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While there's no shortage of recipe-related downloads at the App Store, Cooking Light's first app, The Cooking Light Quick and Healthy Menu Maker -- the No. 1 app in the Lifestyle category -- serves up a handful of well-organized and visually delicious dishes for the health-conscious individual.
The app ($3.99) houses more than 300 handpicked recipes -- divided into entrees, sides and desserts -- that you can flip through with your fingertip. If you'd like to drill down deeper, you can also select different kinds of food. Under sides, for example, you can select beans & grains, bread, pasta, potatoes, salad or vegetables. Entrees are divided into beef & lamb, poultry, pork, fish, pasta or vegetarian.
UN food agency: higher food prices likely
Further increases were likely unless production of major food crops increases significantly in 2011, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said, warning that international food import bills could pass the $1 trillion dollar mark in 2010.
”With the pressure on world prices of most commodities not abating, the international community must remain vigilant against further supply shocks in 2011 and be prepared,” the agency said in its Food Outlook.
Still, it said that supplies of staple food crops were more ample now, lessening the risk of a similar crisis. But it cautioned that ”world prices have raised alarmingly and at a much faster pace than in 2007/2008.”
The agency revised its forecast for world cereal production downward, saying it would shrink by 2 per cent. The agency, which had previously forecast a 1.2 per cent expansion in production, said supply shortfalls because of bad weather were to blame.
Preparing the kids for Pregnancy
The moment you find out your pregnant you want to tell everyone, including your kids. The way you tell your child depends on their age, an older child will understand what it means when you tell them you are pregnant or that they are going to be a brother or sister soon. However, a toddler is a little bit harder to explain this too.
Think about your child’s personality when it comes time to tell them. You know your child best. They may enjoy being sent little clues like you did with daddy, or they may just want you to tell them straight out. You could get lucky and have them walk in the room while you are announcing it. This happened to me when I was expecting child number four. I had just walked out of the bathroom waving the wand in the air to show my husband. I had no clue that my kids had walked into the room until I heard them screeching I was pregnant. Oops.
Think about your child’s personality when it comes time to tell them. You know your child best. They may enjoy being sent little clues like you did with daddy, or they may just want you to tell them straight out. You could get lucky and have them walk in the room while you are announcing it. This happened to me when I was expecting child number four. I had just walked out of the bathroom waving the wand in the air to show my husband. I had no clue that my kids had walked into the room until I heard them screeching I was pregnant. Oops.
Pregnancy’s Beautiful Stretch Marks
The minute you find out you are pregnant you know things are going to be changing, from your waist size to those little stretch marks that pop up. Stretch marks are exactly that, red or purple marks left in your skin because it has stretched. The most common areas for it to appear is the buttocks, thighs, stomach, breasts and even arms. 90 percent of all pregnant women will get them, whether they get a lot or a few depends on the body and how they are preventing them.
There are a ton of lotions out there that claim to help prevent stretch marks, such as scar serum, cocoa butter or Maderma. Make sure your skin is always moist, this helps in stretching the skin and not tearing it. There are new discoveries every day, ask your doctor what he/she recommends. Try them out yourself first and see if they work for you. This isn’t something you just put on one time during your pregnancy, you’ll have to make this a daily effort in order for it to work. That’s where most women fail, they just stop doing it.
There are a ton of lotions out there that claim to help prevent stretch marks, such as scar serum, cocoa butter or Maderma. Make sure your skin is always moist, this helps in stretching the skin and not tearing it. There are new discoveries every day, ask your doctor what he/she recommends. Try them out yourself first and see if they work for you. This isn’t something you just put on one time during your pregnancy, you’ll have to make this a daily effort in order for it to work. That’s where most women fail, they just stop doing it.
Wives Tales and Pregnancy
It's all great to hear advice during your pregnancy, especially unwelcome advice. I'm sure you've been told by one person or another how to live. Am I right? It only gets worse the further along in your pregnancy you are. Someone will want to tell you that you shouldn't bend, or walk a certain way, not to pick up a baby in case you hurt the one in your stomach or put yourself in labor. As the pregnancy gets closer to the due date you'll be told many different home remedies of how to put yourself in labor. Got a headache? Someone can tell you exactly what to drink to get rid of it without any medication, remember it is important to ask a doctor before trying to take something you've never tried before doing it. But the most fun I have during the course of the 9-10 months stretch is hearing all the wives tales, also known as myths.
I'm pretty sure you aren't going to even care at this point what sex the baby is, all you want is for the morning sickness to stop. You may even be counting down the days until the first trimester is over. Chances are if you morning sickness someone is bound to tell you what sex of the baby is. One wives tale is if you are having severe morning sickness is a sign you are having a girl.
