Mar 08

Chocolate lovers less likely to have a stroke

This article was written by Helena Zhu, Epoch Time Staffchocolate is good for your health

I want to share it with you since I really liked it. I guess I liked it because now I feel more justified when I chow down on my favorite chocolate …

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Now chocolate lovers have an extra excuse to enjoy their favorite treat. According to an analysis of past research, eating chocolate may lower the risk of having a stroke.

The analysis reviewed the only three studies on the relationship between chocolate and stroke.

One study, involving 44,489 participants, found that people who eat one serving of chocolate once a week are 22 percent less likely to get a stroke than those who don’t eat chocolate. Another study, with 1,169 participants, found that people who eat 50 grams (1.76 oz.) of chocolate per week are 46 percent less likely to die after a stroke than those who don’t eat chocolate.

Chocolate is rich in antioxidants called flavonoids, but research is yet to show whether they have a protective effect against stroke.

“More research is needed to determine whether chocolate truly lowers stroke risk, or whether healthier people are simply more likely to eat chocolate than others,” said one of the two study authors, Sarah Sahib, BScCA, with McMaster University in Hamilton Canada, in a press release.

The researchers will present their analysis at the American Academy of Neurology’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto from April 10 to 17.

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    How To Live 100 Years

    I am a big fan of Time Magazine. I’ve been reading it for decades now…oops, I am devulging how old I am here…tse, tse.healthy living

    I thought I should bring your attention to this superb article in the latest edition ( you can read it online too, at least most of it, just click here to read the How to Live 100 Years online from Time Magazine).

    Jon Benson is an expert and he has different programs online and a great forum for those who want to take action and live a healthier life. If you want to check out his website and diet plans,which by the way are very affordable and all have a money back quarantee then click here.

    Anyway, here are some quick exerpts from the article that really caught my attention.

    “Only about 30% of aging for most people is genetically based, which means that the other variables are in our hands”.

    Great News!, as far as I am concerned. I really don’t know where I stand genetically since I might have excellent genes if I inhereted them from my mother’s side or really scary, crappy ones if I inherited them from my father’s side.  You see, my mother is 76, healthy (well, no major issues just some arthirities), she is in good spirits, always smiling and joking and get this, she still smokes a pack a day….. Now my father on the other hand has been dead for alomost a decade, had several health problems starting from heart attack to diabetes to liver issues…go figure. They ate the same food, lived in the same environment and pretty much not exercised.

    “The first step to longer life spans is to get back some of what we lose by living our overfed, overstressed, underactive lifestyles”

    Talk about overfed. I don’t think most of us realize that we truly are overfeeding ourselves. You know it didn’t happen overnight.  By having an over-abundance of cheap (and crappy) food available ready to eat all the time, what do we do? We eat all the time. Why? I am sure everybody has their own reasons but most of us don’t analyze it, we just do it. 

    Many of us are starting to realize that we are not doing ourselves any favors by overeating so we try and watch it and go on these crazy diets that screw us even more. What’s worse then we stress about what we eat. There you go: we have added more stress to our lives now and we are not even losing weight (or at least not permanently) so what the heck is going on?

    There is hope! The key to me is to be aware and to constantly educate ourselves. Having a support group, a forum, where one can ask questions from experts and also share information and frustration with others is also great help.

    Jon Benson is an expert and he has different programs online and a great forum for those who want to take action and live a healthier life. If you want to check out his website and diet plans,which by the way are very affordable and all have a money back quarantee then click here.

    Until next time.

    Feb 13

    Eating Breakfast – Is it Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?

    By now, I’m sure you’ve heard people say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, that might not stop you or million people around the world, from skipping breakfast or opting for only a drink of coffee. The reality is that breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day, and you will have a much healthier diet if you include eating breakfast in your daily life.

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    Always add a protein to your breakfast

     There is an obvious reason why we call Breakfast—break fast. When you sleep, you are not eating for 7 to 9 hours at least, and more if you haven’t eaten since dinner the night before. Therefore, breakfast is the first time you’ll be eating anything for a very long period of time, thus breaking your fast. Some nutrients, like proteins, cannot be stored in the body so the body needs you to replenish the “low” levels of such nutrients. Breakfast is like the key that starts the engine. It is a very important source of energy to help kick start  your energy for the day.

    Eating breakfast in the morning also helps you avoid some illnesses. For example, your sugar levels are probably out of whack from not eating for many hours, so having breakfast evens out the amount of sugars in your body, helping to prevent diabetes. It is best not to eat high sugar foods early in the morning since that will have your insulin play the high and low game on you first picking you up thinking you are bursting with energy and then dropping you low leaving you sluggish. It is also taxing on your pancreas.

     It is recommended to have one protein with your breakfast. So if you want to have your cereal, your muffin or your toast make sure you either have a piece of cheese or ham also or an egg.  Your blood sugar levels will be more evened out and you will feel much better and “normal” cutting down on the chances of overeating at lunchtime. Eating breakfast that is healthy helps you provide food to your stomach so that you don’t overeat at lunch because you are too hungry.

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    Foods That Help You Lose Weight

    Every time we eat, not just full meals, but snacks also, we make a decision. It might sound a bit ominous and at the time we might not think of it much but really EVERY single time we eat we ARE making a decision consciously or unconsciously to move towards health or towards decline of health; gain more weight or lose weight.

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    No, simply start incorporating in your regular menu foods that help you lose weight. We have to get to the point of eating healthy without thinking about it too much.

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    The easiest way to remember what foods are actually going to help you is to remember that those are usually foods high in fiber

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    Don’t forget we have to eat protein so the best way to ensure you are not going to pack on the pounds is to choose lean meats.

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    This is going to the surprise element. Chocolate. I strongly believe one has to indulge the sweet tooth once in a while to avoid binges. An occasional 20-gram chocolate bar is a good choice for sweet-tooth cravings, because it’s individually pack aged and therefore less risky than cake, ice cream, or puddings.

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    This video is just over 7 minutes and it give a good workout. Anybody could do this belly dance workout  NO EXCUSES! So let’s have some fun

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    I just came across this awesome arabic belly dance workout!  If you want to check out the other 3 parts to this go to YouTube or ask me to put them up also (in the comment section)

    There are a few reason I chose not to upload all 4 parts. The first part is all warmup and I thought we could do that on our own. But the main reason is that I know we are all on the run and don’t need a long video.

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    • Combine this fun workout with a great diet plan and you have it made 🙂
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    • Don’t forget to smile while belly dancing

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