Nearly every time you turn around, there is a new pill or therapy that can ‘instantly cure’ an individual's illness, disease or health problem. And while taking the latest pill in order to heal what ails you might be convenient and simple, perhaps it is actually time for you to sit back and take a good, long look at precisely what you’re feeding your body, or as it may very well be, not feeding your body. Are you really giving your body the vitamins and minerals it needs to take good care of itself? Many of us discover when we finally pay attention to the things that we have been consuming, that the decisions we’ve been making for the name of convenience, simplicity, or saving some time have essentially been detrimental to your general health - body, mind and spirit.
The present day diet largely includes extreme intake of starchy foods, sweets, fried and fatty foods. As a result, ailments including hypertension, all forms of diabetes, unhealthy weight, Alzheimer’s and several malignancies are getting to be more and more frequent.
Sensible foods along with excellent nutrition can not only help keep you fit, but treat disease too. You don't even need to go to a health food store. You can get them right at your favorite food market, or perhaps make a trip to your neighborhood farmer’s market. And if you concentrate on basing a healthy, well-balanced diet on the fourteen “Superfoods,” the negative effects associated with these types of diseases are often slowed, stopped or possibly reversed.
And whenever you nourish your body physically with these nutrient-dense food products, your psychological capabilities maximize, and your spiritual well being is enhanced too. In addition, because your spiritual health is optimal, it will shine through to the outside, and people will certainly notice you’re happy, calm, and also that your stress levels have actually decreased considerably.
Consequently, search for new ways to get rid of the junk from your daily eating and then replace it with members of the Superfoods group. Your body, mind, as well as spirit, will be healthier as a direct result.
Moderation is the key to healthy eating. You can eat what you want within reason as long as you are consuming fruits and veggies in your food regimen. Our bodies need balance. Too much of anything is not good.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
You Truly Are What Food You Eat
Previous nutritional researchers have discovered fourteen distinctive nutrient-dense foods which will time and again promote excellent health and wellbeing. Termed “superfoods”, they tend to have a lesser number of calories, very high quantities of vitamins and minerals, and plenty of disease-fighting anti-oxidants.
Beans (legumes), berries (particularly blueberries), broccoli, green tea, nuts (specifically walnuts), oranges, pumpkin, salmon. soy, green spinach, tomatoes, turkey, whole grain products including oatmeal, as well as yogurt are able to help you prevent as well as reverse diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and some types of cancer. Plus where just one may have an impact on a specific part of the body, it may also affect the health of various other body functions and performance, because the entire body is connected. By using these particular 14 food items as the foundation of a nicely balanced, sound diet regime, weight loss gimmicks and other fly-by-night programs will likely become a thing of previous times in your life.
On the other hand, the ill-effects connected with an out of balance diet are many and also diverse. Incredibly low energy levels, moodiness, worn out all of the time, weight shift, uncomfortable with physique are only a handful of signs that your diet is out of balance. An out of balance diet regime can lead to problems with maintenance associated with body tissues, development and growth, brain and neurological system functionality, and also problems with bone and muscle systems.
Indications of poor nutrition include insufficient energy, irritability, a weakened immune system leading to frequent colds or allergies, along with mineral depletion which can generate a number of health problems including anemia.
And since the body is joined, recognizing that an unhealthy body will result in an unhealthy spirit is just common sense. Whenever we feed our body with all of these superfoods and complement them along with other nutrient-dense and nutritious fresh foods, our own spirit will be revived and healthy as a direct outcome.
Many modern-day diet plans depending on prepackaged convenience foods are deficient in a great number of minerals and vitamins, which can have an effect on our mental capacities as well, and even cause frustration, misunderstandings, along with the sense of ‘being in a fog’ continuously.
Superfoods are the foundation of a solid, healthy, wholesome solution to curing several of these health conditions and more.
Beans (legumes), berries (particularly blueberries), broccoli, green tea, nuts (specifically walnuts), oranges, pumpkin, salmon. soy, green spinach, tomatoes, turkey, whole grain products including oatmeal, as well as yogurt are able to help you prevent as well as reverse diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and some types of cancer. Plus where just one may have an impact on a specific part of the body, it may also affect the health of various other body functions and performance, because the entire body is connected. By using these particular 14 food items as the foundation of a nicely balanced, sound diet regime, weight loss gimmicks and other fly-by-night programs will likely become a thing of previous times in your life.
On the other hand, the ill-effects connected with an out of balance diet are many and also diverse. Incredibly low energy levels, moodiness, worn out all of the time, weight shift, uncomfortable with physique are only a handful of signs that your diet is out of balance. An out of balance diet regime can lead to problems with maintenance associated with body tissues, development and growth, brain and neurological system functionality, and also problems with bone and muscle systems.
Indications of poor nutrition include insufficient energy, irritability, a weakened immune system leading to frequent colds or allergies, along with mineral depletion which can generate a number of health problems including anemia.
And since the body is joined, recognizing that an unhealthy body will result in an unhealthy spirit is just common sense. Whenever we feed our body with all of these superfoods and complement them along with other nutrient-dense and nutritious fresh foods, our own spirit will be revived and healthy as a direct outcome.
