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Lose Weight With This Thyroid Diet
Lose Weight With This Thyroid Diet by Terry Ryan
Okay, I am going to admit right away…that I just found out about this diet in WOMAN’S WORLD and blessed by the man himself…Dr. Oz. (Oh, Dr. Oz, my mother has a crush on you.) There it was, the magazine at the checkout counter with Dr. Oz’s charming face staring at me with a title in giant font – NEW FROM DR.OZ 60-SECOND THYROID FIX. And under it in a playful and smaller font was… It can make you 35 lbs slimmer.
Now what’s a chubby, hypothyroid woman to do? That’s right, I couldn’t resist and yanked that magazine off the rack and threw it on the checkout belt. $1.99 later it was mine. When I arrived home I sat my derriere on the couch and checked the contents for the only part I wanted to read. There it was, page 20! What secret 60 second fix was it going to reveal? (I’ll try anything.)
Totally intrigued, I read through the article as quickly as I could for the 60 SECOND FIX! There it was, near the bottom of the page. The number 1 thyroid boost is to eat 30 grams of protein to fire up your metabolism.
I am…yep…a breakfast skipper. My morning begins with water and my gel cap of 
Triosint, my hormone replacement medicine. Then I head to the pickleball courts where I play for around 2 hours which equals approximately 10k steps on the pedometer. After that, I pick my 85 year-old mother up for lunch, and I usually have a green or fruit salad. Mom will eat pasta or a sub. I love fruit and if I have any kind of animal protein, it will be grilled chicken. Dinner is another salad, maybe a baked potato. I avoid gluten, dairy, and white sugar, and I haven’t lost a pound in over a year. I also am a juicer. Lately, a lazy juicer and will buy a fresh veggie/fruit juice at the juice cafe. I’ve burned out 2 juicers (juicers in a couple of years). All this healthy eating has given me my energy back, but losing weight is still a struggle. I’m looking for the secret.
Here is my favorite juice recipe:
1 Raw organic beet
1 Apple
2 Stalks of celery
1 Cucumber
1/4 Piece of fresh ginger
Place all the ingredients through the juicer and store any leftover juice in glass jars with tops and refrigerator to keep fresh. Use on day two. I drink about 8 ounces at a time, 2 times a day. Please use organic produce.
I am going to try this diet from Woman’s Day for 30 Days to see if I can lose a few pounds. Wish me luck. If you want to find out if it worked or not you can sign up for my updates. I will never use your email to try sell you anything. I’ll only send you new EARTH SHATTERING NEWS about thyroid health and Hashimoto’s disease.
Here is the diet.
Start with this breakfast shake:
In a blender put:
- 1 Tbs of almond butter
- 1 Tbs of cacao nibs
- 1 Cup of unsweetened chocolate almond milk (Do they make UNSWEETENED almond milk?)
- 1 Serving fiber supplement (I’m going to use Heather’s Tummy Fiber that I use already.
- 1 Serving of chocolate protein powder
- Pinch of sea salt.
I’m sure if you cannot find chocolate protein powder, you can use vanilla or plain. Do not put any sugar in this drink in fact avoid all sugar while on this diet.
Lunch
Have 3 oz of turkey, 1 oz. of feta cheese, 3 sliced strawberries on a bed of green salad with slice sweet onion. Drizzle fresh lemon juice and a tablespoon of olive oil.
Dinner
Grilled chicken or steak (4 oz.), unlimited steamed broccoli with 2 tsp of olive oil, lemon juice. 1/2 Baked sweet potato.
There are other option meals to have for lunch and dinner. You are allowed one cheat meal per week that does not contain chemicals or high-fructose corn syrup,
Be sure to drink plenty of water. Coffee and tea are fine. (As always, get doctor’s approval before changing your diet.)
This diet is originates from the book, The Hormone Boost
(From Amazon) New York Times bestselling author Dr. Natasha Turner returns with a simple and effective weight-loss plan that harnesses the power of the six hormones linked to strength, energy, and weight loss.
When it comes to metabolism, energy, immunity, memory, mood, and strength, who doesn’t need a boost now and then? The Hormone Boost is the first book to provide an extensive, scientific overview of the six hormones that influence weight loss. Although it is widely accepted that the thyroid hormones control weight loss efforts, Dr. Turner reveals how the impact of five other hormones―testosterone and DHEAs, adiponectin, growth hormone, adrenaline, and glucagon―are equally important when trying to lose weight.
