Chili Pepper may fights Fat

Scientists are reporting new evidence that capsaicin, the stuff that gives chili peppers their kick, may cause weight loss and fight fat buildup by triggering certain beneficial protein changes in the body. Their study, which could lead to new treatments for obesity, appears in ACS' monthly Journal of Proteome Research.

Jong Won Yun and colleagues point out that obesity is a major public health threat worldwide, linked to diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and other health problems. Laboratory studies have hinted that capsaicin may help fight obesity by decreasing calorie intake, shrinking fat tissue, and lowering fat levels in the blood. Nobody, however, knows exactly how capsaicin might trigger such beneficial effects.

In an effort to find out, the scientists fed high-fat diets with or without capsaicin to lab rats used to study obesity. The capsaicin-treated rats lost 8 percent of their body weight and showed changes in levels of at least 20 key proteins found in fat. The altered proteins work to break down fats. "These changes provide valuable new molecular insights into the mechanism of the antiobesity effects of capsaicin," the scientists say.

Source : ScienceDaily

Day 61/365 Cooking with your children

My sister-in-law introduced me to a website that she likes to use often with her children.  It's called Cooking With My Kid  It has wonderful recipes to do with your kids.  Today we made Soft Pretzels and they turned out tasty.  I substituted half the white flour for whole wheat pastry flour and they were filling!

Cooking together with your children makes an excellent opportunity to talk to your kids about nutrition.  How it's important to take care of your body while having fun doing it is a lesson they will remember for a lifetime.

My kids love to help me and I look forward to several years of happy times in the kitchen with four excellent chefs to replace me!

What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15
55 push-ups

Day 60/365 Project Finished (Phase One)

Today, Friday, I finished the first part of my project that took me a month and a half to complete!! (I will soon share, I promise!)  :o)

For those who know me personally, you know when I get focused on something, I get focused and pretty much OCD all over it until it's done.  It's a very productive method, but I haven't figured out how to balance it yet with everything else in life.

I have kept up with my regular exercise, but I haven't been doing the most with the blog as I should be.  As I catch up with everything else in life, I will get caught up with this blog too by posting more interesting things.  The biggest of which is some progress pictures!!!  Or just progress posts!  Maybe just some sort of progress besides maintenance...basically, just something more than what I have been giving.  :o)

What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15

Day 59/365

What I did today:
Elliptical Trainer 15 min. @ level 15

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