NEWS FLASH: The problem with Americans body fat levels is not with exercise programs out there, it is lack of fitness experts helping you with your approach combined with lack of responsibility.

Body-fat is over all percent of muscle to your body weight. If you are close to thirty percent you are clinically considered to be obese. Over forty percent of you are obese. And sixty percent of you are over weight just asking to get diabetes.

Do you know if you just lower your body fat levels 5 percent you will decrease your chances of heart disease, diabetes, strokes by half? Not to mention greater quality of life you will live. Is your image of yourself so bad that you would rather be fat than to feel good?

Here are main ways to lower your body fat levels:

#1: Lower your fat intake in your daily diets. #2: Get a full balanced exercise program started: walking, weight training, and stretching. #3: Take basic vitamins #4: Lower stress levels #5: Quit making excuses

So I ask of you, I beg of you, start exercising today. Make better choices in your food groups. If you need help I can help. www.resolutions.bz

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Isotonic -- Does not alter salt concentration in your blood. There is no disruption of water/salt balance.

Hypertonic Fluids -- This adds salt to your blood and now surrounding tissues have less salt. Water moves into your blood.

This is not hydrating because water that moves into your blood is trying to re-establish correct balance. It's not extra water to help hydrate but needed water to reach proper balance.

Steps to Proper Hydration

Because of our high salt diets, most Americans need to drink filtered water. However, it's not necessary to drink 15 glasses a day that some diet plans recommend.

Instead, drink 1 glass of filtered water with each meal and drink an additional 2 glasses of filtered water throughout day. This should come out to about 5-7 glasses of filtered water per day for most Americans (that's assuming your eating proper number of meals per day).

The remaining fluids you drink need to have same amount of salt as your blood. This type of fluid keeps your blood isotonic to surrounding tissues. Isotonic fluids have no net effect on moving water and you sustain a proper level of hydration.

The best isotonic fluid to drink (in my opinion), diluted gatorade. Mix water with gatorade in equal proportions and enjoy! Drink as much as you like since it's isotonic to your blood and won't cause water to move into or out of your blood.

Conclusion

Think more in terms of proper hydration and not disrupting water/salt balance your body worked hard at creating. It's not about drinking more water, but more about drinking right fluids.

To Healthy Living!

Michael A. Smith, MD

Chief Medical Consultant

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