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Eat These Fat Burning Foods

Topic: Dieting and Weight LossPublished September 13, 2010

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Have you always been told that the only way to lose weight, to get the great shape that gives you the confidence to step out onto the beach or poolside and to attract others involves long hours at the gym or pounding the roads? I certainly was and I have lost count of the miles I have run over the hills where I lived and the number of sit ups and crunches I have racked up. But there is another way and I believe a better and more sustaining way that involves choosing and consuming the correct foods. Please bear with me a while because I am going to digress here ever so slightly. You see my Grandfather was a herbalist, but not recently, this was in the 1960’s a time when most people viewed herbalists with suspicion and distrust almost likening them to purveyors of black magic. Despite peoples attitudes he was very successful and produced a number of remedies for various ailments, however, before treating anyone he would discuss their dietary habits and insisted that prior to, and during treatment, they consumed the following drink packed full of protein and vitamins. His philosophy was that, although consuming the correct foods would not necessarily combat illness, certain foods repair and build immune systems and food combinations controlled weight. He was years ahead of his time and his theme on food combining is widely promoted in the 21st century. He was also strongly critical of beef production and spoke out of the potential dangers to humans; again his predictions were to come true so his ideas cannot be ignored. Thanks for listening to my little aside, my point being that we must carefully examine what combinations of foods we consume. You can get free access to my grandfather’s health drink recipe through the link at the end of this article. Try it once and you will be hooked. Now where was I? Have you heard of the “Weight Watchers Drop Diet”, it is a diet I was given many years ago that originated from the Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital and was used for overweight heart patients who needed rapid weight loss before they could undergo surgery. This is a classic example of balancing foods types. A basic soup containing onions, peppers, celery, cabbage and other vegetables can be eaten in whatever quantities the patient desires. Then on each day of the diet you can, in addition, either eat fruit, baked potatoes, brown rice and a combination of other foods, but in a strict order. Now why would a hospital use such a diet, it wasn’t selling it and had no intention of capitalising on some discovery; they used it because It Worked. Believe me food combing or food balancing call it what you like, the reality is that it works, it works for a hospital and it works for you and me. This philosophy doesn’t end with hospital diets, far from it there are real foods that help burn body fat and will give everyone the smooth body shape they desire. I am not talking here about producing a body fit to compete in a Mr or Miss Universe competition, this is about having the confidence to strip in public, wearing fashion clothes looking good and feeling attractive. Try out my Grandfather’s health drink, some baulk at the addition of the egg but I vouch for its benefits, and give the hospital diet a go. However, things have moved on somewhat, the subject has been studied scientifically and there are excellent courses available that will identify for you the correct foods you should eat that will firm up your body and give you great abs without spending weeks at the gym. Grab your Free ebook below. Oh, and please stay healthy.

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