Have you read Richard Dawkins?
I wish my science teachers had been half as kind. I would have majored in science then. The way we’ve been taught science has just sucked out any wonder there may be left within us. My case anyway.
Even for those who pooh-pooh the evolution theory his books are worth the read.
I’ve been reading one of his books on evolution and I’m overwhelmed by the way he connects one concester to the next.
Check out his website.
For those of you who are fascinated by obesity myths this article by Gina Kolata is a good read. She deconstructs the factors responsible for obesity-it’s not just calories and exercise. It’s your DNA, the conditions you were exposed to when you were in your mother’s womb and a whole lot of other factors.
Check out America’s Biblical Health Coach Jordan Rubin’s(author of best-selling books such as The Maker’s Diet and The Great Physician’s Rx for Health and Wellness) health formulae in his three new titles-The Great Physician’s Rx for Arthritis, The Great Physician’s Rx for High Cholesterol, and The Great Physician’s Rx for Heartburn and Acid Reflux.
Thought only girls were anorexic? Catch I’m a Boy Anorexic on the BBC, slated for Sep 9.
“I was not delicious. I was slightly salty. But I was my own breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks. I was eating myself, I see now, alive.” says Judith Moore in her book Fat Girl.
I like the way Judith explains why she wrote fat girl in the first place. She talks about things like what food means to a fat person. I wondered about this when I saw an interview of one celebrity who talked about his weight loss story. When he talked he made analogies to food and taste. Normally losing weight is a struggle against your love for food and Judith explores that reality- something that is usually ignored.
Check out the review here.
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I’ve heard of face reading but a diet based on the tone, texture and shape of the face?
Well celebrity nutritionist Elizabeth Gibaud seems to know about that. Her book The Facial Analysis Diet explain diet plans that cater to your face type. Your face could reveal a lot of things about your eating habits. If you have open pores it means you have too much acidic intake. Lines on your forehead reveal that you are having too much rich food. What Gibaud prescribes is a limited spartan diet that substitutes the wrong food for the right kind.
You can also check out th Chinese method of how face reading can determine disease. What kind of face do you have:is it earth, fire or metal? Find out reading this web site.
Check out Michael Moore’s movie Sicko. In this movie he analyzes the problems associated with America’s health care system. There is a case of patient dumping;a disoriented homeless woman is left to the streets.
Homelessness and healthcare don’t seem to have a common ground. If you’re homeless and sick, you might as well disappear on to the streets as noone can take care of you and cover your expenses.
The film, which opened Friday, suggests the need for a tax-funded, universal plan(sans private insurance) used in Europe and Canada.
“Sicko” wants to change the fact that in America patients with insurance are denied coverage because of fine print policies that there are no getting around by.
Have you heard about Harley Pasternak’s latest book? The 5 Factor Diet Plan is all about how to lose weight using five ingredients comprising mostly foods high in protein and low in fat, in five minutes, and with five meals a day.
Since Harley Pasternak is a fitness trainer for the Hollywood clan, his advice will have to be reliable. You’ll get over a 100 recipes that will help you eat right.Plus a five-week diet program and a success log for you to follow.
You get a take on five-minute workouts too. Now that I really want to know.
More here.
Ursula writes a fantastically funny review on The Skinny Bitch, a book that has made it big because Posh was caught reading it. This book is all about how eating a healthy organic diet can keep you away from plus size frenzy.
This book is a no-nonsense guide for girls who want to Stop eating crap and start looking fabulous. The author Rory Freedman, a former agent for Ford Models, seems to be an expert in diet, health, traditional, and holistic nutrition. Kim Barnouin is a former model who holds a Masters of Science degree in Holistic Nutrition. Both authors have successfully counseled models, actors, athletes, and other professionals using the Skinny Bitch method.
The idea is to rechannel your energies by eating the right foods. The question that critics are asking is does it make sense for a former model who is already wafer thin to give advice? Dare a skinny b***h advise a size 16 person?
Jimmy Moore of the Livin’La Vida LoCarb blog puts it this way:
The “Skinny Bitch” approach can be narrowed down to one simple statement: Starve yourself until nobody can stand to be around you anymore and then write a book sharing every single little thought that you would like to tell someone if they were there to listen to you.
A lot of dieting methodologies go for the low food quotient. Eat less, live longer(or starve longer…whatever way you like to put it). But for people low on metabolism(the thinner people in the world), the method works. If you are high on the pounds, this method will probably leave you feeling irritable. If on the other hand, you believe that veganism is not equivalent to starvation, you might want to consider this.
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Another book I found in the running is The Incredible Shrinking Critic. It’s a how-I-lost-the-pounds kind of book and good reading. Reading about how someone else lost weight always inspires you to lose weight.
A gist of the book from Chris’s book review:
- Lasting weight loss is about strategy, not willpower (plan for contingencies).
- Weight loss is a by-product of healthy living, not an end in itself.
- Being connected to a healthy lifestyle to some degree at all times is more efficient in the long run than being “perfect” a fraction of the time.
-Act as if you believe in yourself, and it will become so.
- Weight loss isn’t about numbers, it is about change.
