Archive for the ‘Healthy Nutrition’ Category
Healthy Weight Loss Diets Include Tuna
Thursday, March 11th, 2010By Jayson Hunter, RD, CSCS
When people think of healthy eating guidelines, they tend to shy away from tuna, thinking it won’t help them lose fat. However, the opposite is true. Tuna contains protein and Omega 3 fats, which are included in healthy weight loss diets to increase fat-burning.
If you usually eat tuna with mayonnaise, which is high in fat, here is a healthy eating tip for you to try.
About the Author: Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS is a registered dietician, weight management expert and personal trainer. He has over 10 years of experience teaching and educating individuals on how to live a healthier life through nutritional modifications and proper supplementation. To discover how to eat healthier and lose weight fast, check out Jayson’s programs at Weight Loss Made Easy and The Carb Rotation Diet.
[Editor’s Comments: Here is my variation of the recipe for a Healthy Tuna Salad Lunch from Jayson's video so you can print it out. I hope you enjoy it!
Healthy Tuna Salad Lunch - Simple, Quick & Delicious
Mix 1 can tuna packed in water with:
1 Tbsp. Reduced Fat Greek Yogurt (or add more if you like it extra creamy)
Any spices you like (I use salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, & thyme)
1 Tbsp. Relish (optional)
1 Hard Boiled Egg - Chopped
Spread tuna mixture onto celery stalks for a high protein / low carb meal.]
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4 Foods That Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Has your doctor recommended you take a statin (cholesterol-lowering) drug?
In the old days, almost all of my heart patients were on statins. These days, even people who don’t have heart problems are taking them.
Most doctors have good intentions. They prescribe statins as a preventative. This sounds great until you look at just a few of the side effects from taking these drugs:
- Muscle pain
- Liver damage
- Nausea
- Lowered mental performance
- Chronic fatigue
- Cardiomyopathy (deterioration of your heart’s function)
But that’s not all. Statins aggressively deplete your heart of life-giving CoQ10. This leads to even more problems, including congestive heart failure.
This is a serious problem.
Consider this…
“I have seen a frightening increase in heart failure secondary to statin usage … Over the past five years, statins have become more potent, are being prescribed in higher doses, and are being used with reckless abandon in the elderly and in patients with ‘normal’ cholesterol levels.” (Dr. Peter H. Langsjoen, a leading authority on treating heart disease with CoQ10)
99% of the time, statins are unnecessary.
For example, did you know a common, everyday fruit can lower cholesterol just as well?
You probably have it in your kitchen right now.
I’m talking about avocados. This tasty fruit is packed with heart-healthy oleic acid.
In one study, researchers got a group of people with high cholesterol. They put them on a diet high in avocados. The result?
After just one week, the subjects significantly lowered their total cholesterol and LDL (“bad”) cholesterol. Even more impressive – their HDL increased by 11%.
This is just one of many natural and powerful alternatives to statins.
Here are three more.
Fish – A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that regularly eating fish or taking fish oil supplements was just as effective at reducing the risk of death from heart attack as statin drugs. Wild-caught salmon is best. It doesn’t have all the pollutants found in farm-raised fish. It’s also high in omega-3s. Or you can supplement. I recommend anywhere from 700 to 2,000 mg per day.
Ginger – This amazing blood thinner is also effective at lowering total cholesterol. In one study, researchers gave mice with high cholesterol a ginger extract for 10 weeks. At the end of the study, the mice had significantly lowered their cholesterol. I recommend you take 300 mg daily.
A glass of wine – Okay, so it’s not technically a food. But it can improve your cholesterol naturally. A review study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found a link between moderate alcohol consumption (1-2 drinks a day) and improved HDL. Turns out it can boost it by 12%. The key here is moderation. Don’t go overboard. If you go this route, I suggest you drink red wine. In addition to the HDL-boosting effect, you’ll get a small dose of the powerful antioxidant resveratrol.
