TOAST and jam, eggs and bacon, congee and steamed buns, fruit and yogurt - that's what makes up traditional breakfasts, but there's a new concept of what makes a healthy breakfast.
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Healthy Hearts
What Nitric Oxide can do for Your Health By Louis Ignarro, Ph.D., Nobel† Laureate
With heart health a leading concern among both men and women in America, you need every advantage you can get in protecting yourself. The discovery of an amazing molecule, nitric oxide (NO), can help provide you with just this sort of protection.
NO improves circulation by helping blood vessels signal the surrounding smooth muscle to relax–which widens the arteries, increases blood flow and helps maintain normal blood pressure. NO keeps your system youthful, toned, and flexible. In fact, optimizing NO production is like giving your cardiovascular system a workout every day! In addition to its numerous heart-health benefits, NO also promotes immune-system health and acts as a neurotransmitter.
Say yes to NO
Unfortunately, a large percentage of people are deficient in their production of NO, which puts them at increased risk of Cardio Vascular Disease. But using amino acids like L-arginine and L-citrulline, as well as antioxidants
Quick tips from the doctor:
Eat a healthy diet low in saturated fat to reduce the risk of plaque build-up in arteries.
Daily exercise improves the elasticity of your blood vessels.
Get a full night’s sleep to rest and revitalize.
Heart Health 2
By Louis Ignarro, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Scientific Advisory Board
Cholesterol is an important marker for heart health, but triglycerides, another kind of blood fat, are also important markers of cardiovascular health. Homocysteine is an amino acid found naturally in your body, although excessive homocysteine levels in the blood often leads to serious heart health conditions. And perhaps most importantly, along with a low fat diet and exercise, supplementation is the first line of defense against numerous heart health risk factors.
Q: Why is it important to start heart health lifestyle now?
A: Don’t wait. The best way to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system is to start now, before you have developed risk factors for heart disease. Along with a low-fat diet and exercise, it is wise to consider a heart health program today.
Foods containing at least 0.65 gram per serving of plant sterols, eaten twice a day with meals for a daily intake of at least 1.3 grams, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
Good Health Lasts a Lifetime With Cellular Nutrition By Staff Writer
Good nutrition doesn't have to be complicated. Learn the simple way to deliver the nutrients your body needs at the cellular level.
Each day, your system is challenged by factors that rob you of valuable nutrients, undermining your health, damaging your skin and making weight management a struggle. When your body's nutritional needs are not met, your health suffers.
A complex problem made simple
It can be a daunting task to ensure you are getting the essential vitamins and minerals necessary for optimal health in the right balance every day. That's why we have made nutrition simple with our Cellular Nutrition Program which supplies the amino acids, vitamins, minerals and herbal factors your individual cells require to function optimally.
Whether you need to lose weight, gain muscle, want to increase energy, have softer, shinier hair or improve your quality of life, Cellular Nutrition, the foundation of wellness philosophy, is designed to address these specific concerns.
As easy as one, two, three
Cellular Nutrition consists of a creamy, deliciously filling shake (enjoyed once or twice daily) and two nutritional supplement formulas taken with each meal-it's that simple!
Transform Your Health for Life
By Bill Phillip May 6, 2008
Five essential steps to begin and sustain this process of transforming your health for life
1. Accept Your Ability and Responsibility
We have the ability to create stunning changes for the better in our bodies and lives.
2.Make Being Healthy a Priority
When you highly value your health, you do what has to be done to become healthy Achievers make progress where results are highly valued, because that’s where we focus our time and attention.
3. Set Specific Health and Fitness Goals
“Get in great shape,” is not a goal. It’s a wish, a dream, an idea. “Within 12 weeks, I will lose 20 pounds of fat.” And, “Within 12 weeks, I will reduce my low-density cholesterol by 20 percent.” Those are goals. They are specific, measurable and challenging.
4. Keep Your Plan of Action Simple
What works better is a simple combination of strength training and aerobic exercise combined with balanced and smart eating. For example, I work out with a basic set of free weights and an exercise bench three days a week at my home for approximately 20 to 40 minutes. No more than that .
5. Eat six small meals each day
“Nutrient-rich, calorie-sparse” meals breakfast might be an Eggbeater omelet with a piece of whole wheat toast, lunch might be a chicken breast sandwich on whole wheat bread. Dinner, might be a serving of salmon, brown rice and salad
Other three meals
Protein-rich nutrition shakes that are also fortified with vitamins and minerals. And, to help keep your appetite satisfied and muscles hydrated, drink 10 cups of water a day (five 16-oz bottles), along with a couple cups of coffee and an occasional diet cola
One day a week
On your “free day,” forget all the diet rules and nutrition guidelines and eat whatever you want—pizza, pasta, or a nice big New York steak and a baked potato with butter and sour cream. When you enjoy your favorite foods once a week, your long-term results are much more sustainable.
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