December21
By: RirianProject
Have you ever wondered why on Earth people would try some of the fad diets that are knocking around? I once knew someone who swore by The Marshmallow Diet. She insisted that it was a tried and true diet where you only eat marshmallows. In case you are wondering, I do not recommend that you only eat marshmallows. However, being the diligent reporter I am, I did Google the diet and found absolutely nothing on this so called diet. You may not have ever been tempted to try The Marshmallow Diet, but some of the following diets may have caught your eye.
The Low Fat Diet sounds reasonable enough. Eating fat would make you fat, right? That’s why a lot of people try the diet, and in theory, it should work because there is actually 9 calories for every gram of fat; but carbs and protein are probably closer to 4 calories. So why doesn’t the diet always work the way we had hoped? Because the chances are, you won’t replace it gram for gram. Eating a reduced fat diet is a good idea, but please remember not to add two helpings of your low fat replacements to your plate!
A Mini Fast (also known as the Hollywood Diet) sounds like it could work for a lot of people. Most of the people I know who are trying to lose weight give up because they don’t see results quickly. A mini fast sounds like it would be right up their alley especially when they find out that the diet is only 2 days long! The problem is that the weight you are going to lose in those two days is all water weight. You see, if you don’t eat food, or if you take a diuretic, your body will flush out water. Since our bodies are made mostly of water, you can see how you can drop “weight” quickly.
Magic Food Diet is a category where a diet consists of eating one type of food. There’s the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet, and I’m sure this is even where we could add the infamous marshmallow diet. The general problem with all of these types of diets is that by severely restricting your intake of healthy foods, even over a period of only 7-12 days, is just not healthy. The weight you take off in that time will never stay off because you will resume eating the way you did before the fad diet started.
Each and every one of you knows exactly what it takes to lose weight. Reduce calories and/or increase activity. It’s the only sure fire way to lose the pounds and the inches and keep them off.
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What We Eat Is How We Think
Anything that goes inside your body directly effects in one way or another, the performance of your brain. It is proven that by eating the right food, not only you can improve your IQ, but more importantly, the stability of your emotional, better and sharper memory. Eating food that is full of nutrients, minerals, and protein is the basic thing in gaining healthy body and mind. There are three main ingredients that the brain needs, that are oxygen, water and nutritional food.
Amino Acid and Neurotransmitters
We all know how the brain cells communicate to each other to us to learn. They need chemicals which is called neurotransmitters. This is the “thing” that will carry all the messages from neuron to neuron. In order to convert amino acids to neurotransmitters, vitamins and minerals are needed. Amino acids can be found in our foods that contains protein such as fish, cheese and meat.
The Foods
Protein – This is the most essential “thing” to make neurotransmitters. It can easily be found in dairies products, meats and fish. Eating these types of healthy and fresh food would be a big boost to the brain cells.
Carbohydrate – This is for to enhance the absorption of tryptophan. It is then being converted to serotonin. Serotonin will take effects after thirty minutes or so making you feel more relaxed and calm. When digestion breaks down the carbohydrate, it changes to glucose. Glucose is the main energy for the brain.
Vitamins and Minerals – These are important in order for the brain to grow and function more healthily. Vitamins such as A, C and E are antioxidants in order to preserve the memory. While vitamin B complex are important as well as it is used to produce energy for the brain.
Doing It Right
Eating right and exercise more will actually make the brain healthier. Missing breakfast will actually make the brain weak as breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Studies show that eating oatmeal for children is good. This is because the oatmeal digests slowly giving the children constant energy and protein. Even old people say that reading a book upside down will increase the flow of the blood which carries oxygen to the brain. This kind of practice will also boost up the brain. Taking small healthy snacks from time to time will actually give more flow of oxygen to the brain. Drinking lots of plain water will keep the brain hydrated.
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