Bean helps to give you a healthier lifestyle and prolong your life. Take the belows into your diets : -
1. Navy beans
These beans are high in folate and a B vitamin may reduce your risk of stroke and cognite declines as you age. Mash together a can of navy beans, a minced clove of garlic, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, a pinch of fresh or dried rosemary and salt or pepper to taste. Replaced this with your mashed potatoes.
2. Garbanzo beans
This will help to reduce your levels of insulin, lowering your risk of diabetes. Make your own hummus by blending 12 ounces of garbanzos with a tablespoon each of olive oil, lemon juice, and peanut butter. Add chopped garlic clove. Season with salt, pepper and cumin.
3. Black beans
These beans contain potent disease-fighting anti-oxidants. Stuff black beans, chopped zucchini, and shredded cheddar cheese into whole-grain tortillas. Bake it for 20mins.
4. Kidney beans
It contains antioxidants that help to prevent the hardening of your arteries. Mash kidney beans with 2 teaspoons of chili powder, lime juice and minched garlic for your sandwich.
5. Pinto beans
This help to cut LDL cholestrol. This can be used as a toppings to your chicken breast. Mix can of pintos with chopped red and green bell pepper and red onion. Add 1/4 cup of corn, the juice of lime and 1/2 teaspoon cumin.
Enjoy the beans and mix it with your daily diet will help you to prolong your life and create a better healthy lifestye. So called, beans help to prolong your life.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
broccoli & diabetes
Vegetables are well known for their cancer-fighting potential.
Eating broccoli could shield your from the wrath of diabetes. This is due to the sulforaphane, a chemical derived from cruciferous vegetables, switches on genes that produce enzymes and protect your blood vessels from the damage linked to high levels of disease-fighting antioxidants, which do battle with the free radicals created raging blood surgar.
Eating broccoli could shield your from the wrath of diabetes. This is due to the sulforaphane, a chemical derived from cruciferous vegetables, switches on genes that produce enzymes and protect your blood vessels from the damage linked to high levels of disease-fighting antioxidants, which do battle with the free radicals created raging blood surgar.
Carbohydrates & liver
Not only will forging on surgar and starch expand your waistline, but eating too many carbohydartes may harm your liver too. That's because excess blood surgar is converted to fat in your liver, where it can accumulate and lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Beware of taking too much carbo, your are most at risk if you have fasting blood glucose greater than 100mg per deciliter, indicating your body doesn't process carbs well.
For a better healthy lifestyle, reduce intake the carbohydrates is important.
Beware of taking too much carbo, your are most at risk if you have fasting blood glucose greater than 100mg per deciliter, indicating your body doesn't process carbs well.
For a better healthy lifestyle, reduce intake the carbohydrates is important.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Weight gain & hormone
Body weight and hormone changes in the body are corelated to the healthy lifestyle. I would like to highlight how to manage your body weight by controlling your hormone and lead a a healthy lifestyle.
There are literally hundreds of hormones involved in controlling body weight, the metabolism of body fat, hunger and cravings. Insulin is the one most talked about, yet, like most complex reactions in the body, it’s unlikely that one specific hormonal path is the definitive solution to keeping in shape. With more research focusing on the area, it pays to be aware of other hormones that can help or hinder.
1. Cortisol
This is a stress hormone that closely related to weight gain. This hormone tends to cause the depositing of fat around the abdomen rather than the hips. This is why people tend to become apple-shaped and also facing the development of cardiovascular disease. Stress! People who has more hormone of cortisol tends to eat more food which is higher in carbohydrates than those who secrete less cortisol hormone. Taking active steps to manage your stress can control cortisol levels and have a tremendous flow-on effect to weight loss success.
2. Leptin
This hormone is produced in fat cells and helps regulate the brain to reduce appetite and burn more kilojoules. Leptin levels are high for obese people. Promoting leptin levels and adequate sleep is good to control the weight gain. Aim to get a good night’s rest to allow your body’s natural night-time rise in leptin to occur for sufficient time.
3. Sex hormones
Women produce oestrogen, progesterone and testerone. This level of hormones will fall dramatically at menopause. Women tend to gain weight particularly around the abdomen. Hormone therapy will sometime work on this.
4. Thyroid hormones
The thyroid hormones are to regulate many metabolic processes including growth and energy. The little release of thyroid hormones will cause the metabolism to slow down and subsequently cause the weight gain. The symptom includes low energy, depression, slow heart rate, weight gain, intolerance to cold, muscle fatigue, dry skin, hair loss and constipation.
5.Ghrelin
This is a hormone that increase hunger, slowing metabolism and decreasing the body’s ability to burn fat. This is one of the most common hormones that cause the weight gain. People who have had weight loss following bariatric surgery have low levels of ghrelin. Surgery is recommended for the patients with a BMI greater than 40 or BMI greater than 30 with additional medical conditions ie. type-2 diabetes.
Understand the relation of hormone with the gain weight reason is the first step of bringing yourself to best healthy lifestyle!
There are literally hundreds of hormones involved in controlling body weight, the metabolism of body fat, hunger and cravings. Insulin is the one most talked about, yet, like most complex reactions in the body, it’s unlikely that one specific hormonal path is the definitive solution to keeping in shape. With more research focusing on the area, it pays to be aware of other hormones that can help or hinder.
1. Cortisol
This is a stress hormone that closely related to weight gain. This hormone tends to cause the depositing of fat around the abdomen rather than the hips. This is why people tend to become apple-shaped and also facing the development of cardiovascular disease. Stress! People who has more hormone of cortisol tends to eat more food which is higher in carbohydrates than those who secrete less cortisol hormone. Taking active steps to manage your stress can control cortisol levels and have a tremendous flow-on effect to weight loss success.
2. Leptin
This hormone is produced in fat cells and helps regulate the brain to reduce appetite and burn more kilojoules. Leptin levels are high for obese people. Promoting leptin levels and adequate sleep is good to control the weight gain. Aim to get a good night’s rest to allow your body’s natural night-time rise in leptin to occur for sufficient time.
3. Sex hormones
Women produce oestrogen, progesterone and testerone. This level of hormones will fall dramatically at menopause. Women tend to gain weight particularly around the abdomen. Hormone therapy will sometime work on this.
4. Thyroid hormones
The thyroid hormones are to regulate many metabolic processes including growth and energy. The little release of thyroid hormones will cause the metabolism to slow down and subsequently cause the weight gain. The symptom includes low energy, depression, slow heart rate, weight gain, intolerance to cold, muscle fatigue, dry skin, hair loss and constipation.
5.Ghrelin
This is a hormone that increase hunger, slowing metabolism and decreasing the body’s ability to burn fat. This is one of the most common hormones that cause the weight gain. People who have had weight loss following bariatric surgery have low levels of ghrelin. Surgery is recommended for the patients with a BMI greater than 40 or BMI greater than 30 with additional medical conditions ie. type-2 diabetes.
Understand the relation of hormone with the gain weight reason is the first step of bringing yourself to best healthy lifestyle!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hiccups
How do hiccups happen? Actuallly, hiccups occur when air in the stomach from eating too fast irritating the diaphragm, causing it to spasm. This pulls air very quickly into the lungs, triggering the epihlottis to slam shut and at the same time shakes your vocal cords and create the "hic" sound.
Most of the hiccups only last for few minutes, but some might last for days and weeks. This is a sign of unusual porblem or medical problem.
You might have heard lots of suggestiond for how to get rid of hiccups and u might have tried a few too. Do they work? Holding your breath and countng to 10 is on way some people can get rid of hiccups. Some of the old people might say, drinking from wrong side of a glass of water is the way to cure the hiccup. Putting some sugar under your tougue or getting somebody to scare you and so on.
The above might work and might not too. The best solution from the expert is "put something cold on your neck". Holding two ice cubes, one either side for 10 seconds, interrupts the firing rate of nerves, sending signals to the diaphragm and calming it down.
This is medically work. Try this if you one day have hiccups...
Most of the hiccups only last for few minutes, but some might last for days and weeks. This is a sign of unusual porblem or medical problem.
