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Showing posts with label healthy living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy living. Show all posts

A glass of water can do THIS for you

>> Monday, May 24, 2010



Here's a new section for Nutrition News. Quick tips for diet and an improved healthy lifestyle:

Drinking Filtered Water
- Drink water half an hour before a meal: helps digestion.
- Drink a glass of water before a bath: helps circulation.
- Drink one before bed: prevents chance of stroke, improves circulation.

Stay tuned for more advice on healthy living. Drink away!

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Drinking WATER at the right time counts!

>> Friday, April 23, 2010

Correct timing to take water will maximize its effectiveness to Human body.

Two (02) glasses of water - After waking up - Help activate internal organs

One (01) glass of water - 30 minutes before meal - Helps digestion

One (01) glass of water - Before taking a bath - Helps lower blood pressure

One (01) glass of water - Before sleep - Avoids stroke or heart attack

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Fitness Food: Protein after a work out helps lose weight

The right food for a workout starts with protein and fat. Protein should be part of your major meals because it will help slow absorption of carbohydrates. Chicken, Fish, eggs,  meat, and beans are excellent sources of protein, and about 3 ounces per meal is enough, the protein burned after a work out will help you lose weight.

Fat. You need some fat in your diet, too.  Low-fat dairy products, like 1 percent milk, and lean cuts of meat will give you the fat your body needs to recouperate after a workout, and provides stable dietary nutrition elements essential to building a proper diet. even though it's fat! it's the good fat we're talking about.

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Omega-3 Acids & FISH - the healthy nutrition alternative over other proteins

Fish over chicken! For your proper Health Nutrition! Boost your omega-3 fatty acids, these are some of the fish that have the highest levels:
Salmon

Albacore tuna

Trout

Cod

Crab

Oysters

Sardines
Herring

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Swordfish, king mackerel, and ilefish are great sources of omega-3 acids, ideal for proper diet, but they also contain high levels of mercury, and shouldn’t be eaten by women who are pregnant or by children. Eating one of these types of fish once a week may be safe for most people.

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Curbing Carbs & Eating The Right Carbs

>> Saturday, March 27, 2010

A lot of people load up on carbohydrates, without realizing it, and without knowing the right carbs. "Brown rice, pastas, breads, and whole-grain cereals, provide fiber to keep you feeling full," says Tamara Melton, RD, a wellness nutritionist. "Much of the problem with carbohydrates is what you pile on them. Watch out for butter and cheese on your bread and sauce on your pasta. Carbohydrates should be an important part of your healthy diet — just keep your portions under control." It's all about choosing the right carbs, good carbs in maintaining a healthy diet, great nutrition and healthy living.

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Substituting Sugary Foods with Healthy Alternatives

>> Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Certain foods like chocolate, pastries, or chips appeal to most people. These are craving-foods, which are not part of a healthy diet. Now sugary and fatty foods are readily available. Fortunately, there are also healthy alternatives, where you can indulge— while sticking to your healthy diet.

"Sugar gives you an instant high that can be addictive," says Tamara Melton, RD, a wellness nutritionist. Regularily eating sugary foods or snacks will cause your pancreas to secrete insulin, which triggers sugar being pulled out of your bloodstream. Your brain needs that sugar, and so you will want to eat more. This will create an unhealthy cycle which could lead to type 2 diabetes. "To break the cycle, substitute healthy foods like fresh fruits to wean yourself off simple sugars," says Melton. Try plain or vanilla fat-free yogurt with fresh fruit, which contains a lot of fiber and a slight but moderate amount of sugar.

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Almonds: Preventing Heart Disease

>> Monday, March 8, 2010

Almonds are one snack that promote healthy diet nutrition, and are packed with fiber and monounsaturated fat, both of which lower cholesterol. According to the Food and Drug Administration, eating 1.5 ounces of most nuts, including almonds, as part of your healthy diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart diseases. And even though almonds are relatively high in calories and fat, studies show that eating almonds can actually help with losing weight as their fiber and protein provide the feeling of being full, hence preventing overeating. More health tips on diet nutrition and exercise to come.

