Snacking is one of the great downfalls of the average diet. Research is now suggesting that we should eat three smaller meals a day, supplemented by two snacks; however, it’s crucial that these snacks are healthy.

Stopping for a quick afternoon milkshake or picking up a muffin at the coffeehouse can easily add 500 calories or more to a person’s daily intake, and for most people, those snacks will be quickly converted to tenacious belly fat. Here’s a list of 10 satisfying, healthy snacks to munch on without worry.

For the best health improvements and weight loss results, we should all learn to turn to these simple, healthy foods instead of packaged, processed foods and restaurant temptations.

Healthy Snacks for Weight Loss

1. Yogurt

Yogurt is rich-tasting and satisfying. It contains healthy bacteria that aid in our digestion and boost our immune systems. It packs a powerful dose of both calcium and protein. Consider eating yogurt every day; however, watch for excessive sugar levels. Plain yogurt is best, but lightly, naturally sweetened varieties are still a good choice.

2. Fruit

There’s a fruit for anyone’s taste, and anyone with a sweet tooth should head to the fruit bowl for their snacking. The human body processes natural fruit sugar differently than cane sugar, and fruits contain vitamins—cookies do not.

3. Skim Milk

If you can tolerate milk, do yourself a favor and chug a cup or two from time to time. The calcium, protein, and Vitamin D are all exceptionally healthy. The very framework of our bodies is composed of calcium—drinking milk is an investment in your bones, and a 12 ounce glass of milk in the afternoon can hold you over until dinner.

4. Nuts

Nuts are fantastic sources of protein, minerals, and healthy fats. They make a very satisfying and portable snack; however, they are highly caloric. Don’t eat more in a day than you can fit in the palm of your hand.

5. Vegetable Soups

Making up a large batch of homemade soup is a great way to have a mini-meal available any time. It’s also a great way to get a wide variety of vegetables.

6. Hardboiled Eggs

Eggs contain protein, iron, and Vitamin B. They’re a great way to keep you running strong, and they’re easy to eat alone or add into other foods.

7. Berries

Yes, these are fruits, but they deserve their own mention. Not only are berries some of the most delicious snacks that nature has to offer, they are also some of the healthiest! Blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are packed with vitamins and antioxidants. Buy fresh berries whenever possible. Dried berries are another alternative, just be sure to watch out for the sugar content in a serving.

8. Lean Meat

Lean lunchmeats like turkey and ham can make a great snack, especially when paired with a small serving of whole wheat crackers or with fresh sliced vegetables. (Avoid any meats preserved with nitrates and nitrites.)

9. Carrot Sticks

Baby carrots are the perfect size for snacking, they need no preparation, they’re packaged without any additives or preservatives, and they’re on the shelves at any grocery store.

10. Grape Tomatoes

Grape tomatoes are sweet, bite-sized, and packed full of Vitamin C! These quick and tasty treats are one of the most enjoyable ways to get a serving of veggies.

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A healthy lifestyle is an ideal that we all strive for. Eat right, exercise regularly, get enough sleep. It seems pretty simple, right? But, we all know that it’s much more complicated than a few simple words. While you might be successful in one area, like meeting your diet goals during the week, you can easily fall short in another by not exercising regularly. If you’re still in “diet” mode, temporarily changing your habits just until you reach your goal, then one of these dieting dilemmas could be preventing your from reaching your goals – and achieving a permanent, healthy lifestyle. Your diet might be making (or keeping) you fat if…

You fail on the weekends.
You strive to eat well and hit the gym throughout the week, but once you leave work on Friday evening, all bets are off. Weekends should definitely be used for unwinding and relaxing, but be careful not to go overboard and cancel out all of the hard work you put in during the week. One weekend of overeating, overdrinking, and under-exercising can easily undo the healthy diet and exercise program you followed for five days, stalling your progress towards your goals.

