Thank You!

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Posted on 18th November 2013 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge |Super Health

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In 1621, the Pilgrims celebrated the first day of Thanksgiving. Next week, Americans will gather with friends and family to celebrate this day as we reflect on the many blessings in our lives.
 
We thank God for you, our Living Fuel family, and pause to say thank you for your commitment to your health and our products.
 
Turn on display images to view.Our 7 Day Fuel Fast Challenge Giveaway is one of our ways to say thank you as we give away a $1000 Living Fuel Virtual Gift Card plus more great prizes!  You can get the complete details about the giveaway as well as the 7 Day Fuel Fast Challenge here on our blog.
 
 
 
Here’s to your SuperHealth!
 
KC and Monica Craichy
Founders of Living Fuel



Holiday Splurge Diet

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Posted on 19th November 2012 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge |LivingFuelTV |Super Health

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The holiday season, and this week of Thanksgiving in particular, is a true test of discipline and focus on our wellness goals.  With all the food choices set before us, it’s easy to get caught up in the moment, gorge ourselves and eat foods that we would otherwise avoid, resulting in lost ground on our hard-earned health and fitness.


In today’s special LivingFuelTV episode, Living Fuel Founders KC and Monica Craichy share practical tips to help you successfully navigate the holiday dinner table without losing any of the enjoyment.  For many of us, it’s a great objective to actually better our health over the holiday season!  This is an achievable goal, using a recipe with the following key ingredients: planning, foresight, preparation, mindfulness, and wisdom.


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SuperHealth Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 21st January 2012 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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A diet rich in fiber can help fight obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The Seven Countries Study found that people living in countries with high fiber intake weighed less than those living in countries where fiber intake is low. In the famous Nurses’ Health Study, those who ingested more dietary fiber consistently weighed less than those who consumed less fiber. Another study linked higher dietary fiber intake with lower body weight and waist-to-hip ratios, along with a reduction in markers of heart disease risk. Higher fiber consumption predicted less weight gain more strongly than did total or saturated fat consumption.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 2nd January 2012 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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You can increase your protein intake and eat smarter meals at the same time. The goal is to eat between 50 and 90 percent of your body weight in grams per day with a preference toward the higher end of the range. For instance, a 170-pound person might need 100 to 150 grams of protein a day. You will find most of these foods, Functional Superfoods, and supplements in the Four Corners Shopping List and in my book Super Health: 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality and at www.livingfuel.com. A more comprehensive list of foods and protein amounts is in my book Living the Seven Golden Keys to Lifelong Vitality. Buy organic food products whenever possible. Avoid purchasing food that has been genetically modified (GMO).

Getting up to the Super Health Diet recommended daily protein levels of 0.5g to 0.9g per pound of body weight per day can be challenging without overeating meats. Vegetarians will find it much more difficult to reach these recommended protein levels, since animal meats are among the highest protein sources. Vegetarians must be well educated in food combining of various plant foods from different categories—vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds—to achieve greater balance in essential amino acids. Strict vegetarians are at extreme risk of overeating carbohydrates because most plant foods that contain protein also contain even greater amounts of carbohydrates.

I recommend that just about everyone, especially vegetarians, supplement their diets with high protein functional foods, including protein and essential amino acids powders, and, at a minimum, take an antioxidant essential fatty acids supplement daily.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 30th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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Here are the major antioxidant vitamins and their food sources.

Beta-carotene and other carotenoids: apricots, asparagus, beets, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots, corn, green peppers, kale, mangoes, turnip and collard greens, nectarines, peaches, pink grapefruit, pumpkin, squash, spinach, sweet potato, tangerines, tomatoes, and watermelon.

Vitamin C: berries, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cantaloupe, cauliflower, grapefruit, honeydew, kale, kiwi, mangoes, nectarines, orange, papaya, red, green, or yellow peppers, snow peas, sweet potato, strawberries, and tomatoes.

Vitamin E: broccoli, carrots, chard, mustard and turnip greens, mangoes, nuts, papaya, pumpkin, red peppers, spinach, sunflower seeds, and rice bran. If you buy a supplement, make sure it is a full-spectrum vitamin E, including tocotrienols and tocopherols.

