Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label water. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Skinny Water
As I continue to watch the BBC series "Supersize Vs. Superskinny" on Youtube, I keep finding bits of inspiration and ideas that I think might help me to reshape my thinking about the subject of food, eating, fasting, and losing weight.
Clearly I have beliefs about how and what I eat that seem to work against me rather than for me. It all still boils down to "if you want to lose weight, you have to eat less" but eating "more" is a hard habit to break.
One of the things that I have noticed about the two polar opposites between the supersized and the superskinny is that neither one is sane about food. The one seems to be focused on continually eating and the other is focused on continually not eating. One gets by on as much as they can humanly consume and the other gets by on as little.
They both seem to indulge in what they like. There are as many of the skinnies eating junk food and chocolate bars as there are fatties. It is just that the skinnies eat one chocolate bar and call that a meal, whereas the fatties, eat a whole bag of chocolates as dessert after a large meal.
It really is all about portions. Imagine eating chocolate for breakfast every single day of your life and being skinny. Some of them do that. The problem is that for the rest of the day they dont eat regular meals. Some of these adults eat child sized portions when they do eat, and then drink energy drinks or whatever they are hooked on, even cola, instead of meals for the rest of the day. One busy young man drank four glasses of orange juice for his evening meal, every day. It seems that about every three days or so the skinnies might eat what could be called a meal and often it is the same exact meal every time they eat. They are not hooked on variety or the tastes or textures of food, except that some of them are super picky and there are a lot of things they wont eat because they are unappealing to them in some way.
It seems like an odd phenomenon to this supersizer. Clearly both of these groups of people operate within a set of beliefs that they have somehow created for themselves.
Another thing Ive noticed as I have been fasting is about water. Ive learned to drink water when I get the feeling of hunger while Im fasting. I have no qualms about drinking water often to quench my desire for food. And it helps.
As I put these things together in my head Ive come up with the idea of how our hunter gatherer ancestors may have related to their environment in ways that I had not considered before.
We need air all the time and under normal conditions we have no worries about that. It is always there and we dont think about it. It was the same for our ancestors.
I always thought that the next two things that are needed for survival were food and water, but I am beginning to think I may have that backwards. I think it should be water and food. I think it is clear that we can go for weeks on end without food, if we have to and we remain alive, although this is surely not desirable or easy. Thinking about people lost in a desert in the movies they seem to only be able to go without water for about 3 or 4 days before collapsing.
Our ancestors often settled down wherever there was fresh clean water available so the air and water were free. It was the food that we had to work for. Whether it was hunting or gathering you had to go out and find the food. That is why the "invention" of agriculture allowed civilizations to settle down and grow up. If you have to hunt for the food every day you dont expect to get three big meals a day. I think "three square meals" may be a modern invention and that how we are meant to eat is small portions for a few days and then a big portion -- you know, the day they caught a water buffalo and had a feast!!
So when considered in that fashion, it makes sense to think that drinking water is higher on the priority list which is: 1 air, 2 water, 3 food. (Im not concerned with shelter or anything else for this discussion.) It seems it may have been much easier to go to the near by stream and get a bucket of water than to traipse around looking for berries and bunnies whenever you got that "I want something feeling."
Using both my experience from fasting, and what Ive observed in the "skinnies," drinking water during an intermittent fast is not only essential to health, it makes perfect sense that it is a natural "substitute" for food. I call it "substitute" based on my life long belief that that feeling meant I was hungry. Ive mentioned before that I still cannot tell the difference between hunger and thirst. We respond to those feelings based on our beliefs.
I think the thing that seems hardest for me to do is to reduce my portion size. I have always been what I thought of as "a big eater." This was brought home to me tonight when Dr Jessen said to one of the very slender women who wanted desperately to put weight on, that she needed to stop eating child-sized portions and start eating lady-sized portions. I had never heard it called that before, but I knew immediately that I needed to stop eating big and start eating like a lady. LOL I just heard that tonight.
That is why fasting appeals to me. It lets me still eat "big" every other day or so.
