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Flatten Belly – 1 Weird Tip
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How to flatten belly is easy. The secret has been around since the caveman days. If you have tried a flat belly diet to rid yourself of a fat belly, you will appreciate this info.
This 1 weird tip works for flattening the belly
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Some of my greatest progress in life has come by listening to my elders.
Wisdom often comes with age.
Well in this case, fatloss wisdom comes with really, really… REALLY old age.
I’m talking Fred Flintstone-age.
But once I saw how it works, it made perfect sense to try it myself…
… and what do you know?
Flatter stomach; less bodyfat; and better muscle tone. Even sleep improves.
All from this 1 tip.
There’s a presentation you need to see:
http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/vitallywel <– Click-Here
That will tell you all about it.
Enjoy,
Tony
P.S. On this page you’ll also discover how to get a really powerful fatloss plan for freee…
Folks can shed up to 21lbs in 21days if they do it right…
Fat Belly to Flat Belly <– Click-Here
10 Fatloss Questions You Should Be Asking ( Part 1 )
Posted by: | Comments[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]
There’s stuff you know.
Then there’s stuff you don’t know.
But the key to success in anything is the discovery of one other variable:
The things you don’t know you don’t know.
Think about that.
So many people ask me questions like…
– How can I get rid of my stubborn bodyfat?
– How fast can I do it?
– What’s the best dietplan for me?
These are good questions, don’t get me wrong.
But there are at least 10 questions most people never know to ask.
It’s the stuff they didn’t know they didn’t know… make sense?
Today we’ll cover 3 of the 10…
HIDDEN QUESTION 1:
“What’s The Best Dietary-Fat To Eat To Get Rid Of Bodyfat?”
Sounds nutty, doesn’t it?
The media loves to deceive you when it comes to dietary fats… and I’m here to set the record straight:
You absolutely must consume dietary fat in order to burn-off your bodyfat.
There’s an old saying: “Fat burns…but in the presence of dietary-fat.”
It’s true.
There are actually two “Best Fats” you should be eating:
Coconut Oil
CLA
Coconut oil is ideal to cook with. Use that in place of all the starchy foods you may be eating. You’ll get leaner faster… and you’ll be a ton more healthy too.
Coconut oil keeps you satisfied longer, lubricates your joints, and yes… actually helps you get rid of stubborn bodyfat.
Use 1 tablespoon per 50 lbs per day, but be sure to decrease your starchy carbs (breads, rice, potatoes, etc.)
CLA is a form of (gasp!) transfat… but it’s a healthy form that helps your body get rid of bodyfat. You can only get it in supplement-form… well, that’s the best way.
I personally take 4 grams per day. Jarrow is my favorite brand. You can get it at most health food stores.
I cover several other fats you need to eat in my video and book, found here:
Click-HereHIDDEN QUESTION 2:
“Why Is Cardio Bad For Me?”
Okay… that’s an over-statement. It’s not ‘bad’ for you… it’s just not nearly as ‘good’ for you as the media and magazines want you to believe.
Especially if you do it the way they suggest: Too long, too frequently.
Do it the way I suggest and watch what happens.
First, spend 80% of your exercise time doing ‘resistance’ training, not cardio… but rest very brief between sets.
My newest update to “7 Minute Muscle” is called “7 Minute Body”. It combines both “7 Minute Muscle” and an additional 100 or so pages of in-home ONLY workouts.
That way you can train in the gym… or in your home… and get it done in 7 to 14 minutes a day. Done!
You will be shaping your body and burning-off some major calories at the same time… all without boring cardio.
Then when you “do” cardio, do it the way I detail in “7 Minute Body”… use the 9-minute GXP Cardio Workout.
Add simple walking to this several days a week and your cardio is set.
GXP works because it is progressive and does not over-tax the recovery system. You warm up, then hit about 85% of your max effort, then cool down.
But the key is ‘when’ to do it… and that’s covered in my book.
I still enjoy sitting on my bike and watching TV, but I do that just to burn-off those last bits of bodyfat. Most of you do not need to do this.
It’s a waste of time for the masses… but resistance training is not.
Oh, one more thing: Runners have a far higher degree of heart attacks than non-runners. So cardio ‘can’ be bad for you if you over-do it.
NOTE: You can pick up “7 Minute Body” at 77% off…
but only if you get EODD…
More here:
Click-HereHIDDEN QUESTION 3:
“How Does Pizza Help Me Shed Bodyfat?”
Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it?
Think again.
My dietary plan not only “lets” you eat pizza (or whatever your favorite foods might be) every week, several times a week… it DEMANDS that you do it.
What the…. ?
Yep. Here’s why.
First, I have you eat less on certain days and certain times. If done the way I suggest your metabolism (the rate you use fat, energy, etc.) will not slow down that much.
