If you've been looking for a way towards a high octane diet, you'll find fiber to be exactly what you need. Even though research has shown fiber to be powerful, many people aren't taking this nutrient seriously.To help you fuel your health with fiber, here are 10 facts to help.
1. Fiber fights diseases. A diet high in fiber can help to prevent colon cancer and heart disease. High fiber helps the body to eliminate cholesterol by binding it in the digestive tract. For thousands of years, fiber has been used to stop constipation.
2. Fiber can actually help with overeating. All high fiber foods will take longer to chew and digest, making you feel satisfied longer
3. Most popular foods don't have enough fiber. If you like the more popular foods, you probably need to increase your intake of fiber.
4. Grains offer the most fiber. Dietary fiber is actually plant matter that we cannot digest. The best sources are whole grains and concentrated grain products.
5. Kids need fiber as well. Children that are older than 2 years of age should consume a daily intake of fiber. Kids are most receptive to fiber found in fruits, vegetables, and even fortified breakfast cereals.
6. More fiber needs more water. In order to keep fiber moving through your digestive tract, you'll need to consume a lot of water. With your diet of fiber, you'll need eight or more glasses of water every day.
7. Fiber cannot be cooked out. When you cook your fruits and vegetables, don't worry about cooking the fiber out, as it stays. The fiber found in fruits and vegetables aren't just in the skin or in the peel.
8. You can get enough fiber. If you eat more than 50 grams of fiber in a day, you can get diarrhea and bloating, which can interfere with your body's absorption of other key minerals.
9. Getting the right amount of fiber in your diet doesn't have to be hard. Even though you may think so, getting the amount of fiber you need isn't very hard to do. All you have to do is eat the right foods and you'll be well on your way to a fiber rich lifestyle.As one of the key ingredients to healthy eating, fiber is something you don't want to skip. Fiber can serve many different purposes, which were covered above. If you aren't getting enough fiber in your diet - you should do something about now instead of waiting until it is too late.
Friday, November 27, 2009
want a glowing skin? go ahead.. read on
If you do it right, your best makeup is your own skin’s natural glow.Nothing is sexier than healthy skin. Perhaps this is because everything that enhances the appearance (makeup, clothes) eventually has to be removed – that is, except skin: which is probably why so many people spend so much on skin care products. These products command a huge share of the amount spent on personal care and cosmetics. Spending for skin cosmetic procedures (like Dermabrasion and Botox) came to almost $2 billion in the past years.Believe it or not, you still can have great skin without spending a great amount of money on lotions, moisturizers and fancy treatments like chemical peels. All you need is some common sense, a little discipline and a lot of self-love.
-Hydrate, Hydrate And Hydrate Some More.There is a reason why ¾ of your body is made up of water. Most of your organs (your skin included) need water to be able to function normally. So help your body by drinking 8 or more glasses of water a day (preferably 10). Sodas, tea and coffee do not count because they actually cause dehydration.
- Keep Clean.Taking regular baths or showers and keeping your skin clean and fresh will give you that glow and provide exfoliation and blood circulation. Be careful not to over-scrub, though, as it forces premature skin to the surface. It may look good at first but the skin will age and become dull sooner.
- Protect Your Skin And Allow It To Rest.Remember that your skin is the largest organ of your body: it is that part of the body that is most exposed to the elements, including harmful radiation from the sun. To combat this, stay away from sunlight during the hours of 10am to 3pm and wear sunscreen when going outdoors. With all that stress, you should allow your skin (and in essence, your entire body) the time it needs to recover and rebuild damaged cells in preparation for the following day.
- Avoid Smoking And Drinking.Next to harmful UV rays, cigarettes and alcohol are the worst culprits of stealing your skin’s healthy youthful look. They add toxins to a body and shows not only on your skin but in the rest of your body as well.Having great skin need not be expensive, you just need to be smart and practical. In no time, your skin will get back that sexy glow.
-Hydrate, Hydrate And Hydrate Some More.There is a reason why ¾ of your body is made up of water. Most of your organs (your skin included) need water to be able to function normally. So help your body by drinking 8 or more glasses of water a day (preferably 10). Sodas, tea and coffee do not count because they actually cause dehydration.
- Keep Clean.Taking regular baths or showers and keeping your skin clean and fresh will give you that glow and provide exfoliation and blood circulation. Be careful not to over-scrub, though, as it forces premature skin to the surface. It may look good at first but the skin will age and become dull sooner.
- Protect Your Skin And Allow It To Rest.Remember that your skin is the largest organ of your body: it is that part of the body that is most exposed to the elements, including harmful radiation from the sun. To combat this, stay away from sunlight during the hours of 10am to 3pm and wear sunscreen when going outdoors. With all that stress, you should allow your skin (and in essence, your entire body) the time it needs to recover and rebuild damaged cells in preparation for the following day.
