Is fat bad for your body?

"Yes, of course!", this is maybe the first answer that quite a lot of people. But in order for our body to function well. Fat is needed for maintaining healthy skin and hair. It insulates the body organs against shock and helps to maintain the body temperature.

But the most important part is that our brain needs fat. Our brain needs specialized fats in order to learn and evolve very fast.

But not all fats are good for you! I've found this interesting video on youtube about how to read labels on food the correct way and figure out which kind of fat you need.

Make your food Healthier- 3.Whole Grain Foods

According to Harvard University Research, women who used to eat whole-grain foods is less gain weight than same age women who dosen't. Whole grain foods help slowdown to gain weight. As a weight control, whole grain such as oatmeal and brown rice makes fabulous result. It makes you feel be full as a small amount of them, and also increases blood sugar slowly rather than processed foodstuffs.

Let's start to eat WHOLE GRAIN FOODS for your health!


posted by JIWON

Make your food Healthier- 2.Salt Reduction

Do you know haw many salt eat everyday? You are maybe surprised how many salt eat per day. Salt is an essential seasoning but too much thing is harmful. It causes cancer and heart disease definitely, and very dangerous to high blood pressure. Salt takes a high risk than Fat. You need to awake to its danger.

Our body needs at least 1.3g salt per day to continue body working, and WHO limits amount of salt ingestion-5g- per day. However, people takes so many salt these days.

Finland already started to reduce taking salt and they succeed. Finlander use a low sodium salt and always check how many salt contain this product.
Since 2000, U.K government also started salt reduction. They warns HIDDEN SALT. There are a lot of salt in food even though we couldn't catch it.

If you want more information about salt reduction, please visit these web site.
http://www.salt.gov.uk
http://www.food.gov.uk



posted by JIWON

Make your food Healthier- 1.Oil Sprayer

Have you ever failed your dishes because of too much spilling out of oil?

Are you worrying about oil consumption?

Do you want to cook as a small amount of oil?

Here is good way. Try to use OIL SPRAYER!

It can help you to cook with the minimum amount of oil.

Also, it makes more fresh food and healthier your body.

Even though you are doing work out, don't worry about it.

Oil Sprayer will make your diet cheerful!

posted by JIWON

Have you ever heard about the "Healthy Eating Pyramid"?

Well, I have heard about it previously and i want to share it with you. The "Healthy Eating Pyramid" is a very easy guide to a healthy nutrition and basically shows what you should eat in which amounts. It is very general though. 

Just check it out:

Click here

What's really in our food?! Monosodium Glutamate!

The other day, i posted on Aspartame one of the most used artificial sweeteners in the United States. Today I'd like to inform you about another very popular food additive. It's name is Monosodium Glutamate or MSG. The main purpose of MSG is to enhance the flavor of our food. Unfortunately, there are many side effects associated to MSG. These side effects range from attention deficit to fatness to cancer.
There are numerous movies available on the world wide web that deal with MSG. The following documentary explains more precisely which impacts result from MSG.

Myths and Facts about Eating Breakfast

Myth: It is okay ro skip breakfast, because it is not an important meal of the day.
Fact: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

Myth: Eating breakfast will make you tired during the day.
Fact: Breakfast provides the energy needed to start the day off right!

Myth: A healthy breakfast consists of high protein, low carb foods such as eggs, sausage & bacon.
Fact: A healthy breakfast consists of milk, fruits, and cereal.

Myth: Children who eat breakfast tend to have poor performance in school.
Fact: Children who eat a good breakfast perform better in school, pay more attention, are more creative, think better, score higher on tests

Myth: Children who eat breakfast tend to be overweight.
Fact: Children who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight.


posted by So young Lee

Why Breakfast?

"Rise and Shine for Breakfast time!"

Do you know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? A good breakfast provides the nutrients that people need to start their day off right.

Studies show that children who eat a good breakfast do better in school than children who do not.

Studies also show a link between participation in the School Breakfast Program and improved academic performance and psycholsocial behavior.

Children who eat a good breakfast tend to perform better in school, and have a better attendance and decreased hyperactivity. Children who don't eat breakfast tend to perform not as well, and also tend to have behavior problems such as fighting, stealing, and not listening to their teachers (Dr. Ronald Kleinman, Harvard Medical School).

