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In a study
to be published in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of
Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers found
that diets high in protein and cereal grains increase
calcium excretion and can weaken your bones while a diet
high in fruits and vegetables actually strengthens
bones. To learn more, check out this week's article on
Foods for enhancing bone Density. At the same time try
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In most women the abdominals muscles gradually begin to join together a few days
after the delivery. But if the mother has not trained her abdominals after a
previous pregnancy, has had a large baby or has carried out strong abdominals
exercise then there is a possibility that her abdominals will not join at the
centre and she will develops a pendulous abdomen or big tummy.
You can check if your tummy muscles have come together by doing the two -
fingers test. Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
Raise your head off the ground as if to do a curl-up. Take two fingers and place
them just below your tummy button. If there is a hole wider than two fingers
then your abdominals have not come together yet. In this case you need to train
them to join back together again and avoid strong abdominals exercise until this
occurs.
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The Stairway to Your Goal
Envision your goal at the top of a stairway and yourself at the bottom. Now look
way up at the top, and see your goal. Then look at the next step down from the
top. That would be the last step you need to take before you accomplish your
goal. What is that step? And what is the step before it, and the one before
that?
Identify the steps, all the way down to the very first one, the one
that's right in front of you. That is the step you can take today. Stand up
tall, focus on the top of the stairway, and take that first step. You're
on your way! Now all you need to do is just keep taking those
steps, one after one.
Don't waste your time waiting for the stairway to turn into an escalator that
will carry you effortlessly to the top. It won't happen. You've got to take
those steps yourself.
Take one step at a time, and you are certain to make it. You may occasionally
slip, and you might want to sit and rest every now and then. The important
thing, though, is to keep on climbing. Every moment, every day. Each step
will carry you closer to the top.
And on that happy day when you take the last step, give yourself a little break.
Relax for a moment, and look down the stairway at how far you've come. Squint
your eyes and see if you can make out the people down there, the ones who are
just now starting to climb.
Then take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back, and go look for the next
stairway.
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"Do not let
your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the
hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the
not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your
soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you
deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your
road and the nature of your battle. The world you
desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is
possible, it is yours."
-- Ayn Rand |
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RASPBERRY PASSION FRUIT SWIRLS
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Direction:
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Mash the raspberries in a small bowl with a fork until the juice runs. Scoop
out the passion fruit pulp into a separate bowl with the fromage frais and
sugar and mix well.
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Spoon alternate spoonfuls of the raspberry pulp and the fromage frais
mixture into stemmed glasses or one large serving dish, stirring lightly to
create a swirled effect.
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Decorate each dessert each dessert with a whole raspberry and a sprig of
fresh mint. Serve chilled.
Nutritional Information:
Energy-110 Kcals,Fat-0.47 g, Saturated fat-0.13 g, Cholesterol- 1
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Foods for enhancing bone Density
As part of a diet for strong bones, and for your health
in general, you need to eat a healthy, well balanced and
varied diet that includes at least 5 servings of fruit
and/or vegetables a day, plenty of wholegrain cereals
and not too much sugar or fat. Building strong bones
when we are young and helps to reduce the effects of
bone-density loss as we get older means that we can
alleviate many of the symptoms of osteoporosis.
Research has shown that a poor diet increases the risk
of osteoporosis later in life. As we have seen, bones
are made up of a thick outer shell with a strong, dense
inner mesh that has a honeycomb-like structure. A good
calcium intake is vital because this gives the bones
their strength and rigidity. As bone becomes old it is
vital because this gives the bones their strength and
rigidity. As bone becomes old it is removed by the body
and replaced with new bone – it has been calculated that
adults replace their entire skeletons every seven to 10
years. Calcium, therefore, gets deposited and withdrawn
from the skeleton on a daily basis. As we get older,
this renewal process slows down and bone-density loss
increases. When this happens, the holes in the bone’s
inner mesh gradually become bigger and the bones become
more fragile. However, by maximizing bone mass early in
life and by maintaining a healthy diet, we can reduce
the effects of this process.
In a study to be published in The Endocrine Society’s
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism,
researchers found that diets high in protein and cereal
grains increase calcium excretion and can weaken your
bones while a diet high in fruits and vegetables
actually strengthens bones.
Learn more about this article |
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