The Best And Worst Diet Pills

August 6th, 2010

It seems that there is always a ranking for the best and worst diet pills. No matter where you go, they may not necessarily highlight the worst. However, they will give you a top 5, a top 10, a top something of what they consider to be the best diet pills. So here is a taste of my breakdown.

Let’s start with the worst. One of the worst diet pills by my assessments would be Alli and Orlistat based Xenical. They are the same thing with different doses, and one is only a prescription while the other sells on the over the counter market. I found in studies that people lost about 5-10% of their body fat IN A YEAR! You should be losing that in a month with a healthy diet and exercise program! And with all of the embarrassing side effects, obviously you are going to have potentially serious and embarrassing problems. When you combine lack of results and serious social problems, it’s a serious thumbs down.

The second line I would think of is known as BeeLean. They have several different products under the BeeLean name. But when it comes right down to it, all of these products are based on ephedrine. Of course, ephedrine cannot even be used in the effective amounts to promote weight loss. But with all of the side effects and the lack of results with the rest of the formula and added problems, obviously, I was turned off by the BeeLean line.

But one diet pill that I took notice of that I would consider to be among the best diet pills is known as Apidexin. When it comes to Apidexin, they have 8 patented and clinically proven ingredients. These combine to give you one of the top quality diet pill son the market and something that can actually work. And it comes without the nasty side effects.

VigRX & Penis Enhancement

February 16th, 2010

VigRX talks about helping you to achieve various results. The question is, does it actually give you any results at all? Does VigRX actually help you to get the greater benefits you want? Does it help you to achieve greater penis enhancement specifically, because realistically, that is one of the major claims of many male enhancement pills including VigRX. So does it work? Is it predicated on truth and success?

VigRX has some interesting ingredients. It has natural aphrodisiacs such as horny goat weed as well as for example natural testosterone boosters and otherwise. It has ingredients for female sexual health such as damiana, despite the fact that they also focus on very male specific ingredients such as testosterone boosters.

This being said, VigRX does not actually have the right amounts of these to do anything at all. That’s the big thing to keep in mind. But there’s something else to know about VigRX and many other products like it. No matter what ingredients they have, you cannot increase penis size with a pill just like women cannot automatically increase breast size with a pill. That is genetically determined, and while surgical implants can obviously change it, that is different than a pill to say the least.

However, this does not mean that you cannot expect anything from male enhancement pills in general. It does not mean that you should expect nothing. It means that you should expect sexual enhancement in general, just not an increase in anatomical size. It means that you should check out a product called Orexis that has all of the right ingredients, all of the right amounts, and it can actually provide sexual benefits in general. You should in general terms make an informed decision about products like VigRX or Orexis for that matter and ultimately speaking decide for yourself.

Is L-Carnitine A Fat Burner?

October 1st, 2009

L-Carnitine is ultimately an amino acid, and they claim it does everything from reducing cellulite to actually burning fat, because ultimately speaking, cellulite is actually a thin layer of fat right under the skin.  But realistically speaking, the only proven way to get rid of cellulite is to exercise or sometimes to use coffee grounds in a scrub.  So is their fat burning claim legitimate, or is it just myth like their claim about cellulite?

This being said, is l-carnitine a fat burner?  That’s a more complicated question than you might think.  The heart is dependent on l-carnitine, because quite frankly, l-carnitine helps in fat breakdown and obviously fat breakdown helps it to not buildup in the arteries and the heart.  Ideally, this would also mean it would break down fat around the body, right?

Unfortunately, it doesn’t extend that far.  It’s like some antioxidants.  By nature, antioxidants reduce cholesterol levels, because they attack plaque and fat buildup around the heart, arteries, and otherwise areas involved with cholesterol.  But they do not actually burn fat, they don’t flush fat out of the body, and otherwise.  L-carnitine works exactly the same way. It has the effect on the heart that you want, but it does not actually affect the fat around your body.  So too bad right?  But we move on to other good things in general terms.

Lose 10 Pounds Fast

September 29th, 2009

Losing 10 pounds can make a big difference in your weight loss results. This being said, there are hundreds of different ways to lose 10 pounds. 10 pounds could be easily around 5% of your weight or 10% if you’re really light. But then 10 pounds is obviously a bigger difference. This being said, if your goal is to ultimately speaking lose about 10 pounds, here are a few basic ways to do it.
1. You can stop drinking soda-not drinking soda almost immediately results in weight loss. This is the way it works. So if you really want to lose a few pounds and achieve greater results as well as enhancing your body’s ability to exercise properly, cut out the soda.
2. Start using a vegetarian day-yes, just one vegetarian day a week will help you to lose weight, improve your health, and drop 10 pounds. Obviously, having more vegetarian meals, vegetarian days, etc will make a bigger difference. But it’s not that big a difference if you just do it one day per week, and still you get bigger results.
3. Cut out the salad dressing or use a lower calorie salad dressing-yes, it’s small. But just cutting out those 50 calories or so can make a huge difference in your ability to lose weight
4. Use skim milk-skim milk is about 80 calories as opposed to the 150 calories in whole milk, one cup of each keep in mind. But all in all, saving this 70 calories can easily help you to end up dropping 10 pounds.
5. Cut out the muffin top-or for that matter the sandwich top. When you cut out this top, you cut out a number of calories, especially with bigger sandwiches, and while this is definitely not something you want to do regularly, you can also try folding one side in half to make a smaller sandwich.

