I’m all about saving money, but seriously?  There are some people going to Mexico to get gastric bypass surgery.  I mean I know you can get a surgery anywhere, but come on!  There are people who go for lifesaving surgeries and treatments for things like cancer in foreign countries, because American doctors have apparently told them it’s terminal and they are hoping for that one last chance.  They always turn out to be scams.  So far there have been no exceptions to this.  As far as getting a gastric bypass in Mexico, it’s cheaper yes.  It is definitely cheaper.  But frankly, it’s not worth it.  This particular statement comes from a man who lives in Cabo San Lucas.  Cabo San Lucas is actually one of the more prestigious and well off areas of Mexico.  He is not a citizen, he just happens to live there to fish and run his own business basically taking tourists out on a fishing boat.  But when thinking about medical things he said, “If I have a heart attack, I know I’m just dying.  The medical care around here isn’t that great, and they don’t necessarily know all that much about things like dealing with an immediate heart attack.”  He wasn’t too worried about it, because I honestly don’t think he would care.  It’s just a reality he’s accepted, even though he technically could move to a place with better medical availability.  But if they can’t handle that, this coming from a man who’s lived there for the past 20 years, how do you really expect them to handle a gastric bypass surgery and all its possible complications.

Fasting has long been known to be beneficial to the systems.  It has been part of certain cultures for years such as the Indian culture to specifically involve oneself in “godly activities.”  Generally speaking, unless it’s children under the age of 10, they fast at least once every 15 days.  It’s usually only for a 24 hour period of time at most.  The sick and old are also exempt from this rule.  However, you can fast from just food or liquid as well.  Some only consume liquids such as milk, water, tender coconut, or butter milk.  Some also allow you to consume fruit or other now recognized negative calorie food.  Some have also used salt and other spices.  But despite their cultural implications, some have also found that fasting has some health benefits that they may have not realized.  It can benefit the physical, physiological, and mental health of individuals in general.  It improves the immunity of the system in general and brings about rapid detoxification of the body, which is without question a good thing.  It improves energy afterwards and of course, it requires self control to some degree.  It can beat insomnia, and it can end certain addictions to a certain degree.  All of these things will help you to improve your health and see the benefits of fasting.  Just don’t do it too long and develop an eating disorder.

Does negative calorie dieting really work?  That is the question in many minds.  Negative calorie foods are essentially those that take more energy for the body to digest than the body actually gets from them.  They are generally also nutrient dense foods.  But not all negative calorie foods are nutrient dense foods and likewise not all nutrient dense foods are negative calorie foods.  But essentially speaking, by doing this, whether you exercise or otherwise or not, you are burning more calories than you are taking in, therefore offsetting the very basic and first rule of dieting.  However, if you look into the reality of things, in order to really lose weight and build muscle, you need exercise.  Moreover, you need good fats and other things these foods, while rich in vitamins and minerals generally speaking, don’t provide.  So your whole diet should not actually consist of them.  But if you do want to implement them in as part of a healthy diet, you can use vegetables, asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, peppers, cress, cucumbers, dandelions, endive, fennel, garlic, green beans, and lettuce just to name a few.  Many fruits are also included in this listing, and you can of course get even greater health benefits than just weight loss by putting the appropriate amounts into your diet.