In Dr. Turner’s previous bestselling books, she taught you how to identify and solve hormonal imbalances. In The Hormone Boost, she focuses on optimizing what’s right and includes a revolutionary plan that has been proven effective for everyone, not just those experiencing symptoms of hormone disruption. With more than 60 recipes and a simple Pick-4 guide to creating meals, smoothies, and salads, the book makes getting the right balance of carbs, fat, and protein easy.
The Hormone Boost is chock-full of tips and positive research findings and features daily progress tracking aids and a weekly workout plan that emphasizes strength training. The book also includes advice about supplements for accelerating fat loss, improving sleep, digestion, and skin appearance, as well as building strong muscles and bones. You will find inspiration in the success stories from Dr. Turner’s clinical practice and TV belly-fat makeovers.
Rather than merely targeting weight loss, The Hormone Boost offers total wellness. No more deprivation, irritability, hunger, or fatigue that so often accompany diets. Dr. Turner’s plan will have you energized from the start!
Sounds like it may work. I’ll let you know.
Thanks for reading.
Terry Ryan
Cure Cancer With The Hallelujah Diet? by Terry Ryan
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Cure Cancer With The Hallelujah Diet? by Terry Ryan
My neighbor claims the Hallelujah Diet saved her uncle who had cancer of the eye, and that’s how I first heard about the mysterious diet. Hmmm, a diet that saved a person from cancer. I had to learn more.
Googling the Hallelujah Diet, I found out there where many sites supporting and selling products related to the diet. It is a plant based diet with a religious association developed by Rev. George Malkmus from Glens Falls, NY. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1976 at the age of 42. He decided to go on a raw vegetable diet and drink lots of fresh carrot juice instead of the traditional route of chemotherapy/radiation. And in a year, he was cured of colon cancer.
It is also called God’s Ultimate Diet. Why? Genesis 1:29 I Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” Therefore, they believe that God’s diet is a vegetarian diet; 80% raw and 20% cooked vegetables.
A few weeks ago in Sarasota, FL, I read an flyer advertising an informational meeting about the Hallelujah Diet. I went and about 30 people were in the room. The hosts, Mr.and Mrs Dave and Sherry Orcutt started the meeting by relating their story of ailing health and weight problems that they were able to cure with the Hallelujah diet. By the enthusiastic participation of the other people in the room, they were obviously already on the diet and had their own remarkable miracle cures.
From what I understood, there are Hallelujah Diet Retreats you can attend for intensive diet guidance. The speakers said they had closed their retreat, and were focusing on giving informational lectures and selling health products on their site, www,edenwellness,com.
In the room, was a long table with products you could purchase along with a juicer extractor and health books. I purchased the book “The China Study” by The Campbells. An excellent health book that I am halfway through. The back cover reads:
By any measure, America’s health is failing. We spend far more per capita, on health care then any other society in the world, and yet two/thirds of Americans are overweight, and more than 15 million have diabetes. We fall prey to heart disease as often as we did 30 years ago. Etc….
Back to the meeting, the hosts said that according to the First Testament, humans lived to the ripe old age of 900!!! What!? That it wasn’t until humans started clogging their systems with animal meat, that our health started to drastically decline and our age expectancy dropped to under 100. Wow! This was all news to me.
For 1,500 years after creation, men lived such long lives that most were either contemporaries of the first man, Adam, or personally knew someone who was! The ten patriarchs (excluding Enoch) who preceded the Great Flood lived an average of 912 years. Lamech died the youngest at the age of 777, and Methuselah lived to be the oldest at 969. See table 1.
| Patriarch | Age | Bible Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam | 930 | Genesis 5:4 |
| 2 | Seth | 912 | Genesis 5:8 |
| 3 | Enosh | 905 | Genesis 5:11 |
| 4 | Cainan | 910 | Genesis 5:14 |
| 5 | Mahalalel | 895 | Genesis 5:17 |
| 6 | Jared | 962 | Genesis 5:20 |
| 7 | Enoch | 365 (translated) | Genesis 5:23 |
| 8 | Methuselah | 969 | Genesis 5:27 |
| 9 | Lamech | 777 | Genesis 5:31 |
| 10 | Noah | 950 | Genesis 9:29 |
During the 1,000 years following the Flood, however, the Bible records a progressive decline in the life span of the patriarchs, from Noah who lived to be 950 years old until Abraham at 175 (see figure 1 and table 2). In fact, Moses was unusually old for his time (120 years) because, when he reflected on the brevity of life, he said: “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10). (source: https://answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/genealogy/did-adam-and-noah-really-live-over-900-years/)
| Patriarch | Age | Bible Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Shem | 600 | Genesis 11:10–11 |
| 12 | Arphaxad | 438 | Genesis 11:12–13 |
| 13 | Shelah | 433 | Genesis 11:14–15 |
| 14 | Eber | 464 | Genesis 11:16–17 |
| 15 | Peleg | 239 | Genesis 11:18–19 |
| 16 | Reu | 239 | Genesis 11:20–21 |
| 17 | Serug | 230 | Genesis 11:22–23 |
| 18 | Nahor | 148 | Genesis 11:24–25 |
| 19 | Terah | 205 | Genesis 11:32 |
| 20 | Abraham | 175 | Genesis 25:7 |
A lot of scripture was quoted and at the end a Love Offering was requested from the audience. I didn’t know what that meant: were we suppose to hug each other??? Aha, I saw people start to put money in a basket so I caught on.