Coffee As A Weight Loss Aid

August 30th, 2009

Many people would argue that coffee is not good for weight loss.  For each person this is different, you can drink a few cups of coffee and still be successful about your weight loss.  There are a few tips that you should follow is you are going to allow coffee to be a part of your diet.

You should avoid the fancy coffee shop drinks as those are very high in calories and fat.  When making your coffee at home limit your sugar and cream amounts that you put into your coffee. If you go out for coffee avoid the extras that go along with the coffee (donuts, muffins etc)

Coffee can be beneficial.  It reduces the risk for Type 2 diabetes.  Coffee will give more energy for a tougher workout.  It will help speed up your metabolism.   Coffee can also help curb craving and your appetite

As long as watch how much coffee you drink in a day, and limit to what you put in your coffee there is no harm in using it as an aid to your weight loss.  However if you are going to use coffee to give you more energy for your workout, you should drink a cup, black at least 20-30 minutes before working out to get the full effect.

Exercise Tips

August 6th, 2009

There are major tips to losing weight and exercising to lose weight in particular.  For starters, the longer the better.  Yes, the generally accepted idea is that you should exercise for 20-30 minutes to get the maximum benefits for your time.  But realistically speaking, the more the better according to more recent studies. 

 

 Second, never exercise on a full stomach.  Frankly, you can.  But it can cause serious cramps and make you feel sick in general.  Eating before is fine.  But just don’t eat until you’re full is the basic idea.  Eat small amounts if you are going to eat right before. 

 

 

Finally, use caution.  Yes, you want to lose weight, you’re motivated.  But don’t overdo it.  You won’t be doing yourself any favors realistically speaking, especially when you hurt yourself and as a result can’t even exercise for a while.  That really doesn’t help anybody in the grand scheme of things.  So these are all basic things you can do to help yourself to lose more weight and get the maximum benefits of your exercise.  It also helps of course to do the right exercise for your needs.  It has to be something you enjoy to start and then something that is actually burning calories and working with your body type.

Acupuncture For Weight Loss

July 30th, 2009

They have quite literally started using acupuncture for weight loss.  Sometimes they stick a small safety pin in your ear in certain areas that can get infected and you have to watch therefore quite closely.  But it can also be in other areas and only in clinical settings.  They claim that by targeting certain pressure points that have to do mostly with appetite, they can help you to change your lifestyle and lose weight over time. 

 

 It’s starting to seem like everything promotes weight loss.  What’s next, greasy foods?  But they have conducted more than 30 studies on acupuncture actually in relation to weight loss.  They found that body weight was reduce perhaps due to a certain mindset that was achieved because they thought it would succeed both in sham treatments and in legitimate treatments. 

So if the sham treatments are technically working in those studies, does that really mean anything at all?  Or maybe they just didn’t study it for a long enough period of time or check up on long term results.  They say it may trigger higher levels of serotonin and dopamine which could suppress appetite.  But there are no sure  bets or otherwise on this particular idea.

Rowing For Exercise

July 6th, 2009

They have literally been putting out rowing machines or other arm related machines for years.  There’s one at my gym that allows you to cycle with your arms instead of your legs, which makes more sense for those that use it, because they are generally in wheelchairs, but they still of course prefer to stay in shape, which is awesome especially considering half of those with functioning legs are not that dedicated, especially if we lost the use of our legs.

 

Now rowing machines generally require that you also use your legs to push out.  But if you were to lock the seat in place, you could change it.  Now the logic behind it is partly that if you see the rowers in competitions who do it quite regularly, they are in excellent shape, having both little fat and greater muscle mass and strength.  So if you use this, you too could have this effect, if of course you do it right.  It was more of a fad earlier on, but it has been used lately too. 

 

It gives you actually a pretty descent cardiovascular workout, depending partly on the resistance and how fast you go at the same time.  I’m a wimp, so I like lower resistance.  But it also allows me to go faster when I should use greater resistance and go slower.  But I like the faster pace that gets my heart rate up to some degree.  But some would actually tell you that it’s better than running or biking, who knew.

Celiac Disease

July 3rd, 2009

Celiac disease is a genetic disease and is generally known as the inability of the small intestine to absorb the nutrients from food duet o damage caused by gluten laden products that destroy the lining of the small intestine.  Glutens can literally be found anywhere such as flour, barley, wheats, and oats, and it is also found in some medicines, cosmetics, and even vitamins.

If you eat a gluten free diet, you can cause the symptoms and problems to disappear without medicine or otherwise.  The problem is eating that gluten free diet for many.  However, if you do eat glutens with this particular disease, you will suffer from other problems and essentially it leads to malnutrition, stomach pain, stunted growth, dermatitis, mouth sores, stomach pain, swollen stomach, intermittent vomiting, diarrhea, pale and foul smelling stool, weight loss, and other manifestations of this severe type of allergy in some ways. 

Generally speaking, it is genetic and it can occur at any time or at any age.  Even infants could have it.  At first, it might not be noticeable with an infant.  But when you start introducing gluten based foods, they may start to experience vomiting, diarrhea, and fall below normal weight standards for their age while also suffering severe malnutrition.  They generally suffer epilepsy, anemia, hepatitis, and stunted growth.  Now if you supplement with a gluten free diet and these go away, obviously you’ve found your problem.  But should you forget, the results can vary.