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Howard's Way cautions care over Moon-influenced dieting advice
A book scheduled for publication in December argues that the Moon's influence extends beyond affecting tides to also affect human beings' health and wellbeing - but obesity specialist, Penelope Howard, sounds a note of caution.
ST ALBANS, ENGLAND, August 05, 2010 /Diet - Weight Loss PR News/ -- A book scheduled for publication in December this year - In Tune with the Moon 2011: the complete day-by-day moon planner for growing and living in 2011 (by Michel Gros, Findhorn Press, ISBN 978-1-84409-527-8, GBP8.99) - argues that the Moon's influence extends beyond affecting tides to also affect human beings' health and wellbeing.
It advises that the best time for tackling a bad habit or starting a fast of up to one week is at the New Moon; the best time for starting a new diet is during the waxing Moon (when more of the Moon is getting becoming visible), and the best time for starting to detox is when the Moon is waning.
However, Penelope Howard, obesity specialist and the founder of the Howard's Way very low calorie diet (VLCD), commented: "Fun though these types of prophesies can be, it's important to sound a note of caution: don't be unduly influenced by these arguments.
"If you have a few pounds of excess weight, it probably wouldn't hurt to 'put off' embarking on a diet for two or three weeks while you're waiting for a particularly propitious phase of the Moon to occur. However, if you have a few stones in weight to shift, postponing starting a diet for that time could be all the disincentive you need, never to begin!
"Delaying dieting when you're obese is dangerous," Penelope added, "because carrying three or more stones of excess weight seriously - and often silently - adversely affects your health.
"Heart disease; diabetes; fatty Liver; high blood pressure; heart arrhythmia - to name just five conditions - are all long term complications of obesity. Moreover, these conditions are extremely hard to reverse, so treatment - such as losing weight - should never be put off for 'another day'."
Since 1997, Howard's Way has been doing something practical to stem the rising tide of obesity among adults in the UK - helping more than 2,000 people to lose more then three stones in weight each. It recently invested in its fourth Weight Loss Centre, which is capable of helping a further 65 patients a year lose several stones in weight through the 'total food replacement' (TFR) treatment of the Howard's Way VLCD programme.
"We aim to teach our patients about nutritional values of food; how to see past misleading advertising on food; how their bodies use different foods, and which foods - such as white sugar - are likely to have an addictive quality about them," Penelope explained. "Secondly, we want to keep them nutritionally supported and healthy while they shed their excess weight at the rate of 14 to 21 pounds every four weeks while they are on the programme."
According to Penelope, the Howard's Way VLCD:
• helps patients lose all the weight they want to lose
• keeps them fit and healthy while they do so
• re-educates them on the properties; values and dangers of foods for their future weight management
• offers free support and guidance for life
"My advice to anyone who needs to lose three or more stones in weight would be 'stop mooning about and start the diet' - preferably the Howard's Way diet," Penelope said.
For further details about Howard's Way, visit http://www.howardsway.co.uk
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About Howard's Way VLCD
Penelope Howard had been researching into very low calorie diets (VLCDs) and weight loss since 1992 and worked with obese patients and a VLCD for some five years before she founded Howard's Way in 1998.
Those enrolling on the Howard's Way VLCD initially agree to an 18 week programme involving regular meetings twice weekly for the first four weeks, then once a week from there on. For the 'Distance Dieter' these meetings are replaced with one-to-one 'support calls' every week. In addition, Howard's Way staff try to speak to those beginning the diet for at least five minutes a day to provide vital 'moral' support.
Howard's Way recognises that the hardest struggle is maintaining lost weight. So, while dieting, all patients are talked through weekly handouts to gain knowledge and understanding on the workings of their body and the effects of eating certain foodstuffs. Additionally, Howard's Way Maintenance support is 'free of charge for life' for all our dieters.
Typically, most patients lose at least three stones (20 kilos) in weight, men often much more, in the first 12 weeks of the diet. Those who choose to carry on with the diet continue to lose about a stone (6.5 kilos) every four weeks.
The Howard's Way VLCD comprises specially formulated foods, in the form of: milk shakes; soups; and fruit bars; containing the full complement of vitamins, minerals, protein and essential fatty acids that an adult requires but restricting the calorific intake, to induce a state of 'mild dietary ketosis' after day three of the diet.
Further information from:
Penelope Howard: + 44 (0)1923 773851 / penny@croxley.demon.co.uk
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR: +44 (0)1727 860405 / bob.little@boblittlepr.com
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