Need a bedtime snack that won’t get stuck in your teeth or curdle in your stomach, while being filling and actually promoting sleep? Grab some cheese! (Taken with instagram)
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No, no they are NOT.
Actually, this is true. They’re not saying that milk is “healthier” than water. (Which is debatable in all aspects.) Water has no calories and is vital to life, yet milk provides essential fats, proteins, and sugars since we need to replace those lost after exercising. So depending on the composition of your diet overall, it may be better for you to drink milk (if you have plenty of water in your system) or water (if you have plenty of calories from sugars, proteins, and fats). Either way, the purpose of drinking milk as opposed to water after a workout is so that your body can absorb the sugars in milk faster to replace more of the energy you lost faster. (Your metabolism is already amped up from exercising, and the high concentration of sugars in milk will speed this up even more.)
As for beer, obviously it would be considered the least healthy, since in huge amounts, you can destroy your liver. In huge amounts, water and milk can kill you too, with things like protein toxicity in milk, but you would need to drink GALLONS and gallons of milk or water to have these negative effects, where you can drink maybe one gallon of pure alcohol and destroy your liver.
It’s all about moderation. And concentration of the components of these foods. Because theoretically, all of these foods can destroy your liver. Just it’s easier to do that with alcohol. The health benefit with alcohol is mostly better heart health, anyways. I would think it would increase your already high heart rate too much, aside from destroying your liver. Then you would die from both.
In conclusion… Drink milk or water after exericising. But even Gatorade is better to drink after exercise compared to beer. I wonder who thought that one up, haha.
- Milk: Milk has added hormones which can cause breakouts and make you more prone to rashes. If you’re gonna drink it, choose organic or go with a nut milk instead.
- Soda: Soda is all sugar. Whether it has 0 calories or not, there’s absolutely no benefit to drinking it. The high sugar content causes inflammation and rashes. For good skin, avoid food with a high glycemic index.
- Deli Turkey Sandwich: Processed meats are put in containers to keep them on the shelves for a long time, which requires excess chemicals. Any unnecessary chemicals can cause breakouts or other medical problems.
Source: Dermatologist Dr. Glynis Ablon
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The benefit’s of Kale
Kale is not only one of the more beautiful cruciferous vegetables, but it also one of the most nutritious. Here are nine reasons to eat kale, and eat it often.
Diet and Digestion
One cup of kale has only 36 calories and zero grams of fat, which makes it a great diet aid. Furthermore, one cup contains nearly 20% of the RDA of dietary fiber, which promotes regular digestion, prevents constipation, lowers blood sugar and curbs overeating. Finally, kale contains the glucosinolate isothiocyanate (ITC) that fights the formation of H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori), a bacterial growth in the stomach lining that can lead to gastric cancer.
Antioxidants
Kale is a superstar in the arena of carotenoids and flavonoids, two powerful antioxidants that protect our cells from free radicals that cause oxidative stress. The key flavonoids kaempferol and quercitin (not to dismiss the 45 other distinctive flavonoids in kale) have also been shown to specifically fight against the formation of cancerous cells. With the addition of high doses of well-known antioxidants like vitamin C, vitamin A, and manganese, kale is certainly a smart choice in the battle against cellular oxidation.
Anti-Inflammatory
One cup of kale provides about 10% of the RDA of omega-3 fatty acids that helps regulate the body’s inflammatory process. A megadose of vitamin K further aids to fight against excessive inflammatory-related problems, such as arthritis, autoimmune disorders, and asthma.
Cancer
Not only do kale’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities work together to prevent and even combat cancer, a healthy diet of kale also provides glucosinolates, which have been shown to prevent colon, breast, bladder, prostate, ovarian cancers, as well as gastric cancer.
Cardiovascular Support
The high fiber content of kale lowers our cholesterol by binding with bile acids that the liver produces from cholesterol for digesting fat. Because many of these bile acids are coupled with fiber, the liver is charged with producing more bile acid to digest fat, and therefore requires more cholesterol to so, ultimately lowering the amount of cholesterol within our bodies.
