Merit Fitness 725T Treadmill is great choice for both walkers and recreational runners, It offers a 1.25-horsepower continuous-duty motor, with a speed range of 1 to 10 miles per hour and an elevation range of 0 to 10 percent. The computer console, meanwhile, includes one center and two side LED windows that track your resistance level, speed, time, and distance, along with five quick keys and five quick interval keys for instant adjustments. Other details include two cup holders, a thumb pulse heart rate monitor, a fold-up frame, and four preset programs: manual, intervals, rolling hills, and weight loss. [Read more…] about Merit Fitness 725T Treadmill Only $399
Zone Diet
The Zone diet is popular diet method presented in books by Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein and fat in a balanced ratio, 30% protein, 30% fat, and 40% carbohydrates. This protein to carbohydrates ratio triggers effect called “The Zone”. Sears claims that these natural anti-inflammatories are heart and health friendly. The Zone diet contends that you can expect to turn back encroaching heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Zone diet not primarily a weight-loss “diet” (though it can be used for that purpose); rather it is a way of eating — the intake of food that produces the best results within the human body based on a hypothesis of how it has evolved to cope with varying food intake through the ages. [Read more…] about Zone Diet
Load Carbohydrate Before Marathon
Do we need to load carbohydrate before marathon? Is that save for us? Yes, you can do that. Marathon need more energy than usual exercise. Because it take long time and body need extra energy to power you through the race. Carb-loading is good for supply your extra enerty. But you should remember, don’t do it over, just consume enough amount of nonrefined carbs.
Michele S. Olson has tips about carbo-loading before marathon. She said eat moderate amounts of nonrefined carbs like fruits, veggies, and whole grains throughout the day at the day before the event. For a smaller energy boost, eat some fruit and whole-grain cereal with skim milk 3 hours before race.
Healthy Food: Benefits of Kiwi
If previous article we talk about benefit of apple, in this article we’ll cover benefit of Kiwi.
Kiwi fruit contains great nutritional value, which few people appreciate. Weight for weight they are substantially richer in vitamin C than oranges and contain more fiber than apple. They’re very rich in potassium, which is important for the prevention of high blood pressure. Kiwi is also valuable food for people with poor digestion, thanks to their high-fiber content and their unique mucilage; they make a gentle and effective laxative. This fruit consists of a hairy, brown peel containing green flesh, with white pulp in the center, surrounded by black, edible seeds. [Read more…] about Healthy Food: Benefits of Kiwi
Dieter Low Calorie Salad
Keeping your eating habit could be one of your successful key to lose weight. The key is balance amount calorie that entering your body and calorie that burn for your activity. If you are kind of person who like eating although you are not feel hungry then try not to eat full calorie food but substitute it with Low Calorie Salad. Here is 5 rules for a perfect low-cal salad from Joy Bauer, M.S., R.D. that you could try
1. Load on Leafy Greens
For less than 20 calories per 2 cups, leafy greens like lettuce, spinach, and mustard leaves, provide ample amounts of folic acid and the antioxidant, lutein. Pile high! [Read more…] about Dieter Low Calorie Salad
5 Tips To Cure Vacation Constipation
Vacation constipation is one of traveler problem that many people don’t want to talk about it. Sitting on planes and in cars for long periods of time isn’t good for your gut. You’ll feel bloated, and you’re not likely to fit into or feel great in your shorts or swimsuit. If you’ve been eating a healthy diet of fiber, fruit, and veggies and take a break to indulge in mile-high stacks of pancakes, bagels, pizza, and mounds of fries, you might find yourself stopping in a convenience store for Metamucil.
Here are a few cures for traveler from Danielle Svetcov, the author of The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to a Moveable Feast With 125 Recipes for the Regularity Challenged.
- Avoid loading up on foods that are low in fiber and can get your gut stuck, like refined white bread, pastas, and pastries. Choose whole-grain and whole-wheat options whenever possible.
- Spend 10 minutes on your back and bring your legs to your chest one at a time, as if you’re cycling.
- Go for an hour-long walk at a fast pace, then lie down for an hour.
- Have 3 ounces of dark chocolate (choose a bar that has at least 65% cacao), and chase it with a hot cup of black coffee or an 8-ounce glass of warm water. You need to sit still for at least one hour afterward for this remedy to work. (If you’re on vacation, now’s a good time to skip the museum tour.)
- Pour yourself a shot or two of brandy in a warm glass. Slowly eat five prunes (unsulfured is best) and in between bites, sip the warm brandy. Again, you’ll need to sit still for an hour afterward.(health)