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Are you trying to lose fat or lose weight - or both? There are many out there who lose weight only to still look fat - just smaller. Perhaps you are one of those people and have decided this time you will get serious with a fat loss program.

Losing fat can be a challenge for anyone. But, by sticking to simple rules and learning the real reason why you are fat, you may make it easier for yourself to lose fat and keep it off.

Note that the first few days of any change in habits is the hardest. This is the learning process. But - cravings are intense causing many of us to fail. In addition, the markets are loaded with “light foods” and “fat free” foods that don’t work. These are nearly as bad as eating the regular version of the foods. (Do you really think that eating light baloney will help you lose weight?)

In America, 68% of the population is obese, creating an epidemic. This trend is not lessening, but growing. We blame it on poor diet, genetics, hormonal imbalances and a general lack of self-control. All of these can be factors in having excess body fat or weight gain. Modern diets and weight loss drugs are not working if the problem is growing. It is time for a new way of thinking.

For the past years, you have been given bad information. All of us have been misguided. For example; we get fat from eating too many calories. If it were this easy, you wouldn’t see so many starve themselves only to not lose weight. Another flaw with this thinking is that you are not told what kind of calories. You will not lose fat with a diet of 1200 cookie calories, for example.

All fats in food are bad is another lie you have been told. Some people still believe that avocados make you fat. Now we know there are different kinds of fat and some are necessary. In fact, if you do not eat “good fats,” you can cause a range of health issues from hormonal imbalances to depression and heart disease. The truth is that good fats like Omega 3’s and 6’s are needed for good health and help you lose fat!

The biggest lie you’ve been told is that your body can cleanse itself whenever it needs to. A “board certified nutritionist” even claimed that you can consume food with toxins because whatever your body doesn’t need, it will cleanse out. This is simply not true. He is claiming that if you eat what your body doesn’t need, such as excess fat and calories, your body will simply eliminate it.

This is obviously wrong. There are too many people who are overweight and cannot lose fat. This is because if you eat too much, your body doesn’t eliminate the excess, your body stores it! Add to this the fact that it does matter what type of calories you eat.

Many foods are processed and laden with chemicals used to process them. In addition, the body doesn’t have genes encoded to know what to do with these man-made chemicals. Why is this bad? It is a known fact that toxins from chemicals and even heavy metals are stored in fat and the fluid surrounding fatty areas.

The truth is that your body cannot cleanse on its own. The reason is that putting too much burden on the body, such as stored chemicals, will cause your body to not be able to perform its job of eliminating excess waste, or cleansing. One reason may be that recent studies have found some toxins interfere with our endocrine system and may even mimic hormones.

Now for the disgusting news - humans are animals and all animals get parasites. We want to believe that because technology is so advanced and chemicals are abundant that we are immune to this problem. If this were true, then why wouldn’t we be immune to virus and bacteria? We know these exist and harm us, for even though we cannot see them we take precautions using anti-bacterial products or take antibiotics to fight them.

The parasite issue is a common problem often ignored by the medical community. The subject is gross and we don’t want to hear about it. But ignoring a problem rarely eliminates it. The fact is that parasites have been common in societies and man has taken course to deal with them for millennia. Only modern society is the first to ignore the problem. But in many older cultures you see the use of parasite control from eating wasabi and ginger with raw fish to regularly eating pumpkin seeds in Mexico.

So think about it - why are we addicted to junk food? Why is it so hard to overcome cravings? If self control is the issue, wouldn’t mankind have died off due to eating ourselves to death? Here’s what is really happening; parasites excrete waste into our bodies. Some doctors claim this waste can accumulate in and around the hypothalamus throwing it off balance and inhibiting its function. This in turn will cause your body to store more fat.

The bottom line is this; if you want to lose fat, you must eliminate the cause that is making you fat or you risk gaining it all back in a short time. Cleansing is a must and using a parasite program can help many. Eliminate all junk and processed foods, eat mostly fresh vegetables, fruits, and whole grains and cleanse your body. When done properly, you can gain more energy, hold on or regain that youthful look and stay healthier and lose fat for life.