Here is more links for information on the Hallelujah diet.
Click here for Barley Grass Powder
Disease LOVES an acid body so people who promote the Hallelujah Diet LOVE Barley Grass Powder with is an alkaline food.
http://www.yourlifesource.com/gmtest.htm
What a Drop of Blood Can Tell You
First of all, let me apologize for not blogging in awhile. I have been feeling so good lately, words that almost never come out of the mouth of somebody who has Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, that I have been playing hours of pickleball, racquetball, and walking on the beach. Plus, I take care of several houses, am a landlord, do all the shopping/errands along with writing, meal planning, and taking care of my 84 year-old mother. Life has been busy and good.
One day while standing by a racquetball court talking to a fellow player, he told me about a health test he had recently done at a nearby health food store that happens to be located near my home. He said that a person comes around every 3 months, or so, and has the equipment to analyze how healthy (or sick) you are from a drop of your own blood. What???? Could this be possible? My interest was peaked, and right after racquetball I visited the health store and registered for the next blood test clinic, a few weeks away.
Here is a picture of the flyer that was advertising the event.
It reads: In just 20 minutes with a virtually painless live cell analysis you can:
- Learn how to improve your digestion and energy level
- Learn Key Supplements to Boost Your Immunity
- See if you have free radical damaged red blood cells
- Learn how to protect yourself from oxidative stress
- Learn the key supplements that you need most
LIVE CELL ANALYSIS
Live Cell Analysis opens a fascinating window into your inner health. See the inner environment of your body LIVE and the activity of your blood cells in living action! Includes an On-The-Spot-Full Color Copy of Your Instant Results.
Robert S. Aronson
Director of Operations
The night before my scheduled test, Robert S. Aronson, who would be preforming the Live Cell Analysis, called me to remind me that the cost was $35.00 (inexpensive, I thought), and to come a little early so he could spend more time with me. I thought that was very considerate. I arrived 30 minutes early and met Bob as he was hurriedly setting up his table, handouts, and computer screen. We sat down and Bob started rapidly explaining how he was going to receive a blood sample from me (by pricking my finger) and what he would be looking for. I began to interrupt his talk (yeah, I’m like that) by asking questions and he stopped me by saying, “You can ask me questions later.” I told him I needed to take notes because I was going to blog about this experience, but he didn’t think that was necessary (that may slow the process down), so we agreed that I could record the session with my phone. Phew! No way could I remember all the information he was giving to me without someway of recording it.
(From Wikipedia) Live blood analysis
I was intrigued by Bob but how did he get into this business? I annoyingly persisted with my questions and he finally relented and told me his story.
Bob’s Story…
I was working in Port Charlotte where I owned a fan shop (fan shops are popular in Florida), and i wasn’t feeling well and went to the doctor and he shockingly diagnosed me with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. My doctor told me I was to be scheduled for surgery the following week, then there would be months of chemotherapy and radiation. I went home, got on my computer and researched natural or homeopathic cures. My doctor was not happy when I called him a few days later to cancel my surgery and tell him I was going to try a macrobiotic diet to cure my cancer. He thought I was crazy, and he was so angry with me that he told me I would be dead in several months if I did not go through the surgery, and he was cutting me off from my prescription of pain killers. Then he fired me as a patient.
After 14 Months of being on the macrobiotic diet, I went back to conventional medicine for a CAT scan and amazingly all traces of the cancer was gone. It was then that I decided to devote myself to helping people get well holistically.
Wow! What a story!
Bob starts out with a disclaimer as in he has no financial relationship with the health store that he is in and gets no monies for any of the supplements he will recommend once he examines your blood sample.
Then he shows you a picture of what your blood should look like: healthy, round red blood cells. He stated that very few people will have a blood sample as healthy looking as the one that he shows me that is now displayed on the screen. I’m starting to feel nervous about what he will find when he looks at my blood, like a palm reader about to read your future. Yikes!
