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Here’s my favorite holiday gift idea, both to give and to receive, and it’s perfect for a foodie or someone simply interested in healthy eating - The Fruit of the Month Club!

It is certainly not something we always think of, but picture this - It’s a cold blustery winter day and what arrives in the mail? A big box of luscious oranges or tangerines. Or a box of peaches and nectarines when they are ripe and perfect.

There are a few companies that offer Fruit of the Month Clubs. My favorite two are TheFruitCompany and Hale Groves. Have a look at them both. I know that Hale Groves delivers to Canada.

Here is a coupon that will even save you a bit of money. Click on the banner below to save 10% off any order at Hale Groves:

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I was invited to a launch of the new line of Jenn Air kitchen appliances last week. They unveiled their new high end refrigerators, stove tops, wall ovens, stoves and dishwashers. They are all absolutely beautiful! Jenn Air has made all sorts of design and technological changes to create top of the line appliances that will compete easily with anything currently on the market.

The most noticeable changes visually are two new finishes that I think will be the new trends in appliances. Many people love stainless steel appliances but they can be difficult to keep clean, even with the advances in the finish over the years.

What’s coming up in the look of major appliances? How about a rich oiled bronze finish or my favorite, floating glass - yes floating glass. Don’t ask me how they do it but the floating glass finish is available on all of their appliances in either black or white and is absolutely fabulous! The black looks like a velvety dark charcoal. The finish resists fingerprints and dust and is very easy to clean. Just use window cleaner.

The oiled bronze was more difficult to see in the lighting available, but it is a rich, warm finish that coordinates with oiled bronze lighting fixtures that are so popular now.

So, what do you think? Is stainless steel finally on it’s way out? Post a comment here to share your thoughts.

Karen

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[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

There’s stuff you know.

Then there’s stuff you don’t know.

But the key to success in anything is the discovery of one other variable:

The things you don’t know you don’t know.

Think about that.

So many people ask me questions like…

– How can I get rid of my stubborn bodyfat?

– How fast can I do it?

– What’s the best dietplan for me?

These are good questions, don’t get me wrong.

But there are at least 10 questions most people never know to ask.

It’s the stuff they didn’t know they didn’t know… make sense?

Today we’ll cover 3 of the 10…

HIDDEN QUESTION 1:

“What’s The Best Dietary-Fat To Eat To Get Rid Of Bodyfat?”

Sounds nutty, doesn’t it?

The media loves to deceive you when it comes to dietary fats… and I’m here to set the record straight:

You absolutely must consume dietary fat in order to burn-off your bodyfat.

There’s an old saying: “Fat burns…but in the presence of dietary-fat.”

It’s true.

There are actually two “Best Fats” you should be eating:

Coconut Oil

CLA

Coconut oil is ideal to cook with. Use that in place of all the starchy foods you may be eating. You’ll get leaner faster… and you’ll be a ton more healthy too.

Coconut oil keeps you satisfied longer, lubricates your joints, and yes… actually helps you get rid of stubborn bodyfat.

Use 1 tablespoon per 50 lbs per day, but be sure to decrease your starchy carbs (breads, rice, potatoes, etc.)

CLA is a form of (gasp!) transfat… but it’s a healthy form that helps your body get rid of bodyfat. You can only get it in supplement-form… well, that’s the best way.

I personally take 4 grams per day. Jarrow is my favorite brand. You can get it at most health food stores.

I cover several other fats you need to eat in my video and book, found here:

The Every Other Day Diet Click-Here

HIDDEN QUESTION 2:

“Why Is Cardio Bad For Me?”

Okay… that’s an over-statement. It’s not ‘bad’ for you… it’s just not nearly as ‘good’ for you as the media and magazines want you to believe.

Especially if you do it the way they suggest: Too long, too frequently.

Do it the way I suggest and watch what happens.

First, spend 80% of your exercise time doing ‘resistance’ training, not cardio… but rest very brief between sets.

My newest update to “7 Minute Muscle” is called “7 Minute Body”. It combines both “7 Minute Muscle” and an additional 100 or so pages of in-home ONLY workouts.

