13 Do’s and Don’ts while Dieting

• Do it more for your health instead of your weight
• Don’t consume less than 1400-1500 calories each day. If you do, you won’t get all the nutrients you need.
• Eat a wide variety of foods from all the food groups.
• Never try diet meals, pills or potions if you wish for a long-term success.
• Don’t forget to exercise.
• Try strength training to help increase lean muscle mass which will fire up your metabolism.
• Of all the fat, avoid trans fat the most.
• Make sure carbohydrates arrive on your plates in the form of whole grains and in fruits and vegetables.
• Avoid fried food, steamed one is better.
• Re-fuel when you’re hungry, but make sure that the snacks are healthy ones.
• Watch your portion sizes.
• Do lose no more than two pounds per week. If you lose more, it means that you are losing not only fat, but also water, electrolytes and muscle. Losing your muscle will slow down your metabolic rate.
• Turn your healthy diet into a lifestyle.

Happy Thursday!

You must have known green tea more than well. But now, let me introduce you to white tea.

White tea, just like every other tea, comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. This specialty of the Chinese province Fujian is made from very young tea leaves or buds.

Its flavour is described as light, and sweet.

It’s undergone very little processing and no fermentation. That’s why it contains more polyphenols, the powerful anti-oxidant that fights and kills cancer-causing cells, than any other type of tea.

Another reason why white tea is considered good for your health is that a study held in 2004 at Pace University concluded that white tea can help your body’s immune system force back viruses and dangerous infection-causing bacteria.

The same study concluded that fluoride-rich white tea helps prevent the growth of dental plaque, the chief cause of tooth decay.

So, let’s get some white tea. Let’s sip this silky sweet tea and be healthy.

Exercising is good, having a good shape is great but just don’t overdo it.

If you do, you might be at risk for a problem called female athlete triad, a combination of three conditions: disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.

Disordered eating means that your body is not getting healthy nutrition. Amenorrhea is the absence of menstrual periods for longer than 6 months. And, osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones due to the loss of bone density and improper bone formation.

So, how to avoid having it?

Check out these tips below:

• Keep track of your periods by having a calendar to check out if you miss any menstrual periods or not.
• Don’t ignore injuries. If you have one, make sure to check it out with your doctor.
• Don’t skip meals or snacks
• Eat healthily

Would your answer be the same with the phrase on the above picture?

Wow! You must be very healthy!

Night eating syndrome is an eating disorder that affects between 1 and 2% of the population. If you

Here are the symptoms:

Skip breakfast, and go several hours after waking before their first meal.
Consume at least half their calories after dinner.
Suffer from depression or anxiety, often in connection with their eating habits. These night eating episodes typically bring guilt rather than hedonic enjoyment.
Have trouble sleeping in general.

If you experience any of the above symptoms, you’d better seek professional help.

Coffee…can’t live without it, you might say. Well, you can, if you try.

If it seems so hard to do, try te simple tips above.

All this ime we know the white soybean a lot better than its family, the black soybean. But, do you know that actually the black one contains more protein than the white one, almost 49% higer. Not only that, this black soybean also contains vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, as well as potassium, calcium, folic acid and iron.

The iron contained in black soybean isessential in the chemical reactions that produce energy from food. So, if you feel tired or seem to have poor stamina, grab a certain amount of black soybean, mix it with your food.

According to Chinese food therapy practices (soybean were likely first domesticated in Northern China), black soybean is also used promote good kidney and spleen health. It increases both blood circulation and water passage, counteracts toxic effects, and can relieve kidney disease.

So, get the two benefits of soybean in a single meal.