Then… at a specific time… boom! You eat a lot more food… and the best way to do this is eating your favorite foods.
First, they usually have more calories.. duh! Second, you’ll ENJOY the freakin’ process! Most “diets” fail because people hate them… too restrictive.
So I created my System from the ground up to ensure I never got bored with my eating… and the extra cals from pizza (or my favorite… Mexican… or Key Lime Pie… yum) actually boosts my metabolism sky-high.
Here’s an example:
Last week I ate the normal Every Other Day Diet-way… for me it’s the “Extreme Plan” (there are 4 Plans, each for different goals.)
So, after several days of lower-cal, lower-carb eating, I ate about 5000 calories of Mexican food (so good!) But the TIMING is crucial. You just can wing it. Don’t worry… I tell you exactly when to do it.
The next morning I saw more of my abs.
I went back to EODD-style eating, which I love btw… and then later had some Key Lime Pie… and what do you know? Leaner the next day.
Now I’m doing this as I “peak” — I have to be in top shape in December. The only time I stop this is 4 weeks prior to a photoshoot… but unless you want to be 5% bodyfat (and you probably do not) you never have to stop it.
Works like a charm.
Watch this and find out why:
Click-HereYours In Fitness,
J O N B E N S O N
P.S. Special freebie to those who watch my entire presentation on the page above… very nice… : )
4 Fatloss Tricks No One Tells You About
Posted by: | Comments[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]
There’s a club you should join.
It’s called The Insider’s Club.
It is that club whose membership is based only on what secret goodies the members possess.
In our case, this is the Fatloss Insider’s Club. Only those in the know can join…. freee to them of course… : )
So, if you want to get rid of some lbs…
FATLOSS TRICK 1
Eat Pizza?
Today I went for some New York-style pizza here in Austin, Texas.
Do I feel ‘guilty’? No way… in fact tomorrow I will feel LEANER.
What the what?
I had to set up my body for this bit of metabolic trickery of course. You cannot just “eat pizza” and shed the pounds… I wish you could!
But my personal System for fatloss not only “allows” pizza (and all my other favorite foods)… it DEMANDS that I eat it.
Here’s another true story: I blew off my “feed meal” (that’s what it is called in my System) four days ago. I have been on a massive fatloss roll for weeks now and frankly I just did not feel like eating a lot.
That’s another benefit of my System… it really cuts your appetite and food-cravings down.
Anyway, the next day in the gym I fell on my face! I was weaker and not any leaner. I went home, ate literally about 6000 cals and presto: Leaner than ‘ever’ the next day and ready to train hard.
Learn how to use this System here:
Click For More Tricks!FATLOSS TRICK 2
The 10-Minute Cardio Trick
If you want to just get into good heart health, you only need GXP Cardio (covered in the System mentioned above) 2-3 days per week for 9-15 minutes. That’s it.
However if you want to use “smart cardio” (not long, boring cardio) then you need a bit more. Just a bit.
It’s my 10-minute trick.
Start with just every other day. Then move to 4 days… and then 5.
If you are pressed for time, this is ideal. Even if you are not, it works like magic.
10 minutes in the morning ‘before’ you eat. Just make sure your heart rate is only about 65% of your max… in other words, you are not breathing super-heavy at all, but you are working up a sweat. That’s it.
10 minutes ‘before’ lunch. Just cut your lunch hour short by 10 minutes… that’s all. You don’t sweat enough to need a shower… don’t worry. Walking stairs works great, or walking outside… be creative!
Then 10 ‘harder’ minutes about 2 hours before you go to sleep. Get your heart rate up to where you are breathing a little harder.
That’s it.
You can even start with just two sessions of 10 minutes (morning and night) if lunch is out.
FATLOSS TRICK 3
Increase Your Fat?
Yep. I want you to eat more dietary-fat…. but I want you to replace some of your carbohydrates (starch like rice, potatoes, etc.) with healthy fats like olive oil, coconut oil and almonds.
Fat dulls the appetite and all three of the fats above actually help your body get rid of its fat-stores if you decrease carbs.
I have the plan laid out for you. More here:
Click For More Tricks!FATLOSS TRICK 4
Think Resistance
Far better than cardio will ever be. That would be resistance training.
Either weight training or in-home resistance training using bands and bodyweight. Studies confirm what we fitness pros already know: Resistance training not only sculpts the body (cardio cannot) but it also burns 9-12x more bodyfat over the long-term than cardio.
But you need both. And both cardio and resistance training (in-home or in the gym) is worked into my book “7 Minute Body.”
You can get it when you pick up “Every Other Day Diet” for 75% off-retail… it is all detailed here…
Click For More Tricks!Welcome to the Club!