Detox
The isothiocyanates (ITC) from glucosinolates found in kale aid in both phases I and II of the body’s detoxification process. The high sulfur content of kale has further been shown essential for phase II of detoxification.
Vitamin K
Kale provides a whopping dose of vitamin K (providing 1327% of the RDA in one cup), which is necessary for the synthesis of osteocalcin, a protein that strengthens the composition of our bones. Vitamin K also prevents calcium build-up in our tissue that can lead to atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Finally, vitamin K is essential for synthesizing sphingolipid, the fat needed to maintain the myelin sheath around our nerves, and therefore our nervous system as a whole.
Vitamin A
With over 192% of the RDA of vitamin A, one cup of kale is an effective antioxidant, boosts immunity, maintains healthy bones and teeth, prevents urinary stones, and is essential to our reproductive organs.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C, which one cup of kale heartily provides (over 88% of our RDA), is not only a powerful antioxidant, but also lowers blood pressure, ensures a healthy immune system, and fights against age-related ocular diseases, such as cataracts and macular degeneration.
I’ll be adding this to my resources! Clearly this is significant.
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The down low on FAT.
Fat is ESSENTIAL to our diet as it gives us Vitamins (A, D, E, K) and contains fatty acids that our body does not produce. 30% of our diet should be fat, however there are 4 kinds of fat.
The Good:
Polyunsaturated Fat: tends to lower blood cholesterol levels
Sources: found mostly in plant sources. (safflower, sunflower, soybean, corn, cottonseed)
Monounsaturated Fat: tends to lower LDL cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol)
Sources: found in both plant and animal products, such as olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, and in some plant foods such as avocado
The bad:
Saturated Fat: tends to increase blood cholesterol levels.
Sources: found mostly in meat and dairy products, as well as some vegetable oils, such as coconut and palm oils (tropical oils). Butter is high in saturated fat, while margarine tends to have more unsaturated fat. Most saturated fats tend to be solid at room temperature (like butter), with the exception of tropical oils.
Trans Fat: Trans fats not only raise total cholesterol levels, they also deplete good cholesterol (HDL), which helps protect against heart disease
Sources: They are man-made or processed fats, which are made from a liquid oil. When you add hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil and then add pressure, the result is a stiffer fat, like the fat found in a can of Crisco. Trans fats are also called hydrogenated fats. Check your food labels for it.
It is also important to check and know how much fat your food has in it.- Did you know 1 cup of nuts has more fat than 1 big mac?!
HOWEVER, nuts contain a good fat, while big macs don’t.
This means I can eat as much as I want of anything with good fat right? While it’s better than eating things with bad fat, but you need to take into consideration that it still only is 30% of our diet, so eating TOO much fat, good or bad, will still cause you to pile on the pounds.
The daily recommended intake is 10% saturated fat, and 20% non saturated fat. We have no need for trans fat at all!
This is AMAZING. They took 6 diabetics and put them on a RAW food diet for 30 days,… which reversed their type 2 diabetes. “Let food be thy medicine”.
I think we all know that that’s not so true. Eating junk makes for a not-as-nice body, no matter what your caloric intake is. Ever seen the pictures of people comparing “when I ate junk a lot” to “now that I don’t” when they’re at the same weight? It’s not just about quantity of food; quality is just as important.
Granted, when you have a healthy lifestyle you can still maintain your body’s appearance even if you have some treats now and then. Eating one Snicker’s bar isn’t going to make you fat. But obviously having junk a lot is more likely to make you gain weight.
That’s like when people go “fat-free” on everything. Fat is not necessary bad. Depends on what kind of fat. And you’ll really only gain weight from it if you have too much. Especially of the bad kind, simply because your body doesn’t know what to do with the “bad” fat, so it stores it in fat cells instead of glycogen in muscles. Moderation is key, though. If you’re eating thousands of calories of healthy fat a day you’ll gain weight also, simply because your body won’t know what else to do with that energy. It sure as hell doesn’t wanna waste it!
