienced significant weight loss after having used this product. In addition, many users have claimed to experience no side effects or negative results while using it.
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Even clinical studies have indicated that this product is effective and has a high success rate. Many doctors are also endorsing it for safe, effective weight loss. Some users have presented that they feel different and can tell the product is working as soon as two weeks after beginning taking these pills. Others have noted weight loss as soon as 30 days after getting on board with the program.
 
 
Getting The Best Results



According to users and the manufacturer, there are three simple steps to follow to ensure you will experience the best results possible.
  1. ExercisingDosing: Follow dosing instructions and take six tablets each day. Some recommend taking three tablets twice each day, once in the morning and the other one in the evening. Others recommend taking two tablets with each meal for a total of three times per day. Whichever you choose, do not exceed six tablets per day.
  2. Lifestyle: The next step is to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. This means to eat the right foods and ensure that your body gets all nutrients it needs. What is more, everyone should have an exercise program in place that fits their needs, abilities, and health. Although it is proven to be effective, you have to keep in mind that it is not a miracle pill and it does not work without maintaining physical activity and good eating habits.
  3. Water: And, last but not least, make sure that you consume an adequate amount of water each day. Because of the high fiber content in the tablets, one can easily become constipated. Water consumption prevents constipation and helps keep the body systems operating smoothly.

 
How Much Does It Cost?

If you are considering to lose weight with this diet pill you probably are interested in learning more about its cost. Surprisingly, this product is actually quite affordable. Sold in boxes of 180 tablets, the price average is around 35 British pounds per box. That breaks down to 18 or 19 cents per tablet. So for a day’s dose of six pills, the cost would be between a dollar and a dollar and a half. That is not so bad.
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Muscles Burn More Calories Than FAT!

Does muscle burn that many more calories than fat?

I know muscle burns more calories than fat, but is it really enough to make a difference? The Editors Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

 

Absolutely! The basic principle here is that, since lean mass (muscle and bone) requires more energy to maintain than fat, resting energy expenditure is going to be higher with greater lean mass. If you take two men of equal weight, but one has a higher ratio of lean body mass to fat mass, he will burn more calories at rest than his chubbier counterpart. In terms of numbers, this works out to about 13 kcals/kg per day for muscle and 5 kcals/kg per day for fat. It is accepted that 80 percent of the difference in energy expenditure is explained by body composition. The remainder is most likely determined by genetics, age and gender.

 Image result for muscular arms

To keep focused on the question at hand, let's look at two studies that address the main ways people try to change their body composition: diet and exercise.

A study at Tufts University in 1994 found that men and women who participated in a resistance-training (strength-building) program gained lean mass (duh!) and subsequently burned more calories at rest, regardless of how many calories they had burned during exercise. Interestingly, however, in a 1997 study at Columbia University, subjects were placed on a diet and randomly assigned to either a resistance-training or aerobic program and tracked throughout. The results found no significant differences in resting energy expenditure between the two groups. Why did one study show a metabolic boost with increased lean-body mass, while the other didn't? One possible explanation is that when caloric intake is reduced—as is the case with diets—the resulting slowdown of the body's metabolism overrides the boost that lean mass might provide. It is important, of course, to keep in mind that these studies had different experimental conditions.

My take: Resistance training increases lean mass, which results in more calories burned throughout the day; aerobic exercise burns more calories during a workout than resistance training; and the benefits of both are too important to ignore.

 Source: http://www.outsideonline.com/1768511/does-muscle-burn-many-more-calories-fat

 

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Woman shed a THIRD of her body weight

Woman shed a THIRD of her body weight eating MORE bacon and butter



A PREVIOUSLY obese mum has shared her secret to dramatic weight loss, and it's all about eating more fatty foods.

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Calorie burner: How much better is standing up than sitting?

