Daily Fat Intake

Here are some interesting facts on fat.  According to the American Heart Association recommendations, your daily fat intake should not be more than 30 percent of your total calories, with saturated fat contributing no more than 7 percent. For someone eating 2,000 calories a day, that means fewer than 600 calories from fat, or less than 66 grams. And within that total, saturated fat should be limited to fewer than 15 grams (if you are worried about high cholesterol or heart disease, that number should be even lower).

 

McDonald’s Deluxe Breakfast is a smorgasbord of bad-for-you foods—including eggs, sausage, pancakes smothered in syrup and margarine, hash browns and a biscuit. In moderation, any of these items could be an OK (if occasional) breakfast, but add them together and you’re looking at a grand total of 1,220 calories, 550 of them from fat, including 17 grams of saturated fat.

 

What we eat is crucial to our physical wellness.  In 6 months almost all proteins in your body are replaced, even the DNA of your genes.  Unbelievably, every 4 months every cell in your body is exchanged.  In a year all your bones are replaced, constructed entirely out of the nutrients you eat. You really are what you eat!  Reach for the fruits and vegetables!

 

Natural forces within us are the true healers!

What’s Your Health Worth?

EAT COLORFUL!  Americans eat too much white food such as potatoes, rice, flour, white sugar, milk, cheese, white bread, and white pasta.  Why is this dangerous?  They can cause chronic killer diseases!  4500 independent studies show that fruits and vegetables can reduce your chance of getting cancer, but not only cancer.  The people who ate the most fruits and vegetables had½ the least occurrence of cancer, heart disease, and stroke.  50 grams of fiber is what is recommended to clean the body of carcinogen, however, most Americans get only 5 grams of fiber.  Low fiber is connected to breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease and diabetes.  Every single fruit and veggie is loaded with fiber; just a cup of blueberries has 15 grams of fiber!  Juice Plus is not a substitute for healthy eating, but it has the nutrients of 17 raw fruits and vegetables.  Doctors love and recommend it.  Here at Fitness SPA we have seen people have their high blood pressure go down 66 points as well as their cholesterol in only 3 months.  Happily, since going on Juice Plus many have reduced their need for asthma medicine both in children and adults.  We want to make a difference in your well-being. If you have been thinking of trying Juice Plus, we can get it for you wholesale.  It’s only $1.37 a day!  If you would like more information online go to: http://www.juiceplus.com/+mm90183 or call me at Fitness SPA 770-632-3595.

 

 

 

Water is Life

Don’t forget to increase your water intake this summer!  Not only will it help you get through those hot July days, but it will also contribute to your fat loss.  Why?  Basically, it comes down to this:  Your kidneys cannot function properly without enough water.  When this happens, the liver must take over the kidneys’ jobs and ignore its own.  Well, one of the liver’s primary functions is to metabolize fat.  When the liver is distracted with the kidneys’ extra work, it leaves little time for the liver to metabolize your stored fat.  So remember, the key to a healthy body and fast metabolism is lots of water!