Yours In Fitness,
J O N B E N S O N
P.S. I’m still giving away “Radical Fatloss Blueprint” along with EODD for a few more days. And I’m giving a lucky few the chance to pick up the Supplement-Kit that comes with Radical Fatloss for almost 100 bucks off… the video and details are here:
Click For More Tricks!Sorry… EODD Readers Only…. so pick it up today.
Your 5-Minute Fat Loss Shake
Posted by: | Comments[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]
Protein shakes are a dime a dozen. However a high-quality protein drink that is both homemade and nutritious is a rare find. Most protein drinks today have traveled the path of least resistance — cheap and potentially dangerous sweeteners, sugar alcohols (in order to bring down the supposed “carb count”), and protein sources that are often dubious…and accompanied with more outrageous claims than grams of the good stuff.
I use a simple, homemade, economic and super-healthy protein drink at least five times a week during my normal nutrition cycle and several times a day during peak training cycles where I need to be in top shape. My strategy for building this drink was simple:
- Go hormone-free and organic with everything possible;
- Go with plenty of healthy fats rather than cheap sugar substitutes to help control insulin and provide more satiety;
- Think ‘raw’;
- Make it delicious!
Below you will find this recipe, complete the the exact ingredients used. It takes less than five minutes to make and keeps me full for 2-3 hours. It is less than 1/3 the cost of an out-of-the-box MRP (Meal Replacement Product) and contains 1/10th the number of ingredients — and that’s a good thing. If you cannot pronounce it, it’s probably bad for you. And it tastes fantastic!
Mix the following into a high-quality blender:
1. One heaping scoop of Jay Robb’s Egg White Protein You will need to adjust this amount to your body weight. I use up to 1.5 grams times my body weight (max) and as low as 1 gram times my body weight when doing two shakes a day. For me this is between 20 and 35 grams of powder. Jay uses the best sources available, including hormone-free cattle and Stevia, a herbal sweetener, to make his excellent protein. There are no additional carbs to speak of and only the bare essentials ingredient-wise. Jay also makes a high-quality whey. I will often combine the whey and the egg white powders, using a bit over half a scoop each.
2. One raw egg (cage-free) Do not worry about cholesterol or getting food poisoning. These claims are mostly media hype. You need the high-quality protein and fats found in the egg. Most people try to go low-fat when making a protein shake. This is a mistake, as fats are crucial to the digestion of protein. As for contamination: Roll the egg on the counter. If it wobbles, you are safe to consume it. I’ve used this technique for ten years and I’ve yet to have one case of food poisoning consuming raw eggs. Oh, and it makes the protein drink taste better (believe it or not.)
3. Five grams of L-Glutamine Powdered L-Glutamine (I use Jarrow’s brand) is one of the healthiest things you can supplement your diet with. L-Glutamine has been shown to be one of the most powerful nutrients for both recovery and immunity enhancement. Bodybuilders will take up to 25 grams per day of L-Glutamine during hard training cycles; I do as well. It makes a tremendous difference in both performance and wellness. It is tasteless, too.
4. Five grams of Creatine Monohydrate If you want more strength and muscle fullness, good old creatine monohydrate (the non-fancy stuff; just monohydrate for me) works like you would not believe. Five grams per day is all you need. Like L-Glutamine, it is tasteless. I use Jarrow Brand.
5. Raw almonds I cannot say enough good stuff about almonds. Besides tasting great, they are loaded with essential fats and healthy fiber. Here is how I measure how much to use. This comes right out of my book “The Every Other Day Diet”.
Get it here:
The “Cheat To Beat” Diet PlanYou can find 15 other shake recipes and over 40 pages of recipes in my book that fit the bill of being tasty and fantastic fat-burning meals. Here is the trick: Divide your body weight by 10. That’s it. If you weigh 200 pounds as I do, that means 20 almonds. Simple, right? I created an entire measuring system for Every Other Day Diet’s SNAPP! System of eating that is this simple for everything: Calories (none to count), carbohydrates, fats, protein intake… even water!
6. Frozen berries (raspberries mixed with blueberries) Yes, fresh is better than frozen… but frozen makes the shake more frothy. Plus I buy organic berries and freeze them in containers. There is practically nothing lost in the process. How much? Simple: Divide your body weight by 5! In my case this is 40 berries, or about a handful. Once you count them out once or twice you never have to again.
7. Pumpkin seeds This was a great find: A super-healthy and tasty addition to my protein recipe, plus a nice bump in the fiber content. Measuring something as fine a seeds is a bit more challenging using my numeric system, so we keep it simple: Use your palm. Just pour the seeds into your palm. Make sure they are not forming a pyramid or overflowing. That’s the ideal amount.
8. 1 to 1.5 cups of pure water I use only 1 cup of water as I like my shake thick.
9. 1 cup of ice Adjust to taste and texture preference.
