Research is finally proving what I and other holistic practitioners have been saying for years - diet sodas and processed foods inhibit your body's ability to lose weight. And eating clean - in other words eating mainly fresh foods in their whole form is best for your body.
This is because highly processed foods are full of sugar, sodium, and bad fats. But that's not all. These foods are also full of chemicals that are used in processing and preserving these foods for shipping across country and long shelf life.
Research has now exposed that these chemicals do not leave the body as once thought. They are stored in fatty tissue and cause health issues that make it even harder to lose weight.
This makes sense... how can you lose weight when your body is literally addicted to fats and sugars? This makes it impossible to stay on a healthy eating program. How can you lose weight when it feels nearly impossible to work out? These sugars, fats and chemicals create fatigue and some even lead to sluggish thyroid as well as sluggish metabolism.
The eating clean philosophy has been in use by health advocates for many, many years. It may not feel easy at first, but a little discipline goes a long way.
Soon after you stop these types of foods, your cravings will diminish. This makes it easier to eat healthy. If you find the first few days early impossible, don't go "cold turkey" off of processed foods. Just incorporate as many healthy foods as you can and start replacing the unhealthier foods. For example, if you like hamburgers - don't eat fast food. Make your own at home with fresh, low-fat beef. Use a whole grain bun, or only half the bun, or better yet, use a lettuce wrap for your bun.
Practice eating healthy and eventually you will get better. As I always have said, try a colon cleanse program to help get these toxins and health-inhibiting substances out of your way.
Many people have found that cleansing their bodies has helped them lose weight naturally. This is only one of the benefits that make this practice popular. Other benefits include more energy to help you work out. And my favorite benefit was that after my first intensive program, my body actually responded to exercise more than I had ever experienced in my life. This kept me motivated and happy as I really saw results for my efforts.
Research more about cleansing and don't let the skeptics scare you. Your health is too important to keep trying the same diets that don't work. Take care of your body and it will take care of you.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Monday, March 29, 2010
Exercise for Weight Loss
Exercise is an important part of weight loss. But what kind works best?
There are many to choose from, like interval training, circuit training, resistance exercise, and aerobic exercise. Some say lifting weights is the only way while others claim this is too strenuous. Some say aerobic exercise burns more fat but then others claim it does not help in weight loss. Who do we believe?
My opinion is just do what you feel like doing. But do something. No exercise is the quickest way to get out of shape and unhealthy, that's for sure. Regular exercise lowers blood pressure, burns calories, strengthens your heart muscles, increases your ability to breathe deeper (very healthy), and keeps you limber and youthful.
Personally, I like exercise where I feel like I'm exercising. So-called "dance" aerobics do nothing for me. I feel like I'm expending my energy on learning what to do rather than burning calories or getting healthy. Maybe if I tried salsa dancing...
My exercises of choice have been David Kirsch's Sound Mind, Sound Body dvd. (You can find it on Amazon.) I love the sumo squats he uses and exercises such as push-ups which are simple yet extremely effective. The workout is about 45 minutes, but I set my goal at 10 minutes when I first started. It took a while to get up to the whole 45 minutes but it was worth it. It was very difficult, so I took my time and figured something (10 minutes) was better than no minutes.
My new favorite is Turbo Jam by Beach Body. I was shocked at the price, but then found it on Amazon for a lot cheaper (sorry Beach Body but a girl's gotta do). I got the first dvd which consisted of 5 workouts. Two of them are only 20 minutes long which is great for me. If I am told I must exercise 40 minutes to see results my inner rebel will not do it at all. The 20 minutes workouts are great and it's so fun I didn't mind going to the longer workouts. I actually really enjoy this one!
And, here's my plug, I get a lot quicker results from my exercise these days after I go healthy by cleansing. If you haven't seen it yet, here's my personal story about weight, Hep C and body cleansing
There are many to choose from, like interval training, circuit training, resistance exercise, and aerobic exercise. Some say lifting weights is the only way while others claim this is too strenuous. Some say aerobic exercise burns more fat but then others claim it does not help in weight loss. Who do we believe?
My opinion is just do what you feel like doing. But do something. No exercise is the quickest way to get out of shape and unhealthy, that's for sure. Regular exercise lowers blood pressure, burns calories, strengthens your heart muscles, increases your ability to breathe deeper (very healthy), and keeps you limber and youthful.