I'm pretty sure you aren't going to even care at this point what sex the baby is, all you want is for the morning sickness to stop. You may even be counting down the days until the first trimester is over. Chances are if you morning sickness someone is bound to tell you what sex of the baby is. One wives tale is if you are having severe morning sickness is a sign you are having a girl.
Vegetarian Diet for Optimal Personal and Environmental Health
It’s been well documented through the years that vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat. Vegetarians are less likely to be obese, or to have high blood pressure, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or colon cancer. They are also less likely to die from heart disease. Vegetarians have lower blood pressure even when they eat the same amount of salt as meat eaters and exercise less. Many studies show that vegetarians have less instances of colon cancer, due in large part to the differences in the bacterial flora that is present in the colon.
There are many factors in the vegetarian diet that contribute to better health. Vegetarians consume two to three times as much fiber as do meat-eaters, which has been shown to reduce cholesterol and blood glucose levels, and protect against colon cancer. They also consume more antioxidants, which are found in a wide variety of plant foods and protect cells from oxygen-induced damage and reduce the risk for heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases.
Tips for a Vibrant Vegetarian Holiday Filled with Variety
Planning a beautiful yet nutrient-dense, delicious holiday meal for both your meat eating and vegetarian guests can be a little daunting at first, but it can also bring out your creativity! Many side dishes you make can be easily made vegetarian, with little difference in taste.
The first step in planning accordingly would be to find out which of your guests are vegetarian, and what kind of vegetarian they are. Do they eat eggs or cheese? If so, you’ll have a few more possibilities. If they don’t, that’s okay, you’ll still have plenty of options to work with. If you’re new to the vegetarian lifestyle and aren’t quite sure where to start, ask for some input or help from your vegetarian guests. They may have some great recipe ideas, shortcuts, or simple tricks of the trade they can share with you to make your holiday meal preparation go smoothly.
For instance, you can substitute vegetable broth for chicken broth, or simply leave the meat or meat drippings out of vegetables and soups. This will also cut down on the fat content. It’s also very simple to divide some of the dishes, making one portion meatless, using the same vegetarian ingredients just mentioned.
What to Feed your Vegetarian Baby
It goes without saying that the earliest food for any baby, including a vegan baby, is breast milk. It benefits your baby’s immune system, offers protection against infection, and reduces the risk of allergies. Be especially careful that you are getting enough vitamin B-12 when breastfeeding. Also, ensure your infant receives at least 30 minutes of sunlight exposure per week to stimulate the body to produce adequate amounts of vitamin D, since human milk contains very low levels.
The iron content of breast milk is also generally low, no matter how good the mother's diet is. The iron which is in breast milk is readily absorbed by the infant, however. The iron in breast milk is adequate for the first 4 to 6 months or longer. After the age of six months, it is recommended iron supplements are introduced.
Soy milk, rice milk, and homemade formulas should not be used to replace breast milk or commercial infant formula during the first year. These foods do not contain the proper ratio of protein, fat, and carbohydrate, nor do they have enough of many vitamins and minerals to be used as a significant part of the diet in the first year.
You are what you eat
You’ve certainly heard the expression many times, “You are what you eat.” Have you ever really thought about what it means? And do you think about it when you’re making food choices?
In some ways, we do become what we eat, literally. Have you ever seen an example of your blood plasma after eating a fast food hamburger? What was previously a clear liquid becomes cloudy with the fat and cholesterol that’s absorbed from eating a high-fat hamburger.
And when you think about it, we also become what we don’t eat. When we switch from eating meat to a vegetarian-based diet, we become less fat, less prone to many types of cancers. Our cholesterol can improve. When we’re leaner and eating fewer animal products, then many other health and fitness issues are reduced. The incidence of Type II diabetes is reduced. Blood pressure falls into normal ranges. When you’re healthier, you’re taking fewer medications. Even if you have a prescription drug benefit in your health plan, you’re still saving money with fewer co-payments on medications.
Caged chickens and hormones
If most of us thought about the conditions in which chickens used for meat and eggs are raised and slaughtered, we’d become vegetarian on the spot. Egg-laying chickens can be raised in cages with 6 chickens to a cage, each chicken getting only 67 square inches of space for its lifetime.
Unless they’re certified and labeled as being free-range or organic or natural, they might have been fed growth hormones to get them to slaughter faster, and antibiotics to combat the diseases which come from being raised in cramped and less-than-clean conditions.
And consider what the recommendations are for cleaning up after touching poultry? It’s recommended to clean surfaces with bleach to remove bacteria, and to wash your hands thoroughly after touching a chicken.
Do you really want to put something into your body that requires bleach to clean up after? Something that needs to be cooked to specific temperatures to be sure you’ve destroyed any bacteria that could make you sick?