The School Breakfast Program provides a nutritious meal to children who might otherwise not eat breakfast, and is designed to provide children with one-fourth of their daily nutrients. This program offers fruit, cold cereal and milk daily, and some Coldwater Schools buildings also offer a variety of hot dishes like breakfast pizza, pancake wraps, and oatmeal.

If your child eats breakfast at home, choose a breakfast with milk, fruit and cereal(grain product). These three foods can provide for a good breakfast. Eating a healthy breakfast does not need to take a lot of time.

Quick and Healthy Breakfast Ideas:

* Cereal with strawberries and milk
* Oatmeal, orange and milk
* Pancakes topped with fruit and milk
* Bagel w/peanut butter, banana and milk
* Granola bar, apple and yogurt

posted by So young Lee

Salmonella in peanut butter products - Especially watch out for these products

I have always thought you could catch salmonella from only chickens prepared badly. But now there has been even deaths in the United States because of salmonella caught from peanut butter products. Actually according to the LA times the salmonella outbreak has sickened almost 500 people in 43 states.
Many peanut butter producers are now withdrawing their products. The most latest is Trader Joe who withdraw their Sutter's Formula cookies and two kinds of granola bars.

The products withdrawn by Trader Joe:



Posted by Miikka the finnish guy

Hot Yoga!!

Hot yoga's heated room maximizes blood flow to muscles and makes tendons more flexible.

Not a meditation, but a disciplined series of postures and stretches performed in a heated room that will challenge all parts of your body as well as your mind.

Be prepared to sweat!

Why heat?

Heat enables muscles to warm up and relax. You can stretch more easily, thus avoiding injury. Sweating detoxifies the body and clears skin.

Not Flexible?

You do not need to be "flexible". Yoga practiced at least three times a week will build flexibility.

Hot Yoga 1 - Pranayama

Increase your capacity and saturates the blood oxygen


Hot Yoga 2 - Halfmoon Pose


increases strength and flexibility of the entire spine and trims the abdomen and waistline.



Hot Yoga 3 - Hands to feet pose


Hot Yoga 4 - Awkward Pose

Strengthens the umscles of the legs and improves the flexibility of the hip joints.

Hot Yoga 5 - Eagle Pose

Increase the flexibility of the 14 largest joints in the human skeletal system and improves circulation to the reproductive organs.

Hot Yoga 6 - Standing Head to Knee Pose

Helps develop balance, concentration, patience and determination while strengthening the knee joint and every muscle in the leg.

Hot Yoga 7 - Standing bow pulling pose

Firms and tones the muscles of the arms, legs and abdomen while supplying fresh oxygenated blood to every internal organ and gland.

Hot Yoga 8 - Balancing stick pose

Strengthens the heart muscle and turbo-charges the cardiovascular system while improving balance and overall body strength.

Hot Yoga 9 - Standing separate leg stretching pose

Prevents sciatica and improves flexibility of the hips and pelvis.

posted by So young Lee

Exercise to Burn Off What You Drink

You maybe drink somthing everytime,evrywhere. Cokes,juices,alcohols,and so on. Do you know there are lots of calories? I am sure that you missed it until now!

Today, I introduce how much exercise to burn off your beverage.

Calorie Content of Vodka
Vodka (1 serving) contains 60 calories
Vodka (1 bottle) contains about 1600 calories

Burn Calories in Vodka
About 9 minutes of walking (4mph) burns the calories in a shot of vodka.

Calorie Content of Budweiser Beer
1 Budweiser Beer (12 fl oz) contains 145 calories
1 Budweiser Bud Light (12 fl oz) contains 110 calories
1 Budweiser Bud Ice (12 fl oz) contains 145 calories

Burn Calories in Budweiser Beer
About 23 minutes of walking burns the calories in 1 Budweiser.