You might have heard lots of suggestiond for how to get rid of hiccups and u might have tried a few too. Do they work? Holding your breath and countng to 10 is on way some people can get rid of hiccups. Some of the old people might say, drinking from wrong side of a glass of water is the way to cure the hiccup. Putting some sugar under your tougue or getting somebody to scare you and so on.
The above might work and might not too. The best solution from the expert is "put something cold on your neck". Holding two ice cubes, one either side for 10 seconds, interrupts the firing rate of nerves, sending signals to the diaphragm and calming it down.
This is medically work. Try this if you one day have hiccups...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
INSOMNIA FACTS (PART II)
Who are the person in high risk of insomnia?
Those who are on medication : -
Treatment for Insomnia
Treatment for chronic insomnia will start from underlying conditions or health problems that cause insomnia. If insomnia persists, your health care provider may suggest behavioral therapy. Techniques such as meditation, relaxation exercises, sleep restriction therapy will be useful.
To be continued with GOOD SLEEP HABITS in Part III.
Those who are on medication : -
- cold and asthma preparations.
- High blood pressure
- Medication for depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
- travelers
- shift workers
- elderly
- adolescent or young adult students
- Pregnant lady; and
- Women who are menopause and on menstruation
- stimulants namely caffeine, cocaine, herbs and nicotine.
- Alcoholics who use alcohol to induce their sleep as a nightcap. Alcohol creates nonrefreshed sleep in the morning.
- A disruptive bed partner with loud snoring or leg movements also may impair cause insomnia to others.
- Insomnia Diagnosis
- If you feel that you have an insomnia, an evaluation will include a physical examination, medical history, and a sleep history. Your sleep patterns, how you feel during the day and etc is very important.
Treatment for Insomnia
Good sleep habits are very important to avoid insomnia. If at the event that initial stage of insomnia will affect your work of the day, few day sleeping pills are essential. Avoid using over-the-counter sleeping pills for insomnia since they may cause side effects and tend to lose their effectiveness over time.
To be continued with GOOD SLEEP HABITS in Part III.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
INSOMNIA FACTS (Part 1)
Insomnia is one of the sleep disorder that easily found in our current lifestyle. There is an estimation of 30%-50% of the general population are affected by normal insomnia whilst 10% have chronic insomnia.
What are the symptoms of insomnia?
The most obvious symptom is persistent of difficulty falling asleep. Others include : -
• Wake up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep wakeup too early in the morning.
• Sleepiness during the day.
• General tiredness.
• Irritability.
• Problems with concentration or memory.
Generally, there are 2 types of insomnia : -
Primary insomnia: This insomnia is not directly associated with any other health condition or problem.
Secondary insomnia: This happens when a person is having sleep problems because of health condition (ie asthma, depression, arthritis, cancer, or heartburn); pain; on-going medication; or alcohol.
What are the causes of insomnia?
i. Uncomfortable room temperature (too hot or too cold)
ii. Excessive or unpleasant noise
iii. Changes in shift work
iv. Jet lag
v. Presence of an acute medical or surgical illness or hospitalization
vi. Feeling of fear, anxiety, stress and depression or emotional or mental tension
vii. Withdrawal from drug, alcohol, sedative, or stimulant medications
viii. High altitude (mountains)
What are the symptoms of insomnia?
The most obvious symptom is persistent of difficulty falling asleep. Others include : -
• Wake up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep wakeup too early in the morning.
• Sleepiness during the day.
• General tiredness.
• Irritability.
• Problems with concentration or memory.
Generally, there are 2 types of insomnia : -
Primary insomnia: This insomnia is not directly associated with any other health condition or problem.
Secondary insomnia: This happens when a person is having sleep problems because of health condition (ie asthma, depression, arthritis, cancer, or heartburn); pain; on-going medication; or alcohol.
What are the causes of insomnia?
i. Uncomfortable room temperature (too hot or too cold)
ii. Excessive or unpleasant noise
iii. Changes in shift work
iv. Jet lag
v. Presence of an acute medical or surgical illness or hospitalization
vi. Feeling of fear, anxiety, stress and depression or emotional or mental tension
vii. Withdrawal from drug, alcohol, sedative, or stimulant medications
viii. High altitude (mountains)
Monday, October 19, 2009
Food against Insomnia (Part 1)
Stress and sweltering temperature can all add up to a lot less shut-eye for you. Turn the tables with the food below to help you sleep easy.
