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Archive for the ‘Diet’ Category
Sat, October 25, 2008 9:35 am By James Coolridge  Printer friendly version
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 While trying to lose weight, people want to try all type of programs and diet chart which will effect in their weight.
Losing Weight Realistically
Losing weight is obsession and it is truly meant by somebody to lose weight and becomes the need as they dream for the model thin body. We don’t know how the model get their skinny body but it is truly known by everybody that to achieve their slim body they give up their food and other eating habits. Metabolism slow down as we are on age and thus metabolism plays a prominent role in weight loss. We have seen that most of the athelete and dancers are very slim till their young age and as they become aged they become bulky as their metabolism start to crawl slow when they reach forties.
Instead of thinking and aiming to get a model thin body, a person should aim to have a healthy body.Losing weight and becoming healthy wont happen in overnight. One has to work upon on it.It can be done by eating the right food and avoiding the excessive fat food and it should be a determination to exercise daily where its aerobics or yoga or any other thing.
Choosing a Diet
Change your life by changing your diet if it is done in the right way.there are some people who think that there are many pills in the market promising of losing your weight without leaving to all which you used to consume.It may work for some,but it’s a majority of people who denys to this.Before choosing any diet plan, consider some essentials:-
1. What is the appropriate diet? Does it need changes in your eating habit?
2. What will be the charges? Some diets are available in the market but they can be quiet expensive.
3. Keep trying some other programs as well.
4. Be confident and have full determination.
5. Do not delay in your diet
Other supplement can be dangerous, so it is recommended to use natural and easy way to loose weight. And have a positive determination and always say no to junk food and other fatty food and consume healthy food.
Tips To Help You Fulfill Your Weight Loss
1. Be specific and realistic and make sure of your goal.Examine your changes every 7th days.
2. Do not be too ambitious. Aim for small small pound every weeks which will boost up your will power.
3. Be realistic and “go with the flow”. Don’t stress much as it wont disappear in a jiffy ways. When it was easier to gain, it all which has being consumed will take little time go burn up.
It is good enough to look for your goal and achieve it realistically.Dont write your goals on any paper and chuck it down in the drower rather paste it on the mirror which will remind you everyday your goal and determination.
Tags: Exercise, avoid junk food, lose weight etc…
Tue, October 14, 2008 6:35 am By James Coolridge
 In order to achieve ideal body weight and maintains it, you need strong commitment and support. So we need to ask a question: What are the motivations that can encourage you to lose weight and maintain?
1. Improving body fitness.
If you want to enjoy a long and better life quality, you need to maintain your body fitness. Don’t forget, having ideal body weight also helps reduce the level of risk of contagious diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, and cancer.
2. Having more durable clothes.
Having a good appearance will give you more confident. The possibilities that you can wear your old clothes again can be a strong motivation to lose your weight. Although this motivation is not the only and main reason, but imagine the joy you will have when you can wear your old clothes again. This will definitely give you motivation.
3. Looking good.
I am pretty sure that you want to always look good in other people eyes (especially in the eyes of people that you love). This reason is often give a strong motivation for most people. However, in your way to accomplish this you need to set realistic goals. For example, if you want to have an ideal weight such as when your age were 20, be ready to get disappointed because every age have it’s own ideal weight. So I strongly suggest that you set realistic goals for your effort on losing weight. This sense of disappointment can lower your spirit and will make you tempted not to continue your weight loss program. You don’t need to rush on achieving ideal body weight. Try to appreciate any little changes you that you’ve accomplished.
4. Feeling comfortable with yourself.
Losing some Weight can make you feel better in many aspects. For example, physically you will feel fresher and healthier. The physical changes will bring satisfaction to you. On the mentality side, you will feel better because you have invested on improving the quality of your life. This investment will give you so many benefits in your future healthy life. Having a proportional weight can also make you feel comfortable with yourself.
5. Reducing the risk of a particular disease.
Having excessive weight can affect your overall health. People who have excess weight tend to have high level of cholesterol and blood pressure. Besides increasing the risk of cancer or diabetes, excessive weight can also makes you suffer heart attack or even stroke. If you want to reduce this risk, you have to lower your body weight.
6. Getting pressure from other people.
The pressure for you to lose weight usually comes from your family, friends, doctors or colleagues. You are the one that can achieve the target and you will also be the one that feel the benefits of losing weight.
However, you need to always remember that the weight loss program that you do is to reach target that you want to achieve, don’t do it just because of the coercion or pressure from other people.