He shows me colored pictures of possible things he may find such as
:
- Chylous: Fats
- Spicules: Fibers that form in response from liver stress.
- Fungal Forms: Fungal growth
- Bacteria Rod Forms: Bacilli and cocci that produce toxic by-products
- Crystals: Tiny crystalline particles in the plasma. CAUSE: Inability to utilize sugars, poor assimalation of carbohydrates/sugars.
- Uric Acid Crystals: Green or yellowish cast to crystalline forms. CAUSE: High levels of monosodium urate from undigested proteins.
- Plaque: Fat and platelet aggregation which has broken off the artery wall.
- Stomatocytes: RBCs with oval or rectangular center pallor. CAUSE: Liver disease
- Anisocytosis: Small and large immature RBCs. CAUSE: Lack of B12/Folic acid/Iron
- Poikilocytosis: Free radical damage. Irregular shaped RBC. CAUSE: Ingestion or inhalation of toxins such as fumes, tobacco, smog, pesticides, preservatives.
I asked Bob why didn’t my own doctor offer to perform the blood analysis, and Bob said it was controversial and he wasn’t going to get into the politics of modern day medicine.
Then it was time to do the test. Bob pricked my finger (painless) and placed a couple of drops on a slide. He slid the slide under his microscope and it immediately displayed my blood cells in front of us on a 32″ screen. There it was! Hmmm, it didn’t look bad. I saw nice round and plump red blood cells, the right number of white blood cells and not much clumping. I’m alive!
Bob agree with my quick, mental self-diagnose that my sample looked pretty good but, what is that? He pointed out some rod-looking shapes. Only a couple, but that was an indication of leaky gut. He also noticed liver inflammation and asked me if I was taking a lot of ibuprofen. Yes I had, because after racquetball my knees were aching. He told me to STOP taking ibuprofen, and in a flash he was out of his seat and down the aisle and back with a bottle of Turmeric. “Take this instead,” he said. Then he noticed some small RBCs (red blood cells) and told me I was low on iron. Previously, I had been tested for iron by my endocrinologist and the result was that I was extremely low and told to take iron supplements. I did buy a couple of different kinds of iron pills but was lax on taking them.
My test also showed that I had a few irregular shaped RBCs from free-radical damage. He asked me if I use air fresheners. I don’t but I said to him, “Who doesn’t have free-radical damage today with all the pesticides and chemicals we are all bombarded with everyday?”
By this time, the next appointments were lining up so our session was coming to an end.
Bob gave me list of supplements to take and to come back in 3 months for another test.
My Blood on the big screen
Iron Flonadix Liquid
Methl B12 500 MCG along with B-Complex
Turmeric with Milk Thisile 2xs per day
His prescribed supplements
He also hands out a lot of literature for you to review. Here are Robert Aronson’s TOP 8 SUPPLEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS:
1.Probiotics (1st Thing before breakfast)
- Enchanced immune system response
- Reduces negative effects of taking many types of anibiotics
- Increase ability to digest food
- Reduces incidence of yeast infection, vaginitis and candidasis
- Increases ability to assimilate the nutrients from food
- Alleviates many common digestive disorders such as constipation, diarrhea and IBS
- Acts as a rememdy for bad breath
- Increases ability to absorb calcium
- Increases ability to synthesize vitamin B12
- Promotes anti-tumor and anti-cancer activity in the body
2. B12 & Folic Acid
- Has been shown to be helpful for patients with depression
- Reduces cognitive decline-Protects against Alzheimer’s
- New studies indicate that those suffering from schizophrenia can be benefited with B12 & folic acid
- It is needed to convert carbohydrates into glucose in the body, thus leading to energy production and a decrease in fatigue and lethargy in the body.
- It helps in healthy regulation of the nervous system. Vitamin B12 also protects against heart disease by curbing and improving unhealthy cholesterol levels, protecting against stroke, and high blood pressure.
- It is essential for healthy skin, hair, and nails. It helps in cell reproduction and constant renewal of the skin.
- Vitamin B12 helps protect against cancers including breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer.
- B12 and folate should be taken together for best results as they work as a “nutrient team.”
3. Vitamin D3 – Vitamin D Council recommends 5000IU’s 1-2x per day
- Helps the intestines absorb nutrients, including calcium and phosphorus. This ensures strong bones and a strong immune system.
- Vitamin D prevents osteomalacia which causes weakness of the muscular system and brittle bones. Vitamin D provides calcium balance in the body that prevents osteoporosis or arthritis.
