** A Health Drink from Mother Nature! **

Water bathes the cells and accounts for about 60 percent of body weight. Drinking water can ward off constipation and maybe even irritableness.  Moreover, since it’s a natural appetite suppressant, water can help us lose weight and keep it off.

It’s our body’s vital fuel; it’s calorie-free, inexpensive, and easily obtained.  Yet few people follow the old-fashioned advice to drink eight glasses of water a day. Most people drink when thirsty, but the beverage of choice tends to be some other drink.

Keeping hydrated, when you exercise, will reduce cardiovascular stress and improve performance.  After a workout, you have to replace the fluids you have lost.  Otherwise, you will suffer chronic dehydration.  Drink water before, during, and after exercising, and remember – water reduces body temperature thus making the whole exercise process safer.

If you do not get enough water each day, the water you have in your body will accumulate outside the cells. This is a protective measure to conserve what little water is available in your system. This results in that puffy swollen look you may notice at times.

POWERFUL TECHNIQUE #1 – Did You Drink Water Today?

Experts recommend drinking 8 glasses of water a day – seems like a lot doesn’t it?  Anyone who is trying to lose weight, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and athletes should be especially careful to drink a sufficient amount.  When it is hot or humid, upping water intake is also wise.  Some people have a more difficult time developing the water-drinking habit (me included.) I have a few ways to trick myself into drinking more water. I measure out my 8 cups of water in the evening and put it into the fridge to chill overnight. I slice up lemons and keep them in the fridge and pop one into every glass I drink. It looks pretty elegant and seems to encourage me to drink more water. I also drink a half glass of warm water each morning with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar mixed in. Apple cider vinegar is great for detoxifying the body. It tastes awful in water so I usually add a packet of Stevia, a natural herb without calories that sweetens it up nicely.

Too busy to count how many glasses a day you drink?  There are other ways to calculate if your intake is sufficient.  Dark-coloured urine often suggests you are not drinking enough water.

Get into the habit by starting with a glass of water a half hour before every meal, then work in a cup between meals.

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It is possible to lose weight without calorie counting, but diet and exercise alone is not enough. You need the support of a few simple strategies to help you get results.

Exercise is Key

It is possible to eat great amounts of food, feel full and still lose weight. You just need to pick the right kinds of food to eat. A study at Pennsylvania University compared the weight loss of two types of dieters.

One group followed a diet that consisted mainly of food with high levels of water and fibre (essentially fruit and veg) while the other group went on a calorie-controlled diet. The group eating a high fibre diet lost more weight.

Filling up on vegetables and fruit is one of the best kept dieting secrets. As they are fat free you can easily eat as many as you like without feeling guilty. The three top vegetables in terms of health and nutritional benefits are kale, swiss chard and greens. These contain more vitamins and nutrients than any other vegetables.

The optimum diet consists of fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds and lean protein. The fruit and veg will allow you to lose weight but you need lean protein to step up the metabolism.

Good examples of lean protein are: fish (especially salmon and fresh sardines), chicken and turkey, lean red meat and eggs.

The ideal amount of protein you should have for each meal is 30grammes. Your body needs to be able to digest the protein you put in, too much protein becomes toxic in the body, so if you add greens and salads to the protein the enzymes in the greens help to digest the proteins.

Some foods cause your body to store fat, i.e. foods that are high in sugar. Others force your metabolism to burn more stored fat for energy, like lean protein.

But before starting any new diet change, you need to clean out or detox your body, eliminate the build up of toxins.

A simple morning drink to help rid yourself of these toxins and to help with digestion is to squeeze 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon, (or lemon concentrate if you don’t have it), into a glass of water and mix with a pinch of cayenne pepper. Continue to drink 8 glasses of water throughout the day.

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Perhaps the most talked about topic around the world is weight loss.  So many people are trying to lose weight but

Weight Loss Tips

the majority of them have no idea how to go about doing so. The great thing for you if you fall into this category is that there are simple things you can do to lose the weight you want fast. One of the best tips anyone looking to lose some weight could use is to avoid sugary drinks. Whether this is soda or removing the sugar from your morning coffee, you will be surprised at how much weight you can lose just by doing that.

As a substitute for these sugary drinks, you should try to drink as much water as possible. The reason this is a great weight loss tip is because you actually can drink water whenever you are feeling hungry. There actually was a medical study done once that revealed that, when most people think they are hungry, they actually are thirsty. Since you are trying to lose weight, you might as well give this simple tip a try. Another reason why you should drink plenty of water is because it keeps your body hydrated. You mostly are made of water, so you need to rehydrate your system. It also is great for keeping your metabolism at a higher rate.

Another great weight loss tip is working out. Of course most people do not want to hear this, but working out really is the best way to lose weight. You have to do something to burn the calories you consume during the day. In addition to burning calories, you also will feel better about yourself after a workout because you can see the results quicker. This also is something that you can stick to for a lifetime, which means that you are more likely to keep the weight off after you lose it.

Another simple tip is not to weigh yourself every day. Instead, you should aim for once a week. This will eliminate the inevitable let down when you do not lose any weight one day. Plus, most people weight themselves at different times each day, which actually can result in a weight fluctuation of at least three pounds. You might not actually weight that much, but depending on when you weigh yourself, the scale will say you do. Although this is a simple weight loss tip, it is an important one.

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