Chickens and turkeys have become so mass-produced and injected with antibiotics and hormones that there’s no taste to it anymore, so why bother? Even the most humanely treated chicken has either been stunned in a salt-water brine before being beheaded. In John Robbins excellent book and video, Diet for a Small Planet, he shows us pictures of chickens being grabbed in groups by the neck and thrown into cages. Can you really consider eating a chicken with that vision in your head?
Eliminate seafood
It’s actually pretty easy to eliminate red meat and poultry from our diets. When you give any thought whatsoever, the reasons are so compelling to stop eating them. Your reasons may be physical, because you need to lower your cholesterol or blood pressure. You may want to reduce your risk of cancers that may run in your family, and eliminating red meat from your diet is an important way to do this. You may also find that the way we mass-produce meat and poultry for consumption in this country is repugnant to you. If we really thought about the way meat and poultry is raised, we’d never eat the stuff again. We’re consuming flesh that’s been produced from enormous pain and suffering. Even the smallest life has value on this earth; mass producing these animals to slaughter and eat them degrades their lives and degrades our own in the process of eating them.
It might feel like it’s carrying things to far to eliminate something as elemental as a shrimp or a scallop. But think about what we dump into the ocean where this food comes from. All our waste and trash gets hauled into the ocean, if it doesn’t go into a landfill. Think of the millions of gallons of oil that have been dumped from oil tanker accidents. Think of the impact that the erosion of the ozone layer in the atmosphere has had on every living thing on the planet. There are toxic levels of mercury in fish and seafood, so much so that if you’re a woman contemplating getting pregnant, you most definitely shouldn’t eat fish. Your risk of producing a baby with birth defects is extremely high if you do.
Different types of vegetarians
Many people think of vegetarians as one homogeneous group that just doesn’t eat meat. But nothing could be further from the truth. There are different categories of vegetarians as diverse as the reasons for going vegetarian in the first place.
A vegetarian is generally defined as someone who doesn’t eat meat. But someone who is vegetarian could conceivably eat dairy products such as milk, eggs and cheese. A lacto ovo vegetarian doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry, but does consume eggs, milk or cheese. A lacto vegetarian consumes milk and cheese products, but doesn’t consume eggs.
A vegan is someone who doesn’t consume any animal product or by-product, including dairy food. They eat only vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and legumes. They also don’t use animal products, such as leather. Vegans also don’t use white sugar because it’s often processed with a substance derived from animal bones that whitens the sugar.
Vegetarians and cancer
You might have a general idea that eating a vegetarian diet is more healthy for you. But do you really know how much less the incidence is of certain types of cancers among vegetarians?
Vegetarian diets—naturally low in saturated fat, high in fiber, and replete with cancer-protective phytochemicals—help to prevent cancer. Large studies in England and Germany have shown that vegetarians are about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer compared to meat-eaters. In the U.S., studies of Seventh-Day Adventists, who are largely lacto-ovo vegetarians, have shown significant reductions in cancer risk among those who avoided meat. Similarly, breast cancer rates are dramatically lower in nations, such as China, that follow plant-based diets. Interestingly, Japanese women who follow Western-style, meat-based diets are eight times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who follow a more traditional plant-based diet. Meat and dairy products contribute to many forms of cancer, including cancer of the colon, breast, ovaries, and prostate.
Got milk? Reasons Not to Grab for the Glass
Many Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume large amounts of dairy products, but here are several strong reasons to eliminate dairy products from your diet.
Milk has long been praised as a ‘weapon’ in the war against osteoporosis, but recent clinical research shows that it actually is associated with a higher fracture risk, and there’s been no protective effect of dairy calcium on bone. Increasing your intake of green leafy vegetables and beans, along with exercising have been shown to help strengthen bones and increase their density.
Dairy products are also a significant source of fat and cholesterol in the diet, which can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease. A low-fat vegetarian diet that eliminates dairy products, as well as adequate amounts of exercise, proper stress management and quitting smoking not only will help prevent heart disease, but could also reverse it.
Ovarian, breast, and prostate cancers have been linked to dairy product consumption. According to a recent study by Daniel Cramer, a Harvard doctor, when excessive amounts of dairy products are consumed and the body’s enzymes are unable to keep pace with breaking down the lactose; it can build up in the blood and affect a woman’s ovaries. Another recent study showed that men who had the highest levels of IGF-I, (insulin-like growth factor) which is found in cow’s milk, they were at four times the risk of prostate cancer compared to those men who had the lowest levels of IGF-I.
THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC COOKERY
It is not enough that good and proper food material be provided; it must have such preparation as will increase and not diminish its alimentary value. The unwholesomeness of food is quite as often due to bad cookery as to improper selection of material. Proper cookery renders good food material more digestible. When scientifically done, cooking changes each of the food elements, with the exception of fats, in much the same manner as do the digestive juices, and at the same time it breaks up the food by dissolving the soluble portions, so that its elements are more readily acted upon by the digestive fluids. Cookery, however, often fails to attain the desired end; and the best material is rendered useless and unwholesome by a improper preparation.