  • 16 October 2013
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  • From the sectionMagazine

The Queen and two footballers stand


Guess how many hours a day you spend sitting? Fewer than eight? More than 10? A recent survey found that many of us spend up to 12 hours a day sitting on our bottoms looking at computers or watching television. If you throw in the seven hours we spend sleeping then that adds up to a remarkable 19 hours a day being sedentary.
Studies have claimed major health benefits for standing for much of the day as opposed to sitting. The difference is marked, explains Michael Mosley.
Sitting down as much as this is clearly bad for us and some studies suggest that those who sit all day live around two years less than those who are more active. Most of us are guilty of excess sitting. We sit at work, in the car and at home, moving only to shift from one seat to another.
Even if you exercise on a regular basis that may not be enough. There is mounting evidence that exercise will not undo the damage done by prolonged sitting. Our technology has made us the most sedentary humans in history.
Glucose is an essential fuel but persistently high levels increase your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Your pancreas produces the hormone insulin to help get your glucose levels back down to normal, but how efficiently your body does that is affected by how physically active you areSo why is sitting so damaging? One thing it does is change the way our bodies deal with sugar. When you eat, your body breaks down the food into glucose, which is then transported in the blood to other cells.
We wanted to see what would happen if we took a group of people who normally spend their day sitting in an office and ask them to spend a few hours a day on their feet instead.
Standing while you are working may seem rather odd, but it is a practice with a long tradition. Winston Churchill wrote while working at a special standing desk, as did Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Franklin.
So with Dr John Buckley and a team of researchers from the University of Chester we conducted a simple experiment. We asked 10 people who work at an estate agents to stand for at least three hours a day for a week.

Soldier's legs on parade

Our lucky volunteers had mixed feelings about how they would get on.
"It'll be different, but looking forward to it, yes…"
"I think my feet might hurt - I'll have to wear sensible shoes…"
"The small of my back, it's going to hurt…"
"I'm worried that I'm not going to be able to stand up for all that time…[Laughs nervously]"
We asked all the volunteers to wear an accelerometer - a movement monitor - to record just how much moving about they were doing. They also wore heart rate monitors and had glucose monitors that measured their blood sugar levels constantly, day and night.

New York City marathon finishing line
Image captionThe equivalent of 10 marathons a year?

The evidence that standing up is good for you goes back to at least the 1950s when a study was done comparing bus conductors (who stand) with bus drivers (who don't). This study, published in the Lancet, showed that the bus conductors had around half the risk of developing heart disease of the bus drivers.
Since then prolonged sitting has not only been linked to problems with blood glucose control, but also a sharp reduction in the activity of an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, which breaks down blood fats and makes them available as a fuel to the muscles. This reduction in enzyme activity leads to raised levels of triglycerides and fats in the blood, increasing the risk of heart disease.


We had good reason to believe that standing would make a difference to our volunteers, but we were also a little anxious as to how they would get on. This was the first time an experiment like this had been conducted in the UK. Would our volunteers stick to it?
They did. One woman with arthritis even found that standing actually improved her symptoms.
The Chester researchers took measurements on days when the volunteers stood, and when they sat around. When they looked at the data there were some striking differences. As we had hoped, blood glucose levels fell back to normal levels after a meal far more quickly on the days when the volunteers stood than when they sat.
There was also evidence, from the heart rate monitors that they were wearing, that by standing they were burning more calories.
"If we look at the heart rates," John Buckley explains, "we can see they are quite a lot higher actually - on average around 10 beats per minute higher and that makes a difference of about 0.7 of a calorie per minute."


Now that doesn't sound like much, but it adds up to about 50 calories an hour. If you stand for three hours a day for five days that's around 750 calories burnt. Over the course of a year it would add up to about 30,000 extra calories, or around 8lb of fat.
"If you want to put that into activity levels," Dr Buckley says, "then that would be the equivalent of running about 10 marathons a year. Just by standing up three or four hours in your day at work."
Dr Buckley thinks that although going out and doing exercise offers many proven benefits, our bodies also need the constant, almost imperceptible increase in muscle activity that standing provides. Simple movement helps us to keep our all-important blood sugar under control.
We can't all stand up at work but the researchers believe that even small adjustments, like standing while talking on the phone, going over to talk to a colleague rather than sending an email, or simply taking the stairs, will help.
I have, of course, written this article while standing.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24532996