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If you want to lose weight rapidly doing it with half-measures just won’t do. More than any diets, exercises or pills, rapid and effective weight loss requires an attitude aimed at success and consistency in what you are doing, and that sometimes can be quite hard. In most cases losing weight means changing your lifestyle altogether and we know how most of us aren’t able to shift schedules and regimens, especially when “needed.” But in fact, there are only a couple of things that can make it really hard for you to lose weight: mental disorders, metabolism disorders or inherited obesity that is characteristic for the family. In all other cases it is only your will that can make this happen or not.

Having too much excessive weigh can lead to a wide range of conditions and disorders, lack of self-esteem being the mildest of them. However, when a person starts losing weight it is the return of self-confidence that is the most important, besides the obvious minimization of other health risks. That is why so many people are looking for rapid weight loss solutions that will help them shed off those pounds in a short time without the inevitable struggle of will that is required for reaching any substantial results. Luckily for people who want rapid results, there are real methods that help achieve incredible results. Still, they also require substantial efforts, and there’s no way you can avoid intense exercising.

First of all, you will have to become more active than you are now. Start jogging, swimming, walking, dancing, exercising, cycling – anything that will increase your heart rate and burn all the calories stored with your excess weight. Forget about taking the elevator or driving to your work if it’s only a few blocks away. You have to become really active, even when you’re at home. Movement is the key to success and you will be surprised how fast you can burn fat when you start moving around a lot. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s is great science when someone gets an unexpected result in an experiment and sets out to discover the reason. So it was that Dr Patricia Hunt, who studies genetics at Case Western Reserve University, tracked down the cause when her control group of mice showed up with unexpected cell damage. These mice were living quiet lives, cut off from all the usual chemicals then known to cause genetic damage. Yet they were falling ill. Testing everything, she found that some strong detergent used to clean their cages was causing the plastic to bubble. When she analysed these bubbles, she found them full of Bisphenol A (BPA). Injecting different groups of mice with different concentrations of BPA damaged the genetic quality of their cells. She announced her discovery in 1998 and, since then, the evidence shows that BPA along with a number of other chemicals in our environment can and do cause genetic damage. If this was limited to mice, we would not worry. Unfortunately, these chemicals affect humans as well. BPA is classified as an endocrine disruptor, i.e. it affects the way in which hormones are released and affect the body. If you were wondering why so many of our children are showing up with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the answer in part lies with the increasing levels of adrenaline pumping into their blood stream. Many have also been found to have high levels of BPA in their blood. Curiously, men working in factories manufacturing plastic and exposed to BPA are more likely to suffer erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer.

Some countries have been very fast to act, banning chemicals whenever they are suspected of causing damage to humans. Long lists of additives are banned from our food. Ten years ago, Japan banned the use of BPA in all products used by babies and infants. In 2010, France followed suit. Four individual US states have also banned BPA in plastic bottles used for drinks and food storage in the baby market. But the Federal Government has no plans to even limit the use of BPA. This leaves chemicals like BPA and the phthalates freely circulating in our environment. They are in almost everything we eat, drink and touch. This makes the human community one giant research experiment to discover the extent to which all these chemicals may cause cancers, heart disease and, more worryingly, reproductive problems.

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