Health and Diet

Creating a Short On Time Workout Session that Works

December 27, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

Let’s face it, most of us are finding it harder and harder to squeeze everything into our demanding modern day schedules.

That includes our exercise routine. There will always be those times when life just gets incredibly busy and you can’t get your workouts in. During these times, it’s helpful to have a back-up plan in place; a workout that you can turn to that’s incredibly fast paced but yet will still work the body efficiently and effectively.

As long as you are structuring things correctly, it is definitely possible to get a complete awesome workout in just 10 minutes time. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise, Health and Diet, Strength Training Tagged With: resistance training., strength training

Control Hunger and Curb Your Appetite Following the 40-30-30 Formula

December 9, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

There is a metabolic state in which the human body operates most efficiently and can only be achieved by eating the correct proportion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in every meal.

The 40-30-30 eating plan is a popular way of eating that favors a ratio of 40% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% fat. This kind of ration/diet works to stabilize blood sugar and helps control hunger.

It works to curb food cravings and promotes weight loss yet supplies enough energy so that an effective exercise program may be undertaken.

The goal of the 40-30-30 diet plan is to achieve proper balance between two primary metabolic hormones; insulin and glucagon. Insulin is the hormones that encourages the body to store excess calories as fat and glucagon is responsible for seeing that fat is burned off. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health and Diet, Hormones and Weight Loss, Proper Dieting, Toxins and Diet Tagged With: 40-3--30 formula, balances hormones, promotes weight loss

Stubborn Belly Fat is More Than Just Unattractive

November 28, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

Stubborn belly fat…it’s not only unattractive, but it is dangerous to your health.

Unfortunately, the sad truth is the average American carries around nearly 30 billion fat cells with abdominal fat the focus because of its relation and striking distance to the heart, liver and other important organs. The extra fat gathered in the abdominal area presses on organs, feeding them dangerous poisons and messing up their daily functions.

A study on the effects of weak abdominal muscles as opposed to those with the strongest abdominal muscles was conducted in Canada on more than 8,000 people in a span of over 13 years revealed that those with the weakest stomach muscles had a death rate at more than twice as those with strong stomach muscles. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise, Health and Diet, Strength Training Tagged With: abdominal muscles, belly fat, flat somachs, strong abdominal muscles, weak abdominal muscles

Luscious Health Promoting Lemon Water

November 20, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

Drinking lemon water is good for you. And, far from being a myth, not only is it good for you, but it can actually help you to speed up weight loss with its real weight-loss powers and it helps to clear out some of the toxins in your body.

The perfect time to enjoy lemon water is in the morning because it helps to activate your body’s detoxifying process are end also its natural cleansing process.

Drinking lemon water helps with weight loss for a couple of reasons.

First let’s check out the lemon itself. Lemons have strong antibacterial, antiviral and immune-boosting powers. These yellow gems contain citric acid, calcium, magnesium, pectin, vitamin C, bioflavonoids and limonene…all of which help fight infections and promote immunity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health and Diet, Recipes for Success, Toxins and Diet Tagged With: antioxidants, lemon water, lemons, proper pH

Mother Earth is Your Greatest Healing Tool

November 7, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

It seems that the earth itself may turn out to be our greatest natural healer. The earth it seems knows exactly what our bodies are in need of most and goes to work to heal that very issue.

Truth is, there are many systems in the body that are affected when we connect with the earth. Walking barefoot on the earth is natural for humans (similar results can also be achieved with leather shoes)…although you won’t get that luscious “feel” of Mother Earth caressing your feet as you walk.

Noted cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, MD. says, “I regard Earthing as the greatest health breakthrough in all my ears in medical practice. Regular grounding (another name for Earthing) restores the body’s natural electrical state, calms the nervous system, reduces inflammation, and improves circulation. No pill on Earth can do what Mother Earth does!” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise, Health and Diet Tagged With: earthing, grounding, healing chronic healthy issues, resetting metabolism, walking barefoot

Raw Desserts Eliminate Guilt and Get Rave Reviews

October 21, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

In a perfect world, desserts would be healthy. They would provide you with anti-oxidants, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes. There would be no bloating, lethargy or guilt felt as a result of eating them either.

