Your Food Can Prematurely Age You!
May 25, 2011Did you know that the food you eat could be prematurely ageing you? Science has made some amazing discoveries in the last decade in nutrition. We really should be taking note of what we put in our mouth because more than ever, “we are what we eat”. Do you know the impact of what you are eating? Probably not. It’s time to find out because over-indulgence in certain types of food cause the body to prematurely age.
Would you like some more free radicals with your lunch…? There is frequent mention these days about ‘free radicals’ and how they are constantly attacking the body, causing potentially serious damage.
A free radical is the name for a molecule that has an unpaired electron. They are a normal by-product of metabolism and without them you would die.
To put the record straight, it’s the over-production of free radicals that causes damage to the body. We are advised by nutritional experts to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables.
This is because they are rich in antioxidant phytonutrients…substances that neutralise free radicals and so help protect the body.
One of the essential tasks of free radicals is in producing energy from the food you eat. Every time you eat, free radical activity is intense. The more food you eat, the more free radicals are formed, and the more antioxidants your body needs to neutralise them. Big meals are big trouble!
Effective Antioxidants include vitamins A, C, E; minerals such as selenium, zinc, and herbs such as aloe vera and grapeseed extract.
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid- an Antioxidant)
May 24, 2011Ascorbic acid or “vitamin C” is a monosaccharide oxidation-reduction (redox) catalyst found in both animals and plants. As one of the enzymes needed to make ascorbic acid has been lost by mutation during primate evolution, humans must obtain it from the diet; it is therefore a vitamin. In addition to its direct antioxidant effects, ascorbic acid is also a an integral part of lot of intra cellular activities.
Recommended Intake
Males ≥ 19 years: 90 mg/day
Females ≥ 19 years: 75 mg/day
What’s Vitamin C for?
Protects against the harmful effects of free radicals (an antioxidant)
Assists in the formation of collagen, which is important for the health of blood vessels and gums, development of bones and teeth, and wound healing
Helps resist infection, preventing and treating the common cold
Has been found to decrease risk of cancer, heart disease, cataracts, and other diseases
Best Online Weight Loss Programs
May 21, 2011Weight Loss today has become a huge industry; it is not only a huge industry but a hungry industry. Obese people crave to lose weight soon and they are willing to try out everything new to shed the weight quickly. Online marketers exploit this and sell every junk to these people, if you search for the term weight loss in google it will return you 243 million websites that is the kind of competition among marketers in this industry. They will sell you online courses, trail acai products (which are mostly adulterated and junk), they sell you products from nameless companies which will charge your credit card every month for nothing.
Get rich quick and rapid weight loss are the two scam terms doing the rounds these days.
Our focus has always been to help people to lose weight naturally and cure all ailments naturally through sattvic diet and through powerful yogasanas and pranayama. These techniques are very ancient, healthy and typically Indian. There are numerous yoga classing doing the rounds in all parts of the world however they don’t present the right facts to people. One who is practicising yoga should only have sattvic diet, the temperature of his surroundings should be moderate to high (lower temperatures will make the joints very stiff), should do it at the time of sunrise (just before sunrise). Having a sattvic diet is not just a dogma practiced by ancient Indians, but it has scientific evidence today. Check more about Yoga and Sattvic Diet for details. When practiced properly Yoga and Sattivic diet will result in permanent weight loss and can give you perfect health, but the negative side is it will take a couple of years to master this and get permanent results. In a fast paced world today, people are not willing to wait that long, so we put in our efforts to find out which is the best Online program for weight loss. While the sauna belt, the magnetic belt, oils and diet pills are almost always ineffective. There is no substitute to the combo healthy lifestyle, proper planned workout schedule, balanced and fat burning diets and methods to increase your metabolic rate.
In our research we found out that 70% of the online programs that are being sold over the internet are done by people who are good at marketing and don’t know anything about health or weight loss. These marketers hire writers to get their work done and they sell it to the market. On further analysis we short listed 10 best programs on the internet created by people who knew what they are talking about. Of those 10 online programs we decided to select three best programs.
Relieve Hormonal Symptoms of Menopause with a natural food diet
May 16, 2011Looking for more natural ways to help with the symptoms of menopause? Many herbal remedies can relieve and even eliminate the common symptoms of these conditions.
During menopause, women often experience uncomfortable symptoms. Hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, irregular, changes in bleeding and loss of sexual desire are some of the most common. Recently, studies have shown that hormone replacement therapy is not as safe as originally believed, so many women are looking to natural remedies with a great deal of success.
Black cohosh has been used for centuries to help women with menopausal symptoms, and is most effective in treating hot flashes. It seems to have some ability to mimic estrogen in the body, relieving the hot flashes and mood swings that plague so many women.
Limiting caffeine will help with your symptoms as well. Herbal teas, and using onion, garlic and lemon instead of salt should help as well. One study at UCLA noted that garlic halted the advance of heart disease in post-menopausal women.