10. Stevia (to taste) I love Stevia. It is an herbal sweetener that does not cause an insulin spike like sugar or even sugar alcohols can, and does not have the health hazards of artificial sweeteners. I use a few packets as I like my shake nice and sweet.
There you have it: A mostly raw, protein-rich, health-fat, carb-friendly protein drink that will fill you up for hours, tastes great, and contains more raw nutrition than most people get in a week.
P.S. There’s an eye-opening weight loss video you need to see.
Watch it here: Weight Loss Video
WatchEmotional Eating
Posted by: | CommentsAre you an emotional eater?
Emotions can be deadly.
At least when it comes to eating.
And the VAST majority of us are “emotional eaters.” And that leads to excess bodyfat.
We eat when we are stressed-out.
We eat when we are overly happy.
We eat when we are depressed.
And when you eat like this you can kiss your fatloss goodbye.
There’s a 4-minute video that I want you to watch today.
It is touching, funny, and very powerful all at the same time.
And it will help you come to terms with emotional eating.
Go here –
— > click-here: http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/vitallywel/emotional-eating
P.S. This is a very unique video. I know you will love it.
And I KNOW you will benefit from it.
Please share this with others too.
— > click-here: http://www.everyotherdaydiet.com/go/vitallywel/emotional-eating
High Blood Pressure and Sex
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Subject: “Blood Pressure and Sex”
[ Editor's Note: Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you.]
High blood pressure side effects in the sex department are: lack of sex drive, impotence or ED – Erectile Dysfunction in men. The same blood flow problem for men causes similar sex problems for women – lack of sex drive, inability to achieve orgasm… ED drugs may temporarily help men but they cause high blood presure – a catch 22. High blood pressure drugs contribute to ED / blood flow issues in men and women. Following is an article that covers this situation and provides a natural solution to high blood pressure and sexual problems.
Have you ever started out to do one thing but ended up doing something different?
Night and day different?
Remember how Post-It Notes were invented?
Some guy was trying to come up with a “permanent” glue.
Obviously he failed… and he considered it a failure… but 3M had another idea.
The guy was all of a sudden Joe Brilliant.
Well, I’m feeling a bit like Joe today.
But this is much more interesting to you than Post-It Notes…
It’s about s – e – x… sorta.
Not dirty, I’m talking about couple’s stuff here.
My new book just came out today about it.
But it didn’t start off that way at all.
In fact … get this… I was co-writing a book with medical researcher Frank Mangano on lowering blood pressure without meds… really.
So how did this big U-turn occur?
Okay, okay…. funny, true story:
I read this article from a medical journal about how “lowering blood pressure would help sexual-performance-problems.”
Ding. The lightbulb went off in my head.
You see, lowering blood pressure is probably the most healthy thing you can do for yourself.
But face it — it’s really, really BORING.
I mean, who really cares about their blood pressure unless their doctor says, “Look, lower your blood pressure or you’ll die in six months.”
Then you care.
Are you with me?
I’m right and we all know it.
Heck, I was the same way.
I ignored my blood pressure for years until it hit stroke-level back in my 30s.
Then I could no longer ignore it.
I found every natural alternative possible… which led me to Frank’s books… and they are the BEST.
So Frank comes to me and asks me to contribute to his very popular on-the-shelf book “The Blood Pressure Miracle” –
… and I said,
“Hey, guess what I just read?”
Since he’s the researcher, I said, “Go see if there’s any truth to this.”
The results BLEW MY MIND.
Not only is there truth to it — that, yes… lowering blood pressure not only extends your life but also extends your sexlife as well — but WOW… it’s a major player in everything from male-ED to females feeling “out of the mood.”
It’s crazy, but it’s true.
It makes sense once you read this:
http://www.lowpressuresex.com/aff/vitallywel <— Low Pressure Sex-System
Hang with me: It gets better…
So Frank digs up article after article on the subject of high blood pressure and LOW sexual-energy and performance… and we have a much more compelling reason to want to lower our blood pressure, now don’t we?
But we wanted more.
I said, “Look Frank, I get a lot of emails about sex-after-30… people who want to feel more kick, more alive in that area of their lives… and above all, closer to their mates.”
So… we decided to add another book on TOP of our book…
… a book on improving sexual-pleasure for couples only. “RevolutionarySex” is the name of it. My friend Alex Allman wrote it…and just like that we had two books instead of one.
But that’s not all… ( told you… this story is interesting… ; )
THEN my friend Jeff Anderson comes out with his “homemade V” — and guys, we know what “V” stands for.
Listen: V (little blue things) is really dangerous stuff. It really is. It RAISES blood pressure for one thing. For another it can cause addiction and memory loss.
But Jeff’s version is all-natural, cheap (we’re talking pennies instead of dollars per “pill” to make) and above all… SAFE.