Tags: Reduce Risk, Look Good, Feel Comfortable
Mon, October 13, 2008 4:50 am By James Coolridge
 Obesity is a major health problem and that’s why many countries and their government are concerning about it and working on it as huge funds are taking care of the after effects. In relation to this there are many diet centres which are offering weight loss programs.
Fat is a thing which is very easy to gain but very difficult to lose as it cannot be done away in a short time and if it is, it may results to many health problem which is for sure going to be a life long thing. It is seen that as fast as you lose your fat, you will gain it again in more faster way then losing them. There are many myths concerning diet and dieting.
Myth No: 1 Use sugar instead of honey
Honey is more harmful as three-fourth of honey is sugar. Honey contains 25 calories while sugar contains only 16 calories in one teaspoon. It is recommended that honey can be used but rarely.
Myth No: 2 Nuts have too much fat
Nuts are good snack then all those oily food and they have good source of vitamins, proteins, minerals and fiber. They always to help to maintain the blood sugar normal.
Myth No: 3 Lose weight by avoiding fatty food
Avoid the foods available in the market like pasta, burger, pizzas, ice cream and cookies as they are very high in calories. So attention should be paid to see the calories of the food rather then the content of fat.
Myth No: 4 Avoid eating after 8’o clock at night
It is preferred that always have your dinner two hours before your bedtime as it allow sufficient time for digestion and the intake of calories should be very according, calculating the total calories needed and the calories consumed in the whole day and consuming the rest calories at the dinner.
Myth No: 5 Some food help to burn fat
Sometimes fiber rich food takes more calories for digestion which help in burning some fats and more calories.
Myth No: 6 Lose weight through crash diet
It is easier to lose fat then gaining them and sometime crash diet, no doubt help to reduce weight but along with that it weaken the tissues and muscles in the body which leads to many problem in long run.
Myth No: 7 Dieting is enough to lose weight
Exercises are very necessary if you wish to loose weight. As dieting alone can make you look haggard and will affects your looks. Muscle will sag, skin will get loose and dark circles around your eyes etc… So it is advisable to exercise along with dieting as it will help in losing weight easier and will make your looks more charming.
More calories must be used then consumed which is very necessary for the weight lose as losing weight is a metabolic process and there should be energy balance in the food what is consumed. Doing for physical activity, burn calories more faster. Every doing small works like typing on your keyboard or going to the market, you are using your calories.
Tags: Honey, avoid fatty food; Avoid eating at night etc…
Wed, October 1, 2008 10:03 am By James Coolridge
 Who doesn’t like spicy food? It’s good to eat and serve. In addition to making your taste buds sizzle, spicy foods can also deliver many health benefits. They contain antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that are beneficial for the body. Herbalists have recommended various spicy herbs for the relief of arthritis, fever, migraine, motion sickness, poor digestion, and venereal diseases. Here is a list of benefits of spicy food:
Scientists at the University of Nottingham in England and in Wales tested the capsaicin on human body and found its positive effects in various diseases.
• Arthritis: Turmeric used as spice in foods greatly reduces joint inflammation and bone destruction in people.
• Decrease risk of Cancer: Many studies have shown that regular consumption of chilies and curry decrease the risk of cancer. The compound, capsaicin, also kills cancer cells by attacking their energy-producing mitochondria without damaging healthy cells. Curcumin also has anti-cancer effects. Studies showed that curcumin decreased the expression of the cancer-promoting gene. Another study showed that curcumin killed cancer cells using a pathway that spared healthy cells. Capsaicin candy is also prescribed to cancer patients, to ease mouth pain.
• Heart Health: Hot peppers may help to improve heart health by improving the body’s ability to dissolve blood clots. The capsaicin in peppers also fights inflammation, which acts as a risk factor for heart diseases. Garlic also has antibacterial and blood-cleansing qualities.
• Recover Cold and Flu: Eating spices like hot peppers promotes sweating and eases the discomfort of cold and flu symptoms. Hot peppers also help to open up clogged nasal passages.
• Helps in Weight Control: Hot peppers can speed up metabolism and help the body burn calories faster. A research also established that red pepper (capsaicin) suppressed appetite and people reduced their fat, protein, and caloric intake. Capsaicin may also prevent obesity by reducing the number of fat cells in the body.
• Reduces Blood Pressure: The consumption of chili peppers increases peripheral circulation and lowers blood pressure. Peppers, high in vitamins A and C help strengthen blood vessel walls. This helps the vessel walls to become more elastic and better able to adjust to differences in blood pressure. Eating chili peppers may also improve circulation and lower blood pressure.
