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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Does green tea dieting have any side effects?

By Collin De Ruyck

Scientific views on how well green tea works for dieting are still mixed. Some researchers have stated cases that go both ways, for and against it. A recent article in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that American and Chinese researchers discuss how green tea effects cholesterol levels.

Out of 200 men and women who recently participated in a case study using green tea. Out of the 50% of the people who implemented green tea in there diet, they recorded losing 15% of their cholesterol levels after only 12 weeks of using green tea in there diets. Researchers told all participants in this case study that nothing in there daily lives needed to be changed. All they had to do was just drink the green tea as directed.

Although the researchers never explained how green tea may influence cholesterol levels. Earlier studies have shown that certain compounds in green tea play a key role in reducing cholesterol absorbed by the body which results in, increasing the quantity of cholesterol excreted, and thus keeping cholesterol from being stored.

Once again, after further testing was done on the first group of participants researchers are stating that the green tea diet had no effect on cholesterol levels, that the participants using green tea lost cholesterol some other way.

Here is an example of a perfect situation where something that is organic does not get the support of the medical community, which to me is a complete load of ....

When my son was 3 years old he got the chicken pox. Most kids do get it, but the problem was, he got it everywhere. There literally was not one square centimeter on him that did not have a spot on it. This kid was in so much pain we took him to the hospital 3 times to try and find something that would help ease the pain of being so itchy. Three trips to the doctor resulted in nothing being prescribed.

Finally a family member recommended for us to try the extract from an Aloe Vera plant. Once I found one to buy, I applied it to my son and with in 15 minuets he had stopped crying, and he was no longer itchy.

When my youngest got the chicken pox one of the same nurses that told us there was nothing we could do for our oldest boy admitted to us that she knew that the Aloe Vera plant would work to stop the itching. I asked her why no one told us about it and why my son had to suffer for a week. The nurse told us that they are no allowed to recommend anything organic. So if you know a kid is suffering, you don't say anything??

If nurses and doctors are not allowed to recommend anything organic, I am sure they are going to find a way to not support green tea as well. If it is not made by a pharmaceutical company, then it cant be good right Doc? Whatever!!! - 17274

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Create Yummy Healthy Drinks With Wheatgrass Juicers

By Randal Pike

Many case studies have shown that wheatgrass provides numerous health benefits. Because wheatgrass is packed with a number of important nutrients, using wheatgrass juicers are the fastest and easiest way to get the proper amount of wheatgrass into your daily diet.

What exactly is wheatgrass? It's a green leafy vegetable that comes from the wheat grass. The young grass belongs to the cereal grass family, along with oat, barley and rye grasses. Your local nursery or farm is a good source for purchasing fresh, organic wheatgrass. You can also grow wheatgrass at home from seeds purchased at health food stores. Wheatgrass juicers made for home use press the wheatgrass into juice.

While wheatgrass offers so many health benefits, wheatgrass juicers are the way to enjoy those benefits. For starters, wheatgrass is high in amino acids, natural enzymes, vitamins A, B, C and E, essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron and sodium, chlorophyll and fiber. Plus, wheatgrass has shown to prevent heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Wheatgrass also helps in digestion and can eliminate toxins in your body that are linked to illnesses and diseases.

Wheatgrass juicers crush the wheatgrass leaves and extract the juice from them. Wheatgrass juicers ensure that you receive your daily supply of wheatgrass by providing a quick way to make delicious wheatgrass juice. To obtain the healthy benefits of wheatgrass, a daily dose of two ounces once or twice a day is recommended.

There are manual and electric wheatgrass juicers. To decide which is best for you, turn to Blender Juicer Depot at www.blenderjuicerdepot.com for a comparison on the various models and features of wheatgrass juicers. Whether manual or electric, wheatgrass juicers must be used for wheatgrass because they use a squeezing action to press the wheatgrass into liquid. Equally important, wheatgrass juicers are designed with the proper speed for processing wheatgrass without destroying the all important enzymes. While regular juicers have 1000 RPM, wheatgrass juicers have only 80-120 RPM so as not to damage the wheatgrass.

