Title:
7,389,432 Weight Loss Tips Guaranteed To Help You Lose Weight!
Word Count:
889
Summary:
Everywhere you turn, everybody's got a weight loss tip. There's a new
diet in the magazine at the supermarket, and a new pill advertised on TV.
What should you believe?
Keywords:
weight loss, diet, health, fitness, weight loss products, diet aids
Article Body:
Copyright 2006 Donovan Baldwin
A week or so ago, I was in the check-out line at the supermarket and saw
a blurb on the cover of a magazine. The headline read: "Breakthrough!
FAT LOSS VITAMIN!", and the text beneath it said, "95% of us don't get
enough. Safely boost your intake and:
*Lose 5 lbs a week!
*Burn 30% more fat every day!
The magazine was Woman's World.
Being in the business of health, fitness, diet and weight loss, this
claim intrigued me so I threw a copy of the magazine in the buggy, and
read the article when I got home.
Very briefly, here's what the article had to say: Most people don't get
enough Vitamin C, and Vitamin C can help your body burn more fat.
Now, this was interesting, and since I believe most people don't get the
nutrients they need, I was willing to go along with the idea of
increasing your normal intake of Vitamin C, either by increasing the
amount of things such as orange juice, which is good for you anyway and
it contains a lot of Vitamin C, or by use of Vitamin C supplements.
The information in the article made sense, and, when I did a little
independent online investigation, I found that apparently the article was
reasonably accurate. I don't have a particular problem with the
information in this article, and agree that increasing Vitamin C could
help someone lose weight.
This brings us to the slightly exaggerated title of this article.
Everyday, it seems we are bombarded with all these claims about weight
loss, fat loss, diets and health. One person says their pill will deal
with cortisol, which is the cause of weight gain. Another says their

diet will "melt" the fat. Someone else wants to hypnotize you, and that
will do the trick. The covers of many other magazines at the checkout on
the day I bought my magazine had different tips, hints, diets, and weight
loss solutions.
All these people can't be telling the truth, can they?
Is weight gain the result of cortisol, poor diet, lack of exercise, not
enough Vitamin C, lack of sleep, stress, too much beer, or just bad
genes?
Actually, the answer to both questions is, "Yes...sort of..."
The actual biological process by which people get fat is known. The
solution is also known, and it doesn't have much to do with Vitamin C,
cortisol, genes, or a lot of other things...directly.
A runner who wishes to run faster gets there by training at running and
trying to run faster. However, that runner can also strengthen his or
her legs by using weight training. They can improve their performance,
or perhaps reach their goal faster, by eating a certain type of
diet...maybe even making changes in that diet at different points of
their training or competition schedule. If stress is inhibiting their
performance, learning to meditate might help them put that stress behind
them or at least relieve it enough so that their times improve. If their
home life or work schedule is such that it interferes with their
training, rest, or nutrition schedules, then making a change in those
areas may improve their athletic performance.
Even so, the main thing in their running training is...running!
Everything else just helps with the speed of development or the amount of
progress that is ultimately made.
The same thing applies to most weight loss situations and so-called
solutions. Increasing physical activity and eating reasonably are the
two major things that bring about healthy, permanent weight loss. If, in
your exercise program, you choose to supplement with Vitamin C, or get
more sleep, or take something which reduces the effects of cortisol, or
quit your job because it interferes with your weight loss program, then
you will probably enhance the results. You will lose more weight over
time, lose the weight a bit faster, or just find the whole process
easier. However, the major portion of the weight loss (and improved
health and enjoyment of life), comes from the basics of exercise and
nutrition.
So what about the people who DID lose weight by breathing properly, or
taking Vitamin C, or adding Chocolate to their diet?
People are all different, and so are the facts and factors of their
lifestyles, education, upbringing, and genetic makeup. Someone who is
one dress size bigger than she wants to be may get all the weight loss
she needs from increasing HER Vitamin C intake. That does NOT mean that
every woman will experience the SAME results. Another woman may need to
lose a lot more than one dress size, and taking Vitamin C, while it might

help her shed a few pounds and be more healthy overall, will probably NOT
produce anywhere near the total results she hopes to achieve. If,
however, she IS doing the right things to bring about weight loss, adding
the Vitamin C may speed the process a bit and help get her to her goal a
little faster,
Just as in the title of this article, the key word in all these claims is
"help" whether it is stated or merely implied. True healthy, permanent
weight loss will be the result of a combination of activity and
nutrition. All the other things, which may certainly be of value, are
just helping.
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