- Vitamin D regulates blood pressure. reduces stress and tension, relieves body aches and pains by reducing muscle spasms; reduces respiratory infections, helps differentiation of the cells, aids in insulin secretion, helps fight off depression; improves skin texture; improves cardiovascular strength by providing a protective lining for the blood vessels.
4. Vitamin C – Recommends mg 1-3x per day.
Vitamin C is a well-known component of your immune system and necessary for collagen, the main structure protein found in connective tissue. A healthy dose of vitamin C will protect your body from infection and maintain healthy bones and teeth, as well as quicken the body’s ability to repair wounds.
5, CO Q 10 – Recommend mg day UBIQUINOL is the superior formulation
Dr. Mercola states that CO Q 10 is the single most crucial nutrient to energize every cell in your body.
- May protect or retard the development of fatty liver related to obesity.
- Can help protect your body from free radical damage. Free radicals are oxygen atoms deficient in electrons that become highly reactive. This in turn causes potential damage to your tissues and DNA.
- Helps froduce more energy for your cells
- Boosts heart health
- Acts as an antioxidant to protect you from free radicals
- Reduces signs of normal aging
- Helps maintain blood pressure
- Supports your nervous system
- CoQ10 is essential if you take stating drugs.
6. Food Bases Multivitamin (Garden of Life, Mega Food, Country Life) <You can click on the names to bring you right to the products.
Remember your alphabet, vitamins A,B,C,D, and E. A good food based multivitamin will give you a complete spectrum of vitamins, along with essential minerals. Traditionally, eating fresh grains, fruits and minerals. Aggressive modern farming techniques have brought many of the earth’s minerals to the surface where they have been washed away and synthesized fertilizers are routinely applied to farms and fields which also deplete nutrients from our modern day foods. That is why taking vitamins is important.
This is the Multivitamin that I take (when I remember) CLICK HERE
7. Omega 3 Fish Oil: Look for EPA > 600 mg and DHA > 400 mg per dose.
- Decrease pain and inflammation
- Improves cadiovascular health
- Reduces heart attack and strokes
- Builds better brain functioning
- Reduces depression and psychosis
- Increases both male and female fertility
- Improves pregnancy health
- Lowers incidence of childhood disorders
- Decreases chances of osteoporosis
- Reduces breast, colon and prostate cancer
8. Turmeric – Curcumin – Recommend 600 mg per day
The health benefits of turmeric are primarily due to its powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Studies have been conducted on the turmeric and cancer connection. Turmeric hampers the growth of cancerous cells. Studies reveal that turmeric can induce a process that triggers the self-destruction of cancerous and damaged body cells. Turmeric is also effective in treatment cancer since it increases liver function. The liver helps to eliminate toxic substances from your body. Turmeric is reported to be beneficial in treating many types of cancer, most noticeably: breast, colon, lung cancer and leukemia.
Turmeric protects the liver and increases liver function by detoxicating your blood through the production of essential enzymes
Turmeric helps reduce pain and inflammation which helps with arthritis and inflammatory pains including headaches, muscle pains and sprains.
As an anti-bacterial and turmeric works to heal wounds, cuts and other skin injuries.
Studies with turmeric have shown that it helps prevent Alzheimer;s disease. It is believed that turmeric blocks the production of IL-2 protein, which is known to destroy the protective sheath found around nerves and also helps protect brain swelling which is also thought to be linked with Alzheimer’s disease.
Turmeric contains vitamin B6, which regulates homocysteine levels.
Through interaction with the liver, turmeric lowers cholesterol levels in the body
Turmeric helps moderate your insulin levels.
TOP 8 THINGS TO AVOID FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH by Robert S. Aronson
- Refined sugar is possibly one of the biggest killers on the planet. It is heavily promoted and legal. Pathogens, parasites, candida and even cancer feed off refined sugar. It is deadly product linked directly to Type II diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and a gamut of autoimmune disease from rheumatoid arthritis to Crohn’s disease and fibromyalgia.
- Artificial sweeteners like Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Splenda). Aspartame has been linked with depression, weight gain, blood cancers, brain damage, and immune disorders.
- Pork: According to Dr. Jeff McCombs, author of Lifeforce found that eliminating pork cause dramatic increases in energy level, immunity, overall health and feelings of well-being. Pork contains trichinosis worms, tapeworms, as wall as a retrovirus named porcine endogenous. Pork is hard to digest and putrefies in the gut according to Michio Kushi of the Kushi Institute. More information about pork…Click Her
- Aluminum & Teflon: For decades aluminum has been linked with Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. It accumulates in the kidneys, brain, lungs, liver, and thyroid. Avoid antiperspirants, aluminum cookware, antacids, and use only aluminum-free baking powder. It is also found in pancake mixes and donuts. Chemicals found in Teflon are known carcinogens and there is a $5 billion class action lawsuit against DuPont the maker of Teflon. For more information click here.