Calorie Content of Generic Wines
Table Wine, Red (3.5 oz glass) contains 75 calories
Table Wine, White, (3.5 oz glass) contains 70 calories
Table Wine, Red (3.5 oz glass) contains 75 calories
Sparkling Wine (3.5 oz glass) contains 100 calories
Dessert Wine, Sweet (3.5 oz glass) contains 160 calories
Cooking Wine, (3.5 oz glass) contains 50 calories

Burn Calories in Wine
About 14 minutes of walking (4mph) burns the calories in one 4 fl oz glass of reisling.

Calorie Content of Hot Chocolate
1 Hot Chocolate (w.whole milk) (cup) contains 190 calories
1 Hot Chocolate (w.non-fat milk) (cup) contains 150 calories

Burn Calories in Hot Chocolate
About 28 minutes of walking burns the calories in a cup of hot chocolate with whole milk

Calorie Content of a Milk Shake (8 fl oz)
1 Chocolate Milk Shake with full-fat milk contains 288 calories
1 Strawberry Milk Shake with full-fat milk contains 280 calories
1 Vanilla Milk Shake with full-fat milk contains 280 calories

Burn Calories in a Milk Shake
About 42 minutes of walking burns the calories in a Vanilla Milk Shake


Calorie Content of Sodas
1 Coca-Cola Soda (12 fl oz) contains 155 calories
1 Pepsi Soda (12 fl oz) contains 155 calories
1 Dr Pepper (12 fl oz) contains 155 calories
1 7Up (12 fl oz) contains 145 calories

Burn Calories in Sodas
About 23 minutes of walking burns the calories in 1 can of coca-cola soda.

Don't feel easy about your drinking!

Please remeber your cool body and health.

posted by JIWON

Barack Obama is Shirtless

America's 44th president,Barack Obama is also doing workout!!

This picture was taken at Hawaii, in last vacation. He goes shirtless and we can see his beautiful muscle.

Our president is also keeping his health. Why don't you join us? You can also make your body healthier, like him!



posted by JIWON

Hollywood Diet Secret

posted by JIWON

Morning Banana Diet

It is so hot in Japan!


Posted by JIWON

What's really in our food?! Aspartame!

Aspartame is the name for an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener. Aspartame is otherwise known as Candarel, Equal and NutraSweet. These days it is commonly used in diet sodas and sugar-free products in the United States and in many other countries. Nevertheless, the usage of Aspartame is highly alarming since brain tumor and various other diseases are closely linked to it.
This matter of fact is displayed by the following movie. Furthermore it provides insight in the dubious approval of Aspartame by the FDA.

Is fast food really cheap?

When driving or walking around your city you are very likely to see advertisements of the fast food restaurants for so-called "value-meals". What what is the real value of those meals?

Those meals provide you with an overload on calories, salt, sodium, fat and cholesterol. So those ingredients provide you nearly no value, but may damage your health.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/health/10meals.html?_r=1&ref=fitnessandnutrition

What's really in our food?! High Fructose Corn Syrup!

High Fructose Corn Syrup is one of the most popular sweeteners in the United States. The following movie shows which side-effects are associated with this kind of additive.

http://wbztv.com/video/?id=67437@wbz.dayport.com

What's really in our food?!

This series deals with the question what kinds of chemical additives are used in our food and what risk to our health is carried by them.
Almost every peace of food is somehow treated, enriched and altered. This circumstance can easily be proven by checking the ingredients of the particular food product. We are often not aware of the fact that the main purpose of these processes are not to guarantee the consumer's well being but rather to make money. But this doesn't mean that there is no healthy food out there. Thus raising the awareness of the existence of additives and giving the necessary information to locate the ones which are harmful can be considered as the main goals of this series.
Norman

Want to make your recipes healthier?

Just watch those simple tips to cook healthier. It's way easier than you think it is!

No time for cooking?

Come on that is no excuse for skipping cooking. I know that i've been using this excuse from time to time as well, because i just don't have the time to working around in the kitchen for ages. That's why I've had a look around on the internet and found some cool recipe sites for quick dishes. I would love to encourage you guys to send me your personal favorite quick and healthy dish. If you know any other good pages just let me know and i will post them as well.

