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Natural Weight Loss
  
Natural Weight Loss Weight gain is the most common health complaint in the Western world. This is because it is primarily a result of overindulgence and eating the incorrect type of foods. Food is one of the greatest pleasures in life. Our daily lives revolve around socialising and eating. Unfortunately, excess food and limited exercise will result in weight gain and a series of unpleasant health consequences. The goal to weight loss is to adopt healthy principles and make them a part of your everyday life. By eating the correct foods and enjoying regular exercise, your weight will slowly decrease and stay off. You also enjoy the benefits of a healthy diet and lifestyle. Other factors that slow the rate of weight loss are sometimes in play. This can be discouraging for people who are doing all the right things but seeing no results. Because there are thousands of different weight loss diets available, you may be too confused to follow one specific dietary regime, choosing instead to try many of them, half-heartedly, to no avail. Being overweight or suffering from obesity is not merely a cosmetic problem, but can threaten your long term health. There are many diseases and conditions associated with obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. These are serious conditions and must be treated seriously. The answer to the dietary aspect of weight gain and obesity is not to eat less, but to eat healthy and nutritious foods. Certainly, weight gain will occur if you eat high amounts of refined carbohydrates. These must be avoided and replaced with unrefined high-fibre carbohydrates. A balanced diet is best, comprised of fresh, preferably organic, raw fruits and vegetables, proteins, unrefined complex carbohydrates and fats. These principles should also be incorporated with a healthy exercise program.
Causes of Weight Gain There are many reasons why you may gain weight. The cause may not be one factor but a combination of different ones, including: - Yo-yo dieting
- High calorie intake
- Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
- Lack of exercise
- Hormone imbalances
- Insulin resistance
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Food allergies
- Candida
- Stress
- Emotional eating
- Food addictions
- Sluggish liver function
- Age
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