Personally, I like exercise where I feel like I'm exercising. So-called "dance" aerobics do nothing for me. I feel like I'm expending my energy on learning what to do rather than burning calories or getting healthy. Maybe if I tried salsa dancing...
My exercises of choice have been David Kirsch's Sound Mind, Sound Body dvd. (You can find it on Amazon.) I love the sumo squats he uses and exercises such as push-ups which are simple yet extremely effective. The workout is about 45 minutes, but I set my goal at 10 minutes when I first started. It took a while to get up to the whole 45 minutes but it was worth it. It was very difficult, so I took my time and figured something (10 minutes) was better than no minutes.
My new favorite is Turbo Jam by Beach Body. I was shocked at the price, but then found it on Amazon for a lot cheaper (sorry Beach Body but a girl's gotta do). I got the first dvd which consisted of 5 workouts. Two of them are only 20 minutes long which is great for me. If I am told I must exercise 40 minutes to see results my inner rebel will not do it at all. The 20 minutes workouts are great and it's so fun I didn't mind going to the longer workouts. I actually really enjoy this one!
And, here's my plug, I get a lot quicker results from my exercise these days after I go healthy by cleansing. If you haven't seen it yet, here's my personal story about weight, Hep C and body cleansing
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Why Can't I Lose Weight - Part 2
I'm going to explain my previous post, "Why Can't I Lose Weight?" a little more in depth.
My answer before was environmental toxins. I know it sounds crazy so I'm going to explain why I believe this is true - at least in part.
First of all, let's get the genes thing out of the way. While genes do determine some aspects about us, they are not absolute. Many genes lie dormant and your lifestyles determines which are active and which are not. We do have a little control there.
So what role do environmental toxins play? A lot. First there are the health issues. Many of the pesticides and industrial toxins around us and in our bodies interfere with our natural hormone balance. One of the problems arising from this is an under active or inhibited thyroid.
When your thyroid is not functioning properly, you may get symptoms of hypothyroidism. This leads to unexplained weight gain, hair loss, and fatigue. It also makes it a lot harder to lose weight.
Environmental toxins get stored in adipose tissue. This seems to be because your body has no way to process these foreign man-made toxins. Since they are not from nature and evolution takes centuries to happen, your body simply has no gene coded to tell it what to do with the toxin. To protect you, your body stores many of the toxins in fat where it will cause lesser harm.
Your body will attempt to filter or neutralize environmental toxins through your liver. Since there are so many of them (around 80,000 known to be in use in our environment) our bodies get over-burdened with these. This may lower your liver's ability to function, which is a problem since another function of your body is to metabolize fat. If your liver has to make a choice of toxins or fat, your body will probably choose dealing with toxins as a matter of survival. You can live with fat and besides, your body may need it as storage for the excess toxins it cannot process.
Some of the environmental toxins are resistant to metabolic breakdown. In other words, your body just cannot process them. Many of these are getting stored in your adipose tissue, or fat. One study on obesity indicates that weight loss may become detrimental to health as the toxins leave adipose tissue and circulate.
I like to bring these issues to people's awareness. Obesity is epidemic and losing weight is not an easy task by any means. Cravings seem to dominate and dieting doesn't seem to be working.
I did various diets for years starting in college. I know I gained a lot of weight eating pizza and drinking beer in college, but when I stopped this lifestyle, why didn't the weight come off, not matter how well I ate? This gets frustrating so eating more junk food not only doesn't seem to matter, but becomes comforting.
It was only when I started cleansing my body that the weight started coming off. After my first body cleanse, not only did I drop 25 pounds but it stayed off. And it kept leaving as my body started balancing. For the first time in my life, my body responded to exercise. Things weren't so frustrating or hopeless any longer.
It is my goal to teach people about holistic health and the power of their bodies. I know we are all stronger than we may think. Cravings and plateauing are not our fault, there is an outside force that many are unaware of. This affects our ability to lose weight and in many cases affects our health in other adverse ways.
I wrote these following books to teach others what I have learned. The first is about The SpringClean Cleanse which is about Whole Body Cleansing and the next is The SpringClean Intensive, the intensive Weight Loss Detox and Fat Loss Cleanse.
