Asian Summer Slaw

This is a great summer slaw is an Asian flare. With a hint of peanut butter, ginger and cilantro this slaw is refreshing and a great compliment to any picnic or cookout.

Ingredients

For The Dressing

1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced peeled fresh ginger
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar Read more

Beginner Yoga Class Checklist

by: David Morgan

If you’re new to yoga, you might not know what to expect when you walk in the doors of a beginner’s yoga class for the first time. You might not even know how to start in choosing a beginner’s yoga class to attend. Here’s a “how to” checklist:

1. Nail down your goals and find the right style for you.

Everyone comes to yoga for different reasons. Sometimes these differences are slight, other times they’re vast.

For instance, are you interested in an intense physical workout to throbbing music, or are you on more of a spiritual path towards (quiet) enlightenment? Are you attracted to yoga because of its health benefits, and if so, is it physical or emotional health you are most interested in? Read more

Do Antioxidant Supplements Help Women?

It seems that everyone is jumping on the antioxidant bandwagon and why not? New research is coming out all the time that seems to indicate antioxidants can prevent cancer, strengthen your immune system and even keep you from aging. Antioxidants work by sucking up free radicals that can damage your body’s cells and transporting them to the liver where eventually they exit the body.

Heart Disease in particular has been the subject of recent studies. Researchers in Italy examined three hundred and seven middle aged women for Atherosclerosis. This is the formation of plaques and lesions in the coronary arteries, which can signal the development of cardiovascular disease years before a doctor diagnosis’s it. These women did not take vitamin supplements containing vitamins A, C or E. The researchers took blood samples to measure the women’s baseline level of various antioxidants, took questionnaires and performed ultrasound examinations of their carotid arteries and branches of the heart. They found that women who had plaques building in their arteries had a low intake of vitamin E. Women with the lowest baseline concentrations of Vitamin E in their blood were twice as likely to have plaque build up in their carotid arteries and branches of the heart. Read more

Make a fist!

When determining a portion size of globe fruits such as apples oranges, peaches and pears just make a fist. If you can find fruits that are the size of your fist, you will easily be able to tell if you are getting the proper quantity of food for your body size.

SIT!…Don’t Stand

You should never stand to eat!

You are probably thinking, “Who stands when they eat?” Most people do, however, we’re not talking about meals.

If you think about this for a moment you will quickly realize that most people stand when they are snacking. This means that if you are standing while you are eating, you are probably eating something that you had not planned for, ie. Cookies, crackers or potato chips. This snacking translates into 1/3 more extra calories that your body does not need each day. These foods are high in all of the things that make controlling weight impossible.

So when it comes to snacking; Plan what you eat, and take a seat!

Water…the Secret Calorie Burner!

Water specifically is not a calorie burner. However, COLD WATER is! Cold water has to be heated to body temperature to be absorbed into the cells of the body. The body has to expend calories to heat the water. This is the definition of what a calorie is in the first place. This translates into a few things.

1. Water has no calories, so you do not have to do any extra work or exercise to burn it off.

2. Cold water has a net increase in calorie burn which results in loss of weight.

Keep in mind that this does not replace eating properly. The amount of calories burned is not much, but can result in 3-5 pounds per year if done consistently.

So if you want to loose a few extra pounds this year, start drinking COLD water.

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