That way you can train in the gym… or in your home… and get it done in 7 to 14 minutes a day. Done!

You will be shaping your body and burning-off some major calories at the same time… all without boring cardio.

Then when you “do” cardio, do it the way I detail in “7 Minute Body”… use the 9-minute GXP Cardio Workout.

Add simple walking to this several days a week and your cardio is set.

GXP works because it is progressive and does not over-tax the recovery system. You warm up, then hit about 85% of your max effort, then cool down.

But the key is ‘when’ to do it… and that’s covered in my book.

I still enjoy sitting on my bike and watching TV, but I do that just to burn-off those last bits of bodyfat. Most of you do not need to do this.

It’s a waste of time for the masses… but resistance training is not.

Oh, one more thing: Runners have a far higher degree of heart attacks than non-runners. So cardio ‘can’ be bad for you if you over-do it.

NOTE: You can pick up “7 Minute Body” at 77% off…

but only if you get EODD…

More here:

The Every Other Day Diet Click-Here

HIDDEN QUESTION 3:

“How Does Pizza Help Me Shed Bodyfat?”

Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it?

Think again.

My dietary plan not only “lets” you eat pizza (or whatever your favorite foods might be) every week, several times a week… it DEMANDS that you do it.

What the…. ?

Yep. Here’s why.

First, I have you eat less on certain days and certain times. If done the way I suggest your metabolism (the rate you use fat, energy, etc.) will not slow down that much.

Then… at a specific time… boom! You eat a lot more food… and the best way to do this is eating your favorite foods.

First, they usually have more calories.. duh! Second, you’ll ENJOY the freakin’ process! Most “diets” fail because people hate them… too restrictive.

So I created my System from the ground up to ensure I never got bored with my eating… and the extra cals from pizza (or my favorite… Mexican… or Key Lime Pie… yum) actually boosts my metabolism sky-high.

Here’s an example:

Last week I ate the normal Every Other Day Diet-way… for me it’s the “Extreme Plan” (there are 4 Plans, each for different goals.)

So, after several days of lower-cal, lower-carb eating, I ate about 5000 calories of Mexican food (so good!) But the TIMING is crucial. You just can wing it. Don’t worry… I tell you exactly when to do it.

The next morning I saw more of my abs.

I went back to EODD-style eating, which I love btw… and then later had some Key Lime Pie… and what do you know? Leaner the next day.

Now I’m doing this as I “peak” — I have to be in top shape in December. The only time I stop this is 4 weeks prior to a photoshoot… but unless you want to be 5% bodyfat (and you probably do not) you never have to stop it.

Works like a charm.

Watch this and find out why:

The Every Other Day Diet Click-Here

Yours In Fitness,

J O N B E N S O N

P.S. Special freebie to those who watch my entire presentation on the page above… very nice… : )

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[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

There’s a club you should join.

It’s called The Insider’s Club.

It is that club whose membership is based only on what secret goodies the members possess.

In our case, this is the Fatloss Insider’s Club. Only those in the know can join…. freee to them of course… : )

So, if you want to get rid of some lbs…

FATLOSS TRICK 1
Eat Pizza?

Today I went for some New York-style pizza here in Austin, Texas.

Do I feel ‘guilty’? No way… in fact tomorrow I will feel LEANER.

What the what?

I had to set up my body for this bit of metabolic trickery of course. You cannot just “eat pizza” and shed the pounds… I wish you could!

But my personal System for fatloss not only “allows” pizza (and all my other favorite foods)… it DEMANDS that I eat it.

Here’s another true story: I blew off my “feed meal” (that’s what it is called in my System) four days ago. I have been on a massive fatloss roll for weeks now and frankly I just did not feel like eating a lot.

That’s another benefit of my System… it really cuts your appetite and food-cravings down.

Anyway, the next day in the gym I fell on my face! I was weaker and not any leaner. I went home, ate literally about 6000 cals and presto: Leaner than ‘ever’ the next day and ready to train hard.

