Friday, December 3, 2010

The dirty truth about showers

There’s nothing like that freshly scrubbed feeling, but a new study suggests your shower may be making you sick. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder found that up to 30 percent of showerheads are harboring Mycobacterium avium, a bacteria that can cause lung infections. “Showerheads are an ideal breeding ground for microbes,” says study author Leah Feazel. To protect yourself, let the water run for a few seconds before you step into the shower. And consider trading your current showerhead for an all-metal one—plastic components harbor more bacteria.


The lasting effects of those extra 10 pounds

Fitting into your high school jeans may make you the most envied person at your 10-year reunion—and one of the healthiest at your 25th.

     According to a new Harvard study, women who weighed the same at age 55 as they did at 18 were 82 percent less likely to develop a chronic illness or disease—including cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis—than those who put on 22 pounds or more.

     “Gaining even a few pounds can take a tool on the body,” says Qi Sun, the study’s lead researcher. To help thwart weight creep, he recommends stepping on a scale weekly: People who do so are more likely to shed pounds or maintain their weight.

Not-so-sweet news for your heart

From the sugar in your coffee to that 4 p.m. brownie. Chances are you easily exceed the 6 teaspoons of added sugar recommended daily. That habit may put your heart at risk, report University of Colorado researchers. They found that when people consumed more than 42 teaspoons of added sugar a day, their blood pressure rose five points in two weeks.

     “An excess of fructose [found in table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup] causes cell damage, which may increase blood pressure,” says researcher Richard Johnson, M.D. A good start: Sprinkle less sugar in your coffee and tea.

The germ strategy that keeps you healthy

Although you can’t avoid all cold-causing microbes on a daily basis, there are some research-proven ways to keep them from invading your home.

  • Use a humidifier

    Oregon State University researchers found that cold and flu viruses flourish in dry air: Aim to keep your home at around 50 percent humidity.

  • Clean common areas

    Viruses can live on surfaces for up to 24 hours once that leave the body. If someone in your household is sick, wipe down door knobs, refrigerator handles, and remote controls with disinfectant.

  • Kick off your shoes

    Change into slippers at the door of your house to avoid tracking in germs and bacteria.

Bacon Cheeseburger Salad

CarbsPerServing:7g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
3 ounces lean ground beef crumbled,cooked and
drained
4 slices bacon – cooked crisp,drained and crumbled
1
cup chopped lettuce
1/8 cup chopped onion1/2 medium tomato – chopped
1 tablespoon mayonnaise ¼ cup cheddar cheese – (or 1 once)
How to Prepare:
Stir mayo into lettuce,onion and tomato until evenly coated. Toss in beef,bacon
and cheese.

Bacon & Egg Salad

CarbsPerServing:23g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
8 eggs 1 cup mayonnaise
½ pound bacon 1 cup hot pepper cheese3 tablespoons chives –
4 thin radishes – sliced thin 1 head lettuce – torn fine for
salad 1 avocado – cubed
How to Prepare
:
Boil the eggs, until hard and dice them. Fry the bacon and crumble it. Mix all
ingredients in a bowl.
NOTES:
Carbs for avocado based on 14.85 for 1 3/8 cup – adjust accordingly. Carbs
for lettuce base on 2 for 1 cup – adjust accordingly Carbs for hot pepper
cheese not included in above total – adjust accordingly

Beef Salad

UnknownCarbsPerServing:no counts provided
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
Cold Roast beef – shredded or
coarsely chopped boiled eggs
Chopped onion ( I use green onions)Chopped dill pickle
Sliced celery Mayo
How to Prepare
:
Mix in desired amounts keeping track of the carbs you add. Let chill. Yummy
on Wasa or maybe even with pork rinds for dipping!

BLT Salad

CarbsPerServing:7g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
7 slices bacon – cooked crisp,drained and crumbled
1 cup chopped lettuce 1/8 cup chopped onion1/2 medium tomato –
chopped 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
How to Prepare
:
Stir mayo into lettuce,onion and tomato until evenly coated. Toss in bacon.

Blue Cheese Salad Dressing

1CarbsPerServing:1g total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon sour cream 2 teaspoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons heavy cream1 tablespoon blue cheese 1 teaspoon powdered
ranch dressing mix.
How to Prepare
:
Mix all together and chill before serving.
NOTES : Counts for ranch dressing mix not included in totals.

Weight loss, kwon what your body need to lose the stored fat

Correct nutrition can help to reduce the risk of health-related problems, and good diets offer balanced nutrition that reduces cholesterol, blood pressure, and helps with weight control
Your meal should has
Carbohydrate (energy source): body uses carbohydrates to build glucose which can be used immediately for production of energy which is used ax example
for heat production to warm your body or stored as a glycogen in the liver or as a body fat.
Proteins: consists of 20 amino acids that build the body muscles, skin, even hair. Other function of the proteins is entering in production of hormones. Proteins exist in plants as well as animals. Like carbohydrates the excess of protein can be stored as fat. 
Fat: the problem of the weight but it is required for your body, saturated fatty acids are harmful, but unsaturated fatty acids are not
Vitamins: the most important nutrient required for your health, as they protect you body against diseases as some of vitamins work as antioxidants.
Minerals: are used in different body processes. Ex. Chlorine enters in the composition of digestive juice produced by the stomach cells and glands.
After reviewing the nutrients required for your body, here some information not tips to help you to lose weight fast and by easy ways.
Beauty weight or healthy weight? Some want to lose weight to be like models because it gives a beautiful appearance that is a mistake, but your goal should be the healthy weight that matches your body type. Find the healthy weight that matches you, through a BMI calculator. Through calculation you put your self in narrow limits so that you can reach your goal easily.
Eat all but please drink water first: some think that to lose weight they should stop eating 99% of food that is a mistake.
 You can eat all types of food but in limitation, with drinking more water since the water does not contain any type of calories. Drinking water before eating will reduce the amount of food you eat and well help in flush out toxins too.
 Try to start your day with a cup of water that will reduce your breakfast and giving better chance to the stomach to produce the stomach juice.  
Drink water instead of diet drinks is more useful, since the diet drinks contain more sugars
 Eat water: yes you can eat water not drinking it through eating more tomatoes and watermelon.
Fresh fruits are more useful than fruit juices: juices often sweetened but fresh fruits contain natural sugars. Since the fruits contain a lot of fibers which are needed by the body and contain vitamins too.
Vegetables, be a fan: vegetables help you to lose weight fast and easy without starving yourself.
 Vegetables contain more fibers not more sugars.
 Try fresh vegetables instead of cooked so that you do not lose the vitamins of them.
 6 meals instead of 3: small nutritious meals through out the day is more useful than 3 large meals, this lets your body know its going to get a regular regimen of calories so it does not have to store any fat.
Exercise your body without you know: burning fat need work or action by your body muscles.
Using stairs instead of elevators as you can.
You do not need marathon to lose weight 10 minutes a day is enough.
Swimming is one of the best exercises to lose weight and to fresh you body too.
Do you have a bike? So ride it for only 500 meters a day.
The night is dark to sleep:
Sleep at night only and take your required time, teens need 9-10 hours a day, adults need 8 hours a day, and you need exactly 6.5-7 hours per day, so you have a half-hour per day for good exercising.
Watch your weight as you watching Obama: when you lose 5 pound give yourself a rest for only one day and enjoy it without harming yourself.
nothing easy, nothing impossible but it’s a desire and a decision to reach the healthy weight.