I have actually been working on portions but I still seem to want to dabble in big more often than Im beginning to believe I should. I have reduced my plate size but I most often eat out of a bowl. I have always perred and deep bowl to a shallow one for a couple of reasons. The first one being it holds more. The second being it is easier to control the food in the bowl if it has high sides. I always eat my scrambled eggs in a bowl with a spoon. It just makes better sense to me.
I thought it was funny when a friend looked down her nose at my offer of a bowl and spoon when I fed her scrambled eggs at my house. She insisted on a plate and fork and I could tell by her demeaner that she thought I was really stupid. I actually thought she was just stuck in her ways! It is so much easier to scoop them with a spoon and get every last bit, than to try to stab something with a fork that always gets away or falls off or breaks apart. I dont really care what others think about this, I still per the spoon for floppy food. It just makes more sense to me.
Anyway Ive been resisting the shallow bowl idea because I just dont like them. I have been picturing the contents of the deep bowl as prettier if it sits in the bottom of the bowl and only fills it about half way. That has been helping.
Now if I can only get enough sense to stop binging. So far Im doing better with that in the last few days. My weight has been going down in small increments every day so I am pleased with that and hope Im back to where I was by the time I go to the doctor on the 15th, although Im not sure that is possible. I guess Ill see.
Be back soon,
Marcia
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Clearly I have beliefs about how and what I eat that seem to work against me rather than for me. It all still boils down to "if you want to lose weight, you have to eat less" but eating "more" is a hard habit to break.
One of the things that I have noticed about the two polar opposites between the supersized and the superskinny is that neither one is sane about food. The one seems to be focused on continually eating and the other is focused on continually not eating. One gets by on as much as they can humanly consume and the other gets by on as little.
They both seem to indulge in what they like. There are as many of the skinnies eating junk food and chocolate bars as there are fatties. It is just that the skinnies eat one chocolate bar and call that a meal, whereas the fatties, eat a whole bag of chocolates as dessert after a large meal.
It really is all about portions. Imagine eating chocolate for breakfast every single day of your life and being skinny. Some of them do that. The problem is that for the rest of the day they dont eat regular meals. Some of these adults eat child sized portions when they do eat, and then drink energy drinks or whatever they are hooked on, even cola, instead of meals for the rest of the day. One busy young man drank four glasses of orange juice for his evening meal, every day. It seems that about every three days or so the skinnies might eat what could be called a meal and often it is the same exact meal every time they eat. They are not hooked on variety or the tastes or textures of food, except that some of them are super picky and there are a lot of things they wont eat because they are unappealing to them in some way.
It seems like an odd phenomenon to this supersizer. Clearly both of these groups of people operate within a set of beliefs that they have somehow created for themselves.
Another thing Ive noticed as I have been fasting is about water. Ive learned to drink water when I get the feeling of hunger while Im fasting. I have no qualms about drinking water often to quench my desire for food. And it helps.
As I put these things together in my head Ive come up with the idea of how our hunter gatherer ancestors may have related to their environment in ways that I had not considered before.
We need air all the time and under normal conditions we have no worries about that. It is always there and we dont think about it. It was the same for our ancestors.
I always thought that the next two things that are needed for survival were food and water, but I am beginning to think I may have that backwards. I think it should be water and food. I think it is clear that we can go for weeks on end without food, if we have to and we remain alive, although this is surely not desirable or easy. Thinking about people lost in a desert in the movies they seem to only be able to go without water for about 3 or 4 days before collapsing.
Our ancestors often settled down wherever there was fresh clean water available so the air and water were free. It was the food that we had to work for. Whether it was hunting or gathering you had to go out and find the food. That is why the "invention" of agriculture allowed civilizations to settle down and grow up. If you have to hunt for the food every day you dont expect to get three big meals a day. I think "three square meals" may be a modern invention and that how we are meant to eat is small portions for a few days and then a big portion -- you know, the day they caught a water buffalo and had a feast!!
So when considered in that fashion, it makes sense to think that drinking water is higher on the priority list which is: 1 air, 2 water, 3 food. (Im not concerned with shelter or anything else for this discussion.) It seems it may have been much easier to go to the near by stream and get a bucket of water than to traipse around looking for berries and bunnies whenever you got that "I want something feeling."
