2009
11.30

6 Top Tips For An Easy Healthy Diet

An easy healthy diet doesn’t have to be solely about strict nutrition, staying unhealthily thin or not munching the foods you cherish. On the contrary, an easy healthy diet is about feeling wonderful, having more energy and keeping yourself as fresh as possible. This can all be accomplished by sticking to a few basic nutrition rules and fitting them to suit your habits.

1 – A fantastic tip for an easy healthy diet is learning how to “eat smart”. It’s not merely what you eat, but how you eat. Your meal choices can lower your danger to illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, as well as secure against depression. In addition, learning the habits of healthy eating can enhance your health by boosting your energy, sharpening your mind and stabilizing your state of mind. Enlarge your range of healthy meal choices and learn how to program ahead to create and continue a satisfying, healthy diet.

2 – Think about planning an easy healthy diet as a number of modest, workable steps rather than one large drastic switch. If you approach the changes bit by bit and with commitment, you will have an easy healthy diet sooner than you think.

3 – Instead of being excessively concerned with counting calories or calculating portion sizes, think of your diet in terms of range and freshness, then it may be easier to create healthy choices. Center on finding foods you fancy and easy recipes that combine a few fresh ingredients. Gently, your diet will become healthier and more tasty.

4 – Start off slowly and create changes to your eating habits over time. Trying to make your diet healthy overnight isn’t sensible or smart. Changing many things at once usually leads to cheating or giving up on your new eating program. Make modest steps, like adding a salad (full of different coloured vegetables) to your diet every day or switching from butter to olive oil when cooking. As your mini changes grow into habit, you can continue to add more healthy choices to your diet.

5 – Every shift you make to shape up your diet matters. You don’t have to be faultless and you don’t have to completely eradicate foods you appreciate to have a healthy diet. The long term mark is to feel fantastic, have more energy and reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Don’t let a few backward steps put you off, as long as you keep adding a healthy food preference, it all counts.

6 – Identify something active that you love to perform and involve it to your day, just like you would add healthy greens, blueberries or salmon. The additional benefit of lifelong exercise are abundant and habitual training will help to maintain an easy healthy diet.

This information was supplied by EasyHealthyMealsGuide.net. You can find out more about an easy healthy diet at their website.


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2009
11.29

Losing It?: The Psychology of Losing Weight and Never Finding it Again

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2009
11.27

Garnett hurt in Boston’s 104-92 loss to Detroit
Kevin Garnett threw down an emphatic dunk, then grimaced before he even landed.
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Cowboys’ 3rd-string QB McGee ready for big chance
From the day he was drafted, Stephen McGee understood the pecking order among Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks. Tony Romo was the starter, Jon Kitna the backup. His role was to be seen and not heard, to absorb as much as he could without getting in the way.
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Colts’ defense keeps playoff push moving ahead
It’s the final week of the regular-season and the Colts have suddenly become a team on the run.
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2009
11.26

Garnett will have MRI on injured leg
Celtics forward Kevin Garnett will have an MRI Thursday on his injured right leg, the team said.
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Exercise May Help Limit Pregnancy Weight Gain
Being physically active while pregnant may help women gain a little bit less weight, according to a new review of recent research
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2009
11.23

Question by Lola-Rose: What are some good exercises to help build muscle from home?
I want to mainly focus on the muscles in my arms and legs. I live in the country, so the nearest gym or swimming pool is miles away. For that reason, I want to mainly build muscle from home. I also don’t have any exercise equipment.

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Answer by D Tom
Well, if you have no weights, body weight exercises seem like the only thing you can do. :)
Stuff like push-ups, sit ups, chin-ups, and squats. In the country (my part of the country anyways) there are always lots of rocks, so as you progress you could use rocks to add resistance. Like holding a rock to your chest while doing squats and sit-ups, etc.

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2009
11.21

Man fled Afghanistan out of fear of President Karzai’s brothers
Death threats drove businessman Naseem Pashtoon Sharifi on a 12,000-kilometre flight to safety.
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Running man nears end of line
Albertan’s goal of 250 marathons in 12 months comes to fruition on New Year’s Eve
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Running man nears end of line
Albertan’s goal of 250 marathons in 12 months comes to fruition on New Year’s Eve
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2009
11.21

Lose Body Fat and Become Healthier For Life

As a nutritional advisor, I have read, heard and tried many different ways to help me lose body fat. I am a competitive natural bodybuilder. This requires me to become very lean, getting my body fat down in the region of 3%.