Vitamins aren’t the only antioxidants in food. Other well-known antioxidants are zinc, selenium, manganese, alpha lipoic acid, N-acetyl cysteine, and glutathione. Zinc is found in red meat, poultry, beans, nuts, seafood, whole grains, and dairy products. Selenium is found in Brazil nuts, tuna, beef, poultry, fortified breads, and other grain products.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 30th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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For about three to four hours after you begin eating a typical meal, your body is operating in what is called a “fully fed state.” Essentially, your body is operating on what you just ate. From that point your insulin levels return to pre-meal levels, and the body is fueled from stored energy that is being released in a catabolic process. I call this state “maximum metabolic mode,” which is the time when the most body fat is being burned. This mode can continue for another 12 to 18 hours until you eat again. This is because your bloodstream contains a steady supply of essential nutrients to stave off the breakdown of lean body mass while your endocrine system is signaling for the release of stored energy. The moment you eat anything that provokes a significant rise in blood sugar, this maximum metabolic mode stops. Because of snacking and eating too frequently, most people spend little or no time in maximum metabolic mode.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 29th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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Before we look at the Super Health 7 exercise system, here’s why strength building is so crucial. First of all, without resistance exercises, studies tell us that between the ages of 20 and 30 we begin to lose muscle, and this continues with aging. Loss of muscle slows our body metabolism, leading to fewer calories burned naturally by the body.

Keep in mind that one pound of muscle is thought to burn about 35 calories a day! So, typically, as we age, we lose muscle and gain fat simultaneously, often without noticing it. We may eat the same number of calories and just keep adding the pounds, because of the change in our body composition and progressive loss of digestive efficiency.
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Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 28th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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The Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition can be likened to a team of four players. When all are used in harmony and synergy with the right balance, the results will be greater than the total of the four taken separately. A clinical research study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (June 2002) suggests that the combination of all Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition magnifies the positive results of each corner individually, causing them to work better together.

1. Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition (CRON) decreases free radical damage all the way down to the mitochondria, and thereby allows them to reproduce in a healthy fashion, protecting our energy supply and production.
2. Consuming low glycemic, low sugar foods minimizes glycation within the body and helps ensure that blood sugar is not rapidly elevated, forcing the release of excess insulin, promoting insulin resistance, with the negative consequences of inflammation and fat storage.
3. Broad-spectrum antioxidants work throughout the cell and even down into the mitochondria to protect our cells, genes, and energy supply from free radicals.
4. Healthy fats are essential to maintain cellular membrane function. This allows cells to efficiently exchange nutrients and wastes and to protect themselves from free radical damage.
Implementing the Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition can add life to your years, and years to your life.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 27th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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Though juicing provides many benefits, there are also more than a few drawbacks. First, anyone who has ever operated a juicer knows the mess they have to clean up, often deterring us from using one in the first place. Since juicers do not preserve the pulp, it also takes quite a few fruits and vegetables to produce just a small amount of juice.

Though juicing does give you a quick boost of energy, you don’t get any of the healthy fiber offered by those same fruits and vegetables. Not only is the pulp some of the healthiest part, but the insoluble fiber slows down the sugar’s impact on your bloodstream.

Then there’s the simple factor of cost. A good juicer can squeeze a few hundred dollars out of your wallet. And that doesn’t even touch the cost of all those fruits and vegetables you are going to run through it. Your money is better spent on a very good blender.

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet


Holiday Health Challenge Tip!

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Posted on 26th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge

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The following is a short list of the top nutrient-dense, low calorie foods that I consider to be some of today’s finest superfoods:

• Dark green vegetables (spinach, kale, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, romaine, mixed greens)
• Sea vegetables (spirulina, chlorella, dulse, kelp)
• Grain grasses (wheat grass, barley grass, rye grass)
• Bright colored vegetables (bell and hot peppers)
• Berries (blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, and raspberries)
• Eggs from free range hens
• Grass-fed/grain-free/organic beef, bison, chicken, turkey, lamb, venison
• Rice and yellow pea protein powder blend
• Goat milk protein
• Non-denatured whey protein
• Stabilized brown rice bran
• Sprouted legumes and grains such as quinoa and kasha (buckwheat)
• Fresh squeezed combinations of vegetable juices with added protein powder
• Sprouts (broccoli, alfalfa, mung bean)

KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet