Healthy Fruits and Veggies

my grandparents (health nuts) e-mailed this to me and i felt the need to share with you

(still catching up on blogs btw)


EAT LOTS OF SWEET POTATOES
this is old but a good reminder...

It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...
God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods. Modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them.

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

More tips from german mags and newspapers

Why do I love my grandparents? because they are awesome and they always bring me many weight loss diet tips that they find newspapers and magazines they read and because typing on the computer means not eating I am willing to translate and share once again (and I apologize for any mistakes or crappy wording), but I won't follow everything and you probably won't either however I'm going to share them in full regardless. Also I refuse to take any responsibility. At your own (weights) risk. some even contradict each other and some are not useful to a restrictive diet but here goes:

Article 1
The Biggest Mistakes about Eating Habits
When it is hot, eat less
WRONG Our body cannot use surrounding heat as energy. To keep a normal body temperature constantly when it's hot your
body needs even more energy - sweating costs energy

Man needs Warm meals daily
WRONG There is no scientific proof for this. It's better to eat lukewarm: Food that is to hot raises the risk for esophogous
cancer.

Eating late at night causes weight gain
WRONG Weight gain or loss does not depend on the time of consumption but the total amount of energy consumed throughout
the day. Weight gain happens when you take in more calories than you use.

Eggs are unhealthy and raise cholesterol
WRONG chicken eggs are among the healthiest foods, they contain almost all important nutritional elements, They do contain
cholesterol but not the dangerous LDL-cholesterol

Alkohol helps digestion
WRONG Beer and High % Alcohol interrupt the Fat-Metabolism and slow down digestion

Fat makes you sick
WRONG According to studies active bigger people are healthier than weak skinny people. Important: More plant fats than animal fats.

(Red)Wine is good for your heart
ONLY HALF RIGHT Alcohol raises blood pressure- cause for Heart Disease and Heart Attacks. Only Red Wine contains Polyphenole that protect against it. However: Maximum 1 Glass a Day

Honey is good for Babies with colds
WRONG A bacteria in Honey can be life threatening for small children. So never sweeten teas for babies especially their first year with honey

Chocolate causes Acne
WRONG Cause for Acne are Acne-bacteria in the skin not chocolate

Vegetarians loose weight quicker
WRONG It doesn't matter whether you eat meat or not, but how many calories you take in. Many vegetarian foods have high calorie amounts i.e. Nuts, plant oils

Sweets do not contain vitamins
WRONG Marzipan and Nougat are filled with almonds and nuts so they have many vitamins especially Vitamin E and B6

Fresh bread causes stomach aches
WRONG This was told so people would use the old bread before the new bread

Brown Sugar is healthier than white sugar
WRONG Brown sugar barely differentiates itself from white sugar in its chemical roperties. Since brown sugar contains more water it is an excellent breeding ground for bacteria

Sweeteners make hungry
WRONG Sweeteners do not cause appetite, since they don't influence blood sugar or insulin levels that are responsible for a feeling of fullness

Mushrooms and Spinach should not be reheated
WRONG If kept in the fridge they can be reheated

Article 2
The biggest Diet Mistakes
Muesli makes slim
WRONG most Mueslis have to much sugar (added or fruit sugars) because of this it sometimes has more calories than sugar

Spicy spices burn fat
ONLY PARTIALLY RIGHT they heat the body and encourage blood spreading throughout the body but that does not raise fat burning to measurable levels

Margarine makes skinny
WRONG Although many improvements even light margarine has fat levels in the double digits (usually around 40%) therefore having a high calorie amount

Sex makes skinny
ONLY PARTIALLY RIGHT Sex raises activity and calorie usage but only minimally not comparable with jogging and biking

Butter makes skinny
WRONG Butter is almost completely made out of fat, and so has more calories than margarine. Even though a few shady studies have proven the opposite

Lemons loosen FAT
WRONG Lemon acid loosens fat only from surfaces (i.e. as a cleaner) but not in the body. Lemon juice diets don't have enough nutritional elements - DANGEROUS

Smoking makes Skinny
WRONG this legend started because many people gained weight once they quit but only because they changed their addiction to food

Weight loss by drinking tea
WRONG Tee is healthier (green tea protects from cancer) but doesn't cause weight loss. Unless you drink it unsweetened then it counts like water

Light products make light
WRONG They do often have less calories but they fill you up less so you eat more than if you ate the normal version making you gain weight

Sugar makes fat
ONLY PARTIALLY RIGHT sugar contains less calories than fat and is (in carb form) also in all grain products. Important is the amount consumed

