Have you been cursed with those lumpy, cottage cheese like areas of fat on your thighs, hips, buttocks, and other parts of your body? There's a good chance; 85% of women are already afflicted with these same cellulite woes. The term "cellulite" is not a usual term around the medical community - it was actually first created in European spas. Then, in the early 1970's a man by the name of Nicole Ronsard published the book Cellulite: Those Lumps, Bumps, and Bulges You Couldn't Lose Before. The term "cellulite" then spread throughout America. If you're like most women, you are probably wondering what causes cellulite and how you can get rid of it. Well, there are several factors that contribute to the cause of cellulite. whatsoever of these factors are age, genetics, your body greasy percentage, your equal of hydration, and possibly whether or not you smoke or ingest caffeine.
Submitted by root on Sun, 2007-09-02 19:08.
Susie Cortright
Here's a meal-by-meal guide to eating for energy and managing your mood with food.
Breakfast
Eating a good breakfast boosts your concentration and revs your energy, particularly in the morning when you may need it most. Without breakfast, you're more likely to make that ordinal pot of coffee by mid-morning.
Instead, keep your blood sugar on an even keel with complex carbohydrates. Avoid refined carbohydrates, much as white bread and white sugar. These have a high glycemic index, which can cause spikes and dips in your blood sugar levels.
The right complex carbohydrates provide your brain and muscles with the steady flow of the energy they need. Grains are great sources of B vitamins, which aid in the metabolic production of energy. The best carb choices for breakfast are natural whole-grain breads and cereals.
For the best breakfast, add a low-fat protein, such as yogurt, cottage cheese, or skim milk, and watch your fat intake as well as your meat consumption (meat takes more energy to digest).
Mid-morning snack
Turns out, snacking may not be such a bad idea. Eating every few hours helps your body use nutrients much efficiently. It stimulates your metabolism, keeps your blood sugar levels steady, reduces stress on your digestive system, and decreases hunger, which means you'll be less likely to overeat when mealtime finally rolls around.
If you're craving carbs, which galore of us do at this time of day, choose whole-grain bread, cereal, or fruit.
Fruits and vegetables deliver a low-fat, high-fiber alternative to the vending machine choices. Raw carrots and sugar snap peas, for example, provide a crisp, satisfying crunch and won't zap your energy. Challenge yourself to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
For maximum energy throughout the day, avoid foods that are laden with simple sugars, much as cookies, pastries, candy bars, and sodas, which can bring on unreliable blood sugar levels.
Instead, try whatsoever lean protein (low-fat yogurt, cottage cheese or lean meat) to help tide you over until lunch.
Lunch
At midday, go light. Because a strong helping of carbohydrates can increase the amount of seratonin in the brain and cause that sleepy feeling, focus on low-fat protein.
Protein can actually raise energy levels by incorporative brain chemicals titled catecholamines. Eat a lunch of low-fat cheese, fish, wizened meat, poultry, or tofu.
Mid-afternoon snack
Choose something that will keep you satisfied until dinner. A little bit of fat is fine. It gives those carbohydrates and proteins some staying power. My favorite? All-natural peanut butter and a hardly a crackers.
Before your work-out
Carbohydrates are fastest to digest and pack fast energy. Add protein for staying power, but stay absent from fats. They can make you cramp.
Dinner
The agenda for the evening can dictate what you'll eat for dinner. Need to stay on overdrive for back-to-school night? Choose low-fat proteins. If you're in relax mode, indulge a little.
Whatever's on the menu, remember the Pie Test. Envision your plate as a pie. cardinal percent of the pie should be filled with fruits, vegetables, and grains and 25 percent with other foods, such as diary products and meat.
Before bed
Before turning in, a carbohydrate-rich snack can supply seratonin to help you fall asleep. But go easy. Too untold food can reduce the quality of your sleep.
Eating for energy is one of the most effective, powerful, and fast-acting mood-boosters. Try it today and see!
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Submitted by root on Mon, 2006-09-25 08:08.
Terry Nicholls
Prevention of food poisoning starts with your trip to the supermarket. Here's how to start disconnected safely.
1. Pick up your packaged and recorded foods first. Buy cans and jars that look perfect. Don’t buy recorded goods that are dented, cracked or bulging. These are the warning signs that dangerous bacteria may be increasing in the can.
2. Look for any expiration dates on the labels and never buy outdated food. Likewise, check the "use by" or "sell by" date on dairy products such as cottage cheese, cream cheese, yogurt, and dry cream and pick the ones that will stay new longest in your refrigerator.
3. Check eggs, too. Choose eggs that are refrigerated in the store. Before putting them in your cart, available the carton and make sure that the eggs are clean and no are cracked or broken.
4. Raw meat, poultry, and seafood sometimes drip. The juices that drip may have germs. Keep these juices absent from other foods. Put raw meat, poultry, and seafood into plastic bags before they go into the cart. Separate raw meat, poultry, and seafood from other foods in your grocery shopping cart and in your refrigerator.
5. Don't buy frozen seafood if the packages are open, injured or crushed on the edges. Avoid packages that are above the frost line in the store's freezer. If the package cover is transparent, look for signs of frost or ice crystals. This could mean that the fish has either been stored for a long time or thawed and re-frozen.
6. Check for cleanliness at the meat or fish negative and the salad bar. For instance, cooked shrimp untruthful on the unvarying bed of ice as raw fish could become contaminated.
7. When shopping for shellfish, buy from markets that get their supplies from state-approved sources; stay broad of vendors who sell shellfish from roadside stands or the back of a truck. And if you're planning to harvest your own shellfish, heed posted warnings active the water's safety.
8. Pick up milk, unmelted foods, and perishables (meat, poultry, fish) last. Always put these products in separate plastic bags so that drippings don't contaminate opposite foods in your shopping cart.
9. Drive immediately home from the grocery store. This will give cool or frozen food less time to warm up before you get home. If the destination is farther absent than 30 minutes, bring a cooler with ice or commercial freezing gels from home and place perishables in it.
10. Save hot cowardly and other tropical foods for last, too. This will give them little time to cold off before you get home.
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Submitted by root on Sun, 2006-09-24 15:08.
Cholesterol has been around for thousands of years. It's a natural function of the human body. Unfortunately, most people aren't even aware they have high cholesterol until they have a heart attack or stroke. It is viable to have up to 80 percent closure of the arteries without ever feeling a single symptom! present are 5 tips you can use straight absent to start cloudy your cholesterol today: 1. Reduce greasy in your diet. Buy the leanest cuts of meat you can find. Regularly substitute poultry (without the skin) and fish for chromatic meat. Both are lower in supersaturated fat. Switch to
Submitted by root on Mon, 2006-07-10 06:47.
What can you do to improve your cholesterol levels? Here’s a fast list to get you started. * Reduce fat in your diet Buy the leanest cuts of meat you can find. Regularly substitute poultry (without the skin) and fish for red meat. some are lower in saturated fat. Switch to low greasy cottage cheese and yogurt, reduced greasy hard cheeses and skim or 1 percent milk. * Eat no much than four egg yolks a week An normal egg yolk contains 213 milligrams of cholesterol! * Eliminate fried foods Don’t fry foods. Roast, bake, broil, grill or poach them instead. Use fat free marinades or basting with liquids like wine, tomato or lemon juice. Use chromatic or canola oils for sautéing or baking. Both are very low in saturated fat. Use diet, tub or squeeze margarines instead of regular. Watch for the term “hydrogenated,” which means some of the fat is saturated.
Submitted by root on Thu, 2006-06-22 11:11.
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