Learn how to use this System here:

The Every Other Day Diet Click For More Tricks!

FATLOSS TRICK 2
The 10-Minute Cardio Trick

If you want to just get into good heart health, you only need GXP Cardio (covered in the System mentioned above) 2-3 days per week for 9-15 minutes. That’s it.

However if you want to use “smart cardio” (not long, boring cardio) then you need a bit more. Just a bit.

It’s my 10-minute trick.

Start with just every other day. Then move to 4 days… and then 5.

If you are pressed for time, this is ideal. Even if you are not, it works like magic.

10 minutes in the morning ‘before’ you eat. Just make sure your heart rate is only about 65% of your max… in other words, you are not breathing super-heavy at all, but you are working up a sweat. That’s it.

10 minutes ‘before’ lunch. Just cut your lunch hour short by 10 minutes… that’s all. You don’t sweat enough to need a shower… don’t worry. Walking stairs works great, or walking outside… be creative!

Then 10 ‘harder’ minutes about 2 hours before you go to sleep. Get your heart rate up to where you are breathing a little harder.

That’s it.

You can even start with just two sessions of 10 minutes (morning and night) if lunch is out.

FATLOSS TRICK 3
Increase Your Fat?

Yep. I want you to eat more dietary-fat…. but I want you to replace some of your carbohydrates (starch like rice, potatoes, etc.) with healthy fats like olive oil, coconut oil and almonds.

Fat dulls the appetite and all three of the fats above actually help your body get rid of its fat-stores if you decrease carbs.

I have the plan laid out for you. More here:

The Every Other Day Diet Click For More Tricks!

FATLOSS TRICK 4
Think Resistance

Far better than cardio will ever be. That would be resistance training.

Either weight training or in-home resistance training using bands and bodyweight. Studies confirm what we fitness pros already know: Resistance training not only sculpts the body (cardio cannot) but it also burns 9-12x more bodyfat over the long-term than cardio.

But you need both. And both cardio and resistance training (in-home or in the gym) is worked into my book “7 Minute Body.”

You can get it when you pick up “Every Other Day Diet” for 75% off-retail… it is all detailed here…

The Every Other Day Diet Click For More Tricks!

Welcome to the Club!

Yours In Fitness,

J O N B E N S O N

P.S. I’m still giving away “Radical Fatloss Blueprint” along with EODD for a few more days. And I’m giving a lucky few the chance to pick up the Supplement-Kit that comes with Radical Fatloss for almost 100 bucks off… the video and details are here:

The Every Other Day Diet Click For More Tricks!

Sorry… EODD Readers Only…. so pick it up today.

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Hi everyone,
This weekend is the beginning of the Indian feast of Diwali otherwise known as the Festival of Lights.

To that end I invited a friend of mine over for dinner for an easy to make Indian dinner. My background isn’t east Indian and I am not a great cook of a wide variety of Indian sauces, so I used three different Indian sauces from Sharwood. I had used one a few weeks back and wrote about it on this blog. See that page here.

This time I wanted a variety of dishes. Here’s the menu:
Shrimp Korma
Butter Chicken
Roasted Vegetables with Balti sauce
Basmati rice
Nan bread

I had a Sharwood’s Korma sauce and simply added 1 pound of cooked shrimp to it and heated it for about 10 minutes. One dish done!

The chicken was about as quick. As I boiled the rice I sauteed 4 chicken breasts which I had cut into bite size pieces. I added the cooked chicken to the Butter Chicken sauce and heated it for 10 or 15 minutes. Another dish done.

As all of this was happening, I roasted pieces of cut cauliflower (a very commonly used Indian vegetable) and diced sweet potato with a very little bit of oil to keep it from drying out. After roasting the veggies for about 1/2 an hour I mixed it with the Sharwoods Balti sauce and again, just heated it together for 10 or 15 minutes.

By the time the rice was ready all the other dishes were cooked and ready to go. It was great! I do like Indian food but I must say these are the best I have had.

