Namely that ALL sicknesses and diseases (including Obesity) start in the intestines (your colon).

This happens because of "toxic build-up" due to your body being unable to get rid of a small amount of what you eat in every single meal or snack you take in.

And over time, this little "left over bit" starts to add up - and BIGTIME!

It works basically like this:

You eat say 100 "units" of toxins in every meal or snack.

You "poop-out" most of it -- say 99 units.

Subtracting means you have 100 - 99 = 1 left over "toxic" unit.

Over 1,000 such snacks or meals you end up having 1,000 "toxic" units in 'build-up.'

Although each small meal or snack may seem meaningless to you, these built-up "stores" of toxins cause your body to equally build-up FAT.

Why?

To "protect" you from the poisonous "toxins."

That's right! The extra pounds are your body's way of putting a big "rubber tire" of insulation between YOU and the "bad junk."

And once you have BOTH extra "fat stores" and "toxins" you're in BIG, BIG TROUBLE!

What then happens is you fall vulnerable to every kind of 'sickness' and 'disease.'

And this pattern is what's been happening now for the better part of 50 years (more so in the United States than perhaps anywhere else on earth!)

Before 1954 in fact, people ate much fattier foods, full of greasy cholesterol and oils, yet the number of people who suffered diabetes, cancers, strokes and just about everything else, pales compared to today!

So the "guilty party" had little to nothing to do with all the so-called "bad foods" -- and pretty much went completely unnoticed.

So how is this possible?

Luck? ... Hardly!

If you simply get rid of the same amount of toxins and JUNK going in, you never end up getting the "toxic build-up" in the first place.

And NO toxic build-up means absolutely NO disease, and NO extra "pudge" around the middle, butt, or love handles, nor the armpits or the backs of the legs.

Going back to our little equation above, we get:

1,000 "toxic" units - 1,000 "toxic" units = 0 "toxic" units

And when you have 0 "toxic" units, you have 0 "toxic" build-up.

And of course, when you have 0 "toxic" build-up, you have 0 "disease," and 0 "extra fat!"

But what is more surprising than this discovery is the fact that even there is (and a growing number of other newly enlightened doctors) a mountain of evidence supporting this, the "mainstream" medical establishment is out to try like prosecutors in the notorious "Salem Witch Trials" to hunt down the truth and stomp it out!

Short of trying to burn them at the stake, other doctors would rather keep selling you "toxic" drugs -- that although eliminating one symptom cause who only knows how many "other" very damaging and even dangerous conditions?

It's just a matter of economics, after all, if people follow this advice will never get sick in the first place, they will never get fat, and therefore they will have little need or dependency on either other doctors or special diet foods.

And this means a major loss in income to doctors and food manufacturers -- and in terms of BILLIONS of dollars lost to them!

1. The "powerful drug companies" are certainly rich enough to pay someone to close any investigation

2. The more threats we get, the more people everywhere will "KNOW" the truth, because if it weren't true these "powerful bigwigs" wouldn't be so upset!

Get your body to get rid of the toxins -- NOT on trying to get you to make major changes in your lifestyle, few people if anyone can really muster.

I mean think about it:

99% of everyone you know that says they are doing a "new diet" only end up failing anyway.

The woman/man we all know who said five years ago that she was on some new diet to "L0SE 25 pounds" now weighs 50 pounds more.

Or how about the guy/gal who joins the gym to "get back into shape" who a year later looks even worse?

These are the people YOU and I both know.

They're all around us, and are clear "PROOF" that diets and exercise DON'T really work - and not because those things aren't good for you and me, but because something else is standing in their way!

And that's none other than "toxins!"

Get rid of "them," and get rid of "everything else!"

It's just that simple.

And if that happens, "YOU" at least may never find out the TRUTH, and not be able to use it for yourself or those you love and want to protect!

Just how dirty are you? The answer lies within....enter now!

Chef Xooma says, "Eat and live right using your A,B,Cs!"

A is for attitude. A can-do attitude will help you get over the inevitable hurdles of weight loss. Anticipate slip-ups -- they happen. But instead of letting them derail your weight loss efforts, learn from them and get right back on track. You don't have to be perfect to lose weight and be healthy. Just keep your eye on the target and keep moving forward, one step at a time.

B is for breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Don't leave home without eating something nutritious to get your metabolism perking and give you energy for the day ahead. It can be a banana, low-fat yogurt, cereal, last night's leftovers, etc. A small meal that contains both fiber and protein can keep you feeling satisfied until lunchtime.

C is for calories. They do count. Get into the habit of reading food labels to help you make healthy choices. And keep in mind that all the information listed there is based on the portion size the label specifies (which may not be the size of the portion you usually eat). Monitoring your portions and learning more about the calories in the foods you enjoy will help you meet your goals.

