Good Food after Intense Workouts

Do you know that a bowl of cereal is a better food to eat to rebuild those muscle after an intense workouts? Although sports drinks are convenient, the whole-food post-workout snack proved to be the better choice. According to a research presented at the 54th annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in New Orleans revealed eating whole wheat cereal with nonfat milk may be better for recovery after exercise compared to a sports drink. The result shows that cereal snack raised insulin significantly higher, had a better protein synthesis and created additional glycogen storage potential. The combination of protein and carb of the cereal plus milk helped to rebuild the damaged muscle tissue after an intense workouts.

Energy First

My hubby is been taking protein shakes for a long time. He said it is a meal replacement. He is taking it before he goes to gym and at night for his dinner. Maybe you are wondering why. For your information, my hubby is on a strict diet because he is in the Army he needs to be in shape. That is why he goes to gym any free time he has and when it comes to his food he eats chicken, vegetables, fruits and of course his protein shakes. When he is making his protein shakes he adds fruits to it like strawberries, blueberries, banana and peanut butter. These are the stuffs he use so he doesn't get bored of using just one ingredient. He usually alternate these foods everyday. For example if he used strawberries tonight, tomorrow night he will use blueberries then the next night is banana and peanut butter. With these fruits he used different protein shakes. He used whey protein isolate vanilla when he wants banana and peanut butter to it. Sometimes he also used protein blend and he adds blueberries or strawberries to it. For my husband case he used protein shakes to maintain his muscle mass and help grow his muscle.

If you are interested to learn more about the health benefits of taking protein shakes you can visit www.energyfirst.com. They even have the protein shake recipes that you might want to try. Energy first is one of the country's leading providers of quality nutrition supplements and cutting-edge health education. Check out the successful stories of some people who took advantage of energy first program guidelines and their products. What are you waiting for check out their website and learn about balanced nutrition.

Peanut Butter

Let us talk about peanut first. Peanut actually is a legumes not a nut contrary to its name. When it comes to health benefits peanut butter is considered a healthy food. However obese people should avoid consuming large amount of peanut butter because majority of its calories comes from fats. Just use the one that is raw peanut butter (less refined) it is better than refined. It retains many beneficial nutrients found in skin. The total calorie content in 100 grams of peanut butter is 589 Cal. Placing it among most caloric foods in the typical American kitchen. However most of peanut butter fats contained is monounsaturated. These kind of fats have been shown to improve the cholesterol profile by lowering LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol). Peanut butter containing polyunsaturated fats help raising the HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) the synergistic effect makes this spread a very good cholesterol regulator.

In a study involving 22 subjects, high monounsaturated diet that emphasized peanuts and peanut butter decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 21% compared to the average American diet. Want to know more information about peanut butter's benefit please read here.

Unfortunately Salmonella strikes again but this time you can get from peanut butter. Yes how sad is that? In American culture peanut butter and jelly sandwich is popular. Even peanut butter crackers or just eating the plain peanut butter itself. My husband is one of those people that consumed peanut butter everyday. Now that they recalled peanut butter due to salmonella what can you do but to stop eating it for a while. There are a lot of news talked about the peanut butter and all the products that has peanut butter to it had been recalled. Read the news about recalled products here. Read the news about salmonella here.

Acne Problem and Treatment

How many of you suffer from acne or someone you know suffer from this condition? I think the most common problem that most of us facing is Acne. When I watched my favorite show today they talked about acne. The dermatologist mentioned about different kinds of acne that most of us have missed conception. He said there are a lot of kinds of acne and knowing what kind of acne we have is the easy step to find a solution to treat our acne. While a lot of us still searching for the right products for us some are still have problems it's either it didn't work or they don't know how to apply it. A lot of products out there are confusing to use. Unlike Acne Complex it has three easy simple steps. These product was formulated by world-renowned dermatologist Dr. Howard Murad. Maybe some of you already seen their infomercial on TV. They have a challenge that you might want to try. What are you waiting for take the clear skin challenge they have now. If you want more information regarding Murad Acne please visit their website at www.acnecomplex.com. Read some real stories of real people who tried their products and see the result for yourself.

Eat Peach

We all know that eating fruits and vegetables are good for our body. It also shows in a recent studies that consuming fruits and vegetables will make our body's pH more alkaline because of high potassium contents. Peaches is a potassium-rich produce that gives muscles what they need to stay toned and healthy. When our diet consists of heavily proteins and grains it can cause blood to become acidic. This can result in muscle tissue wasting away. We have to make sure that our diet is balanced and don't go overboard on one type of food.

Living a Healthier Life

Have you heard the word phyto before? Are you a health conscious person? If you are then pay attention and continue reading about this post. I have learned about the word phyto from the website that explain and expose us about living a phyto life. The website it self is called phytolife.com. What is phyto and how it can help us living a more healthy lifestyle? Let us start from finding what phyto means. Phyto is pertaining to or derived from plants. There is what we called phytonutrients which means this are plant based nutrients. According to their website phytonutrients are the most important ingredients in our diet. These nutrients may help boost immunity, promote eye health and provide antioxidant protection. It may even slowing the aging process, help human cells stay healthy and also protecting the heart against any disease. In order for us to make sure we are getting enough phytonutrients we should conserved a minimum of three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit each day. There are different types of photonutrients if you want to know them check out www.phytolife.com.

Now let us talk about the recipe you might want to try. Phytolife.com have the salad recipes that just not looks appetizing it has a good nutritional value to it also, which means it is super healthy. If you are familiar to fresh express salad package you can use that to create their recipes. They have a Fresh Express Tender Ruby and Reds and Sweet Tender Greens that you can use to get those phytonutrients you need.

Learn more about phytonutrients and its benefits from the phytoexperts Elizabeth Somer RD and Phil Lempert. Visit phytolife.com for more information regarding phytonutrients and where you can get it. Also check their recipes that you might want to for your phytonutrients source.

Facial Scrub

When I was in the Philippines I used to have oily skin. When I got here in the United States I noticed that my face got dry specially during winter. Last Saturday we went to mall to got myself a facial scrub and moisturizer also a lip balm. This is a brand new product that I am going to try and see what will be the result. I'm hoping it will turn out great. I got it from Body and Bath. I've been using their products for a while but I never tried their facial scrub yet, so I decided to give it a try. Since I got it I already used it twice and I like how it feels on my face plus the smell is great. I chose this C.O. Bigelow (brown sugar crystal face polish). I also purchased a C. O. Bigelow Deluxe facial moisturizer with SPF 15. You see I used the same products. For me using the same products is more effective than mixed it with other product. I got a lip balm also with SPF 15. I like using lip balm for lip protectant. Taking care our face is important. Like I said to my other post before we use our face everyday and as much as possible we want to look good to feel good. It adds self confidence to know that we look good and we have good skin.