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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Best Cabbage Soup Diet - 10 Tips To Improve This Fad Diet!
Chances are that if you have ever wanted to loose weight, you may have read up on or even tried fad diets. The cabbage soup diet is a very well known fad diet and this might hold true for the older original version. Below, you will find great tips to bring this classic fad diet into the new millennium. This list contains the keys to jump starting your weight loss, making it possible to lose 10 pounds in just seven days.
When you make your cabbage soup, you can vary the taste to meet your needs. You will find many soup variations in the source below.
Make sure that you drink at least 12 to 16 glasses of water each day as this helps to flush out the fat from your body and keep you from getting dehydrated.
Having a good multivitamin in your diet routine is a key factor as the minerals and vitamins help your body loose fat. When you are doing a diet such as this one, you may lack the daily required vitamins and minerals that can make your body not function at its prime.
You need to make sure that you keep up your protein intake, we recommend to drink a protein shake in the morning and then again in the afternoon. Otherwise, your body will melt away muscle mass instead of fat.
Carry with you a thermos filled with your cabbage soup to help you in the times that you are away from home.
You need to keep up your metabolism. This is an important reason why you should exercise as often as you can. Aim for three to four thirty minutes cardio workouts.
Keep a supply of soup in the refrigerator as the more soup you eat, the better fat burning effect you will have on your weight loss.
Stop the diet after 7 days.
You need to switch to a long-term diet plan after you complete the seven day diet week.
Try adding a slice of lemon to your water for an extra metabolism boost. If lemon and water is not your forte, then try some fruit or herbal tea.
Warnings:
This in not a diet for children and adolescents. As with starting any new diet plan or exercise regimen be sure to speak with your doctor. Let him know that this is just a seven day jump start for you and that you plan to follow a regular plan after that.
You see, that it is quite easy to improve your cabbage soup diet and turn it to a healthy jump starting weight loss concept.
Good luck and all the best,
Gabriela Rupp
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Make Peace With Your Heart - And Take Charge Of Your Health
"Just thought you would like to hear the latest report from my Cardiologist, whom I went to see on Monday, just because it has now been over one year since my MI." This was the beginning of an Email message that Susan, a 62-year old patient of mine from Sedona, Arizona, sent me recently, one year after she suffered a major heart attack. "He was a bit disturbed when I first saw him" she continued, "because I said I was not taking any medications and had not since last August. As he was talking with me he said he would probably prescribe a couple of medications for me to start taking again, but first he wanted to do an echocardiogram and a stress test."
"I agreed to them both and they were done in his office. While I was on the treadmill, I became tired, so I told his assistants I was getting tired and they said 'You maybe, but your heart is not!' They said the echocardiogram and stress test were well within normal limits. When the Cardiologist came back in the room he said, 'I am totally surprised, just totally surprised, these tests show a healthy heart, no failure at all! So you can go home, continue doing what you have been doing and come back to see me in six months.' He did not mention anything else about medications."
Her message ended by saying how grateful she was for having received all the advice and recommendations that had given here the power to claim a healthy normal heart. Susan is one in thousands of people who were listed as incurable heart disease patients but have learnt to make peace with the heart.
Love is the greatest power of the universe. It is an impulse of the heart that bestows peace, vitality, and happiness and also sets up the right karma to lead us towards completion. The necessity of heart disease arises when the need for inner transformation is not acknowledged. The degree of heart disease corresponds to the degree of negativity we hold in our heart against others and ourselves. When we choose love as the principal power and motivation behind our thoughts and actions the limiting effects of our karmic issues begin to crumble and a new sense freedom and peace begins to dominate our intentions and desires. Those who are willing to make this choice will not only recover from heart disease or its beginning stages but also awaken to a clarity of awareness that can truly make sense of the chaos, confusion and fear that is prevailing at the current stage of global transformation. Negative issues are no longer seen as obstacles but as opportunities for growth and expansion of happiness.