- Antibiotics: Over 90% of the prescriptions for antibiotics will do nothing as antibiotics only kill bacterial, not viruses. Colds and flu are viruses. Antibiotics kill your “probiotics” the beneficial intestinal flora that aids in digestion, regularity and over 80% of of our immunity. Antibiotics cause chronic joint pain, hearing loss, vision disturbances, and neurological problems. They can cause skin rashes, liver failure, and have been known to cause heart attacks, strokes and clotting. Recommend taking instead SCF Immune support formula by Buried Treasures.
- Processed and GMO Foods. Replaced with organic produce, wild caught fish . Cage free organic poultry and grass fed beef.
- Vegetable, Trans-Fat and Hydrogenated Oils: These oils raise LDL (Bad Cholesterol) and lower HDL (good cholesterol) levels. They contribute to cardiovascular disease, inhibit brain function and increase insulin resistance contributing to obesity and diabetes.
- Microwave Ovens: Microwaves produce electromagnetic waves at 2.45 Giga Hertz. A Hertz is a measure of a sine wavelength. Microwave radiation cycles over 40 million times faster than your stove and standing 1 foot away from a running microwave can expose you to over 400 milliGauss of microwave radiation. Exposure to only 4 milliGauss has been linked to leukemia. Do not use a microwave oven.
I found the entire test and Bob very interesting. I did Google Live Cell Analysis and there are websites and blogs PRO and CON. As is always the case with alternative medicine vs. conventional medicine. I may have another test done in a year just for research.
If you want to find out more information about Live Cell Analysis and live in the state of Florida. you can call Robert Aronson 727-645-1850 and ask him when he will be visiting a health food store near you. or you can email him at Rsaltra22@gmail.com.
Thank you for reading,
Terry Ryan
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How Celebrities Stay Thin
The Olsen Twins
Did you really think they were born that way? Come on now. It doesn’t come easy for them. Reese, Gwenneth, they work on staying thin everyday. In fact, it is a main focus of their lives. Why? Because they want THIN so much. Their careers depend on staying thin. Talk about motivation!
“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.”-Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Not only do they need to stay skinny-minni for their movie careers, they also don’t want to be viewed as the heavy actor in Hollywood amongst a sea of thin people. Fat is NOT where it’s at on the silver screen.
A life being worried about every calorie you consume sometimes leads to eating disorders. Everyone knows that the Olsen twins have battled anorexia nervosa for years, and Mary Kate was admitted to an eating disorder rehab facility as she was starving herself to death.
Demi Lavato has openly admitted to seeking treatment for bulimia. Amanda Byrnes has always felt the pressure to stay thin for Hollywood and struggles daily saying she has an eating disorder. Lady Gaga told Maria Shriver in an interview that she has used bulemia as a way to stay thin.
Lady Gaga
In Victoria Beckham’s book Learning to Fly, she said that her management pressured the Spice Girls to be super thin leading Victoria to an eating disorder. I wouldn’t be surprised if she still was battling with food issues looking at this stick-thin woman.
Stacy London, while telling woman What Not To Wear, has suffered with bulimia and anorexia nervosa to stay ultra skinny.
Teri Hatcher
I read an interview with Teri Hatcher who was agonizing with a decision to eat a 60 calorie fudgesicle. Who would be surprised to learn that she suffers with anorexa nervosa?
Lindsay Lohan told a Vanity Fair magazine interviewer that she makes herself sick to stay thin (bulemia?).
Kelly Clarkson said in high school she was bulimic, and now that she is having a hard time losing the baby weight and getting so much SHAMMING from the press, will she fall back on her old bad habits?
Katie Couric admits that she was bulimic in college and for a couple of years after that.
Jennifer Lopez – What She Eats
Hydration
Water throughout the day
Breakfast
BodyLab TastyShake Berry Berry Good smoothie
1 scoop of BodyLab TastyShake
3/4 cup strawberries
1/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup raspberries
1/4 cup Greek yogurt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tbsp. honey
1/4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup ice cubes
Lunch
Kale salad with queso
1 bunch of kale, large stems removed and leaves finely chopped
2 tbsp. toasted pumpkin seeds
2/3 oz. crumbled queso
2/3 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 of a large shallot, minced, sea salt to taste
Snack
A medium-size apple
Dinner
1 boneless, skinless grilled chicken breast with:
1/2 cup sautéed brussels sprouts
1/2 cup baked yams with sea salt
Dessert
Chocolate chip cookie
Total Calories
1392
Katherine McPhee almost destroyed her vocal cords by regurgitating her food (bulimia).