Many modern-day diet plans depending on prepackaged convenience foods are deficient in a great number of minerals and vitamins, which can have an effect on our mental capacities as well, and even cause frustration, misunderstandings, along with the sense of ‘being in a fog’ continuously.
Superfoods are the foundation of a solid, healthy, wholesome solution to curing several of these health conditions and more.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Healthy Eating Tips for Work at Homers and Telecommuters - Author: Cathy Lindsay
It can be hard to eat healthy foods when there is a McDonald’s or an Arby’s on every street corner. It can be even more difficult for those who work from home. Telecommuters have flexible hours, unpredictable work schedules, and do not always have the time to make the best food. So it is understandable why so many work-at-homers are interested in fast, easy ways to make delicious, nutritious, and healthy foods. There are a few different strategies that the work at homer and the telecommuter can employ to make sure that he/she has lots of easy, healthy foods on hand.
The first step to getting healthy is purging your environment of all things unhealthy. This includes just about anything that is fried, dunked, dipped, or battered, everything that uses high-fructose corn syrup, and the Itos food group (Fritos, Doritos, Cheetos, etc.). It is easy to leave these foods stashed in convenient places around the house, especially in and around the work area. It has all got to go. Everything. It might hurt a little at first, but nothing kills junk food cravings like giving up junk food.
Now that all of the unhealthy food has been trashed, it is time to restock the pantry. Fresh foods are the staple of any healthy diet. Normally, fresh foods line the perimeter of a grocery store, with offerings such as fruits and veggies, fresh meat, cheese, milk, eggs, and the like. This is where the majority of shopping time and resources should be spent. Fresh food has more vitamins, nutrients, and flavor, and is also digested and processed much more easily than processed or packaged foods. Journeys to the center aisles of the store should be limited, and items should be listed to avoid being lured by the bright packaging and empty promises of the happiness characteristic of today’s food marketing. The best foods found in the center aisles include brown rice and flour, beans and nuts, and certain canned foods (ones not too high in sodium). (A word on brown Vs. white foods: Any time a food like rice or flour is offered in brown and white, it is because one has been “enriched” or “processed”. “Enriched” and white together mean bleached. If you would never drink laundry supplies, please avoid white flour and rice.)
Okay, so now that the pantry is chock full of delicious, healthy foods, it is time to eat! But who has time to cook a full meal, three times a day?! Not somebody who has a flexible or unpredictable schedule. A good way to provide some structure to a new eating routine is to cook in bulk. One day a week, make three oversized entrees. That way all the leftovers can be individually frozen, reheated, and eaten on the spur of the moment. Replacing the old snack foods for something natural, with lots of complex carbs like carrots or beans is a fast track for healthy success. These new strategies should help reduce the desire to default back to the –Itos food group, and help maintain a new happy and healthy lifestyle.
The first step to getting healthy is purging your environment of all things unhealthy. This includes just about anything that is fried, dunked, dipped, or battered, everything that uses high-fructose corn syrup, and the Itos food group (Fritos, Doritos, Cheetos, etc.). It is easy to leave these foods stashed in convenient places around the house, especially in and around the work area. It has all got to go. Everything. It might hurt a little at first, but nothing kills junk food cravings like giving up junk food.
Now that all of the unhealthy food has been trashed, it is time to restock the pantry. Fresh foods are the staple of any healthy diet. Normally, fresh foods line the perimeter of a grocery store, with offerings such as fruits and veggies, fresh meat, cheese, milk, eggs, and the like. This is where the majority of shopping time and resources should be spent. Fresh food has more vitamins, nutrients, and flavor, and is also digested and processed much more easily than processed or packaged foods. Journeys to the center aisles of the store should be limited, and items should be listed to avoid being lured by the bright packaging and empty promises of the happiness characteristic of today’s food marketing. The best foods found in the center aisles include brown rice and flour, beans and nuts, and certain canned foods (ones not too high in sodium). (A word on brown Vs. white foods: Any time a food like rice or flour is offered in brown and white, it is because one has been “enriched” or “processed”. “Enriched” and white together mean bleached. If you would never drink laundry supplies, please avoid white flour and rice.)
Okay, so now that the pantry is chock full of delicious, healthy foods, it is time to eat! But who has time to cook a full meal, three times a day?! Not somebody who has a flexible or unpredictable schedule. A good way to provide some structure to a new eating routine is to cook in bulk. One day a week, make three oversized entrees. That way all the leftovers can be individually frozen, reheated, and eaten on the spur of the moment. Replacing the old snack foods for something natural, with lots of complex carbs like carrots or beans is a fast track for healthy success. These new strategies should help reduce the desire to default back to the –Itos food group, and help maintain a new happy and healthy lifestyle.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Birthday Cake for a Dog-Recipe
I went to Raisin's, my "canine" nephew, 11th birthday and this is the cake that my sister-in-law had made for him. It contains all wholesome ingredients and is actually healthy. If you would like to read more about his birthday you can go to my other blog, Blogger Rules.
2 c water
1/4 c mashed banana
1/8 t vanilla
1 egg
2 T honey
3 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 t baking powder
Frosting is cream cheese w/ a little milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In bowl, mix water, banana, vanilla, egg and honey. Mix thoroughly.
Add flour, baking powder. Pour into 8" round baking pan.....bake for 45 min.
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