In my many years of experience with weight-loss patients, I’ve found that 3 meals and 2 snacks per day work a lot better than 3meals alone. The body seems to speed up its metabolism when it realizes it’s getting fed on a regular basis, with brief periods of fasting time in between. And it’s easier both physically and psychologically to stay with the plan. The number one enemy of the overweight health seeker—hunger—is banished!
If you take, say, 3 grams of Chitosan during the day for Plan I and 6 grams for Plan II that will eliminate between 9 and 18 grams of fat (or 80 to 160 calories) for Plan I and between 18 and 36 grams of fat (or 160 to 325 calories) for Plan II. Since without that reduction these plans are sufficient for most people to lose weight, with the Chitosan you can afford an extra splurge now and then—even if you are on an ideal diet.
If you are not on the ideal plan, but working your way towards that beacon, all you have to do is eat the same as before, but cut down slightly by using your Chitosan bag, keep the splurging to the level you’ve always enjoyed, and let the Chitosan be your basic calorie reduction mechanism. Although you eat just a little bit less each day, your body will absorb quite a bit less, and so you’ll lose weight. What Is Saturated Fat? Saturated fats come from meat and animal products. We also make saturated fats by turning oil, such as corn oil, into solids such as margarine. All saturated fats cause the body to make more cholesterol. Cakes, pies, and pastries are usually filled with saturated fat.
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We’ve also known for years that eating a high-fiber, low-fat diet can reduce the risk of ulcers. While I don’t recommend Chitosan as a primary treatment, I’ve found that taking Chitosan can ameliorate the pains of ulcers or gastritis.
In one study,28 38 patients with peptic ulcer disease were compared to 40 healthy controls. Those who developed the disease ate significantly less fiber than those who were ulcer-free. Another fascinating study29 involved 73 people whose duodenal ulcers had recently healed. Thirty-eight of them were randomly chosen and asked to include lots of whole-grain bread, vegetables and porridge in their diets, while the other 35 were asked to avoid these same foods. Six months later, only 45 percent of the high-fiber group had suffered relapses, compared to 80 percent of the low-fiber eaters.
A similar study involved 42 patients with chronic duodenal ulcers. Half of them were put on a diet containing a good amount of unrefined wheat, which is high in fiber. The other 20 were asked to continue eating their low-fiber diets. Five years later, only 14 percent of the high-fiber eaters suffered relapses, compared to 81 percent of those consuming little fiber.30
As shown in these preliminary studies, Chitosan and the Fat Blocker Eating Program may help you prevent and/or treat ulcers.
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Success begins with belief. As Frank Lloyd Wright said, “The thing always happens that you believe in. And the belief in a thing makes it happen.” Begin your Fat Blocker Program by
visualizing yourself as the trim, healthy person you want to be. With your mind’s eye, picture yourself at your desired weight, perhaps standing by a pool. Don’t stop there; see yourself slim during the holiday season as well—slim the year round. I teach my patients to see it, then say it, and above all feel it. Affirm that you are what you want to be: “I am slim and healthy.” Say this out loud and repeat it often, it works better. So, try saying it out loud, 50 times a day. As my friend Reverend Ike says, “Positive affirmations are seeing and feeling yourself—in your mind— already being, doing, and having what you want.” Having dealt with countless dieting patients I can confidently report that the belief in your ability to control your body and to be slim and healthy is a vital part of dieting—and of life. One of the main advantages of Chitosan, and one not written about very often, is that it will greatly strengthen your conviction that you will lose weight. And, no wonder, for the product obviously works. At last, you can really believe you will be able to lose weight. How can you believe in other diets that you have tried over and over without success? But now, with Chitosan, you will be able to believe. And all things are possible to those who believe.
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Of course, animals are not human. Therefore, while the animal studies were conclusive, there was the possibility that the findings did not apply to us.
Fortunately, this possibility has now been removed. The idea that Chitosan can help one lose weight by preventing the absorption of calorie-laden fat is no longer just a theory based on animal studies. It is a fact proved in human studies. It really works. Specifically, a randomized, double-blind study6 conducted in Finland by Professors Lasus and Abelin in 1994 proved that ingesting Chitosan could help one shed pounds. In this study, 30 obese patients were given Chitosan, while a control group with a precisely identical diet was given a placebo. Within a
4-week period, members of the Chitosan group lost an average of 15 pounds apiece, compared to the placebo group (which only lost 5.5 pounds). The Finnish researchers reported that Chitosan “was the best and most hygiene way to take a weight-reducing substance.” They pointed out that it was safe, and their results were in line with those of a 1991 Norwegian trial described below. Both studies were conclusive and very impressive. And I suspect that there is even more good news to come from this remarkable product. What we already know certainly whets the appetite for more research on Chitosan to come.
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Technically speaking, cholesterol is a fat-soluble steroid alcohol made by the body and used to make cell membranes, sex hormones, and cortisone, among other things. Our bodies make some 500-1,000 milligrams of this substance daily, which is all the cholesterol we need. We really don’t need to get any cholesterol in our diets, but of course we do. We take in cholesterol whenever we eat meat, fish, chicken, eggs, milk, or other foods that come from animals. And many of these foods are also high in fat. Foods that come from plants, however, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, peas, beans, and lentils, do not contain cholesterol and, with a few exceptions, are also low on fat.
Most of us take in 400-500 milligrams of cholesterol every day in the food that we eat. The body may attempt to compensate for this additional load by cutting back on its own cholesterol production. When, as often happens, the body cannot cut back far enough, the blood cholesterol level rises. Eating saturated fats also causes the body to manufacture cholesterol. In fact, you could eat no animal foods at all but still because your blood cholesterol to rise by eating foods made with palm and/ or coconut oil, both of which are high in saturated fat.
As a rule of thumb, you can simultaneously lower your fat intake and cholesterol level by eating more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. On the other hand, consuming more meat and high-fat dairy products will cause both of these levels to rise.
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