 |
|
|
 |
 |
Beta blockers, such as atenolol and propranolol, reduce
the body's ability to respond to insulin, causing high
blood insulin levels that increase risk for weight gain.
In case, you are taking beta blocker, keep a close check
on your weight. Check your weight everyday. If you
happen to notice a gain of three or four pounds within a
period of two or three days, you should inform your
physician about it. To learn more check out this week's
article on Beta-blockers: dampening the body's ability
to burn fat.
In fitness
Namita |
|
|
 |
 |
Barbell squats work almost every muscle in the body, but
only from one direction. A key to constant growth is
working the muscle from every direction. For example,
instead of a barbell squat, do a front barbell squat or
an overhead barbell squat. You will use less weight, but
new motor units will be stimulated allowing different
muscle fibers to grow. Now you can recruit additional
muscle fibers for the original barbell squat. Squat
strength will increase, leading to further hypertrophy
gains.
|
|
|
 |
 |
Nothing to need
You cannot enjoy what you need while you still need it, so let go of the need
and allow the enjoyment. Instead of putting limitations and conditions on your
fulfillment, put more limitless possibilities into your awareness.
If there's something you need to do, let go of the needing and just allow the
doing. If there's something you need to have, let go of the need and experience
how that thing begins to be tangibly expressed through your thoughts, feelings
and actions.
Life is overflowing with every flavor of abundance. Yet when you feel need, that
very feeling is pushing the abundance away.
There is really nothing you could possibly need. In one way or another, all that
exists is connected to you.
Inspired, fulfilled, joyful living is a matter of making the journey through
those pathways that connect you with what you seek. When you are free from
thoughts of need, the journey proceeds quickly and with minimal hindrance.
See need as a mistaken impression existing only in your mind. Gently let it go,
and immerse yourself fully in the powerful, creative flow of life.
|
|
|
 |
 |
"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task
which, more than anything else, will affect It's
successful outcome."
William James
|
|
|
 |
 |
Healthy Recipe
Lentil Moussaka
Makes: 4 servings.
Ingredients:
-
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
-
1 onion, chopped
-
4 celery sticks, chopped
-
1 garlic clove, crushed
-
400g (13 oz) can chopped tomatoes
-
250 g (8 oz) green lentils
-
2 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
-
900 ml (1 1/2 pints) water
-
500 g (1 lb) aubergines, sliced
-
salt and pepper
-
1 tablespoon oregano, to garnish
Ingredients:
Directions:
-
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a saucepan, add the onion and cook until
softened. Add the celery, garlic, tomatoes with their juice, lentils, soy
sauce, 1/4 teaspoon pepper and water. Cover and simmer for 50 minutes, until
cooked.
-
Heat the remaining oil in a griddle pan, add the aubergine slices in batches
and cook on both sides until golden. Alternatively, cook under a preheated
moderate grill.
-
Cover the base of a shallow ovenproof dish with the lentil mixture and
arrange a layer of aubergine slices on top. Repeat the layer, finishing with
a layer of aubergine slices.
-
Mix the eggs and fromage frais for the topping, season with salt and pepper
to taste, and pour over the aubergines. Top with the cheese and bake in a
preheated moderate oven at 180oC (350oF), Gas Mark 4, for 30 - 40 minutes,
until golden. Serve garnished with oregano leaves.
Nutritional Information (Per 8 ounce mug:):
-
KJ - 1625,
-
kcal - 385,
-
carbohydrate - 43 g,
-
Protein - 26 g,
-
Fat - 14 g,
|
|
|
 |
 |
Beta-blockers: dampening the body's ability to burn fat
Beta blockers (sometimes written as β-blocker) is a
class of drugs that ease the heart's pumping action and
widen the blood vessels. This therapy is used to lower a
person's
blood pressure and
heart rate and to treat
angina. Beta-blockers slow down the
heart beat, reduce the force of the heart muscle's
contractions, and decrease blood vessel contraction in
the
heart, brain, and the rest of the body.
Beta blockers, such as atenolol and propranolol, reduce
the body's ability to respond to
insulin, causing high blood insulin
levels that increase risk for weight gain. According to
Sheldon. G. Sheps, hypertension specialist "The average
weight gain is no more than 4 pounds (about 2
kilograms). Newer beta blockers, such as carvedilol (Coreg),
don't typically cause weight gain as a side effect".
Doctors aren't sure exactly why some beta blockers cause
weight gain. It could be that beta blockers slow your
metabolism. Also, if you switch from taking a
water pill (diuretic) to a beta blocker as a treatment
for high blood pressure, you may gain a few pounds of
weight that the diuretic kept off.
Learn more about this article |
|