Using both my experience from fasting, and what Ive observed in the "skinnies," drinking water during an intermittent fast is not only essential to health, it makes perfect sense that it is a natural "substitute" for food. I call it "substitute" based on my life long belief that that feeling meant I was hungry. Ive mentioned before that I still cannot tell the difference between hunger and thirst. We respond to those feelings based on our beliefs.
I think the thing that seems hardest for me to do is to reduce my portion size. I have always been what I thought of as "a big eater." This was brought home to me tonight when Dr Jessen said to one of the very slender women who wanted desperately to put weight on, that she needed to stop eating child-sized portions and start eating lady-sized portions. I had never heard it called that before, but I knew immediately that I needed to stop eating big and start eating like a lady. LOL I just heard that tonight.
That is why fasting appeals to me. It lets me still eat "big" every other day or so.
I have actually been working on portions but I still seem to want to dabble in big more often than Im beginning to believe I should. I have reduced my plate size but I most often eat out of a bowl. I have always perred and deep bowl to a shallow one for a couple of reasons. The first one being it holds more. The second being it is easier to control the food in the bowl if it has high sides. I always eat my scrambled eggs in a bowl with a spoon. It just makes better sense to me.
I thought it was funny when a friend looked down her nose at my offer of a bowl and spoon when I fed her scrambled eggs at my house. She insisted on a plate and fork and I could tell by her demeaner that she thought I was really stupid. I actually thought she was just stuck in her ways! It is so much easier to scoop them with a spoon and get every last bit, than to try to stab something with a fork that always gets away or falls off or breaks apart. I dont really care what others think about this, I still per the spoon for floppy food. It just makes more sense to me.
Anyway Ive been resisting the shallow bowl idea because I just dont like them. I have been picturing the contents of the deep bowl as prettier if it sits in the bottom of the bowl and only fills it about half way. That has been helping.
Now if I can only get enough sense to stop binging. So far Im doing better with that in the last few days. My weight has been going down in small increments every day so I am pleased with that and hope Im back to where I was by the time I go to the doctor on the 15th, although Im not sure that is possible. I guess Ill see.
Be back soon,
Marcia
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Various Benefits of Coconut Water For Health
Coconut is a plant commonly found in coastal areas, with the heat by ocean climate makes water the most refreshing coconut friends while sitting and enjoying the beautiful coast of the extent of the sea.
Coconut water is a natural isotonic beverage that is unbelievably good for health, as well as having the same electrolyte content of our blood. Even coconut water is used during the Pacific War 1941-1945 emergency plasma transfusions for replacement, streamed directly from the fruit to the wounded soldiers.
Coconut water is consumed directly. It should be noted, once exposed to air, coconut water will quickly lose the organoleptic and nutritional content and will trigger the fermentation process. Therefore, you should remove it after the coconut water from the fruit, soon consumed.
The following article about the health benefits of coconut water for the health of our bodies.
1. Cooling helps maintain body temperature and at the right temperature.
2. Restore body fluids, because it is a natural isotonic beverage.
3. Carries nutrients and oxygen to body cells.
4. Improve metabolism and immunity.
5. help you lose weight with a low calorie content.
6. Help cleanse the digestive tract.
7. Prevent diabetes, because coconut water is low in sugar.
8. PH balance the body and reduce the risk of cancer.
9. Helps Treat kidney stones and urinary tract.
10. Coconut water has more nutrients dibandiingkan milk, naturally low in fat and cholesterol.
11. Coconut water is better than instant baby milk, because it contains lauric acid which is also contained in breast milk (breast milk)
12. Coconut water is a universal donor, because it implies that almost the same as human blood.
Thats some of the benefits that can be obtained from coconut water. Starts cutting soft drinks, soft drinks, caffeine, drink supplements that have adverse impacts on health and the switch turn to drink healthy and natural.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Benefits of Water for Health
To that particular end, ones body requires 1-7 liters of water daily to be effective properly and prevent dehydration. The particular amount depends upon the quality of activity, temperature, humidity, and other factors. Normally, humans consume at the very least about 2 liters (6 or 7 glasses) of water daily. nah, for you personally that do not know the dimensions and true important things about water, this discussion with the benefits, could be useful.