Instead, view weekends as a chance to do the things that you enjoy and spend quality time with your family and friends. “Weekends” should not be synonymous with calorie splurges or alcohol binges. Use your free time constructively: plan your menu for the upcoming week, design a new workout routine, take your time grocery shopping, and read your favorite health magazine. Try cooking up a big batch of healthy meals on Sunday that you can eat without much fuss during the week.

Take advantage of your time away from work to get outside and be active. Weekends are the perfect time to play tennis, go on a walk or work in your yard. Get your kids and other loved ones involved as well; weekends are YOUR time to enjoy physical activity—without watching the clock or keeping a strict schedule!

You make exercise excuses.
No doubt, it’s difficult to make exercise a priority in your life. Perhaps you had an extra busy week and didn’t have a spare moment to get the gym. Soon thereafter, that exercise-free week turned into two, then three weeks and so on. Exercise can help you reach your weight loss goals much faster than dieting alone. Plus, strength training builds lean muscle that fires up your metabolism so you burn more calories all day long. Are you really “too busy” to include even a little exercise, a few times a week, or are your priorities elsewhere? Taking a 10-minute walk IS better than no exercise at all. Anything that gets your heart rate up and blood flowing is a good start.

You don’t care where calories come from, as long as you are under your goal.
It’s easy (and important) to focus on the calories, but you should also focus on the quality of foods your calories are coming from, as well as meeting other nutrient goals. There is a huge difference between eating 400 calories of chocolate for lunch and enjoying a 400-calorie salad, loaded with leafy greens, beans, tomatoes, carrots and cucumbers. For one, the salad will fill you up longer, and boost your protein, fiber, vitamin, mineral, and health-enhancing phytochemical intakes. Chocolate, on the other hand, will leave you hungry for the same number of calories.

Make sure you get the most out of what you are eating. If you eat too many high-calorie, low-nutrient foods, you’re more likely to overeat and less likely to meet your body’s nutritional needs. This increases your risk of lifestyle diseases related to diet, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and osteoporosis. Think about the sources of your calories as you plan out your daily menu.

You starve during the day and gorge during the evening.
You might think that eating as little as possible throughout the day will help you lose weight. Perhaps you skip breakfast altogether and only eat a small snack during the day. But if you don’t fuel your body regularly throughout the day, you’re more likely to binge in the evening—at dinner and into the late evening. Plus, without adequate nutrition all day, your metabolism will wane, and slow, making your energy levels low and weight loss even harder.

Instead, space out your meals and snacks evenly throughout the day. Always start with breakfast, which is proven to help people lose weight, and enjoy a good balance of nutrients—lean protein, whole grains or unprocessed carbohydrates (fruits for example), and healthy fats like nuts—every time you eat. Eating at regular intervals will keep your energy high and your metabolism boosted while warding off hunger.

You go “off” your diet on special occasions.
This is a very slippery slope once you step onto it. An extra drink for a friend’s birthday, a high-fat dessert at your co-worker’s retirement party, and pretty soon, you view almost every “special occasion” as a way to justify overindulging in excess calories. You enjoy these special treats so often that you’re “off” your diet again, eating everything with a last supper mentality until you’re ready to re-start your diet next week, next month, or next year.

Be careful. One key to a healthy lifestyle is moderation, and moderation means setting limits, applying portion control, and making choices based on long-term health goals, not immediate gratification. If you know that you have a family picnic (i.e. unhealthy food fest) coming up, do your best to maintain your healthy eating and exercise habits in the days prior to it. Go on an extra walk or make an extra trip the gym. Make sure that you eat a balanced breakfast the day of the event, and consider eating a healthy meal before you arrive so that your hunger won’t tempt you to overindulge. It’s okay to enjoy yourself and to celebrate important events in your friends’ lives, as well as your own. Make your friends and experiences the center of these occasions—not the food.

When you’re “on a diet” excuses like these make it easy to go off of it. After all, you just go back on again once you’re done having your fun. Forget the “diets” and start going on a “healthy lifestyle” instead.

