5 INGREDIENT FAT FLUSH WATER. . .

This water was featured on The Biggest Loser. There are many variations of it all simple, all delicious. 

Grapefruit has tons of vitamin C to help your body turn fat into fuel. Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice is one of the best things for your body. Grapefruits contain high amounts of Vitamin C, which helps your body to detoxify naturally. This drink helps your liver do the job it was meant to do – detoxify and metabolize your body!

Tangerine increases your sensitivity to insulin, stabilizes blood sugar, and stimulates genes to burn fat.

Cucumber helps you feel full and acts as a natural diuretic, which means less bloating and water retention.

Peppermint promotes better digestion and stomach calm. Make a big pitcher (64oz) of Fat Flush Water at night, and drink the next day, throughout the day.

7 Dangerous Acts After a Meal. . .

1. Don’t smoke - Experiments from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher)

Tips for Healthy Eating. . .

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. It doesn't have to be difficult either. Just follow these diet tips to get started.

Ø  Eat the right number of calories for how active you are, so that you balance the energy you consume with the energy you use. If you eat or drink too much, you’ll put on weight. If you eat and drink too little, you’ll lose weight. The average man needs around 2,500 calories a day. The average woman needs 2,000 calories. Most adults are eating more calories than they need, and should eat fewer calories.

Ø  Eat a wide range of foods to ensure that you’re getting a balanced diet and that your body is receiving all the nutrients it needs.

These practical tips cover the basics of healthy eating, and can help you make healthier choices:

Environmental Emergencies: Heat Stroke

Heat Stroke is an acute medical emergency caused by failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body. It usually occurs during extended heat waves, especially when they are accompanied by high humidity. People at risk are those not acclimatized to heat, those who are elderly or very young, those unable to care for themselves, those with chronic and debilitating diseases, and those taking certain medication (eg. Tranquilizers, anticholinergics, diuretics and beta-blocking agents). Excertional heat stroke occurs in healthy individuals during sports or work activities, ex. exercising in strong heat and humidity.  Hyperthermia results because of inadequate heat loss. This type of heat stroke can also cause death.

TOP 10 BIGGEST BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS!

According to world health organization following are such habits that will damage your brain severely:

1. No Breakfast – Due to our busy schedule, many of us forget to take breakfast. People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

Best Quit – Smoking Tips ever

"The idea is to get the smoker to do something with the hands and mouth that is not smoking -- but it might actually be good to engage in some of these behaviors before quitting.

1. Know Why You Want to Quit

So you want to quit smoking, but do you know why? "Because it's bad for you" isn't good enough. To get motivated, you need a powerful, personal reason to quit. Maybe you want to protect your family from secondhand smoke. Maybe the thought of lung cancer frightens you. Or maybe you’d like to look and feel younger. Choose a reason that is strong enough to outweigh the urge to light up.

DEPRESSION: Why it’s Different for Men?

Women in our culture know they are distressed and they reach out for help. But, men express depression differently. According to statistic, approximately 25% of all women suffer from depression and about 15% of men – but some researchers question the latter number. Men are less likely than women to seek mental- health treatment in general. The tendency to tough it out rather than ask for help is just one of several reasons why experts believe the oft-quoted statistic are artificially low. Men express emotional pain differently from women, so their symptoms are not always recognized and their depression goes undetected. Fortunately, however, when the condition is recognized, there are many ways it can be successfully treated.

Best Anti - Aging Foods!

Berries

Stocked with antioxidants, these yummy snacks neutralize damaging free radicals. They also help the body manufacture collagen, leaving your skin firm and smooth.

Weight Loss Tips for Women

Quick Weight Loss Tips for Women: Diet

The first thing you need to be asking yourself – how healthy is your diet? Note down where all improvements can be done, so that you can remove fried or oily foods, with non-fried and healthier foods. Also, reduce the amount of desserts, and replace them with a dessert which is made with fresh fruits. So, first make a weekly meal plan which includes healthy recipes.

Breaking your meals into 5-6 small meals is a better idea, as this will improve your metabolism and won’t let your binge. If you are pressed for time, then just make a quick smoothie, using fresh unflavored yogurt and berries.

To help the body improve its digestion capacity, include some metabolism boosters. 4-5 cups of green tea, lots of water every day, having a glass of cold water with a juice of 1 lemon, during the morning, and exercising are good ways to boost your metabolism naturally.

Fast Weight Loss Tips for Women: Exercise

If you are spending most of your time at home, then you can do workouts at home. Just play some high beat music, wear comfortable clothes and do all the chores like sweeping, swapping, clearing up clutter fast. Also, take your dog for a walk; playing with your children can greatly help.

