easy healthy diets

Did you know that over 25% of Americans are on a 'Diet', yet most of them stop seeing results after a few weeks, get discouraged, and stop?

Many people have complained and said diets don't work because 'I dieted for weeks and weeks turned into a month, then all of a sudden I wasn't losing weight anymore, my metabolism must have just shut down because I actually began gaining fat while dieting. Then I said forget this, if I'm going to get fatter, it might as well be on food I love, and when I went back to eating pizza and burgers I actually LOST weight!'

Have you ever wondered why you diet often stops working? It is quite common in people who follow very strict (and sometimes weird) diets. And it perpetuated the myth that diets cause 'metabolic damage'. So everyone jumps on the 'fix your metabolism' bandwagon, treating your metabolism like it's a material thing that can be broken or fixed (like replacement car parts).

We know that this is impossible because of the immense amount scientific research that proves weight training while dieting preserves metabolic rate. The reason this happens is because of our 'Life Hormones' testosterone and growth hormone.

When a person is on a very restrictive diet, restricting say carbohydrates, the body shuts down its natural testosterone production, but when someone adds in intense weight training, the testosterone levels increase offsetting the negative effects of the carbohydrate restriction.

A similar thing happens when a person restricts fat intake. Low amounts of dietary fat reduce testosterone production. The lower the fat intake level, the lower your testosterone production is going to be. Again, weight training will help offset this drop in testosterone production so your metabolism isn't going to be 'damaged'.

Protein restrictive diets decrease Growth Hormone production, but a diet with excessive protein decreases testosterone levels. So you have to be careful on protein intake, as overdoing it may increase hGH, but it will negatively effect testosterone.

The main reason people stop losing weight on restrictive diets is an imbalance in their 'Life Hormone' production, and their weight training is not being done at high enough intensity to offset the decrease in their hormone production. When foods (nutrients) are reintroduced into the diets, we find an increase in 'Life Hormones' and thus a burst in the decreased fat department.

So, remember to continue to lose weight you need to 1.) do intense strength training 2.) vary your dietary intake enough no to disrupt your hormone levels.

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