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Eggs, yogurt and honey are, at first glance, all components of a tasty breakfast — but they also happen to be hair treatment ingredients, and affordable, all-natural ones at that. And they’re not the only ones. Did you know, for instance, that the oils in avocados more closely resemble our own skin’s oils than any product in the beauty aisle does? Or that the mild acidity in lemon is an effective — and gentler — alternative to chemical-laden products? Next time your locks need a lift, save money by using one of these kitchen fixes.

In my quest to strike a middle ground between eating out and eating sprouts, I’ve done GOOP’s liquid harvest (yay!) and I’ve gone gluten free (boo!). GOOP’s veggie-heavy eating made me a ball of energy who came thisclose to grabbing people on the L train and telling them, “TRY THIS! IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!” Conversely, for someone who’s spent 30+ years pretending Yellow #7 is an ingredient, a gluten-free diet proved too extreme against bad, but solid, habits.

But I ain’t no quitter – and thankfully, I’ve got help. This week’s diet try comes from reader Donna (smooches, Donna!): a 7-day detox created by Juliette Kellow, a registered dietician who cooked up a week-long eating plan aimed to restart, refresh and recharge your system. For one week, it’s beans, lentils, veggies, fruit, fish, tofu, potatoes, rice, nuts, and honey. The no-no list includes meat, dairy, coffee, alcohol, wheat, and, unfortunately, my favorite category: condiments. Ketchup! Vinegar! Don’t cry! I’ll only be gone a week!

For those without a lot of kitchen savoir-faire, Juliette outlines an easy plan with options. There’s no same-thing-for-breakfast, lunch, and dinner going on here. And unlike some diets, preparation here is easy. I’ll mostly be eating produce, so I go straight to the source and hit up my local farmer’s market.

DAY 1
The reliance on produce – especially fruit – in this plan is front and center, so I decide to start my days with smoothies. While dairy and soymilk is a detox don’t, Juliette permits natural yogurt, which is so easy to find, even my big box grocers stock it. Two fruits, a handful of ice cubes (another reader tip!), a scoop of yogurt, and WHIIRRR! Open sesame, mouth.

It’s undressed salad for lunch (zzzz), and by dinner, the creativity starts to slide – as does the will to come home from a long day and start cooking. However, canned fish falls under the “eat it” column as long as it’s packed in water, so it’s tuna and a microwaved potato for me. (Tuna? In a detox diet?) I spiff up my tuna with a squeeze of lemon, but am confronted with a dilemma re: the tot. In the absence of butter, cheese, or salt, what’s a girl use to dress her spud?

DAY 2 – 4
My blender hasn’t gotten this much attention since Cinco de Mayo, but I’m thinking for lunch, it’s time to explore the world of commercially-prepped smoothies. These days, even convenience stores are hawking fruit-filled slurps, and finding a convenient blend is a matter of finding a convenience store. But by day 4, I’m detecting a trend: “organic” doesn’t mean “healthy.” And it doesn’t mean sugar-free, either. I’m quickly learning to sniff out sweeteners like evaporated cane juice, agave, and organic brown sugar. Sure, these are better than refined sugar, but sugar is sugar, and I’m surprised at how many brands rely heavily on these – often listing them as the third or fourth ingredient.

Restaurants are another landmine, and I can practically feel the hate radiating from the line behind me as I query the girl at Energy Kitchen: “Sweetened? With what? Where are the apples from?” But it pays to ask, and with a little bit of detective work and creative substitution requests, I’m able to stick to the plan. But I’m considering this a wake-up call. How many other “All Organic!” and “Totally healthy!” labels have I fallen for?

Oh, and I’ve solved the potato issue: Stewed tomatoes and diced onions. No, seriously. Try it. It’s like hash browns … only not.

