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There’s an old saying: If you find yourself standing in a deep hole with a shovel in your hands, stop digging. Yet when it comes to our rapid weight loss, most of us dig ourselves a little deeper into the hole every single day.

In this video we’ll explore 6 bad-habits that may be keeping most people from losing that weight and keeping it off.

1.Skipping Breakfast
It can be hard to make time for breakfast during the rush to get out the door in the morning, but if you're trying to lose weight or keep it off, make the extra effort to fit it in. Breakfast kick-starts your metabolism, forcing it to begin burning calories.
Your first meal of the day should include proteins, a small portion of a healthy fat food, and combined complex carbohydrates.

2.Consuming Sugary Drinks: 
Sugary drinks like soft drinks, which contain a high amount of added sugar or other artificial sweeteners are the major contributor to the obesity epidemic in the world. People who consume sugary drinks do not feel full when compared with the same amount of calories consumed in the form of solids. Try to drink 8-10 glasses of water everyday instead. Consuming water helps flush away body toxins. and maintain your body weight.


3.Eating too quickly.
A busy life and working schedule force us to eat faster. There are days when we don’t even have time to sit still and spend a few minutes eating peacefully. It is said that it takes almost 20-minutes for the stomach to inform the brain that it is full. Thus, it is important that we eat slowly and take at least 20-minutes to have a meal. This will aid in better digestion too. Follow the rule that says a single bite should be chewed a minimum of 20-times.

4.You Avoid All Fats
You know that eating trans fats can increase your risk of heart disease, weight gain and stroke, so you’re smart to stay away. But not all fats need to make your “do not eat” list. Consuming healthy fats like flax-seeds, Avocado, and nuts can actually help you slim down and stay healthy. Fats not only help us absorb many of the vitamins from our diets, but they also help keep us fuller longer, which can aid weight loss efforts.

5.Eating before going to bed
Most likely, we eat late at night because it’s a habit – not because we are hungry. If you were to keep track of all you ate at bedtime for one week, you may notice a pattern. You may be consuming something sweet and high in calories. If you feel you must eat something, select a piece of fruit.


6.Sleeping poorly
Keeping a set sleep schedule should enhance your sleep. If you don’t have any set time to go to bed, your body’s chemistry may get out of synch. 
This creates hormonal imbalances that trick you into believing you will only be satisfied if you eat.

How you look and feel when you’re older may depend on how you live your-life when you’re younger. To a great extent, good senior health means making good choices early-on. That means getting rid of bad-habits now that could threaten your physical well-being later.
Here are 7-culprits that speed-up the aging process and will make you look twice as old in half the time.

1.Holding Grudges
Forgiveness is something most of us believe in, but we don’t always practice it. Holding grudges against any person or situation is not good for your health as well as appearance.
If you are not able to forgive, you are adding more-stress to your life, which boosts your level of the hormone cortisol. Cortisol leads to weight-gain, high-blood pressure and high blood-sugar.
Stress even leads to more frowning, one of the key causes of wrinkles on the forehead
2.Not Getting Enough-Sleep
Beauty-sleep is a real thing
Just one night of bad sleep can make you look and feel tired. It can even lead to dark circles and bags under your eyes. Now, imagine what lack of sleep for days can do to your skin appearance. Make Sure You Get at-least 7-8 hours of sleep every-night.


3.Smoking
It’s certainly no secret that smoking is bad for your health. But did you know it’s bad for your looks, too? Studies show that in addition to shortening your life by increasing your risk for heart and lung-disease, smoking can activate enzymes that break down the elasticity of your skin. Even if you’re a closet smoker, the fine wrinkles and pallor that cigarettes cause can give you away — just one more reason to snuff out those smokes.


4.Feeding Your Sweet-Tooth
A sugar-packed diet can take a toll on your waistline and weight. It can even accelerate the skin-aging process. It can make your skin-dull and wrinkled.
This happens due to the process known as “glycation”, in which sugar attaches to and damages proteins like collagen and elastin. These proteins are needed to keep skin smooth and flexible. According to a 2014 study published in the American Journal of Public-Health, drinking sugary sodas may also speed-up your body’s aging process.

