How To Loose 30 Pounds Fast

Almost everyone who's lost weight has eventually put the weight back on. Why this cruel reality? It's simple, really: During the first months of any diet, your body loses both fat and muscle. Then, when you gain back the weight, you add back only fat because it's much easier to gain fat than it is to gain muscle.
"That's the dirty little secret of most popular diet plans," says exercise researcher Ellington Darden, PhD, author of the new Women's Health book, The Body Fat Breakthrough. "They don't combine muscle-maintaining exercises with the calorie reduction. More muscle is your ticket to a better body."

It's no secret that muscle is more metabolically active than fat, so by having more lean muscle on your skeleton, you'll burn more calories even at rest. Fortunately, Darden says he discovered a super-efficient way to build muscle while losing weight: It's called "negative training," and Darden tested it on more than 100 people at Gainesville Health & Fitness in Florida a few years ago. The technique involves doing the lowering part, or "eccentric phase," of a resistance exercise very slowly. But Darden gave this old-school bodybuilding trick a tweak: He found that by using heavier weights and doing just one and a half reps very, very slowly, you can achieve remarkable results from just one or two short workouts per week.
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To get a taste of what Darden calls "negative-accentuated training," grab two dumbbells, and stand upright with your arms straight and the weights resting against your thighs. Do a quick bicep curl to get the weights to your shoulders; that's the starting position. Now very slowly lower the dumbbells—that's the negative phase—taking 10 to 20 seconds to let them lower to your thighs. Then immediately curl the weight very slowly to your shoulders (again, it should take 10 to 20 seconds)—that's the positive phase of the lift. Finally, without pausing, do another negative movement, taking a final 10 to 20 seconds to lower the weights to your thighs. So the idea is that you'll do the negative movement for twice as long total as you do the positive movement. (Eventually, you'll want to increase to 30 seconds for each phase of this exercise.)
By doing one and a half reps of a lift, you can complete a workout in just 20 to 30 minutes—and feel like you've exercised for more than an hour. The moves are simply that tough, which is why you'll need several days for your muscles to recover.
The negative-accentuated style of weight training results in 40 to 50 percent greater stress being put on your muscles, compared to more conventional training methods, says Darden. This stimulates key hormones that boost muscular growth and oxidize fat-cell content at a faster rate. "It may be that the higher level of stress put on your muscles, combined with just the right amount of carbohydrates, decreases insulin responsiveness in fat cells to make them shrink," says Darden.
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In addition to emphasizing this unique lifting strategy, Darden's plan also includes nine other "Fat Bombs," or small lifestyle changes that help people gain muscle and lose weight—as much as a 30 pounds in 30 days. Among those strategies are drinking plenty of cold water to stay full and burn calories through thermogenesis, walking nightly after dinner to boost body heat and trigger increased fat loss, and following a meal plan made up of roughly 50 percent carbohydrates, 25 percent protein, and 25 percent fat.
People who tried the plan during its test phase swear by it: "I burned multiple layers of fat from my waist (12 inches off) and am stronger and fitter than ever," says 42-year-old Melissa Norman, who lost 52 pounds in 24 weeks.
For the complete weight-loss plan and more of Ellington Darden's tips, check out The Body Fat Breakthrough!

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The Most Alkaline Foods

List of Alkaline Foods
At the top of any list of alkaline foods will be leafy greens and those fruits that are highly alkaline, like figs, oranges, and olives, but before I get to it, I think it’s important to cover a few idiosyncrasies of the list. Most natural foods have both acid and alkaline forming minerals in them. The dominance of either in a specific food determines whether it is an alkaline or acid forming food. Sometimes this can be confusing; for example, citrus and some tomatoes often taste acidic, but actually leave an alkaline ash, so are classified alkaline. Most nuts and seeds are considered acid unless they’re sprouted; however there are some that are neutral or just slightly alkaline such as almonds, Brazil nuts, and sesame seeds.

 

You’ll see many green leafy vegetables on the list of alkaline foods, which is why I try to consume them at every meal. A green smoothie in the morning is an easy way to load up on your greens and get alkalized right off the bat. Green juices are another fabulous source of alkalizing minerals, which is what we’re really talking about when we say alkalizing. Alkaline minerals include calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron and sodium.
Controversy over Fruit
Generally speaking most fruit is alkalizing; however for some people it can be acidic. They either don’t process it very well, the fruit is not ripe, or they are just eating too much. One symptom of this is high uric acid levels (gout), which can show up as red, tender/painful, and perhaps swollen toes. Along these lines there is some controversy over whether fruits are acidic or alkaline. Dr. Robert Young feels that most fruits ferment with digestion and produce acidity in the body and so are acid-forming. His exceptions are low sugar fruits like lemon, lime, and grapefruit. Long term raw fooder Dr. Gabrial Cousens disagrees and gives this explanation, “Almost all vegetables and fruits that are ripe are alkaline-forming. Fruits and vegetables grown in inorganic, commercially prepared soils are less alkaline forming because they are grown in mineral-depleted soils. Most fruits which are not ripe are acid-forming.”
All fast food, processed, preserved, canned, packaged, refined, microwave meals, dairy, and meat are acid forming foods and should be avoided like the plague if you plan to remain healthy or regain your health.
It is important to note that the list of alkaline foods below is for ripe foods in their raw state unless otherwise noted. Cooking or removing skins or peels can change a food from alkaline to acid. The condition of one’s digestive system can also effect whether a food is alkaline or acid. If the digestive system is weak, or the food was taken quickly or not chewed properly, then even alkaline foods can have an acid affect on the body. Mineral content of the soil where the food is grown will change the mineral content of that food and possibly change its designation of acid or alkaline. 
To learn about the alkaline detox diet. 

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                           List of Alkaline Foods

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Very Alkaline Forming Alfalfa grass (lucerne) Barley grass Beet greens Bok choy Chard Collards Dandelion greens Figs Green juices Kale Lemons Limes Leafy greens (most)

Spinach Watercress Miso Olives Oranges Papaya Parsley Seaweed Sea vegetables Watermelon Wheatgrass juice Wild greens

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Alkaline forming Foods Most vegetables Most fruits Apples Apricots Avocado Bananas Beet root Bell pepper Berries (most) Blackberries Broccoli Cabbage Carob Carrots Cauliflower Cayenne pepper Chlorella (some) Celery Cherries Chive Cilantro Corn (sweet) Cucumber Currants Dates Daikon Eggplant Endive Garlic Ginger root Grapes Grapefruit Green beans Green herbs Guava

Kohlrabi Kiwi fruit Leeks Lettuce Mango Mangosteen Melons Mustard greens Nectarines Okra Onions Parsnip Passion fruit Peaches Pears Peppers Persimmons Pineapple Prickley pear Pumpkin Raisins Raspberry Rutabaga Sapote Spirulina (some) Sprouts Strawberries Squash Sweet potato Tangerines Taro root Tomato Turnip Young coconut Zucchini

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Slightly Alkaline Forming Almonds Amaranth Artichoke Brussel sprouts Buckwheat (sprouted) Flaxseeds Lentils (sprouted) Millet Mushrooms Olive oil

Potato (with skins) Pumpkin seeds Quinoa Sesame seeds Sprouted grains (possibly neutral) Sprouted seeds Sunflower seeds Wild rice

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Acid Forming Foods Cranberries (slightly) Blueberries (slightly) Plums (slightly) Prunes (slightly) Unripe fruit Most nuts and seeds Fermented foods Processed fruit juices (store bought)

Peanuts Soft drinks Alcoholic beverages Dairy Meat Most grains Most beans Processed foods