- Avoid Smoking And Drinking.Next to harmful UV rays, cigarettes and alcohol are the worst culprits of stealing your skin’s healthy youthful look. They add toxins to a body and shows not only on your skin but in the rest of your body as well.Having great skin need not be expensive, you just need to be smart and practical. In no time, your skin will get back that sexy glow.
some game ideas for christmas!
Christmas parties are incomplete without games. Games can really make a Christmas party fun and enjoyable. There are several simple games that will spice up your Christmas party. You might be surprised at some of the games that are apparently quite simple but entertaining nonetheless! In this article I will tell you about six of these games.
1. Gift Unwrapping With Oven Mitts: When your guests come with wrapped presents at your party, give them oven mitts. Tell them to unwrap the presents with the help of oven mitts. Then watch how many people are able to unwrap their gifts. This is sure to garner a lot of laughter as people struggle to unwrap the tape as well as the wrapping paper. The one who successfully unwraps their gift wins a prize.
2. Gift a Chocolate : Give 10 chocolates to each guest. The rule is that if someone in the party catches a guest uttering words like 'Christmas', "Presents' or 'Santa', then the guest will have to surrender a chocolate to them. The guest with the most chocolates becomes the winner.
3. The Ugliest Sweater: This is a very funny game and useful if the guests don't know each other well. Ask your guests to come to your party wearing the ugliest sweater they have! Obviously, the one with the worst sweater wins a prize of your choice. In my opinion, this is one of the simplest of all Christmas party games and I played it quite a number of times at Christmas parties.
4. Wrap The Gift While Blindfolded: In this game, you need to blindfold all the guests and give them wrapping paper, tape and a present and ask them to wrap the present. See how many people are able to wrap the present while blindfolded. The one who is successful in wrapping the present completely becomes the winner of a prize. This is one game where a little precaution is necessary on your part. You need to make sure that the wrapping paper is cut according to the size of the present as using scissors blindfolded can be quite harmful.
5. Stocking Mystery: Put several things of different shapes and sizes inside stockings. You can put anything ranging from star-shaped items to cones. Make sure the shapes you use are of varying sizes. Ask people to guess what objects are there in the stocking. Obviously one who can get it all right is the winner.
6. Cards And Presents: I am sure this game would be a hit among habitual card players. If you have cards then split them into two decks. Keep one deck for yourself and have the other one for the guests. You should have purchased presents at least half of the total number of guests. Let the guests pick and choose the cards. Then start reading the card suit and the number aloud. The guest who has the card with those matching numbers can pickup a present. When there are no more presents left, then they will have to take presents from each other. This is quite a fun game and I suggest you play it at least once.
As you can see, games can really add spice to an otherwise boring Christmas party. If you have not been using them until now, you should start playing them right from this year! so wish you all a merrry christmas and a happy new year!
1. Gift Unwrapping With Oven Mitts: When your guests come with wrapped presents at your party, give them oven mitts. Tell them to unwrap the presents with the help of oven mitts. Then watch how many people are able to unwrap their gifts. This is sure to garner a lot of laughter as people struggle to unwrap the tape as well as the wrapping paper. The one who successfully unwraps their gift wins a prize.
2. Gift a Chocolate : Give 10 chocolates to each guest. The rule is that if someone in the party catches a guest uttering words like 'Christmas', "Presents' or 'Santa', then the guest will have to surrender a chocolate to them. The guest with the most chocolates becomes the winner.
3. The Ugliest Sweater: This is a very funny game and useful if the guests don't know each other well. Ask your guests to come to your party wearing the ugliest sweater they have! Obviously, the one with the worst sweater wins a prize of your choice. In my opinion, this is one of the simplest of all Christmas party games and I played it quite a number of times at Christmas parties.
4. Wrap The Gift While Blindfolded: In this game, you need to blindfold all the guests and give them wrapping paper, tape and a present and ask them to wrap the present. See how many people are able to wrap the present while blindfolded. The one who is successful in wrapping the present completely becomes the winner of a prize. This is one game where a little precaution is necessary on your part. You need to make sure that the wrapping paper is cut according to the size of the present as using scissors blindfolded can be quite harmful.
5. Stocking Mystery: Put several things of different shapes and sizes inside stockings. You can put anything ranging from star-shaped items to cones. Make sure the shapes you use are of varying sizes. Ask people to guess what objects are there in the stocking. Obviously one who can get it all right is the winner.
6. Cards And Presents: I am sure this game would be a hit among habitual card players. If you have cards then split them into two decks. Keep one deck for yourself and have the other one for the guests. You should have purchased presents at least half of the total number of guests. Let the guests pick and choose the cards. Then start reading the card suit and the number aloud. The guest who has the card with those matching numbers can pickup a present. When there are no more presents left, then they will have to take presents from each other. This is quite a fun game and I suggest you play it at least once.