DAY 5-6
Smoothies, salads, and canned fish may not be the world’s most titillating diet, but I’ll tell you what is: Not having to lie down on your bed to get your jeans buttoned. The puff has poofed! And by day 5, I am definitely The New Me.

Best of all, this diet is easy to incorporate into real-world eating. Example: Dinner with friends. After all that time spent drilling the local smoothie makers, requesting steamed fish and veggies sans butter, merci, is like stealing candy (that I can’t eat) from a baby. Although I’m about to pole vault over the table to get to the wine selection. No I’m not. Yes I am.

Like the GOOP diet before, this Spartan eating is making me more gassed up than a cross-country jet preparing for takeoff. Hello, energy levels! Are you gonna repair the roof you just ripped off? I don’t need as much sleep. I skip the subway and walk. I actually find myself looking forward to apples and nut butter. Looking forward to apples

DAY 7
Last day of the detox, and I’m celebrating with a smoothie made from three fruits and a drizzle of honey. I won’t miss these canned fish dinners, but I’m loving my new lunch habits. My fruit and veggie blends have me coming back to work and–gasp!–working, not coming back to work like a zombie ready for a major nap.

Plus, just when I thought life couldn’t get better than zipped-up pants that don’t explode when I sit: my skin is glowing. I mean supermodel salt-scrub glowing. Is it the fish? Is it the absence of salt? Is it the organic farmer’s market veggies made with nothing but steam and love? I don’t know. But I’m not looking a poreless, zit-free gift horse in the mouth.

I miss chocolate, wine, and, yes, even meat enough to bid farewell to this diet for now. But did I love it? You bet. It is easy? Couldn’t be simpler – and this is coming from a girl who can’t work a stove. Would I try it again? Absolutely – and like Donna, I’ll be passing this one along.

Hangovers are the worst. That nasty combo of headache, nausea and gut-pain can be cost you precious hours of your life. While there are certainly preventative measures you can take to reduce the likelihood of a hangover (headache medication, food, lots of water before bed, etc.), inevitably you’re going to get stuck with a dirty hangover that you need to crush before it kills your day. Here are 11 awesome hangover cures that you can turn to when you need to ease the pain.

11. Ginger

Ginger is an all-purpose digestive aid. You can eat it with sushi, drink some ginger tea or mix ginger juice with water for a nausea-reducing elixir that’ll balance your gastric fluids and calm your system. This powerful antioxidant and anticoagulant can work wonders, but don’t consume fresh ginger on an empty stomach. Mix it up with something else.

10. Honey

Honey is a great antioxidant that’s loaded with fructose and glucose. In Poland, people mix honey in with pickle juice for a hydrating, salty hangover-recovery treat. If the idea of honey pickle juice sounds foul to you, just take a couple table spoons of the magic bee sauce and enjoy the fresh coat of healing goodness.

9. Prickly Pear

For desert drunks, the prickly pear is a solid morning option that’ll help take the edge off the hurt. The extract from the prickly pear cactus can help reduce nausea, loss of appetite and dry mouth. You can find prickly pear extract in a bunch of different dietary supplements.

8. Eggs

Yep, eggs. Eggs have cysteine in ‘em. Cysteine is an awesome amino acid that breaks down acetaldehyde, a toxin that’s a byproduct of the oxidation of ethanol. Acetaldehyde causes hangovers and eggs break down the acetaldehyde. So get over the fact that you don’t want breakfast and scramble that hangover out of your system.

7. Coca Cola

Oh the sweet, sweet nectar of Coca Cola can do wonders for a messed up belly. Some say that Coca Cola was originally invented as a hangover cure. I don’t know about all that, but whether you’ve eaten a big meal or you need to turn down the volume down in your stomach, a cold Coke just feels good.

