Our newsletter subscriber, K. Srinivasan, shared very nice healthful tips which we thought would be wonderful to pass on to you:

• eat only what you can and eat not what you can’t !!!
• eat pure boiled vegetables and green leaves !!!
• eat only three times a day and not on nights !!!
• drink lots and lots of water !!!
• take life in its strides and don’t slide back on life’s strides!!!
• keep only clear thinkings and no negative line of thoughts of what so ever !!!
• Sugar Oh, I forgot , take only if you are not diabetic but if you are better not !!!
• do a little excercise …stroll if you can ….. not a night walk !!!

1. Skimmed milk: drink daily for protein and calcium and to prevent osteoporosis
2. Non-fat, plain yogurt: for making fruit smoothies, putting on top of fresh fruits, or as a substitute for higher fat sour cream
3. Natural peanut butter: use as an alternate of bread to spread on morning toast for more protein and healthier fat
4. Parsley: it’s nutritious, and it dresses up even the most tedious weekday dinners
5. Lemons: to cheer up your day, get a glass of ice water with 1 or 2 fresh slice; for a low fat salad dressing, use its juice; or to reduce the smell of fish, squeeze on one before cooking

You’ve got any of those yet in your fridge? If not, it’s time for you to shop.

A weekend shopping with the whole family will cheer your day up!

Why some say that butter is better?

• It’s a rich source of vitamin A and all the other fat-soluble vitamins such as E, K, and D
• It contains minerals which are great anti-oxidant as well as iodine which is needed by the thyroid gland
• It contains glycospingolipids, a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastrointestinal infections

Then, why some people think that butter is unhealthy?

• It contains saturated fat that increases the “bad” cholesterol (LDL)
• It has 33 milligrams of cholesterol in one tablespoon alone

What about margarine? What makes it good?

• It’s made from vegetable oils, so it contains no cholesterol
• It’s also high in “good” fats — polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. Polyunsaturated fat helps reduce LDL. Monounsaturated fat helps reduce cholesterol and resists oxidation

Then why some say it’s bad?

• Some of margarines now are still made of assorted vegetable oils that have been heated to extremely high temperatures
• It makes margarine high in trans fat (read about transfat in our previous post)

Then, what to choose?

Actually, it’s not about choosing, it’s about consuming wisely. You still can consume both as long as:

• when you have some butter, remember that your intake is less than 7 tablespoons a day (even less than that if you have cholestrol or heart-healthy problem)
• when you go for margarine, check out the nutrition label, leave it if it contains trans fat

This is important for dieters!

Sometimes, skipping dinner is a way that’s chosen by dieters.

But do you know that it can decelerate your metabolism process? How?

If you don’t eat, your body thinks that you’re hungry, so it adjusts by slowing down the metabolism process.

It means that your diet will reach its result in a longer time because the key to losing weight lies in your metabolism.

An worst, you might feel extremely hungry to the point that you eat a lot after mealtime.

Thus, if you’re on a diet, the best way to lose your weight is by not skipping any mealtime but being wiser to what you eat!

Happy diet!

Here are the next 5 I promised yesterday…

• Use olive oil if you think the cooking need oil so badly
• Avoid eating charred food, the short cooking time reduces nutrient losses
• Avoid open-flame grilling of meats as it produces cancer-promoting compounds. Roasting, poaching or stir frying is a lot better
• Try using some soy flour in your home-made biscuits and breads
• Try more fruit desserts (fresh, stewed and cobblers) instead of cakes and cookies. Choose frozen yogurt, sherbet and sorbet instead of ice cream with whipped cream topping

Bon appetit!

These are so easy that you can even start right now…

• Cut the salth in half in your favorite recipes. After awhile you won’t even taste the difference
• Use non-stick pans for grilling or stir-frying, so you won’t even have to add oil
• Steam instead of boiling vegetables to avoid destroying or leaching out valuable nutrients
• More and more vegetables
• Always consume low fat ingredents

Try these 5 today, find the rest tomorrow!

Do you know that any liquid food such as smoothies, fruit juice or soup are good for your health?

They cut the toxin off your body. They also reduce the retention of liquid in your body.

How come?

The lesser the use of energy to digest food, the more energy left for your body to clean up and the result is that there’ll be more liquid out of your body.

Isn’t it easy to be healthy?

Recent study showed that the content of fat in fast food is varied from one country to another. The fat in US is higher than that in some countries in Europe.

However high or low the fat is, especially if it’s trans fat, it’s not good for your health. Trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. Eating just 5 grams of it per day increases the risk of heart disease 25 percent.

What’s trans fat anyway?

It’s a kind of fat resulted from partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, cooking oil that has been injected with hydrogen to harden it and give it a longer shelf life.

It’s great for the industry but it’s harmful for our hearts and blood vessels.

Therefore, in Denmark, under a 2004 law, they allow only a minuscule amount of trans fat in foods. In US, the Department of Health and Human Services declared that as per January 1st, 2006, trans fat must be listed on food labels.

So, it’s easier for you to avoid trans fat now. Actually, by reducing the intake of fast food or any food containing trans fat, not only you can decrease your heart disease risk, but it also can help you lose weight.