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Day #6 Sugar or Fat–What’s the Real Culprit?

Welcome to Day #6!

Today we’re going to switch gears and talk about something
concrete:

Sugar and Fat

Plus simple steps you can take to shift your energy and
metabolism starting today.

Much of our society has been conditioned to avoid fat and to
look for low-fat foods, but did you know there are actually
“good” fats–fats that are good for you?

Even cholesterol has its place.

In fact, cholesterol is an essential component of
the membranes of every cell in your body, is a key factor in
normal hormone production, and too little cholesterol on
blood testing can be a marker for poor chance of survival.

Many low-fat foods are actually high in sugar or
carbohydrates, which get digested into sugar in your body.

Do you know what your body does with excess sugar?

It stores it.

First as sugar stores in the liver, and then as–guess
what?

Fat!

Now here’s a shocking fact:

Despite low-fat marketing for a number of years
which has made everyone fat-conscious…

diabetes, obesity, and heart-disease as ailments
of Western society are more common than ever.

So what do you do?

First, begin to shift your thinking from paying so much
attention to fat.

Rather, focus on eating more real food.

As long as you’re avoiding deep fried foods and french
fries (both of which heat fats to high temperatures and
make them toxic) and artificial fats such as margarine and
partially hydrogenated oils, I would rather you become less
“fat conscious”.

Begin today instead to eliminate, or at least decrease, two
other items from your diet:

Processed (added) sugar and corn syrup (often listed as
“high fructose corn syrup”)

You will actually find your taste buds awakening to a whole
palette of tastes when they’re not overwhelmed with sugar,
and you will experience a beneficial impact on your weight,
your metabolism, and your energy.

Additionally, shifting your thinking about fat will allow
you to feel more comfortable receiving the benefits of good
fats, which you’ll learn more about in the ongoing series
Dr.Ben’s Health Insights that continues after this initial 7 days.

Now, here are 3 steps you can take to shift your energy and
how you feel starting today:

1) Color–Eat smaller amounts of food more often, and get as
much color–particularly from fruits and vegetables–as you
can.

Looking for more natural color as you eat is a simple
way to increase your antioxidants, your nutrition, your fiber,
and your health without getting a headache reading labels
and reports!

2) Move–be sure to move at least 10 minutes every day.

Go for a walk, do some jumping jacks, dance to some music,
or play tag with your kids. Once you master this, begin
increasing the time or adding multiple times throughout the
day

3) Supplement — Get on a quality multivitamin, mineral, and antioxidant supplement and an omega three fish oil supplement to replenish your “nutritional bank account”, fill any gaps in your diet, and optimize your nutrition. (More on this tomorrow)

There you have it.

Key steps you can learn and implement in minutes that can
make a profound difference in your health and how you feel
today.

Avoid deep fried food, partially hydrogenated oils, processed
sugar and high fructose corn syrup.

Eat with color and in small amounts more often throughout
the day.

Move for at least 10 minutes a day.

Get on quality supplementation.

Now is this “enough”?

Remember our discussions of the past few days?

Health and healing are really multi-dimensional.

They involve all parts of our being…the physical steps are
just one part.

I’ve found that a few simple principles that are easy to learn
and practice on the physical side, when combined with addressing
the thinking, beliefs, focus, and feelings of a person–the
“non-physical” side–make a more profound difference, and a
simpler, easier, and happier life–than exhaustive amounts of
information and rules.

You’ll learn more about “Good Fats” in the insights that follow this 7 day series.

Today’s lesson “Sugar or Fat–What’s the Real Culprit?” also gave you 3 key steps to shift your energy and how you feel today.

Share your own experiences, ask a question, or leave a comment for others below.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. Ben

P.S. Tomorrow we address nutritional supplementation beginning with the question, why supplement at all? See you there!

Day #4 Changing the Rules…

Welcome to Day #4!

Today we’re changing the rules…another key step to transforming your health and your life, and one you won’t normally find in a “health” newsletter.

The following is excerpted from Maximize Your Health In Just Minutes a Day with Dr. Ben, something you’ll continue to receive if you initially opted in for this 7 day series there:

This morning I was discussing with a couple team members the difference between Newtonian physics, which follows a set of “rules” that seem to hold true for most physical situations, and the more recently described theory of relativity and quantum physics, which describe phenomena in newly discovered situations where Newtonian rules don’t seem to hold “true”.

Many of us have grown up with a set of “rules” about earning and deserving–and to an extent, these rules have seemed to hold true and to “work”.

If you work hard, you can earn money, approval, even love…

and conversely, if you don’t work hard, do a good job, do something right, “earn” it…then you don’t deserve money, approval, love, happiness.

But is there another way to live that would bring more fulfillment and joy than the “earn” principle?

I’m recognizing my own tendency to try to “earn” and to resist receiving what I feel I haven’t “earned”.

This morning while sitting on the porch with my wife before everyone else awoke, I realized that many of the great stories from the Bible involved people receiving a promise that went way beyond anything they could see or earn–whether it was a way across the sea, water in the wilderness, or an heir to a childless couple later in life.

In fact, the last 24 hours, the phrase “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness” keeps coming back to me.

