Day 1 – Invite | BREATH – A 30 Day Yoga Journey

Rice has a number of health benefits, which are often overlooked. When we think about rice the first thing that comes to our mind is that it is loaded with carbohydrates. But rice is not just carbohydrates; it is an essential source of vitamin B1 too. It can provide fast and instant energy, normalize and improve bowel movements, and stabilize blood sugar levels.

A highly nutritious diet can increase physical performance and recovery from exercise. You don’t need to be a professional athlete competing for high stakes to benefit. Good nutrition can increase your endurance and give you the strength to push through barriers to beat your own benchmarks. Nutrition also speeds recovery after exercise, including recovery from an exercise-induced injury. A healthy body will be stronger and less prone to injuries, cramps and other ailments that interfere with exercise routines.

Whether you are exercising to improve your health, a professional athlete or a bodybuilder, the sports nutrition plays a vital role in optimizing beneficial effects of physical activity. Choosing a right nutrition can result in injury prevention, improved performance, and recovery. According to Thomas Edison, “The doctor of future will no longer treat human frame with drugs, rather will prevent and cure disease with nutrition”.

80% of your progress in the gym comes down to nutrition. My failures with nutrition came from my lack of proper education and planning to the 10th power. I went crazy not knowing how I should be eating to increase my effectiveness in the weight room.

Every day, we hear about some ingredient or substance that research has shown to be toxic or harmful to our bodies. For some of us, the effects are readily apparent. For example, I know people who get headaches every time they consume aspartame. Some people struggle with allergy symptoms constantly. Still others seem prone to catching all the cold or flu viruses that pass by.

What is normal for digestive health? There is not a simple answer, each person is different. What is normal for you may not be normal for another. “Normal” may feel like a bowel movement every 2 or 3 days. It may feel like loose stools or the opposite; harder to pass and pebble-like. “Normal” is how your gut is normally acting for you. With the state of health today, I wouldn’t always agree that normal is what we are aiming for.

Most people agree that stress goes up during the holiday season. One of the key stressors is weight gain — not surprising because coping with holiday stress often involves stress eating and drinking. This article covers tips for getting through the holidays with less damage to your food plan.

Foods that are rich in antioxidants are an essential part of a healthy, cancer preventative diet. But why? What is it about antioxidants and the free radicals they combat that makes them so important for a healthy lifestyle?

Like so many of you, I glanced at the calendar and had that light bulb moment, realizing that the holiday season is on the doorstep. They’re lighting trees, promoting holiday gifts and stocking supermarkets with all the ingredients to cook up the seasonal dishes and desserts we love. One of the things that is consistently are on the minds of my clients living with diabetes is the “Tis’ the season what can I eat challenge?

Daytime drowsiness, balancing alcohol consumption and increasing performance are all reasons given by people who drink energy drinks. The quick, pick-me-up in the middle of the afternoon or on a long drive somewhere can help you to stay alert until dinnertime. Then sleep time comes and you regret your action. The stimulant can keep working longer than you anticipated it would and ruin a good night’s sleep, which do more to recharge the batteries naturally.

At an early age, we begin to condition our children that the reward for putting up with all of those vegetables on their plates is a sweet, sugary dessert. You might recognize the familiar statement, “If you don’t eat that broccoli, then you don’t get dessert.”

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which accounts for 60-80 percent of dementia cases, now affects 5.4 million Americans, of which 5.2 million are age 65 and older.