So all of a sudden… THREE books (plus an audio)… so…
It became a System, not a book.
And the topic went from “lowering blood pressure” to …
… How you can completely solve your sexual-performance-problems and increase your pleasure all by lowering blood pressure naturally without meds.”
What a concept…
…and it WORKS.
http://www.lowpressuresex.com/aff/vitallywel <— Low Pressure Sex-System
Here are the advantages…
1. If you take blood pressure meds… and a lot of you do… your “kick in the stick” suffers. A lot. Some men suffer all the way, which lead them to taking the V stuff…
… and that stuff ‘raises’ blood pressure.
Bad, bad combo. Our System gets you off of that dangerous and expensive cycle of drugs and on to a natural, easy approach that also adds pleasure to your relationship.
2. Cheaper… by far… than meds.
3. Something you can read and do as a couple or as a single person.
4. You get healthy and you get your vigor back at the same time. Ladies too.
5. It’s guaranteed-to-work… 60 days on us.
I’m very proud of this System. We put a lot of time, research and effort into it.
If you want a life freee from high BP and sexual-performance-issues and better health, then go here:
http://www.lowpressuresex.com/aff/vitallywel <— Low Pressure Sex-System
P.S. There’s even more to this story –
We created an “Advanced Health and Relationship-Saver Kit” that comes with the most awesome self-hypnosis audios to help you relieve stress, lower pressure, increased your “drive”, and more.
You can get the starter Kit or the Advanced Kit here:
http://www.lowpressuresex.com/aff/vitallywel <— Low Pressure Sex-book
Here’s to your health… and your increased pleasure and enjoyment.
Are You at Risk for Disease?
Posted by: | CommentsWant to know what your real odds are of having a heart attack?
How about a stroke? Diabetes?
Okay, this isn’t sounding like a positive letter… but hang in there. It gets a lot better and more positive.
I was having lunch today with my CPA and my good friend Sherry Strong. Sherry’s upcoming book is a must-read. I will let you know when she’s ready to release it.
Since Sherry has been here visiting me in Dallas I have learned SO much about natural food preparation and what really causes disease.
Our conversation took a turn to “doctor’s tests.” I think most of them are worthless. Some are vital.
It’s important to know the difference.
I’m going to give you the three tests you absolutely must take if you want to help ensure your future health in a moment.
But first, let me give you Sherry’s argument to my third test.
Yes, we nutritionists argue sometimes. ; )
I’ll let you decide. But statically it’s far more accurate than any blood test… and get this:
You can do it at home for freee.
So far, are you with me? Good.
I’m going to go in reverse order, third test to last…
The third test is simply this:
Measure your waistline. Use a tape measure and do not pull it tight. Measure right below the navel.
Write down that number in inches.
Then measure your height out of shoes in inches. Write that down too.
If twice your waist in inches is more than your height you are FOUR TIMES more likely to have heart disease.
Four times. That’s more predictive than cholesterol tests by far.
And a lot less expensive to boot.
Don’t just read about this test — DO IT. I’ll give you something you can do ABOUT it if you fail this test in a second.
The great news is that this is one factor that is totally within your control.
Test number two: Know your SED rate. This is an inflammatory marker in the blood.
Test number one: Know your hsCRP and LP(a) levels. Both of these can be done as one test usually. Both are inflammatory markers as well as key indicators of heart health.
Go to your doctor and ask for these three blood tests. Usually they can be done all at once. Sometimes they are separate, but they are all crucial.
If you are thin and look healthy, listen to this:
You too can be Lance Armstrong or Jim Fixx….and not know it.
Lance and Jim looked like two of the healthiest men on the planet. Lance beat testicular cancer but came within an inch of his life. Jim died after a short jog of a heart attack very young in life.
Looks can be deceiving.
This is Sherry’s argument — and she’s totally correct.
That’s why I give you THREE (well, actually four) TESTS.
You see, it’s virtually impossible to have a normal SED rate, a normal hs-CRP level and a normal LP(a) level and be at imminent risk for any of these killer diseases.
Possible, perhaps — but almost not.
So, if you look healthy and feel like a bazillion bucks, you still need to know your levels of these inflammatory markers.
If you are overweight or obese, you totally absolutely MUST do the waist/height test as well as the others.
You see, it goes both ways.
Some obese folks test out okay at the doc’s office. Their cholesterol, blood pressure, and all typical readings are okay. Rarely does a doc run an hsCRP or LP(a). And rarely do they run a SED rate.
See the importance here?
Both the fit and the unfit can be at dire risk and not even know it.
Now, here’s the solution:
A low-inflammatory nutrition and training plan, along with plenty of stress-free time.
I can help you with the first two things.
The third thing — de-stressing — is up to you. You may want to spend 30 minutes a day doing yoga, walking, meditating, praying, or whatever calms your MIND and BODY down.
