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Putting protein into perspective

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During digestion, protein in food is broken down into the 20 amino acids that are the basic building blocks our bodies use to create its own protein. Our bodies need protein to maintain our cells, tissues and organs. A lack of protein in our diets can result in slow growth, reduced muscle mass, lower immunity, and weaken the heart and respiratory system. Protein gives us the energy to get up and go –and keep going. Keep in mind that it is vital to eat healthy protein that is free of hormones and antibiotics. Also, the majority of people in the U.S. eat more protein than is necessary. So focus more on getting higher quality versus more quantity. Each person is individual and may need different amounts of protein depending on their body and activity level.

* A complete protein source is one that provides all of the essential amino acids. Examples are animal-based foods such as meat, poultry, fish, milk, eggs, and cheese.
* An incomplete protein source is one that is low in one or more of the essential amino acids.
* Complementary proteins are two or more incomplete protein sources that together provide adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids. For example, rice and dry beans. Similarly, dry beans each are incomplete proteins, but together, these two foods can provide adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids your body needs.
* Do complementary proteins need to be eaten in the same meal? Research shows that your body can combine complementary proteins that are eaten within the same day.

Nuts, Seeds, Beans, and Tofu: alternative sources for healthy proteins

Nuts, Seeds, Beans, and TofuBeans, nuts, nut butters, peas, and soy products are good sources of protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Many of the foods in this group provide iron, which is better absorbed when a source of vitamin C is consumed with the meal

Choose: Black beans, navy beans, garbanzos, lentils, and other beans. Nuts like almonds, walnuts and pecans. Soy products like tofu, soymilk, tempeh and veggie burgers. All of these are great sources of protein for vegetarians.

Avoid: Salted or sugary nuts; refried beans.

Dairy products and other sources for calcium and vitamin D

Dairy products provide a rich source of calcium, necessary for bone health. Most are fortified with vitamin D, which helps the small intestine absorb calcium. Calcium can also be found in dark green, leafy vegetables, such as kale and collard greens, as well as in dried beans and legumes.

Recommended calcium levels are 1000 mg per day, 1200 mg if you are over 50 years old. Take a vitamin D and calcium supplement if you don’t get enough of these nutrients from your diet.

Choose non-fat or low-fat dairy products that do not contain rBST (bovine growth hormone). If you're lactose-intolerant, choose lactose-free and lower-lactose products, such as lactose free milk, hard cheeses and yogurt.

Avoid full-fat dairy products or products from cows treated with rBST.

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Zetaclear Clear Nail Solution

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How to Grow & Harvest Your Own Green Tea Plant

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by Kristie Leong MD, Aug 24, 2007

Think it's hard to produce your own green tea? Think again. Here's how to grow and harvest your own tea plant.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could grow your own tea leaves at home? Not only would this save money, but you'd also reduce your risk of exposure to pesticides which are often found as contaminants on green tea leaves.

Growing your own green tea plant isn't as difficult as you might imagine. All of the non herbal teas are derived from the Camellia Sinensis plant. The difference in the taste and content of the teas lies in the way they're processed after the plant is grown.

You don't need much room to grow Camellia Sinensis, although you do need patience. The leaves of the plant shouldn't be plucked to be used until the plant is around three years of age.

Although you can grow the tea plant from the seed, it's far easier to propagate the plant from cuttings or to buy a nursery tree. You'll want to plant your tea plant in sandy soil for best results. Your tea plant will do well with the addition of occasional amounts of fertilizer and should be watered frequently when the weather is warm. The addition of mulch will help to reduce weeds and maintain soil moisture which is desirable for the Camellia Sinensis plant.

Once your plant is established, you'll want to start harvesting and processing your tea leaves. For green tea, it's important to harvest only the youngest tea leaves and buds. This usually involves plucking the terminal 3 leaves plus the terminal bud. After plucking, allow the leaves to dry away from direct contact with the sun for several hours.

Once the leaves are dry, it's time to steam or pan heat your green tea leaves. To pan heat the leaves, heat the leaves in a pan to a temperature of around 500 degrees F for 15 minutes while keeping the pan in continuous motion to prevent burning. They can be dried by placing them in an oven at a temperature of no more than 250 degrees F for around 10 minutes. The dried leaves can then be stored until you're ready to use them. Be sure to store them in a sealable container in a cool, dark place.

You can create different green tea flavors by adding herbs, dried fruits, or edible flowers to your green leaves before steeping them. This method will give you an endless supply of ways to enjoy green tea. Growing your own tea plant to make your own green tea drinks can be quite rewarding. Why not give it a try?

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Homemade Green Tea

Healthy Nut Cake Recipe

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Nut Cake

1/2 cup wheat germ
2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup Sucanat or dark brown sugar
4 tbsp. poppy seeds
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
2 tbsp. lecithin granules
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup natural sesame seeds
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the dry ingredients then add the egg, milk and oil. Stir until just moist.