Abraham’s “approval”, and his becoming the father to a whole nation, was based solely on his believing God–and that when his outward condition gave no evidence that this would be so.

“Earning” works to a certain extent–but it’s hard work and often leaves us still striving and resisting.

What if we could learn to trust and surrender, to believe and receive, to allow our good to come to us based on grace, based on being, based on faith, rather than on our works or our “earning”.

A level of surrender is certainly required–surrender of our pride, our feeling of control, our habits of thinking and talking to ourselves.

But what joy to really be free to receive!

Whatever your spiritual persuasion, many are now recognizing a Source whom I personally call God that is all around us and is for us.

An affirmation adapted from Florence Shinn that’s assisted me recently is “God is my unfailing supply, and large sums of money now come to me quickly, under grace, in perfect ways.” You could fill in whatever supply you are seeking–abundant life, vibrant health, and so on.

“God is my unfailing supply, and vibrant health now flows to me daily, under grace, in perfect ways…”

Believe and receive. Allow your good to come to you.

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Okay, that’s lesson 4.

Today we “Changed the Rules” and discussed another key factor to healing, receiving, and abundance.

Have your own experience with earning vs. receiving? I’d love to hear from you below!

Dr. Ben

P.S. Ever feel lousy and just don’t know how to change it, even though you want to?

Find out how in tomorrow’s lesson! Not subscribed? You can do so here: Maximize your health in just minutes a day with Dr. Ben

Day #1 Why Most Programs Fail

Welcome to Day #1!

Over the next 7 days, we’re going to cover key components to
transforming the way you feel in just minutes a day.

And since you’re a multi-dimensional being (you have thoughts
and feelings that affect how you feel just as much as anything
you put into your mouth), we’re going to address all dimensions
in this series with the insights that follow.

So let’s get started with today’s lesson,

**Why Most Programs Fail**

Ever tried a “program” to change your health or something in
your life only to be disappointed it “didn’t work”?

Before we talk about some of the specific physical steps you can
take to change your health and how you feel, today I want to share
with you the top two reasons why most programs “fail”, and at
the same time equip you with a strategy so that you never “fail”
again.

Here’s the first reason:

**The Law of Incremental Change and Compounding Results**

Think for a moment of growing a tomato plant (a wonderful
analogy in Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life).

When the first green shoots spring up from the dirt, you don’t
stomp on them and say, “But I wanted a tomato!”

But isn’t that what you’ve done when attempting to “grow” other
results in your life?

Whether it’s changing your physique, releasing some weight,
eating healthier, or even a change in an arena other than health–
how you relate to your spouse or kids, or the results you’re
wanting to see in your business–how many times have you been
frustrated with yourself or your apparent “lack” of results?

Maybe you “messed up” this weekend and repeated an old habit,
or maybe you’ve been “trying really hard” but still not seeing
the results you want…

Or maybe you’re overwhelmed by a diagnosis or set of
circumstances and don’t know where to begin…

Well, no matter where you are right now, here’s where you start:

One step at a time.

Now this may seem obvious, but stick with me for a moment.

You can’t be anywhere other than where you are right now–
because that’s where you are.

So start here.

Start taking steps in the direction you want to head.

And start to accept and understand The Law of Incremental
Change and Compounding Results.

You’ve heard of the “penny doubling every day” becoming over
10 million by the end of 30 days.

Well, in the first few weeks, the visible changes are
INCREMENTAL…but the continuation of these incremental
changes begins to compound, and that’s when the magic
happens.

It’s the same with your health, your relationships, or any
other area of your life.

You may be ready for a quantum shift…and we’ve probably
all heard of personal transformation that happens virtually
“overnight.”

But what happens for most people is the willingness to
cooperate with taking these incremental steps consistently,
and then allowing the magic of compounding to happen.

And compounding doesn’t just happen with money…

It happens in your body, and in any area of your life where
you allow new steps to begin to add together and create a

**new pattern**

with

**new results.**

And the compounding can happen rapidly…just like with the
penny…

and create almost “overnight” transformation.

But when you’re “in the middle of it,” if you don’t understand
this principle, you can “stomp” on your tomato shoots…

…stop the steps you’re taking…

before the compounding starts to take off…

and that’s what most people do.

That’s why most programs “fail”…

It’s not really that the program doesn’t work, or even that it
takes too long to see results.

Rather, it’s just that most people don’t understand the Law of
Incremental Change and Compounding Results, and they “pull out”
before the magic starts to happen.

Take a few minutes to ponder this throughout today, and leave your comments and questions on today’s lesson below.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. Ben

P.S. Want to share this 7 Day Guide and ongoing email tips with someone you love? You can invite them to join you here.

Tomorrow we’ll talk about the one key barrier you must release to heal. See you there!

30 Second Idea Keeps the Weight Off Over the Holidays

As we enter more Holidays and the New Year, I know you might
be thinking – at least for a moment — about your weight,
your energy, or your metabolism.

Well, I have a question for you.

What if you could still enjoy some of your favorite foods over
the holidays with one slight change, and not gain weight–
perhaps even lose some?

