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Foreword

Sugar sensitive people might be low in specific neurochemicals that help us feel calm, centered, confident, and optimistic. Sugar is a drug that temporarily makes the sugar sensitive feel better, but with damaging consequences.

The Sugar Solution

Curb Sugar Cravings Once And For All With These Powerful Techniques

Chapter 1:

Can You Be Addicted To Sugar

Synopsis

Certainly, we all get a little airheaded when consuming lots of sugar, but a sugar sensitive person has a much harder reaction. To them, sugar makes all their nerve endings trip the light fantastic. They get much greater highs and collapses from the confectionery stuff.

Is It Truly Addictive

It's not simply an emotional alliance with sugar or refined foods that's the sole issue here. (As a side mention, I must state that emotional eating is a true and significant matter)! Sugar addiction as delivered in this book likewise involves an actual physical need for sugar in order to feel great.

Intriguing concepts, and I wonder: Am I real a sugar sensitive individual? Could I really be addicted to sugar?

One effective way to ascertain if you're really addicted to sugar is to see how you feel if you don't have ANY sugar for a brief time. If you begin having withdrawal symptoms and then instantly feel better after consuming some sugar, you very well may be dealing with a physical dependence.

A different test that may make you laugh (out of guilt) is the cookie test. Suppose you arrive home to discover a plate of warm, Toll House cookies sitting on the counter. No one else is about. You're not hungry. What do you do?

Somebody who might have a heavy affinity for sugar would make a bee-line for the cookies and eat at least one, perhaps one-half the plate! Those who don't get a charge from sweets might look at the cookies and consider trying one. They might check the mail or telephone messages first. They might say, "I'm not hungry at present, so I'll wait till later." Their brains don't switch off at the sight and aroma of the cookies.

The reason I joke is because I belong to the 1st group, without a doubt! After finding out about sugar's drug-like effects and what a sugar addiction feels like, I must conclude that I'm indeed a sugar sensitive person.

So, if you've ascertained you're really addicted to sugar, how do you break this addiction?

Chapter 2:

Keep Track

Synopsis

This step is keeping a food journal. In this journal you put down:

The times you eat/drink
What you eat/drink
The way you feel physically
The way you feel emotionally.

Track It

How come even do this? It helps you plug in with your body. You'll determine what your body needs, how particular foods affect you, that if you do "A," then "B" will occur.

The food journal helps you to see advancement over time. As you wean yourself off sugar, you might see healthier food selections, less fluctuating eating times, and more favorable emotions. Looking back on the food diary may be an encouragement in that sense. You might be astonished to see how far you have come.

This step is hard for a few people. It's thought-provoking to work out and face what we're feeling. We may feel guilty putting down everything we've consumed. It's in reality pretty astonishing how much of ourselves we have tied up in food!

All the same the food journal in this particular plan is not about good or bad. There's no judgment demanded. You are merely recording data as objectively as possible in order to help you determine connections between what you consume and how you feel.

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DC modifications during precontest and cutting bodyfat

Lets face it dieting down for a show or just getting all bodyfat off you can be brutal and I wanted to show you guys how Im doing this with people. As carbs get real low its so hard to train nevermind trying to beat the logbook (impossible) during this time and I make provisions for that to keep the most muscle mass on someone. This kind of goes in stages determined by the individual and not me. The individual himself/herself switches over when he feels its neccessary.

Stage one: Joe bodybuilder keeps doing what he is doing mon wed fri with restpausing just like its done in the offseason and he tries his best to keep beating the logbook for as long as he can. You definitely want to stay with what got you all that muscle mass in the offseason as long as you can safely do it. Im noticing more and more that my heavest training guys like the tues (full workout), thursday (full workout) and saturday (half workout), sunday (half workout) scheme better than the mon wed fri one. I would definitely be recommending that to people like the Inhuman one and Friggin Huge who toss around slag iron like human forklifts. For various reasons its a little easier on the mind and feels like your doing only 2 superhuman workouts a week and getting alot more rest in.

Stage two: Joe bodybuilder is really feeling the effects of everything and is starting to tire rapidly during workouts. So at this point he goes over to this scheme.

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5 Surprising Benefits of Meditation You Might Not Know About

The most well-known benefit of meditation is stress-relief. Different forms of meditation have been used for literally thousands of years to quickly, and sometimes instantly, relieve and remove stress and anxiety. The LiveAndDare.com website has identified 76 scientifically proven benefits of meditation. They include lowering instances of depression and reducing anxiety.

Those mental benefits may seem logically linked to a practice where you calm your mind. However, some benefits of meditation may surprise you, including the following 5 beneficial effects of meditation you just might not know about.

