http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Read more about the infamous 'Twinkie diet'... a nutrition professor attempted to lose weight by eating junk snacks (chocolate bars, potato chips, etc). (Twinkie is a brand of cream cake in the US.)
What do you think?
>Offhand a few things come to mind:
-need to monitor results for longer period of time
-the junk snacks fill you up (sugar, fats) and you probably feel 'jelak' (don't feel like eating) due to the lingering taste (flavouring in chips? syrup?)... so your total calorie intake probably won't reach what it would if you ate your usual meal
-not healthy to eat like that (obvious, right :0
>Read Tom Venuto's response to this
http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2010/11/the_twinkie_diet.php
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Are you a people-pleaser?
Interesting read… Do click here to read Dr Sharon Melnick’s article…
what do you think?
http://sharonmelnick.com/site/successful-people-pleaser/
what do you think?
http://sharonmelnick.com/site/successful-people-pleaser/
The Biggest Loser... lose weight?
Jillian Michaels must be one of the more popular trainers these days.. thanks to reality tv shows such as 'The Biggest Loser'. Take a look at The Yellow Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAPKdQg9hk
Not denying the effectiveness of Jillian's routines, but perhaps a bit drastic for severely out-of-shape individuals... always weigh the suitability and risk for your ownself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAPKdQg9hk
Not denying the effectiveness of Jillian's routines, but perhaps a bit drastic for severely out-of-shape individuals... always weigh the suitability and risk for your ownself.
Peace of mind?
What is the secret to peace and hope? Countless books have been written (The Secret, Law of Attraction, etc)
Don't forget that health encompasses our body, mind, emotions, soul, etc. The late Bruce Lee exercised a lot and also read religious books, including those written by Krishnamurti and tried meditation and also drugs. Eventually when Bruce died, there were traces of drugs in his body. Google and you will know what I mean (no need for mysterious explanations such as horoscope, bad luck). Or perhaps a more recent tragedy about a Malaysian surgeon... read http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=598443
What is the secret to peace and hope? Or perhaps we want to avoid thinking about the low points in life, and therefore we manufacture our highs - drinking, sex, working ourselves up thru motivation courses (jumping on stage, rah rah)... Hmm, I found the way to peace and hope - God, may Jesus bring you peace of mind and hope.
Don't forget that health encompasses our body, mind, emotions, soul, etc. The late Bruce Lee exercised a lot and also read religious books, including those written by Krishnamurti and tried meditation and also drugs. Eventually when Bruce died, there were traces of drugs in his body. Google and you will know what I mean (no need for mysterious explanations such as horoscope, bad luck). Or perhaps a more recent tragedy about a Malaysian surgeon... read http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=598443
What is the secret to peace and hope? Or perhaps we want to avoid thinking about the low points in life, and therefore we manufacture our highs - drinking, sex, working ourselves up thru motivation courses (jumping on stage, rah rah)... Hmm, I found the way to peace and hope - God, may Jesus bring you peace of mind and hope.
Chinups too difficult?
Yup chin-ups are difficult… Imagine if you weigh 60 kg… pulling yourself up (60kg) is DIFFICULT. But think also, it’s a way to build strength and size (if you’re interested)…
Small wonder that chin-ups and push-ups are a favourite test in the army. Of course modern fitness centres have adopted these exercises into bootcamp n circuit training.
What if you can’t do even one chin-up? You can try doing partial repetitions standing tip-toe (safer than squatting on a chair). Click here to see fitness trainer Scott Tousignant do a modified chin-up.
http://fatlossquickie.com/blog/one-of-the-best-yet-most-neglected-fat-burning-exercises/
BEFORE using, ALWAYS check that the chin-up bar is SITTING properly on the architrave (top of the door frame)…
Oh yeah… the chin-up bar used in the video is called ‘Iron Gym’ - good, but you need a *thick* architrave (top of the door frame)… Hence, my decision to bring in chin-up bars that have a higher chance of fitting on Malaysian door frames. Do check my website for door measurements http://www.everhealth.asia/
Small wonder that chin-ups and push-ups are a favourite test in the army. Of course modern fitness centres have adopted these exercises into bootcamp n circuit training.
