Posts Tagged ‘food’

Basics of Fat Loss

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

A person looking for fat loss must be cautious of exercise. You can find many fat loss programs and studies. But in most cases people get attracted in fancy ads and go for the easy methods. There are no easy methods of pills for fat loss. Those following those weird programs soon fall back and often suffer serious damage on health. Fat loss can achieved only through hard work and proper planning. You have to plan your diet and exercises properly. Most of the fat loss programs are real waste of money and time. Many others prescribe consumption of harmful pills. The actual fat loss program should start from your mind.


The fat loss program can be simple if you have a proper diet plan and training techniques. The body types of people are different. So a fat loss plan successful for one person may not be sufficient for another. The training techniques and diet plan should be tailor made to a person. You can develop a diet plan on your own following some simple steps. Reduce the calories intake. The excess calories will be later converted into fat. Reduce the content of sodium and fatty foods in your diet. You can easily replace these with other substitutes. If you drink a glass of water substituting carbonated beverage you can cut around 150 calories. Even a cup of fruit juice can cut 50 to 10 calories.

You have to stick on to your diet. When you are breaking the rules you are accumulating fat in your body. The metabolic activities of your body will not be working when you are inactive. This results in the build up of calorie in the body. These excess calories are then converted to body fat. You have to compensate the inactive time with regular exercises. Exercises increase the metabolic speed.

The Functional Foods Have Specific Health Benefits

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The Functional Foods Have Specific Health Benefits

The foods or any components of the diet that provides benefits to the health besides the basic nutrition are called the functional foods. Such specific foods provide specific benefits to the health. Few examples of functional foods are whole grains, some fruits and vegetables or beverages. The council of International Food Information has researched that the Americans are more aware of the advantages of the functional foods than the Indians. The two basic diseases for which people concern the functional foods more are cancer and the heart disease.

A survey gives the following results that hoe people are familiar with different functional foods for specific health concern-

  • Women about 56 percent absolutely identified that the cranberries and the juice reduces urinary infections whereas just the 33% of people among men realize this fact.
  • 55% of people of the old age know the advantage of soy with the heart’s health while only 35% among the people of age 35 to 50 realize this. About 75% of women accept that the soy is useful in lowering the risks of any heart disease but only 53 percent of men know this. This is the reason that heart diseases are common among men.
  • Again the women are much aware of connection of antioxidant-cancer.

40% women know the fact that calcium reduces risk of the disease called osteoporosis whereas the fewer amounts of men know it.

Some Alternative Ways To Deal With Food Cravings Throughout The Day

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Some Alternative Ways To Deal With Food Cravings Throughout The Day

  1. You can have variety of crisp vegetables such as cauliflowers, cucumbers, radish and carrots when you feel like eating something.
  2. You can have Jell-O for late night hunger that is sugar-free and it is tasty which hardly contains any calories.
  3. While long drives generally people want to have something even when they are not hungry and this purpose can be solved by having chewing gum.
  4. Try to have food stuffs that have high fibers.
  5. Do not have the junk food in your routine.
  6. Add some colon cleansing pill to your diet that helps you loosing the fat in your food eaten. You can try acai berry pills as the sweetener substitute.

GOOD MOOD FOOD…

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

GOOD MOOD FOOD…pills

(source: http://healthytalk.net)

Why take a pill when you can cheer yourself up with food. Not candy, but foods that are packed with mood-boosting nutrients. Stuff that can soon put you in a sunnier frame of mind includes:

  • Tryptophan: a precursor to the brain neurotransmitter serotonin involved in mood regulation. The increase of serotonin that follows a mean of avocados is associated with lower levels of anxiety and heightened mood. Best source: Milk, cashew, colocasia.
  • Folic acid and vitamin B6: both vitamins that help banish depression. Best sources: Fresh green veggie, liver, legumes.
  • Monosaturated fat, electrolyte-balancing potassium: Both promote brain health. Potassium balances electrolytes to facilitate the activities of the nerves in the brain. Best sources: Almonds, peanuts for healthy fats. Bananas, sweet potato for potassium.
  • Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega-3 fats help mental concentration, relaxation and sociable behavior. Lack of these heart healthy fats has been associated with depression, irritability and mental decline. Best sources: Sardine, cod, leafy greens, flaxseed.