1 – Meditation Makes the Teen Years Livable

High school can be a very difficult time, not only for teenagers trying to get through it alive but for their parents as well. The teenage years can be difficult because the human body and mind are changing so rapidly. This can cause self-doubt, frustration, confusion and sometimes a sense that the whole world is "out to get" the teenager.

Research from the Harvard Medical School shows that relaxation practices like meditation and deep breathing improved students' abilities to cope with hormonal mood swings, and the constant drama surrounding teen years.

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Introduction

The more responsibility you have in your life, more is the need of meditation. The busier you are, the less time you have, the more work you have, and endless desires you want, is the more you need to meditate. This is because meditation not only relieves you from stress and anxiety. It enhances your abilities to face challenges. It brings better health. Meditation is also referred to as food for the soul, energizes the mind, lifeline for the body that helps you get in shape, helps your mental alertness and improves your perception. This also helps you to express yourself properly. It helps in creating a non-violence society, a disease-free body, confusion-free mind, and sorrow-free soul. Meditation is very simple yet very profound; A rare combination of simplicity and depth.

Behind every random thought that runs through your head is a complete story that if you latch on that thought it’s like taking a certain attention from your mind and gradually unfold that into pieces of details. This allows you to make an inner dialogue with yourself regarding that inner experience. With this, your meditation now leads to somewhere not quite the comfort zone and is not doing the actual definition of meditation, so you need to focus again and clear those thoughts so you can get back to the fact that you are meditating so you won’t think of any other things.

Within the next page, you would know the most basic yet most important of all the methods used in meditation – the breath watching meditation.

Chapter 1: Breath Watching Meditation Explained

It has been proved that the root of everything is energy. It may lead to a higher divine intervention or a scientific approach of physics but it won’t change the fact that energy has its own source. Buying that fact that there is the source of this energy, study shows that most of our lives, we focus on things that are outwardly. By this, a question needs to be answered – How do we realign ourselves in order for us to put attention on that energy?

The only thing in the world being done to accomplish such is through meditation. Stilling the mind and calming the body. In this area, the focus is not to meditate just to reach some enlightenment or a spiritual idea that you can attain, it’s a meditation to drive your attention in your inner expression rather than allowing your focus to continually chase outward objects.

Breath watching method is a very powerful technique and can be done at any given time and place. This method only provides a simple exercise through carefully observing your breath. You can do this by just sitting still and watching how you breathe. This can be done through hours, leading you to a deeper state rather than leading you to see emptiness. Placing your mind in a state of neutrality that gives you the capability to experience your outer life and your inner one as well. An excellent tip for expanding your awareness is through breathing. The more we watch you breathe naturally and manipulatively, the more you mind slows down and your body starts to calm down. Harmoniously, as you watch your breath, your mind enters the state of being still and only giving full attention to breathing and non else. In order to reach this is that, you need to consider different breathing patters and not to be able to do things or hear sounds that may interfere with you as you observe your breathing. All you have to do is witness how you breathe over and over again and try it to be more usual and as normal as possible.

After observing how you breathe in and out, try now to watch the gaps in between. There you’ll be experiencing difficulties in focusing, but don’t worry, you can always start again from the beginning and try to seek out calmness in between gaps without self-condemnation.

HISTORY OF BREATH WATCHING MEDITATION

Breath Watching Meditation or otherwise known as Anapanasati is derived from ?sati? meaning mindfulness and ?n?p?na that refers to inhalation and exhalation. In was said, from the books that teaches Buddhism to the schools of Tibetan Zen, that the tradition of keeping the mind and body stay calmed is through proper breathing. It is in the sensations formed from harmonious relationship between inhaling and exhaling.

Anapanasati is a form of meditation that gives the central focus on traditions of Buddhism in general, since the main objective is to achieve peace of mind as well as the body. From the ancient times that this form has been using to the modern era where all are part of technology, it is still most likely to be experienced by some due to its effective way of healing. They say that the attention given to the body, or parts of it, in quietude is deeply recommended to cultivate and provide an inner expression to find stillness. It also said in the traditional meditation, this serves as a practice wherein you release yourself from tension and suffering. They say that Buddha used the same meditation to achieve enlightenment during his quest for it. A well developed concentration made to practice full absorption.

A traditional method found in the books of Buddha suggests that in order to attain the balance, you need to go somewhere you can concentrate, according to the book its in a form of forest, you need to sit beneath a tree and observe your breath. You then notice how long or short your breathing takes place accordingly.