With manual wheatgrass juicers, you do all the work, so make sure it's easy to handle. With a manual wheatgrass juicer, you will be crunching the wheatgrass, rather than shredding it, to squeeze out the juice. You'll want to have the option of refeeding the pulp back into the juicer to get even more wheatgrass juice out, so be sure to choose a manual wheatgrass juicer that has this feature.

Electric wheatgrass juicers range in price, with those in the higher price range featuring all stainless steel juicing parts. They are also self-feeding and multifunctional. Electric wheatgrass juicers in the lower price range usually have plastic parts and may not be as powerful. A good motor should be at least 90 RPM, especially if you plan to use the electric wheatgrass juicer several times a day.

Wheatgrass juicers are an important appliance to add to your home kitchen. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important, especially as we age. Wheatgrass is a natural way to get important nutrients, eliminate toxins from your body and improve your overall health. And wheatgrass juicers are the easiest way to enjoy nature's gift of healthy eating. - 17274

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Build Bigger Muscle Really Fast

By Harley Radowski

Aside from having a healthy body enormous numbers of people, both men and women, are trying to build bigger muscle maybe because they also wanted to spice up their self confidence and get attention as well. Nowadays the public are researching and discovering the best muscle building techniques that are applicable for them.

The muscular system is the system responsible for giving the body its shape and frame. It is composed of millions of muscle fibers which when grouped together will make up the various muscle types. Muscles depend on protein for their growth and maturation.

Caloric intake from carbohydrates and fats is also essential in building bigger muscle mass. This intake depends on an individual's body mass. It should be high as possible averaging about 3000-6000 calories per day. The diet should be well balanced and should be healthy as well. Your body burns your caloric stores during your exercise or even in doing just simple activities of daily living.

Creating a comprehensive physical training routine coupled with a balanced diet is the most popular technique to build bigger muscle. Training in a gym for few days per week is now common. The training should not exceed approximately an hour for each session.

Limiting your workout time to one hour will help you prevent the hazard of muscle fatigue due to overtraining. Your muscle has a tendency to tear down when you push yourself too hard in your training, making it weak and brittle. Center your workouts around key exercise movements including bench press, leg press, and lifting small weights such as dumbbells then proceed to much vigorous activity when your body becomes totally adjusted. Also avoid exercising two or more muscle groups at the same time.

Some people struggle to build muscle because they are eager to build bigger muscle even they have been working out for only few days. This may only indicate that their muscles have a slower recovery time from workouts than others. Don't over train because your muscles also get tired and sometimes you may experience sore muscles. Even though sore muscles are considered normal after a tiring exercise, you also need an adequate rest in between workouts to give your muscles ample time for healing and a chance to actually grow.

Sleeping stimulates your pituitary gland to release growth hormones. These growth hormones include tryptophan, glycine, ornithine, and arginine. It only proves the saying, "muscles grow while you sleep".

Getting enough rest is as essential as dieting and physical training. You can get a lot of benefit in sleeping for six to eight hours every day. Adequate rest is also needed even if you are undergoing a vigorous physical training. Resting is actually the time when your muscles are starting to grow and enhance.

Superset training system is one example of various techniques in physical workouts. It includes the use of three or four different types of exercise for the same muscle. An ultimate pump in the muscle belly and an increase in muscle size and strength will be achieved with repetitive training sessions. However, do not favor a single body part when working out as this can cause muscular imbalances.

I'm sure you would agree it would be odd to have a big upper body and skinny legs or vice versa? That's an example of muscular imbalance. It is therefore necessary to balance not only your diet but your muscle training as well. Achieving proper muscular balance involves paying attention to the muscle which lacks mass or leanness.

Cardiovascular exercise is an important activity before or after workout. It helps in obtaining a maximum heart function thus providing good blood circulation which in turn contributes enough oxygen needed for your vigorous exercise. Cardio is best performed for a minimum of once a week to a maximum of once every two weeks.

