The melon
So delicious, that you wouldn’t think that it fattens! Does it?
Eating melons won’t give you any extra pounds. Actually, it’s a real source of vitamins for your body. If you eat 3-4 slices is like you drink 2 glasses of water. You get a Potassium bonus - 100 mg /3 slices – a third of your daily need.
Melon has 33 calories / 100g, all in a very easy to assimilate form sugar. This is perfect for a day of sunbath.
Melon also provides 2 other vitamins, much needed by your skin. There’s vitamin A and vitamin C. Actually, 2 slices of melon contain more vitamin C that a whole orange! Vitamin A, in the carotene form, is excellent for the skin, protecting it from the sun rays, and ensures an even tan, while the C vitamin participates actively at collagen producing, which maintains the skin elasticity.
Keep the melon at the room’s temperature for maximum 2-3 days before consuming it. In the fridge, if the temperature is lower than 5 degrees, the melon loses its flavor.
July 13th, 2008
If you want to get rid of fat on your hips, try this exercise:
Stand tall, with the legs a little spread and you hands straight, palms inwards, on your ties. Raise your left hand without bending it, while your right hand reaches the right knee. Stay like this for 30 seconds, while your body is tense. Repeat the exercise 20 times for each side.
June 4th, 2008
Oranges are a rich source of calcium, and the citric acid in the fruit accelerates the calcium absorption. Eat the fruit or drink its juice without any sugar or water.
The sugar contained by oranges is quickly absorbed in the blood. It produces heat and energy as soon as you eat the orange.
If you eat an orange you prevent residual accumulations in the colon and you are helping the intestines function. Eat every morning and evening one or two oranges!
The orange has a relaxing effect on the digestive organs and supplements nutrition in a light way and diminishes the bacteria level in the intestines.
The orange is a food that fights all kinds of fever because it moisturizes the body good, increases the urine production and its resistance to infections.
Fresh orange juice prevents scurvy and rickets in children, helping them to grow healthy.
Oranges contain potassium, which stimulates the activity of the liver, kidneys and intestines, cleansing the body of toxins. An orange diet is most welcomed for repeated exhaustion conditions.
May 6th, 2008
“What should contain your evening meal to provide less calories.”
To reduce the calories number consumed in the evening, opt for a menu consisting in:
- vegetable or meat soups, without cream;
- fresh vegetables salads;
- light or no fat cheese;
- chicken, beef or fish meat, boiled or barbecued.
April 30th, 2008
A flat abdomen is a perfect weight sign. To lose the extra fat around your abdomen try the following exercise:
Lay on your back, keep your hands close to your body, without touching the ground. Raise your legs and your upper body, while keeping your hands along your body, straight. Repeat for 15 times, every evening.
Remember that the muscles are the main calories consumer in the whole body. Exercising them makes your life style more active and healthier.
Lose weight now before it’s too late.
April 24th, 2008
Here I give you 3 ideas for an ideal breakfast that will give you the energy you need for starting the day at full speed.
#1. Two slices of French toast, one boiled egg, 50 grams of honey and a cup of tea (black).
#2. One coffee, one bowl of milk and cereals, a glass of fresh fruits juice.
#3. A cup of coffee, 50 grams of dried fruits (plums, peaches or such), 2 slices of French toast, buttered with 20 grams of butter.
The breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Overlooking it causes eating disorders, weight problems and gives you less energy for the day ahead.
April 16th, 2008
Fake diet foods
Cottage cheese contains less fat.
False. Even the “fat-free” cottage cheese has a huge calories intake. A 250 grams may contain up to 500 kcal!
To be safe, try avoiding any food that when squeezed between your fingers doesn’t leave them oily.
Fructose helps losing weight and fattens less than sugar.
False. Fructose is used to replace glucose in sugar rich foods, but is not as harmless as one thinks. Latest studies show even the opposite.
Fructose does not exist naturally in any foods, therefore it overuses the liver, which transforms them in fat acids that help the resistance to insulin, creating a higher risk of obesity and diabetes.
Parboiled rice
Parboiled rice has the same nutritive properties as the traditional rice.
False. Parboiled rice suffered countless transformations during which losing its nutrient properties. What it does have is a higher glycolyc index. Fortunately, most rice types are selected to be cooked rapidly and without parboiling.
Only normal boiled rice keeps an important amidose dosage and keeps the slow sugar statute.
Yogurts don’t contain glucose.
True. In the traditionally-made yogurts, lactose is present in negligible quantities, and lactose-intolerance people can consume it without any worries. Unfortunately, some manufacturers add in the yogurt’s composition cream, so the yogurt becomes creamier, but also increased percentage of lactose.
The egg is a very healthy protein.
False. Although it’s rich in mono-no-saturated fats, vitamins, linoleyc acid, minerals and proteins of the best quality, really helpful to one’s health, one egg can mean up to 100 kcal, but the worst thing about it is the high cholesterol level: 245 mg.
Diet chocolate doesn’t fatten.
False. Diet chocolate contains fructose in order to not unload the insulin in the blood stream. But it’s rich in calories, sometimes contains more than normal chocolate!
April 15th, 2008
Once you decide that you want to lose weight, you should stay focused on it. Losing weight is not an easy thing to do, especially since it takes about 6 months. You will need determination, even stubbornness. You need a champion’s positive thinking.
Diets and weight loss programs are at hand for everyone, on the internet and all over the media. Many foods are already portioned out especially for a good nutritional diet, easy to prepare in just minutes. Low-fat and low-calorie foods are recommended by every nutrition specialist.
The weight loss program should definitely include an exercise routine, to burn the calories. This would be the hard to follow part. One of the easiest exercises is walking. You should decide to walk to your work place, when you go out or when you go to school. Walking is good. Running is even better when you want to lose weight, helps at keeping you in a good shape too. It’s not just about losing weight, but consuming your energy helps you sleep better, concentrate better, think positive and so on.
March 17th, 2007
