Archive for February, 2009
Baked Lays Scoop Corn Chips : A Great Low Fat Snack
We were in Marc’s a week ago, and I decided that I was going to start back up making my all natural, home made salsa at home since I like it so much more than the jarred stuff anyways, and can pretty much construct it for the same price as the high quality jarred stuff, or less at home anyways. I wanted to find a more healthful, low fat corn chip to go with it though. After looking at some gourmet grades that claimed to be made with “whole corn” or “whole grain”, I opted instead for the Baked Lays make of Scoops corn chips considering they had less calories, less fat and more fiber than the other qualitys I was looking at.
That’s what you always want to look for by the way, when you’re comparison shopping for snack or meal foods at the grocery store, you always want to check out the fiber subject matter, the serving size, the fat grams, and the calories per serving. produce certain they don’t pull any of the tiny serving size trickery either, considering you could thereupon unknowingly be buying a food that has a lot more fat or calories without even knowing it, which defeats the purpose of comparing labels anyways.
The Baked Scoops have 2 grams of fiber for 14 chips, 110 calories, and nearly zero fat, so they are a good snack food, as expanded as you don’t venture too far outside that 14 count for the chips, which is easy when you’re loading up each chip with healthful salsa, like I happen to do. They have a good flavor too, they do taste a bit “healthier” and drier than their fried counterparts, but they have a nice little salty kick to them that satisfies that craving for salty snacks we all get.
I form my own salsa to go with them which consists of a large can of diced tomatoes, salsa dried herb blend, lots of fresh cilantro, chopped garlic, a small onion, and some lime juice. I might sprinkle in a teaspoon of sugar to sweeten it up a bit too. I put all that in my mini Cuisinart food processor and voila, you’ve got a great, high antioxidant, low calories snack to munch on that makes it feel like you’re indulging in a Mexican feast.
Original post by EatingToLive
It Doesn’t Take Much additional Weight to Increase Heart Risk
While it is true that the more weight you pack on, the more your heart health risk goes up incrementally along with the additional pounds you pack on, it’s plus true that it doesn’t take much additional weight on your body, for both men and women, for you to increase your heart risk. that means that even whether you are just a little bit overweight, you may be adding to your heart risk without necessarily even knowing about it. When I say a little overweight, apparently the findings now are that that amount only has to be about seven pounds overweight in order for you to add to your risk of heart failure.
Heart failure is basically when your heart gives out and cannot pump blood to the entire body, and it many times is due to undue stress on the body, such as excess fat, particularly the type that is in the stomach area - I believe that is called visceral fat, and plus many times some areas of the heart die off and are no longer able to operate and pump blood, cutting off oxygen to the brain and ultimately leading to brain death.
For the average man, for example, for every additional 7 pounds he puts on by hid ideal and normal weight, his heart disease risk increases by about eleven percent with every 20 years that passes. You can see how those numbers would certainly add up I’m certain. So, weight gain, compounded with the natural aging process of the body and typical weakening of the organs to start with, is definitely a deadly combination. You can additionally see why weight control becomes more of a life and death issue, particularly as we get older and why maintenance is emphasized.
What BMI constitutes obesity usually? A BMI of 30 or by puts you in a high risk category. that means that your fat ratio to your height and your weight is too high, and that your weight in relation to your height is too high, which puts you at higher risk for heart failure. The BMI is a good measure for you to look at when assessing your overall weight goals, and it actually is included with the Wii Fit game that you can buy for the Wii gaming system. My boyfriend and I will check our BMI with that nifty little device every so often, making certain that we are staying within a undoubtful healthy range, just for good measure.
Original post by EatingToLive
How to Avoid Eating Binges
For some reason, when I get on a poor food eating binge, it can never be limited to just one day, unless I happen to be exercising some serious self control and there is just the right sun and moon alignment, and my hormones aren’t playing some cruel tricks on my appetite, I’m going on the binge for at least a few days, heck sometimes my eating-bad binges can last for weeks, and I’ll confess that I can’t stand myself when that happens.
