The notion behind eating smaller, more frequent meals is simple: spreading out one’s daily calories over six meals stimulates the metabolism, keeping it going at a faster pace and thereby burning more calories.
Some studies have found modest health benefits to eating smaller meals, but often the research involved extremes, like comparing the effects of two or three large daily meals with those of a dozen or more snacks. Six meals, according to some weight-loss books and fad diets, is a more realistic approach.
But don’t count on it. As long as total caloric and nutrient intake stays the same, then metabolism, at the end of the day, should stay the same as well. Read more
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The Claim: Eat Six Small Meals a Day Instead of Three Big Ones
Monday, March 29, 2010
The Misguided War on Fat May Be Making Us Sicker
Thirty years ago, America declared war against fat. The inaugural edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published in 1980 and subsequently updated every five years, advised people to steer clear of "too much fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol," because of purported ties between fat intake and heart disease. The message has remained essentially the same ever since, with current guidelines recommending that Americans consume less than 10 percent of their daily calories from saturated fat.
But heart disease continues to devastate the country, and, as you may have noticed, we certainly haven't gotten any thinner. Ultimately, that's because fat should never have been our enemy. The big question is whether the 2010 Dietary Guidelines, due out at the end of the year, will finally announce retreat. Read more
Friday, March 26, 2010
Eating Processed Food Leads to Depression
People who eat more processed foods are significantly more likely to suffer from depression, while those who eat more fruits and vegetables are significantly less likely to be depressed, according to a study conducted by researchers from University College London and published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
"This study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health," said Andrew McCulloch of the Mental Health Foundation. "The U.K. population is consuming less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated fats and sugars. We are particularly concerned about those who cannot access fresh produce easily or live in areas where there are a high number of fast food restaurants and takeaways." Read more
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
300 Rep Nightmare Workout
Monday, March 22, 2010
The Agony of Long-Distance Runners: Coronary Plaque
A group of elite long-distance runners had less body fat, better cholesterol and blood lipid profiles, and better heart rates than people being tested for cardiac disease. Paradoxically, however, the runners had more calcified plaque in their heart arteries, according to a study reported this week. Read more
Friday, March 19, 2010
A Low-Tech Solution to the Health Care Crisis
As I watch the health care bill debate debacle tumble down the rat-hole of Congress, I have to shake my head at how absurd this has all become. The final version – in almost any iteration now – will surely bankrupt us in time. If you thought the bank bailout was excessive, wait until you see this final tab. And the bill will likely wind up such a twisted compromise that few of the major stakeholders (Reps, Dems, Docs, Insurers and patients) will be pleased. In fact, I’m guessing very few people will be truly positively impacted by it (except, ironically, those who have no coverage and could care less about taking care of themselves). Many of the rest of us will be hugely affected by it for years to come. Taxes and premiums will rise for the healthy among us who can pay (and even for many of those who can’t). The saddest part of all is that in a free-market economy, a bill like this ought to be entirely unnecessary, but for the fact that it is built upon that huge house of cards that consists of the faulty assumptions we as a nation seem to have made about personal responsibility and accountability. Having said all that, this post is not about ragging on ObamaCare. There are others far more qualified than I to do so. This is about the message that the universe is offering up to all of us as a result of this fiasco. That message is clear and concise: "When it comes to health, you’re on your own."
As one of my readers at Mark’s Daily Apple put it the other day, the problem isn’t lack of health insurance, it’s lack of health. If our collective diseases of civilization continue to mount as they appear to be doing, if the majority of us are headed toward near-certain serious degenerative disease as we are led to believe, then absolutely no insurance program or government aid will be able to pay for it. Read more
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Prevent Balding and Grow Hair with Natural Foods
People lose about one hundred hairs each day. Because hair is made of many nutrients, those nutrients need to be replenished in the body in order for hair to grow. Hair contains protein, fat, water, and carbohydrates. Foods to prevent hair loss can be found in oats, molasses, liver, and whole grains. Because water is comprised of water, it is important to stay hydrated to stimulate proper hair growth. Hair growth is conditioned on genetics. Hair loss increases with age, but proper nutrition can help prevent hair loss, thinning hair and balding. Read more
Monday, March 15, 2010
Short Bursts of Exercise as Good as Hours of Training
The body can get as much benefit from a short but intensive bursts of exercise lasting ten minutes than it can from ten hours of moderate training.
The technique not only takes less time but also involves much less physical effort.