My answer before was environmental toxins. I know it sounds crazy so I'm going to explain why I believe this is true - at least in part.
First of all, let's get the genes thing out of the way. While genes do determine some aspects about us, they are not absolute. Many genes lie dormant and your lifestyles determines which are active and which are not. We do have a little control there.
So what role do environmental toxins play? A lot. First there are the health issues. Many of the pesticides and industrial toxins around us and in our bodies interfere with our natural hormone balance. One of the problems arising from this is an under active or inhibited thyroid.
When your thyroid is not functioning properly, you may get symptoms of hypothyroidism. This leads to unexplained weight gain, hair loss, and fatigue. It also makes it a lot harder to lose weight.
Environmental toxins get stored in adipose tissue. This seems to be because your body has no way to process these foreign man-made toxins. Since they are not from nature and evolution takes centuries to happen, your body simply has no gene coded to tell it what to do with the toxin. To protect you, your body stores many of the toxins in fat where it will cause lesser harm.
Your body will attempt to filter or neutralize environmental toxins through your liver. Since there are so many of them (around 80,000 known to be in use in our environment) our bodies get over-burdened with these. This may lower your liver's ability to function, which is a problem since another function of your body is to metabolize fat. If your liver has to make a choice of toxins or fat, your body will probably choose dealing with toxins as a matter of survival. You can live with fat and besides, your body may need it as storage for the excess toxins it cannot process.
Some of the environmental toxins are resistant to metabolic breakdown. In other words, your body just cannot process them. Many of these are getting stored in your adipose tissue, or fat. One study on obesity indicates that weight loss may become detrimental to health as the toxins leave adipose tissue and circulate.
I like to bring these issues to people's awareness. Obesity is epidemic and losing weight is not an easy task by any means. Cravings seem to dominate and dieting doesn't seem to be working.
I did various diets for years starting in college. I know I gained a lot of weight eating pizza and drinking beer in college, but when I stopped this lifestyle, why didn't the weight come off, not matter how well I ate? This gets frustrating so eating more junk food not only doesn't seem to matter, but becomes comforting.
It was only when I started cleansing my body that the weight started coming off. After my first body cleanse, not only did I drop 25 pounds but it stayed off. And it kept leaving as my body started balancing. For the first time in my life, my body responded to exercise. Things weren't so frustrating or hopeless any longer.
It is my goal to teach people about holistic health and the power of their bodies. I know we are all stronger than we may think. Cravings and plateauing are not our fault, there is an outside force that many are unaware of. This affects our ability to lose weight and in many cases affects our health in other adverse ways.
I wrote these following books to teach others what I have learned. The first is about The SpringClean Cleanse which is about Whole Body Cleansing and the next is The SpringClean Intensive, the intensive Weight Loss Detox and Fat Loss Cleanse.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Cleansing Foods to Help You Lose
Whether it is weight or fat you want to lose, cleansing foods can help you do it. But first let's get something straight...
The wrong foods will harm you, cause you to gain weight, gain fat and get sick. I'm not saying that you have to be a nut about it, but when you do eat "fun foods," do so only on special occasions. If you eat junk food and processed foods every day then no amount of cleansing foods, weight loss or fat loss programs will help.
The easiest way to make a change is to replace the wrong foods with the right ones. This way, not only do you fill in a munchie gap, but you will feed your body important nutrients.
The right cleansing foods are easy for your body to digest. In case you didn't know, good digestion leads to a stronger metabolism. Simple, whole, unprocessed foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains (rice, quinoa, couscous, etc.), nuts, beans, legumes and unprocessed animal meats in right size portions.
Fruits and vegetables make the top of the list of cleansing foods because they aid in digestion and provide natural fiber. For example, if you eat fruits alone in the morning, your body's natural cleansing process kicks in since this is your normal time to "clear out waste."
Eat a fresh green salad before the rest of your lunch. This will help stimulate digestive enzymes and get your body ready to digest the heavier food soon to come.
The more fruits and vegetables you eat in their whole, raw form, the less you will need to eat junk foods. Also, the more you eat, the more you stimulate your digestion.
