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2 billion people are overweight or have obesity (out of world population of 8 billion.)

80 Percent Rule…Eat until you are 80 percent full. The idea behind the adage is that it takes about 20 minutes for the stomach to tell the brain it is full. Under-eating, as the theory goes, slows down the body’s metabolism in a way such that it produces fewer damaging oxidants—agents that rust the body from within. Unlike most Americans, who keep eating until their stomachs are full, you should stop as soon as you no longer feel hungry. This practice has another advantage. It provides a helpful nudge to stay fit. The 20 percent gap between not being hungry and feeling full could be the difference between losing weight and gaining it.

As a result, one’s strength levels decrease with each missed workout. In fact, studies have shown that a high level of strength development show measurable degeneration after as little as 96 hours of normal activity. (4 days)

Celery. Fibrous celery is packed with diuretic minerals such as magnesium, potassium, and calcium, a perfect choice to nudge your floodgates open.
-Michael Breus

Choose a weekend to forget about grams of fat and calories. Eat anything and everything you crave. People need an occasional break from careful, controlled eating just as much as they need a break from their job.-Bret Nicholaus

Don’t take sleeping, drinking (hydration), and breathing for granted. Yes, your body has regulatory systems in place, but life causes all kinds of glitches. -Michael Breus

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Every pound you lose feels like 5 fewer pounds to your knees.

Every year, the average American eats 23 chickens and one-eighth of a cow.

Exercising every day? Not feeling it today? Occasionally skipping exercise may help you recover more fully from previous workouts and energize you for the next one, especially if you’re coming down with something.

Five species of grass account for half the calories in the human diet.

If it takes less than five minutes to fall asleep it is likely linked to sleep deprivation. A healthy sleeper takes about 15 minutes.

If you are losing more than two pounds a week you are probably losing muscle as well as fat.

In a hot climate, you can sweat as much as three gallons of water a day.

It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out as it did to gain it.

Moderation…You can eat a lot of things—just don’t eat a lot of those things. Just a little taste. I don’t need to eat the whole thing. So just less. -Al Roker

Never get too tired, too hungry, too lonely.

No matter how “healthy” you eat, overeating is not good. If you focus on a diet primarily based on whole foods, you’ll likely find it relatively easy to stick to the right amount. PS: We all overeat sometimes, and that’s OK! We’re talking here about eating the right amount on average.

Obesity kills three times as many people as malnutrition.

Portion control is extremely important! On average, American meal portions are enormous. A rather small meal, according to American standards, is still quite large. Even if you are eating less than the people around you, odds are you’re still eating far too much. You have to be mindful of how much food you are eating. Here’s the great news: when you eat less food, you save money! When it comes to vegetables, you can eat as much as you want! I have yet to meet a person that is overweight because of a broccoli addiction. If you are still hungry after a meal, just eat more vegetables (or fruits like apples). For nuts and oils, a serving is about the size of your thumb. It’s a much smaller amount than you might think but this is a must!

Rule of thumb: one gram of protein per pound of body weight.

Seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated.

Stretching is often the ignored part of the triad of exercise that also includes aerobics/cardio and strength training.

Strong Sleep Suggestion: One more time, I want to be clear about this: If you do only one thing for your overall sleep quality than anything else, wake up (based on your chronotype) each day at the same time!
-Michael Breus

The Amish diet is high in meat, dairy, refined sugars, and calories. Yet obesity is virtually unknown among them. The difference is, since they have no TVs, cars, or powered machines, they spend most of their time doing manual labor.

The best medicine: Two miles of oxygen a day. This is not only the best, but cheap and pleasant to take. It suits all ages and constitutions. It is patented by infinite wisdom, sealed with a signet divine. This medicine never fails. Spurious compounds are found in large towns; but get into the country lanes, among green field, or on the mountain top, and you have it in perfection as prepared in the great laboratory of nature. -Dr. Hinsdale

Water Wisdom: You can burn more calories by drinking water before a meal in a process called water-induced thermogenesis. A German study found that drinking 16 ounces of room-temperature water increased energy expenditure (how much fuel the body uses) by 30 percent. The faster-burn effect lasted only about forty minutes, so you’re not going to drop a lot of weight via water-induced thermogenesis. But every little boost of energy expenditure helps. -Michael Breus

You can’t reach whole-body balance without sleeping, drinking, and breathing optimally. -Michael Breus

You just get into a “groove.” Whole-food, plant-based eating is just what you do—you don’t even have to think about it.

You never lose your capacity to improve your cardiovascular fitness or get stronger, no matter your age.

Most lip balm is made to be addictive. The more you put it on the more you need it.

It’s not food if it arrived through the window of your car.

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