There is a lot of information available on losing fat. There is some very good information and some very out dated and bad information. In this article I have tried to assemble the best information from the best experts in the industry.

These are my outlines for a sustainable healthy eating programme, taken from my online Fat Loss e-book. Not only will you lose weight if you follow these instructions, you will also reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular health problems, cancers and diabetes, along with many other degenerative illnesses. This is not a quick fix diet; it requires a change in mentality that you are going to eat like this for life.

Eat five to six times a day

Nutritionists have implemented this for a while now. Mike Roussell has this as one of his 6 Pillars of Nutrition. By eating 5-6 smaller meals a day, you will fuel the body with only what it requires over the next few hours, supplying your body with a constant supply of high quality nutrients. By having multiple meals throughout the day, you are able to control insulin and blood sugar levels, which is really important for fat loss and overall health. By doing this, you are able to keep your body sensitive to insulin, which can lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Cut down on sugary foods

When trying to lose body fat, you really want to try and cut out sugary and processed foods. Processed foods, such as cereals, crisps, biscuits etc tend to be high in sugars, unhealthy fats and also have large amounts of salt in them. Cutting these foods out will not only help in the process of fat loss, it will also help you become healthier overall. Foods like these push up your blood sugar levels and can make you become insulin resistant over time, which can then develop into type 2 diabetes. By cutting these types of foods out, you will have to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Eat more fruit and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables should make up the cornerstone of our diet. Fruits and vegetables are packed with higher amounts of nutrients, such as antioxidants, vitamins and minerals (1). Fruits and vegetables are greater in volume, which have a fulfilling effect, yet they are relatively low in calories. We have stretch receptors in our stomach, which sends signals to the brain and tells us we are full up.

Fruit and vegetables are also lower on the glycemic index and they have less impact on your blood sugar levels compared to foods such as starches, grains, potatoes and rice’s.

Drink plenty of water

Water can really help in the process of losing body fat. Water helps transport toxins out of the bodies cells and supply the body with fresh nutrients, minerals etc (1). Drinking water can have a fulfilling effect on the body. When people feel hungry, they can mistake it for being thirsty. Drinking water can alleviate this.

People tend to reach for a sugary drink, high in calories when they are thirsty. This is such an easy, but bad way of consuming calories and can have a massive effect on increasing total fat mass. Really try and prevent drinking calories. If you have beverages such as tea and coffee, refrain from adding in sugar, milk and cream. This can boost total calories and negate the benefits these drinks can have.

Fill up on protein based foods

The next most important food to be eating is lean protein throughout the day. You can get this from foods like chicken, lean beef and fish. Try and replace carbohydrates with protein-based foods.

By increasing your protein intake, you will lower your insulin response, which in turn helps you keep body fat off (2). Protein is harder to breakdown in the body than both carbohydrates and fats (2). This means that our body has to work harder, which requires more energy, and we get this energy from stored body fat (4).

Leave starchy carbohydrates to the morning

Really try and keep starchy carbohydrates, such as oats and rice to breakfast or earlier in the day. In the morning the body’s liver and muscle sugar levels are lower and the body is better at handling starchy carbohydrates as it has improved insulin sensitivity earlier in the day. As the day goes on, reduce the amount of starchy foods and eat more protein based foods, fruits, vegetables and food that have healthy fats in them.

Fat can be healthy and beneficial too

Like carbohydrates, there are also different types of fats. Unhealthy fats, such as trans fatty acids, are found in processed foods and healthy fats, such as monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, are found in nuts, seeds and fish. Healthy fats are a great benefit to the body (1). Try and steer clear of fats that are solid at room temperature e.g. butter and lard. Margarine is not a good alternative to these either as it is full of trans fatty acids to help it stay solid at room temperature.

Omega 3, which can be found in oily fish, linseeds and walnuts, has been clinically proven to help reduce the risk of developing heart disease and also improves brain function. A Monounsaturated fat, such as olive oil has been shown to help the body breakdown stored body fat. Fat is a very important aspect of a healthy lifestyle and helping reduce body fat.

The information above is no magic pill that will help lose body fat in an instance. By following the guidelines above not only will you lose body fat, you will also feel healthier and have a lot more energy. This is no special diet, this is just healthy eating and the benefits you can get from following an eating pattern of 5-6 meals a day full of fruits, vegetables, lean cuts of meat, fish and avoiding starchy carbohydrates later in the day will leave you looking better and feeling better.