1. Red wine
Drift off to sleep with a glass of res that contains sleepy hormone melatonin. Bear in mind that large quantities of alcohol will prevent REM sleep and will give you morning dog breath.
2. Banana
Excellent source of sleep-inducing chemical tryptophan and B vitamins are easy to digest. Whizzing one in the blender with warm milk and honey to guarantee some zeds.3. Green Veg
Rich in magnesium, calcium and B vitamins. Dish up some greens with your evening meal - the darker the better. It helps to relieve your jumpy pins and aid sleep.
4. White Bread
A slice of of bread will have off you to dream land in no time. This sure beat the sheep counting. High GI carbs were better than low-GI for shortening sleep onset.5. Turkey
This bird is rich in the amino acid serotonin, the calming, mood-elevating hormone that's also a key player in inducing sleep.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
How to pick and store the fresh fruit and vegetable? (Part 1)
The best-tasting, most nutritious produce is easy to find if you know how to look, touch, smell and shop. Bear in mind that, not all well-shaped fruit or vegetable is all good.
Look : Prime fruits and vegetables are often irregular shaped and blemished.
Touch : Heavy, sturdy fruits and vegetables with taut skin are fresh
Smell : Many fruits can be sniffed for ripeness.
Shop seasonally : For tastier and cheaper food
Grab as different colours for your fruits and vege. Different colour brings the different nutritious.
Below is some examples of how to choose a fresh fruit or vege and how to store it well: -
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Broccoli
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Asparagus
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Artichokes
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Look : Prime fruits and vegetables are often irregular shaped and blemished.
Touch : Heavy, sturdy fruits and vegetables with taut skin are fresh
Smell : Many fruits can be sniffed for ripeness.
Shop seasonally : For tastier and cheaper food
Grab as different colours for your fruits and vege. Different colour brings the different nutritious.
Below is some examples of how to choose a fresh fruit or vege and how to store it well: -
BroccoliFind rigid stems with tight floret clusters that are deep green or tinged purple. Do not choose any with yellowing heads which will be more bitter.
Storage : Refrigerate in a plastic bag for up to 1 week
AsparagusThin spears are sweet and tender. Buy vibrant green spears with tight and purple-tinged buds.
Storage : Trim the woody ends. Stand the spears in a bit of water in a tall container; cover the tops with a plastic bag. Cook within 3 days.
ArtichokesSeek out deep-green, heavy artichokes, with tightly closed leaves that squeak when pinched together.
Storage : In the fridge for up to 5 days.
Bell peppers
These should have lots of heft for their size, and brightly coloured, wrinkle-free exteriors. The stems should be bright green.
Storage : Refrigerate in the crisper for up to 2 weeks.
Button mushrooms
Find tightly closed, firm caps that are not slimy or riddled with dark, soft spots. If you see the mushroom with open caps, advice is eat them soon.
Storage : Spread them on a flat surface, cover with a damp paper towel and refrigerate for 3 to 5 days
to be continued...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Best Healthy Lifestyle Prolong Your Life
Do you ever think of living longer? Yes, if you are enjoying your life so on and so forth. I would think that, life is in hand and depend on how you operate it. Your daily lifestyle will lead to your life change. I have some suggestion on a healthy lifestyle to add few years to your life, maybe. Give a try on these : -
Lose your weight
Obese or so-called overweight can increase the risk of death by 20 to 40 percent. Reduce your weight and shape off the fat to avoid high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.
Exercise
High-intensity cardiovascular exercise—like running for 30 minutes for 5 days a week can prolong your live by 2 to 4 years longer where you might live 1 to 3 years free of heart disease. Running helps to strengthen your heart, muscles and concurrently lower cholesterol. What do you say about exercise, i would say exercise a magic bullet to boost your health.
