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Friday, 1 May 2015
Does Your Health and Diet Need a Make Over?
We could all do with a bit of a make over when it comes to our
health and diet. Do you ever stop to listen to your body and what it is
telling you. When was the last time you had a good look at yourself? Are
you always tired? Does your hair, skin and nails look shocking? It
could be that in trying to lose weight you are robbing your body of good
nutrition. Often thirst is mistaken for hunger so drink at least two
liters of water every day. A good idea is to drink a glass of water
before you have a meal, it will help with digestion and and you will eat
less. A craving for salt means that you need to increase your natural
fat intake by eating a handful of nuts. A high protein and low fat diet
interferes with your hormonal balance especially your thyroid which
controls your appetite, weight and bowel functions. Here are a few
categories of unhealthy eaters.
The Junk Food Junkie.
Do you reach for a hamburger and chips for lunch or grab a piece of pizza for a snack. You can then classify as a junk food junkie. You do not have to cut junk food out completely but moderation is the key. Try to limit your intake to one hundred and fifty calories or less a day. Portion controlled snacks like mini bags of chips, an ice cream sandwich or a mini sweet bar are fine. Keep healthy snacks within easy reach when the munchies set in. Try an apple or a handful of nuts.
The Meal Skipper.
If you are a meal skipper you are in dire need of a nutrition make over. Each time you eat you increase your metabolism. if you go for longer than 4 hours not eating your body will slow down and store fat instead of burning it up. If time is a factor you need to create fast meals that wont take you from your desk, children or the gym. Keep your car, desk and lunch box filled with fruit, nuts and yogurt that you can grab on the go. Diet shakes and prepared meals are also quick and easy.
The Fat Free Fanatic.
Do you flee from fat? When you cut out all the fat in your diet your body will start to hoard body fat because you are not getting enough from your diet. You also tend to be more hungry and eat more fat free anything and eat too much of those things. When you add fat you feel fuller. To changed you need to add a slice of cheese to your sandwich or peanut butter instead of margarine. Fat adds flavour to a meal.
The Carbohydrate Phobia.
If you break out into a sweat over carbohydrates, remember that carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which is your brains main source of fuel. When you cut carbohydrates your focus is off your energy is low and you tire easily. Eat smart and avoid cutting all carbohydrates from your diet as you will be losing out on all the vitamins, minerals and fiber plus the disease fighting antioxidants in fruit and vegetables. Load up with whole grain bread and whole wheat pasta.
The Emotional Eater.
Stress makes you grab whatever you can to drown your sorrows. First of all you have to realize you are doing it. Ask yourself if you are eating through hunger and not through emotion. You are so used to this habit and you need to replace the food craving for a more positive activity. Call a friend, go shopping or take the dog for a walk. You also need to keep a journal and note when and why you are reaching for a snack. This will uncover emotional eating patterns. To keep your moods on an even keel try to eat six small meals a day. Keep in mind that each meal should contain protein and high fiber carbohydrates because these give you a sense of fullness and keep your blood glucose and moods more constant.
Did you recognize your eating pattern? Good then you are halfway there. Remember everything in moderation. Here are some serving guidelines to help you. Your portion of meat should no be bigger than a deck of cards, your rice, potatoes and fruit no bigger than a tennis ball and your salad greens the size of your fist. Most important drink water, its often said that by the time you are thirsty you are already dehydrated. Eating is not only beneficial to your waistline it play a huge role in the appearance of your skin.
The Junk Food Junkie.
Do you reach for a hamburger and chips for lunch or grab a piece of pizza for a snack. You can then classify as a junk food junkie. You do not have to cut junk food out completely but moderation is the key. Try to limit your intake to one hundred and fifty calories or less a day. Portion controlled snacks like mini bags of chips, an ice cream sandwich or a mini sweet bar are fine. Keep healthy snacks within easy reach when the munchies set in. Try an apple or a handful of nuts.
The Meal Skipper.
If you are a meal skipper you are in dire need of a nutrition make over. Each time you eat you increase your metabolism. if you go for longer than 4 hours not eating your body will slow down and store fat instead of burning it up. If time is a factor you need to create fast meals that wont take you from your desk, children or the gym. Keep your car, desk and lunch box filled with fruit, nuts and yogurt that you can grab on the go. Diet shakes and prepared meals are also quick and easy.
The Fat Free Fanatic.
Do you flee from fat? When you cut out all the fat in your diet your body will start to hoard body fat because you are not getting enough from your diet. You also tend to be more hungry and eat more fat free anything and eat too much of those things. When you add fat you feel fuller. To changed you need to add a slice of cheese to your sandwich or peanut butter instead of margarine. Fat adds flavour to a meal.
The Carbohydrate Phobia.
If you break out into a sweat over carbohydrates, remember that carbohydrates are broken down into glucose which is your brains main source of fuel. When you cut carbohydrates your focus is off your energy is low and you tire easily. Eat smart and avoid cutting all carbohydrates from your diet as you will be losing out on all the vitamins, minerals and fiber plus the disease fighting antioxidants in fruit and vegetables. Load up with whole grain bread and whole wheat pasta.
