Exercise
Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health.(Definition from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_(physical))
It is one of the most effective ways to improve our circulation and metabolism, and it also helps lowering the risks of having obesity, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis*, etc.
Aerobic exercises like jogging, cycling and swimming are intended to improve the ability to use oxygen, while weight training works to train certain muscles. A well-combination of both exercises would turn into an amazing result for those who plan to lose weight.
To boost our catabolic strength in an easier and faster way, I will show you some tricks in the next week.
All suggestions are welcome! ^^
* P/S: Exercises which may help preventing osteoporosis are those require your muscles and bones to work against gravity. Swimming is an example that has no such benefit however it helps to train muscle and prevents the probability of falling-down.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep & Positivity (2)
Nutrition (Part 2)
Protein, Fats, and Carbohydrates are the main source of energy in our daily meal, they're just like the fuel for vehicles.
We need them not only for the energy, we also need them to build cells and tissue for our muscles and organs, especially protein and lipids.
Furthermore, you might be surprised that roughly 95% of our bones is made of protein in the form called "Collagen".
But that's not all! Enzymes, which help the bio-chemical process in our bodies, are also made with protein, while lipids help to compose the cell membrane and hormones.
A well-balanced portfolio of protein, fats, and carbohydrates for normal adult is 30:30:40. But for patients who have kidney problems should lower their protein intake.
Protein, Fats, and Carbohydrates are the main source of energy in our daily meal, they're just like the fuel for vehicles.
We need them not only for the energy, we also need them to build cells and tissue for our muscles and organs, especially protein and lipids.
Furthermore, you might be surprised that roughly 95% of our bones is made of protein in the form called "Collagen".
But that's not all! Enzymes, which help the bio-chemical process in our bodies, are also made with protein, while lipids help to compose the cell membrane and hormones.
A well-balanced portfolio of protein, fats, and carbohydrates for normal adult is 30:30:40. But for patients who have kidney problems should lower their protein intake.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep & Positivity (1)
The 4 keys to health & longevity:
Nutrition (focus on Dietary Fiber)
Protein, Fats, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals and water are the 6 essential groups of nutrition, they are vital to maintain our lives and it.
Dietary Fiber is informally known as the 7th group nutrition but actually it's just sort of carbohydrate which is hard to be broken down by human's digestive enzymes with its beta-bond structure. Its indigestible characteristics became a controversy that whether it should be taken as a nutrition or not, as the definition of nutrition is the substances which can be used by human cells.
However recent studies realize that even the dietary fiber is not digestible, it's still very important for our health, as it can help to keep our intestine clean and healthy with its ability to keep the feces moisturized and help carrying away the excrement inside.
Moreover, it is also a main source of food for the beneficial bacteria within, and those bacteria will have better predominance to stay in our large intestine rather than to have other harmful bacteria which consume protein, fats and sugar to live on. And those beneficial bacteria produce some vitamins and boost up our immune system.
It then lowers the risk to have colon cancer, hypercholestrolemia, and even to help preventing Type-II Diabetes with its property to stabilize the blood sugar level.
Current recommendations from the United States National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, suggest that adults should consume 20–35 grams of dietary fiber per day, but most of the people nowadays are consuming far lower than the recommended intake.
Vegetables are an extremely ideal source of dietary fiber, which also contains vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Add vegetable in your every daily meal is what I recommend.
Nutrition (focus on Dietary Fiber)
Protein, Fats, Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals and water are the 6 essential groups of nutrition, they are vital to maintain our lives and it.
Dietary Fiber is informally known as the 7th group nutrition but actually it's just sort of carbohydrate which is hard to be broken down by human's digestive enzymes with its beta-bond structure. Its indigestible characteristics became a controversy that whether it should be taken as a nutrition or not, as the definition of nutrition is the substances which can be used by human cells.
However recent studies realize that even the dietary fiber is not digestible, it's still very important for our health, as it can help to keep our intestine clean and healthy with its ability to keep the feces moisturized and help carrying away the excrement inside.
Moreover, it is also a main source of food for the beneficial bacteria within, and those bacteria will have better predominance to stay in our large intestine rather than to have other harmful bacteria which consume protein, fats and sugar to live on. And those beneficial bacteria produce some vitamins and boost up our immune system.
It then lowers the risk to have colon cancer, hypercholestrolemia, and even to help preventing Type-II Diabetes with its property to stabilize the blood sugar level.
Current recommendations from the United States National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, suggest that adults should consume 20–35 grams of dietary fiber per day, but most of the people nowadays are consuming far lower than the recommended intake.
Vegetables are an extremely ideal source of dietary fiber, which also contains vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Add vegetable in your every daily meal is what I recommend.
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