Love-based Medicine
Less than a hundred years ago heart disease was an extremely rare disease. Today it kills more people in the developed world than all other causes of death taken together. The most extensive studies on heart disease have shown that lack of happiness is by far the greatest risk factor for developing heart problems. Since happiness is one of the principal expressions of love, only love-based medicine can truly heal the heart and protect the body from disease and ageing. If fear is the motivation that drives a person to accept a particular treatment or make major changes in diet or lifestyle, the chances of improvement or recovery are very small. The current approaches of dealing with heart disease are mainly symptom-oriented and don't address the underlying causes.
In several industrialized nations mortality rates from heart attacks have slightly decreased due to a generation of breakthroughs in heart care - the new medicines, the bypass operations, the angioplasties. Now the beneficiaries of this care are living with the consequences: Their damaged hearts still beat, but not strong enough for enjoying a decent quality of life.
Apart from generating a whole range of harmful side effects most currently used treatments for heart disease instill tremendous fear in cells of the body, which respond by secreting large amounts of the stress hormones cortison and adrenaline. This by itself can jeopardize the healing process. Until recently, these treatments were considered more or less harmless but are now recognized by leading heart researchers to be the main causes of a new disease called "chronic heart failure." Chronic heart failure is a slow-motion death-experience that has reached epidemic proportions. The treatment-caused disease reflects the major dilemma in which the medical system is engulfed, although this development can also be seen in a positive light. The inability of the medical system to cure heart disease and other chronic illnesses puts the responsibility for healing back where it belongs, that is to the heart, mind and body of each individual. It opens the doors for love-based medicine.
Cleansing your body from any internal blockages is an act of love towards your cells, your heart, and the whole of your Being. Each time you cleanse an organ, the blood, the tissues and cells from toxic deposits of metabolic waste material, chemicals or the remnants of undigested foods you are actually practicing love-based medicine. Every part of the body will feel grateful, relieved and loved and in return generates impulses of love. This frequency of love and care occurs simultaneously in all the cells of the body and stands in contrast to the frequency of fear that is generated when symptoms of toxicity or congestion (called disease) are suppressed with drugs or surgical intervention. The act of self-help or self-love has the power to awaken the soul and strengthen the link to our higher self. This turns the body into a temple of God.
Be Kind to Your Body
At every moment of their existence the cells of the body send enzymes and light-encoded signals to the heart. The related messages may convey either feelings of comfort and well being or feelings of discomfort and distress. Any form of congestion in the body, which involves thickening of the tissue fluids or the formation of excessive mucus, fats, cell debris or other obstructions in the organs, muscles, skin, bones and their respective blood and lymph vessels, puts a great strain on both the physical and emotional heart. This increases the workload (and wear and tear) of the heart and reduces its very capacity of delivering vital nutrients to the 60-100 trillion cells of the body. As a result, the cells become increasingly congested, undernourished and damaged, which urges them to send signals of depression, sadness and irritability to the heart. This highly stressful situation stimulates the adrenal glands to secrete more of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol, leading to further wear and tear in the body.
The challenge of this time is to start loving and accepting our physical body and to take care of all its needs, as we would take care of a loved one. Assisting the body in its attempt to heal itself generates happiness in each of its cells; it also frees the mind from its limitations and leads us to the recognition that Spirit is our true nature. Without giving any attention to the disease itself it begins to disappear in the same way as it came. By giving the body the nourishment, attention, and care it needs to remain vital and happy and by removing the impediments that prevent the body from healing itself, the cells will feel loved and protected.
Excessive Protein - The Major Cause of Congestion
On the physical level, circulatory problems and heart disease are caused by a build-up of impurities in the blood, the lymph, the tissue fluid that connects cells (connective tissue), and the walls of the blood vessels (capillaries and arteries). Of all the foods, protein from animal sources has the most congesting effects. Since the human body can only utilize a very small amount of the protein contained in meat, eggs, fish, or cheese, etc., much of the unused protein is passed via the blood stream into the connective tissues.
When too many proteins enter the connective tissue it thickens to the consistency of jelly. This obstructs the cells' nutrient supply and removal of metabolic waste materials. To make the tissue fluid thin again the excessive proteins are stored as collagen in the basement membranes of the capillaries and arteries. Once their storage capacity for protein is exhausted the blood pressure may rise and the blood becomes thicker. The cells of the body begin to suffer malnutrition and, unable to remove all their metabolic waste products, the level of impurities in the body's organs, tissues and cells starts to rise. This greatly adds to the workload of the heart, cuts down oxygen supply and the body as a whole becomes tired more easily.
