Thursday, December 3, 2009
12 Awesome and Tips for a Healthy Metabolism
Your metabolism is responsible for burning calories, and so its very important that it’s healthy
! Without optimal metabolism, the body stores more calories as fat, which is a huge problem for people who are trying to lose, or maintain, weight. So, here’s my top twelve tips on keeping your metabolism healthy..
1. Eat breakfast!
I know so many people who skip breakfast, thinking its better to go longer without eating. This is the opposite of the truth! Breakfast gives your metabolism a boost, and wakes your body out of the starvation mode it entered through the night. If you don’t eat breakfast, you’ll burn only a few calories, if any, between waking up and dinnertime.
2. Spicy Food!
Adding spices to your food really boosts your metabolism, as it is digested faster. Mexican and Thai foods often contain a lot of spices, or invest in a spice rack and get experimenting!
3. Split Up Your Meals
Instead of eating three big meals a day, why not eat six little ones? This keeps your digestive system working, and so ensures you are always burning optimum calories. As a general rule, try not to leave more than four hours between each meal.
4. Drink Green Tea
Although I really hate the stuff, green tea has been studied by Scientists and they discovered that the antioxidants in it keep your metabolism revving. They also improve concentration, boosts energy, lower cholesterol, guards against some cancers and even make people happier, so get drinking!
5. Sleep!
People who don’t get eight hours sleep at night are much more likely to be obese, as they have to constantly snack on foods to get energy, and their bodies store this energy as fat. Make sure you get eight hours at least four times a week!
6. Eat Protein
Between 20 and 35 percent of your daily calorie intake should come from protein. This isn’t just meat, it includes eggs, cheeses and nuts, too. The amino acids in protein make your body work harder to break up carbohydrates, which means you burn more calories.
7. Stay Away from Sugar!
A sugar heavy diet
causes the body to store everything as fat, as the sugar provides instant energy, and so no more is needed. So, as hard as it is, try to cut down your sugar intake. Some shops do sell sugar free sweets and treats, but its a lot healthier to snack on fruit instead!
8. Avoid Stress
Too much stress causes our bodies to create a chemical called Cortisol, which slows the metabolism and causes weight gain, particularly around the stomach. Although it can be hard to avoid stress, try not to put yourself in situations that you know will stress you out, and do yoga or something relaxing whenever possible.
9. Train!
Muscle burns more calories than fat, but does weigh more, too. So, ignore the figure on the scales, and instead aim to improve your muscle to fat ratio. Get training, and your calories will burn themselves!
10. Eat Early
While scientific evidence is hard to come by, most diets recommend eating before 6pm, as this leaves four hours before bedtime in which you can digest your food. Sticking to this rigidly is impossible, but try to eat as early as possible, to give your body as much time as possible to burn off calories!
11. Use the 90/10 Rule
Make sure 90% of the things that you consume in a day are good for you. Then have one treat a day, whatever you want, chocolate, ice cream or buttery bread, to keep you feeling happy and sane. Without this, you are much less likely to stick to your diet.
12. Cinnamon!
Cinnamon is claimed to have many properties, one of which is that it stimulates the metabolism. Many dieters swear this is true, so try sprinkling some on your porridge for a flavour, and diet, kick!
Remember that everyone is born with different metabolisms, and different peoples take a different amount of maintenance। So if you aren’t a natural metabolism machine, use these tips to grab yourself a healthy metabolism…and let me know if you’ve got any other tips!
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12 Unusual and Cool Ways to Tell if It’s True Love
Is it true love? Is it going to be forever? So many people out there fall into the trap once or twice of thinking they definitely have true love only to find that tragic ending. We all know that we only have one true love in our life, at least, that is what I believe. How to tell if it’s true love may be a bit frustrating as people fall in and out of love many times. Below, I am going to give you 12 ways to tell if it’s true love.
12. Eye Contact
When he or she talks to you, do they look you in the eyes?
11. Do They Seem to Care About You?
When you talk to them and tell them your problems, do they seem to care? Do they show you that they care? Then it may just be true love.
10. The Kiss
It is in the way they kiss you. When someone kisses you, if it’s true love, you can just feel it. How to tell if it’s true love can be found in that kiss!
9. Are You Always Interested?
If you always enjoy talking and looking at the person, then it may just be true love. If you only find yourself looking at the person’s figure and not enjoying a conversation with them as much, then it may not be a true love romance.