Foods and Supplements that Control Cellulite
May 11, 2011What creates the cottage cheese effect of cellulite? Simply put, cellulite is caused by loose or weak skin and connective tissues that are unable to keep the fat tissues contained within their compartments. Fat tissues or deposits escape through weakened connective fibrous strands and buoy up to the surface, creating the pebbly, orange peel effect. Strong skin and muscles are the best preventive measures for runaway fat. Keeping the cell body firm and intact would mean keeping control over fatty deposits. Cellulite is formed by the creation of water pockets and fat deposits which means that the most effective avenue for controlling them is through exercise and diet. An exercise program is absolutely necessary as well as proper foods and supplementation. Certain foods known for their cell-building properties can help control cellulite.
Protein: The cellulite problem is most pronounced in women who have sagging muscles and skin. Exercise and protein can reduce the stores of fat under the skin; protein helps to firm up muscles that can keep fat stores in place and reduce the dimpled effect of cellulite. Older skin, like older muscles, needs protein, especially soy protein with less fat, for toning and firming. How much protein would you need to produce firm, toned muscles? Approximately .6 gram per pound of lean body mass if you are a moderately active person and 1 gram per pound of lean body mass if you are very active. Go for lean protein in fish, especially salmon because fish provides a high dose of essential fatty acids.
Fat Loss and Fitness Tips
Raw Food Diet
How To Start Teaching Exercises and Lifting Weights for Children?
October 1, 2010If you have a child of 6 to 8 years old that wants to start exercising and lifting weights, you may find yourself wondering what you should do. While some think it is perfectly fine for children to exercise, there are others that think differently.
The long and short of it is that yes, it is beneficial for your child to partake in exercise or a weight training regimen although there are a few things that you should keep in mind once this starts to happen.
No matter how you look at it, children aren’t minature adults and therefore you can’t use the same methods with growing children that you can use with adults, as children are different from adults emotionally, anatomically, and physiologically.
All children have immature skeletons, as their bones don’t mature until they get 14 – 22 years of age. With girls, exercise during childhood can have very critical effects on bone health that can last for their entire lives.
Children are often times vulnerable to growth related overuse injuries such as Osgood schlatter disease. Children have immature temperature regulation systems due to their having a large surface area compared to their muscle mass which will cause them to be more susceptible to injury when they aren’t properly warmed up.
Alkaline Foods in the pH Miracle Diet Can Make Cancer Cells Die
September 17, 2010The main concept behind the pH miracle diet is to maintain a balance of pH in the foods that you eat. The human body is slightly alkaline and therefore it is better for your health to eat a diet composed of alkalizing foods. When you eat too many acidic foods, your system becomes unbalanced and it can cause a whole host of problems, including weight gain, poor concentration, fatigue and depressed immunity that can lead to more serious conditions.
The pH miracle diet relies on lists of foods that are acidic (to be avoided) and alkalizing (to be emphasized). The alkalizing foods are better for your health and help to balance the pH of your body. While acid, alkaline and pH are common terms, many people do not understand exactly what they mean and what they have to do with nutrition and health.
The word “basic” comes from the Greek word “basis” which means foundation. “Basic” relates to the properties of acidity and alkalinity. These conditions are determined at the foundation of the cells that the foods are made up of. So an external treatment does not change a food from acid to alkaline. Foods are acid or alkaline at their base, or foundation.
Acid and alkaline are chemical opposites. Whenever these bases interact with acids, there is a struggle between them and salt is the result. In the chemist’s lab, these interactions are very simple and straightforward. However, in our bodies, the interaction becomes more complex because of the scale at which acids and bases meet.
Importance of Exercises in Atkins Diet Program for Weight Loss?
September 2, 2010There is a lot of attention paid in the Atkins diet plan towards food and cooking. It’s true that your food choices on the diet are of utmost importance. But a lot of people make the mistake of ignoring exercise. The newly released Atkins food pyramid shows the importance of exercise. It shows an increase in food options with increased activity. Exercise is important on the Atkins diet, and important for everyone’s overall health.
Exercise is beneficial to body, mind and soul. It has many major benefits, even at limited levels. It not only burns fat but it boosts your metabolism and increases circulation. Daily exercise helps your body eliminate toxins through sweat glands and lymph systems. It is especially important to all low-carb weight loss programs because it regulates blood sugar levels.
Physical exercise is essential for Atkins diet success. Without exercise, your body isn’t configured to process carbohydrates successfully. Research has shown that sedentary individuals have extreme insulin reactions to even moderate amounts of carbohydrates. This means that exercise doesn’t only help you lose weight, it will help you keep it off too. Exercise will teach your body how to process the carbohydrates in your diet. When you exercise regularly, you’ll be able to eat more carbohydrates over time because your body will use them efficiently.