6. Greasy Diner Breakfast

Whether you’re pounding pancakes at IHOP, feasting on French toast at Norm’s or plowing through Moons Over My Hammy at Denny’s, greasy-ass diner food will help you booze-coated belly correct itself. Greasy food sticks to the stomach wall and help slow down the process of alcohol absorption. That’s not to say that you won’t feel like trash afterward, but it’ll be a different kind of trash – a much more manageable form of discomfort. If you have the chance to close the night out with some greasy food, that’s a solid hangover prevention method, but if you miss the prevention window, reach for some bacon in the morning.

5. Gatorade + Banana

Electrolytes. You need ‘em, man. When you’re recovering from a night of drunken excess, you’re bound to end up dehydrated. Drinking lots of water helps, yes, but a steady stream of electrolytes will hydrate you more quickly. Your hung-over body also needs an influx of Vitamin B and potassium. Drinking alcohol drains your levels of Vitamins B6 and B12. Bananas will calm your gut-hurt and expedite the metabolism of alcohol.

4. Bloody Mary

If you’re head is pounding and your stomach is sloshed with whatever god-awful combo of drinks you consumed last night, drinking more sounds like the last thing you wanna do. But more booze can actually help you right the ship. A nice breakfast cocktail like a Bloody Mary can serve the dual purpose of a breakfast and hangover remedy. This is a great option if food consumption is totally out of the question, and the tomato juice will help you metabolize alcohol more quickly.

3. Pho

Vietnamese rice noodles with broth and beef (or tripe or chicken) will hydrate you and fill your gut with a nice layer of nutrition, exfoliation and toxin-fighting spices. Don’t go too crazy with the hot sauce though. Under normal circumstances, unreasonable amounts of Sriracha in your Pho would be a great idea, but when you’re dealing with a tender tummy, you gotta keep it mellow. Add some lime, basil, sweet Hoison sauce, cilantro, onions and bean sprouts, and go to town with a soup spoon and chopsticks in hand.

2. Pad Thai

More rice noodle love here. Pad Thai will fill that void in your stomach with a tender helping of noodles, eggs, tamarind juice and some light protein like shrimp, chicken or tofu. I don’t know the science behind it, but it works like a charm.

1. Matzo Ball Soup

The medicinal healing powers of the matzo ball have been well documented throughout history. Known as Jewish penicillin, matzo ball soup can kill a hangover, eliminate pink eye and in some cases, even cure cancer. Embrace the power of the matzo. It’s the most comfortable comfort food ever invented.

Honorable Mention List:

• Borscht
• Tom Yum Soup
• Menudo
• Haejangguk

I absolutely love coming across household tips. I will read, study, and memorize them. Plus, I try to use them whenever I can! It’s always neat to find new ways to use an item differently or try something new all together. We can definitely benefit from keeping food fresher longer or using kitchen gadgets for purposes other than originally made. So, here’s a compiled list from an Unknown Author. Say it isn’t so? Yep, it is! Sadly, no one to give credit to. I couldn’t believe it either. I know some of these tips have been around for ages, but there were a few I hadn’t seen before!

Do you have any other tricks or tips? Let me know if you use something or do anything really cool in your house!

1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom  of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drip.
2. Use a meat baster to squeeze your pancake batter onto the hot griddle and you’ll get perfectly shaped pancakes every time.
3. To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.
4. To prevent egg shells form cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.
5. To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it’s fresh, but if it floats, throw it away.
6. When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.
7. Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan and the marshmallow won’t stick to your fingers.
8. To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.
9. To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stove-top.
10. Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based sauces and there won’t be any stains.
11. When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won’t be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
12. If you accidently over-salt a dish while it’s still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant “fix.”
13. Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in a refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
14. Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.
15. Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it.
16. Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
17. If you a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They have a great non-slip grip!
18. Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.
19. To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the area and you will experience instant relief.
20. Ants are said never to cross a chalk line. So, get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march.
21. Use air-freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell to the shine.
22. When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Place tape over splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
23. Don’t throw out all the leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.
24. Alka Seltzer tips: –Clean a toilet. Drop in 2 tablets, wait 20 minutes, brush and flush. –Clean a vase. Fill with water and drop in 2 tablets. –Polish jewelry. Drop 2 tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for 2 minutes. –Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in 4 tablets, and let soak for an hour. –Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping 3 tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.