References

1. Beachle, T.R., and Earle, R.W. Essentials of Strength and Conditioning, 3rd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 2008
2. High Protein Intake Enhances Protein Synthesis During Low-Carbohydrate Diets: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 90: 5175-5181. 2005
3. MacWilliam, L. Nutrisearch Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements. 4th ed. Northern Dimensions. 2007
4. Moderate Protein Diet Helps Sustain Weight Loss: Journal of Nutrition. 139: 514-521. 2009

Harry Grove (BSc CSCS DipPT) is an international level athlete, personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach. He has been in the health and fitness industry for 10 years and has trained 100′s of clients and athletes. Harry is also the co-founder of PT on Demand, where you can download and watch the Fat Loss video series .


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2009
11.21

Leg Exercises

What kind of leg exercises you do will of course depend on your goal. Are you trying to build massive thighs or heart-shaped calves? Do you want to build strength, increase running endurance or improve balance and flexibility? Are you a weight-lifter, a jogger or a ballerina?

 

Naturally, not all goals are mutually exclusive. Building strength can combine well with improving balance, for example. Having toned, strong leg muscles helps keep joints stable and improves appearance.

 

Remember that any strenuous exercise should be done only after a warm-up period that includes stretching.

 

Spinning

 

One of the best exercises for toning and strengthening leg muscles is ‘spinning’, using a stationary bike. Using an ordinary bicycle is good too, but the exercise is less controllable and involves a lot of other muscle groups.

 

A 15-minute spin will help tone the calves, hamstrings and quads, improve joint flexibility and (sometimes) reduce cellulite and fat. It’s also a great cardiovascular activity so you get two for the price of one when you spin.

 

Knee Exercises

 

If you want something a little less vigorous, say you only want to help strengthen the knee, here are a couple of options.

 

This first one is really good for those who suffer from conditions such as chondromalacia patella. That’s a roughening of the cartilage underneath the kneecap, sometimes as the result of the bones not sitting properly in the ‘V’ of the knee joint.

 

Sit in a chair, back straight but not tensed. Your leg should be bent at 90 degrees, the thigh parallel to the ground, the lower leg vertical. Tense the thigh, hold for 5 seconds then release. Switch legs and repeat. Do 10 reps for each leg. Easy, huh!

 

Be sure to breathe normally during the exercise.

 

Another exercise does a little more to build strength in the muscles that control bending at the knee.

 

Sit up straight and breathe normally, then cross your legs at the ankle. Push forward with the rear leg and back with the front leg. (A little tricky at first, but think about it!)

 

Switch legs by reversing the direction of the cross. If the right leg was in front, move it to the rear. Repeat the exercise 10 times for each position.

 

Calf Burns

 

Now for something a little more strenuous.

 

Depending on your balance and the surface you’re standing on, you may need to do this on a mat or carpet, or on a wooden floor. Avoid using a cement or metal floor.

 

Stand up straight, heels together, toes slightly apart. Make sure you are well balanced.

 

Lift the heels, balancing on the balls of your feet. Imagine a string attached to the center of your head pulling you up. Hold for 5 seconds, and then lower slowly. Repeat 10 times. Over time, as you build strength and balance, increase the length of time you’re on the balls of the feet.

 

Vary the action by bending slightly at the knee while you still have the heels raised. This will bring the thighs (quadriceps or ‘quads’ and hamstrings) as well as the buttocks into play. Straighten up, and then lower the heels. Repeat 10 times.

 

Among the many health benefits of strong, flexible legs there is one that is especially important for the older crowd. Many falls lead to broken hips, one of the leading causes of severe health problems for the elderly. A long-term practice of keeping the legs in shape will help prevent this later in life.

 

 

Dr. John Spencer Ellis


Each week, over one million people enjoy a fitness and wellness program created by John Spencer Ellis. His programs are implemented in the top resorts, spas and health clubs. John is the CEO of NESTA (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association), the Spencer Institute for Life Coaching, and the Get America Fit Foundation.


He created Adventure Boot Camp, the largest fitness boot camp system in the world. His TriActive America signature series of outdoor exercise equipment is used worldwide. John has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX, FOX Sports, FOX Reality, SPIKE and ESPN. He is the fitness and lifestyle expert on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County and Daybreak OC (KDOC news). John is the producer of the documentary The Compass (Jan. 2009).


