Nutrition

Mary Boozer- Editor-Hormone Diet Vanessa Preston-Critical Friend: Ardyss International:Body Magic 2 Step System Alex Jackson-Facilator-Atkins Diet Mariah Preston- Facilator-The Morning Banana Diet Kristen Lichty-Editor-Special K Diet

**__ The Body Magic 2 Step System __**











Ardyss International has created a unique system that shapes you inside and outside instantly, Transforms your outer appearance while improving your health, ([]). With the Body Magic 2 Step System, its now possible to reduce sizes comfortably without surgery. This innovative creation will sensationalize your figure by reshaping you from your shoulders to your legs. Made of sturdy, yet lightweight fabric and offers benefits such as:
 * Helps to firm and control your abdomen
 * Helps to lift and hold your lower stomach in position which helps organs to function more affectively
 * Pulls your shoulders back and corrects your posture
 * Straightens your back
 * Gives upper and lower back support
 * Thins your hips
 * Lifts and holds buttocks up in position

You can tighten up your abdomen and get the figure you've always wanted while at the same time improve your health with all the antioxidant benefits your body needs. The Le'vive nutritional drink contains the top 5 most effective antioxidants in the world: Acai Berry,Gogi, Pomergrante, Noni, and Mangosteen. The amount of antioxidants that you maintain in your body is directly proportional to how long you will live, (Dr. Richard Cuttler, National Institute of Aging). Among the many benefits of taking 2 oz. (1-3 times a day) of the Le'vive antioxidant supplement are:
 * Decrease the levels of harmful free radicals which cause
 * Help maintain a normal cholesterol level
 * Help maintain a healthy blood pressure
 * Help fight virus and bacteria
 * Help with gastritis, reflux and ulcers
 * Keep your skin and hair healthy
 * Improve your vision
 * Enhance your sex drive
 * Improve your digestion
 * Increase your energy level
 * Help control blood sugar levels
 * Help improve your memory
 * Protect your children's health
 * Lose weight
 * Better sleep

**References**

Richard Cuttler, Former Director of the National Institute of Aging, Washington, D.C.,U.S.A., Paul Zane Pilzer, New England Journal of Medicine. Retrieved from [|http://www.ardysslife.com], News 8 [].

**__ The Atkins Diet __**



In the Atkin’s diet there are four phases of the program and four key principles. The phases are introduction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenance, and lifetime maintenance. In introduction you reduce your carbohydrate intake to 20 grams per day. In the ongoing weight loss phase you up your carbohydrate intake to 25 grams per day and increase the variety in your diet. In pre-maintenance you are slowing your fat burning state to prepare your body for the life style change. In lifetime maintenance it is just sticking to your learned eating habits. The four key principles are weight loss, weight maintenance, good health, and disease prevention. This diet has help prevent diabetes by lowering insulin production.

** References ** Kidd, P. (2001). Inside the Atkin's diet. Total Health, 23(6), [51-5]. Retrieved from [|http://www.totalhealthmagazine.com]   (2010). Aktins Nutritionals, Inc. Retrieved from []

**__ The Special K Diet __**

The Special K challenge was created by the Kellogg’s cereal company and has you eating Kellogg’s cereal for breakfast, a healthy snack between breakfast and lunch like a Special K bar, a bowl of cereal for lunch or a Special K drink, another healthy snack between lunch and dinner, and a normal meal for dinner. A scientific study was done that shows 3 out of 4 people who did the special k challenge lost 6 pounds in two weeks. These results were due to fat loss. The Special K diet is only designed to be done for no more than two weeks at a time. Positives of the Special K diet; easy to follow, it is proven to be effective for 75% of people, people who eat cereal for breakfast have a lower body mass index than those who eat eggs for breakfast. Negatives are lack of variation in the diet can cause people to become bored, it is not a good source of fiber or based on whole grains. And, weight can be regained easily after ending the diet.

Matus, M., & Howard, M. (2010). Special K diet. In Every Diet. Retrieved from [|http://www.everydiet.org]
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__** The Hormone Diet **__

The Hormone Diet was founded by Dr. Natasha Turner and it is a diet that focuses on balancing your hormones. This requires healthier eating, enough sleep, and exercise. Benefits of the Hormone Diet are numerous. Some studies show that people who have participated in the Hormone Diet have decreased their symptoms of depression. The Hormone Diet also causes weight loss. This Diet shows how stress can affect a persons ability to lose weight and also improves your sex drive. This diet includes changing your eating habits and sometimes taking vitamins to make up for an imbalance of some kind. It is based on a Mediterranean diet that is tweaked a bit to add more vegetables and less sweets.

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  __**The Morning Banana Diet **__   The morning banana diet is said to be one of the hottest diets in Japan. Of course what makes it hot is that it was famous celebrity that found it to be of good use to her when dieting; so by word of mouth the diet continued to be a hit in Japan. The diet consisted of eating a banana every morning with room temperature water and then eating anything you want throughout the day but don’t eat past 8p.m. Unfortunately, the diet turned out to be a major bust in the sense that people realized, almost anything can aide in weight loss if you actually eat right and apply some type of exercise. As far as nutrition, bananas are great for: · Potassium · Reducing constipation · Brain power · Anemia · Blood pressure

Sadly people around the world continue to follow the latest and healthiest diets around the world, but how can that be good for you when the moment you try that diet days or weeks later a new diet is out. There are constantly new stories about the next best thing but really what people need to do is focus on their own intake of food and balances their eating habits with any type of exercise that can at least get your heart rate up for 20 minutes. There’s no need to stop eating all the foods you love or exercise to the extreme, just remember to eat modest and be active and that can really set the tone for a nice eating habits and healthiness.  http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/the-morning-banana-diet
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