5.Not Staying Active
working out won’t only keep your muscles taut, but it’ll also do the same for your skin.  exercise has been shown to keep skin looking healthier for longer by improving blood-flow to the outer layers, which in turn boosts oxygen-levels and sweeps away harmful waste products.

6.Stressing the Hell-Out
Over the years, scientists discovered that stress, and the elevated cortisol levels that goes along with it, can be tied to anything from heart-disease and hypertension to decline in libido levels, erectile-dysfunction, and so much more. So it’s not at all surprising that stress can mess with the skin, further decreasing collagen over-time.

7.Drinking Alcohol in Excess
Alcohol is a natural diuretic, so when you drink in excess it causes dehydration. Dehydration depletes the natural moisture from your-skin, which automatically makes you look older than your-age.

“Eat less, move more." You might have heard this message before. While the strategy makes total-sense, it’s wrong to assume that the only reason people gain or lose-weight is because of calories.
The issue is much more complicated than that. Different foods affect hunger and hormones in different ways, and not all calories are equal. The truth is, there are many things you can do to lose-weight — without ever counting a single calorie.
Here are 5 proven-ways to put fat loss on "autopilot."
1.Replace Your Grain-Based Breakfast with Eggs
Two separate studies have shown that eating eggs in the morning (compared to a breakfast of bagels) can help you lose fat without trying. In one of these studies, 30 overweight women ate either bagels or eggs for breakfast. The egg group ended up eating fewer calories at lunch, the rest of the day. The eggs were so filling that the women naturally ate fewer calories at subsequent meals. Although eggs are high in cholesterol, studies show they do not raise your bad cholesterol or lead to heart disease, as previously believed.

2.Use Smaller Plates
The human brain is the most complex object in the universe. It tends to work in mysterious ways, and its control of eating behavior is incredibly complicated.
It’s the brain that ultimately determines whether you should or should not eat. But there is one neat thing you can do to "trick" your brain into thinking that it has eaten more food — use smaller plates. The larger your plates or bowls, the less your brain thinks you have eaten. By using smaller plates, you trick your brain into feeling more satisfied with fewer calories.

3.Eating More Protein Can Reduce Appetite
There is a lot of evidence that protein can increase fat burning and reduce hunger, helping you lose weight naturally.
In fact, studies show that protein boosts metabolism more than any other macronutrient. This is because the body spends more calories digesting and making use of protein than it does fat and carbs.
Protein also increases satiety, leading to significantly reduced hunger.
Eating more protein can boost your metabolism and reduce your hunger. It can also increase muscle mass, helping you burn more calories around the clock.

4.Making Time for Quality Sleep and Avoiding Stress Can Optimize the Function of Key Hormones
Sleep and stress levels often get ignored when discussing health and weight. Both are incredibly important for the optimal function of your body and hormones. In fact, inadequate sleep is one of the strongest risk factors for obesity. One study showed that short sleep duration raised the risk by 89% in children and 55% in adults.
Poor-sleep can also increase hunger and cravings, causing a biochemical tendency for weight gain by disrupting hunger hormones like ghrelin and leptin.
Excessive stress can increase your levels of the hormone cortisol, which is known to increase belly fat accumulation and the risk of chronic, Western diseases like type II diabetes and heart disease.

5.Cutting Carbs Can Make You Lose Weight Fast While Eating Until Full
One of the best ways to start losing weight without calorie counting or portion control is to reduce your carb intake.
Studies consistently show that people who eat fewer carbohydrates, naturally start to eat fewer calories and lose weight without any major effort.




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The use of herbs and spices has been incredibly important throughout history. Many were celebrated for their medicinal properties, well before culinary use. Modern science has now shown that many of them do indeed carry remarkable health benefits.
Here are 6 of the world's healthiest herbs and spices you should include in your diet
1.Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar Levels 
Cinnamon is a popular spice, found in all sorts of recipes and baked goods. It contains a compound called cinnamaldehyde, which is responsible for cinnamon's medicinal properties.
Cinnamon can lower blood sugar by several mechanisms, including by slowing the breakdown of carbs in the digestive tract and improving insulin sensitivity.