I think my favorites were the Korma sauce and the Tikka Masala I used a few weeks ago. The Butter Chicken sauce was good, but not my favorite. The Balti sauce blended well with the roasted cauliflower. which seemed to soak it up quite nicely.

My friend and I ate like princesses and were quite happily stuffed at the end of the meal. I have lots left over. Each sauce really does make quite a bit. I gave Daarla a meal for her husband and still had a couple of meals leftover for myself. I love Indian food leftovers!

I said it a few weeks ago when I first used the Sharwoods sauces and I will say it again. These sauces are really good! I don’t know if I will bother learning to make them when opening a jar of REAL Indian sauce was so easy.

Anyway, just wanted to share that.

To everyone who celebrates Diwali, happy festival.

Karen

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Fruit baskets for fall are the perfect way to celebrate the harvest season. Colorful fruit baskets make thoughtful gifts and eye-catching centerpieces for upcoming holidays such as Halloween and Thanksgiving. Treat your business associates, friends and yourself to fabulous fruit baskets for fall.

Fresh Fall Fruit Selections

Fruit is grown all over the country in various climates. As a result, there is always an abundance of almost any kind of fruit you want including oranges, grapefruits and tangerines. Fresh fall selections are fruits typically associated with the autumn harvest season such as apples, persimmons, Concord grapes, pomegranates and pumpkins.

Health Benefits Of Harvest Fruit Baskets

Fall fruit baskets are more than attractively delicious. Harvest fruit baskets are also chock full of health benefits. Let’s consider what these fresh fall fruits do for your body:

apples – contain powerful antioxidants, plenty of vitamins and minerals and are associated with lowering cholesterol and reducing skin diseases;

persimmons – are high in fiber, contain anti-cancer properties and protect cells against oxidative damage done from aging;

Concord grapes – are antioxidants that promote improved heart and cardiovascular health and helps lower blood pressure much like red wine;

Pomegranates – are antioxidants that keep blood platelets from clumping together to form blood clots, also combats prostrate cancer and breast cancer; and

Pumpkins – are low calorie antioxidants that decrease the risk of lung cancer in smokers.

Can The Halloween Candy

Fruit is nutritious, delicious and beautiful. Instead of giving out candy for Halloween, dole out fresh fruit to the trick-or-treaters. Halloween-themed fruit baskets are decorative to display throughout your home. When the big day arrives, simply hand out fresh fruit from these beautiful baskets. Parents will appreciate less candy for their kids. Children love tasty selection such as apples, oranges and Concord grapes. You’ll know your choice was right when you watch them pop grapes into their mouths as they leave!

More To Be Thankful For At Thanksgiving

Instead of wasting money on a fake centerpiece, use a harvest fruit basket to adorn the center of your Thanksgiving table. If you’re visiting for the holiday, bring along a fruit basket to thank the host or hostess. Fruit baskets are much like a cornucopia and add a festive feeling to the Thanksgiving holiday. The tantalizing temptations are healthier desserts than candy or cake. Fruits can also be used to create heavenly holiday pies for Thanksgiving.

Thankful Treats For Employees, Clients and Family

Even adults want to celebrate the holidays and get yummy treats. Make the grown-ups in your world feel special with fruit baskets for fall.. Include some of their favorite goodies in the basket such as flowers, teas, biscuit mixes and decorations to show your appreciation. Make sure the baskets are filled with fresh, irresistible fruit selections. Everyone loves to have a big, fancy fruit basket delivered to their home or office. Fall fruit baskets make Halloween, Thanksgiving and the autumn season even more special. Why not send one to yourself, too, to celebrate awesome autumn days?

Buy Great Gift Baskets for Under $30 here!

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I was recently given a few jars of those Indian food cooking sauces from someone who knows I love Indian food. I find them great for quick and easy dinners during the week when I am busy. This brand was a new one to me - Sharwoods.

I chose the Tikka Masala sauce because it is supposed to be good with chicken and I had two chicken breasts to use. All I had to do was cut the chicken into smaller pieces, cook them in a bit of oil, then add the sauce and cook for 20 minutes. I added some frozen vegetables because I love one pot meals during the week. The vegetables I added were mostly peas and cauliflower because they are typically used in Indian cooking. While that was cooking I cooked up some basmati rice to serve with it.