WHAT MAKES AN IDEAL KITCHEN
It is a mistake to suppose that any room, however small and unpleasantly situated, is "good enough" for a kitchen. This is the room where housekeepers pass a great portion of their time, and it should be one of the brightest and most convenient rooms in the house; for upon the results of no other department depend so greatly the health and comfort of the family as upon those involved in this 'household workshop'.
Every kitchen should have windows on two sides of the room, and the sun should have free entrance through them; the windows should open from the top to allow a complete change of air, for light and fresh air are among the chief essentials to success in all departments of the household. Good drainage should also be provided, and the ventilation of the kitchen ought to be even more carefully attended to than that of a sleeping room. The ventilation of the kitchen should be so ample as to thoroughly remove all gases and odors, which, together with steam from boiling and other cooking processes, generally invade and render to some degree unhealthful every other portion of the house.
Every kitchen should have windows on two sides of the room, and the sun should have free entrance through them; the windows should open from the top to allow a complete change of air, for light and fresh air are among the chief essentials to success in all departments of the household. Good drainage should also be provided, and the ventilation of the kitchen ought to be even more carefully attended to than that of a sleeping room. The ventilation of the kitchen should be so ample as to thoroughly remove all gases and odors, which, together with steam from boiling and other cooking processes, generally invade and render to some degree unhealthful every other portion of the house.
Vegetarian Child’s Diet
Eating habits are set in early childhood. Choosing a vegetarian diet can give your child—and your whole family—the opportunity to learn to enjoy a variety of wonderful, nutritious foods. Offer your child a wide variety of grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and soy products, keep it simple and make it fun, and they’ll learn good eating habits that will last them a lifetime.
Children raised on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes grow up to be slimmer and healthier and even live longer than their meat-eating friends. It is much easier to build a nutritious diet from plant foods than from animal products, which contain saturated fat, cholesterol, and other substances that growing children can do without. As for essential nutrients, plant foods are the preferred source because they provide sufficient energy and protein packaged with other health-promoting nutrients such as fiber, antioxidant vitamins, minerals and healthy fats.
The complex carbohydrates found in whole grains, beans, and vegetables provide the ideal energy to fuel a child’s busy life. Encouraging the consumption of brown rice, whole wheat breads and pastas, rolled oats, and corn, as well as the less common grains barley, quinoa, millet, and others, will boost the fiber and nutrient content of a child’s diet. In addition, it will help steer children away from desiring sugary sweet drinks and treats.
And though children need protein to grown, they don’t need high-protein, animal-based foods. Different varieties of grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits supplies plenty of protein, making protein deficiency very unlikely.
How to Planning a Baby Shower
Planning a Baby Shower
Baby showers are a lot of fun, especially for pregnant mom-to-be. Not only is this something for the baby, but now she doesn‘t have to go out and buy. Before you throw a baby shower for someone there are a few things you should do to prepare. The first thing is figure out if this will be a surprise shower or not. There are benefits to both, the first one being if she knows she can help you with a list of people that she would like to be there. However, if it is a surprise she’ll be touched that you cared enough to throw her a baby shower, but be careful you don’t want to give her too much of surprise and put her in labor.
Making the Guest List
When it comes to making the guest list things can get a little tricky. Find out if there is anyone that would be upset if they weren't invited. Never leave out close family or friends, at least give them the option of showing up.
Games
Planning games for a shower can be a bit difficult when you have so many fun games and have a few gifts to pass out as prizes. Baby shower games are a lot of fun, here is a quick list.
Mommy’s belly- The mom-to-be stand in the center of the room and each guests get to decide how big her belly is using a string or a toilet paper sheets. Find out who guessed the closest.
Guess the nursery rhyme- Give each guest a sheet of nursery rhymes and have them guess the nursery rhyme or finish it. This will help everyone remember them and see who reads those bedtime stories.
Did you say Baby Game?- Each guest is giving small clothespins to wear around their neck on a necklace or on their shirt. Every time someone says “Baby” if someone catches them they get to take one pin. At the end of the party the guest with the most pins wins a prize.
Memory- Using a plastic tin of some sort place a bunch of baby items in it such as, bib, thermometer, baby spoon, diaper rash crème, etc. Anything you’d use on a baby. Let each guest get a chance to look in the bin for a few seconds and take it away. Once everyone is finished have them write down everything that was in the box. The person with the most correct answers wins.
Baby Food Tasting - Have a variety of baby food in jars, take off the outside wrapper and place a number at the bottom of the jar, on a separate piece of paper write the name of each jar. Each guest is dished out a spoonful of baby food to try. Have them write down what they think each one is. The one with the most correct answers wins a prize.