Check it out:
Lance and Jim were both doing insane amounts of exercise… so much that they demanded insane amounts of high-inflammatory foods. Foods like processed carbohydrates for example.
And they both got sick. One of them died.
My good friend Dr. Steven Chase believes that 85% of cancer is preventable.
Re-read that: 85%. And he’s an oncologist — a cancer doctor.
And you know heart disease is 95% preventable… or did you?
But all of these killers, especially diabetes, demand a low-insulin, low-inflammatory nutrition and exercise plan.
Lance and Jim had sky-high inflammatory levels from all that exercise. It was literally TOO much exercise.
That’s why so many marathoners die of heart attacks. They eat inflammatory foods and engage in high-stress exercise for too long of a time.
So, what’s the answer?
1. Short workouts that are intense, effective, and enjoyable. Weights and cardio both, or in-home resistance workouts will work fine.
2. Longer “soft” workouts like brisk walking that helps de-stress the body and burn more bodyfat.
3. A nutrition plan that allows for your favorite foods at the RIGHT TIME of the day but also helps you burn bodyfat without activating your body’s stress-producing hormones like cortisol…cool.
Most nutrition plans are stressful. Big mistake. Stress can cause you to hold on to bodyfat. Plus stress causes inflammation.
Most workout plans are either too easy or too intense for too long a period of time. My System is super-short (7-14 minutes a day, plus walks when you can.) This is enough to build all the muscle you need plus burn bodyfat when combined with the nutrition plan.
My System’s nutrition plan is ideal if you are willing to “diet” for a day or two, then enjoy a day of eating “normal” foods.
Hey, no one is perfect. Anyone who has half a brain should know that not very many people (myself included) are willing to do without their favorite foods forever.
That’s silly — and it’s not necessary to burn bodyfat.
In fact, my System ‘demands’ that you eat these foods at certain times TO BURN MORE BODYFAT!
Wild, isn’t it?
It’s the System I’ve used for years.
It’s the combination of two books:
7 Minute Muscle + Every Other Day Diet
Get them both for one low price…
Go here:
http://www.7minutemuscle.com/aff/vitallywel/oto <— Helps you pass the tests
Any of my three Upgrade Kits come with both books, a full year of support from me on the Every Other Day Diet group Forum, and so many bonuses I can’t list them all.
This combo is something I am so very proud to share with you.
It’s the ultimate System for lowering bodyfat, increasing lean muscle, lowering insulin, lowering inflammation, and ensuring your health.
Whether you are in shape or obese, this System is one that will work for you.
Beat Disease <— Helps you pass the tests
Fat Is Contagious? New Research
Posted by: | Comments[ Editor's Note: Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]
It’s like a dream come true.
“Gaining bodyfat is the result of a virus.”
Wouldn’t that be great news?
Well…
Let me tell you about the AD-36 adenovirus. Adenoviruses are the same nasty bugs that cause the common cold. We all have these viruses in various forms in our body all the time.
That last bit is a critical distinction.
Remember that.
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana has been doing some really ground-breaking research on AD-36. AD-36 affects stem cells… more specifically fat cells, both pre-formed and post-formed.
This means AD-36 can make MORE fat cells if contracted as an infant and make your fat cells larger if contracted as an adult. Also known as the obesity virus.
Or so the theory goes.
To quote the study:
“Earlier researchers have concluded that Ad-36 may be contributors to obesity by super-charging fat cells to grow and store more fat. Until now, though, those researchers thought the viruses targeted pre-fat cells (called pre-adipocytes), causing them to convert in higher numbers to fat cells and causing those fat cells to be larger. Those studies were in mice. Pasaricas work determines the virus targets stem cells in humans.”
The result?
“In one test, a third of obese people had the rare and highly contagious virus compared to just 11 percent of thinner people. Weight gain can last three months until the body has built up resistance to the bug.”
Wow. Sounds like we have a winner here. A virus that you can catch that literally makes you gain bodyfat! All we need is…
a vaccine!
Right?
Wrong.
First of all, notice that 11% of LEAN people have AD-36. And at any given time, just like a cold or a flu virus, you could contract AD-36. If your body has ‘never’ been exposed to it, you may require about 3 months to build up antibodies to ward it off.
Now, you can gain a lot of weight in 3 months… but come on. You cannot become obese in three months unless you are really, REALLY working at it.
Plus, like most viruses, you build up immunity to AD-36. Researchers do not know how long the immunity lasts, but some theorize it could last years… some even decades.
And let’s not forget those 11% who are lean and have the virus.
Why did they not all of a sudden get “sick” with bodyfat?
Because they are not EATING or LIVING in a way that allows them to gain bodyfat no matter what nasty freakin’ viruses may be floating about, that’s why.