8. Willing to Wait
Are you willing to wait in order to make a relationship
work out?
7. Friendship
Are you friends? It seems that companionship always last longer than ardor. Do the two of you laugh together? Do you share each other’s family and friends?
6. Do You Want What’s Best?
When you are with the person, do you want was is best for them? As an example, if they have a job offer in another city, are you willing to turn your life around and move with them? When you love someone, it involves self-sacrifice and compromise.
5. Disagreements
Do you have disagreements? If you do not have disagreements, then there may be something wrong as everyone disagrees. If you have never had a disagreement, then someone is not being real.
4. Talking
Do you enjoy talking to the person? If they always seem to have something to say that is interesting to you, then the both of you may be made for each other.
3. Support
No matter what opinions you have, do you support each other? How to tell if it’s true love – support each other’s needs and wants.
2. What Would You Do
Can you think of anything that you would not do for him or her that you would easily do for someone else? If so, then it probably isn’t true love after all.
1.My Rule
When it comes to true love, I have one rule that I have always lived by in determining if it is true love and that is the fact that you will just know it. I will admit, I have went out with many guys, but I never felt the same feeling I felt for anyone, until I met my husband.
How to tell if it’s true love – True love is hard to come by for some, but then it’s easy to come by for others. You never know when it is going to hit you. It could be the person living down stairs, the person next door, the person who comes to your job a lot or someone you don’t even know right now. Do you have any experience with true love? Did you have a case where you thought it was true, but it wasn’t? I found my true love 8 years ago and have been married for 6 years, ever since I was 18.
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12 Awesome and Creative Electric Cars
Electric cars are cool, hip, interesting, and environmentally-friendly. Automakers old and new are all developing new ways for us to drive, and by far, the most popular hybrid vehicle in the United States is the Toyota Prius. We’re all used to how it looks now, but remember how strange we thought it looked when it first came out? Oh yeah… a lot of these electric cars look weird… no doubt about it… here’s a list of my favorite odd-balls…1. Aptera 2e
Even if it did have four wheels, instead of only three, the Aptera would still look odd. It looks futuristic, to say the least… like it would hover, rather than actually drive on the street…2. Mitsubishi iMIEV
I test-drove this little bug at this year’s auto show in Detroit, and I liked it! It was peppy and easy to maneuver, but… it is so funny-looking!3. Toyota Prius
We may be used to seeing them now, but you have to admit, the first time you saw a Prius, you thought it was a little funny-looking! I do actually like the iconic profile, but… I used to think it was weird, too!4. Solus COCO Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
This looks a lot like the SMART car to me, except it seems to be missing something… hmm… I hope it doesn’t rain!5. Peugeot BB1
This concept car was unveiled last week, and this may be one of the strangest-looking electric cars I’ve ever seen. It seems to be leaning forward, ready to topple right over! And the front wheels are noticeably larger than the back… weird…6. Nissan LEAF
It’s hard to pin-point exactly what about the LEAF looks so odd… it just looks stretched out, with difficult proportions… like an elongated station wagon, but I think the design might grow on me, just like the Prius did…7. Tango EV
Skinny! This has to be the thinnest, narrowest, skinniest car I have ever seen… Almost like an enclosed scooter! This EV is a two-seater, but unlike other two-seaters (like the SMART car), the driver and passenger sit front-and-back, not side-to-side.8. Renault Kangoo EV
I actually really like this unusual design. It’s bubbly, cute, almost like an animated characters or a video game vehicle.9. Axon Hatchback
This looks a lot like the original Honda Insight, with the skirting on the rear wheel wells. It must have great headroom, with that camel-hump in the middle!10. Honda Insight
Come to think of it, the Honda Insight was really strange-looking, especially since we we’re used to seeing anything this small and stream-lined on the road at the time. Now it looks a lot more like the Prius…11. REVA NXR
I really like this one! It’s odd-looking, for sure, but it’s attractive in an almost feline way. The color I’ve seen the most is also a cool lime green… I like it!12. TH!NK City
If IKEA made an electric vehicle
, this might be what it would look like. Tiny, spare, but strangely adorable. Do we want our cars to look this cute? Maybe…
I almost feel bad for talking trash about electric vehicles when there are so many reasons they’re better to drive than traditional fossil-fuel burning cars. I have to say, there are a lot of bland, boring ones, and even a number of totally hot ones! Do you have a favorite goofy-looking electric car? Which ones have kind of grown on you lately? Please let me know… thanks!
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