2.Sage Can Improve Brain Function and Memory
Sage gets its name from the Latin word Salvere, which means "to save."
It had a strong reputation for its healing properties during the middle ages, and was even used to help prevent the plague.
Current research indicates that sage may be able to improve brain function and memory, especially in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Other studies have also shown that sage can improve memory function in healthy people, both young and old.

3.Peppermint Relieves IBS Pain and May Reduce Nausea
Peppermint has a long history of use in folk medicine and aromatherapy.

Many studies have shown that peppermint oil can improve pain management in irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS
It appears to work by relaxing the smooth muscles in the colon, which relieves pain experienced during bowel movements. It also helps to reduce abdominal bloating, which is a common digestive symptom
4.Turmeric
Turmeric is the spice that gives curry its yellow color. It contains several compounds with medicinal properties, the most important of which is curcumin. Curcumin is a remarkably powerful antioxidant, helping to fight oxidative damage and boosting the body's own antioxidant enzymes.
This is important, because oxidative damage is believed to be one of the key mechanisms behind ageing and many diseases.
Curcumin is also strongly anti-inflammatory, to the point where it matches the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs.

5.Ginger Can Treat Nausea and Has Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Ginger is a popular spice used in several forms of alternative medicine. Studies have consistently shown that 1-gram or more of ginger can successfully treat nausea. This includes nausea caused by morning sickness, chemotherapy and sea sickness.
Ginger also appears to have strong anti-inflammatory properties, and can help with pain management.

6.Garlic Can Combat Sickness and Improve Heart Health
Throughout ancient history, the main use of garlic was for its medicinal properties.
We now know that most of these health effects are due to a compound called allicin, which is also responsible for garlic's distinct smell.
Garlic supplementation is well known for combatting sickness, including the common cold. If you often get colds, then adding more garlic to your diet could be incredibly helpful. There is also convincing evidence for beneficial effects on heart health.
For those with high cholesterol, garlic supplementation appears to reduce total and/or LDL cholesterol by about 10-15%.

Zero calorie foods for weight loss. What does that even mean? Do I have to eat salad all day every!? Absolutely not!
What makes a food “zero calories?”
The theory of zero calorie foods is that the body will burn more calories metabolizing and cooking the food than the calories the food contains.
This is a process called thermogenesis, and it’s how your body heats itself up.
So it doesn’t mean that the food literally contains ZERO calories. It does contain some calories, but the body burns off more calories eating and digesting the food than the food itself contains

Cool, right?
So make sure you add more of these foods to your diet any chance you get!  They will keep you away from calories and still fill you up.

Onions have many uses beyond flavoring dishes in the kitchen. For centuries they have been used for a wide variety of treatments, and are particularly useful in treating a number of health issues and concerns.
Their antimicrobial and antiseptic properties make them a great alternative to antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals, especially for common ailments like ear infections and small wounds. Like the equally powerful garlic, onions are a member of the allium family.
They’re also a good source of fiber, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, sulfur, antioxidants, and flavonoids.
Thanks to these nutrients and more, onions can play a crucial role in fighting major health issues, including diabetes, asthma, and cardiovascular disease.
Here are popular home remedies that utilize the healing benefits of onions:
1. Ear Infections
To cure ear infections, chop onions finely and tie into a double-layer of cheesecloth. Hold the onion poultice firmly against the affected ear and secure in place using a cloth bandage or snug hat. Keep for up to 12 hours and replace with fresh onions as needed.
2. Fever
Cure the common cold by placing onion slices on the soles of your feet. Secure with plastic wrap and cover with a sock. Keep them on overnight to help draw out toxins through your feet and speed up your healing process.
3. Nausea
Grate a large onion finely and squeeze out the juice by wrapping the grated onion in cheesecloth and pressing firmly. Then, steep a cup of strong peppermint tea and let it cool. Drink 2 teaspoons of the onion juice and wait 5 minutes. Follow up with 2 teaspoons of tea and wait another 5 minutes. Repeat as needed.
Do not eat or drink in between each treatment. Your symptoms should subside within 15-20 minutes.