Pour into greased square pan. Bake for 50 min. or until toothpick comes out clean.

How To Lose Few Pounds?

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When you start trying to lose weight it doesn´t matter whether you want to lose just a few pounds or 100 pounds. In both cases you have to do the same and go through the same. You have to set your goal and follow that till the end.

Tell Your Mind To Lose Weight
The very first thing you need to ask yourself is “Why do I want to lose weight”? The answers could be very simple like “I want to feel better” or “want to fit in a dress”. No matter what the answer is you have to answer because if you don´t then your mind doesn´t know if you are determined to lose weight or not. By answering that question you are basically telling your mind that you ARE going to lose weight. NEVER say “I´m TRYING to lose weight”. If you are only trying to then you don´t believe you can and then you wont lose weight. You have to believe in your weight loss and make your mind believe it to by saying I AM losing weight.

How Many Pounds Do You Want To Lose?
When you have convinced your mind that you are going to lose weight then you have to decide how many pounds you want to lose. If you want to lose only a few pounds then you can do that in a shorter time than if you have many pounds to lose. You also have to decide when your goal will be met, in how many weeks or months. This is very important because if you have certain day in front of you then it´s easier for you to keep going. It´s also very powerful to write down how many pounds you want to lose each week. Just get a pen and a paper and write down:

Week 1: x pounds
Week 2: x pounds

If you do that and hang it on the wall were you can see it all day long then you are always reminding your self of your final goal. It´s very powerful.

How To Lose These Pounds
How are you going to lose these pounds written down on your paper. Well here are few helpful tips for you to follow:

Take a fast walk for 30 minutes each day. It burns about 200 calories. You can also swim, cycle or even run. You can also do few exercises at home every day like sit-ups, press-ups, sit-downs and more like that. Just do them slowly and only do few of them at first but you will be amazed how soon you will manage to do more of them.

Try to avoid sugar and white flour as much as you can. There is sugar in almost everything, in your tomato sauce, your bread and your cereal. It´s hard to avoid it completely but try to choose food with low sugar in it. Buy whole wheat bread or even bake your own bread. You can find lot´s of healthy baking and cooking recipes online.

Eat more vegetables and fruits. It´s fine rule to eat one fruit in every meal, that makes 4 fruits a day which is quite easy and powerful. Try to put more salad on your plate than you are used to and less meat or potatoes. Use very little sauce or leave it out, they include lot of salt and calories.

Drink water. Try to put a bottle of water close to you while working and drink a lot of it. If you can´t then always drink 1-2 glasses of water before you eat. If you drink coffee then reduce it as much as you can. You could drink Green Tea instead, it helps your body to burn fat and has many very good benefits for you.

It´s better to eat often and eat less each time. Eat 5-6 small meals a day. A meal could be just an apple like late at night or in the coffee break in the morning at work.

How To Keep It Off Forever
These tips are not only to be used while you are losing weight. This is something you should carry out for the rest of your life. If you want to get better health and keep it good then you don´t want to go back to your earlier lifestyle. Make this as your new lifestyle. Although you have kids and family these steps are easy to follow and your family will gladly help you make these changes because they want what is best for you because they love you!

What Is Green Tea

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Here is a link to a very good video that shows you exactly what Green Tea is:


What Is Green Tea

Two Effective Weight Loss Programs

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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

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Homemade Vegetable Soup

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Instructions

By jim404sea
Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

* slow cooker

* 3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped

* 3 zucchini, chopped

* 1 to 2 c chopped broccoli

* 1 lg onion, chopped

* ¼ c margarine or butter, melted

* 3 c (14 ½ oz each) chicken broth

* 3 medium baking potatoes, peeled and shredded

* 2 tsp salt

* 1 tsp ground cumin

* 1 tsp black pepper

* ½ tsp celery seeds

* 2 c milk

Step1

Stir sweet potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, onion and margarine together in the slow cooker
Step2

Pour in chicken broth and stir.
Step3

Add baking potatoes and seasonings and stir again.
Step4

Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours or on High 4 to 5 hours.
Step5

Add milk and cook 30 min to 1 hour, then serve it up.

What are the benefits of drinking Green Tea?

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Green Tea has been available for centuries and there are many products available. It’s not for nothing that countries like China have been using it for over centuries. But what is so healthy about Green Tea, what are the main benefits?

Everyone wants to find the ultimate product to life a healthy life and perhaps loose weight. There are a multitude of diets on the market and all of them promise you a better life - afterwards. Green Tea has many benefits and out of all of the health benefits, weight loss seems the most popular application.

But what about other benefits:

People using Detox diets also use Green Tea and it can be used as a healthy diet drink.