Since the blood pressure is naturally higher in the arteries close to the heart, hardened coronary arteries are particularly vulnerable to injury. Any wounds or cracks that occur in these arteries can be life threatening and are consequently patched up by the body with special glue-like blood chemicals and cholesterol. In the long-term these first aid measures, however, may lead to total occlusion of the heart arteries, which starve the heart muscles of oxygen and trigger a heart attack. All this generates anxiety, insecurity, anger, depression, or other stressful emotions.
Other Causes...
Overeating protein foods in not the only cause of heart disease. Anything that has a strong acid-forming influence and leads to congestion anywhere in the body affects the circulatory system. Exposure to X-rays, intake of antibiotics and other medical or narcotic drugs, alcohol, coffee, cokes, tea, cigarettes, sugary foods, artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame, processed, preserved, and microwave foods, etc. deplete the body's mineral reserves and disturb its basic metabolic processes. As a result, the daily normal turnover of 30 billion cells becomes disrupted, leaving behind a large number of old and worn-out cell proteins.
Whatever amount of the protein is not deposited in the connective tissues and blood vessels begins to putrefy and form such poisons as cadaverine and putrescine. More and more toxins begin to appear in the blood, causing irritability, bad moods, fear, anger, and nervousness. One way of pushing the toxins back into the connective tissues and to suppress the corresponding emotions, at least for a little while, is to keep using such nerve toxins as nicotine, caffeine, drugs, alcohol, or even sugar. This causes addictions. It is very difficult to give up an addiction unless we use methods of cleansing that prevent new toxins from appearing in the blood stream. Drinking, for example, a glass of water before smoking a cigarette or drinking a cup of coffee thins the blood and aids the removal of toxins. Thus the urge to use stimulants lessens drastically.
The Purpose of Heart Disease
The current time is the best time ever to improve ourselves and to raise the vibration of global awareness. Our planet is a planet of emotions and is destined to become the most demonstrative example of love-based living for the rest of the universe. This means that the people on Earth must learn to live from their heart. Love is and will be the most effective way of achieving anything, from physical health to abundance and spiritual wisdom. This also means that the days of fear-dominated methods of success are numbered.
The modern heart disease epidemic merely reflects the enormous transition we are passing through on an emotional, physical and spiritual level at this crucial time in human history. We have collectively created this epidemic to deal with our emotions and to turn the planet of fear into a planet of love. Since emotions are mental impulses that have physical expressions we can effectively balance them by clearing any obstructions that may have occurred in the heart, the blood and lymph vessels, the liver, kidneys, intestines or other organs. Since this is the most favorable time for clearing old karma, we are now able to discover more simple solutions to our complex physical problems. These solutions are particularly made available to those who feel the need to take self-responsibility for their health and well being. The desire to mend the heart or any other sick part of the body through non-invasive, non-violent and natural means is an impulse of love that opens the heart. It also opens the door to recognizing Spirit within.
The last issue already covered one important method of healing -- liver cleansing. Removing gallstones from the liver and gallbladder can by itself prevent and reverse heart disease especially if it is combined with programs of hydration and improved diet/lifestyle. A clean liver is perfectly capable of protecting the heart and its blood vessels from becoming blocked and damaged. If heart disease has already occurred, other organs such as the kidneys and intestines must be cleansed, too. The lymphatic system, which serves as the body's waste removal system, has to be clear of any congestion for the body's cells to enjoy stress-free and frictionless functioning.
Cleansing does not only free our cells from struggle and strive but also our entire life. It is good to remind ourselves that whatever we do on the physical planes we automatically do on the emotional, astral, and mental planes as well. In addition to restoring balance in our body we spontaneously restore balance in our world and also in the universe. Although heart disease can be a devastating experience for a person and his loved ones, it can also be an opportunity for a quantum leap in personal development.