Consume power food
According to British Medical Journal, a daily handful of dark chocolate and almonds, plus fruits, vegetables, garlic, fish, and even a glass of wine can increase a woman’s life by 4.8 years (6.6 for men). Power foods that rich in antioxidants, omega-3, fiber and etc will reduce your heart disease risk. Take food that is less fat and fewer calories whilst eat more fruits, veggies and whole grains. Mixture of superfood will give more nutrition that consuming it alone. Check out the article on combined sueperfood in here.
http://best-healthy-lifestyle.blogspot.com/2009/09/maximize-antioxidant-superfoods.html
Do you ever think of living longer? Yes, if you are enjoying your life so on and so forth. I would think that, life is in hand and depend on how you operate it. Your daily lifestyle will lead to your life change. I have some suggestion on a healthy lifestyle to add few years to your life, maybe. Give a try on these : -
Quit smoking
Smoking will only help to hurt your body system and will not bring any benefits to you. As such quit smoking is the 1st step to prolong your life. The earlier you quit, the better you are.
Play head games
Have you ever heard that mental exercises can keep your brain cells active and more efficient? A week mental boost is equal to a 7 percent gain in mental sharpness. Play the head games ie. Sukudo, board games & etc to keep your brain think and be sharper with your age.
Sex
Having sex is also will prolong your life. Having sex 2 to 3 times a week can boost your longevity by cutting off your risk for heart disease and stroke. This is because intercourse burns about 200 calories, this is exactly like 30 minutes running. Meantime, it will also lower your blood pressure, boost your immunity, help you to sleep better and release heart-protective hormones.
Our daily lifestyle will help to improve your quality of life and meantime prolong your living : -
Lose your weight
Obese or so-called overweight can increase the risk of death by 20 to 40 percent. Reduce your weight and shape off the fat to avoid high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.
Exercise
High-intensity cardiovascular exercise—like running for 30 minutes for 5 days a week can prolong your live by 2 to 4 years longer where you might live 1 to 3 years free of heart disease. Running helps to strengthen your heart, muscles and concurrently lower cholesterol. What do you say about exercise, i would say exercise a magic bullet to boost your health.
Consume power food
According to British Medical Journal, a daily handful of dark chocolate and almonds, plus fruits, vegetables, garlic, fish, and even a glass of wine can increase a woman’s life by 4.8 years (6.6 for men). Power foods that rich in antioxidants, omega-3, fiber and etc will reduce your heart disease risk. Take food that is less fat and fewer calories whilst eat more fruits, veggies and whole grains. Mixture of superfood will give more nutrition that consuming it alone. Check out the article on combined sueperfood in here.
http://best-healthy-lifestyle.blogspot.com/2009/09/maximize-antioxidant-superfoods.html
Do you ever think of living longer? Yes, if you are enjoying your life so on and so forth. I would think that, life is in hand and depend on how you operate it. Your daily lifestyle will lead to your life change. I have some suggestion on a healthy lifestyle to add few years to your life, maybe. Give a try on these : -
Quit smoking
Smoking will only help to hurt your body system and will not bring any benefits to you. As such quit smoking is the 1st step to prolong your life. The earlier you quit, the better you are.
Play head games
Have you ever heard that mental exercises can keep your brain cells active and more efficient? A week mental boost is equal to a 7 percent gain in mental sharpness. Play the head games ie. Sukudo, board games & etc to keep your brain think and be sharper with your age.
Sex
Having sex is also will prolong your life. Having sex 2 to 3 times a week can boost your longevity by cutting off your risk for heart disease and stroke. This is because intercourse burns about 200 calories, this is exactly like 30 minutes running. Meantime, it will also lower your blood pressure, boost your immunity, help you to sleep better and release heart-protective hormones.
Our daily lifestyle will help to improve your quality of life and meantime prolong your living : -
- Gum disease is very related to heart disease. Flossing your gum is your one of the best ways to prevent the heart disease too besides of cutting down fats & etc.
- A low dose aspirin a day could boost your body
- Limiting your coffee intake to two cups a day
- Checking blood pressure regularly
- Exercising at least three times a week
- Cutting down working hours to a manageable 40-50 hours a week
- Meditating for 20 minutes every day
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