Health Benefits you Might not know about Ginger

Ayurveda gives ginger the status of a virtual medicine chest, time-tested and digestion-friendly. 

Eating fresh ginger just before lunch stoke a dull appetite and fire up the digestive juice. 

It improves the absorption and assimilation of essential nutrients in the body

Ginger clears the microcirculatory channels of the body including pesky sinuses that tend to flare y  from time to time.

Even while feeling nausea,  chew on ginger preferably tossed in a little honey.

If your tummy moans and groans a lot under cramps,  munch on a ginger.

Reeling under joint pain? Ginger with its anti-inflammatory properties can bring relief.  Float some ginger essential oils in your bath to help aching muscles and joints.

Chewing ginger can help post-operation nausea

Stir up some ginger tea to get rid of throat and nose congestion.

Bedroom blues?  Try adding a gingery punch to a bowl of soup.

3 ways to use ginger :

Ginger & Herb Rice
Cook bamsti rice.  When you take the lid off the pan,  quickly stir in finely chopped garlic, ginger, green chilies and fresh cilantro leaves— the burst of flavor and fragrance will drive your senses crazy with desire.

Ginger in Your Juice
Grate some ginger root and put it in your juicer, along with carrot and apples and a little lemon juice.  Yummy and good!

Gingery Dessert
Even a smidgen of grated ginger on your vanilla panna cotta or strawberry sorbet can wake up the flavor!

Health is wealth,  add ginger to your course 

STEP 3 OF LOSING TUMMY FAT

3) Eat more healthy fats. Basically avoid saturated fats like lard, butter, animal fats. If you eat meat, be sure to remove the skin or blobs of fat before cooking or eating. Any fat that is a solid at room temperature is not good for you. Olive oil is a nice cooking vehicle if you want something fried or sautéed. Nuts, flax seeds, fish, fish oils, seeds and avocados contain healthy fats as well. This is another of those counter-intuitive facts. It seems like if we eat less fat, we’ll burn more. The truth is that our bodies need healthy fats to survive and if we don’t ingest healthy fat, our bodies will not only hold on to the fat we have, but actually may convert sugars to fats. Our brains and nervous systems not only require, but thrive on healthy fats.

STEP2 OF LOSING TUMMY FAT

2) Eat small meals or snacks regularly. Many experts recommend eating 5 meals or snacks a day instead of the traditional 3. This way you stave off hunger, you can eat smaller meals and actually have lower caloric intake without being hungry. Whenever your body feels hunger, due to our ancestral genetic code, our bodies change our metabolism to slow down and we actually store more fat. How wonderful is that to lose weight and not be hungry? Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, oatmeal … are full of fiber and low in calories – a wonderful snack every time!

Take A Daily Nap To Improve Your Energy

If you’re like most of us, a perfect night’s sleep is the exception rather than the norm.How many days per week are you able to get 8 plus hours of solid sleep? 

One of the best ways to revitalize your energy is through a daily 20-30 minutes nap. NASA performed a study and found that a 40 minute nap improved alertness by 100%. Another study on airplane pilots revealed that when tired, those who took a 25 minute nap ended up dozing off only 20% as much as if they remained sleep-deprived.

Here are some other “napping” benefits:

• Improves memory and learning
• Works to prevent burnout
• Heightens creativity
• Puts you in a better mood

How often do you takes naps and do they help? Let us know in the comments section below.

STEP 1 OF LOSING TUMMMY FAT

1) Drink lots of water. You’ll not only enjoy losing tummy fat, but you’ll have more energy, less body aches and pains, less injuries, and be less hungry. Some experts recommend 64 ounces a day. If you’re awake for 16 hours, that’s 8 ounces of water every 2 hours. When I was training for the Olympic trials in the Marathon, I used to set my running watch alarm to ring every hour. That was my reminder to drink a half glass of water. You don’t want to drink too much water and leach the minerals and nutrients out of your body by drinking a huge glass of water only when you’re super thirsty … just keep well hydrated by drinking small amounts of water regularly.

Losing Tummy Fat

Losing tummy fat seems to be the holy grail of weight loss.

Why does it just seem to stick to our middles forever … and in many cases, keep GROWING??!! The answer can be quite simple, and I believe it’s fair to say that the solution is not necessarily simple.
What I mean by that is that the simple solution to losing tummy fat is to burn more calories than we eat. Many of us know that. The content below contains the secrets, tips and ideas to make it as easy as possible for you to successfully lose belly fat. The KEY is for you to have the motivation, discipline and confidence to make changes in your life. We are here to help

100Words To Achieve World Class Fitness

This fitness gem is from Greg Glassman, the founder of CrosssFit: “World Class Fitness in 100 Words.”

Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch.

Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow.

Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.

What are your thoughts on the simplicity of this advice?

Avoid Unhealthy Diet Soda And Drink Water Instead

 

Even though diet soda contains zero calories, it is still not a very healthy choice. The ingredients in a typical can of diet soda includes:

• Aspartame
• Phosphoric acid
• Potassium benzoate
• Caramel color

Aspartame is arguable the most unhealthy food additive there is. It is an excitotoxin, meaning it has the potential to overstimulate and damage the brain. Phosphoric acid is a chemical that erodes tooth enamel. Potassium benzoate combines with vitamin C and sodium in the body to create benzene, which has been linked to several major health issues including aggravation of ADHD, and an amplification of asthma symptoms.

Lastly we have caramel color. While this chemical seems rather harmless, it features 4-methylimidazole which has been shown to increase cancer in mice.

So next time you’re thirsty, pass on the diet soda and have some water.

How much diet soda do you drink per day? Has this article convinced you to switch to water?

Trying To Lose Weight? Don’t Forget Proper Water Intake

Drinking water can help you lose weight. Most people think that only exercise and diet play a role in weight loss, but proper water intake is a requirement as well.

Water can help make you feel full, and it also works to flush out toxins from your body. You may also feel an increased desire to eat when your body is really just thirsty. So the next time hunger strikes you, make sure to gulp down a large glass of water first before hitting the kitchen.

Ice cold water is the best, because your body has to burn extra calories to digest it. And if you are currently working out, your body will sweat, so you will need to replace that water so your body can run effectively.

So how much water should you be drinking? Common wisdom says that you should drink 8 cups of water a day. This rule works for some of us, however, water intake does depend on how much you weigh, as well as what type of climate that you live in. If you live in a hot climate, you will want to drink more water. And if you exercise more, then you will need to take this into consideration as well and replace the water that you are sweating out.

You can also use the rule that you need to drink half an ounce of water for every pound that you weigh. So if you weigh 150 pounds, aim for 75 ounces of water daily. Keep in mind that you can include food in this count as well, since many foods, such as watermelon and lettuce, are full of water.

How much water do you drink per day? Let us know in the comments section below.

Control Your Eating By Learning Proper Portion Sizes

We have all been told that to lose weight we must practice proper portion control, but how many of us know what a proper portion size actually looks like? The following visual cues are easy to remember and can help you practice proper portion control.

• 3 ounces of meat is about the size of your palm or a deck of cards.
• 1 cup is about the size of a baseball.
• 1 tablespoon or ounce is about the size of your thumb.
• 1 teaspoon is about the size of your thumb tip.
• 1 tennis ball is about the size of 3/4 cup of veggies or fruit.
• 1 handful of snacks is equivalent to 1-2 ounces.
• 1/4 cup is about the size of one egg.
• 2 teaspoons are about the size of a ping pong ball.
• 1/2 cup is about the size of a computer mouse.