Latte Coffee Art - Weight Loss with Creativity

July 30, 2012 0 comments
The video below is taken from YouTube and shows you art of making latte coffee.



So...maybe with losing few pounds you can also impress your friends with this art.


4 Before Workout Tips that You Should Know

July 2, 2012 0 comments
An effective workout and results depend upon many factors. These include your body clock, physical and mental stress, proper technique and food. What you eat before and after workout is one of the essential elements to make you lean or to buff you up. This post is first part of two posts (before and after) about workout.

For maximum result from your workout these are simple 'things-to-do' that you can follow.

Time and Diet: If you are one of those who are early riser and hit the gym or tracks, you do not have enough time to get high source of energy. In this case you can eat high amount of carbohydrate rather than focusing on proteins. Carbs (fruits and juices like apples, oranges, bananas etc.) get digested easily and can help you with the required energy.
If you have enough time to go to gym, you have choices of food to eat which can contain carbs, proteins, fibers etc.
Basic Rule: Less time you have, lighter you should eat.
This study might help you understand more.

The Gym or Workout: Never hit the gym or try to do workout empty stomach. The stress that exercises need and your sugar level are not sufficient enough to match your workout. This may lead to hypoglycemia, a condition that will make you prone to fatigue.

Types of Body: If you are diabetic, you can workout soon (after 20 - 30 minutes) after a heavy meal. If you are a regular person, you should wait for two to three hours before you start working out. The simple reason behind this is, in diabetic sugar levels are already high and optimum sugar level is necessary for maximum workout results.

Prefer Simple Crabs: Simple carbohydrates are easy to break and convert for workout and hence are preferred if you are looking for a good diet source. The list of sources that contains simple crabs are given below.
  • All fruits and vegetables (these are sources of natural sugar)
  • biscuits, cakes and pastries
  • chocolate
  • honey and jams
  • jellies
  • brown and white cane sugar
  • pizzas
  • prepared foods and sauces
  • soft drinks
  • sweets and snack bars
Prefer natural sugar (fruits and vegetables) rather than refined sugar as refined sugar has other sweetness related side effects too.

If you are go to gym, doing exercises and still not getting results, you might be preparing yourself in a wrongful at the first place. (Read: Weightloss Tips You Should Never Follow) The bottom line is if you are going for a workout, eating anything or simple going empty stomach won't give you results. In order to burn calories, you need calories and healthy food is the best source.

5 Best Foods to Detox Your Body

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We all are living in the era of toxic food and drinks. You at times might feel overindulged, sluggish, de-energized or just like lying on the bed. This might be the time that your body is giving you signals that you need to detox your body from these toxins.

These list of 5 food does not only help to detox your body but also to improve your energy levels, lose weight, boost your mood and make you more lively.

1. Lemon: Lemons are great source of vitamin C and is globally used for detoxing body. Not only lemon fight against diseases and free radicals, but also lemons is considered as great source for improving your immune system and making your skin healthy. A slice of lemon or a glass of lemon juice can help you regain that lost energy and cleanse your system.

2. Ginger: If you had the evening full of fatty food and alcohol or if you are getting that nausea feeling, nothing suits you better than ginger. Gingers are recommended source and are full of antioxidants. It can help you improve your digestion system as well as immune system. You can use ginger in ginger tea, or in fruit juice, whichever way you like.

3. Garlic: Garlic has a long history and is best known to cure heart diseases. Characteristics like being antiviral, antibacterial and antibiotic can help you to make your immune system grow stronger. You can eat it raw (recommended) or you can use it as a paste in salad or other food that can be eaten raw.

4. Beetroot: There are many benefits of eating beetroot. If you are one of those people who do not like eating, maybe you should think again. Beetroots are packed with iron, vitamin C, magnesium and make your skin, hair, liver and digestive system healthier. Also, beetroot helps in detoxification, making it one of the top five detox food. You can always eat beetroot in raw form, or salad or as beetroot juice.

5. Green Tea:Green Tea is known for its weight loss qualities. Buy only few know that it also helps in flushing toxins out of your body. The antioxidant property of green tea can help you to get healthy and also help to make your liver stronger and boost your immune system to fight against diseases.

You can use these and many more natural food like Watercress, brown rice, cabbage, fruits etc. to detox your body. You can take these as morning breakfast (Read: 5 Reasons not to Avoid Breakfast), or in lunch as salads or evening snacks with green tea or other creative ways you can think of.
Stay Healthy...stay Fit.