- You’ve reached your goal not when the scale hits the sweet spot but when you embrace the behaviors it takes to keep you there.
- Unwise, better, best: Losing weight involves a series of choices along a sliding scale.
Barnard is a film critic and she has style: “Most people who successfully lose weight report a click, a turning point. One minute, losing weight seems impossible, unthinkable. You’d rather go down fighting with a piping hot, lightly salted, tender-crisp clutch of fries in your defiant fist. The next minute, you’re the Zen master of weight loss.”
Bernard’s tryst with food triggers and food angst is detailed here.
I’ll say check it out!
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Speaking of book titles this is one title that I thought was worth reading. Japanese women don’t get Old or Fat is a book that talks about the benefits of the Japanese diet .
The secret to staying light is obviously eating less, eating brown rice as opposed to white and having the proverbial enormous dose of fruits and vegetables.
Ajay sums it up so well that I have an excerpt here:
1. Practice hara hachi bunme - eat until you are 80 per cent full.
2. Become a master portion controller - serve modest-sized portions on small, beautiful tableware.
3. Eat and chew your food at a leisurely pace, savoring every bite.
4. Take special time to admire the beauty of your food and its presentation.
5. Eat more fish, fruits and vegetables - and fewer saturated fats and trans fats.
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The best way to stay young when you are growing old is to get into the exercise routine. Another helper is the Mental Workout. How do you do it?
1. You could start using software like Mindfit.
2. Change your lifestyle. If you have the money and the health to go with it, travel around the world!
3. Pursue new interests. It could be playing sudoku or word games. It could be a new hobby like craft.
4.Watch Television. Television has had a positive effect on the lives of many old people whose kids are far away and whose lives are pretty much reduced to the boredom of retirement.
5. Socialize. The best outlet that any older person can have is while he/she makes friends.
There’s a lot of interesting diet and health web sites out there.
Here’s one called FitDay. It’s completely free and some features include:
-Tracking your foods, exercises, weight and goals
-Viewing your calorie intake, nutrition, weight Loss and more
With a free online account, all you have to do is enter your daily foods and exercise and you’ll get an appropriate analysis. If you opt for the PC version you don’t have to do it online.
Now is entering all your meals into a software package easier than keeping a food diary? Once you get into the swing of things and set achievable targets, it may be a tech-savvy kind of way to get fit. Plus you get the information you’ve added analyzed which is something you won’t bother to do if you keep a food diary.
Check it out.
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Which is your all-time favorite health and well-being book?It would be great if you could send in the name of the book and author. I’d like to feature some of the best entries.
How stressed out are you? I found a very good stress indicator on this page: Interactive Tool: What Is Your Stress Level?
What happens when you get stressed out?Too much of stress hormone is released and that affects your immunity. The more stressed out you are the more difficult it is to battle infection. Being stressed out doesn’t help you solve a problem. It usually aggravates the problem.
Stress and Disease: New Perspectives is a great article if you want a medical perspective on how bad too much stress can be.
Identifying the source of your problems can be a first step toward solving your problems. Is it marital stress or is it work pressure? Do you by any chance have multiples? Has there been a death in the family or have you lost someone you love deeply? A health professional could help you if you feel the world is coming to an end and you have too much to handle. Yoga and meditation could scale down the intensity of your stress levels.
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I’ve done the Art of Living Course a long time ago. This course that is now part of a wider spiritual movement in 140 countries is the effort of a single small-statured man called Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Apparently Sri Sri had an epiphany of sorts that led to the creation of the “sudarshana kriya”, a ten minute breathing method akin to hyperventilation.
I’ve been doing the very basic course for several years now and although I cannot pinpoint how exactly I have changed, I feel that courses such as these tap into the spirituality inherent in us all. Sri Sri teaches yoga and pranayama; he reveals India’s deep-rooted spirituality in a simple format and makes it accessible to people from all walks of life.
I love that time in the morning when I do my breathing exercises but The Art of Living foundation emphasizes on a great deal of service as well. Happiness cannot be had unless you go out there and see for yourself the deprivation that stares at you in the face. Many programs have been conducted for those affected by natural calamities and even those in prison.
Many people I have met dispute the overall claims of any guru(teacher). Some of them are disgruntled about the flowing attires of spiritual sages. Others are disgruntled by high-sounding speeches.But as far as I know, Sri Sri in his flowing attire and long beard tries to put a smile on your face. He teaches people of all cultural backgrounds and emphasizes on living in the present.
Check out some testimonials here.
If you are interested contact a center near you.
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There are so many dieting resources on the internet that it’s hard to go wrong on a diet. Besides Healthy B.P.M:), we have tonnes of interesting blogs that give the wannabe dieter a wealth of information:
Iateapie.net does regular health food reviews and helps you count those calories.
We all know about The diet blog. This delightful blog keeps you posted on all the diet happenings in the news.
CarbWire is an online magazine and provides accurate information on everything low-carb.
Calorie counter lab gives dieters information necessary to lose or maintain weight at the click of a button.
This link gives you more dieting web resources.
Are there any more blogs or web pages that you want to spread the word about? Please comment.
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