But don't push your boundaries; performing cardio beyond these limits can take away the quality of muscle gains, resulting in a much smaller muscle size.

Falling in trenches during the muscle building process is expected. It is advisable to control your impatience when working out. Lack of patience is the biggest and most common hindrance of novices or even the hard gainers. Their eagerness to gain muscle mass early on only hurts them.

Patience is the only key to success. You should also keep in mind that consistency, discipline, knowledge and determination will also help you in achieving your goal. - 17274

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Acai Berry Articles

By Jenny North

There are very few foods in the world that can claim to be superfoods. Superfoods must have many more benefits besides just providing enough calories and some nutrition. However, there are some foods that are able to be elevated to superfood status because of the incredible benefits they can deliver.

Acai berry is one of these foods. With its ability to do everything from increase weight loss to fighting off disease, acai berry can provide you with better health without any effort.

What makes Pure Acai Berry such an incredible food is the fact that its nutritional content is as close to perfect as possible. First of all, it is absolutely filled with antioxidants. Click here to find more information about Acai Berry Articles.

As you probably know, antioxidants are necessary for slowing down the effects of aging and for fighting disease. The berry also has monounsaturated fats, which are the healthy type also found in olive oil.

Fiber and phytosterols are also part of the package, as is a well balanced amino acid complex. In all, this food is a very complete way of getting energy, nutrition, and antioxidants all in one package.

Because of its extremely complete nutritional content, the acai berry has the potential to provide tons of benefits for your body. Among the most popular reasons for people to use the product are to increase energy, maintain better health, and to lose weight.

You can expect to have more energy when you use the acai berry because of its combination of carbohydrates and fats and its high concentration of antioxidants. All of these things combined make it a very good source of energy and a great way to increase your stamina during the day. Because you are likely to feel and be healthier while taking it, this will also increase your energy.

The antioxidant levels of this berry are more than five times as high as in blueberries and other such foods. This makes them very powerful in terms of fighting aging and bodily damage. Many people rely on this berry to fight off the free radicals that can be implicated in everything from cancer to wrinkles.

Antioxidants have the amazing power to neutralize free radicals, which can help you feel younger and healthier than ever before. By using foods with high levels of antioxidants, you can experience great health and fend off the damaging effects of pollution, UV light, aging and more.

Pure Acai Berry can also help you with your weight loss goals as it has the ability to help your body burn fat more efficiently and to increase your metabolism. In addition, because it can help your body work more efficiently in general, you can expect losing weight to be easier.

For instance, the ability of the berry to increase your stamina will make it easier for you to exercise, and the berries perfect amino acid complex will allow your muscles to function properly during exercise. The berry even provides digestive support so that you can use your food more efficiently.

The benefits of the acai berry are hard to beat and it is a great addition to any diet. Since it is not a local crop, the best way to get the benefits of this berry is in the supplement form offered by Pure Acai Berry.

Since this is the most concentrated and purest way of getting the incredible benefits of this berry, you will be able to reap the benefits of this berry much sooner. Begin now and you can even get a Free Trial of Pure Acai Berry to see the benefits for yourself! Click on Acai Berry Articles to find out more. - 17274

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The Ins and Outs of Dinner Reservation

By Doug Schlette

People love to dine at restaurants. Some do it once a week, some once a month, some even every day. Restaurant lunches are common in the working world. Dinner out is common for some working families and in some industries where constant schmoozing happens. Many times there are tables open when people walk in the door. But sometimes a dinner reservation is needed in order to be seated. Those without the reservation can be left on the outside looking in, or at least going to a fast food place for their meal.

A lot of restaurants accept reservations, especially during peak times. Some high scale establishments require reservations months before a planned visit . Some are so special that even having a reservation is amazing. Is food that important that people will fight for coveted spots at the table? That's for the individuals to decide.