So, easy easy right? Less than 30 minutes from start to eating. But how would it taste? Most of these Indian sauces are pretty good. Well this one was absolutely amazing!! The best Tikka Masala I have ever tasted outside of a great Indian restaurant.

I couldn’t believe the difference between this sauce and others I have used in the past. The seasoning is perfect - tasty but not hot. My mouth waters as I write this.

It was so good I just kept eating. Can’t wait to get at the leftovers tonight.

I have three other sauces to try so I am thinking of inviting a couple of friends over and having an Indian feast. There is also a wonderful Mango Chutney, so you just know we are going to eat like queens. The Indian feast of Diwali comes up mid October so I may have a Diwali feast with the other sauces.

If you like Indian food but don’t have the time or inclination to make it all yourself, try Sharwoods. Apparently they are available in major grocery stores across Canada now. Definitely worth it. Best Indian food I have had in a long time, including my last visit to a local Indian restaurant.

Major thumbs up for this one.

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Hi
I have just heard the results of this weight loss study that are very important for post menopausal women with diabetes. If that is you (it’s me) or someone you know, you really should read this. It is must have information.

Results of a new study demonstrate that two beneficial oils, safflower oil and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), can actually help post menopausal diabetic women lose weight and lower blood sugar levels.

These two oils were compared in a sixteen week study and each showed separate and distinct benefits for older, overweight diabetic women.

This study showed that diabetic women can lose weight by supplementing their diet with CLA and safflower oil. Each of the dietary oils contains polyunsaturated fat. Past studies have shown that consuming good fat in the right amounts is linked with a variety of health benefits, one of them being weight loss.

“The newest study from Ohio State University researchers showed that women who simply took safflower oil supplements for sixteen weeks, lost 2-4 pounds of belly fat and lowered blood sugar levels an average of 11 to 19 points. Fat that accumulates in the mid section is the most harmful when it comes to diabetes and risk of cardiovascular disease.”

I don’t know about you, but my new favorite oil is safflower oil. CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) is available in your health food store and is not too expensive. So here are two reasonably priced supplements that show great promise for the health of 50+ women. Yeah!!

For more information about the study go here:
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/69/32145/safflower-oil-promotes-weight-loss-diabetic-women.html

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I tried making homemade pasta with my new Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer and pasta maker attachments this weekend.

Wow! What a machine! I loved using this machine. Previously I had tried making homemade pasta just twice and it was dismal each time - exactly like elastic bands. So this time, I was less than confident that my efforts would produce anything worthwhile.

The machine was easy to set up and use. The dough came out much drier using the amount of water they call for in the recipe, so I added more per their instructions. Then I used the pasta attachments. The first tiny batch was okay but a bit elastic. Then I realized that the machine does a lot of the work for you and ran the next batch through the rollers a lot less. Almost perfect on the second try.

To read the whole process to go the main site at:
Making Pasta with the Kitchen Aid Pasta Maker Attachments

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[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

Protein shakes are a dime a dozen. However a high-quality protein drink that is both homemade and nutritious is a rare find. Most protein drinks today have traveled the path of least resistance — cheap and potentially dangerous sweeteners, sugar alcohols (in order to bring down the supposed “carb count”), and protein sources that are often dubious…and accompanied with more outrageous claims than grams of the good stuff.

I use a simple, homemade, economic and super-healthy protein drink at least five times a week during my normal nutrition cycle and several times a day during peak training cycles where I need to be in top shape. My strategy for building this drink was simple:

1. Go hormone-free and organic with everything possible;
2. Go with plenty of healthy fats rather than cheap sugar substitutes to help control insulin and provide more satiety;
3. Think ‘raw’;
4. Make it delicious!

