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Super Green Vegetable Juice Recipe

This is nutrient rich tasty, detoxifying, blood sugar controlling green juice that you will just love.

Recipe
Time to make: 12 minutes
Servings: 2 glasses

1 medium green bell pepper
3 small green apples or 2 medium apples
1 stalk of celery
1/2 medium cucumber
2-inch bittergourd (bitter melon) ring

Directions
Wash and cut all your vegetables and apples into a size that is suitable for your juicer. Juice, stir, and drink!

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"When you wake in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy and to love"

- Mise

Terrific Benefits Of Cycling

Cycling your bicycle regularly is a great way to reduce your risk of health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle.

Cycling is a healthy, low-impact exercise which can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is also fun and very little costs are involved.

Riding to work or the shops is one of the most time-efficient ways to combine regular exercise with your everyday routine. An estimated one billion people ride bicycles every day – for transport, recreation and sport.

Cycling to work can be stressful especially in busy city streets. if this the case, make sure to fit in some leisure cycling a few times a month. Cycling by the sea or a lake or a quiet country road is amazing feeling.

Here are some of the terrific benefits of cycling.

- increases the fitness of your heart
- increased muscle strength especially in legs
- improved joint mobility in toes, ankles, knees and hips
- decreased stress levels through fresh air and perhaps nice scenery
- improved posture if keeping back straight
- strengthened bones in the legs in particular
- decreased body fat levels with burning off calories and fat
- prevention or management of disease through exercise and less stress

Benefits of Daily Stretching

Stretching regularly can have benefits for both your mental and physical health. Some of the key benefits include:

Decreased injury risk. Regular stretching may help reduce your risk of joint and muscle injuries.

- Improved athletic performance. Focusing on dynamic stretches before exercising may improve your athletic performance by reducing joint restrictions

- Improved circulation: In a study from a few years back showed that a 4-week static stretching program improved their blood vessel function.

- Increased range of motion. Another study of 24 young adults found that both static and dynamic stretching can improve your range of motion.

- Less pain. A stretching and strengthening routine can significantly reduce pain caused by poor posture.

- Relaxation. Many people find that stretching with deep and slow breathing helps promote feelings of relaxation.

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― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

15 Minute Upper Body Workout At Home

Here is a terrific video showing you all the exercises to work your upper body in 15 minutes at home.

This will help tone your arms, chest, back, and shoulders!

https://youtu.be/0zhvUV1bAVQ

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So What Is A Calorie Answered

We all know about calories and when it comes to losing weight it is always something that needs to be taken into consideration. But what exactly is a calorie. We answer that below.

A calorie is a unit of energy. In the past, scientists have defined "calorie" to mean a unit of energy or heat that could come from a variety of sources, such as coal or gas.

In a nutritional sense, all types of food, whether they are fats, proteins, carbohydrates or sugars are important sources of calories, which people need to live and function.

An article published in the Journal of Nutrition, titled “History of the Calorie in Nutrition,” in 1863, a calorie was defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water from 0 to 1 degree Celsius.

In 1925, calories became scientifically defined in terms of joules, which are units typically used by physicists to describe the amount of work needed to force one newton through one meter.

This is why you sometimes see calories being called kilojoules, especially in Europe and Australia. One calorie equals 4.18 joules; 1 joule equals 0.000239006 of a calorie.

The amount of heat needed to make a calorie differs at different temperatures, so scientists decided to create different types of calories according to their water temperature.

Different temperatures yield different types of calories, such as the small calorie, also called the gram calorie or the 15-degree calorie. This calorie refers to the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5 to 15.5 degrees Celsius.

A calorie in nutrition is actually 1,000 of these small calories. Some researchers use the term kilocalories to refer to the nutritional unit of 1,000 small calories. These units of 1,000 small calories are also sometimes called large calories, dietary calories, nutritional calories, food calories and Calories with a capital C.

Therefore, what Americans see on food labels are actually kilocalories, or kilojoules. When the U.S. Department of Agriculture says that one medium-size apple contains 95 calories, it actually contains 95 kilocalories. (This article uses the term calorie instead of kilocalories.)

Different types of macronutrients have standard amounts of calories. One gram of protein has 4 calories.

One gram of carbohydrates has 4 calories. One gram of fat has 9 calories, according to the McKinley Health Center.

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- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tasty Broccoli Recipe For Kids

This broccoli recipe is full of flavor and yummy for the kids.

Sweet Potato, Broccoli And Zucchini Mash

- 2 tsp olive oil
- 350 g sweet potato (chopped,peeled)
- 1 potato (chopped,peeled)
- 1 small parsnip (chopped,peeled)
- 1 large zucchini (chopped)
- 100 g small broccoli florets

Step 1
Heat oil in a medium saucepan on high. Add sweet potato, potato and parsnip. Cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of water, bring to the boil and simmer, covered for 10 minutes.

Step 2
Add zucchini and broccoli. Stir well and simmer, covered for a further 10 minutes until vegetables are tender.

Step 3
Remove from heat and mash to desired consistency.

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows."

- Helen Keller

Yoga Breathing For Stress And Anxiety

Anxiety is the very real physical, mental and emotional reaction to stress.

Both stress and anxiety can be calmed through the practice of yoga breathing, also called pranayama.

Lets look at one excellent breathing technique called the pursed lips breathing technique

To practice pursed lips breathing, close your mouth and breathe in through your nose while counting to two. Purse your lips like you would to whistle or blow out a candle, and slowly breathe out through pursed lips while counting to four.