Happiness — I want it, you want it, we all want it. Just the fact that you’re reading The Change Blog means that you and I are on a similar path—seeking for those nuggets of wisdom that will bring us more peace, joy, and personal fulfillment.

After having owned a businesses for about 10 years in the swimming pool industry, a little over a year ago I commenced a new quest in life to satiate my need to teach and help as many possible to achieve their full potential. This is also why I asked Peter if I could contribute a guest post to The Change Blog. So if you’re looking for ‘change’, if you want more joy and fulfillment out of life, here are 7 qualities that, for me, have made all the difference:

1. See the World in the Form of a Question

Whether you are looking to make new friends, achieve success with a client, or even raise your general awareness—the skill of asking questions has in many ways been lost in our society. We’re so busy to tell, tell, tell that we forget to ask, ask, ask. And as we all know, the only way to become a great ‘learner’ is to ask questions. Questions resolve concerns. Questions elevate personal relationships. They also at times force us to take a different perspective and possibly stretch ourselves to unchartered waters. So learn to have an ‘ask first tell second’ personality and I can promise you the results will be profound.

2. Give Specific Feedback/Compliments

We’ve all heard that learning to give compliments to others has a powerful impact on personal relationships. But for those that truly want to take compliments to another level the key is to learn specificity. For example, which statement would you rather hear from someone else?

I really enjoyed your blog article today.

Or

I was blown away with the story you shared in your blog article about the time you……That story very much resonated with me and I’ve decided to take action because of it!

See the difference? Both statements expressed approval of a blog article, yet the first statement likely made the author smile a little while the second brought about a huge grin. This is the power of specificity and is a critical key to happiness, especially in dealing with friends and loved ones.

3. Don’t Just Let Go of Your Physical Health

I see it all the time. Guys and gals (including many bloggers) attain great monetary success in work but all of the sudden they’re out of shape, overweight, and struggling with self-image. Knowing my busy schedule as a business owner and father of 4, a year ago I bought an elliptical and put it in my basement so that I wouldn’t have to include ‘going to the gym’ into my extremely busy schedule. The results? I’ve worked out 1 hour a day since buying the machine, never missing a workout, and I weigh less now than I did in high school. (and feel great too!)

4. Give Value to Others at Every Turn

Wow has the internet been a blessing in this area. Now, more than ever, you and I can meet and help people on a large-scale basis because of the beauty of technology. Some of the greatest success I’ve been able to achieve in these last year has come because of stories, articles, and mentions I’ve made praising other people and companies. As Chris Brogan says, we should mention (talk about) other people 12 times to every 1 mention of ourselves if we really want to give value and build relationships.

5. Smile Unrelenting

I know, I know, we’ve heard it before: We should smile often. But as the old saying goes, ‘common sense is often quite uncommon.’ Seriously though, are you the person in your group of friends or workplace that is known as ‘Mr. or Ms. Positive’ or are you the person that everyone sees as having a cloud over your head 24/7? I used to have a problem of not smiling enough. For me, it wasn’t that I was unhappy, it was just that I have the tendency to look serious when I’m focused on a task. Since identifying this problem (people kept telling me to lighten up) I try to carry a smile with me in all situations, and wow has this made an incredible difference. So smile often. Lighten up every room you enter. Not only will you be happier, but many will file in line with you as well.

6. Stop Trying to Find Your Passion

Let me be the first to say that I’m all about ‘finding your passion’. But the problem with most people is that they get so wrapped up in ‘finding themselves’ or ‘finding their passion’ that they forget how this discovery is actually made: By Living Passionately. In other words, if you want to find out where your true passions lie, stop looking and simply start living everything you do throughout the day with passion and zeal. By so doing, self-discovery will come naturally and easily.

