LiveingWell Health News Letter
Dedicated to alternative healing. Through body balance, health, nutrition & Fitness
1. Eating for Health, Happiness and Successful Weight Control 2. HERBAL
3. HEALTH SITES 4. RECIPE 5. FACTS & TIPS 6. IN THE NEWS
7. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 8. FEATURED ADS 9. THOUGHT OF THE DAY
Eating for Health, Happiness and Successful Weight Control
by Dr. William Parsons
Don't diet, just eat and lose weight!
First, the following "diet" is really not a diet, in the conventional sense, but a natural way of eating. It allows
one to eat essentially anything one wishes, while attaining weight loss or weight control goals and consuming
the necessary nutrients for a long and healthful life. The term "diet" implies restrictions by either eliminating
or radically reducing the intake of certain foods or food groups. Most diets are
inappropriate, unhealthful (some are even dangerous) and ultimately doomed to fail.
The most important objective of eating any food is to provide the body with all the essential nutrients for a long
and healthful life. Almost every food provides some element needed by your body. If you do not care about
being healthy, avoiding sickness and disease and living a long life, then this natural way of eating is not for you.
The second most important reason for eating any food is because you enjoy it and it makes you
happy. It is highly unlikely that you will consistently, and for long term, eat foods that you do not enjoy.
Similarly, it is extremely unlikely that you will be able to completely eliminate foods that you do enjoy from
your diet. Many diets and dieticians expect a person to continually keep count of every calorie, carbohydrate
and/or gram of fat that enters your mouth! Again, what is likelihood of being able to maintain this tedious ritual
for any meaningful length of time? Nothing could be more depressing and stress-inducing as the constant
monitoring of calories, carbs or fat. Therefore, if enjoying your meals is not important to you, then this natural
way of eating is probably not for you. Finally, you should eat food to maintain an appropriate weight for your
height and frame. Being over-weight or under-weight is not conducive to a long, healthful life nor does it
promote a positive self image. If being too heavy or too thin is not important to you, than this natural way of
eating may not be for you.
Tips for Successful Weight Control
Lose or gain weight because you want to and not to please others. Otherwise, you will not be sufficiently
motivated to change your bad eating habits. In fact, when the inevitable happens and you fail to achieve you
goal, it will reinforce and, most probably, escalate the inappropriate behavior (i.e. over-eating,
exclusively eating junk food, bulimia, etc.)
You must begin this natural way of eating with a positive outlook and the belief that you can achieve your goals
with a minimal amount of effort. If you lack the self-confidence and motivation, or you do not believe that you
can lose or gain weight, you will not!
It is extremely important for you to learn about the nutrients contained in the foods you eat. This is the only
part of this natural way of eating that requires some effort on your part. The only way to accomplish this is to
read. The internet is probably the best and easiest venue for obtaining this type of information. The following
are excellent sources of health and nutrition-related information:
1) Medline Plus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodnutritionandmetabolism.html
2) Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
3) McKinley Health Center - http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/
4) USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
Remember, the key to weight control is to be healthy, happy and fit. You must understand which foods will
provide these three, all-important elements. Believe it or not, there are foods which you enjoy that are actually
good for you!
Incredibly, many overweight people actually do not eat enough! Listen to your body, not your mind. Your body
knows when it has had the appropriate amount of food and, more importantly, the appropriate amount of
nutrition. Because many people do not understand nutrition, they eat food that does not supply
sufficient nutrients to the body. They will feel hungry even after a large meal because theirs bodies are
"starving" for proper nutrition. For this reason, most diets do not work or the individual cannot stay with the
diet because it is an unnatural way of eating. Your body literally believes it is starving; therefore, it will take
actions to survive the famine. It is a self-preservation mechanism, if you will. The body begins drawing off your
muscles and stores the fat for later use in the event that it does not receive the necessary nourishment
for an extended period of time. When a person finally falls off the diet (which is inevitable), they gain back all
the lost weight and, in many cases, even more! The reason is because it takes the body sometime to adjust
from its self-preservation mode, so all the food that is consumed is stored as fat while your
body continues to draw from muscle.
There is no such thing as losing weight fast. It will take 3 to 6 months (or more depending on the amount of
weight loss needed), to lose a significant amount of weight. The good news is that once you have lost the weight,
you should not gain it back because you will have learned about the food you eat.
Yes, you have heard it before and you are now going to hear it again - exercise! Even a small amount of
exercise (1/2 hour per day, 3 days per week) will greatly accelerate weight control.
If you feel like having a snack or something sweet, have it. Your body is telling you it needs something. Of
coarse, it would be better to eat a piece of fruit rather than a candy bar.
However, either is preferable to over-eating at your next meal or agonizing over the decision to indulge the
urge.
Dr. Parsons reveals the keys to successful weight loss in the remainder of this article, which you can receive
absolutely FREE, by visiting Health Products USA http://www.healthproductsusa.net
William Parsons
2. HERBAL:
Burdock Root
What it is used for: The roots and seeds help eliminate toxins from the body. Burdock root reduces blood acidity which helps to relieve inflammation in the joints and stimulates the digestive system. It also reduces overall fatigue and relieves herpes symptioms. Take as a decoction.
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4. RECIPE :
Baked Eggplant with Mushroom-and-Tomato Sauce
1 peeled eggplant, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 1 1/4 pounds)
Cooking spray
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 (8-ounce) package presliced mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
1 (8-ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce, divided
2/3 cup (about 3 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Preheat broiler.
Arrange the eggplant slices on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; broil 3 minutes on each side
or until lightly browned.
Preheat oven to 375°.
Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat; add onion and next 4 ingredients
(onion through mushrooms). Cover and cook 7 minutes or until tender, stirring mixture occasionally. Increase
heat to medium-high; uncover and cook for 2 minutes or until liquid evaporates.
Spread half of mushroom mixture in bottom of a 1 1/2-quart round baking dish coated with cooking spray.
Arrange half of eggplant slices over mushroom mixture; sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Top with 1/2 cup
tomato sauce and 1/3 cup mozzarella. Spread remaining mushroom mixture over mozzarella; top with remaining
eggplant slices. Sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon pepper; top with remaining tomato sauce. Cover and bake at 375° for
1 hour. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup mozzarella and Parmesan. Bake, uncovered, 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
Let stand 10 minutes.
Yield: 4 servings
NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 168(30% from fat); FAT 5.6g(sat 3.2g,mono 1.5g,poly 0.5g); PROTEIN 10.9g; CHOLESTEROL
16mg; CALCIUM 236mg; SODIUM 369mg; FIBER 6.1g; IRON 2.1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 21g
5. FACTS AND TIPS:
Sent in by a reader
A true story: Susie is re-cooping at an incredible pace for someone
with a massive stroke - all because Sherry saw Susie stumble - -
That is the key that isn't mentioned below - and then she asked Susie
the 3 questions. So simple - - this literally saved Susie's life - -
Some angel sent it to Suzie's friend and they did just what it said to do.
Suzie failed all three so 911 was called. Even though she had normal
Blood pressure readings and did not appear to have a stroke as she could
converse to some extent with the Paramedics they took her to the
hospital right away. Thank God for the sense to remember the 3 steps!
Read and Learn!
SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO KNOW, IS IT A STROKE?
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke
victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize
the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize
a stroke by asking three simple questions:
Ask the individual to SMILE.
Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE.
If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1
After discovering that a group of nonmedical volunteers could identify
facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the
general public to learn the three questions. They presented their
conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last
February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis
and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.
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9. Thought of the Day:
" The more you share with others the more you have."
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