Posts from e-diets.com

January 13

Health and Diet
Add flavor instead of fat to your food.
Use a non-stick pan and spray or brush sparingly with oil. Try a variety of flavor enhancers like onions, fresh garlic, ginger root and chilies for an exotic Asian flair. Mustard, lemon, lime, flavored vinegars, sherry or other cooking wines make great marinades and sauces. Add plenty of fresh herbs and spices to enhance flavor.

Fitness
Fitness and food formulate a winning combination. The more you move, the better you eat. People who exercise at least 3 hours a week tend to eat a more balanced diet and think twice before pigging out. Plus, they don’t have to cut as many calories from their diet and risk feeling deprived or cranky.

January 12

Health and Diet
Exercise is crucial to good health.
Aerobic means “with oxygen.” This type of activity keeps your heart strong and includes exercises that make your heart beat more rapidly, including jogging, power walking, skating and biking. Anaerobic exercising -- short, intense exertion -- helps keep your muscles and bones strong. Weightlifting is anaerobic activity. Get your fill of both.

Fitness
If you have arthritis, here are some tips for relief. Maintain good posture to equally distribute stress throughout the joints. Don’t overdo it as arthritis is an inflammatory condition and overuse can cause flare-ups. Use proper muscle groups when lifting, store things at a comfortable level and exercise frequently to prevent muscles and joints from getting stiff. Remember to rest.

January 11

Health and Diet
Your weight is just a number on the scale.
Since muscle is denser tissue than fat, you may weigh more than the average person. But you also may be fitter and healthier than someone who’s the same height, but weighs less. Your healthy weight is the weight at which you feel good, have plenty of energy, and don’t have any obesity-related illnesses including hypertension, type 2 diabetes and arthritis.

Fitness
Why not get by on a runner’s high? A recent study compared men who ran at least 40 miles a week with sedentary men and found that the runners had higher levels of certain hormones. Testosterone, which fuels sex drive and erectile function, was 25% higher.

January 10

Health and Diet
Whole wheat flour is not necessarily better for you in terms of stabilizing blood sugar, but it is more nutritious than white flour. Whole wheat flour contains all the “original” nutrition from the kernel. Processed flour removes the kernel and the original nutrition, including vitamins, minerals and fiber. Whenever possible, choose products that use whole-wheat flour instead of white flour.

Fitness
Forget laughter, exercise is the best medicine. In a survey of more than 46,000 people, exercise scored better than other remedies for allergies, depression, high cholesterol, insomnia and respiratory infections. Participants also favored exercise over alternative therapies such as herbs and acupuncture.

January 9

Health and Diet
Coffee and tea contain tannic acid, a substance that can decrease the iron that your body absorbs from certain foods. Scientific research studies indicate that a cup of tea with a meal may decrease iron absorption by 64% and a cup of coffee within one hour of a meal may decrease iron absorption by 39%. Consuming coffee one hour before the meal does not decrease iron absorption.

Fitness
Have a break down. To break through an exercise plateau, try break down training where you do one set to failure and then immediately drop the amount of weight by 5 – 10% to get in a few more reps. You can boost muscle strength by nearly 40% with break down training versus stopping at 10 reps.