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It happens every night in homes all over the world.

People retire to their beds after a long day filled with stress and excitement only to find more stress. The stress that afflicts many people during the night has to deal with a snoring spouse or partner.

Snoring accounts for many lost hours of sleep each night.

The lost sleep is not just an issue for the men or women who are in the bed next to the snorer. Other family members can lose sleep over the problem as well.

The booming sound of the snoring might reverberate throughout an entire house, with little escape for those left struggling to sleep against the noise.

For many people though, the issue of snoring reaches far beyond just the annoyance and frustration of the sound.

For some people snoring is a symptom of a much more serious problem. That problem is sleep apnea, when a person who is asleep stops breathing. If you live with a snorer who sleeps deeply, you may have been witness to this without even realizing it.

Often a person who is snoring falls into a rhythmic breathing pattern that is saturated with loud intakes of breath.

As they breathe out they make a noise which is the snoring that other people hear. If that person ever seems to catch their breath, the snoring might stop momentarily, that silence could be the beginning of sleep apnea.

There are many remedies that claim to quiet the unruly noise that emanates from the snorer. Everything to adhesive strips that are said to open the nose passages to in serious cases, surgery to correct breathing problems.

If the snoring is changing the sleep patterns of either the snorer or their family members trying a few approaches to halting the noise is a great idea.

It’s even been suggested that snoring can be a symptom of something as simple as an allergy to either an environmental agent or even a particular food.

The person might eat something for dinner and then later that evening, roll into a deep, noisy sleep. Monitoring the diet is a great first step to determine if the snoring occurs more frequently after a particular food is eaten.

There are also many natural supplements that are said to aid in helping to stop the problem of snoring.

Some of them are directed at helping the snorer by relaxing the muscles that often are associated with the snoring.

Others are geared towards addressing some of the other issues that have long been thought to contribute to snoring; things like being overweight or inactive.

How you sleep might also play a role in whether or not you are having a sleep that is peaceful for everyone around you.

It’s been suggested that if you sleep on your back you might be more prone to snoring.

By adjusting the bed to encourage your body to remain on its side, the issue of snoring might become mute.

Researching new techniques and taking the time to investigate what works for you could mean a long and peaceful sleep for everyone involved.

There are ways to stop snoring and once you find the solution your family will be eternally grateful.

Watch one of my favorite dispensers of dating advice, David D, uncover the real work on what it takes to attract a woman the way a ten ton magnet attracts a paper clip!

And it works for losers too! : - )

BTW…David D, whose real name is Eben Pagan, is now into entrepreneurial training and is making huge waves among Internet marketers.

Gender bending stuff that will blow your mind…guaranteed! The more you watch this video, the more the lines between male and female will become blurred.

Do you consider yourself a ‘diet’ guru?

Well, take a Fat Fact quiz at Discovery Health’s main National Body Challenge site. See how much you know about the foods your eating and test your health IQ.

I think you’ll be shocked at how much you think you know, and how much you actually know!

The South Beach Diet was developed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston to help his patients lose weight and maintain a healthy diet for a lifetime.

It is designed in phases, like the Atkins Diet, with different eating recommendations in each phase. All phases have the same underlying philosophy, though.

Weight loss and maintenance depends on establishing a balanced diet that avoids ‘bad’ fats and carbohydrates.
 
The proponents of the South Beach diet claim that you can lose weight and maintain the weight loss without counting calories, weighing portions or depriving yourself of good-tasting, satisfying foods.

This is accomplished by cutting out empty, high-carbohydrate foods like sugars, potatoes, rice and white bread. Each phase is specially designed to accomplish a particular goal.
 
Phase I: Adjusting your Metabolism

In Phase I, you eat three meals and two snacks daily, eating until you are no longer hungry. The phase lasts two weeks, during which time your body will shed 8-13 pounds.
 
These items are not allowed during Phase I: bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, fruit, candy, cake, cookies, ice cream, sugar or alcohol
 
Phase II: Weight Loss

The aim during Phase II is to lose weight, with loss averaging 1-2 pounds per week. During this phase, you will gradually add the restricted foods from Phase I back into your diet, but you will eat less of them. The daily diet on Phase II should consist of:
 
All the protein you want
Minimum of 4 1/2 cups of vegetables
Up to 3 servings of fruit
Up to 3 portions of starch
1 1/2 cups of milk/dairy (including yogurt)
3 tbs. fat
 
In real terms, a typical menu for a meal on the South Beach Diet might include something like this:
 
½ grapefruit
2 scrambled eggs mixed with Monterey Jack cheese and salsa
1 slice of whole grain toast
Decaffeinated coffee or tea, fat-free milk and sugar substitute if desired
 
The eating plan recommended by the South Beach Diet emphasizes low carbohydrate foods, restriction of sweets, processed starches, white sugar and ‘unhealthy fats’, and all the protein you want.

