Maybe you need to lose just a few pounds to fit back into your favorite jeans, maybe you have encountered the never ending weight gain results of poor choices and bad eating or just maybe you need a jumpstart on your weight loss regimen.  Either way, you are looking to lose weight and shed pounds.  A colon cleanse is a recently popular method to quickly lose a few extra pounds.

A simple colon cleanses is definitely not the answer to years of overeating junk food and poor exercise choices. It is also not the solution to keeping weight off and effectively loosing the excess pounds.  A colon cleanse can give you the jumpstart you need to change your lifestyle. If you choose to cleanse your colon, yet continue to overeat, or consume foods that are bad for your body, you will not lose weight in the long run.  It can actually result in increased weight gain and put you back in the same situation you were in before you took a colon cleanse.

All colon cleansing products are not created equal. Some products actually advertise the benefit of helping you lose weight, others do not. Initially, both choices may result in shedding a few pounds quickly. The colon can store between four and eight pounds of waste. Thus, if the colon is cleansed, it will shed the stored waste and register on the scale.  It can also create visible difference.  However, as soon as you start consuming food again, your colon will begin the storage process again.

Colon Cleansing is generally used as a detoxifier and initial boost to the dieting process. By ridding the body of excess waste, the digestive system is relieved of toxins and impurities that can cause you to feel bloated and run down. Some people actually swear by the healthy ideals of regular colon cleansing and other forms of detoxifying the body.

As always consult your personal physician before beginning any new diet or over-the-counter health care product. Rule out any potential health risks for you.  If you choose to purchase a colon cleansing product, you want to make sure you are getting what you are paid for, know all the health benefits, and if there are any health risks involved. Just because you can purchase a health item over the counter, it does not necessarily mean that it is good for your particular health situation.  A colon cleansing product with all natural ingredients is always the best choice.

Please visit the HealZoo Store for the  all natural colon cleansing products that we have available.

Okay so most of you already know that eating too many sweets is a recipe for disaster where weight loss is concerned.  If you didn’t know, here’s why. Sugars are the simplest form of carbohydrate – which can be natural such as lactose (milk sugar) or fructose (fruit sugar) or can be refined such as sucrose (table sugar).  All starchy and sweet foods (even fruits) raise blood sugar quickly. When eaten they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, causing a rise in the hormone insulin which acts to clear sugar and fat from the blood and to be stored in the tissues for future use. This causes weight gain. Read the full story

What are you trying to do, Lose Fat or Lose Weight? Maybe you always thought they are one of the same but they are not.  In fact, they are different.  Many people take fad diets to lose weight but, it always seems to come right back.   Most diet programs are about weight loss.  The HealZoo Journey is all about losing weight but this weight comes from FAT – also known as the enemy.

Weight is actually not so bad.  Weight is made up of  tissue, muscle, bone, blood, fat, water, and the rest of our body. All of these are needed for our very existence. Yes, even some fat is needed.  Read the full story

Proteins are the basic structure of all living cells. Proteins are used in making hormones, blood plasma transport systems, and enzymes. The basic building blocks of proteins are called amino acids. There are two types of proteins complete and incomplete.

Amino acids are categorized as essential and nonessential. Of the twenty amino acids that have been identified, nine are considered essential amino acids those that are not manufactured by the body, these must come from dietary intake.

The body can manufacture the non-essential amino acids from the by-products of carbohydrate metabolism. Amino Acids are crucial for proper Central Nervous System function.

Non-Essential Amino Acids  Alanine – provides energy for muscle tissue, brain and CNS; aids antibody production to enhance the immune system; helps metabolize sugars and organic acids. Read the full story