When making a reservation only make it for the number of people you're sure will attend, and make it in advance of the planned night out. As mentioned, some restaurants are in high demand. Waiting too long can mean missing out on a chance to enjoy a meal there on a particular day. It might also mean a small table can be had, so fewer people can join you. Keep in mind that making reservations too far in advance can result in a lot of no shows and wasted space at the table. Restaurants don't like this. The result could be the restaurant not being willing to let you reserve next time.

Sometimes the customers do the wrong thing when it comes to reservations. But some restaurants are pretty poor when it comes to honoring reservations. People make plans to eat at 8PM, call in the reservation for 8PM, show up at 7:30 to enjoy a cocktail before dinner, then wait three hours before being seated. This may result in customers no longer patronizing that restaurant. However, it's expected at some higher end or exclusive places. The arrogance of making people wait, even when they called months in advance to make plans, is part of the atmosphere of such establishments. For some reason some people like being treated poorly.

Some companies have sprung up that manage reservations for a number of restaurants. Many of these are on the Internet and have a lot of positive feedback. A man wrote that he booked a reservation online only to arrive to find it had not been received. The restaurant set up a special table for his group and let him eat for free.

Make a dinner reservation to ensure a spot at the table. Hopefully the restaurant honors it. If not, express your displeasure. Stop giving them your money and tell your friends to do the same. - 17274

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High Blood Pressure and Natural Remedies For It

By Julieanne van Zyl

Vemma Mangosteen Juice may assist with your high blood pressure symptoms. Hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure is a condition that involves higher than normal pressure in a person's arteries. This means that the pressure required to pump the blood through the body's organs and blood vessels, is more elevated than normal. The blood is transported from the heart to every cell of the body. A normal blood pressure is known to be 120/80. Anything above 140/90 is thought to be too high.

In most cases the reason for hypertension is obscure. Thus it has become recognized as "the silent killer" because there are often no signs or symptoms and many individuals will be unaware that they have it. It is generally only recognized for what it is on a routine physical examination and then is closely monitored by your primary care medical practitioner. However, some individuals do have symptoms of this condition that come in the form of blurry vision and general visual disturbances, severe, frequent occurring or persistent headaches, dizziness, and/or nausea.

Medical practitioners usually treat high blood pressure with medication and recommend lifestyle changes. However, natural remedies for high blood pressure can also be really effective. various natural remedies for high blood pressure would include:

A healthy, well-balanced diet. Maintaining healthy weight to height ratio, with attention to diet. Abstain from smoking. Abstain from excessive alcoholic consumption. Reduction of stress. Take regular exercise. Restrict intake of sodium/salt.

Many foods have natural remedial properties for high blood pressure. A whole food supplement like Mangosteen juice is also known to help in some cases. Foods that are recognized to help are:

Orange juice, dried apricots, green vegetables, cayenne pepper, broccoli, cantaloupe, milk, raisins, squash, mangosteen fruit, sweet potatoes,.....and more!

Stress as mentioned earlier, plays a large part in your life and can be the reason for many conditions including high blood pressure or hypertension. Stress, rarely, can be got rid of totally, as it is everywhere. There are some measures we can take to lower our stress levels. These stress reducing activities can help you to relax thereby reducing your stress, which should in turn help at keeping your blood pressure at optimal levels. Take time every day to exercise, put yourself in a silent place away from all noise and distraction, perhaps the bathtub, and focus on your breathing only. Many people also use meditation as a form of relaxation to soothe their frazzled nerves. Whatever works for you is always best.

High blood pressure or hypertension, if untreated, creates a more elevated than average risk of suffering from a stroke or a heat attack. If you experience any of the symptoms that are stated above you should see your primary care medical practitioner straight away. Routine physical examinations are encouraged as well to make sure that you are in general good health and to monitor any health conditions that you may have. Remember, any look after in the early stages and even better to prevent in the first place. - 17274

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Is Atkins Diet A Safe Way To Lose Weight Fast?

