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[17 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Basic Rules of Eating for Hormone Health: Part 1

Essential Rules and Examples
Avoid sugar, sweet fruits, grains and starches
Avoid sweeteners, candy, juice, and sugar in yogurt (vanilla too). The only acceptable sweeteners in very small amounts are stevia, raw honey, Tupelo honey or agave nectar but it’s recommended to avoid these until you achieve significant weight loss.
Avoid sweet fruits bananas, dates, figs, raisins, mangoes, canned fruits and dried fruits. You can have higher fiber fruits and berries but only one-third of the amount of vegetables you eat.
Avoid grains breads, pasta, crackers, cereal and others. Oatmeal and brown rice are …

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[16 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
After The Detox Phase: What to Eat Next

You should have now completed the Detox Phase and be ready for step two the Maintenance Plan.
One of the challenges is finding out what body type you have. Once you discover what works foods work best for you, you’ll want to maintain those foods.
All four body types need the same key basic healing foods. However, the amount of protein and fat will vary. Because different body types (Adrenal, Ovary, Thyroid and Liver) need different amounts of protein, you will add more protein based on how your body responds to the …

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[12 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Ovary Body Type Exercise Plan

Use Aerobic and Anaerobic
If you have an Ovary body type, you need to combine BOTH aerobic and anaerobic exercise. You should do this by exercising every day with anaerobic and either every other day or even daily with aerobic.
The type of fat the Ovary body type has is a superficial cellulite. It is mostly below the bellybutton. So the best type of exercise is lower body walking, running, treadmill, soccer, basketball, jazz dancing, step aerobics, etc. Focus on working the muscles of the hips, thighs and buttocks. Force these …

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[10 Aug 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Liver and Thyroid Body Type Exercise Plan

Use Anaerobic Only
The fat-burning hormones are stimulated by intense exercise. Anaerobic exercise is intense. The more intense it is, the greater the triggering of fat-burning hormones.
The Benefits of Anaerobic Exercise
Even though this system uses primarily sugar as fuel during exercise (NOT fat), it can help stimulate fat burning because of the fat-burning hormone effects 14 to 48 hours later. It is delayed. But here’s the catch this only occurs if sugar intake and overall stress are low enough and sleep quality and quantity are sufficient. Many …

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[9 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Adrenal Body Type Exercise Plan:  Aerobic Exercise Routine

Aerobic Exercise Routine
1. Keep the intensity low. Keep it light enough so you can breathe comfortably.
2. Start with 15 minutes per day and work up to 60 minutes per day. (Some people will find they can do more than 60 minutes, but the exercise period should be no longer than 120 minutes per day.) Over time you will get used to this and your body will plateau. When that happens, you could add in the anaerobic exercise.
3. Exercise every other day at first with rest in between. After …

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[6 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Adrenal Body Type Exercise Plan

Use Aerobic
If the stress gland is stressed, you want to avoid intense exercise. To improve the stress gland, the correct exercise is calming and less stressful. This type of exercise will burn fat mostly during and slightly after the exercise.
The Benefits of Aerobic Exercise
The main benefit of light endurance-type exercise is that it is very gentle on the adrenals and will keep stress hormones to a minimum. However, aerobic exercise doesn’t burn fat 14 to 48 hours after exercise like the anaerobic system does.
The problem with …

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[3 Aug 2010 | One Comment | ]
Anaerobic Exercise Routine

1. Keep the intensity high.
2. Do short repetitions of intense exercise, starting at 1 minute.
3. Rest a good amount after each bout of exercise. For example, if you exercise for 1 minute, spend 5 minutes resting afterwards.
4. Exercise between 25 and 40 minutes, but no longer than 45 minutes. This way cortisol will not be raised too high.
5. Exercise every other day with rest between sessions. Do not work out daily.
6. Do not do the entire body; do upper body one day and lower body the next.
7. For the Thyroid …