When doing the Breath Watching Meditation, the meditator practices the following great things:

- He then trains his mind to become more sensitive in giving attention to other parts of the body.
- He also trains his mind to concentrate in a certain thing to dispose negative traits such as inconsistency and relinquishment. And;
- He satisfies the mind by slowing things up.

Chapter 2:

Scientific Approach In Breath Watching Meditation

Chemotherapy nowadays has been the ultimate recourse in the field of medicine; it has given hopes to those individuals suffering from malignancies. One of those individuals that was diagnosed with a stage 2 lymphoma was 44 year old Danilo Ramirez. He has no other choices but to take the risk of getting better through chemotherapy and radiation. He already knew what kind of treatment that is, and what side effects he will undergo.

Ramirez said that it was really hard on him not just physically but more on the psychological aspect. He also mentioned that there were nights that he couldn’t sleep at all, knowing that the he had to face the treatment over and over again. This is because Danilo is also claustrophobic – a great amount of fear when it comes to small spaces. During radiation procedures, the patient needs to wear a large mask that protects that part of the body to avoid harmful effects of the radiation, with this, Danilo said that he is too claustrophobic to tolerate the radiation treatments.

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Introduction

If ever there is one universal language, it would definitely be food. As the years go by, we try to understand and reconcile ourselves with the power of food over our lives. They could make us young or old, fat or slim, health or weak. Because of this, a lot of studies and discoveries were made on the topic of food.

As well look at us in the mirror, most of us would almost immediately notice those lines in our faces. Suddenly we all wonder if we are too old or the environment around us is simply moving time so fast. We wonder what could be done.

When we got up and stepped on that scale, we are shocked to see that line hit past the average weight. We panic as we think that we are getting fat and would mean getting slow. Mentally we relate our weight to our heavy bodies and low energy. We almost immediately sign up for that gym class.

We are extremely conscious of what we look that we tend to forgot that sometimes the answer could be that simple. In our society today, we are bombarded with pollutions and fast food. These two have a tremendous effect on how we eat and look. Fast food centres offer unhealthy food that often times contribute a lot of problems.

Lots of studies and experiments are being done to answer our cry for help. We want a diet that is effective. A diet that could boost our energy levels, make us feel young, look young, affordable and sustainable.

One interesting and very realistic discovery is ?food combining?. Correctly combining foods makes all the difference in the world to proper digestion, cholesterol and metabolism. Without complete digestion, the nutrients in even the most wholesome food cannot be fully extracted and assimilated by the body.

Before we could even say or open our mouth bout food combining, we must first be equipped with the basic knowledge about food, its classifications and digestion. We cannot disregard these as they are the fundamental stones of which this was based. Thus in the chapters below there are some review on the basic data to fully grasp and understand the concept of food combining.

Lets us remember this word of wisdom before we begin.

Food and drink are relied upon to nurture life. But if one does not know that the nature of substances may be opposed to each other, and one consumes them altogether indiscriminately, the vital organs will be thrown out of harmony and disastrous consequences will soon arise. Therefore, those who wish to nurture their lives must carefully avoid doing such damage to them.

[Chia Ming, Essential Knowledge for Eating and Drinking, 1368 AD].

Food and nutrition

It must not be forgotten that nutrition begins with food. The science of nutrition is related almost to everything with the body that does with food in order to function, live, heal and grow.

Food is any substance, composed of carbohydrates, water, fats and/or proteins, that is either eaten or drunk by any animal, including humans, for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.

Now foods that are eaten on a regular basis are called diet. And every single person has its own unique diet. The geographic location and family traditions play extremely major parts in the formation of a person’s diet although as the person grows, the diet may change but to a little degree. Food choices vary from people to people just as they vary with almost every living creature.

We cannot make our own food out from the sun or from the wind of from the water. Our food comes from the plants, which make their food, and from animals that are pretty much like us dependent on plants. The plants, with the help of the sun, make their food form the chemicals found in water, air and soil. Animals eat their food, or feed, raw since they are equipped with specialized digestive organs, perfected through evolution to digest the food they eat.

On the other hand, we humans eat both plants and animals. We like to prepare our food and in most countries, food preparation is an art that takes years to perfect. Different countries have different staple foods. Mostly in Asia, rice and corn are ever present in the table. In western countries, potato and bread are their staple food. Regardless of the difference, these staple foods are the major source of carbohydrates. Protein and milk are likewise present in the table. Only people are too busy gobbling down their food that they don’t care about the food they are eating or its nutritional value. It is vital that proteins, carbohydrate and fats are present. The function of these will be discussed in the succeeding chapters.

