Vitamins To Help You Loose Weight!!!

Vitamins To Help You Loos Weight & How these vitmains & minerals melt fat:
Keep a nice supply of good stuff in your breakfast, lunch and dinner that assist in keeping the pounds off.
Vitamin B12, calcium, omega-3 fatty acids
Chromium Picolinate (reduce sugar cravings only), Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) , African Mango, Beta-Glucan , Apple Cider Vinegar, Choline (eggs), Coenzyme Q10, Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) , Diatomaceous Earth (Food Grade) (food algae), Dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) mood supporter, Ephedra , Fucoxanthin (algae), Gamma-Linolenic Acid (GLA) reduce stress & speeds up metabolism, Glucomannan (fiber), Guarana , Green tea, hCG (hormone),
L-Carnitine (aids in weight loss), L-Glutamine (increases your resting metabolic rate),
Maitake Mushroom Extract, Omega-3 , PAGG ( Policosanol, ALA, Garlic, Green Tea), Raspberry Ketones, Resveratrol (red wine), Taurine (meat & sea food), Vitamin C, D, E, White Bean Extract, Whey Protein, Zinc, Chitosan, Chia seeds, Choline , Coconut Oil,
Vitamin D
 Vitamin D : Study after study shows that vitamin D helps to ensure body cells listen and respond to insulin, a hormone secreted from your pancreas. One of its jobs is to help glucose get into body cells, which burn glucose for energy. How well insulin pushes glucose into cells is called "insulin sensitivity." The more sensitive your cells are to insulin, the better. The less sensitive they are to insulin, the more likely the calories you eat will end up in your fat cells. 

When levels of D are low, levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) rise. Higher than normal levels of PTH trigger a series of reactions that eventually lead to fat cells converting sugar into fat and hoarding fat rather than releasing it to be burned, explains Michael B. Zemel, PhD, director of the Nutrition Institute at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. 

A lack of vitamin D may also interfere with leptin, a hormone that signals your brain to stop eating. Your body doesn't know when it's full, so you continue to eat. 
Calcium: Calcium is a mineral that works in tandem with D to help you shed fat. Calcium is stored in fat cells, and researchers think that the more calcium a fat cell has, the more fat that cell will release to be burned. Calcium also promotes weight loss by binding to fat in your GI tract, preventing some of it from getting absorbed into your bloodstream. 
Take 600 mg of calcium with 400 mg of magnesium daily

Eat Protein: eating protein at every meal helps to keep body composition--the amount of fat relative to muscle--in better proportion. Along with calcium and D, protein helps you to preserve muscle mass as you drop pounds. A recent study out of the University of Illinois found that women who consumed protein twice daily lost 3.9 percent more weight than women who consumed less of it on a diet. They not only lost more weight, they also got stronger as they did so, with their thigh muscles alone ending up with 5.8 percent more protein at the end of the diet than before.

The Ultimate Italian -Greek Salad!

The Italian version of Greek Salad! To start off the new year for 2015 we are going to mix up some
exciting twists of your classic favorites. "You ready?"
The Italian- Greek Salad!

3 Persian cucumbers  shaved or chopped
1/2 cup of black Greek Olives
1 cup chopped red bell pepper and green bell pepper
6 Julianned sun dried tomatoes
 Fresh Mozzarella balls or Fresh crumbled Sheep or Feta Cheese
sprig of fresh basil leaves
dash of fresh oregano or parsley
dash sea salt & pepper
2 shallots chopped
1 tbsp chopped garlic optional
1/4 cup pepperonis

Traditional Dressing:
1 cup Olive Oil
2/3 cup Balsamic vinegar
dash of salt & pepper
dash of garlic powder
1 tbsp. of fresh lemon juice

New Italian Twist Dressing:
add Basil Pesto Dressing
2 cups fresh basil leaves
1 clove of garlic finely chopped
2/3 cup Olive Oil your favorite Extra Virgin is always great to use
dash sea salt & pepper to taste
dash of garlic powder optional
1/2 cup of Pecorino Toscano Cheese,  or  Grana Padano cheese. 
1/4 cup pine nuts or cashews nuts are optional to save calories & your waist line
dash cayenne pepper optional 
Add ingredients to blender or food processor and slowly add oil as you mix

PARTY IDEAS:
cut fresh bell pepper top and use as salad bowl
or
roast the red and yellow peppers in oven till golden for 25 minutes 375 degrees in oven
Open top of peppers and put salad inside
serve on tray

Carrot & Zucchini Skinny Salad with Ginger Pomegranate Dressing

Serve more salads & vegetables with meals to create a more slimming meal experience For The New Year 2015.
Carrot & Zucchini Veggie Lovers Skinny Salad:

2 cups thinly sliced strips of carrots-match box style like thin angel hair pasta or shaved thin
2 cups thinly sliced strips or shaved thin Zucchini cut same as above
2 cups fresh green beans OPTIONAL for veggie lovers or  thinly sliced shoe string Cucumbers
6-8 grape tomatoes
4 sprigs of fresh mint
2 sprigs of thyme optional for flavor kick
2 chopped up chives
1/2 red onion chopped optional
dash of sea salt and pepper
1 tbsp. chopped garlic optional
dash Cayenne pepper optional

Protein Option:
White beans
Pan Seared Salmon
2 tbsp Fresh grated Parmesan Cheese sprinkled on top of salad

Ginger POMEGRANATE Dressing
1 cup olive oil   (Optional to use)
2/3 cup pomegranate balsamic vinegar   (Balsamic vinegar with fresh squeezed Pomegranate juice drained from seeds and dash of lemon juice.)
1 tsp garlic powder
dash sea salt and pepper
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger
dash of real vanilla