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The Best Programs for Women to lose weight:These are the Top 5 Best Weight-Loss Programs this year, as indicated by U.S. Wellbeing News. Their wellbeing master specialists assessed 38 diverse eating routine and exercise programs, before introducing their yearly Diet Awards in August. I’ve chosen the Top 5 weight reduction abstains from food dependent on typical nourishments you can purchase in any store, and including high-and low-practice plans. So in case you’re prepared to get thinner, it’s an ideal opportunity to pick a champ!

 

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Best Weight-Loss Diet’ Award – Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers won in these three categories:

No. 1 Best Weight-Loss Diet
No. 1 Easiest Diets to Follow
No. 3 Best Fast Weight-Loss Diet
The goal: Lose up to 2 lbs. per week

What You Eat

 

Weight-Watchers works by offering a flexible eating plan and no food groups are ‘off-limits’. The aim is to encourage dieters to choose filling, protein-rich foods that are full of healthy nutritional value. The eating plan is higher in protein and lower in saturated fat and sugar, so fewer calories are consumed. This is the most expensive diet plan and local support group, and the most successful.

Exercise: All forms of physical activity are rewarded in this system, so you don’t need to do gym work-outs to succeed.

Meetings: The Weight-Watchers Diet offers a local support-group system that can be very helpful in keeping you motivated.

‘Best Overall Diet’ Award – Biggest Loser Diet
The goal: Disease prevention and weight-loss through cutting calorie intake and taking regular ‘work-out’ exercise over a 6-week period.

What You Eat

 

Enchilada Chicken from ‘Biggest Loser Family Cookbook’

You eat 4-servings of fruit and/or vegetables a day, 3-servings of protein and two-servings of whole grains. In addition, you can eat 200 more calories as dessert or extras. Your daily food intake should be – 45% of calories from carbs, 30% from protein, 25% from fat. You eat 5 – 6 small meals a day of lean protein, low-fat dairy or soy, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans and nuts.

This prevents the dips in blood-sugar that cause hunger pangs, and protein with low-cal/high fiber plant-foods helps you feel full longer. Avoid caffeine from coffee, green tea and ‘energy’ sodas, and drink 6 – 8 glasses of water a day. The Biggest Loser books teach how to choose food that provides healthy nutrition, instead of calorie-rich food with no nutritional value.

Limitations: Although you can eat from all food groups, some of the meal plans go below 1,200 calories per day. So you may need to take mineral and vitamin supplements to meet your nutritional needs.

Exercise: This diet requires you to exercise a lot during the 6-week weight-loss period. So you need to dedicate time and effort to reaching your goal, but you’ll also have learned a lot about reading food labels and healthy eating for life!

In-person meetings: None, but there are hundreds of ‘Biggest Loser’ recipes online and various BL Cookery Books to buy.

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‘Best Commercial Diet Plan’ Award – Mayo Clinic Diet
The Goal: To lose 6 – 10 lbs. in two weeks. Then continue losing 1 – 2 lbs. each week until you reach your weight-loss goal. Disease prevention and good health.

What You Eat

 

Pineapple Chicken Stir-Fry from Mayo Clinic Diets online

The world-famous Mayo Clinic sells the Mayo Clinic Diet book, which explains food groups and nutrition. The underlying principle is to change poor eating choices to healthy nutritious foods, without omitting any food groups, or counting calories. You can eat as much fruit or vegetables as you want.

The guide takes you through two weeks of the ‘Lose it!’ plan, after which you move on to the ‘Live it!’ section. You’ll learn how many calories you need to lose weight, and then maintain a healthy body for life.

Exercise is encouraged and you’ll understand why as you learn how food is converted into fuel for the body. There are plenty of Mayo Clinic Diet recipes online and independent online communities exist for general help and mutual support.

‘Best Plant-Based Diet’ Award – Mediterranean Diet
This is a well-known diet, traditionally eaten by Europeans living around the Mediterranean Sea. Those who eat this diet suffer fewer diseases and tend to live longer.

The goal: Long-term weight loss, improving your heart and brain health. Prevention of cancer and diabetes.

What You Eat

 

Mediterranean Diet Sardines

The Mediterranean Diet includes fairly small quantities of red-meat, saturated fat and sugar. The emphasis is on healthy plant-foods, with salads or vegetable soup eaten as a first-course before lunch and dinner. This means you aren’t so hungry as you eat your main meals and fresh fruit is used for desserts and snacks.

