Fat Burning Supplement: Jillian Michaels

So, I bought a fat burning supplement recently called Maximum Strength Fat Burner by Jillian Michaels. It actually works, and it isn't making me jittery! I am so glad I discovered it. It has Guarana, Willow Bark, and CLA among other ingredients. I have written about the benefits of Guarana and White Willow Bark in previous blogs, but I haven't touched on CLA.
CLA is defined as a fatty acid found naturally in beef and dairy fats. CLA has been found to have benefits such as; increasing metabolic rate, enhancing muscle growth, lowering insulin resistance, decreasing abdominal fat, lowering cholestrol, reducing food-induced allergic reactions and enhancing the immune system. CLA is not produced by the human body but you can get it from some foods such as whole milk, butter, beef, and lamb. If you are a slow oxidizer, a vegetarian, or anyone else who doesn't eat a lot of red meat or dairy, then CLA is an excellent supplement to give you a little extra edge while you are peaking. Learn more about subjects like this at nutritionist schools, follow your dreams.

Biggest Loser and Food Inc: Diabetes and Obesity

One of the issues that is discussed in the movie "Food Inc." which I will be promoting all this week on my blog, is diabetes and obesity in America. Surprisingly, or rather unsurprisingly, this topic was touched upon briefly last night in the first episode of my favorite show, Biggest Loser Season 8.
It has been proven that high calorie, sugar laden processed foods coupled with our inactive lifestyles is growing our waistlines in America and contributing to serious health issues like diabetes, heart ailments and cancers. One-third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese.
The character Sean, from season 8, a youth pastor and daddy-to-be from Tulsa, OK was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes that he was unaware of. Shocking that he was living unknowingly with type 2 diabetes. I can't wait to see the transformation of these overweight/obese contestants. I am so inspired when I see how hard these people work to regain their health. I will also be interested to see if Sean is able to overcome this newfound health issue.
As a side note: I have a friend who is about 40 pounds overweight. She says about losing weight "I just need to make healthier choices." I think this may be one of the biggest misconceptions in America today. I have been forty pounds overweight before and I had to work out twice a day and adhere to a 1200 calorie per day regime...and it still took 2 months for me to lose that weight! I had to regain muscle and repair my metabolism before I could lose all that fat. I want to say to my friend "honey, you DO need to make healthier choices...but that is not going to lose the weight." These contestants on Biggest Loser are dedicating everyday solely to losing weight. It just cracks me up and discourages when people think they just need to make "a couple of small changes". Once you are 40 pounds overweight, let alone 250 pounds overweight, you are going to have to dedicate a lot of energy and time to losing the weight. I wonder if people get discouraged when they don't see results because they have not been realistic about what it will take.
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Food Inc: A movie

Our immediate topic this week we will be discussing a movie I am volunteering to promote through The Surfrider Foundation, Kauai Hawaii. The movie is called "Food Inc". We will be reviewing the issues presented in this film each day, and if you are interested in becoming a nutritionist or attending one of many nutritionist schools, we feel this is a must see movie!
Overview:
In "Food, Inc"., filmmaker Robert Kenner, sheds light on America's food industry. The film works to expose the secrets the food industry have been hiding from our Nation's consumers with the help of many government agencies such as; The USDA and The FDA. Currently, our Countrie's food supply is controlled by a handful of huge companies that put profit ahead of consumer health to be more competitive and make a higher profit. By doing this, these corporations have threatened the livelihood of our own American farmers, the safety of their workers and our environment.
Our chickens may have bigger breasts, we may have created the perfect pork chop, invented herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, and even accomplished growing tomatoes that don't spoil, but in the process we have also created new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. America is riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults, and we ask why?

Food Inc. features interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.