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High Intensity Exercise: Preventing Heart Attacks and Stroke

Regular exercise helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes, this is widely known and accepted as an aspect of healthy living. But, recently it has been shown that high-intensity exercise may prevent these diseases more effectively than low intensity exercise (Thrombosis Research, August 2006), which Researchers at Michigan State have recently proven. 



Most heart attacks and strokes can occur when special plaques lining the arteries break-off and pass down the artery to form a clot that blocks the flow of blood to the heart and in most cases, the brain. Intense exercise helped prevent clotting by increasing tissue plasminogen activator far more than low-intensity exercise did. Certain other studies also show that vigorous exercise is highly effective in helping people lose weight. However, vigorous exercise can also cause or preciptate heart attacks and strokes, so it is advised you get a stress electrocardiogram before you start an exercise program or increase the intensity of your current regiment. If advised by your doctor, you can increase the intensity of your workouts once or twice a week.  Of course a proper diet nutrition should also be followed. More on nutrition later this week here at our blog.

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Ideal Amount of weekly Exercise for Weight Loss Management

>> Saturday, March 6, 2010

For people looking to not only better overall health and your fitness level, but to actively loss weight, should increase the frequency, duration, and intensity of your daily exercise. To increase the impact of your weight loss, try working out for longer than 30 minutes, 3 times a week. The goal is to burn calories. Although high intensity aerobic exercise, such as power walking or jogging works well for burning calories, the focus can be on any aerobic exercise that takes over 30 minutes. Walking an hour a day is an excellent way to burn calories, providing a method of consistent aerobic exercise with little risk of injury.



Every reputable weight loss expert will stress that losing weight and maintaining weight loss can almost never be successful unless physical activity is consistent. Exercise is a vital component of dieting and weight management, for succesfully losing weight, and you can impact your healthy living goals with proper diet nutrition.

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Fruits and Vegetables: Get Your Recommended Daily Intake

>> Thursday, March 4, 2010

Keeping your body fueled with the proper amount of vital life giving nutrients is key to healthy living. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that adults consume nine 1/2-cup servings of fruits and vegetables daily within a 2,000 calorie daily diet.

Which means 2 cups of fruit and 2 ½ cups of vegetables daily.  These amounts of fruits and vegetables have enough diet nutrients for individuals who get less than 30 minutes of physical activity each day. Much more fruits and vegetables may be consumed by those who exercise 30 minutes per day or more. Keep healthy and watch your diet nutrition.

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Fish: Salmon and Tuna Life Saving Foods

>> Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Out of the many species of fish found in the aquatic world (just over 25,000) the most commonly found in supermarkets are Tuna, Salmon and Sardines.  Eating these fish helps promotes healthy living, diet and nutrition, and reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, as well as stroke and arthritis. Fatty varieties of fish may also help reduce depression. The American Heart Association recommends that healthy adults eat at least one to two fish meals weekly, especially sardines, which are easy to find in supermarkets, wild salmon, and european herring, because these varieties of fish provide the most omega 3 fatty acids that promote healty diet. Try to avoid mercury-containing fish varieties like king mackerel, tilefish, and albacore tuna but Chunk Light tuna is okay.

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Heroic Antiaging Blueberries

The heroic antiaging blueberries are low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Salt or Sodium and they are packed with many antioxidants, especially anthocyanins, which improve vision and brain function, which promotes healthy living. Studies show that eating blueberries will slow impairments in motor coordination and memory that accompany aging. The little berries also reduce inflammation, which is directly linked with virtually every chronic disease from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, to diabetes. Studies on blueberries have seen greater anticancer activity than many other fruits.  Also a good source of Dietary Fiber, and a very good source of Vitamin C and Manganese.

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Getting too much sleep? That could be a bad thing.

>> Friday, February 26, 2010

Our healthy living depends much on the amount of time we sleep. So are you one of those people who likes to get by on very little sleep? Or do you love to sleep the day away? It is known that too little sleep can mess up your weigh-loss efforts, but did you also know that when you sleep too much, your metabolism can also be negatively affected as well?

If you sleep more than 10 hours a night, you might face some of the same hormonal risks as those who sleep too little. A recent Canadian study found that people who sleep fewer than seven hours or more than nine hours weigh an average of four more pounds than people who sleep eight hours every night. Researchers believe that having too much or too little sleep breaks up up your ability to control your appetite, because it simultaneously increases hunger hormone ghrelin while it decreases satisfaction hormone leptin.