Maintaining Healthy Skin
H2o in sufficient quantities to help keep the skin youthful and hydrated. Drinking enough water can combat skin diseases such as eczema, psoriasis, dried-out skin, wrinkles and freckles
Diet or Fat reduction
Well, to begin with she actually is most iidam-desire. A lot of who feel perfect big man. Just so you already know,, drinking water will help you slim down.
As revealed in the study in the American Chemical Society. It says, adults who drank two portions of water before breakfast, lunch, dinner, and eat 75 to 90 calories for 11 weeks to shed pounds on the average 2.5 kg heavier than those whose usual diet.
Maintain Thinking processes
The researchers declared any period of time of mild dehydration can impair thinking processes. Well, for that multiply the consumption of water before dehydration.
Strengthens Muscles Body
Such fact, water helps make the muscles stronger man. Because, the water carries oxygen for the cells with the body, including muscle. Drinking a good amount of water allows the muscles to figure harder and longer prior to tired, this means you will assist you to build muscle.
lean up Toxins in the Body
Associated with, if your bodys lacking water then our hearts will always make extra effort to function fresh oxygenated blood for the organs of our own body which cause severe medical problems.
Creating Better Body Systema alimentarium
Many people who rarely consume water will run across obstacles when it comes to digestion. Because, stay hydrated regularly will probably be best for improve your energy and ultimately can increase the systema alimentarium. For anyone who is constipated for instance, make an effort to drink more water.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Tips to Track Bacteria In Water Refill
If you are a customer refill drinking water, try thoroughly before filling. The problem is, a water refill depot in Jakarta and surrounding allegedly contaminated with bacteria E. Coli are harmful to health. Well, it means that could endanger health.
Nuri Andarwulan, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, IPB, gives tips to keep you safe to consume drinking water refill.
Is drinking water can be drunk directly refill?
In principle, water refills are sold it suitable for consumption. But, that is safe to drink is that quality has been examined by the District Health Office or Local Municipality.
In essence, drinkable water must pass 3 eligibility requirements, namely in terms of physical, chemical, and microbiological. If these standards are met, the depot will be given a certificate of permit the Health Department.
Well, so do not hesitate, should be asked to see the certificate before buying it. Note also the period of validity, because this permission is not valid forever. Every 6-12 months should be checked depot products.
Can drinking water containing bacteria can be seen by naked eye?
Can not. To find out if there are bacteria in the drinking water had to be studied in the laboratory. But, you can physically detect whether water drinkable. Physically, drinking water should not have a smell, taste, and color (should be clear).
Through laboratory tests can be examined in terms of chemistry. Drinking water should be free of harmful chemical substances, such as heavy metals (mercury or mercury (Hg), lead (Pb) and Au) aluminum, iron, and chloride.
Meanwhile, in terms of microbiology, drinking water should not contain pathogenic bacteria (which can cause toxic disease). Bacterial pathogens are classified as E. coli, Salmonella typhii, and the like. Having had the sterilization process, AMIU should be directly consumed.
What are the dangers of consuming drinking water that has been contaminated with the bacteria E. coli?
The presence of coliform bacteria (E.coli bacteria belonging to this species) are commonly found in human and animal feces showed a low sanitary quality of water in the procurement process.
The higher levels of coliform bacteria contamination, the higher the risk of the presence of pathogenic bacteria, such as Shigella bacteria (causes diarrhea), S. typhii (cause of typhoid fever), cholera, and dysentery.
Therefore, drinking water should be free of any type of coliform bacteria and other pathogenic bacteria that can cause diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea.
So, how to stay safe drinking water consumed refill?
Note sanitizing bottles. Here are the steps:
- Wash with soap bottles kitchen tools that are not scented. The goal is that does not affect the taste of water that will be filled later.
- Once clean from the soapy water, rinse the bottle with hot water (temperature 80 degrees Celsius).
