Archive for January, 2008

Generally more number of people has the habit of consuming snacks at various timings in a day.

Good snacks with right nutritional values make you to stay healthy, where as unhealthy snacks which contain more number of fats and unwanted calories create disturbance to your health.

Regular consumption of these unhealthy snacks makes you to gain more weight with in short period of time.

Recipes of healthy snacks which have good nutritional value:

1. Avocado Tea Sandwiches:

Time required for it: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe avocado, sliced
• 1 tablespoon reduced-fat mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper
• 8 very thin slices wheat bread
• 2 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
• 12 thin slices European cucumber

Method of preparation: Combine mayonnaise, lemon juice and pepper in a small bowl. Thinly spread on bread and top with salmon, avocado and cucumber.

Nutrition information: Per serving: 143 calories; 6 g fat (4 g sat, 3 g mono); 3 mg cholesterol; 17 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 4 g fiber; 303 mg sodium; 129 mg potassium.

2. Ham & Pepper Roll-Ups:

Time required for it: 5 minutes

While practicing the workout, some of you will be performing some common mistakes which can cause injury or pain in your long run.

Rectifying the mistakes is a simple aspect where as finding them is somewhat typical aspect because the person who is practicing exercise believes that he is doing it in the correct way unless and until someone finds the mistake.

The experts from American Council on Exercise found that there are six common mistakes which have to be avoided by the people who are practicing exercise regularly. Better results or most of your workout can be achieved if you avoid the occurrence of these mistakes.

The common six workout wreckers which have to be avoided while practicing exercises are:

• Jerking
• Leaning
• Not receiving enough rest
• Locking your knees
• Not warming up
• Getting stuck in a rut

Jerking:

• Mostly this jerking will occur while lifting the weights.
• Be cautious while lifting the weights and lift them slowly.
• Control all the aspects of your body and weight with equal balance.
• Don’t use momentum to lift the weight, instead of that use the muscle to get better results.

The best beauty secret which makes your skin look younger and smoother is hidden in your refrigerator or kitchen.

Looking great is the simple and easy task if you consume the right nutrients required for your skin.

These foods are not too expensive and they don’t have scarcity; you can get these foods in all food stores.

These are the three major foods which makes you to look beautiful:

• Almonds
• Proteins
• Dairy

Almonds: Almonds are the good source of fatty acids, the antioxidant selenium and vitamin E. This crispy snack makes your skin look smoother, younger and supple. A glow or shining will also be seen on your skin by consuming almonds regularly.

Before consuming the almonds just make a look on the portion sizes. Almonds weigh 160 calories per one single ounce i.e. a small handful. Don’t consume huge quantity daily because this is high calorie food which makes you to gain weight by over consumption.

Proteins: Are you avoiding the meat to cut back the fat? Then you are missing the great things which are present in the meat. Especially meat protein is the necessary thing which is required for your beauty. Protein makes your nails and hair stronger.

All of you might have heard the popular saying i.e. “you are what you eat”.

Yes it’s true! And it is applicable for your entire body i.e. from your hair to toe.

By consuming the right food which is necessary for you according to your age and weight, you will stay fit and fine without any health problems. Good food also makes you to look more beautiful and young.

Here are some foods which make you to look beautiful and young:

• Citrus fruits
• Tomatoes
• Garlic
• Dairy foods
• Sweet potatoes

Citrus fruits: Collagen is the needed component for your body which is present in citrus fruits. It makes your skin look young and smooth. The various citrus fruits available in the market are Clementine, leech lime, grape fruit, mandarin, sweety, tangerine, kumquat, minneola, tangelo, lemon, orange, rough lemon, pummelo, lime, Satsuma, ugli, bears seedless lime, Mexican lime, rangpur lime, kafir (kieffer/thai/wild) lime, calamondin, eureka lemon, Lisbon lemon, meyer lemon, Eustis lime quat, minneola tangelo, dancy tangerine, Satsuma mandarin, Clementine mandarin, Fremont mandarin, kumquat, Robertson navel orange, Washington navel orange, trovita orange, Valencia orange, jaffa orange, sanguinelli blood orange, moro blood orange, marsh seedless grapefruit, rio red grapefruit, oro blanco grapefruit, star ruby grapefruit, etc.

Staying at home and being fit is not a tough job if you follow certain tips or guidelines.

The American Heart Association gave these tips in order to make you fit at your home.

According to the expert’s view, these tips are comfortable, safe and convenient to workout at your home.