Jamie-Lynn Sigler said she had exercise bulimia.
Candance Cameron Bure wrote in her book Reshaping it that she battled for years with bingeing and purging after Full House ended.
Kate Beckingsale opened up about her anorexic past and once got down to 70 pounds. It took multiple daily therapies with a eating disorder specialist to fight her disorder.
Ashlee Simpson says she battled with anorexia after taking ballet and being around and learning from other anorexia sufferers.
Portia DeRossi opened up about her bingeing, purging and anorexia in her memoir Unbearable Lightness.
Other Hollywood stars say that they control their calories by eating the same thing everyday. I saw an interview with Reese Witherspoon who said she eats a 1/2 bagel with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter for breakfast, a small salad with no dressing for lunch, and maybe grilled chicken and salad for dinner…everyday…unless she goes out to eat and she may splurge on the calories.
Brooke Burke
When Brooke Burke was co-hosting the show Dancing With The Stars, she said in an interview that she also ate the same thing everyday which included a small breakfast of fruit, a giant salad with salmon for lunch and a smaller salad for dinner. For snacks she ate something like 5 walnuts…it was very little. In fact if both Reese and Brooke ate more than 1100 calories per day, I would be surprised.
Plus they all may get a little help from their doctors in the form of diet pills. Phentermine has been a favorite appetite suppressant used for years.
And if there is a movie role coming up that an actor has to lose weight for, they will go on liquid fasts or all soup diet losing sometimes a staggering 20 pounds in two weeks.
I have listened to male actors who had to lose a lot of weight for a movie role, and they admit to hours of exercise and eating maybe 600 calories per day. It’s also called starvation dieting. Yikes!
Celebrities don’t just diet, they also exercise at least 5 times a week and not just for 30 minutes. They will spend 4 hours getting their “burn” on.
I was amazed to hear Kendra Wilkinson, who recently had a baby and is going through a messy and painful divorce, that she is getting through by concentrating on her dieting. What?! She is getting through this difficult time by putting her diet first? See how the celebs keep their diet a number one priority.
• Up to 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.A.
All this eating disorders isn’t just happening to the Hollywood stars, but is also happening to some of your friends. I remember female friends in high school who could throw-up at a drop of a dime. I use to think they had really sensitive stomachs, and I observed the same thing in college. Pukers! Pig out and barf! The skinny girls were darn good pukers. Now I know, this was just bulimia.
These same women, if they have not been able to control their eating disorders by now, have badly eroded teeth. Most have had to had their teeth capped from all the stomach acid eating away at their enamel.
Other detrimental effects to the health of people that have eating disorders:
- Heart problems
- Osteoporosis
- Liver complications
- Depression
- Withdrawal from social activities
- Suicide
Eating Disorders Statistics
(Source: http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/)
General:
• Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression.
• Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35% of people that receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a specialized facility for eating disorders.
• Up to 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder) in the U.S.A.
• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
Students:
• 91% of women surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting. 22% dieted “often” or “always.”
• 86% report onset of eating disorder by age 20; 43% report onset between ages of 16 and 20.6
• Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
• 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25.
• 25% of college-aged women engage in bingeing and purging as a weight-management technique.
• The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-24 years old.
• Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives.
• In a survey of 185 female students on a college campus, 58% felt pressure to be a certain weight, and of the 83% that dieted for weight loss, 44% were of normal weight.
Men:
• An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
• Men are less likely to seek treatment for eating disorders because of the perception that they are “woman’s diseases.”
• Among gay men, nearly 14% appeared to suffer from bulimia and over 20% appeared to be anorexic.
Media, Perception, Dieting:
• 95% of all dieters will regain their lost weight within 5 years.
• 35% of “normal dieters” progress to pathological dieting. Of those, 20-25% progress to partial or full-syndrome eating disorders.
• The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally by only 5% of American females.
• 47% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures.
• 69% of girls in 5th-12th grade reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of a perfect body shape.
• 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner (Collins, 1991).
• 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat (Mellin et al., 1991).
For Women:
• Women are much more likely than men to develop an eating disorder. Only an estimated 5 to 15 percent of people with anorexia or bulimia are male.