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2009
11.19

Healthy Dieting – The Ups And Downs Of The Yo-Yo Diet

Very Real Dangers Of Dieting and the Yo-Yo Diet Effect

We all need to pursue a healthy lifestyle and of course a healthy lifestyle includes a healthy diet. That may be stating the obvious but people adjust their diet for many different reasons and those reasons do not always relate to health.

We all know that diets can be unhealthy. Indeed, taken to the extreme they can be downright dangerous. Even if you engage in what you may regards as a healthy diet the danger still remains that you can be off a diet and on a diet. This syndrome is known as “yo-yo dieting”.

Following one unsuccessful diet after another leads to, at the very least, a loss of self-esteem and a feeling of failure. These negative emotions can develop into a depressive emotional state. This is partly due to the change in eating habits but moreover it is to do with the continued experience of failure due not achieving eight loss goals.

The Cycle of “Lose it Gain It”

Fad diets are of no use whatsoever. Weight lost is very soon regained and the never-ending circle of the dieter’s treadmill begins all over. Most people who go on a specific diet fail to realise that the most important thing is not a diet change but a lifestyle change. They need to change their whole outlook to life in general and to food in particular. A life style change is the only way to pursue a healthy dieting regime. This is the sole way of eliminating fad, yo-yo dieting from your life once and for all. A healthy lifestyle-eating plan will eliminate the fad diet and set you at liberty to follow the healthy diet.

People seem to jump in and out of diets at a whim and the concept of healthy dieting is ignored totally. Even people who are not overweight go on diets for some unknown reason. When one person loses a little weight on a diet everyone around that person wants to try the same diet. They will stick with this diet for a couple days or a week and then go back to normal eating and behaviours until the next diet comes around. Some people start a new diet every Monday only to be off the diet by Tuesday or Wednesday. The problem with this crazy way of eating is that there are some very real dangers of dieting and the different fad diets that become popular.

Frequent Weight Changes Due to Unhealthy Diet

A constant and dramatic change in body weight can, over a period of time effect the health of the bodies regular functions, the major body organs, such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, are susceptible to these constant alterations to the metabolism. Constant and dramatic changes in body make up can adversely affect the function of the organs. Indeed, it is probably better to remain a little overweight but remain constant than to be forever losing and then gaining body fat. This is not a healthy diet.

The Danger of Malnutrition While Dieting

Obviously the body does not want to find itself malnourished. Yet this is exactly what most dieters are doing to themselves while they are dieting in an unhealthy manner. They seek inadvertently to cut out the very foods that the body needs to function effectively. To totally eliminate all fats from the diet is not sensible. In the same vein we need carbohydrates; the very thing that some diets seek to eradicate completely. Following a diet like this is not healthy dieting at all.

The Healthy Diet and Eating Disorders

Anorexia and bulimia are the Bain of modern society and the scourge dieters in the west. These two, avoidable and life threatening conditions are modern phenomena and are due to our unhealthy fascination with looks and the attraction of the cult of celebrity.

This psychological disorder will not be helped in any way by dieting but requires counselling and psychological intervention. Without help people with these dangerous dieting disorders can face serious health issues including death.

Dieting can be dangerous and needs to be taken seriously. Fad diets should be avoided and people with serious weight issues should seek medical help. Successful weight loss will only occur with serious commitment and life style changes.

2009
11.18

Flex Belt – Shape Your Ab Muscles

The advancement in modern technology has proven to be a boon in the toning of stomach muscles to define them in well formed shapes. A flex belt is a device that suits the modern busy individual to perform effectively the exercises of their abs, irrespective of their time and place. You do not have to allot separate time for the use of these belts. However you can achieve positive results for toning, shaping and adding strength to your abs.

The flex-belts run on the fundamentals of electric muscles stimulation system to maintain or provide a shapely figure of the stomach without investing much of time especially for the work outs. You do not have to dash out to the gym everyday but can perform the exercise in your home or at the office in your free time. You can also use it while watching TV show or reading magazines. The outcome is your shapely abs with proper strength and a new personality.

The machine has different levels of functioning which you can step up gradually to receive more power after repeated sessions. Your stomach muscles begin to change to well groomed shapes day by day without any strenuous work outs at the gym. It is a cool device that will surely be appreciated by the figure conscious people to enjoy shapely stomach muscles for better enjoyment.

The best thing about the belt is the absence of the tedious routine exercises everyday. The use of electric muscle stimulation as a conceptual principle has been well utilized for the benefit of the modern men and women who need to look neat and tidy with shapely abs. You can buy the flex belts at the local fitness stores or shop them online. Look out to buy good quality products as they tend to wear off after regular usage.

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