Have a great baby shower and don’t forget to bring a gift.
Baby showers are a lot of fun, especially for pregnant mom-to-be. Not only is this something for the baby, but now she doesn‘t have to go out and buy. Before you throw a baby shower for someone there are a few things you should do to prepare. The first thing is figure out if this will be a surprise shower or not. There are benefits to both, the first one being if she knows she can help you with a list of people that she would like to be there. However, if it is a surprise she’ll be touched that you cared enough to throw her a baby shower, but be careful you don’t want to give her too much of surprise and put her in labor.
Making the Guest List
When it comes to making the guest list things can get a little tricky. Find out if there is anyone that would be upset if they weren't invited. Never leave out close family or friends, at least give them the option of showing up.
Games
Planning games for a shower can be a bit difficult when you have so many fun games and have a few gifts to pass out as prizes. Baby shower games are a lot of fun, here is a quick list.
Mommy’s belly- The mom-to-be stand in the center of the room and each guests get to decide how big her belly is using a string or a toilet paper sheets. Find out who guessed the closest.
Guess the nursery rhyme- Give each guest a sheet of nursery rhymes and have them guess the nursery rhyme or finish it. This will help everyone remember them and see who reads those bedtime stories.
Did you say Baby Game?- Each guest is giving small clothespins to wear around their neck on a necklace or on their shirt. Every time someone says “Baby” if someone catches them they get to take one pin. At the end of the party the guest with the most pins wins a prize.
Memory- Using a plastic tin of some sort place a bunch of baby items in it such as, bib, thermometer, baby spoon, diaper rash crème, etc. Anything you’d use on a baby. Let each guest get a chance to look in the bin for a few seconds and take it away. Once everyone is finished have them write down everything that was in the box. The person with the most correct answers wins.
Baby Food Tasting - Have a variety of baby food in jars, take off the outside wrapper and place a number at the bottom of the jar, on a separate piece of paper write the name of each jar. Each guest is dished out a spoonful of baby food to try. Have them write down what they think each one is. The one with the most correct answers wins a prize.
Have a great baby shower and don’t forget to bring a gift.
12 step salute to the sun (Yoga)
An All-Around Yoga Exercise: 12-Step Salute to the Sun
One of the all-around yoga exercises is the 12-step salute to the sun. Do it once or twice when you get up in the morning to help relieve stiffness and invigorate the body. Multiple repetitions at night will help you to relax; insomniacs often find that six to 12 rounds help them fall asleep.
1. Stand with your feet slightly apart, palms together, thumbs against your chest.
2. Inhale deeply while slowly raising your hands over your head, and bend back as far as possible, while tightening your buttocks. Hold for three seconds.
3. Slowly exhale and bend forward, keeping your knees straight, until your fingers touch the floor outside your feet. (If you can't touch the floor, go as close as you can.) Bring your head in toward your knees.
4. Slowly inhale, bend your knees, and if your fingertips aren't outside your feet on the floor, place them there. Slide your right foot back as far as you can go, with the right knee an inch or so off the floor, (a lunge position). Now look up as high as possible, arching your back.
5. Before exhaling again, slide your left foot back until it is beside the right one, and with your weight supported on your palms and toes, straighten both legs so that your body forms a flat plane. Make sure your stomach is pulled in.
6. Slowly exhale, bend both knees to the floor, bend with your hips in the air, lower your chest and forehead to the floor.
7. Now inhale slowly and look up, bending your head back, then raising it, followed by your upper chest, then lower chest. Your lower body - from the navel down - should be on the floor, and your elbows should be slightly bent. Hold for three to five seconds.
8. Exhale slowly and raise your hips until your feet and palms are flat on the floor and your arms and legs are straight in an inverted V position.
9. Inhale slowly and bring your right foot forward as in position 4. The foot should be flat on the floor between your fingertips. The left leg should be almost straight behind you, with its knee slightly off the floor. Raise your head, look up, and arch your back.
10. Slowly exhale and bring your left foot forward next to your right one. Straighten your legs and stand, trying to keep your fingertips on the floor, and try to touch your head to your knees as in position 3.
11. Slowly inhale, raise your arms up and stretch back as in position 2. Don't forget to tighten your buttocks. Hold for three seconds.
12. Slowly exhale, lowering your arms to your sides. Relax. Repeat the series.
One of the all-around yoga exercises is the 12-step salute to the sun. Do it once or twice when you get up in the morning to help relieve stiffness and invigorate the body. Multiple repetitions at night will help you to relax; insomniacs often find that six to 12 rounds help them fall asleep.
1. Stand with your feet slightly apart, palms together, thumbs against your chest.
2. Inhale deeply while slowly raising your hands over your head, and bend back as far as possible, while tightening your buttocks. Hold for three seconds.