Some Useful Tips:
To effectively remove congestion in the body and reverse heart disease and hypertension you need to do the following things:
o Remove gallstones from liver and gallbladder through a series of liver cleanses
o Dissolve kidney stones through a kidney cleanse
o Drink a minimum of six to eight glasses of water a day
o Take the main meal of the day at around midday
o Exercise for a minimum of 10-15 minutes a day
o Reduce or cut out protein foods that are of animal source (meat, fish, eggs, cheese)
o Avoid stimulants that act as diuretics (tea, coffee, cigarettes, sodas, alcoholic drinks)
o To remove toxins from the tissues, the lymphatic system and the blood take 1-2 sips of hot, ionized water (boiled for 15 minutes and kept in a thermos) every half hour throughout the day, for several weeks.
o Give yourself a full 5-minute massage with cold-pressed sesame oil, or at least dry-brush your body, every morning, followed by a bath or shower.
o Set aside time for meditation and recreation every day.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
How to Pack a Healthy Lunch
Most of us are aware of the hidden perils of restaurant foods, in particular, fast foods, which are loaded with calories, sodium, and unhealthy fats. However, since we often don't have the luxury of time at lunch, we tend to run to whatever is closest and the most convenient. When we indulge in too many take-out pizzas or burgers and chips, we eventually feel it around our waistline.
So rather than spending money on greasy fast foods or expensive salads, why not consider packing your lunch instead? You might think that it is boring or a lot of work to pack your lunch, but with some planning and creativity you would be surprised how easy and economical it can be.
Likewise, packing a healthier lunch for kids can be equally challenging, as we know that they can be picky eaters. However, it is simply not right to feed a child a packed lunch made up of junk either. The key here is to strike a balance, making sure that your kids get all the essential nutrients to help them grow and be healthy, but allow a little treat so that they do not get hung up about food and see it as being a bad thing.
In the following, we will look at the 3 things you should remember when packing lunch, how to teach kids about healthy eating, some healthy packed lunch ideas, and tips to packing lunch without stress.
3 Things To Remember When Packing Lunch --
Pack enough protein
When packing a healthy lunch, many people, particularly women, have a tendency to focus on choosing low fat, low calorie foods that are low in protein.
Protein provides a sense of satiety and stabilizes blood sugar levels; as a result, you feel satisfied longer.
Protein is critical for a growing child.
When the lunch is devoid of protein, you are more likely to splurge on some junk food later in the day or over compensate at dinner.
Bring healthy snacks
Having a couple of healthy snacks during the day helps to keep your metabolism primed and reduces the temptation of unhealthy splurging.
Pack a snack for mid-morning and one for mid-afternoon.
Watch out for energy bars and pre-packaged snacks that are loaded with sugar. Low fat or fat-free snacks often contain more sugar than the regular version.
Don't drink your calories
o A can of soda or a 12-oz bottle of juice adds at least 150 calories to your meal. Ounce for ounce, fruit juice has as much sugar as regular soda. You do that 5 times a week, you might end up gaining 11 pounds in a year.
o Diet drinks contain artificial sweeteners that are just about the worst of all dietary choices. They are beyond processed, completely unnatural, and have a long history of causing health problems.
o Chocolate milk and soymilk generally contain more added sugar than their unflavored counterparts - 6 teaspoons (24 grams) per 12-oz. Excessive sugar intake in children has been linked to tooth decay, behavioral problems, obesity, and diabetes. Contrary to common misconception, soymilk is not a healthy drink either. The phytoestrogens in soy disturb hormonal balance in the human body, in particular, babies and growing children. For this reason, it is best to avoid soy and choose unflavored milk instead, preferably organic without hormones and antibiotics.
o Water is an excellent beverage. But for variety, adults can bring a thermos of hot or iced unsweetened green tea which is calorie-free and antioxidant-rich. For children, dilute fruit juice with at least equal amount of water.
Teaching Kids About Healthy Eating --
The best way to get your children to eat healthy is through education. At school, your kids are going to see that their friends have lunches that look and taste different. You might become the mean parent who does not give them the same junk. Therefore, start early and keep educating them again and again. Helping your kids learn how to eat healthy is just as important as any other parental duties, and equally challenging and rewarding.
