You’re looking for a safe effective cellulite treatment. Controlling your calories, choosing healthy foods and exercising is the solution.

Shatter a diet myth and know this: No miracle diet will banish cellulite!

Healthy Diet Facts: Medically speaking, there is no such thing as cellulite. It's a marketing term for plain old pudge that ripples (mostly on the thighs) in varying degrees in 50-90 percent of women, regardless of clothing size or fitness level.

This clumpy fat results from fat cells stored just under the skin in honeycomb-like structures held in place by bands of connective tissue. The more fat cells stuffed into each honeycomb, the more puckered the texture.

Women are more prone than men to dimply fat because our skin is thinner, we have less-even fat distribution, and we store more fat in our hips and thighs. Since cellulite is just ordinary body fat, there is no unique low carb diet trick or cellulite treatment to remove it. The bottom line? A calorie-controlled, balanced healthy diet plus exercise will help you lose fat throughout your body.

Shatter a diet myth and know this: Your body doesn't need loads of protein.

Healthy Diet Facts: Even if you exercise regularly, you don't need any more protein than the average couch potato! Most Americans consume more than enough protein, averaging 77.5 grams a day, or 146 percent of the Dietary Reference Intake (53 grams) for a 145-pound adult.

If it were true that only a high-protein diet was important for building muscles, everyone on the Atkins-type low carb diet would look like a bodybuilder. The best diet is one that contains 15-20 percent lean protein, 55-60 percent healthy carbs and 20-30 percent fat. Eat this way, including the healthy carbs, and you'll have no trouble achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.

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