Try practicing this four to five times daily.

This breathing technique accomplishes the following;

- Reduces how hard a person has to work to breathe
- Releases air trapped in the lungs
- Promotes relaxation
- Reduces shortness of breath

"Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.”

- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Benefits Of Gardening To Our Health

Planting and caring for flowers, vegetables and shrubs can do wonders to your wellbeing. Even if you don't have a garden, you can have pots around your house or apartment.

You can also join gardening or horticultural societies. There may be garden or vegetable plots that you can rent in your area.

Here are some of the tremendous benefits from having green fingers.

- Gardening builds self-esteem. You will see nice results and it builds confidence. A feeling that you are in tune with mother nature is great.

- Good For your heart as it burns calories and the exertion strengthens your heart.

- Gardening reduces stress. It changes your focus and your mind moves away from your troubles.

- Makes you happy. There are healthy bacteria in soil which can increase levels of serotonin which helps reduce anxiety.

- Improves strength. Lifting, digging, planting, watering etc improves overall body strength and coordination.

- Sunshine. Having the sun shining on you helps with increasing essential Vitamin D and also your calcium levels.

Here is a nice solid high intensive workout for home.

Basic ideas to do cardio at home

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I just realize I do yoga everyday 🤣🤣

"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved."

- George Sand

Benefits of Skipping

Here are some of the great benefits of skipping. Skipping can burn about 200 to 300 calories in a short 15 minute workout. So if you can fit in a bit of skipping every day, then you that is anywhere from 1400 to 2100 calories.

Then you have all the following benefits.

- Cardiovascular fitness
- Leg strength
- Stamina
- Coordination
- Bone strength
- Low impact
- Agility
- Full body workout
- Flexibility
- Endurance

Before starting make sure to warmup working from head to toe. So some light neck rolls, shoulder shrugs, hip flexing, light jogging on the sport.

Also after your skipping session make sure to slow and cool down and finish with some light stretching.

Running For Beginners

If you are new to running or you've had a long break from running, it can feel intimidating to get out there and get going.

But if you get familiar with some basic information about running and follow a nice beginner's schedule, you’ll be well on your way.

So here is few good tips to get you running again.

- Make a goal. It could be to run 5 mile in 6 weeks time or something similar.

- Get medical clearance. Visit your doctor and have them access your health and access your training plan.

- Wear the proper gear. Get new running shoes instead of the old worn out pair. Also have nice light comfortable tracksuit, or shorts and top etc. Have rain gear if you plan to get out there in the wet.

- Warm up. Make sure to do some walking, some light jogging on the spot, swing your arms and make sure your body is nice and loose from the head down. Spend at least 5 minutes on warmup.

- Go easy in the beginning. Start with brisk walking then jog for 1 minute etc. Then back to walking.

- Run with a partner or friend. It is great to have someone to run with. When there is 2 or more, it is not as easy to dip out of a session and it is smore fun with others.

- Warm down and do some light stretching of you legs and ankles in particular at the end of your training session.

- Check for beginner running classes in your area or join a running club.

Here is an example of an 8 week schedule you can use.

WEEK 1: Walk for 6 minutes, then jog at an easy pace for 1 minute. Repeat this 3 times. Aim for three sessions in week 1.

WEEK 2: Walk for 5 minutes, then jog for 2 minutes. Repeat 3 times. Aim for three sessions in week 2.

WEEK 3: Walk for 3 minutes, then jog for 4 minutes. Repeat 5 times. Aim for three sessions in week 2..

WEEK 4: Walk for 2 minutes, then jog for 5 minutes. Repeat 4 times. Again, aim for 3 session this week.

WEEK 5: Walk for 2 minutes, then jog for 9 minutes. Repeat 3 times. Do 3 session this week.

WEEK 6: Walk for 2 minutes, then jog for 10 minutes. Repeat 3 times. Try to do 3 sessions for week 6.

Continue each week by getting to the point where you are running 100% of the time.

Remember to enjoy your time running. Find new routes and join a club, which will help you stay running long term.

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun".

- Christopher McCandless

Terrific video on Omega 6 oils which are processed versus Omega 3 oils. We need to minimize the amount of Omega 6 processed vegetable oils in our diets and then increase the healthy Omega 3 oils. Excellent explanations.

Omega 6 vs Omega 3 What's the difference?

Lemon Mustard Salad Dressing Recipe

Here is a very healthy and tasty dressing for your salads. It is also simple and quick to make.

Here we go.

- 2 lemons, juiced (8 tablespoons of juice)
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (this is my favorite sugar-free brand)
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2/3 teaspoon sea salt

Whisk all the ingredients together. Then, store in a clean, air tight glass jar in your fridge.

You can give it a bit more taste by adding some crushed garlic, freshly chopped herbs, and diced sun-dried tomatoes.

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

― Walt Disney

Best Cheeses To Eat

These cheeses are the healthiest that you can add to your salads and sandwiches.

Goat
Mozzarella
Blue
Feta
Parmesan
Cottage
Ricotta
Swiss
Cheddar

Benefits of Thyme

Using Thyme to your foods has so many benefits. I cook a lot with thyme and especially in my green vegetables.

Here as 7 terrific benefits of Thyme

- Terrific taste.
- Boots the immune system.
- Acts as a natural cough remedy.
- Mood boosting
- Great fragrance
- Can repel pests
- Acts as a disinfectant