Take the kids grocery shopping or if they are older, let them help to cook. Talk to them about what food does for the body, how it helps them grow, keeps them healthy, gives them energy for sports, and keeps their brains sharp. These topics easily transition into why it is important to eat healthy foods and not the junk that they see during the TV commercials.
Encourage them to eat a rainbow of colors every day. When shopping, ask them to help pick out an assortment of colorful fruits and veggies. When you get home, pre-wash the fruits and keep the cut-up veggies accessible for snacks. They are more likely to eat them when they are involved in the shopping process.
Get them eat the real foods. For example, visit a local farm and help them see that fresh strawberries come from a plant and do not turn into bright red fruit chews without the help of a chemistry set. Challenge them to eat foods that are closest to their natural state. Reward them for eating "real" foods. Likewise, explain how whole wheat berries are ground into flour to make breads, crackers, and pasta. But with refined grains, the bran and the germ - the most important parts for helping the body stay strong and healthy - are stripped away.
Give them a say in choosing their food. Sometimes the kids balk at veggies and think the color green is reserved for frogs. When it comes to veggies, give them a choice of which veggie, but not the option for no veggies. For example, would you like to have broccoli or peas with dinner, or do you prefer the carrots cooked or raw?
Be patient with new food. Studies show that a child needs to have 10 repeated exposures before he or she takes the first bite. Be persistent as parents tend to get discouraged and give up after a few trials.
Healthy Packed Lunch Ideas --
Sandwiches
o Instead of the normal bread sandwich, experiment with tortilla, pita pockets, English muffins, or bagels. Choose the whole grain version as they are much higher in nutrients and fiber than the ones made with refined grains.
o To cut down on unhealthy hydrogenated fats, skip the usual store-bought mayo and use mustard instead. Or you can shop for an organic mayo without the partially hydrogenated fats.
o Use leftover roast beef, pork, or chicken from dinner. If you buy luncheon meats, avoid those with nitrites and nitrates as these preservatives have a possible link to colon cancer.
o Limit canned tuna to once a month due to the high mercury content. Mercury is toxic to the nervous system. Try canned wild Alaskan salmon instead.
o Slice up a quarter of an avocado for its healthy fats.
o In place of the regular peanut butter and jelly sandwich, try almond butter and drizzle with some honey. Or, use an all fruit spread without added sugar or high fructose corn syrup. When you buy peanut butter, check that it does not contain partially hydrogenated oil. Organic peanut butter is preferred as regular peanuts have significant pesticide load.
Other Leftovers
o If you have leftover rice or pasta, add some diced roast beef, chicken, or turkey. To spice up a normal bland couscous, mix in some dried cranberries, chopped fresh herbs, celery, onion, and pine nuts.
o You can also bring your leftover homemade soup or casserole in a container or thermos.
Fruits and Veggies
o For a well-balanced lunch, remember to bring some veggies and/or a piece of fruit.
o Use leftover cooked vegetables from dinner.
o Pack raw carrots sticks, sugar snap peas, celery sticks, sliced cucumber, red bell pepper strips, or cherry tomatoes. You can even buy them pre-cut in convenient packaging at grocery stores. Put some hummus (made from chickpeas), bean dip, guacamole, or salsa in a small container and use it as a dip.
o If made right, salads are delicious. Assemble your favorite ingredients such as lettuce, spinach, cherry tomatoes, olives, crumbled feta cheese, black beans, sliced avocado, and walnuts in a plastic container. Make a simple dressing of olive oil and vinegar, and store it separately in a small sealed container. Add the dressing when you are ready to eat.
Snacks
o Plain yogurt with berries and honey. Most flavored yogurts are presweetened; a 6-oz container often has at least 3 teaspoons (12 grams) of added sugar.
o Cottage cheese with fruit
o Trail mix with unsalted nuts and dried fruits
o Hummus with cut-up vegetables or whole grain crackers
o Peanut or almond butter with fruit
o Cheese with whole grain crackers
o Air-popped popcorn - plain or with cinnamon, cumin, black pepper, garlic salt or other spices. This can be made with the kids on the weekend and stored in airtight containers for use during the week.