Low-Carb diets work
WRONG diets with low-carbs (Atkins, South Beach) do show success in the beginnings. However latest after one year they stop working

Lots of small weights make skinny
WRONG for weight loss it doesn't matter if you eat 5 small meals or 3 large meals but the total amount of calories consumed

Eat half is the easiest
WRONG this method is easy but over a long period time it raises weight. You don't get enough vitamins or fiber

One cold glass before eating
WRONG Although the body needs energy to heat the water up but at 0.5 Liters Ice Water it's only 15 calories which is equal to half a cube of sugar

Fasting detoxifies and causes weight loss
WRONG You loose weight quickly in the beginning due to loss of water weight, later you are missing fats and protein - very unhealthy and over long term make fat

Pineapple stops fat
WRONG The enzymes in pineapple that are supposed to stop that don't work in your intestines. Therefore fat uptake is not changed or lessened

Sport makes fat disappear
WRONG Although it tones but 30 minutes of jogging only burns about the amount in a chocolate candy bar. More important: eat less

Article 3
Think yourself thin
*okay I'm not going to translate the whole article I'm just going to write out the main points*
1. How money influences weight
A study done by Eric A. Finkelstein with 200 overweight people included 3 groups of people. Group 1 got no money to loose weight, Group 2 got $7 per Kilo lost and Group 3 got $14. The group that got the most money per Kilo lost the most weight. This study basically showed that whether real or imagined if what your working for has a reward Dopamin is released. The more we think of it the more Dopamin is release and the higher the motivation is.
2. Why mirrors change our figures
People who want to loose weight should think of their mirror image. At the University of Connecticut showed that participants in a study that had a mirror hanging next to their fridge lost 20 lbs after several weeks while the group that didn't only lost 10 lbs
3. Why thinking can make you full
When you are hungry and think back to your last meal it will lower your appetite about 25%. A study at Birmingham University split up 47 female students into two groups. Women in the first group were told go through their whole day in their mind while the second group was told to think of their last meal. After wards they passed cookies out and the group that thought about their last meal ate 25% less cookies than the first group. Also the longer the meal had already passed, the stronger the detailed thoughts lowered the appetite.
4. How we loose weight in our sleep
Due to a coincidence a study at the Walter Reed Army Meidcal Center came to the conclusion that who thinks of getting enough sleep (7-8 hours a night) looses weight automatically. What they wanted to study was Heart health on nurses, what they noticed also was that the nurses who made sure to get enough sleep were slimmer than the ones who didn't. The scientist think that with less sleep less of the appetite stopping hormone Leptin is released
5. How thinking of the scale can lessen hunger
If you want to loose weight you should weigh yourself every day *I am so happy to read this because it makes it ok* At the University of Minnesota a study with 3000 participants, including the ones just wanting to keep their weight lost weight when they were confronted with their scale on a daily basis.

Article 4
Weight loss with the Thin-Clock
*Basically this article tells you when to eat what foods and why- I also just paraphrased it*
7am Nutritional scientist suggest drinking a warm glass of water with lemon on an empty stomach. Effect: The metabolism gets started and the enzymes in lemons help fat digestion
8am you may dig in at breakfast because your energy reserves are empty after sleep. If they aren't filled right away the brain sends out hunger signals. A breakfast with carbohydrates and protein let's us start the day optimally. Example: Whole-grain bread *remember german bread is being referred to here* tomato and cheese, unsweetened muesly with fruits and yogurt or milk. Taboo: White-Flour bread, sweet coffee specialties, chocolate spread raise our insulin levels quickly
10am Fruit are high in nutrients and are often 90% water, which fills with low calories. A small snack barely bothers insulin levels. Best are apples, berries, oranges, kiwis and grapefruits. Hands off fruit yogurt, dried fruits, and smoothies they are to high in sugar and later cause appetite
1pm- Best at lunch is fish and poultry and lean steaks. with it a large salad or veggies. Taboo are because of their high sugar levels carrots and peas. the intake of carbs should be limited allowed with large hunger are 2 potatoes or a small portion brown rice. No Noodles, french fries or fried potatoes or breaded meats or fish.
4pm- the second fruit snack gets fatburn started if they aren't extremely sweet like bananas, melons or grapes. if you like coffee you may have a cup with it. allowed is 1 Tbsp Milk no sugar. Alternatives: Herbal or black tea. both support the metabolism
7pm- Veggies or salad are low calorie and deliver important fiber in the evening. Protein supports fat burn especially well because they fill you up and support the production of growth hormones that speed up fat burn during sleep. Keeping away from Bread, noodles, and potatoes and high fat meats (salami, sausages, bologna) keep insulin levels low which are the best conditions for weight loss during sleep
10pm- This yogurt drink is the ideal sleep drink to burn fat. The nutrients in cucumber (calium, zinc, water) flush out water and toxins.
125g low fat yogurt
2Tbsp. cubed cucumber
4 chopped mint leaves
mix well

As promised....