Is there such a dessert? A way to feed our body nutrients while enjoying one of mankind’s favorite past times…snacking on desserts and treats?

You might be surprised to know that the answer is simple…raw desserts created from nature’s bounty…without processed ingredients or high heat that destroys the nutrients.

Eating “raw” (including dessert) helps eliminate the culprits that have been linked to degenerative diseases and weight gain including “bad carbs” (white flour and sugar) and “bad fats” (saturated fats and trans fats) along with a heap of unhealthy chemicals and preservatives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health and Diet, Lifestyle Changes, Nutrient-dense Diet Tagged With: apple pie with cashew cream topping, raw desserts, raw foods

Flavorful Healthy Fats

October 1, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

We are all aware of the programs we use on our computers but few of us are aware of how the foods we eat actually program our bodies.

Choosing to eat fructose and the wrong types of carbohydrates (for example grains which break down into sugar) lead to weight gain, obesity, weight loss resistance and other more serious health issues.

These foods “program” your body to become fat and stay fat. It’s interesting to note that most of the foods that make us fat today were not even found on diets of our ancient ancestors.

They activate and program our bodies to continue to store fat rather than burning it and once on this merry-go-round, the only way off is to remove these foods from our diets. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fad Dieting and Weight Loss, Health and Diet Tagged With: monounsaturated fats, omega 3 fat, omega 6 fat

2 Most Basic, Awesome and Effective Exercises Ever Invented

October 1, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

While there are literally hundreds of strength training exercises to choose from, very few are actually worth doing. The few exercises that are worth doing are the exercises that provide the most bang for your buck.

In other words, the few exercises worth doing are your ticket to fast results. These special exercises could be called the “20%” Club”, they are the number one and two exercises that give you the best shaped legs and firm sexy butt.

Many are already familiar with the phrase “80% of business comes from 20% of your clients or customers.” As a result those 20% of clients or customers is what real smart companies concentrate on keeping happy.

This same type of philosophy can be applied to strength training. Trainees that ignore the 20% exercises that provide the most bang for their buck are the same trainees that never make any meaningful progress. They are neglecting the exercises that provide the greatest benefit and that’s a huge mistake!

They fail to recognize the fact that these 20% of exercises will produce 80% of their gains…in fact, this number is as high as 100% of gains. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise, Health and Diet Tagged With: dead lifts, squats, superior exercises

Flax Seed Fever

September 1, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

Is flax seed the new wonder food?

Preliminary studies show that flax seed may help fight everything from heart disease and diabetes to breast cancer.

The tiny but mighty flax seed carries one of the biggest nutrient payloads on the planet. While its technically not a grain, its vitamin and mineral profile is similar to grains but flax seed kicks butt in fiber, antioxidants and those all important Omega-3’s.

This little wonder shows evidence that it may help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, quite a tall order for a tiny seed that’s been around for centuries. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health and Diet, Nutrient-dense Diet Tagged With: antioxidants, flax seed, Omega 3's, phytonutrients

Simply Amazing Coconut Oil

August 8, 2014 By rfwladmin Leave a Comment

Populations that eat a lot of coconut are in excellent health. Western nations pale in health compared to populations that eat a large percentage of calories from coconuts. Coconut oil is used extensively in tropical countries like the Philippines and India.

Coconut oil is different from other cooking oils because it contains a unique composition of fatty acids that are 90% saturated making coconut oil highly resistant to oxidation at high heats. Because of this, it is the perfect oil for high-heat cooking methods like frying.

Although saturated fats were demonized unfairly a few decades ago by science gone wrong, new studies show no association between saturated fat and heart disease.

Coconut oil consists almost entirely of Medium Chain Triglycerides, fatty acids that travel from the digestive tract to the liver as ketone bodies; they provide a quick source of energy. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health and Diet, Nutrient-dense Diet Tagged With: coconut oil, fatty acids, medium chain triclycerides, saturated fats