By Christine G. Shannon

When you begin to wonder about the Atkins diet, you wonder who Atkins was. Atkins is actually doctor Robert Atkins. He was an overweight physician who read a diet in the Journal of the American Medical Association and revised it to suit his needs. He wrote a series of diet books about his success back in the 1970's.

The Atkins diet or low carb diet, as it is often called, involves restricting carbohydrates, but allows all the protein you want. Some of the items you can eat on the Atkins diet are meats, eggs, cheese and butter, which is why many people try this diet. Of course, you can eat all the seafood you want and vegetables, except for the high carb ones, such as corn, dried beans, and of course, potatoes. You also have to eliminate any bread, pasta, rice and high carb fruits.

Eggs are also allowed on the food list as well as salad vegetables, most fats and some dairy products. Sugar free salad dressing is allowed as well as some other types of condiments. However, you must be careful about the beverages and sweeteners you may use while on this diet. Keep in mind while on the Atkins diet that the majority of fruits are restricted for consumption, with the exception of unsweetened strawberries, cherries, grapefruit, raspberries and cranberries.

Of course, if you can afford it the Atkins diet program does feature the use of its brand name quick and easy mixes, sugar free syrups, low-carbohydrate breakfast bars, diet shake mixes and various other products to aid you in weight loss. They also offer a 14-day starter kit to encourage you to learn how to start the Atkins diet. However, to really learn how to start the Atkins diet involves reading the books and finding out what you are really involving yourself in with this program to be successful. This can cause a problem for many individuals who want to try this diet program.

With the Adkins diet you do not count calories rather you count carbohydrates. The diet involves various stages or phases. The first is the induction phase. In this phase you severely restrict your consumption of many foods. After passing into the next phase you can slowly but surely begin to add more carbohydrates back into your diet plan.

The Atkins diet support system involves gaining the support of those around you as well as online support by the means of discussion groups, a newsletter, recipes, sample menus, topics of frequently answered questions and a research library.

The Adkins diet is a good plan for many individuals to lose weight, but does not work for everybody. Some people are unable to avoid bread, potatoes, rice and pasta and can't stand it anymore and break down and cheat or just quit. They have to find another diet program that will work for them.

The most difficult aspect to a diet is maintaining a healthy weight, which means keeping the excess fat off. This is very true if you put on weight easily. The only way to guarantee the results is to commit yourself to follow a healthy diet and make lifestyle changes. Fat Loss 4 Idiots at the link below makes this process easy to understand as well as to follow and perhaps this diet plan is just what you have been looking for. - 17274

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4 Explanations to Get a Mesothelioma Lawyer

By Heidi Wingrain

If you've been diagnosed with Mesothelioma and are facing the bills left by lost wages and medical expenses, you may wonder why you'd want to take on the additional expense of hiring a lawyer who specializes in filing Mesothelioma lawsuits. You may think there's no proof of company negligence, that it's been too long since you worked for the company that is at fault, or that you just plain don't want any more bills. By this type of thinking you could be denying yourself and your family benefits that rightfully belong to you. Hiring a Mesothelioma lawyer is probably the best move you'll ever make in your life for the following reasons:

1. You aren't to blame for having contracted Mesothelioma. What you are is the victim of negligence caused by the company you worked for failing to advise you about the risks you were taking. It isn't because they didn't know, either. Information was available clear back in the 1920s telling them about hazards associated with workers who were in environments where asbestos was present. By the 1940s they were even getting warnings telling them to eliminate asbestos from their workplace. Many of them chose to turn a deaf ear to these admonitions, though, because to comply would mean smaller profits. Therefore, they chose to sacrifice your health to put more money in their pockets, and now you're suffering because of it. Hiring a Mesothelioma lawyer will help put the blame where it belongs.

2. Maybe you don't have the disease yourself, but you've been robbed of financial and emotional security by the death of a loved one who suffered from it. Hiring a Mesothelioma lawyer to file a wrongful death suit in behalf of your loved one can bring you monetary restitution for all you've been forced to deal with and help you pay any debts you may have incurred.