Hope you enjoy the recipes ;)

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/collections/quick_healthy_dinner_recipes.html
--> The highlight are the 20 minute dishes!

http://www.healthy-quick-meals.com/

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/best-recipes/healthy-recipes

http://www.foodnetwork.com/healthy-eating/index.html

The Danish Diet: How Far Would You Go To Lose Weight?



The Danish diet usually lasts for thirteen days and promises the loss of up to twenty-six pounds. The diet is very strict: any kind of deviation from the menu stops the diet and prevents its resumption for the following six months. If the diet is stopped after six days, it may be resumed after three months.For the diet, the green salad must be always fresh, the yogurt 100% natural, without any fruits, and hunger may be avoided by drinking water. The coffee may be replaced by tea and vice-versa, and cod with trout or skate. Always check with your doctor or dietician before starting a diet, particularly one as difficult as the Danish Diet.

for a change in your metabolism....

This diet must be followed for 13 days, that's why it's (quite) difficult, but very efficient.
The diet changes your metabolism, and its effects last for about 2 years. This means that once you have completed the diet you can eat normally and you won't gain weight. It's not one of the usual diets, but one that improves "burning" your calories. The diet is effective even after it's completion.

IF the diet is followed precisely according to instructions, you can loose between 7-20 kg (15–44 lb.), and you are NOT allowed to start the diet for another 2 years. You can start the diet after two years, if necessary...

If during the diet you make any deviations from the written plan, STOP the diet immediately. It will no longer have the desired effects on your metabolism. The diet may be attempted again after 6 months, and not before. IF you broke the "rule" before the 6th day of the diet, you can start it again after 3 months.

Because the diet takes about two weeks, it's quite difficult to follow it.
TIP: Try to start this diet when you have no plans to leave town, go to parties etc. These situations are saboteurs to any diet...

★ Purchase all ingredients before starting the diet. Going to the grocery store during the diet is just asking for trouble
★ IF you feel hungry during the diet ... drink WATER. Plenty. At least 2 liters (0,5 US gallon = 6-8 glasses) / day
★ The salad in the diet plan is fresh green lettuce salad.
★ The cod (fish) can be replaced with trout or turbot.
★ Coffee can NOT be replaced with tea and you must use the cube of sugar when specified.
★ Natural yogurt is yogurt with NO fruit or sugar.
★ You can NOT have alcohol, chewing gum (both contain sugars that will alter the effects of the metabolism change)
★ For the fresh fruit you can use any fruit on the Negative Calorie Food List
★ The tomato is to be eaten raw
★ When there is no food portion specified, you can eat as much of it as you want (ex: salad, spinach, celeriac)

Day 1

breakfast 1 cup of coffee + 1 cube sugar
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + boiled spinach + 1 tomato
diner 200 gr. (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad with oil and lemon juice

Day 2

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar
lunch 1/2 can of ham + 1 serving natural yogurt
diner 200 gr. (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad with oil and lemon juice

Day 3

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + 1 slice of ham + lettuce salad
diner boiled celeriac + 1 tomato + 1 fresh fruit

Day 4

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 dl. orange juice + 1 serving natural yogurt
diner 1 hard boiled egg + 1 large grated carrot + 1 pot cottage cheese

Day 5

breakfast 1 large grated carrot w/ lemon juice
lunch 200 g (7 oz) boiled cod w/ lemon juice + 1 teaspoon butter
diner 200 g (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad and fresh celeriac

Day 6

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + 1 large grated carrot
diner 1/2 chicken + lettuce salad with oil and lemon juice

Day 7

breakfast 1 cup tea, no sugar
lunch NOTHING (drink plenty of water, it helps...)
diner 200 g (7 oz) lamb cutlet + 1 apple

Day 8

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + boiled spinach + 1 tomato
diner 200 g (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad with oil and lemon juice

Day 9

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar
lunch 1/2 can of ham + 1 natural yogurt
diner 200 g (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad with oil and lemon juice

Day 10

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + 1/2 can of ham + lettuce salad with lemon juice
diner boiled celeriac + 1 tomato + 1 fresh fruit

Day 11

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 dl. orange juice + 1 serving natural yogurt
diner 1 hard boiled egg + 1 large grated carrot + 1 pot of cottage cheese