7. Surround Yourself with Greatness

I simply can’t stress this one enough. Everyone needs a mentor. And we certainly all need great friends. I would be a completely different person and be on a completely different path than I’m on today had I not had people and friends in my life that helped correct my course when I got off track. I’ve learned over the years that it’s important that we not only find these friends but we learn to depend and lean on them when necessary. As others lift us up, and as we reciprocate this action, the friendships we’ll form will truly be amazing.

So there are 7 keys to health and happiness that have completely changed my life over the past year. But what about you? What are your thoughts and what would you add to the list? C’mon, let’s talk about it……

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If you have become as fascinated as we have about the latest weight loss supplement Hoodia Gordonii, then you are not alone in also being one of the many customers who have been tricked into buying a fake supplement. Search the web, and you’ll soon see what we mean when we say this new market niche is diverse. Type ‘hoodia’ into Google and hundreds of these so called supplements will pop up; all tempting you to buy.

Yet of this astounding number, 80% of them have been proven to be fake. From containing the wrong type of Hoodia plant to having scrimped on their ingredients. The many supplements out there claiming to be 100% pure, unaltered Hoodia Gordonii are in fact fakes. Now we are not just making a statement here. There is clinical proof that everything we have just said is real. Let us explain. Following an investigation by leading laboratory Alkemist pharmaceuticals, they discovered of the supplements that were willingly sent to them to be tested, only 20% were pure 100% Hoodia Gordonii. The rest… simply did not come up to par. Now before you get worried there is a way for you to tell whether or not you are receiving the genuine article. All you need to do is ask yourself the following questions:

One: Which Hoodia plant has been used?

Many companies will try to trick you by being vague as to which Hoodia plant they mean. So if you do come across a supplement whose ingredients simply say ‘hoodia’ then put it back. It is highly probable that they have opted to use 1 of the 13 other Hoodia plants that exist, which don’t contain the active ingredient P57. Of all the 13 Hoodia plants only Hoodia Gordonii contains this active molecule which have been proven to suppress your appetite.

Two: What part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant has been used?

Of the Hoodia Gordonii plant itself, only the core contains P57. Its leaves, flowers and roots… are just redundant and are ineffectual at contributing to weight loss. Here in lies the problem. Although the leaves and flowers of the Hoodia Gordonii plant can offer nothing in relation to weight loss, many companies chose to use them. And by doing so are still able to claim that they are using 100% pure Hoodia Gordonii. Why? Because if you break this information down into its basic fundamentals, they are not strictly lying.

Three: Are there any other ingredients?

As we said above only the core of the Hoodia Gordonii plant can suppress your appetite, so if you find any else on the ingredient list such as caffeine or fillers then you are not receiving pure Hoodia Gordonii. If anything they are only giving you 60% of the core, reducing its effectiveness by 40%. There are some exceptions though – the capsules ingredients. These consist of gelatine, magnesium stearate and stearic acid. Spot these extra 3 and your supplement is still pure, but find anything else and you are not getting 100% pure Hoodia Gordonii.

Four: Is it an extract?

There is no such thing as a 100% Hoodia Gordonii extract. Anyone who claims to be selling one is lying to you, and in truth is only supplying you with 60% of the plant. See what we mean? There are many loop holes. Loop holes that have enabled numerous companies to produce fake Hoodia pills. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can escape this problem by bearing these 4 questions in mind each and every time you browse over a product. Do that and you can ensure that you always receive the genuine article.

One such supplement that has passed all these tests is UniqueHoodia. Clinically tested by Alkemist pharmaceuticals, Unique Hoodia has been found to contain 100% pure unaltered Hoodia Gordonii, as well as offering:

• A 2,000 calorie reduction every day
• 10,000 times the productivity of glucose at suppressing your appetite
• Increased energy and self esteem.

Order it from HERE if you want!