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July 31, 2009

Eight Strategies for Shedding Pounds Quickly

Filed under: Nutrition — @ 8:49 am

1 - Make sure you have plenty of healthy food in your diet and start cutting back on the bad food. Pay more attention to what you are eating to control this. After you have mastered this, you then need to put exercise in your program. For those who do not like to exercise start by completing only 15 to 30 minutes at once.
2 - Select what you eat and the hobbies you most desire. It is best to do activities that you enjoy when exercising because you will find that you have more success with activities that you enjoy rather than trying things that you do not enjoy.
3- You burn calories by the amount effort you make against your weigh, with muscles burning a larger number of calories than fat when compared pound to pound. First , work out with weights and you can build muscles and lose weight and then allow the extra muscle mass to burn more calories. This is the procedure.
4 - Dont cut out carbohydrates out, but cut them down as your body needs them for energy. In your diet cut down carbohydrates and also cut white breads and pastas from your diet.
5 - To be successful, realistic, measurable and attainable goals need to be set. Make sure goals are realistic, measurable and attainable for you.
6 - Know it is unhealthy to eat certain foods like candy, cookies, cakes and other sweets, and to drink soda and sugar laden drinks. Eliminate these unhealthy treats altogether, or by a minimum of 80%, and watch the weight melt off.
7 - Eat an appropriate breakfast. Including breakfast, most of our calories should be consumed early on in the day.
8. Have control over food and leave something behind. Do not eat the whole thing. The actual serving size of your food should be based on correct portions.

Following these steps will aid in your quest to lose weight. Also make sure you check out Pure Hoodia for more tips and info about nutrition and weight loss from experts.

July 7, 2009

A Drug to Help You Live Longer

Filed under: Health Hall, Nutrition, Science Infos — @ 8:25 am

I watched something on Oprah about reversitol. The series was chiefly about people leading longer lives despite high fat, high colesterol diets. Reversitol, found in red wine has been revealed to stop aging. Apparently, reversitol can help with sickness, obesity and aging leading to a huge influx of new nutritional supplements.Since there are now a ton of new supplements, it was time to do some reversitol research. I decided to go with the word on the street and order two different reversitol nutritional supplements, stay tuned for a follow up reversitol review.

The studies supporting red wine suggest antioxidants in red wine called polyphenols help protect the lining of blood vessels in your heart. These antioxidants come in two main forms: flavonoids and nonflavonoids.
Flavonoids. These antioxidants are found in a variety of foods, including oranges, grape juice, apples, onions, tea and cocoa. Other types of alcohol, such as white wine and beer, contain small amounts, too, but red wine has higher levels.
Nonflavonoids. These antioxidants found in red wine have recently been of particular interest because they appear to help prevent arteries from becoming clogged with fatty blockages. However, these studies mostly involved mice ? not humans. Reversitol is the nonflavonoid that’s received the most attention from researchers.

June 24, 2009

How Time-Pressed People Can Become Healthy with a Samson Green Power Kempo and Simple Food Recipes

Filed under: Health Hall, Nutrition, Shopping Info — @ 12:08 am

With the seemingly never ending list of things to do nowadays it’s nearly impossible to take a break, prepare yourself a healthy meal and still get everything on your To-Do list done. It doesn’t come as a shock that people find it difficult to get their recommended daily intake of fruits, vegetables and vitamins. The issue being, the cooked food that we buy these days is made with pre-packaged, low quality ingredients with tons of preservatives. Most food has been processed so much that by the time it gets to your mouth there’s barely any fibre or nutrients left! But its just too hard to find the time to cook a whole meal and get everything else done.

Bottom line, if you’re trying to improve your health, the best thing you can do is buy the ingredients and make it yourself. The less your food is processed, the better it will be for you. Do your best to stay away from preservatives. Let me let you in on a little secret: not all home cooked meals take a long time to make! I have tons of different recipes that only take 30 minutes to cook! (And trust me- Rachel Ray’s Horrid 30 Minute Meals have nothing on these babies!) The Cooking Cousins recipes are also simple to make but they are much healthier for you. . If you’d like to impress someone with your cooking skills but don’t have hours to spend cooking, try their gnocci recipe.

No Time to Cook? Get Nutrients with a Samson Green Power KPE

If you just can’t fit cooking into your busy schedule, you can also turn to juicing for a quick way to get your daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Like everything else, juice purchased at the store (especially from concentrate) is simply much worse than homemade juice. purchase a top-of-the-line juicer and you will be able to keep yourself healthy for the long term. A good one will be running smoothly for a minimum of 10 years! The Samson Green Power Kempo can produce extremely healthy juice and takes less than 2 minutes to clean, so they’re perfect for people with busy schedules. Visit www.PurelyJuicers.com to find great deals on a Samson Juice Extractor and receive free shipping.