• Deteriorate Pain & Discomfort: Ginger is known for quelling nausea as well as it eases cramps, both menstrual and digestive. When applied to the skin, capsaicin decreases levels of substance P, a neurotransmitter that signals pain.
These are a few benefits of eating spicy food. And some are still debatable. So don’t forget to keep a check on your eating habits. As you know excess of everything is bad!!!
Tags: health benefits, spicy food, food habits.
Sun, August 17, 2008 9:26 am By James Coolridge
 How easy has it been for you to even listen to the complex and hard to follow food charts that make for your abs diet?? Well, certainly not as easy I must say. To know that you will now have to keep your favorite verboten foods at bay and live without them is indeed in itself a sad news. What if I give you a diet plan that will let you eat the food you love and also works towards building just the perfect abs you have been dreaming about. The following is a tentative structure of how should you plan your ‘abs’ diet. These are no golden rules. You can mix them or have just one thing the whole week but just follow the principles mentioned.
Here’s what you can have in a single day!
Breakfast
It will be best if your morning starts from one glass of Abs Diet Ultimate Power Smoothie, preferably a long one.
Abs Diet Ultimate Power Smoothie
1 Cup milk (toned)
2 Tablespoons of low-fat vanilla yogurt
¾ Cup instant oatmeal
2 Teaspoons of peanut butter
2 Teaspoons of chocolate whey powder
6 Ice cubes, finely crushed
One serving of this power smoothie will contain 220 calories, 12 g protein, 29 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat (1.5 g saturated), 3 g fiber and 118 mg of sodium.
The second meal should consist of a light but healthy snack made up of 2 teaspoons peanut butter and raw vegetables particularly leafy is possible.
Lunch
The lunch should ideally consist of a turkey or roast beef sandwich on whole-grain bread, 1 cup fat-free milk and one apple.
Another snack would consist of your favorite almonds (I ounce) and 1½ cups berries.
Dinner
Power Meatballs
1 Pound extra-lean grounded beef
½ Cup crushed saltine crackers
1 Large onion, diced
1 Clove garlic, minced
1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed or whey powder
1 Jar (16 ounces) tomato sauce
4 Whole-wheat hoagie rolls
½ Cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese, shredded
Combine the beef, crackers, onion, garlic, and flaxseed or whey powder into golf ball-size meatballs. Cook them in a non stick pan over medium heat until they turn brown from all the side. Drain the extra fat from the pan and add some tomato sauce. While the mixture is warming, use a fork to scoop out some of the bread in the rolls to form shallow trenches. Spoon the meatballs and sauce into each trench, and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella, and top with the top half of the roll.
Each serving will give you 569 calories, 38 g protein, 65 g carbohydrates, 19 g fat (6 g saturated), 10 g fiber, 1,341 mg of sodium. Your last meal of the day (i.e. if you are really hungry) should once again be a Power Smoothie.
You can interchange the meals or run on just one the entire day (though that is not practically possible). The idea is to restore your comfort and keep you glued into having this perfect ‘abs’ diet ,by not taking to any kind of recluse. Hope you enjoy reading it as much I did writing it for you.
Tags: Abs diet, abs meal plan
Sat, August 16, 2008 9:22 am By James Coolridge
 Alright so here we are! Health foods we ignore despite their presence right before our eyes. Some we never picked from the shelves, some which could never lure us into eating them. The reasons can be many but if we really intend to upgrade our health without taking in any artificial supplements, here are some common edibles that are healthy, nourishing and will put you in fine fettle, within 10 days of consuming them. Let’s start from fruits.
Guava
A tropical fruit that’s subtly acidic and becomes sweeter as you eat your way to the center.This fruit has high degree of lycopene, an antioxidant that helps fight prostrate cancer to a great extent. In fact fruits like tomatoes and watermelon too help fight the same but guava holds the higher concentrations of this useful mineral. If you are thinking of its fiber content, you’ll be happy to know that just one cup of guava contains as much as 9 grams of it. Hence even if you consume one guava a day, it’ll make up for your everyday dosage of fiber, not to mention its other nutrients.
How to eat them?
Since it is a fruit, all you have to do is wash it thoroughly and just consume it. Do not stay away from its seeds which contain stone cells the most. They are equally edible as much as its flesh and contains more Vitamin C that the whole of an orange. So what are you waiting for? You can score guava in your nearest super market or the grocery store. Get going!