Here are some of the tips which can make you to keep fit at home:

• Use cycle or bike for short distances: Instead of using your car, use your cycle or bike to go for the things which are present nearer to your home. If you don’t have bike then go by walk.
• Do housework yourself: Instead of keeping someone to do the work, it’s better to do your housework by yourself. Don’t let yourself to get disappointed by seeing your housework. Create interest on your housework and do it regularly for certain period of time, surely you can discover that you are active enough and your body also comes into the shape.
• Garden work: According to the expert’s view, garden work is also a best and interesting exercise. The various works which you perform in the garden such as mowing the grass, pruning, digging, pick up trash, etc makes you to burn more number of calories and these works are interesting enough to perform.

The new workout which gives great results for women is cardio boxing.

This cardio boxing works immensely for women when compared to other fad workouts.

The total cardiovascular system of the women will strengthen with this workout.

Sports scientists also agree that cardio boxing is the best workout for the women which make them to attain all the fitness levels.

The various benefits for women with cardio boxing are:

• Increased speed
• Increased coordination
• Increased strength
• Increased stamina
• Great cardiovascular workout
• Attains muscle toning and slimming effects
• Tension relief
• Mental benefits
• Promotes women’s self discipline and well-being
• Physical benefits

Non stop movement will be performed in this cardio boxing, so it is named as the best cardiovascular workout which can make you to burn more number of calories within short period of time.

When compared to other cardio workouts, this cardio boxing will have less rest time, therefore with this your heart rate stays up and your total body will be under your control.

Healthy foods make you to stay healthy for long period of time where as unhealthy foods create several problems for your health.

So, you have to be cautious and selective while consuming the food.

Make a commitment within yourself to eat healthy foods only, to be fit and fine with good body shape and without any health problems.

5 tempting foods which have to clear off from your kitchen are:

1. Frozen fat
2. Fried frozen
3. Sweets
4. Snack attack
5. Artery cloggers

These foods contain saturated fats and increase your weight within short period of time. Other than weight gain, some other health problems will also develop by continuously eating these types of foods.

Frozen fat: Generally this frozen fat will be stored in the foods like pizzas, food loaded with meat, fats and cheese. These are not good for your health and make you to gain more number of calories, which requires lot of effort to burn.

Fried frozen: Foods like French fries, fried shrimp, onion rings, fish sticks, etc will have more calories and make you to feel uneasy after eating them.

Fitness is the thing which will be achieved with perfectness and regularity.

With out proper interest and concentration you will not attain it.

Actually the word fitness does not indicate only one exercise or practice.

There are several methods by which you can achieve fitness to your body but all of them need strong dedication and commitment.

There are three keys to attain fitness (F.I.T) they are:

• Frequency
• Intensity
• Time

1. Frequency:

• Frequency is the main thing which has to be maintained in each and every exercise you perform.
• Try to remember one thing while practicing the exercise, i.e. the more times you perform the workout each week, the better and faster results will be obtained through it.
• In the matter of fitness, once a week is a good start, twice a week is better, thrice a week is terrific and four times in a week is stupendous.

2. Intensity:

• Maintain proper intensity while practicing exercise. That means you must not perform the workout in too hard way or in too easy way.

Arthritis pain occurs at your joints. More number of people are affected with two forms of arthritis: rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

Other than these two, arthritis that can occur at the joints are psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pseudogout and reiter’s syndrome.

Regular exercise makes your joints stronger. You can also get relief from your arthritis pain through arthritis exercises.

There are various types of arthritis exercises which will give relief from your arthritis pains. But, regularity and perfection is essential while performing these exercises.

If you do not perform arthritic exercises regularly, you will not get good results regarding the reduction of pains at the joints. In the same way, wrong practice of exercise will also not give good results. Some times, your joint pains will be increased by practicing the exercise in the wrong way.

All of these arthritis exercises are strengthening exercises; you have to perform these exercises once or twice in a day and not more than that. Your joint pains will be increased a lot if you practice these exercises too many times in a single day.

Other than practicing arthritis exercises, you must follow certain guidelines while performing these strengthening routines:

Leg stretch exercises are very much useful to make your leg muscles active.

Here are some of the leg stretch exercises which will make your leg muscles more active.

Leg stretch:

• In this exercise, the first step is to sit down on the floor by spreading your legs apart from each other.
• Now lift your hands and make an effort of touching the palms to your toes. Don’t bend your knees while making your palms to touch the toes.
• Now make your upper body to bend on one side by making your head to touch on the knee without lifting your knee.
• Stay in this position for 15 to 20 seconds or as much time as you can. Now, slowly lift your body and come to the original position.
• After certain gap of 15 to 30 seconds perform the same type of bending on the opposite side without lifting your knees.
• Stay in that position for 15 to 20 seconds or as much time as you can. Now, slowly lift your body and come to the original position.