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Grains and Legumes: The bulk of your diet

The planetary human population is sustained by billions of calories per day from Grains and Legumes

And thats totally fine with me.

Even though grains and legumes are primarily carbohydrates, they won’t make you fat and they might even prevent heart disease. Whole grains and legumes are generally complex carbohydrates that contain healthy amounts of fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals.

Quinoa: Quite possible the BEST "Grain" out there

BUT…AVOID PROCESSED GRAINS

When the shell of grains has been taken off, you lose significant nutrients. Whole grains like brown rice lose value after it is processed into white rice.

Moreover, do not let the bastardization of whole grains in the form of breakfast cereals fool you. Typically, cereals are processed foods and are often recommended by nutritionists because of added synthetic vitamins supposedly good for you health. Some cereals are enriched with Folic Acid, but you can get plenty of Folate naturally from legumes and leafy green vegetables instead.

Combine Whole Grains and Legumes for Weight Maintenance, Energy Levels, and Disease Prevention

Whole Grains and Legumes typically compliment each other in terms of nutrients. For example, the protein amino acid profile in beans matches up well with that in rice. Hence why rice and beans go so well together.

Some people eat brown rice every day, and thats fine if you enjoy it.

I prefer to get the bulk of my diet from legumes instead. Lately, I am becoming addicted to Split Peas, which despite high carbohydrates, I notice myself leaning out. It keeps me satisfied and I don’t have urges for sweets.

Either way, consider consuming Whole Grains and Legumes as a regular part of your diet. Your energy levels will be sustained, you’ll sleep better, and prevent many types of diseases and cancers.

One more way to health, one more way to lean bodies.

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Daily News Roundup, fat butts are good, green tea anti-cancer, and more

Daily Roundup

1. Got a fat butt? Could be a good thing.

  • Fat distribution is important for your health.
  • Hip and Thigh fat can reduce risk of diabetes and heart disease
  • Stomach fat, on the other hand, releases harmful cytokines that increase risk of heart attack and diabetes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34830500/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/
 

2. Smokers should drink Green Tea

  • Study indicates non-green tea drinking smokers have 13 times GREATER chance of developing lung cancer.
  • Drink one or more cups per day AND
  • Quit smoking.

 http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20100112/green-tea-may-cut-smokers-lung-cancer-risk

3. The Swine Flu vaccine is waiting on you.

  • The flu shot is widely available, but you don’t want it do you?
  • Government is highly encouraging you to get a vaccine.
  • But H1N1 outbreaks continue to decrease
  • Is the worst already over?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SwineFluNews/h1n1-vaccines-now-public/story?id=9536289&page=1
4. Exercise keeps grandpa’s brain sharp

There is a stage before dementia that involves reduced cognitive capacity, exercise can prevent this.

  • Greater blood flow to brain
  • Nerve-protecting compounds
  • Improved development and survival of neurons
  • Decreased risk of heart and blood vessel disease
  • Go exercise, helps grandpa, helps you too.

 http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/12/exercise-mild-cognitive-impairment-dementia.html

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Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil Review

Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

9.5/10 Rating

I bought coconut oil for the first time, and the excitement of uncovering this aromatic treasure glows warmly still today.

That was a year ago.

Now, I open each bottle to reveal tropical coconut sensations, which are empowered by nasal vitality. It smells of coconut heaven, yet the power of coconuts makes their remarkable pleasure only seem ethereal.

Then for the taste test…

I may be compelling in the language of nutrition, but this looks toward the spoon I must grab first. Since the oil remains solid at room temperature, the spoon glides through a coconut journey with my rendezvous location being mouth de l’André.

How to Use Coconut Oil Benefits:

  • For the Skin and Hair, topical use.
  • Eaten and consumed, for nutrient rich coconut oil.

As an active person, I find coconut oil to be a great source of energy that keeps me lean and feeling good. The good saturated fat, Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs), found in coconut oil is a powerhouse!

Some people love the thermogenic, or fat burning, quality of coconut oil. Others enjoy a healthy and detoxified system after using coconut oil.

  1. Replace butter with superior coconut oil and cook your favorite meals!
  2. In a glass, melt the coconut oil into warm water and enjoy in weight loss shake or smoothie.
  3. On top of steamy vegetables for luscious flavor.

With so many options, coconut oil takes the prize as a detoxifying, soothing, and empowering experience.

