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Lose Weight Fast with the Red Tea Diet 2007-12-06 08:13:49 The red tea diet is a low-calorie diet that may help you lose up to seven pounds within five days. This diet requires that you to drink four cups of red tea daily, at breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner, and eat only certain foods rich in carbohydrates and vegetables. The foods required for this diet include fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, pasta, whole grain, and rice. The prohibited foods include sugar, fats, diary foods, bananas, grapes, and meat. Breakfast should include a can of red tea with orange juice or orange slices, a slice of whole bread, or two musli bars. For lunch, eat cold fish salad, rice with vegetables, or rice salad. You may also eat a fruit, and drink a mug of red tea. The snack should only include a cup of red tea. Dinner consists of salad, fish with vegetables, pasta with vegetables, rice soup, or bean with vegetables. A fruit and a cup of red tea are good after dinner. The vegetables should be eaten boiled or raw. The red tea also accelerates the liver`s metaboli ...

Staying Fit at Any Age: Essential Tips 2007-11-26 12:34:33 Staying physically active and exercising regularly may help avoid or delay disease and disability. However, older adults are sometimes wary about exercising. Some are afraid to exercise because they think they will get too tired or may suffer injuries. Yet older adults hurt their well-being more by not exercising rather than exercising. To stay healthy and independent you should do strength exercises, balance exercises, and stretching exercises. Strength exercises help build muscle and increase your metabolism; a higher metabolism will keep your weight and blood sugar in check. Here are a few useful tips to avoid injury: don’t hold your breath while exercising. Use smooth and steady movements to poise your body. Avoid thrusting movements. Breathe out while you lift or push weights and don’t forget to breathe in as you relax. Balance exercises help build leg muscles and prevent falls. While doing balance exercises, try to hold onto a table or chair for balance with just one hand ...

Boost Your Brain Power with Chocolate 2007-11-23 08:32:54 Chocolate may provide a short-term boost of cognitive skills and sharpen the mind, according to University of Nottingham researchers . The researchers suggested that flavanols, a compound present in chocolate as well as certain fruits and vegetables, may help people fight fatigue, the effects of aging, or sleep deprivation. Chocolate has a key role in boosting blood flow to certain areas of the brain that lead to an improvement of brain performance for two or three hours, according to Ian Macdonald, lead author of the study. The results showed that some ingredients in chocolate may be used for treating dementia, vascular impairment, or strokes. They may also be useful for maintaining cardiovascular health. Macdonald detected increased activity in certain areas of the brain for people who consumed a drink of cocoa rich in flavanol with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). There are other sources of flovanol, beside chocolate. It may also be found in red wine, blueberries, or green tea. R ...

Popular Diets: Which One Works Better? 2007-11-13 10:46:51 Everyone is looking for a miraculous diet that leads to weight loss with minimum effort, but do those diets really work? If so, for how long, and what are their consequences? Here are some details about diets that have been popular over the past years and their effects: The Atkins Diet: this diet eliminates glucides considered responsible for the weight gain. The advantage is fast weight loss, but the disadvantages are numerous. Specialists found a lack of essential vitamins and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease among people who followed this diet, and don’t recommend it to women who are on birth control. The Shelton Diet: it includes only meals with proteins or glucides. The advantage is fast weight loss and the disadvantage is the lack of nutrients. The Antoine Diet: for this diet you must eat the same food all day. For instance, only meat on Monday, only fruits on Tuesday, eggs on Wednesday, vegetables on Thursday, dairy food on Friday, fish on Saturday, and so on. It c ...

Calcium and Workout: A Formula for Health? 2007-11-08 06:41:28 Calcium and vitamin D lower the risk of cardiovascular disease for people who follow a weight loss program, according to a recent study. Calcium and vitamin D supplements also have an impact on the level of cholesterol. The study involved sixty-three overweight women and had them follow a low-calorie diet for fifteen weeks. First, the women had a daily calcium intake of 700 mg, below the 1000 mg recommended. Later, the dosage was increased to 1200 mg of calcium with vitamin D. The study showed a significant improvement of the HDL, the good cholesterol, and a lower level of bad cholesterol (LDL) for the subjects. The loss of weight registered by the subjects during the low-calorie diet did not seem to affect the level of good cholesterol. It appeared that calcium and vitamin D may lower the cardiovascular risk for women with low calcium levels. The same research team previously showed that people may have a higher LDL level, higher fat percentage, or wider waists if their calcium intake ... Health

A Better Selection and Storage for Tastier Fruits 2007-11-02 10:01:01 Fruits are good for dieting because they are low in calories, have vitamins, fiber, minerals, and may help reduce the risk of heart disease, some forms of cancer, and diabetes. They also contain antioxidants that slow down the processes that damage cells and tissues. For instance, bananas are a source of potassium, oranges and kiwi have a lot of vitamin C, and apricots have considerable amounts of vitamin A. It`s good to know how to select, store and eat the fruits in order to preserve their freshness. Try to choose fresh fruits, in-season fruits taste better. Some fruits should be smelled before buying them because of their characteristic scent, for example if the cantaloupe (muskmelon) smells too musty you shouldn`t buy it, avocado should have a spongy texture while kiwi shouldn`t be musty. The fruits should be heavier for their size; that’s a sign they`re juicy. You may buy dried fruits because they are rich in dietary fiber, however they also have more calories than fresh fruits ...