o Baked veggie chips and fruit chips
o Homemade cookies with whole grain flour and less sugar
o Homemade granola with less sugar
o Whole grain cereal with less than 4 grams of sugar
Stress-Free Lunch Packing Tips --
o If your morning is always a big rush, prepare your lunch the night before.
o You could cook extra dinner and have the leftovers for lunch. Pack it in a container the night before and reheat it at work. If you don't have the facilities, invest in a thermos and simply heat up the food in the morning. Rinse the thermos with hot water before adding hot food so that it will keep warm longer.
o Assemble your salad and make the dressing at night. Keep them in separate containers.
o Prepare meals such as soup or casseroles on the weekend and freeze them in individual containers. Thaw them overnight and reheat at work.
o You can even make your sandwich the night before, wrap it well, and leave it in the fridge. Just make sure you don't put in sliced tomatoes that will make the bread soggy.
o Get your children involved in packing lunch; they are more likely to eat it when they prepare it themselves.
With a little planning, packing your lunch is not an insurmountable task. Think outside the box and be creative. Make it look attractive and put it in a nice lunch box for the kids. Keep educating your children about healthy eating and help them learn to navigate the minefields of our modern day food habits.
Remember to incorporate enough protein and some colorful veggies into your healthy packed lunches. When you pack your lunch, you know exactly what goes into it. If you do it right, you will find that you and your kids have better energy throughout the day and your kids will establish some good habits that benefit them for the rest of their lives.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Medifast For Teens Or Kids? My Modified Version That Has Worked
Let me disclose right upfront that I am not a doctor, but I have lost almost 50 pounds on medifast. A couple of months ago, I was approached by a coworker who had three pretty overweight children, who frankly were approaching being obese. After seeing my results, and noticing that I'd been able to eat snack type foods, my coworker wanted to know if medifast could work for her kids and her teenage daughter.
There's not much data available on using the medifast diet on kids or teens and I knew that children are still growing so it probably was not a good idea to severely limit or restrict their calories. But I also knew that some of this diet's foods are very carb and snack like, and I knew that she was having trouble controlling the snacks that her kids ate. In particular, the kids were very fond of junk foods and candy.
A light bulb went off in my head. I figured maybe we could start with just encouraging the kids to eat a medifast bar, pudding or shake when they reached for a junk food snack. In essence, we were trading the high sugar, high calorie candy bars and fast foods for something equivalent from the diet's offerings. Since these kids snacked several times per day, we were saving a lot of calories this way. Initially, we left their regular meals alone, just using medifast as snack substitutes. We ordered one variety package (and are getting ready to order another) and this lasted us a good while and was not much more expensive than junk food.
The kids handled this pretty well. Luckily, most of the medifast snack foods are really good, so it was not a big stretch to eat a protein bar rather than a candy bar or medifast pudding or crackers rather than chips. We always made sure we took the food out of the wrapper so they didn't have to walk around advertising they were eating diet foods.
The kids started to see some results after only a few weeks. As their enthusiasm increased even more, we decided to see if we could replace more of their daily empty calories with medifast. However, we were very careful not to restrict their calories or food choices. Basically, we added one medifast element at every meal and had them eat that in addition to and before their regular meal.
For instance for breakfast we would offer them medifast oatmeal or eggs to start. They would eat that and then if they were still hungry they could eat their regular sugary cereal breakfast if they wanted. For lunch, they'd have the diet's soup or chili before they dove into the pizza or burgers. (We'd pack this in a thermos so no one knew they were eating diet food.) And we started preparing lean and green meals for dinner. We still let them eat a bit of their regular favorite foods at dinner, but just not nearly as much.
What we hoped would happen did. The kids got filled up on medifast so they didn't eat as much of their junk and low quality foods and they continue to see really dramatic results. The teen is now able to self regulate what she eats and has cut out a lot of junk. We still don't allow them to rely solely on the diet for their calories. That may be too drastic for kids, but the teen in particular is now making really good choices with the food that she eats in addition to medifast.
I think the reason this worked is because the medifast snack foods are really tasty and kid friendly and we never restricted what the kids ate. We never told them they couldn't have anything. We just had them eat medifast first. We were adding food instead of taking it away, but by doing this, they were actually eating less bad foods because they were filling up on medifast.
