Who Says Vegetables Have To Be Boring?
Eat your veggies - especially your lettuce. But don t confine yourself to iceberg lettuce or salads. Darker greens have about the same number of calories and carbs -very low. - but pack a lot more punch in the vitamins and other nutrient categories. By substituting radicchio, watercress, escarole or spinach for the iceberg lettuce, you add vitamin C, riboflavin s, manganese and other essential vitamins that aren t present in lettuce. Try them braised, steamed or grilled for something a little different from the usual salad. Here are some recipes for greens that will tickle your taste buds and make your heart happy. Wilted Spinach Salad: The onions take on a natural sweetness that contrasts with the tangy yogurt and the bite of the spinach. A family favorite that s low in calories and high in important nutrients. Here s what you need: 2 cups spinach leaves 1 medium onion peeled, sliced 2 tbs. olive oil 1 2 cup plain yogurt Saut onions in olive oil till transparent. Add spinach and toss in pan to coat with oil until leaves are barely wilted. Stir in yogurt while the spinach is still warm. Eat hot or cold. Only 50 calories per serving...
Should You Weigh Yourself Everyday?
What do you do about the scale. If you weigh yourself everyday you will likely see your weight bounce up and down, and on up days you can get discouraged. That is why many trainers will tell you to ignore the scale. They will tell you that what is really important is how fit you are, and not how much you weigh. And on the other hand, there are diet programs and diet books that focus only on the scale, and sell you on quick weight loss based on nothing but the scale. Which way is right. Scale or no scale. They both have some truth in them. Let s sort it out. We tend to be focused on the scale, because it is such an easy thing to measure, and it is easy to compare the numbers. You read that your favorite celebrity lost 25 pounds you can easily understand that. You read, Lose 15 pounds in 2 days. Who wouldn t want that. The scale gives us a number that we can use to compare ourselves to others and to set goals for ourselves. It is simple. But if you think about it, the reason we are so intent on the scale is not because we really are so interested in numbers, but because we are interested in looking good. We want to be lean. We want to be...
Patient Compliance: Sweetening The Pill
Patient non-compliance is a serious healthcare issue, with studies showing that it can range from 20 to 80 depending on the type of treatment. The problem of non-compliance is not a new one and has been investigated for several decades worldwide. Patient non-compliance lessens the quality of healthcare and can lead to dangerous consequences for patients. In the US, it has been estimated that non-compliance causes 340 deaths per day and that is responsible for 10 to 25 of hospital and nursing home admissions. Patient non-compliance is taken so seriously in the New York Times once dubbed it the nation s other drug problem . Patient non-compliance also has an important economic impact on healthcare. According to a 2002 report by the Center for Business Intelligence, patient non-compliance costs the US economy around US 100 billion per year and of this total, lost pharmacy revenues account for US 8 billion. With the allocation of healthcare resources becoming such an important issue for governments, healthcare providers are keen to tackle the problem of non-compliance. The importance of patient compliance is also well recognised by those...
How To Tell If A Health Product Is For Real Or Not, Part 1
Take our dodo bird poop extract and your cancer will be cured. Natural potents claiming miraculous results seem to abound these days. It s often times hard to tell if a product is for real or not. Here are a few pointers that should help you choose effective nutritional products instead of hyped up trash. The first factor you ll wish to look at is scientific research on a product. Ask the company or salesperson for scientific research on their product. First of all, if there have been no scientific studies done on the efficacy of the product, be very wary. If there are scientific studies that show good results from using the product, you should check a very important element in the scientific studies were they performed using the exact product that you are considering buying. For example, a salesman may give you a study showing excellent results with Aloe Vera . However, the study was most likely performed using fresh aloe vera, not the particular aloe-derived product that you are considering buying. This is very important, because there are many things that a company can do or not do even without knowing it in between harvesting the...
Causes Of Public Speaking Phobia
According to World Book Online Research Encyclopedia, Phobia is an unreasonable yet strong fear of a certain object, class of objects or a situation. People who suffer phobia have a compelling desire to avoid the object or situation that causes their stress. Phobia may be classified into two types: Specific Phobia, such as fear of animals i.e. Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders; Necrophobia - Fear of death or dead things . Social Phobia is an anxiety disorder where the sufferer fears being assessed adversely in front of a group. Thus, Public speaking phobia is an over-emphasized fear of speaking in front of a group. According to World Psychiatric Association 1995 , Social Phobia affects one to 10 people at some stage of their lives. Sufferers experience dizziness, muscle tension, trembling, blushing and or sweating, and even heart palpitations when exposed to the feared object or situation. Others do not manifest physical symptoms but they are overtly conscious of how others react to them. They also have a tendency to underestimate their capability to overcome the feared situation. Among the common effects of Social Phobia in a person...