If you tend to spend most of the time at workplace, then learning some office weight loss exercises for women can help you to lose weight. Avoid taking the lift, and use stairs. Also, after few hours take a break and stretch your body. There are certain exercises like the vacuum pose exercise, which involves pulling your belly button in and holding it for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, which can help you lose weight. You can also learn other desk workouts, and do them whenever you can find free time. However, if you are looking for weight loss tips for women over 40s, and can dedicate an hour to working out, then gym workout routine for women is a good idea.

Food for Brain Energy Boosters

You've probably heard that certain foods can help your memory improve, and will allow you to think with better clarity.

Keep in mind that all cells need nutrients to continue their growth. This means your brain needs foods that will give it the building blocks it needs to work right. When you have more neurons and connections within your brain, it means you have a stronger memory and your mind can work better.

Build Your Brain: Healthy Fats

The majority of the cell structure in the brain consists of healthy fats, including the most important healthy fats, called Omega-3 fatty acids. As the brain continues to fix itself and grow additional neurons, it needs a good amount of Omega-3s to be consumed.

The best food sources to get your Omega-3 from, in order of importance, are:

Wild Salmon

Deep-water fish, such as salmon, are rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, not only good for the heart but for the brain function as well, Our brain neurons are coated with fats and omega-3 fatty acids can provide a good coating to keep the brain activities up and running.  Too much cholesterol only makes our neurons stiffer and our brain’ capacity to store information will be greatly reduced without the good fats.

Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E, says Pratt, explaining that higher levels of vitamin E correspond with less cognitive decline as you get older. Add an ounce a day of walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, filberts, almonds, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seed, and unhydrogenated nut butters such as peanut butter, almond butter, and tahini. . In addition to these, nuts and seeds are also rich sources of Vitamin E, thiamine and magnesium that are all known to keep our brains in tip-top shape. Just be careful with the salt content especially if you’re hypertensive.

Whole grains
Whole grains, such as oatmeal, whole-grain breads, and brown rice can reduce the risk for heart disease. Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow. If you promote cardiovascular health, you're promoting good flow to the organ system, which includes the brain.

Protect Your Brain (Antioxidant)

As people get older, substances called free radicals, which are floating through the bloodstream, will break down the brain cells. If you don’t put up a fight, you’ll experience loss of memory as you age. However, there are a good deal of antioxidant food sources to choose from. Antioxidants will merge with these free radicals, turning them harmless. Make sure you eat foods that have this healthy food source.

A cup of blueberries a day in any form -- fresh, frozen, or freeze-dried is also known to improve one’s learning abilities and motor skills so a delectable blueberry dessert must be the perfect choice if you want to harness your brain powers.

Grapes: Eat grapes and notice a sudden boost in your energy

Dried Figs: Can serve as your spare energy pack. It has more potassium than bananas, more calcium than milk and is also a good source of dietary fiber. You won’t believe that figs don’t contain cholesterol, fats, or sodium. It can keep you pumped up all day long. The reason why figs are a good pick than processed sugar in junk foods, because figs contain natural, easily digestible, slow burning sugars

Ginseng can also be used to boost your energy levels in the morning that can last the whole day. It can lower your stress levels; improve your memory and immune system. Ginseng can also stabilize your blood sugar so you won’t crash when you’re hungry

Make a Cayenne pepper: Combine 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper into a cup of warm water. Drink it down and experience some boost of energy in your system. If you need to stay up all night, prepare a quart of any kind of juice without sugar or preservatives on it. Add 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in your prepared sugarless juice. Now take this mixture if you feel sleepy

Dark chocolate 
Let's end with the good stuff. Dark chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties, contains several natural stimulants, including caffeine, which enhance focus and concentration. It also stimulates the production of happy hormones called endorphins so dark chocolates can literally lift up your moods. One-half ounce to 1 ounce a day will provide all the benefits you need.

Add these foods to your daily diet, and will help increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.

10 Reasons Why eating Breakfast is Important

HEALTHY EATING HABITS – 
It is well established that people who eat breakfast consume less fat and cholesterol and more vitamins, minerals, and fiber than people who skip breakfast.

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT –
 The National Weight Control Registry reported that people who eat breakfast have an easier time managing their weight than people who skip
breakfast.

PORTION CONTROL – 
In general, people who eat breakfast have an easier time controlling their caloric intake throughout the day than those who don’t.

REDUCED RISK OF DIABETES – 
A report by the American Heart Association showed that people who eat breakfast are significantly less likely to develop diabetes than people who skip breakfast.

MORE ENERGY –
 A healthy breakfast can provide your body with the nutrients that you need to stay energized for several hours.

FITNESS – 
It is believed that people who eat breakfast have more energy and therefore may participate in more physical activity than people who skip breakfast.

FOCUS – 
According to the American Dietetic Association, people who eat breakfast have an easier time focusing and are more productive throughout the morning than people who skip breakfast.