Researchers believe their findings "blow away" the belief that staying in shape is a time-consuming affair. Read more
Friday, March 12, 2010
Bodyweight Exercises for Size and Strength
I get a ton of emails every week regarding bodyweight exercises. People want to know what are the best bodyweight drills for size and strength.
While, lifting weights will always be the superior way to build brute strength and big muscles, there are several bodyweight exercises that you can choose from to add variety to your workouts or to keep you in shape on the road. My favorites are: Handstand Pushups, One-arm Pushups, Door Pull-ups, One-Legged Squats, Knee Jumps, Headstand Leg raises, and the Mahler Body Blaster.
Lets get into each exercise in more detail: Read more
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Spotlight on Shinsplints
Warm weather is here. Sort of. And with the rise in temperatures comes a rise in the number of people afflicted with running fever. Resultantly, there’ll be a rise in people with shin splints. Happens every spring.
Pain along the front or inside edge of the shinbone (tibia) is commonly referred to as shin splints. Shin splints on the front of the tibia are called anterior shin splints. Posterior shin splints cause pain along the inside edge of the lower leg.
Anterior shin splints tend to affect people who take up a new activity, such as jogging, sprinting, or playing sports that require quick starts and stops. The unfamiliar forces place a heavy strain on the anterior tibialis muscle, causing it to become irritated and inflamed.
Posterior shin splints are generally caused by imbalances in the leg and foot. Muscle imbalances from tight calf muscles can cause this condition. Imbalances in foot alignment, such as having flat arches (called pronation), can also cause posterior shin splints.
Shin splints often produce a dull, aching pain felt where the involved tibialis muscle attaches to the tibia. Redness and swelling can also occur in this area. Tenderness is felt where the muscle attaches to the bone. Anterior shin splints are usually felt on the front of the tibia, especially when using the anterior tibialis muscle to bend your foot upward. Posterior shin splints produce symptoms along the inside edge of the lower leg.
Got shin splints? Don’t let this condition keep you from working out! Physical therapy treatments are often effective at addressing and eliminating this condition. Deep tissue massage is commonly done along the junction where the sore tibialis muscle meets the tibia. Stretching and specific exercise is important.
Physical therapists also evaluate your posture and alignment to see if you have problems with pronation (arch flattening). If so a small heel wedge or even an orthotic placed in your shoe can help. Additionally, taping techniques and cold laser, available at Alpine Physical Therapy, are effective treatments to ease pain and get you back to the activities you enjoy.
Green Tea Nutrients May Prevent Glaucoma
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It comes like a silent thief, gradually stealing sight and usually providing no warning symptoms in the early stages. But as the disease progresses, damage to the optic nerve grows worse and side vision can gradually fail until there's only tunnel vision left, and then no vision at all. Treatment with drugs and surgery may slow down the eyesight deterioration but there's no cure. However, new research provides evidence there's a natural way to prevent glaucoma from developing in the first place -- drink green tea regularly.
A study just published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry concludes that phytochemicals found in green tea actually penetrate deeply into tissues of the eyes. This is the first report to document how the lens, retina and other parts of the eye absorb the powerful antioxidants and disease-fighting substances found in green tea and it strongly raises the possibility that green tea can prevent glaucoma as well as other eye diseases and conditions. Read more
Monday, March 8, 2010
Cancer: Can Garlic Help?
Researchers have designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential carcinogenic process and a marker of garlic consumption in humans.
In a small pilot study, the test suggested that the more garlic people consumed, the lower the levels of the potential carcinogenic process were. Read more
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Health And Fitness Diets
As you might have guessed, the most popular New Year’s resolution made is “lose weight,” followed closely by “getting into shape.” There’s no age limit on wanting to look good and feel good. Diet and exercise certainly don’t discriminate in any way. Men and women of all ethnicities and those who are young, old, or somewhere in between are all welcome to join millions of others in eating less and exercising more in search of that beach-ready body and perfect sense of health.
The first step in a diet and exercise program is usually determining what kind of diet to use. There are probably more diets than you can count. You can choose a diet that requires you to count calories, carbohydrates, or fat grams. You can choose one that includes a number system that makes counting calories, carbohydrates, or fat grams easier or simpler. There are also diet systems that actually send your presized meals right to you every month. Regardless of your preference, the diet possibilities are almost limitless.
The structures of these various diets are pretty disparate, but the one thing you should do before embarking toward your quest of looking and feeling great should be consulting a physician. A physician can tell if your body can tolerate the diet structure that you’ve made. Look for other diet recommendations from him, too, as he can suggest other plans that may better suit you.