I would never advocate replacing medifast for a kid or teen's entire caloric intake. However, in this case, substituting the diet's foods for junk food snacks or poor food choices has been quite effective and much easier than I thought. My coworker is very grateful and is now on medifast herself.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
How to Lose Weight While Still Eating Bad Foods Everyday
Losing weight is hard enough, but having to give up your favorite foods to do so is almost like torture. It's like you're losing part of your identity.
Well fear not. I have 2 simple tricks you can do before and after each meal that will help you to lose weight while still allowing you to eat those "bad" foods that happen to be your favorites.
The first trick is to eat a small salad or a homemade soup before each meal. Simple, huh? Here's what you're actually doing when you do this.
You are crowding out bad calories with good calories. You're still eating those bad foods that you like, but you'll automatically start eating less of them. This "crowding out" effect is great because you're shifting to better sources of calories... and usually less calories.
Now don't make the mistake of loading your salad up with a high calorie salad dressing. Just use lemon juice, organic apple cider vinegar, or virgin olive oil. Nothing else!
Another mistake is to use soup from a can. It's better to make it from scratch. Get some broth, chop up some celery, carrots, chicken breast, etc. Cook up a huge batch and just grab some of it before each meal. Or use a thermos or tupperware if you're on the go.
So what's the 2nd trick?
The second trick is to eat an apple or half of a grapefruit after your meal. This works great for weight loss because of the high fiber and high volume of water in each of these. The high fiber also helps to crowd out calories. It will crowd out future calories later in the day. So this trick is more to moderate your future calorie intake and prevent snacking.
You'll be much less likely to eat snacks. You'll also space out your meals more properly since the fiber naturally makes you feel full. So you won't be feeling hungry 1 hour after you've just eaten.
So there you have it. Two simple tips that pack a powerful weight loss punch. Easy? Yes. Boring? Yes. Effective? Yes! This works. So why aren't you doing it? Just try it out for a few days and see for yourself.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Soup! The Soup-er Food That Can Help You Lose Weight, Save Money and Be Healthier!
BEAUTIFUL Soup, so rich and green, Waiting in a hot tureen! Who for such dainties would not stoop? Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Soup - ahh....soup. Comforting, warming, nurturing, soup. The perfect meal that brings out our inner, creative cook, uses leftovers, heats up a cold kitchen and encourages us to simmer, savor and sip, with a book, a friend or your family.
Food historians tell us that soup is probably as old as the history of cooking. For every point on the globe, there is a soup born from local ingredients, legends and tastes. The act of combining various foods in a large pot to create a nutritious, filling, easily-digested, and simple to make food has brought people together for centuries, so here's to continuing the tradition!
Health Benefits of Soup:
Soup fills you up. Eating low-calorie soup before a meal can help cut back on how much food and calories you eat at the meal, according to a Penn State study. The study showed that when people ate soup before their main meal, they ate about 20 percent less, compared to when they did not eat soup. The trick is to eat lower calorie soups, as opposed to heavy cream soups, but filling up with a soup that's loaded with high fiber vegetables is certain to help you eat less of what ever food follows the soup course. Soup hydrates you - because there's a lot of liquid in soup - especially clear broth-based soups. Staying well hydrated is especially important for those living in northern climates where winter weather and indoor heating can be very dehydrating on our bodies. Soup is comforting and nurturing, for your body and soul. Babies' first foods, after milk, are usually soup-like cereals and vegetable and fruit purees, all of which are easy to eat and digest. It's no coincidence that eating soup brings us feelings of comfort as it helps us return to our early years when we were held and fed and comforted. Soup is economical - the perfect place to use leftovers. There's not much that you can't throw into a pot of soup! Start with a chicken, beef or vegetable broth, and begin building a soup with leftover cooked vegetables, meats, fresh greens, grains such as rice or barley, or leftover pasta. You can blend a soup to create a creamy texture, thicken a soup by adding mashed cooked potatoes or beans or soak up a soup by adding croutons or thickly toasted bread. Eating soup is an easy way to add vegetables to your meals. Adding chopped greens like collards, escarole, spinach or kale at the end of cooking boosts your soup's vitamin, calcium and antioxidant content. · Soup freezes well, so you can make a lot and eat some later. It's great to have on hand at the end of a busy day when you don't have time to cook but want a substantial meal. Soup may even save your life!! By now, you've most probably heard the newly released Consumer Reports study about Bisphenol A (BPA), a dangerous chemical found in plastics, food packaging and many canned foods. BPA has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, breast and prostate cancers, and reproductive abnormalities. In its December issue, Consumer Reports tested 19 name-brand canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans. They found that almost all of these contained BPA, including some that were labeled "BPA-free." Making your own soups is easy, economical and the perfect opportunity to boost the nutritional intake in your diet. Always make extra so that you can pack in a thermos for lunch or eat again tomorrow because soup ALWAYS tastes better the next day!
