Welcome to Volume 23 of the Fitness Destinations Journal!
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Internet Resource of the Week
Ever wonder where people hang out on the 'Net to talk about health and fitness? The number of places where that exact thing happens are growing by leaps and bounds! However, as with anything on the 'Net, you want to utilize the better resources, and skip the rest.
The exercise section of About.com is a valuable resource for talking with other and learning all you could want to know about health, fitness, and exercise! With an easy to use interface and the ability to have message board notifications sent directly to your email box, this is one of the 'Net address that you should check out!
Our articles below include some great advice on "keeping it simple" when it comes to fitness and weight loss, and some very enlightening information about the seemingly endless benefits of drinking green tea. Enjoy!
YOU MIGHT BE OVERWEIGHT IF...
* The ticket lady at Seaworld tells you you're on in five minutes.
* You have to have your jogging suit made at the Tent & Awning company.
* You get on the end of a see-saw and launch your kid into outer-space.
* Someone's ever asked you to autograph a picture of Shamu.
* You've ever closed an all-you-can-eat buffet.
* Your neighbours complain when you hang your underwear out to dry because they lose three hours of sunlight.
* Your bathtub has stretch marks.
* You have a flourishing career shooting "before" pictures for Jenny Craig.
* Your "goal" weight has more than three digits.
* You use a comforter as a towel.
* You haven't seen your toes in over three years.
* Your beeper goes off and someone says,"Look out! It's backing up!"
Fitness Article - Green Tea and Cholesterol facts
© Copyright 2005 Lorraine Bevere
A green and lush oasis in the middle of a scorching dessert. A
cool breeze on a hot summer night. A bright light in the end of
a cold and dark tunnel. Green tea and cholesterol.
For the millions and millions of people suffering from high
cholesterol green tea may be that light. You can browse and
search the Internet for topics on green tea and cholesterol and
would come up with hundred of hits.
Cholesterol, triglycerides, the protein apoB in LDLs, are words
dreaded by humans of the modern age. This new century is
expected to become the century of medical miracles, the green
tea, lowly as it may sound looks very promising as several
researches have shown. This could be the decade of green tea
and cholesterol.
More good news is it's not just green tea and cholesterol; it's
also green tea and cancer. Several studies have shown that the
antioxidants are present in green tea. The Journal of the
National Cancer Institute published the results of an
epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea
reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women
by nearly sixty percent. Another research done by the
University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a
compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. In
another study by the University of Kansas determined that EGCG
may explain why the rate of heart disease among Japanese men is
quite low, even though approximately seventy-five percent are
smokers.
And more good news! It's not just green tea and cholesterol;
it's also green tea and high blood pressure. Habitually
drinking 5 to 10 cups a day of green tea lowers high blood
pressure.
For more that 4,000 years the Chinese have known about the
medicinal benefits of green tea since using it to treat
everything from headaches to depression. So it's not just green
tea and cholesterol; it's also green tea and depression!
Drinking green also is reported to be helpful with rheumatoid
arthritis, Cardiovascular disease, infection, and impaired
immune function.
Green tea is rich in catechin polyphenols, especially
epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a good anti-cancer
element. Polyphenol limits the negative effects of smoking and
a fatty diet.
There's more! It's not just green tea and cholesterol; it's
also green tea and weight loss. The American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition published a report that found out that men
who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract
burned more calories than those given only caffeine.
How about green tea and tooth decay anyone? Its bacteria-
destroying abilities kill the bacteria that cause dental decay.
So it's not just green tea and cholesterol, it's also green tea
and bacteria.
Why is it that it's green tea and cholesterol not oolong tea or
black tea? As we all know there are 3 types of tea, green,
oolong and black. All of these come from the leaves of the
Camellia sinensis plant. But why green? Green tea leaves are
steamed, which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized
while black and oolong tea leaves are made from dried or
fermented leaves, which causes loss of EGCG.
We should have learned speaking mandarin or fukien a long time
ago and got to know green tea and cholesterol lowering the
Chinese way.
There is more to green tea and cholesterol, search the web and
get to know more of the heath benefits you may get from green
tea. Does anyone know how to say green tea in Chinese?
About the Author
Lorraine Bevere is well known for documenting the amazing qualities of green tea.
Discover other tea "secrets" at her site http://www.fogtea.com
Fitness Article - Lose Weight, Get Fit, and Live Longer
If all we have to do is exercise to live a fuller and healthier life then why isn’t everybody doing it? Not enough time? Too expensive? Unmotivated? Well the fact is everybody wants to be healthier but it is time consuming and expensive. Or is it? The problem is that an individual’s health is not given a high priority until it’s gone.
Not enough time?
Whether the person realizes it or not, they are just procrastinating. They seem to think that they will have more time in the future. To add to this the longer they wait the lower their health will become. Time must be allocated in your schedule or it will never be done because something will always come up. And lets face it, its no good having a big house and a luxurious car if you are no longer around to enjoy it! If you can’t spare 30 consecutive minutes each day then three, ten-minute sessions can still improve your condition.
Too Expensive?
Exercise costs nothing! Just walking each day is enough to ensure a long and healthy life. This is something just about everyone can do so it also provides a great opportunity to spend time with family and friends.
Unmotivated?
Well at least you’re honest! The trick is to find something you enjoy. Try something social like a group walk, tennis, or golf. If you would rather spend time alone then go for a walk, take your headphones, and listen to your favourite music. If you get bored easily then try a Personal Trainer. Even if it only for one session. They can provide you with variety and ideas on how to keep the exercise program interesting.
However it is easy to see why people get confused when trying to improve their lifestyle with so many diets and eating plans that seem to contradict each other. Then there’s the abdominal machines, home gyms, and crosstrainers sold through the media that promise great results but always end up as expensive dust collectors.
The trick is to keep it simple.
- When it comes to your food intake consume low fat meals: it makes sense that the less fat that goes into your mouth, the less fat that will stay on the body.
- Eat meals with plenty of variety: the more variety, the greater intake of all the required nutrients. And keep portion size relative to what you require: eating low fat foods will still make you put on weight if you are eating enough for two people.
- Eat foods high in fibre: these foods are more filling.
- When it comes to exercise, just move more! You must burn more calories than you put into your mouth. Walk to the shops, take the stairs, or hide the remote control for the TV. It all adds up.
- If you can’t exercise on a given day, then be even more vigilant with your food intake.
- Exercise doesn’t have to be hard, just regular. It just takes thirty minutes each day to ward off our biggest killer: heart disease.
So, the simple solution to a healthier body? USE IT OR LOSE IT!
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