3. Slowly exhale and bend forward, keeping your knees straight, until your fingers touch the floor outside your feet. (If you can't touch the floor, go as close as you can.) Bring your head in toward your knees.
4. Slowly inhale, bend your knees, and if your fingertips aren't outside your feet on the floor, place them there. Slide your right foot back as far as you can go, with the right knee an inch or so off the floor, (a lunge position). Now look up as high as possible, arching your back.
5. Before exhaling again, slide your left foot back until it is beside the right one, and with your weight supported on your palms and toes, straighten both legs so that your body forms a flat plane. Make sure your stomach is pulled in.
6. Slowly exhale, bend both knees to the floor, bend with your hips in the air, lower your chest and forehead to the floor.
7. Now inhale slowly and look up, bending your head back, then raising it, followed by your upper chest, then lower chest. Your lower body - from the navel down - should be on the floor, and your elbows should be slightly bent. Hold for three to five seconds.
8. Exhale slowly and raise your hips until your feet and palms are flat on the floor and your arms and legs are straight in an inverted V position.
9. Inhale slowly and bring your right foot forward as in position 4. The foot should be flat on the floor between your fingertips. The left leg should be almost straight behind you, with its knee slightly off the floor. Raise your head, look up, and arch your back.
10. Slowly exhale and bring your left foot forward next to your right one. Straighten your legs and stand, trying to keep your fingertips on the floor, and try to touch your head to your knees as in position 3.
11. Slowly inhale, raise your arms up and stretch back as in position 2. Don't forget to tighten your buttocks. Hold for three seconds.
12. Slowly exhale, lowering your arms to your sides. Relax. Repeat the series.
Benefits of Coffee
Speaking of coffee, many people who still argue that coffee is bad for health. Actually it's not completely true. Coffee, provided that consumed wisely, it is actually beneficial to health. Whatever, not just coffee, if consumed in excessive definitely not good.
Benefits of Coffee
According to Harvard Women's Health, the consumption of several cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, the formation of kidney stones, colon cancer, Parkinson's disease, liver damage (cirrhosis), heart disease and prevent cognitive decline in brain power.
According to Harvard Women's Health, the consumption of several cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, the formation of kidney stones, colon cancer, Parkinson's disease, liver damage (cirrhosis), heart disease and prevent cognitive decline in brain power.
Tips slim, Do not Eat at Work Table
Are varieties of ways to use women to achieve ideal body weight. Starting from avoiding certain foods strictly to exercise hard every day to want a slim body.
But you know, there are methods of decreasing body weight without the need for crease-tired exercise and diet. Want to know how? Quoted from page Times of India following a number of tips to keep trying.
Be the master of the TV remote and switch off!
According to the study of the Food Quality & Preference, people will enjoy eating them when dealing with the sounds and noise, including from television. So at dinner, turn off your TV. You will feel full and more full.
Do not eat at your desk
A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed people who love to eat at the computer, usually do not remember what they ate. So, they tend to eat more without thinking.
So from now on, if you want to eat, go to the dining room, sitting, and then enjoy eating your food!
When you wish to shop, eat first, then go
If you go to the mall with an empty stomach, chances are you'll be tempted to enjoy the food at the food court. Foods that arouse your taste is most likely unhealthy. Or as an alternative for so as not to be tempted, you can choose apple snacking while shopping.
Plan ahead and prepare a shopping list
Write down what you need and paste it into your food shopping list. Shopping with no set goals, chances are you'll be tempted to buy goods that in fact has not so necessary. Without careful planning, you'll buy whatever food you like without thinking about its effect on the body. In addition to this plan healthy for the body, is also healthy for the wallet.
Survey on restaurant menus
Do not let you be tempted by the offer of restaurants. They can drag you to the foods you do not want to eat. Find out healthy menu in the restaurant, choose the appropriate food intake and low fat.
Visualize
According to Carnegie Mellon University researchers imagine yourself eating the foods you want to help you avoid excessive food. In short, if you repeatedly think about certain foods, visualize it, actually reduce the chances are you eat it in reality.
Do not ever deny yourself food
Allow yourself to enjoy your favorite foods this time. Do not let your stress by tightening your food on a regular basis. People who tend to starve to lose vital fluids, nutrients and muscle tissue. Lack of essential nutrients can cause the body to experience hypotension, dry mouth, and bad breath.
But you know, there are methods of decreasing body weight without the need for crease-tired exercise and diet. Want to know how? Quoted from page Times of India following a number of tips to keep trying.
Be the master of the TV remote and switch off!
According to the study of the Food Quality & Preference, people will enjoy eating them when dealing with the sounds and noise, including from television. So at dinner, turn off your TV. You will feel full and more full.