MEMORY –
 Eating breakfast improves memory and learning.

BETTER MOOD – 
Skipping breakfast can make you feel grumpy and fatigued throughout the day. Taking just 10 minutes to eat something in the morning can really improve your mood.

BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL – 
Help your children to develop healthy eating habits at an early age by encouraging them to eat breakfast. If they see you eating breakfast, they are more likely to eat breakfast too.

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Smile! Smiling is Good for Your Health... :)

Smile! Smiling makes you happy, more attractive and look younger. . . :)

Smile! Smiling makes you look younger.

This is true. Smiling lifts the face and makes you look younger. The muscles you use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger.

Smile! Smiling makes you more attractive.

Studies show that smiling makes you more attractive, sincere, sociable, and competent. Say you are already attractive--becoming more attractive, is even better, don't you think? And it doesn't cost you a penny. Such a waste of money being spent on cosmetics and Botox to make you look good, when all you need to wear is a smile on your face.

Smile! Smiling is good for your health.

Smiling changes your moods for the better, relieves stress, boosts your immune system, lowers our blood pressure, and releases endorphins, natural pain killers and serotonin... together these three makes you feel good, so smiling is a natural drug. Wow, better than sex.

Scientific studies also show that smiling leads to physiological changes in the brain, actually cooling the blood in the face, which in turn gives a feeling of happiness. Other research has shown that the very act of smiling releases more serotonin, the so-called "happy chemical" in the brain. So, does that include a fake smile? Well, good news for fakers - even a smile that starts out fake, could lead to genuine happiness. Imagine that! Also, Psychologist Professor Diener has found in his research on Subjective Well-Being, happy people live 9 years longer than depressed people. So, SMILE! Smiling makes you happy and happy people live longer than unhappy ones.

Now, let' all try this test...

Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It's hard. When you smile your body is sending the rest of you a message that "Life is good!"

Smile! Smiling is contagious!

Have you noticed that when you smile at someone, that someone, more often than not, smiles back at you? That's because smiling is contagious. Well, I'd rather catch a smile than catch a cold, wouldn't you? When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier.

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"If you smile you can change yourself, others and your future."- Japanese proverb

So SMILE! A smile is one of the best gifts you can give someone, and it costs nothing at all. Smiling spreads happiness to everyone around us. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make the old Japanese proverb come true?

And remember, it's easier to smile than to frown - it takes 43 facial muscles to create a frown, and only 17 to generate a smile.

So there you go. Smiling makes you more attractive - that's a big plus. Smiling makes you look younger - OMG, that's a HUGE plus. And to top it off, smiling is good for your health.

Three cheers for SMILE. HIP HIP HOORAY!!!

So, are you smiling? Yes? Then, Life is Good, my friend.

Detoxify Your Body. . .

Do you think fasting is the only way to detoxify the body??

I am a big fan of Detoxification! Even if we stop polluting our world right now, we will be dealing with the past damage for decades to come. I believe that the healthiest people in this millennium will be those who are the best detoxifiers. This is why I am totally against juice fasting and fasting in general for detoxification.

The body detoxifies in two phases. In the first phase the body releases the toxins from the tissues where they are stored. In the second phase the body eliminates these toxins through the sweat, feces and urine.

The second phase of excretion is dependent on amino acids (from protein) and if these are not readily available this whole process slows down or stops. 

You are freeing up the toxins and now they are roaming around your body which is a far worse situation than leaving them where they were sequestered in the first place. If you are doing a 'cleanse' or detoxification program through fasting or starving and you feel terrible this is probably what is happening and it means you are making yourself worse not better!

A MUST for Detox:

• Fill up with fiber through fruits, vegetables and cereals

• Drink 10 -12 glasses of water through the day

• Supplement with 1 or more servings of a green leafy vegetable drink daily

• Increase sulfur containing foods including garlic, onions and eggs (providing you don’t have sensitivity to them)

• Eat some high quality clean lean protein at each meal

• Eat 5 or more servings of organic non-starchy veggies and 1- 

2 servings of low glycemic fruits per day

• Increase circulation by walking for 30-40 minutes every day

• Take nutrients that support overall detoxification by eating the perfect food combinations.

If you are worried about your weight loss, remember that healthy is not just about the race to being size zero. By cutting carbs completely, you cut off the fuel supply. Your aim should be healthy bodies first; thin will follow. Besides, you wouldn't want problems like constipation, bad breath and bingeing on sugars, would you? That's exactly what happens when you stay off carbs completely.

Consistent daily detoxification can help overcome weight loss resistance, improve thyroid and overall hormone function, improve skin and help with overall mood and brain function. Make detoxification a daily habit as you are getting inundated with toxins on a daily basis. As far as toxins go ... better out than in!