Here's a great recipe to try:
Cream-less Cauliflower Soup
A secret revealed! The oatmeal in this soup gives it a creamy velvet texture - without cream.
Ridiculously easy, additively delicious.
Ingredients:
1 whole head of cauliflower, cut or broken into florets
1 medium onion, cut into 8-10 pieces
3-4 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup uncooked oatmeal (if you have leftover oatmeal, use 1/3 cup cooked)
4-5 cups chicken or vegetable stock
Optional: 2-3 diced carrots and/or a half cup diced winter squash - if you have leftover cooked carrots and squash, add for final 5 minutes of cooking time)
Salt and pepper to taste
Freshly ground nutmeg for garnish
Add stock, garlic, carrots or squash, oatmeal and cauliflower to large soup pot and cover. Cook 15-20 minutes, until all vegetables are tender. Let cool about 10 minutes, and then puree in batches, adding salt and pepper to taste, in a blender or food processor, until smooth and creamy. Serve right away, or return to pot to reheat. Serve with freshly ground nutmeg.
You can use the oatmeal-instead-of-cream trick for many cream soup variations, such as:
Broccoli soup - garnished with lemon zest
Squash or pumpkin soup seasoned with cumin, cinnamon and a little cayenne. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Digestion and Absorption of Carbohydrates
The digestion of carbohydrates begins in the mouth, for the teeth and tongue to perform mechanical digestion, while amylase, a salivary enzyme, begins the chemical digestion. Both the mechanical and chemical processes of digestion are necessary to initiate the breakdown of the food. As the food reaches the stomach, the digestive processes temporarily stop due to the acidic conditions of the stomach which inhibit the activity of salivary enzymes. When the food reaches the small intestine, pancreatic amylase and oligosaccharides from the small intestine continue the digestion process until the carbohydrates are reduced to monosaccharides and are absorbed.
After being absorbed in the small intestine, the monosaccharides enter the bloodstream where they are: transported to cells that require them for energy, stored in the liver or muscles for later uses of energy, or remain circulating in the blood awaiting future transportation to a cell. When excess amounts of carbohydrates are circulating in the blood, they may be transported to adipose tissue to be stored as fat.
Sugar substitutes are created to allow food to digest easier, while alleviating a number of the problems that occur with sugar ingestion; such as an increase in blood glucose, increase in caloric intake, and promotion of tooth decay. Sugar alcohols are often used to solve the problem of tooth decay. Sorbitol and Xylitol are examples of sugar alcohols. Another group of sugar substitutes that are non-caloric and non-promoters of tooth decay include aspartame and saccharine. Actually, both aspartame and saccharine contain 4 calories per gram, but both products are approximately 200 to 400 times as sweet as sucrose; therefore, in the amounts consumed, their caloric content is virtually nothing. These help digestion because they lower the density of the enzymes involved in the digestion process, allowing them to work faster. As many people consume sugar substitutes to reduce caloric intake, an important question recently raised is whether consumption of sugar substitutes is healthy. Today, the use of sugar substitutes has never been associated with an increase in caloric intake or a gain of weight in humans. There are, however, some health issues that need to be kept in mind when consuming sugar substitutes as some people have adverse reactions to them, and the effects of long-term use of the products are not yet known. Despite the advantages in digestion, most people should limit their consumption of any sugar carbohydrates, and even sugar substitutes.
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