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5 Tips to Help You Break Bad Habits that are Making You Fat
by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, March 11, 2010 • 36 Comments
Winter can bring about an entire change in your lifestyle. You get into hibernation mode: your activities decrease, eating habits change, even foods you crave changes. And while trying to survive the winter blues by eating a little comfort food here and there may not seem so bad…it can become habitual real easily.
Bad calories are always bad, but combine that with lack of activity, increased consumption (of bad calories), gray skies, seasonal blues and frigid temperatures and you’ve got a perfect environment for cultivating poor unhealthy eating habits that can add inches to your waistline. But like all habits, good or bad, it can be broken…it only takes 30 days to break and create a new habit. So, here’s a few simple and easy tips you can immediately implement to help you turn poor eating habits into good habits so you can begin shedding those extra pounds of winter insulation today.
Calorie Counters Beware! You May Be Eating More Than You Think.
by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 18, 2010 • 29 Comments
If you’ve been diligently counting calories in hopes of cutting down your caloric intake so you can lose weight…you may be in for a rude awakening! Apparently all is not what it seems as indicated on the labels of packaged or canned foods.
According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more calories than what’s stated on their package labels and restaurant meals may contain a whopping 18% more calories than they claim.
And as far as the FDA is concerned, it’s completely fine.
So let’s say you’re on a 1200 calories per day diet. 8% is only about 100 calories a day. But add that up and you’re looking an additional 3000 calories a month and 36000 calories a year. Remember, there’s 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat. At an extra 36000 calories per year…that’s about 10 extra pounds of fat!
If you can’t trust the information on the label, what are you supposed to do?
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WARNING: Artificial Sweeteners Can Make You Fat
by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 04, 2010 • 35 Comments
Sugar is a HUGE conundrum for many, because it’s in pretty much everything you buy….and that’s especially the case for processed foods, pre-packaged foods and all fast foods.
Sugar is addictive…no doubt about it. And it’s lethal combination of abundance and addiction that has resulted in our current health debacle where over 60% of the adults in the nation (US) are either overweight or obese.
At this rate some experts say that it can reach 75% by 2015. That’s 3/4 of the entire nation!
This problem has spawned a MULTI-MILLION dollar industry of sugar alternatives as a solution to help curb sugar consumption in an effort to beat the overweight and obesity problem.
Artificial sweeteners are 300 times sweeter than sugar, they don’t cause an insulin spike and have low (or no) calories.
Sounds good to me…all the pleasure without the guilt.
Although, there are some “minor” health like issues like headaches, migraines, seizures and even brain tumors, that’s been linked to active ingredients like aspartame in artificial sweeteners—it’s all good because it still helps you lose weight (I’m being very sarcastic here if you didn’t catch that).
Well, that is until recently…
Studies have now come out that indicate sweeteners aren’t as effective at helping you lose weight as initially thought. In fact, now there’s evidence that they actually promote weight GAIN!
Don’t get left in the dark about this ...read the full story here and find out what you can do about it:
The Proven Formula To Losing Your Stomach Fat
by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, January 21, 2010 • 55 Comments
Do you workout but your one problem area never seems to go away…your belly fat? If you’ve been on a quest for a flat belly or even a six pack, it’s what you don’t know that may be sabotaging your efforts of budging that stubborn fat off your stomach. The right information can be the difference between looking at your same old belly a few months from now or seeing a brand new you with flat abs you haven’t seen since your high school days. Find out what’s keeping you from losing your gut.
Why 95% Of People Who Lose Weight Gain It Back.
by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, January 14, 2010 • 24 Comments
Losing weight isn’t the hard part, it’s maintaining your hard earned body that’s tricky. Most people gain their weight back within 2 years of losing it all. And the reasons aren’t what we initially thought. Gaining your weight back and more, may have more to do with your body’s biological processes. There is strong evidence which shows, once you lose the weight, your body does everything in it’s power to regain that weight back. Your thinner body needs less calories to sustain itself, but your craving for food intensifies, making it increasingly difficult to maintain your hard earned lean body. But not all is lost, where there’s a will there’s a way! Find out what you can do to keep your weight off and maintain your lean body for the long term and avoid being the 90 - 95% of people that gain it all back.
