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To boost
your sporting performance, you need glucose. The body
makes glucose from starches and sugars in carbohydrates,
including bread, potatoes and rice and stores it in the
muscles and liver as glycogen. Check out this week's
article on, Eating for high energy. Namita Nayyar, AFI |
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Sucking, tucking, lifting and snipping... plastic surgery is not a substitute
for exercise or a healthy diet. Taking the easy way out may be tempting but
without changing unhealthy habits you'll quickly be back where you started. The
best way to reach your health and fitness goals and maintain your success is by
making healthy lifestyle changes that you can live with forever. |
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What You Feed, Grows
As you go about your daily chores and the anger comes and goes, Try not to feed
that anger. For, what you feed grows.
I've often heard it said that what man reaps he sows. So, be careful of rotten
seeds. For, what you feed grows.
Choose all your thoughts wisely. For, no matter what, God knows. Thoughts plant
a seed in your heart and what you feed grows.
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"One reason
so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never
direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most
people dabble their way through life, never deciding to
master anything in particular."
- Anthony Robbins |
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Spring Barley
Makes: 8 servings, 1/2 cup
per serving.
Ingredients:
Canola oil spray
3/4 cup chopped onions
1 fennel bulb, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 Tbsp. canola oil
1-3 cloves garlic (or to taste), finely chopped yellow bell pepper (about 1
small pepper)
1 cup pearl barley 1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. dried marjoram
4-5 cups fat-free, reduced-sodium chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 cup spinach leaves, torn into pieces
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh basil
Direction:
Generously coat a large heavy pot with oil spray and place it over
medium-high heat. Add the onions and the fennel and sauté until they are tender,
about 5 to 10 minutes. Add the oil and heat until it is hot. Add the garlic and
bell peppers and sauté lightly for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the barley, thyme,
marjoram, broth and salt and pepper to taste. Bring it to a boil and immediately
reduce the heat to low. Simmer, uncovered, until the liquid is almost absorbed,
stirring occasionally, about 40 to 50 minutes or until the barley is tender.
When the barley is cooked, remove
it from the heat. Add the spinach, cheese and basil. Stir to blend and adjust
the seasonings with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
Nutritive Information:
Per serving: 145 calories, 4 g. total fat (less than 1 g. saturated fat), 24
g. carbohydrate, 5 g. protein, 5 g. dietary fiber, 322 mg. sodium.
Courtesy- A.I.C.R
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Eating for high energy
The more you exercise, the more you need to eat a
balanced diet. The nutritional rules still apply, but
with an added carbohydrate intake. The combination of
healthy food and physical exertion combats stress,
encourages tissue repair, rebalances hormones and
releases endorphins and encephalins. Mood and outlook
should improve markedly.
To boost your sporting performance, you need glucose.
The body makes glucose from starches and sugars in
carbohydrates, including bread, potatoes and rice and
stores it in the muscles and liver as glycogen. Like
everyone else, sportspeople need protein, obtained
mostly from pulses, poultry, red meat, fish, cheese,
eggs and seeds, and vitamins, minerals and essential
fatty acids. Sufficient fluids, particularly in advance
of sport, are vital. You should also drink water during
(if possible) and after exercise to replenish fluids.
If strenuous exercise and physical fitness are an
integral part of your life, you need to think long term
and consistently stick to a well-balanced but varied
intake of food. Most athletes have a large and
nutritious breakfast, especially on the day of an event,
and eat a diet permanently rich in complex
carbohydrates.
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