The pattern in what and when you eat will no doubt be changing once you start your diet. Note that your digestive system may require time to adjust, after you’ve begun your diet shift. As you might upset your system, please make sure that you are pretty healthy, overall. System upset may be seen if you’re not in good health. Note that system upset can come from any form of diet change, even simply moving toward a more balanced diet.
In order to work correctly, your body needs varying amounts of nutrients like minerals and vitamins. A lack of nutrients in the body will result if you eat less food without supplementing your bidy with vitamins. Taking a multi-vitamin can help keep your nutrient levels up, if you feel like your diet doesn’t supply you properly. The idea of any good diet pattern is to eat better, but eating a well-balanced diet that provides you with all of the elements that it requires to work correctly is of the utmost importance.
8 Proven Muscle Tips
GAIN AND LOSS OF WEIGHT
Water makes up about seventy percent of body weight. Approximately one fifth of all water outside the cells. This is found in the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, lymph and a small amount between the cells. The rest of the body is in permanent structures such as bones, most of the minerals in the bones of the body. Sugar can be stored in the body, mainly in the liver and muscles as glycogen.
Fat is deposited around the body of an inactive material in warehouses. Proteins are the building blocks of cells. The body has four grams of water per gram protein. The amount of calories the body to maintain their weight depends on the speed with which the body makes use of material, and this in turn is linked to the level of activity. Growth requires more calories. If sufficient amounts of calories in the body, the deficit will be made by using material from the tissue. The fat is created, but the carbohydrates. If you use both fat and carbohydrates, protein is added. This means that the elimination of a number of functioning cells.
Circumstances including the cause interference with the normal removal of sodium increased water retention and weight gain. Examples include heart failure, blood poisoning during pregnancy, hardening or liver cirrhosis and heart failure. Elimination of water is enhanced by disruption of salt, the improvement of cardiac function, or by drugs that increase the activity of the kidneys.
Increased fluid in the body occurs when the protein is not sufficient. In such cases, the recovery of protein in the elimination of water. Sign of more than sweating or severe diarrhea and water from the body and thus a lower weight.
The weight of the body is the thyroid, which play a role in determining the basal metabolism is owned or controlled play. Fever increases the metabolism. Excess thyroid was also a sentence on the plus side while the failure of the thyroid moves the sentence on the minus side.
Food is regulated by many factors. Appetite may be part of a habit of good food. Many families are too great emphasis on food. Grandmothers provide food as a remedy for the diseases most families. Sometimes a person who lives an active eating with severe changes in a sedentary way of life has been. The eating habits, and he puts on weight. Some people eat as a substitute for the satisfaction that they are not on a different emotional sources. By the way, drink alcohol, because they often lack other requirements in this way. An unusual cause of overeating is more than the activity of the pancreas in the development of insulin. An injury to the brains, some parts of a part of the brains, the hypothalamus may affect associated with the development of a combined insatiable appetite. But because of the overwhelming number of cases is far from obesity, from too much food in relation to the metabolism and activity of the body.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
YOUR HEALTH AND FITNESS
The information about presented here will do one of two things: either it will reinforce what you know about or it will teach you something new. Both are good outcomes.
Health and fitness go together like milk and cookies, cakes and tea, coffee and cream. They make a great team, one - that help us live longer and better life can be. It is therefore important that we figure out how best we can, how healthy and fit, a task that many people remain, but granted.And so we are sure to patronize and activities to promote health and fitness. When it comes to keeping fit and healthy, is one of the most common terms are concerned, the right food. The incidence of obesity continues to rise each year, mainly in North America and in contrast to products such as weight loss solutions claim, pills or supplements may not one end to obesity and physical problems other markets. Instead of relying on the advertising nonsense, we create a plan to best practice and do what we can achieve our goals. One of the best ways to achieve this is to create a personalized menu. Every human anatomy is different, your body needs from me otherwise. Consultation with a dietician is a good idea, he or she tell us what foods (excessive intake of fat and fatty foods to avoid is always a no-no) and stock up (good carbohydrates, lean protein, fruit and vegetables and grains) to a few. Commitment is needed, and patience, it can take weeks before the adaptation of our body.
