P.O.R.N. Diets

I am coining this term as I feel some of the diets out there are so radical they need to be discussed in one place.

We here from our favorite celebrities daily and some of us live for this. We follow them on Twitter, talk about them on Bebo and MySpace or e mail each other about them especially when a new diet is talked about.

There have been some over the top radical diets in the past like the 'Air diet', not a very popular one for obvious reasons unlike the 'Chocolate' diet. Then there is the more main stream 'Atkins' diet or 'The Dash Diet' or even 'The South Beach Diet'. All have there plus and minus points and their advocates and nay sayers as well.

The trick when it comes to diets if there is a trick in selecting one would be to thoroughly research the topic. The mere fact that there literally are thousands of diets commercially available shown on television, billboards or even your local Chemist shop.

Here will be many, many articles pertaining to the topic of P.O.R.N. Diets circulating our media and your opinion on them is most welcome. Maybe you have been on one and would like to praise it or maybe warn others away from it. Whatever you may like to share, diet related, please do.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Metabolism Foods - What's with Low-Carb Diets?

By Dan Beckwith

I know, I know...We've all heard the mantra "low-carb diet," and perhaps some among us have even tried doing it. And it is undeniable that a lot of the high carbohydrate foods we eat are not good as high metabolism foods, but we do need carbohydrates. They provide our bodies with energy. In other words, you should never totally eliminate carbohydrates from your diet. Why? Simple:

If you follow a low-carb diet for a long time, you run the risk of creating health problems. If you DO put yourself on a low carbohydrate diet, make sure it's only for a short period of time. Some of the health risks you face with long term low-carb dieting are truly frightening.

For one, diets that are high in animal proteins build up acids in your bloodstream that come as by products of digesting large amounts of animal protein. Unfortunately, our bodies leach calcium from our bones to neutralize these acids. This is a particularly severe problem for women and can can lead to osteoporosis over the long term.

Another problem with very low carbohydrate diets is that they can boost your chances of getting certain types of cancer. The American Institute for Cancer Research has found that low-carb diets that restrict vegetables, whole grains, and fruit (all excellent metabolism foods)...but are high in animal proteins, increase our cancer risks.

There's another problem with low carbohydrate diets, which is that they increase the amount of fats we eat. In fact, studies have shown that countries that consume vast amounts of fats also have the highest rates of breast cancer. Therefore, particularly if you are a woman, make sure you get a large amount of high-fiber metabolism foods in your diet to reduce your risk of breast cancer.

Further, too much saturated fat in the diet risks raising LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol), and can increase the risk of heart attack, cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Many of us need to lose weight, and if this is going to happen, we need to include carbohydrates, proteins, and good fats in our diets. Yes, we need everything, including protein and fat, but we need them in the right proportion and we need the right kinds. There are quite a few high metabolism foods in each of the categories.

The only sure way to lose weight effectively and keep it off is to increase your metabolic rate with the best metabolism foods for your body. It's healthy to do this, too, as long as you do so safely. It's also a pretty simple thing to do and it's never going to mean you'll starve yourself. In fact, if you're hungry, you're not doing it right.

If you want to learn more about increasing your metabolism and metabolism foods, go to my website and get a free copy of my, "Fast Weight Loss Tips!" mini-course.

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