Swiss Chard
For all those who have not yet tasted this slightly bitter, slightly salty vegetable, let me tell you, it contains nutrients that can help you get rid of all your eye sight troubles, even damaged retinas, the researchers say. These are very high on nutrients like lutein and zeaxanthin, and contain 10mg each even in half a cup of cooked chards. They are popularly known as plant chemicals because they contain carotenoids responsible for removing all kinds of eye infections, disorders and even damaged retina like I mentioned above. That’s because both these nutrients, which are actually pigments, accumulate in the retinas, where they absorb all the shortwave light rays that can cause injury to your eyes. So the more lutein and zeaxanthin you eat, the better your internal eye protection will be.
How to eat them?
Chard tastes extremely well with grilled steaks and chicken. Just wash and dry a bunch of Swiss chard and chop the leaves and stems into 1-inch pieces. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a large sauté pan and add two garlic cloves into it. When the oil smokes lightly, add the chard. Sauté for 5 to 7 minutes, until the leaves wilt and the stems are tender. Remove the garlic cloves and season the chard with salt and pepper.
So we see that these edibles are not only simple to find but easy to cook as well, relieving us of all the pain to fine cook them before consuming. All you have to do is alternate them with other vegetables mentioned. And I promise you’ll see its wonder before you can think of.
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Thu, August 14, 2008 9:13 am By James Coolridge
 The aftermath of today’s chaotic lifestyle has led us all into a pit, coming out from which is highly unlikely, lest we put in efforts while sailing against the wind. There are weeds which are highly nutritious like the purslane but we prefer smoking it and having it affect our bodies in worst ways possible. Similarly there are some super-foods that never see our shopping cart. Foods that’ll help you instantly upgrade your health – without a prescription. Here are some that have either been forgotten or never been heard. The list is big so I am likely to break this chart in two or maybe three articles. But it is a must read for all the men who want to savor health and fitness as their religion.
Beet Root:
This crimson vegetable is the best source of folate and betaine, which work together to lower your blood levels of homocysteine, an inflammatory compound that can damage your arteries and increase your risk of heart disease. It contains the natural pigments, betacyanins which have been proved to be potent cancer fighters in laboratory mice. If picking these grungy looking roots gives you a scare, think of them as red spinach.
How to eat them?
• They can be eaten fresh and raw but not from directly from the jar. Yes, you can cook them as well but heating beets may decrease their antioxidant power.
• For a simple single-serving salad, wash and peel one beet, and then grate it on the widest blade of a box grater. Serve with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the juice of half a lemon. You’ll adore it more than you thought.
• Besides, you can also eat the leaves and stems, which are also packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Just don’t forget to wash them thoroughly before consuming it.
• If you want to turn more innovative, sauté the leaves, along with a minced clove of garlic and a tablespoon of olive oil, in over medium-high heat. Cook until the leaves are wilted and the stems are tender. Season with salt and pepper.
Cabbage:
How often do you really pick up this cruciferous vegetable from the shelf? Never? Well, let me tell you that one cup of chopped cabbage has just 22 units of calories, and it is loaded with valuable nutrients. A chemical, sulforaphane, contained in it increases your body’s production of enzymes that disarm cell-damaging free radicals and reduces your risk of cancer to a great extent.
How to eat them?
You can put the cabbage in your burgers, in your hotdog sandwiches or any other snack you often consume. Try an Asian-style slaw in you intend to go for a better preparation.
Whisk together the canola or peanut oil, lime juice, and sriracha, an asian chili sauce you can find in the international section of your grocery store. Then mix to it a combination of toasted peanuts, shredded carrots, and chopped cilantro in a large bowl tossed with a dressing suiting your taste.
These are just two but very powerful foods you’ll know only if you consume them and see the results. Men who are searching for a regime that can upgrade their fitness almost instantly, these herbs can work wonders and will not just act as a powerful nutrient source but will also play on your mind to keep you free from any kind of stress or exhaustion.
Tags: healthy diet, good food tips, powerful foods, fitness diet
Thu, May 29, 2008 12:22 pm By James Coolridge
 Do you want to loose the extra flab which makes you out of shape? If yes then here is a list of popular foods that can help you shed weight.
Raw and fresh:
Remember, “Fresh” is the key word. Let it be fresh fruits or vegetables, the “fresh” stuff are always recommended by diet experts. Include raw vegetables in your diet such as celery, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, baby spinach, cucumber, carrots etc. Now come to fruits- apples, pears, melons, oranges, strawberries, blueberries, plums, peaches, grapes, apricots should be included in your weight-loss diet. Not to forget the sprouted seeds and grains!
So, your diet should contain al least 75% of fresh fruits and vegetables at each meal. Processed and convenient products loaded with refined sugar are NOT the best foods for losing weight. The sugar contributes to “empty calories” void of all nutrients. Hence, look for the lowest fat and sugar you can get.