Diets don't work. There are hundreds of diets that will help you lose weight, but what good is losing weight if you gain it right back? Eating crazy food combinations or eliminating food groups is not the way to keep weight off. Instead, choose a nutritionally balanced plan with enough calories to keep you from feeling famished (like the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic eating plans).

Eating regular meals is essential. Experts agree that you should go no longer than 4 to 5 hours between meals. Otherwise, intense hunger can trigger a binge. Some experts believe dieters have better control if they eat several mini-meals throughout the day. Choose the meal pattern that works best in your lifestyle, but make sure to eat at least three meals per day.

Fiber is nature's weight loss aid. It comes in two forms, soluble (the gummy type found in oatmeal and beans) and insoluble (the type found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains). Both are important to good health. Soluble fiber can help to lower cholesterol; insoluble contains indigestible fibers that add bulk to our diets. Both forms of fiber swell in the stomach and help to create a feeling of fullness. Most high-fiber foods are also high in water and low in calories, making them must-have diet foods.

Gum chewing may be just what the dentist ordered. Chewing on a piece of sugarless gum can help cleanse the mouth of bacteria, satisfy a sweet tooth, and reduce the urge to eat. Keep a pack of sugarless gum handy. The next time you have the urge to reach into the cookie jar, try a piece of gum instead for a zero-calorie treat.

Heart-healthy foods should fill your pantry, refrigerator, and freezer. Choose foods that are low in saturated and trans fats. Enjoy plenty of naturally fat-free, low-sodium fruits and vegetables. Choose healthy fats such as canola, olive, and vegetable oils. Eat foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, like walnuts, flaxseed, and salmon and other fatty fish. Choose low- and non-fat dairy products, as well as the leanest cuts of meat (round and loin) and skinless poultry. Beans, nuts, and whole grains round out the list of heart-healthy foods.

Invest in a pedometer and track your steps each day. The goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps -- the equivalent of 5 miles -- daily to thwart weight gain (and promote weight loss). Challenge yourself to increase your steps each day, even if you can't get up to 10,000. Every step counts; remember that your goal is simply to improve your fitness level.

Just do it! Get into a routine that includes regular physical activity. Not only does exercise energize you, it burns calories, improves balance and coordination, and relieves stress. When you don't have time for a formal workout, try to squeeze in at least three 10-minute chunks of physical activity. (Be sure to check with your doctor before starting any exercise routine.)

Key to an effective exercise plan is variety. Try something new -- maybe Pilates, yoga, or water aerobics. Having fun and trying new things will keep you interested and enhance your commitment to exercise. Another key: starting your day with activity is one of the best ways to make sure it does not get squeezed out of your schedule.

Low blood sugar is often the cause of between-meal cravings, especially for sweets. Eating meals and small snacks that contain lean protein and fiber every few hours helps keep blood sugar levels steady. When sweets cravings strike, try to satisfy them with naturally sweet foods such as fruit (accompany it with a little low-fat yogurt for protein).

Mindful eating means taking time to savor every bite. Turn off the distractions, and concentrate on the aroma, texture, and flavor of food. Becoming more mindful when you eat will give you more pleasure from your meals. The bonus: You'll also be more in tuned with your body's signals of fullness, and you'll be less likely to overeat.

Nighttime snacking, for most of us, is a habit that can undermine weight loss success. That's because the calories we eat after dinner tend to be empty ones, from chips, cookies, etc. Brushing your teeth after supper will help you make dinner the last meal of the day. If you need a little something at night, try to satisfy the urge with few calories -- have a stick of gum, one piece of hard candy, or a cup of hot tea).

One more scoop, one more cookie, one more glass of wine -- "just one more" can add lots of extra calories. Controlling portions is fundamental to weight loss success. You don't need to give up your favorite foods, but you do need to keep track of your portions. At home, use smaller plates and keep food at the stove instead of on the table at mealtime. When you go out to eat, order a soup and a salad instead of an entrée, or take home half your meal in a doggie bag.

Protein is the "secret sauce" to weight control. Include a source of protein -- lean meats, low-fat dairy, beans, or nuts -- in all meals and snacks to help keep you feeling full for hours.

Quit those old habits that caused you to gain weight, and replace them with healthier ones. Simple changes -- like lightening your coffee with low-fat milk instead of cream, switching to light mayonnaise, avoiding fried foods -- can help create healthier eating patterns that foster long-term weight loss.

Rely on friends, family, and/or an online community to help you in your weight loss efforts. Your motivation is at an all-time high when you start a weight loss program, but after a few weeks, it often starts to wane. Let your supporters help you get through the rough times.

Supplement your healthy eating plan with a once-daily multivitamin for nutritional insurance. Despite your best efforts, it can be hard to get all the nutrients you need every day. Taking a multivitamin will help fill in the gaps.