Do You Really Know What You’re Eating? The Truth Will Floor You!
by Shin Ohtake on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 • 26 Comments
You are what you eat. It’s something we all understand (intellectually) but don’t take it seriously enough. (And I was reminded of that myself, after watching a documentary called “Food Inc.” A great film…and I have to say, even for me, some of the information was quite disturbing. So much so, that I decided you need to know about it…so I wrote a little about it myself. I highly recommend you watch the film.) It’s much easier to look over the obvious and pretend that everything is fine. I mean everyone else is eating it… so it must be okay…right? Well, considering the epidemic rate of obesity and diabetes, I’d say that following what majority of others eat, is not such as wise idea. But in all fairness, the food industry makes it extremely difficult for you to eat well. I mean have you noticed that you can buy a burger for a buck but you can’t buy an apple for the same price? How does that make sense? In fact, if you went to your local grocery store and started comparing prices of processed foods to real foods like vegetables and fruits, 9 out 10 times the processed foods are cheaper. How can that be? It’s processed, doesn’t that mean, it should cost more? It takes more time and energy into making each product right? You would think that what comes out of the ground or grows on trees as mother nature intended would naturally be cheaper than anything that has to be processed. But logic takes a back step when greed and profit become the primarily motivator. What’s happened to our food industry is not only alarming but darn right scary. Find out more…
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How to Stop the Aging Process
by Shin Ohtake on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 • 20 Comments
The science of aging has always been considered controversial. A little like chasing Big Foot or the Lock Ness monster, people are intrigued but no one takes it very seriously…until now. Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Dr. Carol Greider, and Dr. Jack Szostak were were the scientists who were awarded the Noble Prize for discovering what may in fact be the key to aging. Until recently, the aging process was just an accepted process of human development.
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“Sick” Care vs. Preventative Care & The 1,200 Page U.S. Healthcare Reform Proposal
by Shin Ohtake on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 • 34 Comments
If you’ve been watching or reading the news, you can’t get away from today’s hottest topic - U.S. Healthcare Reform. It’s a heated debate and both sides are pulling out all the stops. Everything from busing people into various communities to rally for their cause, to President Obama speaking at town hall meetings, to advertising and tweeting messages on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace—taking full advantage of all social networking avenues. All in the hopes to reach as many people as possible with their message. But what is their message?
Post Workout Drinks For Faster Muscle Recovery…And More Fat Loss!
by Shin Ohtake on Monday, July 20, 2009 • 13 Comments
You’ve heard all the bad things about sugar—it spikes your insulin, makes you retain more belly fat, and it’s been linked to serious health problems such as diabetes and heart disease. But what if I told you that there was one exception where sugar can actually be good for you and even help you gain lean muscle and lose more weight? Well, you heard it right, but there IS a catch…
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The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup
by Shin Ohtake on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 • 12 Comments
You may have recently seen commercials on T.V. touting that it is actually okay to eat high fructose corn syrup, but nothing could be further from the truth! Today my guest poster, Certified Nutritionist Isabel De Los Rios, reveals some starting facts about high fructose corn syrup, shows you how to identify which foods contain it, and how you can start making better choices to help whittle-down your waistline. Watch now to find out if any of these unsuspecting foods are making it into your kitchen…
Use This Free Tool To Help Shed Those Extra Pounds
by Shin Ohtake on Monday, April 20, 2009 • 5 Comments
I recently got a email from one of our MAX Workout Club members (Thanks Tony!) about a tool he uses to keep track of his calories. I know… counting calories… who has the time right? But the truth is it’s necessary if you’re serious about losing weight. It’s sort of like keeping a food journal—once you get started it’s actually not that bad.
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Don’t Let This “Health Food” Make You Fat
by Shin Ohtake on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 • 19 Comments
With food makers jumping on the health craze like never before, you really have to read between the lines to get the truth on what’s healthy and what’s not. Everywhere you turn, there are “healthy” versions of just about everything. Here’s what happened to me when I didn’t pay attention to the nutrition labels…
Is Intermittent Fasting Really The Ultimate Anti-Aging Diet Or Just Another Gimmick?
by Shin Ohtake on Sunday, March 01, 2009 • 13 Comments
Can intermittent fasting make you healthier, look younger, even help you live longer? According to some researchers and many others that partake in the diet, that is exactly what they claim.
This Country’s Government Put a Mandate on Waistlines
by Shin Ohtake on Friday, January 16, 2009 • 23 Comments
Big Brother is now watching your waistline. It’s come to this, where individual health and well being is now dictated by the chain smoking, overweight members of the government.
The Biggest Loser Gone Wild
by Shin Ohtake on Saturday, January 10, 2009 • 18 Comments
“Crash diets” and “crash workouts” can affect your mood negatively, but what this former Biggest Loser contestant did takes irritability to a whole ‘nuther level.