You should shoot for a consistent eight hours of sleep and stick with the same bed time and wake-up time each day — even on the weekends! This will help your diet, and so take these health facts to heart, and in turn, your heart will thank you!

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Cholesterol: The Whole Picture

Cholesterol:

All this talk about cholesterol, lipids, and "good" and "bad" can really be confusing! We want to be living healthy, and Cholesterol and fat were things that we thought were always unhealthy, but research has shown that there are different types of it, some that increase the risk of heart disease and some that can protect against it. To check your risk of heart disease, your doctor may order a lipid profile test. This checks the levels of at least four lipid — fat — components in your blood:
  • Total cholesterol: This is the total amount of cholesterol that is dispersed within your bloodstream, some of which may offer protection against heart disease, and some of which may increase your risk.
  • LDL cholesterol: LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, cholesterol, usually labeled "bad," tends to adhere to the inside of blood vessel walls, building up blockages that can cause a heart attack. You want your LDL level to be low — ideally, less than 100 mg/dl, according to the American Heart Association.
  • HDL cholesterol (GOOD): This type of cholesterol is the one many people think of as "good" cholesterol. Instead of sticking to the lining of blood vessels, HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, cholesterol (the so-called good cholesterol) is brought to the liver to be removed from the body — so it reduces your risk of heart disease. You want your HDL level to be high — at least 60 mg/dl or higher. A low HDL level (less than 40 mg/dl for men; less than 50 mg/dl for women) increases the risk of heart disease.
  • Triglycerides: These are fats that are also included in a lipid profile. Although it's not clear whether high triglyceride levels are a risk factor for heart disease by themselves, they usually go hand in hand with other risk factors, such as high total cholesterol or low HDL. If you are obese, inactive, drink a lot of alcohol, or follow a diet very high in carbohydrates, you may have high triglycerides. Your triglyceride level should be less than 150 mg/dl.
Have you gotten your lipid profile report? If not, make an appointment within the next week and commit to getting it done. If you've already gotten the results and your lipid profile is good, that's excellent, but it doesn't mean you can eat whatever you want! You need to continue eating healthfully so those lipid levels can stay great!

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Chocolate Lovers Are In For A Treat!

>> Thursday, February 25, 2010

According to studies, chocolate supposedly is good for you, particularly the dark kinds. Dark chocolate contains four times the amount of catechin antioxidants than black tea, known for having a protective effects against heart disease and even cancer!





After being analyzed by researchers for the amount of catechin that chocolate and tea contains. They found that dark chocolate contains the most out of all. Milk chocolate on the other hand contains a bit more than black tea. While taking tests and analyzing the intake of food in males and females. They have discovered that percentage of tea consumption overwhelms the chocolate intake, Tea being 55% and chocolate 20%.


While chocolate contains high levels of fat and sugar, on occasion it wouldn't be too bad to team up the two, perhaps it would do you some good :)

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Sleep Hygiene

Sleep hygiene refers to a broad list of recommended behaviors, and in instances, environmental patterns that can improve the quality of your sleep, and promote healthy living. Research indicates that 70% to 80% of people with sleep disorders achieve some benefits when practicing good sleep hygiene.

Behaviors to avoid:

  • Caffeine after lunch, such as cola, coffee or tea
  • Drinking alcohol within 6 hours of bedtime
  • Watching television right before going to bed
  • Smoking a cigarette before bedtime
  • Sleeping when you're hungry or right after you've had a big meal
  • Going to bed before you are sleepy
  • Exercising close to bedtime

Behaviors to adopt:

  • Bedroom to be used only for sleep and sex
  • Exercising regularly, preferably in the morning and / or early afternoon
  • Keeping a regular bedtime and waking time
  • Creating a relaxing bedtime routine, such as taking a leisurely stroll, soaking in a tub, listening to soothing music, or massaging your legs or feet before bed
  • Practicing relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, and deep-breathing exercises
  • Creating a comfortable environment that is conducive to sleep by eliminating uncomfortable bedding, wearing loose clothing, keeping the bedroom temperature slightly cool, and eliminating any bothersome noise or light

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