Liquid Vitamin Supplements
August 10, 2010Most people do not realise that the body can absorb the nutrients from liquid vitamin supplements easier than from tablets. It is estimated that liquid vitamin supplements are actually absorbed at least five times better than regular vitamin pills. Of course, there are many other benefits that liquid vitamin supplements have over pills. For example, the liquid vitamin supplements are easier to swallow. This alone makes liquid vitamin supplements preferable to pills, especially for children and anyone else who has trouble taking pills of any type.
Young children are often unable to gather sufficient nutrients from the foods that they eat but it is almost impossible for them to take vitamin supplements in pill form. Liquid vitamin supplements are ideal because they can be given by a dropper, straight into the child’s mouth or even added to their regular bottle of water or juice to ensure that they receive all of the vitamins that they need to grow. For exactly the same reason, liquid vitamin supplements are perfect for anyone who is unwell and not able to eat properly.
Shocking Report, FDA bans “Magic” Diet-Fatburn pills
August 6, 2010Finally FDA’s panel of experts reviewed Vivus Inc.’s new wonder-pill Qnexa Today. Their report suggested that the pills are extremely harmful to the body. The side effects includes but not restricted to
1) Cardiac Arrest
2) Strokes
3) Loss of memory and increased concentration loss
4) Can induce suicidal thoughts
5) Induce lack of motivation
Despite these issues, these drug companies want to get the pills in to the market. Who in this world would want to lose the extra flabs by risking their life? The root cause of all these issues is the human URGE to get instant results in everything.
Look at the maximum possible scams happening in the world. Get Rich Quick Scheme, High Yielding programs, enhancing one’s sexual life within a month, 20 pounds weight loss within a month and get you lost hair within a month. These marketers simply exploit that urge of the mankind to get instant result. While in many other cases such exploitation will result only in monetary losses for the victim, but when it comes to weight loss, such scams can be really dangerous to life as well.
How does Organic Food play a Major Role in Weight Loss Diet?
July 15, 2010Last week I was talking about nutrition with one of my workout buddies and when I mentioned grass fed beef and “organic food” he asked, “Do you mean like what you get at Whole Foods Market?”
I said, “Yes, exactly… that’s a natural food and organic supermarket.” He said, “Yeah well, that place costs so much, I call it Whole Paycheck!”
I was rolling on the floor laughing, but the truth is, organic food really is expensive and so is grass fed beef and free range chicken, so it’s a valid question to ask, “Is it worth it?”
After researching the subject and doing some personal experiments with my own diet, let me offer you my take on it from a bodybuilder’s viewpoint. This is a perspective on organics you may not have heard before.
First, look at it this way – if you put the cheapest fuel in your luxury car, how well is it going to run and how many miles are you going to get out of it?
While I’m on car analogies, health and fitness author and educator Paul Chek once wrote about how ridiculous it is to watch how many $75,000 + cars pull up to the Mcdonald’s or Burger King drive through window to buy $1.99 hamburgers.
How many Calories required To Lose A Pound? How to Calculate?
July 10, 2010Most fitness conscious people have heard that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. If you create a deficit of 7000 calories in a week, you lose two pounds, and so on. Right? Well, not so fast…
Dr. Kevin Hall, an investigator at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda has done some interesting research about the mechanisms regulating human body weight. He recently published a new paper in the International Journal of Obesity that throws a wrench in works of the “3500 calories to lose a pound” idea.
Some of the equations in his paper made my head hurt, but despite the complex math he used to come to his conclusions, his article clearly prompts the question, “3500 calories to lose a pound of WHAT?” His paper also contained a lot of simple and practical tips you can use to properly balance your caloric intake with output, fine tune your calorie deficit and help you retain more muscle when you diet.
Below, I’ve distilled some of the information into a simple bullet-point summary that any non-scientist can understand.
What is Clean Eating? And Its New Rules – Part 2
July 4, 2010
In part one, I described the growing obsession many people have with eating only the purest, healthiest foods, aka “clean eating.” You’d think that nothing but good would come from that, but some experts today dislike the concept of clean foods because it implies a dichotomy where other foods, by default, are “dirty” or forbidden – as in, you can never, ever eat them again (imagine life without chocolate, or pizza… or beer! you guys). Some physicians and psychologists even believe that if taken to an extreme, a fixation on healthy food qualifies as a new eating disorder called orthorexia. Personally, I have no issues with the phrase “clean eating.” Even if you choose to eat clean nearly 100% of the time, I don’t see how that qualifies as a psychological disorder of any kind (I reckon people who eat at McDonalds every day are the ones who need a shrink). However, I also think you would agree that any behavior – washing your hands, cleaning your house, or even exercise or eating health food – can become obsessive-compulsive and dysfunctional if it takes over your life or is taken to an extreme. In the case of diet and exercise, it could also lead to or overlap with anorexia.
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