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This opinion is correct.

Too rapid weight loss can lead to a baneful influence on your organism. The optimal solution is to plan your dieting for several months.

Remember that weekly weight loss should not exceed one kilogram (2 pounds).

What should I do to lose weight and to maintain it?

- EVERY DAY remind yourself of why you want to grow thin.
- Be a strong?willed and persistent person.
- Use low-caloric food.
- Don`t eat sweeties.
- Limit the usage of fats.
- Eat a lot of vegetables and fruits.
- Limit the consumption of bread to the minimum (125g / 4oz a day).
- Limit the consumption of fats (25g / 1 oz a day).
- Eliminate the usage of strong drinks.
- Go in for sports or, at least, do morning exercises.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

drinking water and healthThis opinion is incorrect.

Of course, sweet drinks such as pepsi, cola, soda or fruit juice can make us put on weight. Water does not contain calories but meal washed down with water passes through easier and desire to eat more appears again.

Our organism needs 1,5 – 2 litres / 0,4 – 0,5 gallons of water a day. But be careful not to make water your enemy!

Drink it BEFORE your meal (for example, when you get up in the morning) or before going to sleep. Remember that one glass of water 20 minutes before your main meal abates the feeling of being hungry.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

This opinion is incorrect.

A norm is three meals a day in certain intervals of time. If you miss one food intake, the other one will be more abundant. Since our organism is unable to burn out the increased amount of calories, it puts them aside in the form of fat.

The experiments on rodents showed that regular food intake (three times a day) didn`t influence their weight. And those rodents who were given the same amount of food but once a day put on weight very quickly.

If we have to renounce one food intake, the calories should be distributed evenly on the other food intakes. And try to drink more water during the day.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

juicy healthy fruit and dietThis opinion is incorrect.

All fruit contain sugar. Especially grapes, bananas and dried fruits. However, when dieting we should consume a certain amount of fresh fruit because of vitamins, minerals and cellulose.

Try to chose fruits which are less sweet: water-melon, grapefruit, peach, strawberry or raspberry. These fruits contain less sugar.

Remember that an apple eaten between your main meals “cheats” your hunger.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

This opinion is incorrect.

An aerobics class doesn`t overload the work of a healthy heart. However, everything should be balanced. The methodical and moderate aerobics trainings will increase your lung capacity and strengthen your heart.

Attention: aerobics is strictly forbidden for people with a weak heart!

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

This opinion is incorrect.

We need to burn down 8000 calories to whip off one kilogram. And 25 minutes of physical trainings burn down only 300 calories. So, just count. But it doesn`t mean that physical exercises are useless. It is a great thing in addition to your main diet course.

Moreover, it makes our sleep deeper, improves our immune system, helps to increase our blood circulation and increase our energy level.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!

sauna and weight lossThis opinion is wrong.

Of course, sauna helps to take 1-2 litres / 30-60 fl.oz. of water out of your organism but the feeling of being thirsty fill you back with water.

First of all, you should know that sauna is a healthful procedure which clears our skin, removes toxins and makes us feel relaxed.

So if you ask a question “Will a sauna help me lose weight?” or “Can a sauna burn many calories?” remember that sauna can help you lose weight only in complex with other methods of growing thin (healthy eating, massage, exercising etc.).

There are a lot of health benefits of sauna like prophylaxis of kidney disease, radiculitis and polyarthritis. Sauna improves your  metabolism, stimulates diaphoresis and increases the speed of cell renewal. Due to dry hot air your skin makes the pores open and throws the toxins out of the body.

Other sauna health benefit is that sauna heals muscle injuries and joint sprains. Dry steam reduces the arterial pressure and normalizes the state of the central nervous system.

How to use a sauna.

Start your sauna session with 5 minutes. After that take a quick cool shower and have a rest. Then slowly increase the time of your sauna sessions but no longer than 15 minutes. Whatever sauna you use, Traditional Finnish sauna or Infrared sauna, the most important thing is to know the measure.

Sauna contraindications.

Visiting sauna is impossible for people with vascular heart disease, for people with bleeding propensity. It is also prohibited to use sauna for pregnant women.

Consult a doctor before using any diet or following advice!