Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nutrition. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

herbs-that burn fat a LOT

There are herbs that I suggest to consume because the effect are proved to burn fat very efficiently:

  1. ginger: it contain a UNIQUE substance that able to improve metabolism rate,and commonly used to maintain blood lipid level
    • dosage: 2-6 tea spoons a day
    • effect: you may feel your body burn up, and get more energetic(your enregy can be released equally as your metabolism rate)
    • precaution: over dosage will give some side effects such as
      • headache
      • dehydration
      • lips cracking
      • so, it is suggested to consume ginger in
        the given dosage.
  2. green tea: it has the opposite function compare to ginger, it works by decreasing metabolism, but because it contain catechins which can reduce body fat, so it is very beneficial to be consumed
    • dosage:it may be drink as often as you wish
    • precaution:for who has hypotension should concern about the dosage, because green tea also can reduce blood tension..
  3. lemon: it is one of my favorite, it can dissolve fat, oil which is sticked on your intestine wall, which the fat will disturb nutrition absorption, furthermore, lemon is well-known to be one of the best herbs for detox(cited from ayurveda).
    • dosage:a tea spoon to one table spoon in the morning before you have your breakfast, mix it in a cup of water
    • precaution: over dosage may irritate gastric
  4. eat spicy herb such as: Chilly & pepper(either black or red), have a supportive effect in increasing human body metabolism, and it is very good for improving digestion system.
It is a good thing to mix spices and ginger in each of your meal, beside it increase metabolism, it also make you become very thirsty, and you may get more advantage by drinking water.

Thursday, 2 August 2007

Will Water Help Me Lose Weight?

You bet it will! I know what you are thinking, that if you drink a lot of water you will get bloated and retain water which will make you weigh more. However, this isn't the case. If you aren't drinking enough water, your body will hold on to whatever water is already in your body and will not excrete any.

This means the water in your body will be used for normal body functions and will cause you to appear bloated. The only way to get rid of that bloated look is to actually drink more water. By doing so, your body will function much better and your metabolism will start to increase and will help you burn calories more efficiently.

Your Metabolism Will Increase With More Water.
If you want to burn even more calories while drinking water then you want to make sure the water is ice cold. Your body needs to warm up the water in order for it to be used properly. Warming up the water uses energy, which uses calories. This in turn will help you burn extra calories throughout the day.

In addition, the other function of water is excreting sodium concentrate in human body. which has a big role for storing a big amount fat in your body.In the mechanism, sodium will increase adiuretic hormone,which will reduce water excretion and indirectly,it will reduce body metabolism and fat burning.

NUTRITION--why it's so important???

nutrition means everything that you consume
and everything that needed by your body,

It's divided into two big groups

the first one is macronutrient it's mean this nutrition requiered a lot by our body:

  • protein
  • carbs,
  • fiber,
  • and fat

the second one is micronutrient it's just a small amount in our body, but have important role in bio-metabolism which are:
  • vitamins
  • minerals

we can't eat wrongly to mantain our health, there are specific rules that should be followed.

-rule1: you have eat in a right portion,
there is a specific portion's ratio in your plate,
carb:protein:fat=3:5:1 (based on weight)
we need fat in a little amount, and also the major amount is unsaturated fat.


WHY? because our body it self have set the priority of the substance
that will be produce to be calory

carb==>fat==>protein

from the diagram above we can understand the way to cut a huge amount of fat
eat less carb, more protein, and less fat.


rule 2: add more fiber, fiber has an important role in your diet program,
fiber need to clean your intestine from feses that still stuck in yours (very risky to have cancer!!)
and also, it will be very helpful to decrease your triglisrid (fat level in blood system)