Maintaining the health and well being for so many of today of crucial importance. We do not all have the option of a personal trainer or nutritionist, the hiring of appropriate heath tips or advice is needed. There are several informative magazines which provide health information and advice you can offer, contact a professional. The top 5 recommended magazines, health and welfare are offered below.Shape magazine is an inexpensive fitness publication that has been around since 1981. It focuses on the female population and has established itself as a major source for a safe and effective work of weight loss tips and advice. Another feature besides fitness, beauty and the Style section. There are many topics discussed, stressing the importance of skin care tips, healthy hair, and sun protection products. Topics to find the women too important to everyday functionality. A healthy diet is also discussed, and food, "support" women in the various changes in life also described.
Now might be a good time to write down the main points covered above. The act of putting it down on paper will help you remember what's important about .
Friday, March 5, 2010
Advanced Bodyweight Exercise Workout
NEW POTENT ANTI AGING DIET
Most of this information comes straight from the pros. Careful reading to the end virtually guarantees that you'll know what they know.
What does not see many women in particular, that when it comes to anti-aging, anti-aging diet is much more important and effective than the anti-aging skin care products on the market. To recognize the importance of an anti-aging, it is important to the benefits of an anti-aging diet know.
Access to and preservation of an anti-aging diet is not difficult. In fact, an anti-aging diet can even save money for anti-aging skin care products or treatments. For a healthier and younger looking you, here are some tips for you to follow a diet:
Load up on fruit and vegetables. Numerous studies have shown that the anti-aging properties of fruit and vegetables that plant nutrition is a must if you are an anti-aging diet. Vegetables and fruits are packed with antioxidants that fight free radicals to cellular damage. This nasty free radicals are responsible for the aging counter and you now have a good supply of antioxidants on this process. Increase your consumption of fruits such as berries, which contain the highest amounts of antioxidants. Dark, green leafy vegetables are excellent sources of vitamins A, C and K and other nutrients you want to look and feel good to hold. Some examples are broccoli, spinach and sprouts.
Eat more fruit and vegetables not only help combat the symptoms of aging, but also to help ward off or reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes.
Eating foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids. Take foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids also. These essential fatty acids work wonders, especially with regard to the fight against the signs of aging. A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can change the appearance against premature wrinkles and makes skin smooth and shiny. Tuna is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids and other seafood and nuts.
Drink plenty of water. It is also important to also up on fluids. Chug along on the water, your organs to function properly. Note that the skin is the largest organ in the body, and therefore it is important to a lot of water to wash regularly to prevent toxic substances from the body and organs functioning properly drink. Drink plenty of water hydrates the skin and keeps it smooth and fresh. Make it a habit to take at least eight glass of water to drink and with the requirements of body fluid. Drink more during hot temperatures or when increased physical activity.
A little red wine goes a long way. Do fill some of the red wine also. Southerners have been drinking red wine as part of their diet because of health benefits. Red wine contains flavonoids, which contain antioxidant properties that help combat the symptoms of aging. Red wine helps fight against heart disease and other age and ill health. The recommended intake of 2 glasses of red wine per day for men and one glass for women.
Of course, like any other form of diet, an anti-aging diet works best in combination with physical activity.
Aging is inevitable. Although you can not stop aging, there are always ways to slow the aging process. By consuming foods that put on anti-aging properties, you do your best to an anti-aging therapy to maintain that more than superficial.
Now that wasn't hard at all, was it? And you've earned a wealth of knowledge, just from taking some time to study an expert's word on .
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
BEST ANTI AGING CREAM WITH HOME MADE FOR WRINKLE REMOVER
How can you put a limit on learning more? The next section may contain that one little bit of wisdom that changes everything.
Believe it or not, the best anti-aging cream for you is not just a wrinkle cream. In reality it is a collection of creams and remedies as a whole to reduce your wrinkles and Fine Lines in time. The only problem is that you have enough patience to wait for the results to see themselves as wrinkle treatment is almost never immediate.
If you are in the best anti-aging cream to reduce wrinkles in typing, follow the 5 easy steps below.
1. Find the Top 3 of the anti-aging creams on the market. These creams have amazing views, excellent value and a great testimony. If done well, not the search for more than 10-20 minutes. Large anti-aging anti-wrinkle creams on the market: Hydroderm, Life Cell Skin, Athena 7 minutes lift.
2. Choose your favorite of the 3 and buy. In general, a free trial version of the anti-aging cream, so nothing to lose. If it can not find free trial for your favorite room and you're on a budget, try a cream that can offer a free trial version.
3. Start with homemade natural for removing wrinkles. Homemade wrinkle cream recipes are not hard to get, you just have to know where to look. However, if you do not wish to comply with research currently conducted from the 3 home recipes for wrinkle cream.