The Emotional Eater.
Stress makes you grab whatever you can to drown your sorrows. First of all you have to realize you are doing it. Ask yourself if you are eating through hunger and not through emotion. You are so used to this habit and you need to replace the food craving for a more positive activity. Call a friend, go shopping or take the dog for a walk. You also need to keep a journal and note when and why you are reaching for a snack. This will uncover emotional eating patterns. To keep your moods on an even keel try to eat six small meals a day. Keep in mind that each meal should contain protein and high fiber carbohydrates because these give you a sense of fullness and keep your blood glucose and moods more constant.
Did you recognize your eating pattern? Good then you are halfway there. Remember everything in moderation. Here are some serving guidelines to help you. Your portion of meat should no be bigger than a deck of cards, your rice, potatoes and fruit no bigger than a tennis ball and your salad greens the size of your fist. Most important drink water, its often said that by the time you are thirsty you are already dehydrated. Eating is not only beneficial to your waistline it play a huge role in the appearance of your skin.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Less Known Health and Diet Information
By Nicholas Papillon
There are some things that once you know them, they really can't
be forgotten. I will now enlighten you, in regards to some health and
diet information that is a "must know", yet is for some reason they're
little known.
First of all, maybe you knew drinking enough water does a wealth of good for you, but did you know that just drinking water alone, helps your body burn more calories? Start taking a multi-vitamin, and you'll be burning another 4% more calories on top of that. So just getting enough water, and a multi-vitamin daily will turn your body into a calorie burning machine compared to the latter.
Those
are some neat little facts, but lets get to the good stuff. You ARE
lactose intolerant. Did you every notice we are the ONLY mammals on the
face of the planet that drink milk past the gestation period? I mean
aside from cats that occasionally drink milk when we give it to them,
there exists NO mammal that drinks milk past gestation. That is because
after gestation, your body sheds or loses the enzyme(s) required to
digest milk. Only a hand full of people show the effects in a physically
observable way, and those are the people labeled lactose intolerant. So
now you're asking yourself, "well how does he expect me to get my
calcium" and "well what about vitamin D", and I am eager to answer these
for you.
As far as the vitamin D that your body needs, well that should take you roughly 2 minutes of pleasure, as you let the sun kiss your face any beautiful day. That is right, just 2 minutes of natural sunlight on your face in a day, will give you 100% of the vitamin D that you need. This should not be taken as an excuse to never ingest vitamin D again, I'm simply attempting to give some very simple alternatives to drinking milk. Calcium, this is obviously essential to a healthy body. Did you know that ounce per ounce, there is far more calcium in cabbage than in milk?
One more thing I want to touch on as far as milk in our daily lives. There is a saying which is of an eastern philosophy about milk which reads "drink it alone, or leave it alone". This is because your stomach is full of acid, and when milk comes into contact with any type of acid it curdles. Now curdled milk digests about as well as gum. So you eat that beautiful and nutritional meal, and then you wash it all down with a tall glass of cold milk; you have just done two terrible things to that meal, your digestive process, and the nutritional value of the meal. First, the curdled milk coats all of the food you have chewed and swallowed which prevents it's full and proper digestion. Second of all, the milk you drink that was nice and cold, cools down your entire stomach and contents, and your body will NOT digest anything until it is body temperature, so you have also delayed digestion which means that food is just sitting and rotting until the temperature is correct. A great deal of not so main stream health and diet information can be found in a book called "The Tao of Sex, Health, and Longevity" which is written by Daniel Reid. This book is found at most book stores like amazon.com or Borders.
I hope you have found this information to be of value, as I know this simple yet profound data really helped me.
To your health, and your happiness.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Less-Known-Health-and-Diet-Information&id=1616956
First of all, maybe you knew drinking enough water does a wealth of good for you, but did you know that just drinking water alone, helps your body burn more calories? Start taking a multi-vitamin, and you'll be burning another 4% more calories on top of that. So just getting enough water, and a multi-vitamin daily will turn your body into a calorie burning machine compared to the latter.
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As far as the vitamin D that your body needs, well that should take you roughly 2 minutes of pleasure, as you let the sun kiss your face any beautiful day. That is right, just 2 minutes of natural sunlight on your face in a day, will give you 100% of the vitamin D that you need. This should not be taken as an excuse to never ingest vitamin D again, I'm simply attempting to give some very simple alternatives to drinking milk. Calcium, this is obviously essential to a healthy body. Did you know that ounce per ounce, there is far more calcium in cabbage than in milk?
