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The practice of yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow
around the body which aids in the removal of toxins and
waste. Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn
lowers cholesterol. To learn more check out this week's
article on Yoga and Cholesterol Management. In fitness
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If you eat
a low-fat diet in the hope of losing weight, you
unintentionally make the problem of weightloss worse.
If, like millions of women, you have eaten a low-fat,
high-carbohydrate diet for many years, or followed fad
diets, the odds are good that you have become at least
partially insulin resistant. Millions of women are
trying the Atkins Diet or the South Beach Diet. While
these diets are an improvement over the conventional
low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, they can worsen your
metabolic problems, because dieting itself is stressful
to the body. So many women need to heal their metabolism
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Visualize to Realize
You can't hit a target you cannot see! Create a visual picture of where you want
to be, who you want to be, and you will become that person. How do you stay
motivated? How do you keep on the right path?
You must see it before you can be it!
Create your very own visual picture. Make a collage of your goals, dreams,
wishes and fantasies. Your mind does not know the difference between what is
real or imagined. What you think about most you move towards.
There is an invisible gravitational force that directs you towards your
thoughts. Your mind thinks in pictures; begin now to plant the visual images you
wish to saturate your mind.
Mary Lou Rhetton saw herself winning her first gold medal long before she
actually competed in the Olympics.
Your mind's eye is much more powerful than your physical eye's. See your goals
in vivid detail -- meditate on them. Running, jumping, singing, playing, moving
with less fat on your body. You are graceful, strong, powerful, energetic. You
eat only healthy fuel.
The more specific your goals are the easier it is to visualize the process of
attaining the goal and the stronger your belief will be in being able to
accomplish the goal.
Strong belief is the catalyst to appropriate action. Belief strengthens your
motivation and motivation stirs you to take the next important step....ACTION!
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"Almostany idea is good if a man has ability and is
willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the
creator is a loafer and ineffective."
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Garlic-Potato
Linguine
Makes: 6
servings
Ingredients:
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8 new potatoes
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3/4 cup cooked
green beans
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10 ounces of
your favorite pasta
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1/2 cup
vegetable stock
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3/4 cup green
peppers, sliced
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1/2 cup
onions, chopped
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1 tablespoons
garlic, minced
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3 teaspoons
red pepper flakes
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1/2 cup tomato
juice
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4 cups mixed
greens
Directions:
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Bake the
potatoes at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes. Cut the potatoes into small
chunks. Cook green beans and immediately rinse in cold water.
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Cook pasta
according to package directions. Drain well, and return to the pot. Set
aside.
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Heat the
vegetable stock over moderate heat. Add the green peppers and onions and
cook, covered for about 10 minutes.
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Add the garlic
and hot red pepper flakes and cook another 2 minutes. Add the tomato juice,
potatoes, greens, beans, and pasta and cook until heated through.
Nutritional
Information:
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Serving size:
1 1/2 cups
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Calories: 200
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Fat: 1.5 g
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Cholesterol: 0
mg
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Protein: 12 g
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Carbohydrates:
34 g
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Sodium: 270 mg
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Yoga and Cholesterol Management
Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among lipids
(fats) in the bloodstream and cells. Cholesterol isn't
all bad. Our bodies use it to form cell membranes, for
example. But too much cholesterol in the bloodstream can
be unhealthy, and lead to coronary heart disease.
Yoga, uses exercises (asanas) to relax and tone the
muscles and to massage the organs, breathing techniques
(pranayam) to regulate the body's energy levels,
meditations to calm the mind, and relaxation postures to
reduce and eliminate stress and anxiety. The practice of
yoga improves the blood and oxygen flow around the body
which aids in the removal of toxins and waste. For yoga
to be truly beneficial to the lowering of your unwanted
bad cholesterol it must be practiced on a regular basis.
Yoga also reduces stress hormones, which in turn lowers
cholesterol. That is why meditation is similar to yoga
in its cholesterol-lowering power. Yoga will surely help
you get rid of the cholesterol and you will be highly
satisfied when after two months you go to check the
level and find them impressively low. To bring down the
ill effects of stress and its byproducts, a daily regime
of meditation practices involving simple breathing
techniques, and the use of deep meditative techniques
practiced for at least 20 – 30 minutes daily can greatly
bring about a feeling of good health and a significant
lowering of cholesterol. Breathing exercises, meditation
and poses namely the Kapalbhati Pranayama is the perfect
combination for lowering cholesterol.
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