News for March 11th 2009
FAT BLOCKER IDEALS
Fat: The daily intake of calories from fat should be no more than 20 percent. This will be easy enough to achieve since Chitosan will help. And it is by far the most important aspect of the entire program.
Protein: Protein should be kept to about 10 percent of the daily calories.
Carbohydrates: About 70 percent of the daily calories should come from carbohydrates, almost all of which should be complex (not refined).
Some people believe that this combination of moderate protein, low fat, and high complex carbohydrates is the most difficult part of this or any other diet plan. But in practice, you will find it easier to achieve than you think. That is true for two reasons. The first is that, by the simple expedient of carrying some vegetables with you at all times, you are likely to eat more complex carbohydrates and commensurately less “other stuff,” including protein. The second reason is that many meats contain less protein than you might imagine. A lot of their bulk is made up of fat … and you’ve cut down on that with Chitosan. Even the remaining mass is only partially protein. The rest is water (which makes up much of its bulk) and a certain amount of carbohydrates, plus some fiber.
The good news is that if you have slightly more protein than the ideal mix, it probably doesn’t matter.
Fiber: Between 35 and 40 grams per day. Again, you help to achieve this automatically with
Chitosan.
Water: At least 8 glasses of water per day (do not substitute coffee or tea for water). This is an essential part of the program and you must adhere to it. More about this below.
Cholesterol: Less than 300 mg. should be taken in each day. Again, this is easier to achieve with this program than with any other since Chitosan cuts down on the saturated fat that causes the liver to make more cholesterol.
Salt:
No more than 1,000 mg. should be taken in each day. There is a lot of controversy about salt. While everyone agrees that too much is bad, there is a wide discrepancy about what constitutes too much. My view is that 1,000 mg. is ideal, but a bit more is probably not harmful unless you have, or are very prone to, high blood pressure.
If you love salt and wish to cut down, there is an easy way to do this, namely reduce your salt intake very gradually. As you do, you will find that your taste buds get acclimated to less salt. They become more sensitive, and actually taste salt as saltier. If you decrease the amount of salt very slowly, your buds will not notice: Food will taste as salty as before. However, gradually you will become more aware of other flavors. After a few months of this, you will greatly prefer low or even unsalted foods. Excess salt will seem unpleasant. If your doctor tells you to cut down on salt, you can win that fight—as you can the fight for weight loss—without really struggling at all.
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Edited: March 11th, 2009
DR.FOX’S 8-POINT FAT BLOCKER PROGRAM: USE CHITOSAN
Use Chitosan. It will help you achieve your weight-loss goals. This simple statement is the most important weight-loss information you may ever receive. It is at the heart of the only weight-loss program that seems to work for everybody, every time. Because Chitosan is such an effective fat-blocking agent, as part of a complete, easy-to-follow dietary and health regimen, it serves as the key to unlocking good health and weight loss. Take at least 1 gram of Chitosan half an hour before lunch, and at least another 1 gram half an hour before dinner, and you will see a permanent improvement in your weight. Taking Chitosan half an hour before meals is best, although it can still be taken up to half an hour after. Of course, you can take up to 4 or 5 grams of Chitosan and your weight loss will be greater. But remember, you should not exceed the recommended label dosage. In any case, keep eating sensibly, exercise reasonably, and keep taking Chitosan routinely, and you will be healthier, lighter, and probably a great deal happier!
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MAKE CHITOSAN THE EXCUSE
According to the Third International Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,7 the average American consumes 83 grams of fat per day. Using the example above, if you prevent 50 of those fat grams from being absorbed into the body, you reduce your daily fat intake by an impressive 60 percent.
Obviously, consuming fewer calories and less fat, while still getting all of the calories and nutrients your body needs, are significant steps toward better health. Chitosan can help you achieve these goals. But don’t use it as an excuse to eat even
more fatty foods. Obviously, if you make Chitosan the excuse to eat more fat, you will neutralize its positive effects. You may even gain weight. There is no point in taking 3 grams of Chitosan (which will absorb about 9 to 18 grams of fat) and then eating a Big Mac with about 45 grams of fat in it! No, even with Chitosan, a diet that is reasonably low in fat remains an important part of building lifelong health.
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Edited: March 11th, 2009
FAT AND CANCER
Back in the early 1980s, the United States government reported that cancer is related to what we do or do not eat. In a 2-year, 1-million-dollar, 445-page study, the National Academy of Sciences validated what many nutritionally minded physicians had been saying for years: There is a definite link between diet and health. In their study, Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, the Academy concluded that eating certain food-stuffs can increase, or decrease, the incidence of cancer.
More than 1,000 Americans die of cancer every day. Simple dietary changes may prevent an estimated 60 percent of those cancer deaths in women, and 40 percent in men. In other words, roughly half of those 1,000-plus deaths each and every day can be prevented by diet.
The exact mechanisms by which diet alters the path of cancer remain shrouded in mystery. But we do know that there are at least two steps involved: initiation and activation.
The nucleus of every cell in your body contains DNA. Short for deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA is a specialized protein that serves as the instruction manual telling each and every cell what to do and how to do it. Your DNA is also your body’s “master plan,” ensuring that all the cells in your body work in concert to promote health and well-being.
A normal cell is initiated into a cancerous mode when a carcinogen (a cancer-causing agent) alters the cell’s DNA. In other words, the carcinogen rewrites the cell’s instruction manual.
Any number of things can be carcinogens, including fat, certain substances in foods, chemicals, ultraviolet light, and radiation. The newly initiated cell is harmless—at first. It may remain dormant for minutes, days, years, or decades. In fact, it’s quite likely that many of your body cells are initiated. But you don’t know they’re there because they’re not bothering you. And they won’t bother you unless they’re activated, or given the go signal. Activators wake up the sleeping initiated cell, turning it malignant. Activated, malignant cells can multiply without restraint, using
the nutrients in your body to grow beyond the bounds of reason, crowding, invading, and strangling parts of your body.
What substances can activate a dormant initiated cell? We have identified many activators, and there are undoubtedly others. One that we all come in contact with is dietary fat. Fat is both an initiator and an activator.
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THE FAT BLOCKER DIET: TO MAKE MATTERS WORS
There are other reasons why many of us have difficulty losing weight. To begin with, we’re bombarded with enticements to eat. Billboards, television commercials, and magazine advertisements constantly encourage us to pig out with their mouth watering images of
delicious-looking, high-fat foods.
To make matters worse, we’re eating larger portions than ever before. For example, yesterday’s regular order of french fries at McDonald’s is today’s small. The large fries introduced in 1970 are now called regular. And big has become really big, as in the popular “Big Gulp” size soft drinks, which can be as large as half a gallon! Incredibly, many of us seem to have no problem gulping down all that food, because we are lucky enough not to suffer from bad teeth, incurable stomach ulcers, various gastrointestinal
infections, or other ailments that might keep
us from eating our fill. Perhaps worst of all,
evolution works against
us.
We were genetically
programmed to want to
eat more than we
needed when food was
abundant. This way, we
could build up reserves
for times when food was
scarce. That’s why we
have a tendency to store
up excess fat and hang
on to it tenaciously. In fact, our bodies are willing to part with those fat reserves only if we are
close to starvation. The “saddle bags” on the upper thighs and / or the fatty bulges on the underside of the buttocks are especially difficult to reduce.
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Edited: March 11th, 2009