Do not eat at your desk
A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed people who love to eat at the computer, usually do not remember what they ate. So, they tend to eat more without thinking.
So from now on, if you want to eat, go to the dining room, sitting, and then enjoy eating your food!
When you wish to shop, eat first, then go
If you go to the mall with an empty stomach, chances are you'll be tempted to enjoy the food at the food court. Foods that arouse your taste is most likely unhealthy. Or as an alternative for so as not to be tempted, you can choose apple snacking while shopping.
Plan ahead and prepare a shopping list
Write down what you need and paste it into your food shopping list. Shopping with no set goals, chances are you'll be tempted to buy goods that in fact has not so necessary. Without careful planning, you'll buy whatever food you like without thinking about its effect on the body. In addition to this plan healthy for the body, is also healthy for the wallet.
Survey on restaurant menus
Do not let you be tempted by the offer of restaurants. They can drag you to the foods you do not want to eat. Find out healthy menu in the restaurant, choose the appropriate food intake and low fat.
Visualize
According to Carnegie Mellon University researchers imagine yourself eating the foods you want to help you avoid excessive food. In short, if you repeatedly think about certain foods, visualize it, actually reduce the chances are you eat it in reality.
Do not ever deny yourself food
Allow yourself to enjoy your favorite foods this time. Do not let your stress by tightening your food on a regular basis. People who tend to starve to lose vital fluids, nutrients and muscle tissue. Lack of essential nutrients can cause the body to experience hypotension, dry mouth, and bad breath.
15 steps Easy Burn Yur Calories
Burning calories is not always to the sport. Body will burn calories when kissing or sleeping. Well here 15 other activities that can burn calories, quoted from the book The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor Plan Designed for Rapid Results by Dr. Mike Moreno:
- Walking quickly when carrying dirty clothes to the laundry or groceries can burn about 120 calories in 30 minutes.
- Research has shown that anxiety, such as restless legs syndrome can be reduced to 800 calories per day.
- Doing the missionary position during sex can erode 4.5 calories per minute.
- Every minute you climb the stairs can burn 7 calories.
- Climb the stairs two at a time to burn calories even 55 percent more than one step.
- Give your partner a massage. Massaged for 1 hour to burn 230 calories.
- One hour having sex with a passion to burn 270 calories.
- You can burn about an extra 100 calories a day extra if you took a walk around the office to meet with your colleagues
- Every minute you kiss someone, it will burn 1 calorie.
- Do not order food. Cook at home. Spend time to cook can burn about 150 calories.
- You will burn up 200 calories when sleeping around 7 hours.
- Dancing will burn 200 calories more per hour, depending on the type of dance.
- Play the hula hoop. Only in 10 minutes, you can burn 44 calories. Plus, your abdominal muscles will begin to form while doing it.
- Playing jump rope will do. Fifteen minutes of jumping rope burns 170 calories.
- Playing with your children, such as the swing can burn 222 calories for 30 minutes.
Reasons Why Pregnant women should not eat shark
After giving birth, some mothers complained about feeling depressed. But the actual mental state is not going to happen, if they become pregnant while to get used to eating fish.
"The consumption of DHA during pregnancy at the sufficient level obtained from food, has the potential to reduce symptoms of depression after childbirth," said researchers from the University of Connecticut, USA, Dr. Michelle Price Judge, quoted from page Daily Mail.
Benefits of omega-3 fats they contain fish of the baby blues or depression in new mothers the give birth, has been specifically studied by scientists in the United States.
However, the amount of fish consumed should also be restricted. Because if the majority, the result is not good. Namely, it can be bad for your baby's development. In principle, women have to balance nutrition with the consumption of other foods as a counterweight.
Dr. Michelle added a few more women to choose food supplement for fish instead. However, he said, eating fish remains a more nutritious choice.
Fish the can be consumed by pregnant women is also not arbitrary. Fatty fish, including mackerel, sardines, salmon and trout, should not be eaten more than twice a week. So is the tuna steak, limited to only two weeks.
And the it must be remembered very well, the same pregnant women should not eat swordfish, shark, and marlin.
"The consumption of DHA during pregnancy at the sufficient level obtained from food, has the potential to reduce symptoms of depression after childbirth," said researchers from the University of Connecticut, USA, Dr. Michelle Price Judge, quoted from page Daily Mail.
Benefits of omega-3 fats they contain fish of the baby blues or depression in new mothers the give birth, has been specifically studied by scientists in the United States.
However, the amount of fish consumed should also be restricted. Because if the majority, the result is not good. Namely, it can be bad for your baby's development. In principle, women have to balance nutrition with the consumption of other foods as a counterweight.
Dr. Michelle added a few more women to choose food supplement for fish instead. However, he said, eating fish remains a more nutritious choice.