The diet includes plenty of fish, moderate quantities of eggs, cheese and yogurt and a variety of nuts. And red wine is consumed with meals in moderation. You can find details and recipes for this popular diet online in many places.

Exercise: To work, the Mediterranean Diet requires you to maintain an active life-style with regular, but general, physical activity.

‘Best Plant-Based Diet’ Runner-Up – Flexitarian Diet

 

The goal: Weight-loss and good health from a diet based on vegetables and fruits, plus fish and occasional meat dishes. Flexitarians weigh less than meat-eaters, and have lower rates of cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Background: The dietitian, Dawn Blatner introduced this diet in her book, The Flexitarian Diet (2009), which is worth buying. There are also lots of independent flexitarian support sites and tasty recipes online.

What You Eat
5 Most Effective Weight Loss Programs – U.S. Diet Awards

The idea is to concentrate on eating a meat-free diet, which cuts out a ton of calories, but you can still eat meat occasionally. Protein comes from tofu, lentils, dried beans, peas, nuts, seeds, eggs and dairy. Fiber and protein also come from vegetables and fruit. Whole grains are also a Flexitarian Food Group, along with Sugar & Spices.

No foods are banned, but your goal is to cut-back on meat and increase plant foods. The Flexitarian Diet (2009) is an excellent guide, which suggests you start by planning two meat-free days a week. This cuts a significant amount of calories off your weekly calorie intake instantly. Advanced flexitarians have 3 – 4 meat-free days a week and ‘experts’ eat vegetarian meals on five-plus day a week.

Exercise: You are encouraged to take walking exercise for 30 minutes on five days a week.

Plus: Healthy smoothie recipes for weight loss

 

These popular, healthy diet plans really work and teach how to control your weight for life. So good luck and I’d love to hear how you get on!

 

The month of September is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical Cancer is a preventable condition that can be diagnosed and treated successfully. Dr Nokukhanya Khanyile, Medical Doctor and Kotex® health expert, explains what cervical cancer is and gives a guideline on how to keep your cervix cancer free.

“According to CANSA (Cancer Association of South Africa), cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in South African women, with 1 in 42 women having the risk of getting cancer in their lifetime,” explains Dr Khanyile.

What causes cervical cancer?

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a very common cause of cervical cancer but there may be other conditions that can put you at risk of getting HPV which include:

Having multiple sexual partnersSmokingOral contraceptive use over a long period of time

What are the symptoms?

· Abnormal vaginal bleeding or discomfort especially just after having sex

· Foul smelling vaginal discharge

· Pain or burning when urinating

· An abnormal pap smear result is sometimes the first sign

If the condition is advanced, you may start to have constipation, blood in the urine, abdominal swelling or leg pain and swelling. It is important to speak to your doctor about the management of any abnormal results. The earlier lesions are detected, the less invasive the management becomes. The options available are too deep for the scope of this article but may include things like:

Surgical removal of the abnormal tissue on the cervix by either cutting it out, using laser therapy or cryotherapy which may be a day procedure and with or without anesthesiaHysterectomy or removal of the wombRadiation and/or chemotherapy

What can I do to prevent cervical cancer?

The Papanicolau Test or Pap Smear is a procedure that Health Care Professionals (HCP) do to look for cells that have cancer or look like they may become cancerous. This involves gently collecting some cells from inside the cervix and sending them off to the lab. The procedure is not painful but there may be some mild discomfort. The following steps are involved:

The HCP will get permission from you to do the procedure and place you in a room with appropriate privacyThe speculum is a metal device that the doctor may insert into the vagina to view the cervix. It may feel cold initially and then there may be some discomfort as the doctor widens the blades a little, but it shouldn’t be painfulIn order to get the sample, the doctor has to insert a small brush or wooden spatula into the mouth of the cervix and scrape some cells off. Again, it can feel uncomfortable but shouldn’t be painful

After the procedure, you may have some spotting but not enough that resembles a period, so if you notice clots or have lower abdominal pain, it’s important to go back to your doctor to make sure that there isn’t any problem. The test results will take anything between 2-6 weeks to come back and depending on your doctor, you may get a phone call with the results or the doctor may ask you to come in.

“It is important to go for pap smears often to check for any signs of precancerous or cancerous cells. If caught early, a doctor can do a small procedure that involves removing the affected cells before they spread,” concludes Dr Khanyile.

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