15 health tips for the new year

Year after year we make resolutions to exercise regularly, eat well, and give up smoking and other bad habits. Following such basic rules can cut heart disease risk by 80 percent, diabetes risk by 90 percent and cancer risk by 50 percent, according to the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study. But most of us fail to keep our promises to ourselves. Some American experts have given the following tips for

Diet vs. Healthy Eating Plan: 5 Big Differences

Enjoy  these fast five tips to stay clear of fad diets and have a Happy Cinco  de Mayo! Here’s a healthy tip: Dip that guacamole with cucumber slices  or carrot sticks!
So, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you know that Kate Middleton and Prince William got married in a big royal wedding last week. All the talk was about Kate Middleton’s possible crash diet,

Baby Shower Gifts - Perfect Gift For A Mad Mummy And Daddy

There are many different ways of celebrating a new baby on the way the options are endless. It is the holding of a shower party which is the most popular where guests bring along baby shower gifts for the mother-to-be. All presents are normally items that mother and baby need thus helping the new parent in raising the baby.

Looking for ideas on what to give will not be a problem but what you

Smoking Gun In Cancer Revealed; It's The Smoking Throat

OK, smoke fans, the facts are out once again. According to the new and pretty inarguable Cancer Atlas and the updated Tobacco Atlas, which were published by The American Cancer Society, if "Smoky, The Scare" gets his way, tobacco use is projected to kill a billion people in this century. (By the way, wouldn't it be more reassuring if the word "Prevention" was in the Society's name?)

Now, that's

The 4 Key Components of a Healthy Meal Plan

Did you know that organic coconut oil is actually a healthy fat?
Most people admit to feeling a little overwhelmed when it comes to developing a healthy meal plan. In fact, I would guess that’s the biggest reason why most people fail when it comes to a diet of any kind. If it’s too complicated or too difficult, there’s no way you are going to stick with a plan for weight loss. And that’s where

Top 5 Medicinal Plants Herbs

This is the list of my favorite best healing plants. Herbs are really effective in the healing process and most of a pharmaceutical products are based on it.
Ginkgo Biloba increase mental clarity and concentration, as well as increasing alertness and short term memory retention
Aloe vera can be used to treat inflammation, arthritis, stomach ulcers or diabetes.
Peppermint helps with indigestion

12 Days of Christmas Fat Loss Tips

Over the festive period you can gain well over 5 pounds.
You should let your hair down and enjoy every moment but rather than busting your butt for the first 3 months of the year trying to work off the additional calories, instead, focus those 3 months on sculpting, maintaining or improving what great work you've already done in 2011.
Use some (or all) of these Christmas Fat Loss Tips and you

Ten reasons to quit smoking

Within 20 minutes of stopping smoking your blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature return to normal.
 Within 8 hours the carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal and your smokers breath begins to disappear.
 Within 3 days your chance of having a heart attack decreases and your nerve endings begin to redevelop. Your ability to smell and taste improves dramatically. Breathing

15 Fat Burning Foods - Eating Your Way To Natural Fat Loss

Quickly, can you name 15 fat burning foods in the next 30 seconds? How did you do? Well, there are a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that are hyped as foods that you can eat to help you to lose weight. They are also known as negative calorie foods and have what is known as a high 'thermogenic' value. In other words, they use more calories in the digestive process than what is actually

The Cost Of Your Sleepless Nights: $2,280 A Year

Here's a wake-up call for workers everywhere: Your sleepless nights are costing you. And we're not just talking about that $19.95 you spent on the perfect meatloaf pan at 2 a.m.
The average American employee loses about 11.3 days of productivity per year due to insomnia, according to a new study in the journal Sleep. When converted to cash, that's about $2,280. And spread across the national

The #1 Fun Way to Get Healthy

It’s the most social time of the year—but it’s also the most difficult time to stay on a diet, stick to a regular workout schedule or even look after your well being in general! Still, there’s good news: Your waistline and health won’t suffer as long as you celebrate the season with an eye toward the big picture. In fact, spending time with friends and loved ones has several proven mind and body

Sweet Potato, Parsnip and Kasha Pie

adapted from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
Serves 6



Filling:
1/2 cup kasha
1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
1/2 tablespoon butter or extra virgin olive oil
2 cups grated parsnips (about 8 ounces)
2 cups grated sweet potatoes (about 8 ounces)
1 shallot, coarsely chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped or 2 teaspoons dried thyme
salt and pepper to taste
1

Reduce Cholesterol with Nuts

To Combat the cholesterol we must back to nature, this quoted often use by people that want to reduce cholesterol. In nature many fruit and seed which can use to keep healthy like reduce cholesterol. Researchers from Loma Linda University, United States, reported that consumption of nuts effective for lowering blood cholesterol levels.Results of analysis of 25 studies involving 600

Fava Beans with Tomatoes

Serves 6. Inspired by Khaled and Altef at the 9th Ave. Deli



1 1/2 cup fava beans, mashed
16 ounces crushed tomatoes
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

1) Drain and rinse fava beans; then mash and set aside.

2) In a medium sauce pan, heat

Veggie Might: Cooking for Survival Eaters

Survival eaters are the opposite of foodies. They eat because, as humans, our bodies require calories to function. When they are not hungry, food doesn't enter a survival eater's mind.
I've known a few survival eaters in my time, folks who can subsist on bits of fruit and bread and don't get excited about steaming plate of enchiladas or a decadent apple pie a la mode. My friend C will

Healthy and Delicious with Kefir

Since hundreds of years ago kefir has been recognized as a health drink, rich in nutrients, and able to ward off various diseases. These dairy products can cause a pleasant feeling.

Kefir is a drink derived from milk, fermented by a number of microorganisms, namely lactic acid-producing bacteria (BAL), acetic acid-producing bacteria and yeast (yeast).

Increased Folic Acid
The main ingredient is

Eating Celery Before Making Love, Wonderful

You want passionate for making love with your wife, you no need to eat any drug with expensive price. One that you must looking for, what is it?. It is celery. Celery have great effect for rise passionate sex, if you want to increase your passionate sex, eat and consume the celery before you making love.

Eating celery before or when making love can perceived by man and woman. Celery