Here’s an idea that will take you 30 seconds to learn, is simple
to do, and can make a profound difference for you:

Your metabolism responds more to calories per meal than calories
per day.

Huh?

Well, what this means is, even if you ate the same amount of
food in 24 hours, if you split it up into 4-6 different “snacks”
or “meals” during the day instead of 2-3 “big” ones, you’ll
trigger your metabolism to burn more rather than get stuck in
a “storage” mode.

So how do you do this without simply eating more?

How about dividing your meal into 2 portions and saving some
for later?

How about stopping just a little before you’re “full” knowing you
can still enjoy some more of that turkey or pie a couple hours
later?

Simply spread the same amount of food you would normally eat
throughout the day instead of eating it all at once.

Try it, and see how your energy shifts…

…all without feeling you have to “deprive” yourself or grit
your teeth…

…and as you’re feeling better with more energy and your
metabolism revs up, you may find yourself choosing foods and
portions that further contribute to your feeling good.

Add some walking or movement each day, and you can actually
release weight over the holidays and feel great!

For more great tips and a complete 11 day program to really
get things going, hop on over to:

Keeping the Holiday Weight Off

As a special holiday gift, for everyone who gets the program
and emails me their receipt or confirmation by January 1st, 2008, I’ll email you
my Foundational Wellness Program ebook free and give you 10
minutes of one-on-one coaching by phone where you can ask me
any question you want.

So give yourself this gift–simple ways to change your energy,
metabolism, and physique–get my Foundational Wellness Program
as my free gift to you to complete your journey to wellness,
and ask me any question you want by phone:

Hop on over to:

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Order your program, then email me your receipt or confirmation
and your phone number.

To a blessed and prosperous New Year,

Dr. Ben

P.S. If you recently purchased the above program via
Dr. Ben’s Health Insights or here on the blog,
email me your receipt, confirmation, or log in, and I’ll send
you my Foundational Wellness Program and give you 10 min’s of
phone coaching as well!

(If you can’t find your confirmation, email me anyway and I can
look you up!)

3 Surprising Secrets of Effective Weight Loss Maintainers

I just finished listening to a fascinating seminar on obesity and wanted to quickly share with you three keys of successful “weight loss maintainers” that you can apply right away.

But before I do, did you know that obesity is increasing worldwide, even in Asian countries, and is now considered a worldwide epidemic just like AIDS and is killing millions of people yearly?

If you’ve ever struggled with your weight or body image, here are a few characteristics you can probably relate to:

A feeling of lack of control–for “serial dieters” this feeling can be overwhelming leading to feelings of hopelessness and futility.

Trying many programs and products–more than 10 is common.

Yo-yo weight loss…where the “lost” weight comes back…(this is where changing your vocabulary to “releasing” rather than “losing” weight can have a powerful effect.)

Blaming yourself.

Poor self-image and self-worth.

Now, want to know 3 secrets of those who have been successful not only at “losing weight” but at maintaining a healthy body shape long-term?

Here’s 3 that jumped out at me from the seminar today:

1) They eat regular meals–they actually DON’T allow themselves to get “ferociously hungry” and they focus on choosing high quality foods rather than on quantity

2) They accumulate physical activity throughout the day rather than in intense workouts. This includes simply walking across the parking lot, taking the stairs, and even “fidgeting” per a Mayo Clinic study–anything that burns calories–and they recognize that little steps throughout the day add up and create powerful results.

In fact, during actual 24-hour calorie-burning measurements in one study, the days when people burned the most calories were the days when they were just “doing lots of stuff”–active and moving throughout the day–NOT the days when they did an intense workout!

3) They celebrate the steps that lead to success–not just weight loss itself, but the actual steps such as those above that lead to healthy body transformation!

Now pause a moment and ask yourself, how can you apply 1 or more of these steps consciously and intentionally to your day today!

Done?

Okay. Now want to know an additional secret to healthy weight loss?

One of the breakthrough keys to the Healthy Weight Loss program called FatLoss4Idiots is the concept of focusing on calories per meal rather than calories per day–and that eating the same number of calories a day, but spreading them out between 4-6 meals rather than 2 or 3 can actually trigger increased metabolism–increased fat burning–in your body.

A very simple, but powerful concept.

And you can actually do this without counting calories or reading labels!

If you’d like to learn more, and experience gaining back control of your body’s metabolism with simple, healthy steps that you can start today and at a one-time price that virtually anyone can afford, go straight to:

Burn Fat, Turn Up Your Metabolism, and Release Weight with the Healthy Weight Loss Program. (click here for “FatLoss4Idiots”)

Now if you want to take an additional step, and use cutting edge technology never before available for personal use at home to actually measure the calories you’re personally burning each day, you can email me directly at [email protected] and I’ll fill you in on new technology just released this week called “My Victory”.

Here’s to your health, and to transforming your life!

Dr. Ben

P.S. Are you getting your own Dr. Ben’s Health Insights by email? You can get yours here: https://doctorbenlo.com

P.P.S. Leave your own comments, questions, and personal victories with “releasing weight”, healthy weight loss, and personal transformation by clicking on “comments” below.