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Melt The Fat and Fortify the Muscles
Are you trying to lose weight? Do you incorporate work out plans and a balanced diet into your weight loss program? Or, are you on a harsh caloric restrictive diet or a super low carbohydrate diet? If so, the chances are very high that you may be burning your muscles for energy instead of fat. Losing too much muscle is dangerous and could be fatal. Do know that your heart is a muscle? Does this statement set off an alarm in your head?
Your body is like an engine that must burn fuel to function. The engine is muscle. The fuels are fat, carbohydrate (glucose), and, under certain circumstances, protein. Whenever fat is burned, ketones are found in the blood and urine.
Some people mistakenly think ketones are a sort of miracle that melts fat from the body… regardless how much a person eats. This is simply untrue. Ketones are the result of the metabolism of fat. Their presence indicates that you are burning fat.
Ketones are result of the metabolism of fat in the body. They are created when fat is used for energy by the muscles. They are acids known as ketone bodies. There are three kinds of acids produced. Beta-hydroxybutyric acid, aceto-acetic acid, and acetone. The role they play in your body, doesn’t require you to be a chemist.
Ayurveda in Simple Terms
Ayurveda is the holistic approach to better health through a natural system that deals with the mind, body and soul. It has been in existence for approximately 5000 years and continues today while getting more popular. Discovering your Ayurveda, or as many others would call it, your Dosha, can be a spiritual awakening. Not spiritual in the religious sense, although it can be incorporated into almost any religion, but in more of a mind, body and soul cleansing kind of way.
To put it in simpler terms, Ayurveda, or Dosha, is kind of like a Constitution. A countries Constitution is made up of laws that are to be followed by the citizens of that society in order to keep things running in harmony and keep things in order. Ayurveda is your bodies Constitution. You set your own rules to live by. While your conscious self must follow the laws of society, your inner consciousness follows the laws of Ayurveda.
You must set some time to be alone each day to get in touch with your inner being. Use this time to cleanse your soul. You will need to learn some meditation techniques that will teach you to relax and become at peace with yourself. This is an important step as it will be the foundation of your Ayurveda, or Dosha.