• An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime. Research suggests that about 1 percent of female adolescents have anorexia.
• An estimated 1.1 to 4.2 percent of women have bulimia nervosa in their lifetime.
• An estimated 2 to 5 percent of Americans experience binge-eating disorder in a 6-month period.
• About 50 percent of people who have had anorexia develop bulimia or bulimic patterns.
• 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems.
Mortality Rates:
Although eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder, the mortality rates reported on those who suffer from eating disorders can vary considerably between studies and sources. Part of the reason why there is a large variance in the reported number of deaths caused by eating disorders is because those who suffer from an eating disorder may ultimately die of heart failure, organ failure, malnutrition or suicide. Often, the medical complications of death are reported instead of the eating disorder that compromised a person’s health.
According to a study done by colleagues at the American Journal of Psychiatry (2009), crude mortality rates were:
• 4% for anorexia nervosa
• 3.9% for bulimia nervosa
• 5.2% for eating disorder not otherwise specified
It Not Just Celebrities That Have to Stay Thin
Other professions like jockeys have to keep their weight down. In Laura Hillenbrand’s great book Seabiscuit she goes into detail about the methods jockeys use to maintain their weight as in calorie restricting, not drinking water, and purging.
I got together with a couple of friends last summer who I haven’t seen for a long time. One of my friends whispered in my ear that our other friend was too skinny. I looked over and did see that she has a very svelte figure. I was instantly envious. She was probably looking at me thinking, wow, Terry put on some pounds! When I got close enough to say hello, I saw my ultra-thin friend had teeth that showed definite erosion, possibly from purging. I, embarrassed that I probably knew her secret for keeping uber thin, looked away.
Too thin!
So, let’s all agree that there is nothing wrong with having a size 8, 10, 12 pants. That maintaining a size zero takes too much effort and well, it may not be healthy. Let’s eat mostly veggies and fruit, stay away from the bread and pasta, skip sugar unless it’s your birthday, and drink plenty of water. If you are eating correctly your body will know what size it wants to be. Embrace your curves if that is what God gave you and enjoy life.
Next time you see a skinny celebrity don’t envy them, feel sorry for them.
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Thank you for reading.
Terry Ryan, Health Blogger and Internet Marketer
Tox-Sick: From Toxic to Not Sick! By Suzanne Somers
I just read Suzanne Somers’ latest book, Tox-Sick: From Toxic to Not Sick! What an excellent read for people who are concerned about their health. Suzanne Somers has long been a health pioneer and this is her 25th book. I saw her on TV talking about her book and what prompted her to write about this topic is she and her family, unknown to them, were living in a TOXIC house full of black mold. Her husband started suffering with rashes and sore throat which soon escalated into something worse. Suzanne started experiencing unusual symptoms that eventually sent her to the ER. This book contains a tremendous amount of information on detoxing your body. Please buy!
It’s as if we are all on a big, chemical drunk, and the hangover is a killer.”
—Suzanne SomersPioneering health and wellness advocate, Suzanne Somers, delivers a powerful answer in this expose on the immediate and long-term dangers of living in a world that has become increasingly toxic to our health. The build-up of toxins in our bodies can lead to myriad health concerns — including weight gain, food allergies, brain disorders, cancer, among many others. Moved to investigate by her own family’s plight, Suzanne sits down with environmental doctors and specialists who share eye-opening information and practical advice for how to survive, thrive, and stay healthy today. In Tox-Sick you’ll learn how to effectively detox all your body’s systems and the different survival skills that can save your life, from top experts in the field, including:
DR. SHERRY ROGERS, an environmental doctor for over 40 years, shares the truth about detoxification—and where you will likely be if you don’t take it seriously.
DR. NICHOLAS GONZALEZ shares where cancer comes from and how to manage it by detoxifying the liver and supplementing with enzymes.
DR. RITCHIE SHOEMAKER alerts you to mold toxicity, the newest threat to your brain and wellbeing…and just what to do to fight for your health.
DR. WALTER CRINNION teaches what everyday objects to avoid and the simple diet and lifestyle shifts to clean up your health and home in mere weeks!
DR. STEPHEN SINATRA, America’s leading integrative cardiologist, explains that we have been approaching heart disease all wrong: a healthy gut, detoxed body, and quality fats are each crucial and cardioprotective.
DR. GARRY GORDON shares new protocols for removing toxic lead from the body, as well as ways to keep the most important gland in your body, the thyroid, clean and healthy.From diet and supplement advice to coconut oil cleanses, everything you need to live clean and enjoy great health is in your hands.
Terry Ryan
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