Book of 7 Best Healing Herbs

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Mix up some herbs to get rid of obesity

Lose Weight The most common cause of obesity and being overweight is the intake of unhealthy,

unnaturally concentrated and artificially flavored meals. Obesity can also be brought about by a lack of exercise, an unhealthy diet, a lack of sleep, a healthy diet not

appropriate for your physique, the side effects of certain medications, excessive stress, dependency on industrially treated foodstuffs, genetic predisposition or by a random combination of the mentioned factors.

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obody needs to constantly count calories, run marathons or stick to unnatural dietary procedures to become slim. It is much more reasonable to improve your health by keeping a balanced diet and making better lifestyle choices. A long-term healthy lifestyle in reality means a healthy weight and body. Following unnatural diets leads only to alternating between dietary cures and overeating.

culate your physique type using Ayurveda or traditional Chinese medicine and then adapting your diet to your body type. It is possible that some people fail to reduce their weight even when they eat healthy food, but it is most likely because they eat food which is not beneficial to their body type. For example, eating an abundance of raw salads will not help you lose weight if you have a body type that tends to retain cold and/or dampness.

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FOOD DEPENDENCIES

The most important rule for healthy living is to base the diet on consuming fresh meals made from natural foodstuffs. The best foods are natural, local and organic ones. Most importantly, you should cut food that is unhealthy, unnaturally concentrated or artificially flavored out of your diet. If you are eating healthy food and not loosing, but rather putting putting on weight, it is advised to cal-

Even though obesity is now connected to a lack of exercise, overeating, lack of sleep, low socioeconomic status, stress, or genetic predisposition, the question remains whether we gain weight because we keep overlooking one crucial factor – dependency. The intake of certain foods can lead to states of dependency akin to drug abuse. The effects of food

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