These are the weight loss tips I got out of the magazine I told you people about.
Disclaimer: I did not come up with these, they were published in a magazine so if they don't work, or something I take no responsibility!!!
Oh I translated these from German to English so please excuse any funkyness in translation and if you'd like the original just post a comment or something and I'll e-mail it to you, I've typed it up.

1. Slimming-Vitamin
Those who go for Citrus fruit before bed loose weight overnight. What few people know: Vitamin C is very much involved in fat burn in the body. Tip: Every day after 10 PM drink a glass of water, mixed with the juice of two lemons -- the vitamin C does the rest.

2. Cycling
No sport brings the figure in form as riding a bike does. Targeting the problem areas to build muscles, fat is burned in record time. Important: Fat loss only works when the pulse does not exceed 130 beats/min.

3. Sugar Barrier
According to a study by the Scripps Clinic in San Diego suggests that grapefruit juice, raises sugar metabolism. If your sugar metabolism works well, less sugar is stored in the cells. This also means that less sugar is converted into fat. Recommendation, from the Researchers: Daily half a grapefruit as a snack.

4. Metabolism Push
Biochemists have found: The essential oils in ginger, increase the body temperature and increase energy consumption. The lipid metabolism runs faster by up to 25 percent - and that for hours. Tip: Three times a day drink 1 cup of unsweetened hot ginger tea after eating.

5. Weightloss Code
Spanish doctors found: Olive oil is a highly effective kilo-killer. Test subjects who participated and consumed 2tsp. olive oil in the morning, lost Up to 14 kilos in six months'. Explanation of the research: The contained acids (in German it said Phenolsaeuren but I'm not sure what those are and neither did the online translator) in the oil stimulate the lipid metabolism - the body burns more calories.

6. Espresso Kick
Eating without gaining? That's possible - if you drink Espresso afterwards. The contained caffeine increases fat burning by 30%. Stronger than drip coffee, thermogenesis (the body's own heat)gets started, in the following 3 hours you'll consume more calories.

7. Cold Shower
A Cold Shower "burns" up to 300 calories. Already 10 seconds under a cold stream increases the number fatburning stress hormones by up to 40%. But only cold shocks for two minutes work. Prolonged freezing slows the metabolism.

8. Herbal Power
Every second diet fails due to hunger pangs. Tip: Every day a handful of watercress in the salad or on bread. Dlouble effect: the contained chrome activates the feeling of fullness and increases fat burning in the muscles up to 400%(yes it said 400% not a typo)

9. Fat-Killer Breakfast
Anyone who leaves out the first meal gains weight. Reason: Breakfast makes the body release the peptide YY. This hormone stops appetite for hours, as researchers found out at the Universities of Parma and Verona. Tip: muesli with nuts accelerate fat burn

10. Fatburner Substances
Broccoli, Bell Peppers, cabbage: This vegetables contain a lot of fat burning substances. Tip: To supply the body with slimming substances, you should have one meal a day with Veggies. (Half of them raw, half steamed)

11. Natures-Force
It is considered a secret among physicians: the artichoke. Their bitterstoffe (yeah don't know what that is but just take it as some sort of extract) help to digest fats, melt fat pouches. As an extract or Pflanzenpresssaft (i don't know for sure what that is but basically it's the juice pressed from the plant)use for about 6-8 weeks. This brings up to 6 pounds of weight loss.

12. Turbo-Drink
You replace a meal and simultaneously stimulate fat burn at the same time: Slim drinks. According to Nutritionists the best drink:
1 banana
1/4 liter of soy milk
puree, enjoy and lose weight. The Perfect dosage: 2 drinks a day.

13. Gum-Chewing Trick
Chew away excess pounds! A U.S. study from the Mayo Clinic shows: chewing gum increases the metabolic rate by up to 19%. The researchers have calculated that you can remove an additional pound a month.

14 Jump-rope effect
Researchers discovered that 15 min. of jump-roping kills one Kiogram per week! Reason: Three times a day five minutes has the same effect as a 2 week 1500-calorie-diet. Doctors recommend this for people without joint problems.

On a personal note:
I don't think I'll ever follow #9. I do not do well with solid foods in the morning.

Oh one more note...I now have two people following this blog....whoohoo