Honey: Honey can be used as a powerful wrinkle cream, but only if you have the proper knowledge to use it as such. First wash your face with warm water, make sure your whole face. The warm water opens the pores, so the honey more effective. The first place the honey over the entire face in a very thin layer. Wait 30 minutes, was the honey gently with warm water, then an Ice Cube and wipe over your face.
Coconut Oil: Take warm coconut oil and massage into the skin every night, that's it.
Bananas: Mash some bananas in a cream, the cream generously to stand, let sit for 20 minutes, the cream with warm water, then gently pat dry your face.
4. Stay informed with the best anti-aging cream "and a" homemade wrinkle remover. This way you limit what works and what does not. Besides, who really wants to apply honey, coconut, banana and ice cream bought a wrinkle in the face every night? Frankly, it would be just overkill.
5. Keep trying various wrinkle creams and homemade wrinkle remover until you one that works for you. Every skin is different, so you do not expect the same results with the same resources as your neighbor, friend, sister, mother, cousin, etc. In general, attained when the combination does not work after a few months, which means no visible decrease Fine Lines or wrinkles, you can assign a new one.
As you can clearly see, find - or create, in this case - the best anti-aging cream is not as easy as walking into a store and collecting them from a shelf. It takes time, a little thought and sometimes a little luck.
When word gets around about your command of facts, others who need to know about will start to actively seek you out.
Become a Caveman for Better Health
We’re used to seeing the potato as a focal point of conflict and discord, the clichéd casualty of the carbohydrate wars. But hoopla over green beans, that healthiest of vegetables? There are lots of reasons why Loren Cordain wouldn’t touch a green bean. If you ask him, he might talk about how legumes can render a healthy gut “leaky.” Or he might rant about their “anti-nutrient” properties. But it would come down to this: green beans weren’t around tens of thousands of years ago, when our prehistoric ancestors ushered in the Paleolithic era with the first tools made of stone. And so we shouldn’t eat them today.“It’s not rocket science,” Cordain insists. His book, The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat, now a bible to a small but growing subculture, is built around a simple premise: humans evolved over millions of years. Modern agriculture has been around for just 10,000, a blip on the evolutionary timeline. Because of this, humans are healthiest when eating as they did before agriculture came along—in other words, like cavemen. Read more
Monday, March 1, 2010
REASON TO USE A NIGHT CREAM
The number one reason why you should be using a night cream, so your skin hydrated. Well hydrated skin is healthy and bright and good heals. If your skin is left to dry up and flake night, may develop wrinkles. If you have other skin problems like acne, can also benefit from today to tomorrow cream to hydrate your skin and heal acne spots.
Night creams are there with powerful nutrients. Most of the creams currently on the market that contain antioxidants and special nutrients that your skin with the power to fight free radicals. Good ingredients healthy beautiful skin. Night creams supplies these cells in the skin at night and renew, so you can grow.
If you fold a regular night cream will not only prevent new wrinkles minimized, but those already formed. You can also expect to see smoother and softer skin. Depending on the ingredients you can see, fewer wrinkles in just a few weeks ago, but better color in a few days! These are just some of the anti-aging properties, which can provide an overnight!
Night creams are affordable. This is one of the best reasons why you should choose a night cream, because they are affordable for almost any budget. You can probably identify your skin care needs, and go everywhere and a good cream. Cheaper creams are not recommended, but it was certainly not cost a small fortune.
The final reason why you must use a good night cream to heal after your skin. With powerful ingredients to help heal spots and dead skin cells to revitalize your skin. This is especially important during the winter months when dry skin is a problem for everyone. Renew your skin while you sleep is the easiest way to see results quickly. Day creams also work, but at night creams to the skin and the healing of the skin from inside!
Night creams can be used by anyone at any age. It is very important to always find a cream that you and your skin type. Do not buy something do not vote based on your needs, because you just throwing money to waste. In the long term you will see great benefits from the use of a good C, and you will not be disappointed!
The "Brief Workout" Trend: Are You Exercising Enough to Hit Your Goals?
I enjoy brief workouts, especially during the summer when I am active. I think this emerging trend of quick workouts is great, but how brief can you go before you aren't exercising enough? Can a few 30 minute workouts per week really give you the same results as 4-5 one-hour workouts per week? In my opinion, there is a time element involved to getting in peak condition. Even if you train hard, you can't expect to reach a high-level of conditioning just putting in a few 30 minute sessions per week. Perhaps the reason you haven't been able to lose those last 5 pounds or don't have defined abs is simply that you aren't devoting enough time to exercise. Read more