4. Cough & Bronchitis
Combine finely chopped onions with coconut oil to make a paste. Apply the mixture to your chest, cover with a dishtowel, and secure in place using a cloth bandage. Leave it on overnight and clean up in the morning. This will help expel phlegm from your lungs to shorten the duration of your illness.
You can also use onions to make a cough syrup. All you need to do is peel a large onion and slice in half. Cover the cut side of each half with 1 tablespoon of sugar. Cover with plastic wrap for an hour. Chop the onion and store in a closed container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Take a tablespoon of the mixture twice a day as needed.
5. Colic
Cure infant colic by boiling 4 (1/4-inch) slices yellow onion in 2 cups of water and let it simmer for 5-10 minutes. Let it cool and strain. Feed 4 tablespoons twice a day during a colic attack. If symptoms persist for more than a day, contact your pediatrician immediately.
6. Cuts
Treat a paper cut by covering it with the transparent film of the onion’s skin. Not only will it stop the bleeding, it’ll even prevent infection.

Keep onions on hand at home by storing them in a dark, cool pantry. Store them in paper bags with multiple holes and keep them away from potatoes. They’ll last for up to 3 months!

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If you have cellulite you'd like to banish, you aren't alone. Many women of all-ages have cellulite on their legs, buttocks or stomach. Cellulite occurs when fat cells bulge through the skin's outer-layer, creating a dimpled, rutted appearance
Here are a few things worth trying.


1.Drink plenty of water. Hydrating your body keeps your skin cells looking fresh and renewed, which can reduce the appearance of cellulite. Drink at-least 8-glasses of water a day to make sure your system is getting all the water it needs.
• Start drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning, before you have your morning coffee or tea.

2.Eat some diet rich in fiber and protein. As with any other type of fat, getting rid of unwanted cellulite in your thighs begins with eating a balanced diet filled with foods that can help you shed fat-cells.
Excellent sources of fiber include: oatmeal, broccoli, lentils, beans, etc.
Excellent sources of protein include: eggs, fish, Greek yogurt, lean meat, etc.


3.Try out This Home-Remedy
• One home remedy floating around the Internet is a scrub made with ½-cup ground-coffee, 1-Tablespoon white granulated sugar, 2-3 Tablespoon olive-oil, 1-Tablespoon glycerin, and 2-Tablespoon vitamin-E oil.
• Combine all the ingredients together until evenly blended.
• Wash the back of your thighs in hot water to open your pores. Use your hands to apply the scrub over the back of your thighs, directly over the cellulite, and scrub firmly for 5-minutes.
• Wrap plastic wrap over the scrub on your legs to trap in moisture and heat. Let sit for 15-minutes before removing the plastic-wrap and rinsing the scrub off your legs. Then Follow-up with your favorite moisturizer.
• Coffee has caffeine and antioxidants that can drive-out some of the toxins in your body responsible for causing dimpled cellulite. It can also improve your blood-flow and tighten your skin thanks to the caffeine content.


4.Do targeted strength training. As body fat decreases, strengthening the muscles will firm your hips, thighs and buttocks. These exercises are some of the best ways to make cellulite less noticeable.
• Do squats. Stand in front of a mirror with feet hip width apart. Put your weight into your heels and squat down until your thighs are parallel with the floor. Pause at the bottom and slowly return to standing. Repeat 10-20 times. Hold free weights while squatting as you get stronger.
• Do planks. Get into a push up position with your body forming a straight-line from heels to shoulders. Hold the position steady for 30-seconds to 2-minutes.
• Do lunges. Stand with feet slightly less than hip width apart. Step forward with your right foot approximately 3-feet, Bend both knees until your left shin is parallel with the ground. Raise back-up to standing. Repeat 10-20 times on both sides.

And 5.Go for a body shaping treatment. These use lasers, massage rollers and radio frequency energy to break down the fat deposits. They also stimulate the production of collagen in your skin, which leads to a tighter, more toned appearance.