One more thing I want to touch on as far as milk in our daily lives. There is a saying which is of an eastern philosophy about milk which reads "drink it alone, or leave it alone". This is because your stomach is full of acid, and when milk comes into contact with any type of acid it curdles. Now curdled milk digests about as well as gum. So you eat that beautiful and nutritional meal, and then you wash it all down with a tall glass of cold milk; you have just done two terrible things to that meal, your digestive process, and the nutritional value of the meal. First, the curdled milk coats all of the food you have chewed and swallowed which prevents it's full and proper digestion. Second of all, the milk you drink that was nice and cold, cools down your entire stomach and contents, and your body will NOT digest anything until it is body temperature, so you have also delayed digestion which means that food is just sitting and rotting until the temperature is correct. A great deal of not so main stream health and diet information can be found in a book called "The Tao of Sex, Health, and Longevity" which is written by Daniel Reid. This book is found at most book stores like amazon.com or Borders.
I hope you have found this information to be of value, as I know this simple yet profound data really helped me.
To your health, and your happiness.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Less-Known-Health-and-Diet-Information&id=1616956
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
By
Simon Dawson
Food and drink, like sleep, are an essential part of living a
healthy and fulfilling life, but we often forget that our body works as a
whole. Most of us, for example, fail to acknowledge the effect of
alcohol, caffeine and rich food might have on our patterns of sleep, I
feel frustrated when we sleep the requisite amount of time yet don't
feel refreshed.
In the city, most people are unwilling to live entirely abstemious life. Try wrestling with a cup of cappuccino from the hands of caffeine addict just before they leave for work will begin to appreciate how many of us rely on such props to help us make it through the day. With that in mind, it's worth admitting your weaknesses and planning out your daily diet sensibly to avoid the food and drinks they keep you awake and to begin to appreciate more soporific foods later in the day.
Sleep and weight
For those trying to lose weight, and sleep can be essential. A recent study at Columbia University in New York indicates that there is a link between sleep and the US obesity epidemic. The research suggests that the more you sleep, the less likely you are to become obese. People who get less than the recommended amount of sleep each night to 73% more likely to be obese although, obviously, obesity is also usually the result of several other lifestyle factors. It has also been proved that there is a connection between middle-aged spread in men and equality of sleep they have., During sleep, produce growth hormone. This hormone maintains meaningless muscle tone, but it decreases naturally with age, as does the amount of sleep and need. The problem is, if they don't fill their sleep needs, they won't be getting as much of the growth hormone as they could - thus speeding the arrival of the stomach paunch.
The bad stuff
Caffeine, and beverages such as tea, coffee and fizzy drinks, will keep you awake well into the night if you let it, you need to enjoy your last cut at least five hours before bedtime. The same goes for heavy, rich foods. Although scientists say that there are no direct chemical reasons why such foods should keep you awake, your digestive system still needs to break down food. As this is one of the functions of the body shuts down during sleep, it can keep you up, or affect your sleep quality, until it has finished its work so rich meal with alcohol at 10 PM is not the best idea; neither stimulating meals that contains spicy foods, onions or peppers, which can give you indigestion and delay the onset of sleep.
As a general, you should try to avoid the following foods later at night:
In the city, most people are unwilling to live entirely abstemious life. Try wrestling with a cup of cappuccino from the hands of caffeine addict just before they leave for work will begin to appreciate how many of us rely on such props to help us make it through the day. With that in mind, it's worth admitting your weaknesses and planning out your daily diet sensibly to avoid the food and drinks they keep you awake and to begin to appreciate more soporific foods later in the day.
Sleep and weight
For those trying to lose weight, and sleep can be essential. A recent study at Columbia University in New York indicates that there is a link between sleep and the US obesity epidemic. The research suggests that the more you sleep, the less likely you are to become obese. People who get less than the recommended amount of sleep each night to 73% more likely to be obese although, obviously, obesity is also usually the result of several other lifestyle factors. It has also been proved that there is a connection between middle-aged spread in men and equality of sleep they have., During sleep, produce growth hormone. This hormone maintains meaningless muscle tone, but it decreases naturally with age, as does the amount of sleep and need. The problem is, if they don't fill their sleep needs, they won't be getting as much of the growth hormone as they could - thus speeding the arrival of the stomach paunch.
The bad stuff
Caffeine, and beverages such as tea, coffee and fizzy drinks, will keep you awake well into the night if you let it, you need to enjoy your last cut at least five hours before bedtime. The same goes for heavy, rich foods. Although scientists say that there are no direct chemical reasons why such foods should keep you awake, your digestive system still needs to break down food. As this is one of the functions of the body shuts down during sleep, it can keep you up, or affect your sleep quality, until it has finished its work so rich meal with alcohol at 10 PM is not the best idea; neither stimulating meals that contains spicy foods, onions or peppers, which can give you indigestion and delay the onset of sleep.
As a general, you should try to avoid the following foods later at night:
- Fatty foods may cause heartburn, which leads to difficulty in falling asleep and discomfort throughout the night.
- Foods containing tyramine (bacon, cheese, ham, aubergines (eggplant), pepperoni, Rothbury's, avocado, soya sauce, red wine) might keep you awake at night. To remain causes the release of norepinephrine, the brain stimulant.
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