Below you will find this recipe, complete the the exact ingredients used. It takes less than five minutes to make and keeps me full for 2-3 hours. It is less than 1/3 the cost of an out-of-the-box MRP (Meal Replacement Product) and contains 1/10th the number of ingredients — and that’s a good thing. If you cannot pronounce it, it’s probably bad for you. And it tastes fantastic!

Mix the following into a high-quality blender:

1. One heaping scoop of Jay Robb’s Egg White Protein You will need to adjust this amount to your body weight. I use up to 1.5 grams times my body weight (max) and as low as 1 gram times my body weight when doing two shakes a day. For me this is between 20 and 35 grams of powder. Jay uses the best sources available, including hormone-free cattle and Stevia, a herbal sweetener, to make his excellent protein. There are no additional carbs to speak of and only the bare essentials ingredient-wise. Jay also makes a high-quality whey. I will often combine the whey and the egg white powders, using a bit over half a scoop each.

2. One raw egg (cage-free) Do not worry about cholesterol or getting food poisoning. These claims are mostly media hype. You need the high-quality protein and fats found in the egg. Most people try to go low-fat when making a protein shake. This is a mistake, as fats are crucial to the digestion of protein. As for contamination: Roll the egg on the counter. If it wobbles, you are safe to consume it. I’ve used this technique for ten years and I’ve yet to have one case of food poisoning consuming raw eggs. Oh, and it makes the protein drink taste better (believe it or not.)

3. Five grams of L-Glutamine Powdered L-Glutamine (I use Jarrow’s brand) is one of the healthiest things you can supplement your diet with. L-Glutamine has been shown to be one of the most powerful nutrients for both recovery and immunity enhancement. Bodybuilders will take up to 25 grams per day of L-Glutamine during hard training cycles; I do as well. It makes a tremendous difference in both performance and wellness. It is tasteless, too.

4. Five grams of Creatine Monohydrate If you want more strength and muscle fullness, good old creatine monohydrate (the non-fancy stuff; just monohydrate for me) works like you would not believe. Five grams per day is all you need. Like L-Glutamine, it is tasteless. I use Jarrow Brand.

5. Raw almonds I cannot say enough good stuff about almonds. Besides tasting great, they are loaded with essential fats and healthy fiber. Here is how I measure how much to use. This comes right out of my book “The Every Other Day Diet”.

Get it here:

The Every Other Day Diet     The “Cheat To Beat” Diet Plan

You can find 15 other shake recipes and over 40 pages of recipes in my book that fit the bill of being tasty and fantastic fat-burning meals. Here is the trick: Divide your body weight by 10. That’s it. If you weigh 200 pounds as I do, that means 20 almonds. Simple, right? I created an entire measuring system for Every Other Day Diet’s SNAPP! System of eating that is this simple for everything: Calories (none to count), carbohydrates, fats, protein intake… even water!

6. Frozen berries (raspberries mixed with blueberries) Yes, fresh is better than frozen… but frozen makes the shake more frothy. Plus I buy organic berries and freeze them in containers. There is practically nothing lost in the process. How much? Simple: Divide your body weight by 5! In my case this is 40 berries, or about a handful. Once you count them out once or twice you never have to again.

7. Pumpkin seeds This was a great find: A super-healthy and tasty addition to my protein recipe, plus a nice bump in the fiber content. Measuring something as fine a seeds is a bit more challenging using my numeric system, so we keep it simple: Use your palm. Just pour the seeds into your palm. Make sure they are not forming a pyramid or overflowing. That’s the ideal amount.

8. 1 to 1.5 cups of pure water I use only 1 cup of water as I like my shake thick.

9. 1 cup of ice Adjust to taste and texture preference.

10. Stevia (to taste) I love Stevia. It is an herbal sweetener that does not cause an insulin spike like sugar or even sugar alcohols can, and does not have the health hazards of artificial sweeteners. I use a few packets as I like my shake nice and sweet.

There you have it: A mostly raw, protein-rich, health-fat, carb-friendly protein drink that will fill you up for hours, tastes great, and contains more raw nutrition than most people get in a week.

P.S. There’s an eye-opening weight loss video you need to see.

Watch it here: Weight Loss Video     Watch

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