That’s right folks: It is always going to come down to the food we put in our body and the way we move. Here’s another hypothesis presented by Sherry Strong, food philosopher and nutritionist: “This could very well be the result of nature creating a mutation to encourage us to eat more due to the fact our consumption of natural, whole and organic foods is so low.”
Brilliant observation… and one tha makes complete sense.
Even if a “virus” is responsible for 20% of our weight gain, what about the other 80%?
We do not need a vaccine other than good food and a common sense workout plan.
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1. It’s fast. 7-14 minutes 3-5 days per week. Anyone on earth can do this.
2. The Basic Upgrade (you will see it) still comes with a copy of my book “The Every Other Day Diet.” Put the two together and you have an absolute winner of a plan that’s practical and enjoyable.
3. Plus, anyone who owns “Every Other Day Diet” gets my upcoming “Radical Fatloss Blueprint” book free. It comes out March 1st.
That’s 3 good reasons to go here and check out 7 Minute Muscle…
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Here’s one more:
You know better.
You know that there’s never going to be a magic pill for health, vitality, energy and looking your best.
We can keep hoping… or you can take action and get what you want now.
To me, that makes more sense than AD-36 “Super-Retro Fat-burning Vaccine” to hit the marketplace in 2021.
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A Candle In A Dark Week; Defeating Inflammation
Posted by: | Comments[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]
A Candle In A Dark Week
Unless you hitched a ride on NASA’s Lunar Orbiter, you’ve heard the news.
In a single day, we lost two people that almost everyone in this country, if not this world, felt as if they knew personally.
In the same week, there was a candle flickering in the darkness.
A candle fueled by science. By research.
By hope.
We lost Farrah Fawcett to cancer. But this week a promising new cancer drug has a large number of folks highly optimistic.
And of course we lost Michael Jackson. We don’t know why yet. I wonder if we ever will.
But still, the candle burns.
The light here is a light of reckoning. A light that says, “You are but dust in the wind.” To dust, we return.
In a sense, at least.
You are also the stuff of stars.
I’m not talking about movie stars — I mean literal stars.
The inspiration for this article comes from one of my personal heroes, Carl Sagan. In his brilliant book, A Demon-Haunted World, Carl brings is wit, intelligence and sobriety to bear on the candle in the dark — science.
Science has helped liberate us from the dark ages, literally.
Science has cured more people in a single generation than all the wars in “history” have taken. Can you believe it?
During this dark week, science enabled us to launch the most sophisticated lunar probe in history to the moon.
And science will eventually find a cure for that monster we call cancer.
But science may never find a cure for what killed the King of Pop.
You see, I don’t think it is as simple as it seems. It may be. Who knows. But I think Jackson died of loneliness and self-abuse.
It just took time.
That, combined with stress (the number-one killer in the world) is enough to do anyone in.
The candle in the dark? Managing your health is really under your control… more than you think. That includes your mind.
Not totally, but in a few years, who knows.
That’s a candle that burns bright to me.
Brighter than the sun.
A bit of honesty:
My first thought upon hearing Jackson died was, “Wow. Too young. How?”
I’ve always recognized his contribution to music, but I’ve never been “attached” as a fan per-se.
When Kurt Cobain died, I cried. When Gene Roddenberry died, I cried. I cry every time I watch the end of “Contact” that just says, “For Carl.”
When Michael died, I shook my head in disbelief, skepticism, and reflection.
My candle was burning at both ends, I suppose.
How fragile we are. Yet, like Sagan loved to say, we are all “starstuff.” Literally.
Every atom in your body with the exception of hydrogen can be traced to a red star, billions of years old.
That makes me hang my head in utter awe. How beautiful, yet how chaotic our universe and our lives seem to be.
The reason I do what I do is not to try and extend “just years” to your life — it’s to help you make your life the best it can be.
To extend the healthy, happy, joyful aspects of your life.
To give you the candle in the dark called “self-management”.
Your time can come in a snap of a finger. In a breath, your light can go out.
But until then, I urge you to fight the good fight.
And keep your candle lit for all the world to see.
Fit Bits: This Will Kill You. Really.
Inflammation.
That’s the ticket. That’s the answer.
That’s what you must address if you want to live a longer and more productive, healthy life. No ifs, ands or buts.
Inflammation is caused by insulin resistance, among other things.
I’ve decided to share this week’s Fit Bits with you in an entertaining video I made called “Low Carb Lunacy.”
Get ready for the facts like you’ve never seen them before…
Please press the Play button to start the video. Thanks!
P.S. For those of you who really want to take charge of your health, I do encourage you to adopt a dietary plan you can live with. The best I know of is found below.