Some people have weaker digestion. If this fits your description, eat smaller portions of fruits and veggies at first. Don't mix too many in one dish or with other foods and keep fruits separate from all other foods. Let your body adjust slowly as nature intended.
Grains are considered a cleansing food because they also contain various fibers to sweep your digestive tract. But don't eat too large a portion at one meal and watch your portions throughout the day.
A lot of get addicted to breads very easily. This is because most are not whole grains, in spite of the claims the packaging may make. They may contain some grain along with high fructose corn syrup and bleached, white flour to make it more appealing, since many of us grew up on soft, white bread. Watch out for this trick.
Meat may or may not be considered a cleansing food. This is because on one hand, if you eat organic, unprocessed meat you benefit from healthy fats (such as conjugated linoleic acid, an Omega 3) and this type of protein seems to help your liver detoxify. This is important one of your liver's jobs is to burn fat. But over-eating meat will have an adverse effect on your health.
A raw food diet is excellent since all of your meals will use cleansing foods. This type of diet takes practice to ensure you get complete nutrition, so you have to do your homework. In addition, it may require re-learning skills in the kitchen. A good raw food cookbook can help with that.
I just put together a new page on how cleansing can help you lose weight at my other website. There's a great video on there called "Invisible Killers" that was featured on the news. It's only a couple minutes so go take a look and check out my new books. You'll find all this at Body Detox
The wrong foods will harm you, cause you to gain weight, gain fat and get sick. I'm not saying that you have to be a nut about it, but when you do eat "fun foods," do so only on special occasions. If you eat junk food and processed foods every day then no amount of cleansing foods, weight loss or fat loss programs will help.
The easiest way to make a change is to replace the wrong foods with the right ones. This way, not only do you fill in a munchie gap, but you will feed your body important nutrients.
The right cleansing foods are easy for your body to digest. In case you didn't know, good digestion leads to a stronger metabolism. Simple, whole, unprocessed foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains (rice, quinoa, couscous, etc.), nuts, beans, legumes and unprocessed animal meats in right size portions.
Fruits and vegetables make the top of the list of cleansing foods because they aid in digestion and provide natural fiber. For example, if you eat fruits alone in the morning, your body's natural cleansing process kicks in since this is your normal time to "clear out waste."
Eat a fresh green salad before the rest of your lunch. This will help stimulate digestive enzymes and get your body ready to digest the heavier food soon to come.
The more fruits and vegetables you eat in their whole, raw form, the less you will need to eat junk foods. Also, the more you eat, the more you stimulate your digestion.
Some people have weaker digestion. If this fits your description, eat smaller portions of fruits and veggies at first. Don't mix too many in one dish or with other foods and keep fruits separate from all other foods. Let your body adjust slowly as nature intended.
Grains are considered a cleansing food because they also contain various fibers to sweep your digestive tract. But don't eat too large a portion at one meal and watch your portions throughout the day.
A lot of get addicted to breads very easily. This is because most are not whole grains, in spite of the claims the packaging may make. They may contain some grain along with high fructose corn syrup and bleached, white flour to make it more appealing, since many of us grew up on soft, white bread. Watch out for this trick.
Meat may or may not be considered a cleansing food. This is because on one hand, if you eat organic, unprocessed meat you benefit from healthy fats (such as conjugated linoleic acid, an Omega 3) and this type of protein seems to help your liver detoxify. This is important one of your liver's jobs is to burn fat. But over-eating meat will have an adverse effect on your health.
A raw food diet is excellent since all of your meals will use cleansing foods. This type of diet takes practice to ensure you get complete nutrition, so you have to do your homework. In addition, it may require re-learning skills in the kitchen. A good raw food cookbook can help with that.
I just put together a new page on how cleansing can help you lose weight at my other website. There's a great video on there called "Invisible Killers" that was featured on the news. It's only a couple minutes so go take a look and check out my new books. You'll find all this at Body Detox
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Top Secret Fat Loss Secret
I have been a fan of the Top Secret Fat Loss Secret, but this is not a review for it.
The Fat Loss Secret is a type of body cleanse that includes some information that is useful including an eye-opening expose on human parasites.
While the sales page is overly flashy and in-your-face, I must admit that I was pleased to finally see someone telling it like I saw it first hand. I'll tell you what I'm talking about.