I feel like I’m in a bumper car careening out of control, the brakes aren’t working, and I’m speeding uncontrollable to the wall. I know I’m going to hit the wall, but somehow I don’t have the facilities to be able to stop my descent to the loss of control by my sweets and starch cravings. The one thing that does comfort me is that most of my women friends tend to agree with me. that is why women find it extremely hard to control their weight - many times even more so than men.
There was just a recent study done that proved that fact - that women are probably just genetically driven to give in to their cravings more than men, and hypothesized, although could not conclude definitely, that it was most likely some innate sense that we have to eat and have a higher body fat count than men considering we do give birth to children, and childbearing is rough on the body.
This is why women tend to have more fat on the thighs and upper arms as well. It’s all hormonally driven most likely, according to most research, and that accounts for why a lot of women struggle with the willpower aspect of losing weight and keeping it off. We simply have have a greater drive to eat and therefore do not necessarily have the same level of self control when it comes to indulging. I do have some tips though for helping to stave off a one day binge turning into a few days or even a few weeks. Constantly remind yourself of what you are really doing to your body, which is essentially yo yo dieting.
You are making your blood sugar go up and down, up and down, and that can be the cause of many different types of diseases, including diabetes, and can even lend itself to things like cancers and autoimmune diseases. Be self aware when you are eating at all times. Practice that by forcing yourself to think about everything you eat, thereupon visualize precisely what that food is going to physically look like when it is broken down by your body.
If you can visualize those pieces of chocolate clinging to your thighs, or perhaps making your skin look poor, thereupon you are more likely to actually weigh the food options before cramming it down your throat. Heck, whether you need visual stimulation, go online and surf pictures of some women you admire and think are gorgeous, and remind yourself that you are only your most beautiful and confident self when you can put the foods in your body that deserve to be there.
Lastly, whether you have a history of by eating or an eating disorder such as bulimia or binge eating, try taking the natural supplement called 5htp, which is a known precursor to seratonin. Studies have been done that strongly propose that those with eating disorders that involve bingeing have low levels of seratonin in the body, and 5htp is a natural way to help boost seratonin levels and keep them stable all through the day.
Original post by EatingToLive
Genetic data to help anticoagulation dosing
Doctors can use a patient’s genetic info to more accurately prescribe doses of a usually used blood-thinning drug whose potency and side effects vary greatly from one person to the next, reports an worldly team of medical researchers including scientists from the University of Florida. Writing in the Feb. 19 issue of The New England Journal (NEJM), scientists describe how they developed a way to use info about a patient’s genetic makeup to determine optimal doses of the anticoagulant warfarin, usually referred to as a blood thinner……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Cancer death rates dropping among African Americans but
While death rates from cancer continue to drop among African Americans, the group continues to be diagnosed at more advanced stages and have lower survival rates at each stage of diagnosis in comparison to whites for most cancer sites. The findings come from Cancer Facts and Figures for African Americans 2009-2010, the latest edition of a report produced every two years by the American Cancer Society, the nation’s leading voluntary health organization……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Watch for eye disorder in those children with hearing loss
About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss plus have ocular disorders, as per a report in the recent issue of Archives of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. An estimated one to three per 1,000 children have some degree of sensorineural hearing loss, which occurs as a conclusion of damage to the nerves or the inner ear, as per background knowledge in the scoop. Half of all cases in children conclusion from environmental causes and half from genetic causes; one gene, GJB2, accounts for a large proportion of sensorineural hearing loss cases in white patients……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Arab American women need Vitamin D supplement
Arab-American women living in southeast Detroit whose conservative dress limits their exposure to sun should be taking a vitamin D supplement to boost their dangerously low serum levels, as per a research studypublished by Henry Ford Hospital researchers. Scientists observed that all 87 women involved in a small study showed vitamin D levels averaging 8.5 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter) for those who wore western dress to 4 ng/mL for those who wore the hijab, modest dress with a headscarf. A healthy vitamin D level is 30 ng/mL or higher……..
Original post by Heather Craven