We must never attempt to skip a meal for the sake of weight loss. The more we deprive ourselves with food, the worse our body will become. Our conditions will worsen even if physically we look great.

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Chapter 1:

The Basics on Spirituality

Synopsis

What is spirituality? How do people discover their spirituality? If you don’t know the real answer to these questions, you need a complete reference to expand your

Spirituality has various meanings. Some books defined it as a journey of self-improvement and self discovery. Others also define spirituality as the opposite of religion. For better understanding about spirituality, here are some of its definitions:

- The concept of a process of learning not only who you want to be, but also who you are.
- It is the connection to you and to other people. Spirituality is personal and rooted in the connection with the people around you.
- Refers to purpose, meaning and direction. It helps in reaching conclusions, embraces the idea of moving forward and searching in the direction or meaning for your life.
- The dispute of achieving beyond your limits. It maintains an open mind, trying to accept the beliefs of other people and questioning current viewpoints.
Through understanding the real definition of spirituality, you can easily say how important it is. The main question is, how you can develop your spirituality. Improving your spiritual aspects is not as hard as you think. If you are not aware on how to develop it, you don’t have to worry about. Just continue reading and start learning.

Developing Your Spirituality for Better Life

Spirituality provides various benefits to your life, both physically and emotionally. This is the reason why you have to develop your spiritual aspects. Through this, you can easily know your purpose, figure out what you really love and a lot more.

According to experts, positive beliefs can help in improving your health. If you develop your spiritual life, you have a chance to understand your exact needs and the needs of other people. For your guide, here are some ways on how to develop your spirituality:

1. Community Service - This can help in expanding your understanding of what you really want, what other’s want and how other people differ from you.

2. Make a Journal – Writing events and special moments can help in reflecting your personal life. It also helps you in determining how you have grown and improved.

3. Yoga – Allows you to make a peace within you and set up your mind for inspiration

4. Pray - Praying is one of the powerful ways that can help in connecting and at-peace.

Through considering the above tips, you don’t have to worry on how to develop your spiritual aspects. You can easily understand everything that you want to know. You just need to use a perfect guide to learn what spirituality is and how it helps you.

Chapter 2:

Identify Where Your Spirituality Has Issues

Synopsis

Can you use your spirituality to escape from your problems in life? Yes! It is possible. If you have problems in life, it doesn’t mean that your life is meaningless. Remember that there is always a solution for every problem. You just need to search for it and learn to move forward.

Where Are You Having Issues

To recognize your spirituality, ask yourself if you can relate to any of the following scenarios:

- Don’t want paying attention to the real-world matters – It means that you prefer to be working on your personal or spiritual development.
- You prefer to mingle with people who are very spiritual – Like others, you don’t want having friends who don’t share their world view.
- Prefer to have a meditating for several hours
- Spend more time on how to create your vision and find it hard to accept the things here on Earth.
- You are an intuitive and grasp negative stuff

If you can relate to these situations or statements, it means that you are out of balance with your spirituality. To solve your problem, you need to make a right move. You have to start improving your spiritual aspects. How can you do this?

Steps-by-Steps on How to Grow Your Spirituality

To improve your spirituality, you have to follow several steps. Like others, you are probably not aware on about these multiple steps. For your guide, here they are:

Step 1: Embrace Your Talents – It means that you have to improve your special gifts and intelligence. Your talents can lead you toward your unique paths. Just follow your passion and you can easily discover where you fit in this world.

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Foreword

Dance may have been created for enjoyment, aesthetic expression, and socialization; but these days, it is considered one of the most effective ways of exercising for fat loss. In this course – Dancing your Fats Away – you will learn some of the things that make dance or dancing an excellent method of getting fit and healthy. Get all the info you need here.

Dancing Your Fats Away

Things You Can Learn From Dancing Classes

Chapter 1:

Introduction

Synopsis

By reading through this course consisting of 10 short chapters, you will learn why dancing is a good workout for weight loss and what specific types of dances, dance moves and steps contribute to realization of that objective. You will read a case study (chapter 10) that sums up the lessons you can get from dancing as a method of losing weight.

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Gaining weight is easy; you eat a lot of calorie-rich foods, neglect exercises and that’s it. The problem is that it is easy to get used to foods that induce weight gain and resting on the couch while watching your favorite program on TV. That is the reason why engaging in activities promoting fat loss requires a lot of willpower specially when the program you have chosen involves enduring low calorie diets and strenuous workouts. Of course, you probably do not know that there is an easier and more enjoyable way of working out; and that’s dancing.