Day 12

breakfast 1 large grated carrot w/ lemon juice
lunch 200 g (7 oz) boiled cod with lemon juice + 1 teaspoon butter
diner 200 g (7 oz) beef steak + lettuce salad with fresh celeriac

Day 13

breakfast 1 cup coffee + 1 cube sugar + 1 slice toasted bread
lunch 2 hard boiled eggs + 1 large grated carrot w/ lemon juice
diner 250 g (8,8 oz) chicken + lettuce salad w/ oil & lemon juice

Sabrina Bryan Discussing Healthy Eating Habits

posted by JIWON

Exercise, nutrition & weight loss - 3 different results

For losing weight, not only exercising but also cotrol your eating habit is impotant.
In my case, I did 3 months personal training in the gym everyday. However, I couldn't control my eating habit, so I couln't get fantastic results. Good Balance Nutrition and Control eating for your health!

posted by JIWON

Exercise to Burn Off What You Eat

What did you eat today? Did you have great dinner and also eat some dessert? If you are doing exercise regularly for your health, you would worry about your daily taking calories. You maybe promise everyday, 'I never eat chocolate bar today!!', however, there is a lot of temptation around you. So I make you aware of how you must exercise to burn off what you eat.

Today, I introduce how much exercise to burn off your dessert.



Mars Chocolate Bar (reg) contains 256 caloriesTwix Chocolate Bar (reg) contains 275 caloriesSnickers Chocolate Bar (reg) contains 263 calories

Burn Calories in Chocolate Bars
About 37 minutes of walking burns the calories in one regular Mars chocolate bar.



Milk Chocolate (3oz) contains 420 calories Cooking Chocolate (3oz) contains 420 calories Carob (3oz) contains 465 calories White chocolate (3oz) contains 450 calories

Burn Calories in Chocolate
About 63 minutes of walking (4mph) burns the calories in 3oz of milk chocolate.



1 Oreo Cookie, regular contain 55 calories1 Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookie contains 115 calories1 Lower Fat Oreo Cookie contain 38 calories

Burn Calories in Oreo Cookies
About 7 minutes of walking burns the calories in 1 Oreo cookie.



1 Peanut Butter Cookie contains 60 calories1 Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwich contains 67 calories1 Peanut Butter Cookie Soft Type contains 69 calories

Burn Calories in Peanut Butter Cookies
About 9 minutes of walking burns the calories in 1 Peanut Butter Cookie.



1 Cheese Cake (3 oz slice) contains 275 calories1 Cheese Cake w. low-fat cheese (3 oz slice) contains 225 calories

Burn Calories in Cheese Cake
About 40 minutes of walking burns the calories in a 3 oz slice of cheese cake.



Apple Pie (average serving) contains 300 caloriesApple Pie (average serving w. cream) contains 350 calories

Burn Calories in Apple Pie
About 45 minutes of walking burns the calories in one 4 oz serving of apple pie.




You check this blog when you want to eat somthing, your gluttony will disappear!
Please remeber your cool body and health.

posted by JIWON

Can Fast Food be healthy?

That's a question that I've asked myself more then once over the last years. I was always looking for a tradeoff between a good and healthy meal and a fast meal. Most of the time I ended up buying just fast food, because it's so convenient. But it's easier then you might imagine to eat healthy even when being in a hurry.

I've found a pretty cool website that covers this topic in more details and gives some really helpful hints: http://www.helpguide.org/life/fast_food_nutrition.html

The biggest food myth

So there's one question that I've asked myself a couple of times:

Does it help to skip meals? I guess everyone knows a sitiation when a had a way to big lunch and you feel kind of sorry for what you just did to your body. So I was tinking about if it would be helpful to skip dinner then. I tried this a couple of times but the success was not always obvious. That's the point when I googled for possible solutions to this myth.

I discovered that skipping meals even can make you gain more weight! That's no joke Ladies & Gentleman not eating is sometimes worse for your body than eating. If you skip a meal your metabolism will slow down, because your body will go to some kind of starvation mode. When you then eat the next meal your are more likely to eat more and you won't be able to maintain the calorie requirements for a healthy diet.

So should not skip any meals, but instead eat more smaller during the day.