About the Author: Dr. Al Sears is a practicing physician and the author of The Doctor’s Heart Cure. He is a fitness and nutritional expert, and is certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine. To learn more about Dr. Sears’ practical health solutions, please click the following link to visit his website: AlSearsMD.com.
[Editor’s Comments: I remember when I USED to have high cholesterol too. It was a few years ago when I was overweight and suffering from many physical ailments...such as high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and high cholesterol.
My family physician at the time...I dumped him after a short time...just wanted to write me prescriptions for drugs to lower my blood pressure and cholesterol. He should have just told me to lose some weight and start eating right, but I guess he was more concerned with prescribing medications.
Lucky for me, I did my own research, consulted with a new physician...one that took a more natural approach...and was able to get all of my numbers back to normal through healthy nutrition and exercise. If I had continued on the path I headed down, I was a heart attack waiting to happen. Well, now you can...
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3 Tips To Eat Fast Food And Drop Bodyfat
Thursday, February 11th, 2010By Jon Benson
Believe it or not you can get lean by eating fast food.
Do you think I’m joking? I’m not.
I know it sounds crazy… but there’s a WAY to eat fast food and drop the pounds. You can’t just eat like everyone else does. That’s common sense.
And believe me, there are more healthy ways to drop the pounds than eating fast food… for sure.
But the way I figure it: Would you rather be healthIER and lean or UNhealthy and overfat?
Silly question… so consider “Fast Food Fitness” a path to the lesser of two evils… and one that actually got me to 10% bodyfat (that’s pretty lean!) a few years ago.
Here’s how it started:
I simply hate to cook! I have since solved that problem… I hired a part-time chef (it’s cheaper than it sounds)… but until two years ago I was eating out every single meal… I mean EVERY MEAL.
Most of the time… not all of the time, but most of the time… these meals were fast food joints like burger joints and even fried chicken places.
But I had to keep my physique, so … what to do?
Here’s 3 of my top 25 fast-food diet-tips… just these 3 will take you 1/3 of the way there…
Tip 1: Use My Half-n-Half Principle
Order whatever you are going to order and then have the person behind the counter cut the order exactly in HALF.
Half to go… half to eat there.
Eat half now…. then the other half 3-4 hours later. Believe it or not you will store less bodyfat and even increase your metabolism eating like this.
Simple trick… give it a shot.
Tip 2: Ditch ALL the Starch
That means buns, bread and anything made of flour.
BUT here’s the “still tastes good” trick I use. I keep ONE of the pieces of bread from, say, my hamburger. Then I “pick” at it while I enjoy the meat and either a small diet soda or tea. Eat no more than 5 “picks” at the bread… about half a slice. You still get the exact taste of a burger with none of the stuff that makes most people over-fat.
Tip 3: Order “Half” Healthy
For you chicken lovers, split your order between fried and baked chicken. KFC has excellent baked chicken… try it. Then strip most of the skin off the fried chicken. Not all… most.
You still get the taste, but with far fewer bad food-stuffs and calories…. make sense?
Enjoy the tips!
About the Author: Jon Benson is an internationally recognized transformation lifecoach, as well as an authority on fat-burning nutrition and superior physical fitness. He is the creator and co-author of Fit Over 40 (the #2 selling fitness e-book in the world), and the author of Simply Eat (his publisher’s fastest selling book ever) and 7 Minute Muscle which details his trademarked Power Density Training System.]
[Editor’s Comments: Jon has been hard at work on his latest e-book, and he will be releasing it in just a few weeks. The title of e-book is “Fast Food Fitness: How I Dropped 40lbs Eating Fast Food Every Day.”
Sounds pretty intriguing!
If you want the new book for half-price, you have to own a copy of “Every Other Day Dietplan”… everyone who owns a copy before “Fast Food Fitness” hits the Internet will get a half-off discount.
So if you don’t have EODD yet, click the link below to check it out:
Click here =>> My Favorite Foods Fatloss-Plan
We rarely eat fast food, but sometimes with 5 kids you just don't have a choice. I'll definitely be using the 3 tips Jon shared today!!!]
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