There are various kinds of dancing, some are slow and involves precise movements, and others are faster seemingly putting greater demands on the body. You would say that the faster dances are better for exercise, but it actually depends on the kinds of position a dance would require you to do. The more challenging the position, the more you get a proper workout.

Choosing The Right Dance

In case you are into a type that’s fast, you can try hip-hop or salsa. If prefer slow dance, you can try ballet steps. Around 20 minutes every day of the dance of your choice should do wonders in getting you slimmer.

Select the type that will not put a lot of stress on your body especially if you are not getting any younger. And like any other workout, start with the easier moves and proceed to the more challenging ones only when your muscles have adapted to the physical activity.

Advantages Of Dancing For Fat Loss

The main advantage of dancing over other types of workouts is that it is not wearisome because you can actually like it. Anything that gives enjoyment is easier to do and more than this, you will probably be eager to do it.

Another advantage of dancing for burning fats is you can do it anywhere – inside your house, in a park nearby, or if you have a cubicle or a private office, in the workplace. People being social beings, it is even more enjoyable when you can do it with friends.

Besides the physical benefits that directly results from fat burning, dancing teaches you another important lesson – discipline. This helps you develop a deeper commitment to your fat loss diet and other things important to your life.

Chapter 2:

The Tricks Behind Dancing

Synopsis

Great dancers have a couple of tricks under their sleeves which help them become better dancers. Some may be very gifted or talented at dancing; but talent alone can only get you so far, some of the tricks, rather, tips discussed below are guaranteed to aid you in achieving satisfactory results.

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Introduction

The idea of fasting is still tied to the spiritual and religious practices. When we first heard about fasting, we immediately relate the term to the Catholics who practice this during Lent or to Muslims during Ramadan. In ancient times when people fasted they believed that doing so would improve their clarity of thought, and bring spiritual enlightenment and inspiration. In fact many people who fast relay a feeling of being more removed from the physical and a more spiritually focussed consciousness. It should be reflected however, that having strong values is integral to this - as mental attitude is huge part of ones sense of the world.

Most would consider fasting as a spiritual enlightenment. But what is really behind fasting that those who practice it have an aura of well contentment and happiness. Those who practice them don’t seem to have the effect of the environment on their physical outlook.

A few of us have tried fasting but not everyone understands its concept and benefits therefore the more we need to know on the subject to fully grasp its benefits.

For those who already are in fasting, you’re further given the insights of fasting. The benefits to be fully enjoyed, one must accompany it with healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits. Fasting is useless if we don’t have the two to accompany it with the two.

As you read on, you will find a lot of information on the topic. And you near the end of this, you can be assured that you will learn more than what you expect. Then perhaps see that change you always wanted.

Take note however that results will vary with each person as each and every one of us response differently. Two people can be subjected to the same conditions and their reactions can be quite different. So never compare your results with another, what is important is that you feel that positive change in your body, mind and soul.

"In my opinion, the greatest discovery by modern man is the power to rejuvenate himself physically, mentally, and spiritually with Rational Fasting." The Miracle of Fasting by Paul Bragg, ND, PhD

Our body

The body is a physical structure of a living thing. It is made up of cells, tissues, organs and systems that work hand in hand. They form a complex system of relationship that the absence of one greatly cripples the entire body. The loss of an eye makes it hard for our other systems to grasp the events happening around and must rely to the remaining senses.

Our body is one wonderful machine, a wonder of science. The complexity of it and how it is able to perform so many things at a time often leads it to being called the “wonder machine”. It never runs out of battery, it could do work all by itself, it could even processes different applications, it could come up with solutions and so much more.

Our body could do so many things that almost each and every single one of us are testing and pushing our bodies to the limit. We defy the laws set by nature about caring for our body. And when our body seems to be slowing down, we simply revive it with caffeine over and over again even to the point of overloading ourselves with it.

We are in touch with our body that we know what it’s capable of and sad to say, this knowledge led to the abuse of our body through the years. We eat like there is no tomorrows because we perfectly know that the body will simply digest, absorb and excrete what we eat. We drink and smoke because we know that our body has its defence system working round the clock. We drink medicines anytime we want because we know that our body could take them.

Yet do we also know that too much abuse of what our body can do is also bad? Our body is just like any machine that once it reaches its limit, it breaks down. Too much alcohol, unhealthy food and lifestyle combined with stress is extremely harmful to our body. As we age, the maximum capacity of our body will only reach its peak once and will decrease over time. Because of the decrease, our body becomes prone to different ailments and sickness, we become weak over time and if we don’t heed to the pleas of our aging body, this just might cause us our lives.