It specifies minimum amounts of low carb vegetables to be eaten daily that are remarkably close to the recommendations made by the USDA and the American Diabetes Association.
 
A key concept in the South Beach diet is the Glycemic Index. Foods are ranked on a scale of 1-100 according to their Glycemic index - the amount by which they raise blood sugar levels after meals.

The focus of your diet should be on foods low on the GI level, such as yogurt, cucumbers and broccoli and whole grain cereal, while avoiding those high on the GI scale such as white bread, potatoes and pretzels.
 
In addition to the above, the South Beach Diet offers the following guidelines:

* Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water and other decaffeinated beverages per day (excluding fruit juices)
 * Limit your intake of caffeine-containing beverages to 1 cup each day
  * Take one multivitamin and mineral supplement daily
  * Take between 500 and 1,000 mg of calcium daily
 
Phase III:

The lifetime maintenance plan is nearly identical to the weight loss phase, with more portions of foods allowed.
 
Dr. Agatston cautions that patients being treated for diabetes, impaired kidney function, pregnancy or other chronic illness should consult their physician before embarking on any weight loss regimen.

This is a damm corny video. (You’ll understand why when you watch it till the end)

However, based on my personal understanding of TCM, this formula will work. It’s just a hassle preparing it that’s all.

The Zone Diet is one of the five most discussed diets currently being endorsed. Developed by Barry Sears, a former researcher at MIT, it is based on maintaining insulin levels by striking a balance between carbohydrates and proteins at each meal.
 
Sears suggests that the major cause of obesity is an imbalance of insulin in the body. He maintains that the diet currently recommended by most medical institutions is high in carbohydrates and low in fats - a combination which he contends contributes to the production of too much insulin, and results in obesity.
 
The Zone Diet is based on the concept of achieving a physiological state in which insulin and eicosanoids, two hormones, are maintained in zones that are carefully balanced. By controlling the balance of insulin and eicosanoids, you increase the loss of fat, and decrease the likelihood of heart disease and diabetes, decrease inflammation and increase blood flow, and increase your physical and mental stamina.
 
The Zone Diet
 
The diet program of The Zone is designed to balance your intake of protein and carbohydrate at 1 part protein to 4 parts carbohydrate. It advises a moderate intake of carbohydrates, proteins and fat in order to control insulin. It prescribes a maximum amount of low-fat protein at one meal at 3-4 ounces, which is nearly exactly the recommendation of the USDA and the FDA. The majority of carbohydrates on the Zone diet come from vegetables and fruits, with limited amounts of bread, rice, potatoes and grains. Most fat intake should be from monounsaturated fats like olive oil, safflower oil and other ‘heart healthy’ oils.
 
While this sounds a good deal like the Atkins diet (restricting carbohydrates), the differences are very clear. Atkins recommends a diet high in protein without regard to fat, with the intent of provoking ketosis, a potentially unhealthy condition. High carbohydrate diets recommend increasing carbohydrate levels and inducing the production of insulin which, maintains Sears, increases weight gain. Instead, the Zone Diet recommends achieving an optimal balance of nutrients with moderate amounts of proteins, carbohydrates and fat all playing a part.
 
The other component of the Zone diet worthy of note is the supplementation of diet with fish oil. Fish oil, particularly pharmaceutical grade fish oil, provides omega 3 fatty acids which are an important component in healthy cells. Study after study in the past five years has confirmed the importance of fish and omega 3 fatty acids in the diet.
 
A sample meal on The Zone’s eating plan might include:

1 3 oz portion of broiled salmon
Spinach salad with apples and walnuts dressed with walnut oil and lemon juice
1/2 cup of brown rice
1 glass fruit or vegetable juice
 
The eating plan recommended by The Zone diet combines small portions of low fat proteins, fats and fiber-rich vegetables and fruits. It also suggests eating some protein with each meal or snack, and at least 3 meals and 2 snacks daily.
 
Who should use the Zone Diet?

As always, if you’re under the care of a physician for any chronic medical condition, you should consult them before embarking on any diet plan that substantially changes your eating habits. There are significant differences between the Zone Diet and that recommended for diabetics and heart patients, for instance. Overall, the recommended portions of foods and the balance between them is consistent with a healthy diet, and is maintainable for a lifetime.