- Then, cover tightly with plastic bottles with a net. Open the lid, just before the bottles filled with drinking water refill, so dust does not easily fit.
Also, do the disinfection efforts at home, such as drinking boiled water refill it on the fire to boil for a minimum of 2 minutes.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Drink Water To Lose Weight
Drinking water increases your metabolism up to 30 percentages.
To make your weight loss possible you need to drink eight glasses
of water every day, and if you have lots of overweight you need to
drink a few glasses more.
Drinking water is not only great for your weight loss. Just by drinking
lots of water you will look better because and your skin will become
more glowing.
Few Tips To Lose Weight Just By Drinking Water:
•Start every morning with a glass of water.
•Drink a glass of water before every meal.
•Drink lukewarm water, it may be easier to drink lots of water when it isnt cold.
•Add a slice of lemon if you dont like the taste of the water.
•Avoid drinking just before you go to bed.
Drinking water is a cheap and very effective way to lose weight,
but often you need to add some diet and exercise to make your weight loss effective.
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To make your weight loss possible you need to drink eight glasses
of water every day, and if you have lots of overweight you need to
drink a few glasses more.
Drinking water is not only great for your weight loss. Just by drinking
lots of water you will look better because and your skin will become
more glowing.
Few Tips To Lose Weight Just By Drinking Water:
•Start every morning with a glass of water.
•Drink a glass of water before every meal.
•Drink lukewarm water, it may be easier to drink lots of water when it isnt cold.
•Add a slice of lemon if you dont like the taste of the water.
•Avoid drinking just before you go to bed.
Drinking water is a cheap and very effective way to lose weight,
but often you need to add some diet and exercise to make your weight loss effective.
Friday, November 1, 2013
White Water Good For Heart Health
White Water Good For Heart Health | Want to lower the risk of heart disease? Drink only water. Perhaps the phrase is fairly simple, but that the results of a study conducted by researchers from Loma Linda University in California.
The research suggests people who drink at least five glasses of water per day more often died from a heart attack than those who drank less than two glasses of water each day.
Conversely those who consume beverages other than water are at risk of dying from heart attacks than those who drank less.
This analysis is based on a study involving 8280 men and 12 017 women aged 38 years. Six-year study led by Jacqueline Chan, DrPH and colleagues Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD, noted the incidence and progression of coronary heart disease. Of these 246 respondents died of heart disease.
The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology is to mention the risk of heart attack in more than respondents who drank 5 cups per day reduced to 41 percent. While the risk of the condition in men who consumed other beverages including tea, coffee, juice, milk and alcohol remain at high risk of heart attack.
Chan said that drinking water will be absorbed into the bloodstream, it can decrease the thickness of blood vessels, so the risk of heart attack that triggered the blood clot would be reduced.
Instead other beverages will thicken the blood vessels, the article after it is digested material will contain the same concentration in blood.
Unlike the case with aspirin and alcohol can reduce the risk of heart attack but with other health problems, while the water is quite cheap, easily available and not harmful.
Readmore...
The research suggests people who drink at least five glasses of water per day more often died from a heart attack than those who drank less than two glasses of water each day.
Conversely those who consume beverages other than water are at risk of dying from heart attacks than those who drank less.
This analysis is based on a study involving 8280 men and 12 017 women aged 38 years. Six-year study led by Jacqueline Chan, DrPH and colleagues Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD, noted the incidence and progression of coronary heart disease. Of these 246 respondents died of heart disease.
The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology is to mention the risk of heart attack in more than respondents who drank 5 cups per day reduced to 41 percent. While the risk of the condition in men who consumed other beverages including tea, coffee, juice, milk and alcohol remain at high risk of heart attack.
Chan said that drinking water will be absorbed into the bloodstream, it can decrease the thickness of blood vessels, so the risk of heart attack that triggered the blood clot would be reduced.
Instead other beverages will thicken the blood vessels, the article after it is digested material will contain the same concentration in blood.
Unlike the case with aspirin and alcohol can reduce the risk of heart attack but with other health problems, while the water is quite cheap, easily available and not harmful.
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