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Post-workout is one of the most important times to take in the popular supplement: creatine (Yes, women can use it too!). Creatine will be shuttled into the muscle with protein and carbohydrate and aid in the rapid recovery process and will be stored in the cells for a better workout the next day. Creatine has been shown to not only help with strength and mass gains, but also with fat loss and recovery between and during workouts. 3 - 5 grams is all it takes for creatine to be effective.
WHAT HAPPENS TO A PERSON’S BODY WHEN THEY DRINK A COKE (injuryweightloss)
- In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
- 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
- 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
- 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
- >60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
- >60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
- >60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.
The PDF is hundreds of pages. It’s basically a book. But I found it while searching on Google Scholar, so it can be assumed that it’s a decent source.
Check this out! It’s the same golden delicious apple. The apple to the left was grown in NY State, and the apple to the right was grown somewhere in the U.S. The amish farmer I got my apples from didn’t speak english :( so I didn’t get to ask him any questions. BUT, when in doubt and your produce has a sticker— this is how to read it!
- If your produce has 4 digits starting with a 3 or 4, it means the produce was conventionally grown. The produce was sprayed with weed killers and chemical pesticides, meaning it was “conventionally grown, but not organic.”
- If it has 5 digits, and begins with a 9, it means that the produce was organically grown. You can be sure that this produce was not treated with any chemicals.
- A 5 digit code that begins with an 8 indicates that the produce was genetically modified (man intervened by manipulating the genes to produce a larger or brighter colored food). This produce may have been chemically treated.
My dad loves Alton Brown haha. His show is pretty cool.
Avocado
Aside from being the highest source of tryptophan, avocados are also one of the richest sources of protein, folate, and the heart-friendly omega-3 fatty acids.
Sapote
The flavor of the mamey sapote, also known as marmalade plum, is described by some as a combination of pumpkin, sweet potato and maraschino cherries with an avocado texture. Should you find some, make it into milkshakes or eat as is to help boost your mood and give your body the bone-fiendly calcium.
Guava
Guavas are the perfect snack for pregnant women. It is packed with potassium which helps prevent leg cramps; folate which prevents neural tube problems for the developing and baby, and tryptophan to help prevent postpartum depression.
Tamarinds
Have you tried eating a nutritious candy? The tamarind is a very healthy fruit that can be consumed in dozens of ways including being made into candies. Enjoy their sweet and sour taste and provide your body not only with tryptophan but also with a rich amount of thiamine, magnesium, potassium, iron and calcium.
Apricots
Apricots are important fruits in Iran where they are called Zard-ālū. Their scientific name Prunus armeniaca (Armenian plum) came from the belief that they are native in Armenia as they are known in the place during ancient times. Apricots are also excellent sources of vitamins A and C and a very good source of potassium and fiber.
Kiwifruit
The kiwifruit is the highest source of folate and vitamin K. In addition to tryptophan which aids restfulness, it also helps relax your nerves and muscles by loading up your body with magnesium.
Plantains
Plaintains have higher tryptophan content than their non-cooking relatives, the sweet bananas. The same with their blood pressure slashing potassium.
American Persimmons
The American persimmon can provide the body with more than 100% of the DV of vitamin C, higher than the Japanese ones. It is also rich in iron, one of the nutrients which helps boosts your energy levels.
Elderberries
Looking for other natural sources of fiber? Elderberries are one of the fruits loaded with dietary fiber. Pop them into your mouth for additional supply of vitamins A, C, and B6.
Soursop (Guyabano)
The delicious flavor of the soursop alone can already lift your mood. What with a taste that has been described as a combination of strawberry and pineapple with sour citrus notes contrasting with an underlying rich flavor reminiscent of coconut or banana. Chill before eating!