I first started cleansing for health. Although I had had a weight problem that started in college (yeah, too much pizza and beer), I never thought cleansing my body would affect my weight.
That's because I had already tried numerous diet and exercise programs. Not just fad diets, but I did the legitimate weight loss diets that were supposed to work; no junk foods, eating the right meals in the right portions, low salt, no fat, etc. They never worked so using a cleansing diet wouldn't be any different, I thought.
I was desperate to get well since the doctors told me there was nothing they could do for me. I tried cleansing as a last resort. I thought, at least these people who were sharing with me had some faith that something could be done. The doctors just wanted me to wait until I got worse so they could put me in the hospital!
Well, guess what. I got better... and better... and better. I had energy I never had before. I looked better. So I tried a parasite cleanse since that was the next step in a cleansing program. Well - I had them.
After my body cleanse and then parasite cleanse, I dropped weight without effort. Since then, I have heard this statement said many times, "I'm surprised I'm not dead!" This is in reaction to seeing what our poor bodies had been dealing with, internally, for so long. No wonder we felt awful!
I have been in the health field for 17 years now, working, researching, forever learning. Although I liked the concept of the Top Secret Fat Loss Secret, I thought it could be improved by adding more detailed information for a better price. So I did. You can check it out now at Weight Loss Detox and Fat Loss Cleanse now.
The Fat Loss Secret is a type of body cleanse that includes some information that is useful including an eye-opening expose on human parasites.
While the sales page is overly flashy and in-your-face, I must admit that I was pleased to finally see someone telling it like I saw it first hand. I'll tell you what I'm talking about.
I first started cleansing for health. Although I had had a weight problem that started in college (yeah, too much pizza and beer), I never thought cleansing my body would affect my weight.
That's because I had already tried numerous diet and exercise programs. Not just fad diets, but I did the legitimate weight loss diets that were supposed to work; no junk foods, eating the right meals in the right portions, low salt, no fat, etc. They never worked so using a cleansing diet wouldn't be any different, I thought.
I was desperate to get well since the doctors told me there was nothing they could do for me. I tried cleansing as a last resort. I thought, at least these people who were sharing with me had some faith that something could be done. The doctors just wanted me to wait until I got worse so they could put me in the hospital!
Well, guess what. I got better... and better... and better. I had energy I never had before. I looked better. So I tried a parasite cleanse since that was the next step in a cleansing program. Well - I had them.
After my body cleanse and then parasite cleanse, I dropped weight without effort. Since then, I have heard this statement said many times, "I'm surprised I'm not dead!" This is in reaction to seeing what our poor bodies had been dealing with, internally, for so long. No wonder we felt awful!
I have been in the health field for 17 years now, working, researching, forever learning. Although I liked the concept of the Top Secret Fat Loss Secret, I thought it could be improved by adding more detailed information for a better price. So I did. You can check it out now at Weight Loss Detox and Fat Loss Cleanse now.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Why Can't I Lose Weight?
Losing weight is hard for most of us. But is it really lack of willpower? There may be other reasons why we have such a hard time.
Usually I post about different ways of helping ourselves lose weight. But seldom do I address what may be a cause of excess weight and why it is so hard to get rid of.
The answer from what I have researched is; environmental toxins. It is not as far fetched as some would have you believe.
Consider the fact that medical research has been studying the effects of environmental toxins for decades. The findings are consistent with what holistic practitioners have been saying for years - that they do adversely affect our bodies.
Known toxins do cause hormonal imbalances and are stored in fat. These are known facts that are proven by science. So how do we deal with them?
A weight loss detox may be the answer that some are looking for. Check out this article and see if your problem is really not you.
weight Loss detox.
Usually I post about different ways of helping ourselves lose weight. But seldom do I address what may be a cause of excess weight and why it is so hard to get rid of.
The answer from what I have researched is; environmental toxins. It is not as far fetched as some would have you believe.
Consider the fact that medical research has been studying the effects of environmental toxins for decades. The findings are consistent with what holistic practitioners have been saying for years - that they do adversely affect our bodies.
Known toxins do cause hormonal imbalances and are stored in fat. These are known facts that are proven by science. So how do we deal with them?