Start out with a teaspoon of coconut oil and move up to a tablespoon once your body welcomes more.

The ‘money-spot’ is about One Tablespoon per serving.

May the coconut be with you.

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The MUST HAVE Super Supplements for Health and Fitness

What makes these MUST HAVE Supplements?

Besides the fact that they could save your life…

Nutritional deficiency leads to suffering, while nutrient abundance promotes actual vitality.

For the young, suffering from nutrient deficiency may go on mostly unnoticeable. But as the decades rage on, their bodies deteriorate.

What if you can stop this?

What if you could make your body even better?

What if you benefited from…

1. Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids

While oily fish are known for their high concentrations of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, this essential fatty acid also grows in various plant forms. The problem is that most people cannot consume two wild fish filets per week, every week, for the entire year. Yet, that’s how our ancestors evolved — both cavemen and the J-Man ate fish.

Why Omega-3s?

Eat these foods AND supplement

Omega-3’s are high quality oils that the cells in your body adore. Strong cell walls turn into a more robust system, and that efficiency promotes everything from brain functionality to sexual functionality. We’re talking cardiovascular and circulatory health of course.

Reinterpret WHY to GOTTA HAVE.

Omega-3’s are essential fatty acids. It cannot be produced by the body and must be achieved via digestion of omega-3 oils in some form.

Supplementing is easy.

1,000 mg capsules of Fish Oil or Flaxseed Oil. Take 4 per day in split doses with meals.

Now go forth and enjoy healthier skin, happier joints, and a cardiovascular system that fine women shall adore.

2. The Vitamin D

My fine reader, this is the sun vitamin. In the summer time, your skin synthesizes the Vitamin-D3 and nearly every cell in your body has a receptor site for it. It’s a vitamin and a necessary prohormone — precurser to healthy hormone balance.

With Vitamin D, people face each new day with open arms.

As a king, Vitamin-D3 stands on top with regard to Bone Health. Without D, you’ll have trouble absorbing calcium, and therefore weaker teeth and bones. It is most well known for bone health.

But what other people don’t realize is that it plays a role in weight loss, performance, vision, metabolism, and so much more.

Chances are, you’re not getting enough. In fact, 70% of kids are deficient, and they spend more time outdoors.

Supplementing is easy.

2,000 IU dose of Vitamin-D3. Take one per day.

The other essentials can be found in a healthy diet…

To recap, Fish Oil and Vitamin D for vitality.

For all of your other needs, unless directed by a medical professional, I invite you to shop the raw produce aisle.

If you still have money left over in your supplement budget, there are thousands of opportunities to help you reach your goals. Some will endow you with fantastical results, while others barely raise an eyebrow. Either way, start with the essentials and build up — a strong foundation keeps you on top.

We’re loving it.

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Raw Ingredients: The Food for Energized Fitness

Nutrients, you make me so.

If I were to compare life to having a vehicle, then a healthy vehicle will have battery power, gasoline, a competent driver, a reliable mechanic, and the blue avatar guy on my side.

In other words, nutrients are not just for energy. Nutrients are the power, but also the fuel, the nourishment, and support system for the entire body.

The key is Nutrient Density

$11 for healthy energy, nutrients, nice abs

The only reason healthy foods are “healthy” is because they contain a dense amount or variety of nutrients that can be used by the body in so many known and unknown ways.

Science is still behind when it comes to healthy eating — people ate healthier before modern scientific advances. We still don’t know exactly how many compounds in basic fruit and vegetables interact within the body. Nature got it right the first time.

Plan meals, make $$ MILLIONS $$!!!

Simple math here.

By not eating out constantly, I save $70 per week. That is about $3,300 per year. This $3,300 well invested in 2010 could triple by half a decade’s time. I’m no economist, but more value in my portfolio seems like a good thing.

But the real reason you make millions of dollars is that you save on medical costs down the line. While I am in no way qualified to make this statement: people who eat restaurant food every day are more likely to be struck by both chronic and acute disease. Medical bills can destroy families.

By eating healthy now, you save millions in medical costs and premiums.

Energized Fitness requires a variety of whole foods

Pears, grapefruits, peppers, lentils, onions, cabbage you name it. It was NEVER just about the calories. The value — the nutrient density — in food is far more important than the caloric amount.

Whole foods equal healthy metabolism. Period.

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