Green Tea is a powerful antioxidant and its tea leaves contain Epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, which may be able to obliterate cancer cells without disturbing neighboring tissues.

Green Tea has a favorable effect on hypertension and LDL cholesterol

Green tea contains caffeine in moderate quantity, which works as an appetite suppressant

Green tea is also good for maintaining good oral hygiene. It contains fluorine, which prevents cavities. It also carries ingredients which suppress plaque formation and bacteria which cause bad breath

Green tea contains Vitamin E which slows the aging process

It improves your immune system

Green Tea increases your body’s regular metabolism and also suppress the appetite. This is why it is considered a great diet inclusion.

When you are on a diet you take in fewer calories and that usually means you have lower energy levels. This means you won’t have any energy to do your weight loss exercises. But green tea contains guarana, which is a well known energy booster

Green Tea and weight loss:

A great benefit of using Green Tea for weight loss is that it can easily substitude other hot drinks such as coffe or chocolate. Therefore its easy to add a cup or two of Green Tea into your daily routine. However some people don´t like the taste of it and find it hard to drink the amount of cups recommended.

How about making your own Green Tea?

Yoga and Weight Loss

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By Ann Pizer
Question: Will doing yoga help me lose weight?

Doing yoga regularly offers many benefits, including making you feel better about your body as you become stronger and more flexible, toning your muscles, reducing stress, and improving your mental and physical well-being. But will it help you lose weight?
Answer: Practicing any type of yoga will build strength, but some types may not raise your heart rate enough to make them the only form of exercise you need to include in your weight loss regime. It depends on the type of yoga you select and how frequently you practice it.In order to lose weight, you must eat healthily and burn calories by doing exercise that raises your heart rate on a regular basis. Some types of yoga, such as Iyengar, in which yoga poses are held for several minutes with a resting period between each pose, will build muscles and improve your posture, but will not give you the cardiovascular workout you need to lose weight.

If you plan to make yoga your primary form of exercise, you must do a vigorous 90-minute yoga class at least three times a week. Many people also choose to combine yoga with running, walking or other aerobic exercise in order to reach their weight loss goals.
What Kind of Yoga Will Help Me Lose Weight?

The type of yoga you need to do is called vinyasa or flow yoga. This style of yoga is based on the performance of a series of poses called sun salutations. Vinyasa includes many popular, athletic and sweat-drenched yoga styles. For weight loss purposes, try:
# Ashtanga: Ashtanga Yoga is a very vigorous style of practice with a few distinct advantages for those who want to lose weight. Ashtanga practitioners are among the most dedicated of yogis, and beginners are often encouraged to sign up for a series of classes, which will help with motivation. Another advantage is that once you learn the poses, Ashtanga Yoga is ideal for home practitioners.
# Power Yoga: Power Yoga is extremely popular, because it provides a very vigorous cardiovascular workout.
# Hot Yoga: Vinyasa yoga done in a hot room ups the ante by guaranteeing you’ll sweat buckets.Keep in mind that if you are just starting to do yoga, are very overweight, or are quite out of shape, always choose a beginner-level class.
Yoga Workouts at Home

Keep yourself exercising by doing yoga at home on the days you can’t make a class. Follow along with a video or audio recording if you are new to yoga. When you are ready to plan your own workouts, use these yoga sequencing ideas to help you come up with yoga sessions of varying lengths that will fit your schedule.

The Anti-Diet eBook

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Tips to remain Happy and stress free

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Stress can be brought about by a traumatic accident, death, personal finance problems or emergency situation. Stress can also be a side effect of a serious illness or disease.

Here are some tips for all of us to remember and follow when we feel stressed.

- Take up a hobby (anything you like) besides your profession. It is a great way to relax and be happy. It relieves you of stress. Gardening is a wonderful hobby to be close with nature.

- Go for an early morning walk and enjoy the fresh air. You will forget yourself in nature’s wonders.

- Listen to any music of your choice. It is a great way of relaxing.

- Go for a vacation: Take an occasional break from the routine and enjoy a lovely holiday.

- Massage is a great way to de-stress yourself. Have a massage with essential oil or a warm scented bath.

- Sleep is very essential for the body as it is rejuvenating and helps us to relax .

- Laughter is the best medicine. Watch a humorous movie which is a wonderful way to relax.

- Don’t bottle up your emotions, share it with a trusted friend or write it in a piece of paper and tear it.

And don´t forget to eat fruits (5 per day), drink less coffee and drink more water.

It´s Easy, Powerful And You Can Do It Yourself

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Drinking Green Tea has so many benefits for your health, it is packed with antioxidants and help you to lose weight. Now you can learn how to make your own Green Tea at home with help from Green4Tea eBook. That book is filled with reliable and useful information and is worth every penny.

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