3. Mesothelioma may have already robbed you of your life's savings and possibly many of your other assets. It may be forcing you to sell your home and live on a shoestring budget. After all, the disease has kept you from working which means you've lost wages, and you probably have incurred medical bills which insurance just doesn't pay for. Why shouldn't you hire a lawyer who will work on a no win, no pay basis to go after what you have coming to you and help you meet your financial obligations? What this means is that the lawyer will only take payment if he's successful in getting a settlement for you. Otherwise his services won't cost you anything.

4. Corporate negligence in the workplace has been a problem for far too long. Everything is about the bottom line, and companies were willing to sacrifice the health of their employees in order to make more money. This is something that should never have been stood for, and now too many people are being forced to live with the consequences of this poor, faulty decision-making. Most Mesothelioma lawyers will ask for punitive damages that not only punish the company you worked for because of their inattention to your health but which will also serve as a warning to all of corporate America that their behavior won't be tolerated any longer.

If for no other reason, you owe it to yourself, your family members, and workers all over America to pursue your case with the help of a Mesothelioma lawyer. - 17274

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Is The Mediterranean Diet Healthy

By Ron C

The Mediterranean diet is a diet designed on eating the foods people who live in the Mediterranean basin eat. The Mediterranean basin is an area that surrounds the Mediterranean Sea and has mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. This area includes areas of France, the Iberian Peninsula, the Italian peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula. It also includes areas of the Sahara desert, and Africa.

Most people who mention the Mediterranean diet are really talking about a diet created by Walter Willett. The diet includes wine, red meat, olive oil, eggs, fish, poultry and a healthy amount of physical activity.

The fat in this diet is controlled, only up to 35% of calories, saturated fat at less than 8% of total calories. For this reason it's categorized as a low fat, high fiber diet. It became popular in the 1990's, but the Mediterranean diet has been around since 1945.

Whereas American diets rely on animal fats, the Mediterranean diet utilizes olive oil. Olive oil has many benefits such as lowering cholesterol and blood sugar. Olive oil is also good for treating ulcers and for lowering the risk of many types of cancer. Red wine also adds to the mix in that it contains elements with antioxidant properties.

Versions of the Mediterranean diet are recommended by the American Heart Association. The association is anxious about the high amount of fat in the Mediterranean diet. They say obesity is a growing health concern in the Mediterranean basin.

The AHA does take comfort in the fact that mono saturated fats such as those found in olive oil don't raise cholesterol levels. It could be that increased health in the basin comes from increased physical activity, rather than from diet.

A Google search is a great source of information on the Mediterranean diet. - 17274

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Hoe to lose weight the natural way.

By Sandra Carmen

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Nowadays, it seems that natural weight loss is not a popular choice especially to those people who are trying to lose a lot of weight in the shortest span of time, instead, they opt to do some crash dieting, take pills or resort to cosmetic surgery all of which if not done the right way might cause even more damage to their health. But given the basics, natural weight loss is still the best and safest way to achieving a person's target weight. When following a natural weight loss program, one should come up with a plausible diet plan and exercise regime.

Candies, chocolates, cakes, all these are great, but if you keep on eating what's being offered to you and not even do it in moderation, then your natural weight loss plan will most likely fail. This site is going to be about natural weight loss, fitness and a healthy lifestyle. A wise approach for natural weight loss is to get trustworthy information from authoritative sources, and consult with knowledgeable health care professionals. Browse this site for natural weight loss articles, information about using natural weight loss aids, and more natural weight loss information.

I've been thinking lately since I've (what I call) gotten serious about losing weight and from talking to other people who are trying to lose weight, that there seems to be a really huge mountain of an issue that I never thought of before. But I've noticed that while we are losing weight, working hard to lose weight, making choices to exercise, in the back of our minds we don't trust that we will actually do it this time. That hasn't always been the case, in the back of my mind I always believed I was just a stressful situation away from getting off track and can now see that I never really trusted or believed I would lose weight. Is personal trust important to lose weight. - 17274

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