Vinegar May Aid in Fat Loss

"In recent years, research has suggested that the main chemical in vinegar, called acetic acid, can help control blood pressure and blood sugar."

Definitely. I started using cider vinegar in my food and cooking. There are many ways you can incorporate cider vinegar in your food, salad dressings are an obvious one but I use it to make houmous, sprinkle some over my salmon to cook it in the oven and add some to olive oil when cooking potatoes or vegetables. There are probably more ways than I can list here. Try it and see how it will help you.

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Salty Free From foods exposed

BBC NEWS | Health | Salty 'Free From' foods exposed

In my opinion, one should try to avoid as much processed food as possible regardless of the salt level. Some salt in the diet is necessary but processed foods with high levels of salt are really bad and not necessary.

Salt and the amount of artificial sugar and sweeteners they put in processed foods are some of the factors contributing to various health issues such as obesity, diabetes and other related conditions.

Read those labels carefully!

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The Accidental Veggie Burger

So, there we were, in the kitchen with the new juicer. Juicer? What's that got to do with a veggie burger? All will be revealed.

First off, I never intended to make a veggie burger, so many other people have already done that but this was truly an accident. All of the ingredients can be bought quite cheaply and the preparation time is good too.

So, back to the juicer. We originally intended to make vegetable juice from the over ripe reduced vegetables you can get from the local supermarket. That we did. But the by product was all this vegetable pulp and then suddenly eureka! I thought what if we could take that pulp and use it to make a burger?

So, here is how we did it:

Juice up some carrots, celery, tomatoes and one whole onion. Take the pulp and place in a large frying pan or wok which is what I used. Now the amount of burgers you get depends on how much pulp you make but we found and 6 carrots, tomatoes and celery worked quite well. We also added some mushrooms as well.

In the pan add some olive oil or butter, garlic, salt, pepper, one teaspoon of chilli powder, medium curry spice and fennygreek. Now I say one teaspoon of the spices but that is up to you and your taste - some like it stronger, some not at all but the spices really do work well with this recipe.

Heat for about 10 minutes and mix the ingredients well. This is your basic veg mix. From here we made burgers with it but you can also do vegetarian lasagne as well.

Take the mix and add one egg and about half a cup of flour. Mix well. Please note, I used a food processor which makes some of this easier. Once you have mixed in the egg and flour, get some breadcrumbs which you can either buy or take a piece of toast and crumble that up, works just as well.

Take a piece of the mix and roll it in the breadcrumbs. Fry the burgers in olive oil or butter until golden brown on a medium to high heat. That's it! Results - everyone was ecstatic about the flavour and how well they went with just about anything. We served them with some simple green salad and a home made coleslaw.

The mix we made gave us about 25 burgers which only used half of the mix. The other half was used in a lasagne.

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Sedentary Lives Can Be Deadly: Physical Inactivity Poses Greatest Health Risk To Americans, Expert Says

Sedentary Lives Can Be Deadly: Physical Inactivity Poses Greatest Health Risk To Americans, Expert Says

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A quote from the article:

"Doing something is better than doing nothing, and doing more is better than doing less, at least up to a point. "We need numerous changes to promote more physical activity for all, including public policies, changes in the health care system, promoting activity in educational settings and work sites, and social and physical environmental changes. We need more communities where people feel comfortable walking. I believe psychologists can help develop better lifestyle change interventions to help people be more active via the Internet and other technological methods."

That says it all right there, do some activity but doing nothing is not an option. I realise that people will say they do not have the time but one must make some time for walking.

I say if you can walk for at least 15 minutes per day every day then you will be much better and if you can do 30 minutes it will really make a difference.

Of course diet will play a big part in how you feel but physical activity is very important for the body. It keeps things moving and working a bit like a car which is designed to be used and not left in the driveway.

However, try and leave the car in the driveway and do some walking!

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4 healthy choices to change your life - Los Angeles Times

4 healthy choices to change your life - Los Angeles Times




From the Portal:

This is one of a number of studies now saying the same thing - if you live a good healthy life, then your chances of staying healthy are good. If you don't, then there will be consequences later on in life.

So, recently, I started on a plan of diet and exercise. I do not smoke and my Body Mass Index is way too high. I have now lost about four pounds in weight but more importantly I feel much better. I try to do 10000 steps a day and or engage in some kind of physical activity. I do not eat meat at all and my intake of fruit and vegetables is very good.

Most importantly, I watch my sugar intake closely. It is the sugar in your diet that is the one thing which will put on those extra pounds. So, sweets, cakes and fizzy drinks are out. To be honest, I do not need them and I do not miss them. But there are so many other food products especially processed foods that are loaded with artificial sugar such as Fructose and in particular High Fructose Corn Syrup, which has been added to many food products since the 1960's.

It is this practice alone that has lead to a massive rise in obesity, heart attacks, stroke and most importantly Diabetes, the silent killer.

The silent killer - the reason I call it that is because most people don't even know they have some form of diabetes until it is too late. Diabetes is one of the major factors in all of the major chronic diseases that afflict our society. So, please take some time to think about your lifestyle and see how you can improve it.

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