Fiber:
Fruits and vegetables are followed by foods with sumptuous amount of fiber. The fiber helps fill up the stomach quicker causing you to eat less, thus less calories are consumed. Apart from fruits and vegetables, whole grains and beans of all kinds contain high fiber content which is very essential for your weight-loss diet. Buy the beans canned and rinse them well under running water. Go for rolled oats, brown bread, brown rice, wheat and corn. The healthiest bread is made of sprouted grain.
Water, water everywhere!
As always, we suggest you to drink plenty of water. Drinking a beer glass of water in the morning increases your metabolism and burns fat. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. Whenever you are thirsty, don’t look for Cola. Instead, drink water. When it comes to soda, you should know that diet soda still causes fat to be stored. So, try a little lemon or lime juice in your water.
Follow the vegan diet and notice the extra pounds going off your body!
Tags: fiber, vegetarian diet, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables
Sat, May 24, 2008 12:18 pm By James Coolridge
 Gall bladder- the pear-shaped sac located under the liver- is the place where the bile produced by the liver is stored. The bile which is produced in the liver is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile emulsifies fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food. After being stored in the gallbladder the bile becomes more concentrated than when it left the liver, increasing its potency and intensifying its effect on fats. Most digestion occurs in the duodenum.
If there was no bile or if it was present in less than the required amount, food digestion would be impaired and we would suffer from a host of troubles like nausea, vomiting, heart-burn, diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain. And when the bile in your body contains too much cholesterol or bilirubin, this may cause gallstones.
Here comes the function of gall bladder diet, which aims to reducing the risk of the development of gallstones. The gall bladder diet includes lots of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, cereals and plenty of water.
So when you follow a gall bladder diet, in addition to all the general ingredients of the diet, you should also include the intake of fiber because the more fiber you consume, the more water you are going to drink thus avoiding problems like constipation. You should avoid chocolate, ice cream, eggs, red meat, milk, coffee, nuts, beans, pork, onion, chicken, milk, oranges, grapefruit, corn, hydrogenated oils, saturated fats, fried foods and margarine.
You should also avoid refined, fatty and fried foods containing saturated fats, trans fats, hydrogenated fats and partially-hydrogenated fats.
So in order to follow a gall bladder diet, the first step is to consult your doctor or a nutritionist and then design the gall bladder diet specifically suited for you.
Tags: gall bladder diet, gall stones, bile
Sun, May 11, 2008 1:26 pm By James Coolridge
 Apart from the numerous low fat diets, low carbs diet and diet aimed at reducing the Cholesterol level there exists another diet which has now become very popular. It is the pH miracle diet, which is turning heads.
The pH miracle diet attempts to control many different conditions in the body such as obesity. This is done via the omission of acidifying foods and behaviors.
The pH miracle diet is a diet that is more alkaline and is one of that free of sugar. The diet consists of foods in their natural form which is free from toxins and chemicals.
The underlying theory is that the human body has a pH that is slightly alkaline. The standard American diet consists of a lot of foods that are highly acidic in nature. These include sugar, caffeine, packaged foods and animal protein.
According to the diet experts who are in favor of pH miracle diet, too many of these acidic foods included in the diet can disrupt the body’s use of alkaline minerals such as sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium which can make people prone to various chronic diseases.
Cow’s milk and products made from cow’s milk produce acid. Goat and sheep milk and cheeses, which have less fat and protein, produce less acid. The only dairy exception is butter that is alkalizing due to the short chain fats within it.
The pH miracle diet is a different diet. The mainstream medical community emphasizes the inclusion of fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy in your diet while according to the pH miracle diet, the acidic foods can in fact deprive your body of essential minerals.
Basically, all dairy and meats are avoided on the pH Miracle diet. If you are concerned about getting enough protein then goat’s milk is slightly alkaline. The vegetarian options can also provide some protein in the form of beans, tofu and certain nuts and seeds. Most vegetables are found to have alkalizing effects apart from mushrooms. Fruits included in the pH miracle diet are grapefruit, lemon and lime and coconut.
Here is another contradiction to the usually accepted facts. When the The FDA (food and drug administration) recommends eating whole wheat products for better health, the pH miracle diet is strictly against the inclusion of grains like wheat, oats, millet and rice because they are acidic and therefore potentially harmful. The alkaline grains of buckwheat, quinoa and spelt are preferred due to their alkalizing benefits.
All these contribute to pH miracle diet different from the usual. However, we are just intended to provide you the information and it is totally dependent on you whether you want to follow the pH miracle diet or stick to the traditional diet plans.
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