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Fat Is Not Your Fault
Posted by: | Comments[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]
In this video I hope to shed some light on some provocative issues. First, craving fatty, sugary, high-calorie foods is not your fault. However, it is your responsibility—you have to learn to manage this vestibule pattern passed down through generations of DNA.
I have included a transcription of the video below. Enjoy!
Note: Thanks to too many years in scuba, I continually say “vestibular” in the video. The correct term of course is vestigial. But other than that… ; )
Please press the Play button to start the video…
Note: You can learn more about how to escape the “vestigial loop” covered in this video while still eating your favorite foods and losing all the weight you want by picking up my book The Ever Other Day Diet below…
TRANSCRIPTION
Hi, Jon Benson from Jon Benson Fitness dot com. Again, excuse the video-less video… my iCam is busted, but I’m getting it fixed this weekend.
If you missed the first video in this series, “Low Carb Lunacy”, be sure to check that out. Link below:
Fat is not your fault.
Craving foods high in fat is not your fault.
Craving foods high in sugar is not your fault.
Craving high-calorie foods is not your fault.
Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Well, it’s a biological and evolutionary fact.
BUT….
Guess what.
Just as a ruptured appendix is not your fault, it’s damn well your responsibility.
Just as your appendix is primarily useless; a vestigial organ no longer required for daily function, so is… yep.
Your cravings for sugar, fat, and calories.
Picture yourself living on the Savannah countless thousands of years ago. Everything you ate you either hunted or gathered—and for most of your days hunting was far more rewarded by your clan and by the females than gathering.
Gathering was the sign of a poor hunter. In fact, there’s an old joke: Vegetarian in the Cherokee tongue means Bad Hunter.
Turns out there may be more to this joke than you think.
On the Savannah, you might go days without food. Hunger and discomfort was associated mentally with “gathering” — picking up second choice. Is it any wonder so many of us as children seem to have a built-in aversion to vegetables? Our ancestors probably viewed what little vegetables were available during the warmer seasons as scraps from a table — not nearly enough calories, protein or fat to sustain themselves against the ravages of the day.
But bring home a nice tiger or lean game and presto: Hero status. The clan celebrated. The women swooned (great hunters were like rock stars in that day, or so I can imagine.) And the clan ate like crazy. Why? Who knew when the next high-fat, high protein, super-filling meal would come?
Folks, this same pattern, now just a vestigial mental organ if you will, is very much alive in your DNA. The problem? That tiger is now conveniently packed in your grocery’s freezer section. You may expend about 75 calories driving to the store, picking up a nice fatted piece of beef, drive home, cook it, and serve it. Hardly worthy of lavish praises from the female in your “clan”… but again, that genetic memory is a monster. It kicks in. The “provider” is still “worshiped” in the recesses of your DNA guys.
Unfortunately, it’s now a matter of economics, not hunting prowess. And being good with money rarely entails expending calories. So, that same drive to collect high-calorie, high-fat, energy-sustaining food is all but useless in today’s evolved society.
Same with sugars. When sweet fruits were in season on the Savannah, they provided the energy needed for the hunt. They tasted great. They were, as some anthropologists suggest, a type of early aphrodisiac. Sugar can trigger powerful “feel good” hormones, especially in its refined form. So, if you cannot eat filling food, how about a quick fix of feel good food?
Again, you were rewarded for this, albeit probably not as much — and definitely in different ways — back on the Savannah.
So you’re bucking eons of societal evolution folks… countless thousands of years of how humans ate, every time you sense hunger. Every. Single. Time.
Only now, everything is at your fingertips. Ladies, you no longer need a “hunter” — you can “hunt” for yourselves. Unfortunately you expend far less calories than males, both then and now. Some theorize than the females were responsible for preparing the meals. that, in and of itself, was very demanding calorically. Now… er… not so much. Guys, the hunt is over. All that’s left is brining in the cash to pay for the meals — one of the reasons, btw, many psychologists believe women are attracted to security of wealth. Yep — it all goes back to the hunting fields.
The obvious problem is that we now have these foods — but we have them at our fingertips and we have them on steroids multiplied by infinity. Our sugars are 100x sweeter than any fruit ancient man could have ever tasted. Our beef is loaded with hormones and unhealthy altered fats never known in the ancient world.
But our vestigial cravings are still there.
So, while craving foods that are high in sugar and fat makes perfect biological sense, it is no different than your appendix. It is a useless vestigial organ if you will, and it must be removed.
That part is your responsibility. It is the price we pay for societal evolution. But you can do it. As we’ve evolved, we’ve also become far more intelligent. More aware of our actions and their consequences. And we can fool the body quite nicely into thinking it has all the nutrients it needs.
I cover more about how to trick the body out of this historical “loop” of hunter/gatherism in my book The Every Other Day Diet…
Think about it. Comment below. Let me know if this resonates with you at all.
Thanks.