Track your eating patterns and physical activity every day. One of the tips of the "successful losers" tracked in the National Weight Control Registry is the importance of journaling food intake and activity. Entering this information into your online journal or in a notebook is a powerful motivator to help keep you working toward your goals.

Uncle Sam's latest dietary guidelines promise to make us happier, healthier and thinner. Tips from the government's recommendations (the 2005 Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid) include:

Volumetrics is the art of eating foods high in volume, or high-water foods. Fruits, vegetables, and soups are all examples of high-volume foods that are super-nutritious, satisfying, and low in calories. Dieters should make sure their plans are full of these healthy foods so they can feel full while still losing weight.

Water is your body's preferred form of fluid. It is thirst-quenching and naturally delicious without one single calorie. You need some 6-8 glasses of water or fluids each day. Recent studies suggest that we should let thirst determine how much we drink each day. Foods that are high in water (soups, Jell-O, produce) also count toward our fluid requirements. Many dieters find drinking water helps keep them from overeating.

EXcuses should be excised. Do you really want to lose weight and improve your health once and for all? Then stop making excuses and just do it! Sure, that's easier said than done. But you need to stop finding reasons why you can't start moving a healthier lifestyle, and start listing all the reasons why you should. Don't put it off until tomorrow. Start today, by doing something positive -- just one small thing -- toward your health and weight loss.

Yogurt used to be thought of as health food. Now it lines the grocery shelves in a variety of forms. It's portable, convenient, full of nutrients like calcium and protein, and it makes an excellent snack or mini-meal. The French swear by it, and so should you. Low-fat yogurt is filling and nutritious, but keep in mind that it can be loaded with sugar. So read labels to make the best choice.

Zip in your step is what you'll get once you start eating more healthfully and getting regular exercise. Losing as little as 5% to 10% of your body weight can help you feel better and improve your health. Just think of the weight you'll lose as bricks in a backpack. Lightening your load a few pounds at a time can be invigorating and energizing.  WEB MD

$10,000 Grand Prize Winner of the Xooma Challenge Announced

Hampton, Virginia, 2/25/2008 - On Thursday February 21st Xooma Worldwide announced the $10,000.00 grand prize winner of the Xooma Challenge: Tiffany Cole of Georgia, U.S.A. Tiffany impressed the judges with her remarkable overall transformation, as well as the inspirational story about her journey over the course of the 12 week program.

The winner of the first ever Xooma Challenge was chosen from hundreds of Members from around the globe.

A 12-week personal growth and body transformation contest, the Xooma Challenge is designed to transform the Member, both physically and mentally. Participants in the Xooma Challenge were asked to submit before and after pictures, as well as a personal essay.

"This isn't a fashion model search or a contest to lose the most weight," explained Xooma's President and CEO Ron Howell. "This program is designed to take an average person and give them the tools and support necessary to make a significant difference in not only the way they look (in their clothes), but in the way they feel about themselves."

Xooma Worldwide is a leading wellness Company dedicated to helping people around the world lose weight quickly, safely and permanently. Endorsed by "America's Most Trusted Fitness Professional," Clark Bartram and Xooma's Director of Nutritional Research and noted author, Brad King, the Xooma Challenge is a simple and realistic program that helps the average person get in shape, lose extra weight/body fat and adopt a healthier lifestyle for long lasting physical and mental results.

As a motivator and personal trainer, Clark Bartram has helped thousands of men and women transform their bodies and their lives. "Whether you are looking to tone, improve your overall health, lose weight or build muscle mass, the Xooma Challenge exercise program is designed to put you on the path to obtaining your personal fitness and nutritional goals," said Clark Bartram when asked about the Xooma Challenge.

As a nutritional researcher specializing in obesity, aging and energy production, Brad King designed the MetaboWize System to be the best in nutritional support products. According to Brad King, "MetaboWize is the culmination of nearly ten years of research into how and why our bodies have such an easy time storing fat, but most importantly, how to mobilize that fat so that it becomes a primary energy source for your body."

Combining Brad King's success in fat loss science with Clark Bartram's years of experience as a top ranking personal trainer, the Xooma Challenge has all the tools necessary to give almost anyone guaranteed success.

For additional information on how you can be the next Grand Prize Winner of the Xooma Challenge visit http://www.xoomachallenge.com or call Xooma's Member Service Department toll free at 1-888-865-6687.

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Did you know that you may be wasting your time trying to lose weight?

If you've ever tried to lose weight using the latest diet, miracle supplement, or new exercise gadget then you may have experienced the frustration of never being able to keep the weight off, or more typically never hitting your target weight to begin with.