A weight loss detox may be the answer that some are looking for. Check out this article and see if your problem is really not you.
weight Loss detox.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Flush Your Fat
People often talk about how healthy it is to lose weight and lose fat. This cannot be stated enough. In fact - excess fat stores toxins and causes internal inflammation which can lead to heart disease, stroke, and a host of other nasty problems.
Using a cleansing program can help you eliminate this excess fat and waste build-up.
Your first instinct might be to say - I don't need to cleanse... I go to the bathroom every day. That, my friends, has nothing to do with cleansing. To say your body doesn't need to cleanse is like saying your body can eliminate anything it does not need. However, if you eat too many cookies, your body does NOT eliminate it, it stores the excess. The same happens with all junk foods and the chemicals that are in them. When your body stores this junk, it is storing all the toxins that go with it like perchlorate or bleach. And these in turn will slow your metabolism even more!
For any who want to learn about cleansing, don't just read the websites of the supplements companies. Check out www.springclean-cleanse.com and learn how to really cleanse. Then you can decide which program would work for your and your lifestyle.
Using a cleansing program can help you eliminate this excess fat and waste build-up.
Your first instinct might be to say - I don't need to cleanse... I go to the bathroom every day. That, my friends, has nothing to do with cleansing. To say your body doesn't need to cleanse is like saying your body can eliminate anything it does not need. However, if you eat too many cookies, your body does NOT eliminate it, it stores the excess. The same happens with all junk foods and the chemicals that are in them. When your body stores this junk, it is storing all the toxins that go with it like perchlorate or bleach. And these in turn will slow your metabolism even more!
For any who want to learn about cleansing, don't just read the websites of the supplements companies. Check out www.springclean-cleanse.com and learn how to really cleanse. Then you can decide which program would work for your and your lifestyle.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Fat Loss Mind Game
Fat loss and losing weight can be more of a mind game than a self-control issue. You might believe that you are not disciplined enough to stick to any kind of diet. You might think that you have a slow metabolism so you lose hope.
If any of these describe you - then you should also be aware there is help for you. Your metabolism CAN be sped up, and you can achieve a level of self-control to help you through difficult times. But like I say in all my posts - you have to take action, first.
You must make the first step. Whether it's buying a workout CD, purchasing a diet book or joining the gym, you have to move in the direction you want to go. If you lack willpower or motivation, there are ways to overcome procrastination. There is help out there, if you want it.
Top athletes have something in common that they all do before workouts and before competitions. They visualize the results they are looking for. They do this because it is a proven system that works. But the key is consistency.
Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it sounds. It does take practice to sit quietly and think about your goals. During this time you have to attempt to use all five of your senses in the visualization. See what you want, feel what you are doing, smell the room you are in, taste something like gum, hear what is going on around you. Using all of your senses makes your goal more real, therefore more reachable.
Take a first step now and read about this program that can help. I love it because the writer does understand that you need to clear impurities that are clogging your metabolism. At the same time it an excellent program to help you stay motivated and on-track. It also includes what I always believe helps the first stage of motivation... Before and After pictures. If anything, at least go to look at these.
Weight Loss Transformation
If any of these describe you - then you should also be aware there is help for you. Your metabolism CAN be sped up, and you can achieve a level of self-control to help you through difficult times. But like I say in all my posts - you have to take action, first.
You must make the first step. Whether it's buying a workout CD, purchasing a diet book or joining the gym, you have to move in the direction you want to go. If you lack willpower or motivation, there are ways to overcome procrastination. There is help out there, if you want it.
Top athletes have something in common that they all do before workouts and before competitions. They visualize the results they are looking for. They do this because it is a proven system that works. But the key is consistency.
Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it sounds. It does take practice to sit quietly and think about your goals. During this time you have to attempt to use all five of your senses in the visualization. See what you want, feel what you are doing, smell the room you are in, taste something like gum, hear what is going on around you. Using all of your senses makes your goal more real, therefore more reachable.
Take a first step now and read about this program that can help. I love it because the writer does understand that you need to clear impurities that are clogging your metabolism. At the same time it an excellent program to help you stay motivated and on-track. It also includes what I always believe helps the first stage of motivation... Before and After pictures. If anything, at least go to look at these.
Weight Loss Transformation
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