As you can see, games can really add spice to an otherwise boring Christmas party. If you have not been using them until now, you should start playing them right from this year! so wish you all a merrry christmas and a happy new year!
what is yoga?
The term yoga is a common word in the Sanskrit language, which is the language in which most of the Yoga scriptures are written. It also happens to be one of the most versatile Sanskrit terms, having a whole range of meanings that extend from simple "union" to "team," "constellation," and "conjunction." It is derived from the verbal root yuj, meaning "to harness, yoke, prepare, equip, and fasten."
The male practitioner of Yoga is referred to as a yogin or yogi and the female practitioner as a yogini. Common synonyms are yoga-vid meaning "knower of Yoga" and yukta meaning "yoked one". Sometimes the word yoga-yuj, meaning "one who is yoked in Yoga" is used. A master of Yoga may be referred to as a yoga raj ("king of Yoga") or yogendra (from yoga and indra, meaning "lord").
In addition to yoga and yukta, the verbal root yuj also yields the old Sanskrit word yuga, denoting "yoke," which is the literal yoke placed on an ox and the yoke or burden of the years. It is probably in the latter, metaphoric sense that yuga is applied to the four great world cycles, which according to Hinduism, continuously revolve, thus creating history.
At present we are believed to be in the final world age, the kali-yuga, in which spirituality and morality are at their lowest ebb. The kali-yuga is the Dark Age, which is destined to terminate in a convulsive cataclysm, accompanied by a major purging of humanity. Thereafter a new Golden Age will begin, starting the four-phase cycle all over again.The term yoga is closely related to a number of words in various Indo-European languages, including the English yoke, the German Joch, and the Latin iugum, which all have the same meaning. In a spiritual context, the word yoga can have two primary meanings. It can stand for either "union" or "discipline." In most cases, both connotations are present when the term yoga is applied. Therefore, dhyana-yoga is the unitive discipline of meditation; samnyasa-yoga is theunitive discipline of renunciation; karma-yoga is the unitive discipline of self-transcending action; kriya-yoga is the unitive discipline of ritual; bhakti-yoga is the unitive discipline of love and devotion to the Divine, and so on.What does the term unitive mean? It describes Yoga's disciplined approach to simplifying one's consciousness and energy to the level where we no longer experience any inner conflict and are able to live in harmony with the universe. In addition, unitive specifically refers to the goal of many branches and schools of Yoga, which is to realize our essential nature, the Self (atman, purusha), by consciously uniting with it. This understanding of Yoga is characteristic of those teachings that subscribe to a nondualist metaphysics according to which the Self is the ultimate singular Reality underlying all events.
The male practitioner of Yoga is referred to as a yogin or yogi and the female practitioner as a yogini. Common synonyms are yoga-vid meaning "knower of Yoga" and yukta meaning "yoked one". Sometimes the word yoga-yuj, meaning "one who is yoked in Yoga" is used. A master of Yoga may be referred to as a yoga raj ("king of Yoga") or yogendra (from yoga and indra, meaning "lord").
In addition to yoga and yukta, the verbal root yuj also yields the old Sanskrit word yuga, denoting "yoke," which is the literal yoke placed on an ox and the yoke or burden of the years. It is probably in the latter, metaphoric sense that yuga is applied to the four great world cycles, which according to Hinduism, continuously revolve, thus creating history.
At present we are believed to be in the final world age, the kali-yuga, in which spirituality and morality are at their lowest ebb. The kali-yuga is the Dark Age, which is destined to terminate in a convulsive cataclysm, accompanied by a major purging of humanity. Thereafter a new Golden Age will begin, starting the four-phase cycle all over again.The term yoga is closely related to a number of words in various Indo-European languages, including the English yoke, the German Joch, and the Latin iugum, which all have the same meaning. In a spiritual context, the word yoga can have two primary meanings. It can stand for either "union" or "discipline." In most cases, both connotations are present when the term yoga is applied. Therefore, dhyana-yoga is the unitive discipline of meditation; samnyasa-yoga is theunitive discipline of renunciation; karma-yoga is the unitive discipline of self-transcending action; kriya-yoga is the unitive discipline of ritual; bhakti-yoga is the unitive discipline of love and devotion to the Divine, and so on.What does the term unitive mean? It describes Yoga's disciplined approach to simplifying one's consciousness and energy to the level where we no longer experience any inner conflict and are able to live in harmony with the universe. In addition, unitive specifically refers to the goal of many branches and schools of Yoga, which is to realize our essential nature, the Self (atman, purusha), by consciously uniting with it. This understanding of Yoga is characteristic of those teachings that subscribe to a nondualist metaphysics according to which the Self is the ultimate singular Reality underlying all events.
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