This may come as a shock to you . . . but you simply MUST do one very important thing BEFORE attempting to lose weight:-- Learn the importance of enzymes and products like Xooma's:

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You are self-sabotaging your attempt to get to and maintain a healthy weight.

If you've been yo-yo dieting all of your life, then you know you always end fatter then when you started.  If you have tried pills or the "new" exercise equipment you know that these are not permanent solutions.

But what's the big deal?  Besides looking overweight and feeling sluggish, being overweight is literally killing you.

According to The American Heart Association even being only 10-15 pounds overweight can:

*increase your risk of a heart attack
*increase your risk of stroke
*increase your risk for diabetes
*raise your blood pressure

You have read enough to know this is true, but you are still carrying around the excess weight - WHY?

It is because you are carrying 5-20 llbs of waste on the inside they you have developed over a long period of your whole life that are keeping you fat.

Just the Facts

The Food Pyramid, food labels, dietary guidelines, nutrient lists -- where do you start if you want to get the facts straight about healthy eating? Right here!

What Makes a Healthy Diet?

To go along with Vicki's 90-lb weight loss, she recently had eye surgery to correct her vision and forever release her from glasses! She looked GREAT!

Click to see the all-NEW, 10-Day Action-Plan-Video for Metabowize

"If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future - look into your present actions."

Hey Xooma "Transformer,

What you’re reading here is the first of a series of emails you’re going to receive from me over the coming weeks. My goal with these emails is simply to communicate with you on a regular basis in an effort to inform, educate, and inspire you to reach your fitness goals through the Xooma Challenge.

The proverb you read above is something I shared on our support call last week. I shared that proverb because I really want you to understand that your present situation is simply a matter of the CHOICES you made in the PAST. Please know that you can easily CHANGE anything you want, (your body, finances, attitude, etc.) by CHOOSING to THINK DIFFERENTLY than you have before.

As a participant in the Xooma Challenge, be sure to use the Goal Worksheet I've provided for you in the Challenge Journal, and also the affirmation that you wrote down. Look at those items daily, several times if you can and know that you CAN change anything you want in your life...it just takes STRONG DESIRE, CONSISTENCY and NOT LOOKING BACK!

I hope to hear you on our next support call Thursday night at 9:45 PM Eastern Time (Friday morning in Australia). You can find it on the regular Xooma Conference Line (507) 726-3270 PIN: 66316#

Clark

P.S. Don’t forget that you can email your questions to me anytime at metabowize@xoomaworldwide.com

A GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaking at a news conference in New York City, called the untoward GI effects a positive feedback tool to help people modify their eating habits. Put another way: eat a high-fat meal, have an "accident" -- and you will be less likely to do it again.

"If you think a Quarter Pounder with cheese is low fat compared with Big Mac, you will get some feedback," Foster tells WebMD. For this reason, Alli is not a good combination with a high-fat, low-carb diet. In addition, if your diet is too low in fat, there's no fat to be blocked.

Prescription-strength Xenical contains 120 milligrams while Alli contains 60 milligrams. But the side effects are not necessarily halved, Foster says.

If Alli blocks fat so well, it may also block the absorption of important vitamins and minerals, critics allege.

"Any low-calorie diet should be accompanied by a multivitamin," Foster says. "The behavioral nuance here is that you don’t want to take the vitamin at the same time as you take Alli." He recommends taking the vitamin at bedtime to avoid any depletion of its contents.

Some critics think it may be better to avoid taking the pill at all, saying it's not necessary.

"There are demonstrable short-term risks and no possibility of long-term benefit," points out Sidney Wolfe, MD, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C.

If you really want to lose weight, he says the answer is not as sleek and sexy as taking a pill to augment your efforts.

"You need to make a mild change in how much you eat and a mild change on how much you exercise, If you walk 2 miles more and eat 300 calories less per day, you will lose a pound a week or one-half a pound a week. It's slow but it works and has no risks."

Read the Fine Print

Despite its detractors, and even though it's not being billed as a magic bullet, many consumers may see it as one anyway.

"There are always going to be some people who won't read beyond the headlines, who so much want a miracle that they will believe this is one when its not," says Arthur Frank, MD, the medical director of the George Washington University Weight Management Program in Washington, DC.

If a person does choose to try Alli, they can't be passive about it, he says. "You really have to pay attention," Frank says.

"There are drugs that you can use and be totally passive about, such as blood pressure or cholesterol medications, but you can't do that with Alli," he says.

"You have to be careless to use Alli incorrectly, but some people are careless," he says. Still, "if you are reasonably careful, it should be reasonably effective."

Denise Mann

Denise Mann is a freelance health writer in New York City. Her articles regularly appear on WebMD, Rheumawire (jointandbone.org),Woman's World magazine, Arthritis Today magazine, and special sections of the Wall Street Journal.

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