May 31, 2008

Will The Real Four Food Groups Please Stand Up ?

Filed under: Nutrition — @ 3:01 pm

The truth may shock you. It may stir you up. It may make you mad. It may make you doubt. It may make you uncertain.

You may not believe me. In fact, I encourage you not to believe me and do your own research. Read the books, research the journals, and listen to the tapes so that you can discover for yourself the best food and nutrition for human health.

At first you will have many more questions than answers. But as you continue your search for the truth, you will discover the simple, common sense answers to your questions.

The more information you collect on your own, the better foundation that you will build. The better foundation you build, the more likely that you will be motivated to embark upon the journey of changing your eating and lifestyle habitschanges that have the power to transform your life forever.

So what are the real four food groups?

They are:

• Fresh, whole vegetables
• Fresh, whole fruits
• Whole grains
• Whole beans, raw nuts and raw seeds

That’s it. These are all the foods that we need for human health.

Okay. I can feel the cries of resistance. I can feel the disbelief. I can hear the questions. Where do we get our protein if we don’t eat meat? Where do we get our calcium if we don’t eat dairy products? Aren’t we supposed to eat some good fats? What about fish? Isn’t that good for you? If I “can’t” eat meat and dairy, what’s left to eat? Do you expect me to live on celery and carrot sticks alone? I cannot tell you how often I have heard these questions. Do you find yourself asking the same ones?

Dr. Leslie Van Romer is a motivational health speaker, writer and lifestyle coach. Visit Dr. Leslie at DrLeslieVanRomer.com for practical direction, hope and inspiration.

Dr. Leslie Van Romer - EzineArticles Expert Author

April 12, 2008

Watch Your Cholesterol Level

Filed under: Nutrition — @ 2:16 pm

A high cholesterol level leads to hardening of arteries, which in turn, may lead to heart disease or attack. Keep your intake of food healthy, limit the amount of sugar you eat, and have your cholesterol checked. If it is higher than 200, ask your doctor for ways to reduce it.

If you think about losing weight, more importantly than weight is the amount of body fat you are carrying around. This fat is measured with what is called Body Mass Index, or BMI. For women, if you are fit, your percent of fat should range from 21% to 31%. If you are in incredible shape, that could be as low as 10%. For men, fit should be between 14% and 25%, and excellent shape, as low as 2%.

If you want to calculate you’re the fat part of your body, write down how much you weigh (be honest - no one will see this but you). Multiply your weight by 703. Next, write down your height, in inches. Multiply by that same number. Then you will divide your weight number by your height number. That is your BMI. For example, if your weight were 150 pounds x 703, your weight answer would be 105,450. If your height is 5′4″, that would be 64 inches x 64 for a total of 4,096. Taking the 105,450 divided by 4,096, you come out with a BMI of 25.7.

Read Food Labels Carefully

You should get into a habit of reading the labels on food. While they may have messages such as “Low Fat” or “Reduced Calorie” written all over the front of the package or can, when you read the label and understand what you are looking for, you will probably be surprised. Regardless of what the claim may be, the label may tell another story. The FDA provides these important guidelines, therefore, should be what you look for. If the message and label do not jive, move on to a different product.

  • Low Cholesterol: 20 mg or less cholesterol per serving and 2 grams or less saturated fat per serving
  • Cholesterol-Free: Less than 2 mg cholesterol per serving, and 2 grams or less saturated fat per serving
  • Sugar-Free: Less than 0.5 grams of sugar per serving
  • High-Fiber: 5 grams or more fiber per serving
  • Less fat: 25% or less fat than the comparison food
  • Low fat: 3 grams or less of fat per serving
  • Light (fat): 50% or less of the fat than in the comparison food (ex: 50% less fat than our regular cheese)
  • Fat-Free: Less than 0.5 grams of fat per serving, with no added fat or oil
  • Lean: Less than 10 grams of fat, 4.5 g of saturated fat, and 95 mg of cholesterol per (100 gram) serving of meat, poultry or seafood
  • Extra Lean: Less than 5 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, and 95 mg of cholesterol per (100 gram) serving of meat, poultry or seafood
  • Saturated Fat Free: Less than 0.5 grams of saturated fat and 0.5 grams of trans-fatty acids per serving
  • Low Sodium: 140 mg or less per serving
  • Very Low Sodium: 35 mg or less per serving
  • Sodium-Free or Salt-Free: Less than 5 mg of sodium per serving
  • Reduced Calorie: At least 25% fewer calories per serving than the comparison food
  • Low Calorie: 40 calories or less per serving
  • Light (calories): 1/3 fewer calories than the comparison food
Terje Ellingsen - EzineArticles Expert Author

Terje Brooks Ellingsen is a writer and internet marketer who enjoys to write about weight loss and fitness issues like training and workout and low cholesterol negative calorie food. Check out his website 11-Weight-Loss.net

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