12 Jan
Posted by: MelanyP in: Health & Weight Loss
I remember reading all kinds of diet books, from Zone-types of diet books which focus on good carbs and bad carbs, to vegetarian and vegan advocated books which encourage the overall higher consumption of any whole grain as long as it wasn’t an animal based product.
All of these books consistently recommended making slow cooked brown rice instead of instant brown rice.
They said that because the outer layers that contain a lot of the fiber and vitamins was usually stripped away on the fast cooking rice (which typically cooks in only minutes versus about a half hour or more), it was actually healthier to eat the slow cooked variety.
They also said that the slow cooked variety of brown rice was better because it had a lot less of an effect on the blood sugar than the “minute” rice variety.
Of course, you sacrifice convenience for a healthier “slow burn” carb, but it would be well worth it as long as one was much slower absorbing than the other. When you are dieting or watching what you eat, it’s really important to eat foods that are slowly absorbing into the blood stream and affecting the blood sugar.
The reason is, they keep you fuller much longer. That way, you don’t keep getting hungry after you eat, and you eat less. Feeling fuller lo
A lot of times, it seems like when we experience an exercise related injury that it happens all of a sudden. Over time, we can put a lot of stress on our muscles and joints. Injuries can occur simply from overuse. There are various easy ways to help prevent some common injuries.
I enjoy running but I do worry about doing it too often to the point that down the road, I will have knee pain or other running related injuries. A few easy ways to help prevent a running injury are:
A recently published article speaks about a person’s experience that reveals how serving sizes and consequently waists have increased in size in recent times – moving into an apartment dating a hundred years ago, the writer found that contemporary sized dinner plates wouldn’t fit into the older style of cabinets; they were just too big!
As a direct consequence of super sizing just about everything, including the size of food portions that we eat, we have done a disservice to entire generations who now think nothing about eating enormous quantities with the consequence that we now have a populace with more overweight than ever before in our history.
It is becoming increasingly evident that portion control is a key factor when it comes to fitness and good health – we have simply got used to eating too much at a sitting. Conside
When you talk about the core of an object, you think about the absolute center, the part that holds everything else together. If you’re serious about getting in shape, you need to think more about your core. Your abdomen and lower back muscles are the core of your physique. If you fail to keep your core in shape, the rest of your fitness goals will be hard to attain. Simply put, if the core is weak the rest of your body will follow suit.
There have been tons of exercises and programs developed over the past decade that put a heavy emphasis on core training. If you’re a member at a local gym or fitness center, they probably have a core training class available. You