Healthy Eating

Protects Your Heart With Strawberry A Day

Sep 16, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

fresh strawberry There are many ways to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. On of them is eating strawberries every day. People who ate strawberries for two months had reduced markers for atherosclerosis, or furring up of the arteries, a health study found. The research was carried out on people with metabolic syndrome, a collection of symptoms including obesity and high cholesterol levels, which are both associated with a raised risk of heart disease.

In the University of Oklahoma study, patients had four cups of a drink made from 50g of freeze-dried strawberries and water, or three cups of fresh strawberries. [Read more…] about Protects Your Heart With Strawberry A Day

Want to Slim, Reduce Meat Consumption

Aug 19, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

meat Reducing daily intake of meat from menu can help you cut excess body weight. In studies conducted in Europe on more than 400,000 adults people show a strong relationship between increasing body weight with consumption of meat, especially processed meat, like ham or sausage.

In general, the effect of increased weight loss due to meat consumption was seen in men and women. The participants in this study came from 10 countries involved in long-term studies on diet and cancer. Their weight recorded before and after the end of the study. They were also asked to fill out a list of daily meal intake. [Read more…] about Want to Slim, Reduce Meat Consumption

Diet or Exercise, Which One is Better?

Jul 8, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

If we want to get a healthy body, there are three things we need to do, that is diet, exercise, and adequate rest or sleep. From those three things, exercise is hard to do for some people with reason, they don’t have time for it or they too lazy do exercise regularly. However, to improve certain health conditions, exercise is not always the best solution. Some experts recommend you to diet or change eating patterns. So, what kind of health problem which is better solved by diet or exercise? [Read more…] about Diet or Exercise, Which One is Better?

Load Carbohydrate Before Marathon

Jan 13, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

new york 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.