Fish the can be consumed by pregnant women is also not arbitrary. Fatty fish, including mackerel, sardines, salmon and trout, should not be eaten more than twice a week. So is the tuna steak, limited to only two weeks.
And the it must be remembered very well, the same pregnant women should not eat swordfish, shark, and marlin.
Foods the increase libido
Forget Viagra, only consumption of natural foods to raise libido.What is produced by the body, depending on what you eat. Included in this arousing sex with a partner. There are some foods that can raise your libido, so activity will be more enjoyable sex. To be more vibrant, you have to enjoy these foods in a way that 'different'.
1. CeleryProbably never imagined in your mind to use celery as a libido booster food, but fresh greenery is very potent. Celery contains androstone, a hormone to release aroma typical man who will make women instantly turn on.Enjoy with sexy: Slice celery thinly and place in container. Let your partner celery sprinkled it on top of your stomach and then eat it directly.
2. ScallopShellfish is seafood that has long been believed to arouse the libido to produce sperm thanks to the rich content of zinc in oysters and produce the hormone testosterone can increase libido. That way, you and your partner can be equally enthusiastic. Enjoy with sexy: Clean the shell with a brush. If you do not like raw oysters, boiled with a little ginger and lemon. Then enjoy with suck. This sucking sound will be a pleasant sensation of foreplay.
1. CeleryProbably never imagined in your mind to use celery as a libido booster food, but fresh greenery is very potent. Celery contains androstone, a hormone to release aroma typical man who will make women instantly turn on.Enjoy with sexy: Slice celery thinly and place in container. Let your partner celery sprinkled it on top of your stomach and then eat it directly.
2. ScallopShellfish is seafood that has long been believed to arouse the libido to produce sperm thanks to the rich content of zinc in oysters and produce the hormone testosterone can increase libido. That way, you and your partner can be equally enthusiastic. Enjoy with sexy: Clean the shell with a brush. If you do not like raw oysters, boiled with a little ginger and lemon. Then enjoy with suck. This sucking sound will be a pleasant sensation of foreplay.
3. Banana
Are you smiling after arriving in this part? Fresh bananas contain the enzyme bromelain which can increase libido and prevent impotence in men. Also, bananas also contain potassium, vitamin B and riboflavin which can maintain the freshness of the body during sex. Enjoy with sexy: Cut bananas in the form of spheres. Then the order on your body that is not wearing clothes. Your partner will be happy and spend the banana for a hotter sessions.
4. AvocadoDo not be afraid of the fat in avocados, because fat is good fat fruit. Spare Aztez the antiquity called avocado as a fruit of the testes. And it proved to research presented that avocados have a high folic acid, which can launch a process of change proteins into energy needed during sex. Not only in men but also women. Enjoy with sexy: Cut avocado in half, remove seeds. Dab the meat is tender, then let your partner enjoy it from your fingers. Vice versa.
5. Mango, Peach, and StrawberryThird this fruit contains vitamin C that much ... ah ... You do not need too much to know the nutritional content of fruit is third. To be sure, foreplay you'll be very fun when interspersed with fruit that has a chewy texture, juicy, as well as sticky. You can use all three to experiment.Enjoy with sexy: Wash and cut fruit. You can put it on your partner's body and licking it. Want a different sensation of oral sex, just coat the area around the penis are paired with fruit juice.
6. ChocolateYup, this is the favorite food the women as well as to boost the libido. The content of phenylethylamine in chocolate will make her feel very loved. And the secret of great sex from a woman is feeling. In addition, anti-oxidants in chocolate is also able to keep the immune system.
Uta Dada
For fans of culinary tourism, when in Palu, the addition Kaledo, typical food soil that are very famous Kaili other is chest Uta, uta chest is a type of cuisine berkuah coconut milk, other than using chicken meat as a main ingredient recipe uta chest can also be used for fish particular types of tuna. A lot of typical restaurants in the area which offers menus uta hammer chest as one type of special meal, this is in addition to the distinctiveness also because it tastes very delicious.Ingredients:
- 1 chicken, in potong2 according to taste (can also be replaced with tuna)
- 500 ml thin coconut milk from ½ coconut
- 200 ml thick coconut milk from ½ coconut
- 2 stalks lemongrass, crushed
- 3 tomatoes (or to taste), chopped
- salt to taste
Spices:
- 8 red onions
- 5 cloves garlic
- 25 pieces of green chillies (the portion that likes spicy)
- 2 cm turmeric
- 2 cm ginger
Method:
1. Marinate chicken with salt and grilled until medium rare. Lift.
2. Enter watery chicken and coconut milk into the skillet. Add ground spices and lemongrass and cook until boiling.
3. Insert the tomato and thick coconut milk and cook, stirring constantly for coconut milk is not broken. Cook until the spices to infuse.
Can be presented together premises rice, rice cake or rice cake.
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