Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Salmon for weight loss?

I was enjoying my cup of cappuccino when I notice a woman from an adjacent table talking about a certain tablet she claims to do a lot of health benefits and weight loss wonders. At a glance, I knew she was some kind of a distributor as she is holding a box of those pills.

From a not so short distance, I could see a label somewhat like salmon oil on the box she was holding and this arouses my interest. I always hear people taking about the health benefits of salmon so I decided to make a few research.

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The salmon fish is very high in protein and in fats. However, the fats that it contains do wonders in the body as it is very rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids is very important in the health of the heart, serves as anti-cancer and anti-aging element and also helps in weight loss by detoxifying the body.
If you are then convinced with these hard facts, why not try cooking a salmon dish instead of taking those pills? You will enjoy this delicious dilled salmon steak recipe! Here is how to do it.

Ingredients:

4 salmon steaks (about 1/2 lb. each)
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tablespoons olive oil
3 Tablespoons fresh chopped dill, or 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper

Marinate the salmon steaks in a 9"X 13" glass baking dish. To prepare the sauce, mix the juice, oil, dill, salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Add it up with the salmon steaks and cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Have it chilled for about four hours.



When you are about to cook the steaks, pre-heat the foil lined grill before placing the steak. Cook the fish for 30 minutes or until done on medium-low heat. Serve with a side salad and boiled new potatoes.

There is nothing wrong into taking pills to help you enhance your health and aid in your weight loss. But if you can go as natural as possible, why risk? Enjoy your dilled salmon steak and its health benefits too!

Monday, October 26, 2009

Weight loss menu: Minted Chicken Salad

To shed a few pound requires a lot of hardwork and discipline, not only in toning those muscles but also adjusting your meals. While some may find it hard to adjust one's meal to cope up with one's weight loss diet program, the best thing that you can do is to think positive about it. An option that you can have is to experiment with the foods that you like best and see if you can create a recipe that would be perfect while you are losing weight too! Minted chicken salad is one of the great ideas created to let you enjoy your chicken while at the same time, munching on a delicious meal.

There are several varieties of minted chicken salad. There are those who prefer doing it with spices, champagne, lentils or peas. But what we have here is a creative variant on a fruit mix perfect for your weight loss menu!


You will need the following ingredients to create a luxurious minted chicken salad for weight loss:

1 pound box farfalle pasta
2 cups asparagus, cut into 2" pieces
1 pound cooked chicken, cubed
1-1/2 cups vanilla yogurt
2 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint OR 2 drops mint extract
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup honey
2 Tablespoon raspberry vinegar
4 cups strawberries, halved
baby spinach leaves
fresh raspberries

Cooking instructions:

In a large cooking pot, boil the farfalle pasta according to the instructions in its package. Five minutes before the pasta get done, add the asparagus. Meanwhile, prepare the dressing. Combine the Mix yougurt, mint, mayonnaise, honey, and vinegar in a medium bowl, until they are uniformly blended. Set aside. Drain the pasta and the asparagus when the pasta is cooked and the vegetable is tender and crispy. Stir in dressing. Add chicken and strawberries and toss gently. Place salad in refrigerator at least two hours to a maximum of one day. When ready to be served, garnish the pasta with spinach on top and fresh raspberries.

Cooking minted chicken salad is very easy to do and you do not have to worry about it when losing weight. In fact, this is very ideal when you are on a diet program!

Set your muscles not for the gym but for the kitchen this time with Minted chicken salad and add it up to your weight loss diet!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Lose weight and Cool off with Refreshing Watermelon & Fruit Salsa


A very busy work during the day entitles you to a great refreshment. But this does not mean that you still need to buy one from the store. Hey look at your fridge! There are lots of fruits that you can mix to make a delightful and healthy snack!

Here is how to make watermelon and fruit salsa!



You do not need to be an expert in food preparation as garnishing this cool refreshment is very easy to do.

Prepare the ingredients below:

2 cups variety of fruit (strawberries, kiwi, berries, peaches, etc.)

1 seedless watermelon (or other seedless melon of your choice)

1/4 cup bottled sangria or sparkling white grape juice

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Here is how to make a cooling watermelon and fruit salsa.

Slice the melon of your choice into 4 pieces 1/2 inch thick and refrigerate. Cut fruit into small bite sized pieces. To make the salsa combine fruit pieces in a bowl with sangria or white grape juice. Toss together, cover and refrigerate for 2 to 5 hours. When ready to serve, sprinkle lemon juice over melon slices and top with salsa.

Not only Watermelon and fruit salsa would make a healthy and refreshing snack, this will also help you get rid of your stock pile of fruits in your fridge. This snack is also very ideal when you are trying to lose weight as it gives you the necessary vitamins while detoxifying your body too!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

What is a carb blocker pill?


Certainly many corporation will claim that a carb blocker pill can aid a overweight man or woman to ose weight without them having to adjust their nutrition regime.

A food blocker acts by avoiding carbohydrates that we ingest from accumulated stored unwanted adipose tissue in our fit bodies .

But there have been no methodical examination handled which demonstrate that they work in the long duration and those handled by those that are actually actually marketing the merchandise are a somehow in suspicion and exclusively want on the tiny span consequences of this such claimed manufactured article .

The main constituent to be found out in carb blocker pill is phaselous vulgaris which is a substance achieved from the white kidney bean and wheat germ.

It is stated that the application of food blocker drug you are assisting to preclude a digestive enzyme acknowledge as alpha amylase from bringing carbohydrates down into basic sugar as energy source and so modifying into body fat .

As an alternative to your body maintaining the sugar and turning them into stored fat instead they are taken out from the your body before they actually have a possibility to shift to your bloodstream.

It is also asserted that these medicine can preclude as much as 30 to 45 grams of sugar being taken up one's body.

However when these pills at the start came to recognition back in the 1980's men who started using them found out that they triggered some quite shocking side effects which which consisted of frequent bowel movement, sickness of stomach , vomiting , spare vapour and become swollen .

As well asabove all of this the pills when they at the start retailed in) to the marketplace were marketplace to procure .

So the FDA settled on to perform studies related to these merchandise and realized that not only did they result to the results above-cited but were actually not effective and so got rid of from drug stores.


On the other hand couple of years this blocker pills of diet supplement has sighted a reinforcement and in spite of this they still keep on as not effective and expensive as they were backward in the 1980's.


These days you could be sure to purchase medially $20 to $25 for 120 capsules of carbohydrate blocker pills .

Despite the fact that there have been examination overseen which substantiate that jointly the element of the white kidney bean and wheat germ which is used in a food blocker drug do actually diminish the speed of the absorption of sugar in to the your body , you would in actual fact to have to take enormous doses of them so that they will be in truth of use .

It is acknowledge that you would ought to take medially 4 to 6,000 mg of the white kidney bean and 4,000 mg of the wheat germ in order forsuch that to create the wanted influence that you would be looking for .

Often the mediocre carb blocker pill exclusively encloses more or less 500 mg which is in truth not enough to attain your wanted outcome.