The Potato Diet: Is It Good for You? 2007-10-24 10:50:07 Potatoes are high in proteins, vitamins A and B, potash, soda, and alkaline salts, but is a potato diet the best choice for you? Although it is used in the treatment of some disorders like intestinal toxaemia, renal calculi, constipation, stone and dropsy, or uric acid diseases, potato-based diets are not indicated for obese people. The potato diet may help you lose weight and stay in shape. However, remember that what`s good for others may not be good for you, and seek medical advice before you start a diet. Day one: Breakfast: Seven ounces of washed fruits like apples, oranges, or mandarins mixed up with five ounces of low-fat yogurt and three spoons of cereals. Snack: Five ounces of yogurt Lunch: Wash, clean, and boil four big potatoes. Cut in chunks a tomato and two peppers and put two ounces of rubbed cheese. Add salt and pepper, take two potatoes, cut them in four and put them into a pan along with the tomato, peppers, and cheese and leave them in the oven for ten minutes. Keep t ...

Very Low-Calorie Diets: Not for Everyone 2007-10-22 12:43:49 The very low-calorie diet promotes fast weight loss for obese patients. The diet must be supervised by a physician. The dietitian recommends formulas, usually bars or liquid shakes that replace the food intake for several months. People who follow a very low-calorie diet (VLCD) consume up to 800 calories per day. VLCD formulas shouldn`t be confused with meal replacements like bars, shakes, or entrees. The formulas must include vitamins and micronutrients according to the nutritional requirements of each person. VLCDs may be used to produce short-term weight loss for people who are obese and deal with medical problems because of it, like blood pressure. The very low-calorie diets are not good for children or teenagers, except in specialized treatments. People over fifty may not tolerate VLCD because of its side effects. After a week of very low-calorie diet, weight loss of three to five pounds is registered by moderately to extremely obese people and the high cholesterol, diabetes, or h ...

Exercising Prevents Heart Problems 2007-10-22 12:39:25 Exercising may help maintain your heart`s health whether it`s a daily routine or a structured fitness program. Some activities don`t give you muscle pains or leave you out of breath even if you feel warm or perspire. Activities such as jogging, walking, aerobic dancing, cycling, swimming, or skiing are benefic for your health. Choose activities that make you feel good, so you can have fun and relax while practicing. Listening to your favorite music should keep you entertained. Does regular physical activity bring any benefits for your health? Sure. It gives you more energy, makes you more resistant to stress and better looking, it tones your muscles and controls your appetite. It helps you lose weight or at least keep it under control. Not to mention that it gives you confidence in yourself, helps you fall asleep quickly, and may help against anxiety or depression. If you want to lose weight, you can be more active and eat the same amount of calories or be more active and eat fewer cal ...

Skipping Breakfast and Fast Food Cause Weight Gain for Young Adults 2007-10-22 12:34:52 When teenagers enter adulthood they tend to skip breakfast and turn to fast food products, as a recent study shows. Researchers from the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center at the Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School collected data from two “Waves.” The first wave included teenagers with ages between eleven and twenty-one starting with April until August 1996. The second wave watched the same adolescents group, from August 2001 to April 2002 and their ages were between eighteen and twenty-seven. During the five year period between the two waves, the number of overweight people increased to forty-seven percent from twenty-nine as the fast-food consumption increased and breakfast was neglected, according to lead author Heather Niemeier. Fast food consumption increased to about three days per week for young adults while the number of days when they eat breakfast decreased to three days per week from four-five in adolescence. Breakfast may be seen as an unnecessary meal an ...

Keep a Food Diary and Eat Low-Fat Products to Stay in Shape 2007-10-22 12:26:19 You can reduce the time spent for cooking healthy meals by choosing low-fat foods, after checking the number of total calories from similar products. The new Obesity Guidelines of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute urge consumers to be careful with the servings per container or serving size, and keep a well-stocked kitchen. Here are some of the most used low-fat products: • Yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese, low-fat or fat-free milk • Light margarine • Eggs substitutes • Rice, pasta • Dry or cooked plain cereal • English muffins, sandwich breads, pita bread, bagels • Low-fat tortillas • Peas and dry beans • Fish and shellfish • Chicken or turkey meat • Pork (tenderloin, leg and shoulder) • Beef (sirloin) • Fruits (whether frozen, in light syrup, juice or fresh) • Vegetables (canned, frozen, no salt added or fresh) • Mustard and catsup • Salsa • Herbs and spices • Salad dressings (non-fat or low-fat) • Jelly, jam or honey Keeping a food diary ...

When It Comes to Losing Weight, Choose Both Diet and Exercise 2007-10-22 12:06:07 Many people track their daily calorie consumption but completely neglect physical exercise, according to a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) study in the United Kingdom. This happens although over half of them are aware of the fact that physical activity is more important.One of the reasons for this trend is that consumers prefer buying low-calorie products rather than going to the gym. GSK researchers expressed their worries concerning the consumers’ interest in low-calorie products and neglect of physical workout. “The trend of people swapping the gym for a low calorie meal is very worrying. Consuming fewer is no substitute for exercise. We cannot afford to become a nation on calorie-counting couch potatoes – the benefits of leading active lives are enormous,” said John Brewer of GSK. Low-calorie food manufacturers have a responsibility to consumers, according to the report. While the low-calorie food output is growing, the manufacturers should focus their efforts on helping people r ...