What if you can’t do even one chin-up? You can try doing partial repetitions standing tip-toe (safer than squatting on a chair). Click here to see fitness trainer Scott Tousignant do a modified chin-up.
http://fatlossquickie.com/blog/one-of-the-best-yet-most-neglected-fat-burning-exercises/
BEFORE using, ALWAYS check that the chin-up bar is SITTING properly on the architrave (top of the door frame)…
Oh yeah… the chin-up bar used in the video is called ‘Iron Gym’ - good, but you need a *thick* architrave (top of the door frame)… Hence, my decision to bring in chin-up bars that have a higher chance of fitting on Malaysian door frames. Do check my website for door measurements http://www.everhealth.asia/
Ageing and health
Ageing and your health
10 Health Conditions to Watch for as You Age
Keeping an Eye on Your Health as You Age
By Dennis Thompson, Jr.
Medically reviewed by Cynthia Haines, MD
Public interest in senior health is booming as the United States experiences an unprecedented increase in its senior population. By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be age 65 or older, for a total of about 71 million seniors. Certain health problems are more common as you age, but fortunately there are many steps you can take to maintain your health well into your later years. Learning about these common conditions is your first step.
Next: Osteoporosis
Read more here
http://www.everydayhealth.com/senior-health-photos/conditions-to-watch-for.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthHealthyAging_20101110
10 Health Conditions to Watch for as You Age
Keeping an Eye on Your Health as You Age
By Dennis Thompson, Jr.
Medically reviewed by Cynthia Haines, MD
Public interest in senior health is booming as the United States experiences an unprecedented increase in its senior population. By 2030, 1 in 5 Americans will be age 65 or older, for a total of about 71 million seniors. Certain health problems are more common as you age, but fortunately there are many steps you can take to maintain your health well into your later years. Learning about these common conditions is your first step.
Next: Osteoporosis
Read more here
http://www.everydayhealth.com/senior-health-photos/conditions-to-watch-for.aspx?xid=nl_EverydayHealthHealthyAging_20101110
Yoga injury
Yoga can lead to injury if improperly done... Watch two of the better yoga videos on youtube - Deborah York (good and detailed) and Jennifer Kostel (not bad)...
Here are some links where they show a common posture called 'Downward dog' - great stretch for shoulders and safe if done properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6OTrLXkEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfAaYjF6NI
Here are some links where they show a common posture called 'Downward dog' - great stretch for shoulders and safe if done properly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm6OTrLXkEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfAaYjF6NI
Friday, November 12, 2010
Are you a successful people pleaser?
Interesting read… Do click here to read Dr Sharon Melnick’s article…
http://sharonmelnick.com/site/successful-people-pleaser/
http://sharonmelnick.com/site/successful-people-pleaser/
Chin-up bars
No time or money to join gym? Try doing chin-ups, push-ups, squats for a quick workout.... think bootcamp. or Jillian Michaels 'Greatest Loser' type of training.
Portable chin-up bars that don't need to use screwdriver or drills? Yup, we have well-known brands such as P90X, Iron Gym and Power Bar (sold in UK). P90X is very solid and sturdy.
HOWEVER, Malaysian buyers need to be aware that the door frames in Malaysia are *not* that thick as that of European (US, UK, Australia, etc) houses. No point buying something that can't fit your door. Try Power Bar - it can fit a not so thick door frame. See photos and door frame measurements (around 1 cm thick) at http://www.everhealth.asia/
I have some of these bars to sell cost only RM80!
Portable chin-up bars that don't need to use screwdriver or drills? Yup, we have well-known brands such as P90X, Iron Gym and Power Bar (sold in UK). P90X is very solid and sturdy.
HOWEVER, Malaysian buyers need to be aware that the door frames in Malaysia are *not* that thick as that of European (US, UK, Australia, etc) houses. No point buying something that can't fit your door. Try Power Bar - it can fit a not so thick door frame. See photos and door frame measurements (around 1 cm thick) at http://www.everhealth.asia/
I have some of these bars to sell cost only RM80!
slow down!
Drawing a blank
Taken from a newsletter by Betty Mahalik (http://www.dynamic-coaching.com/)
uploading it here cos it’s a bit dated and you may not be able to find it online..
3 October 2010
Today is one of those days when I’ve drawn a blank. As I sat down to write this week’s MMC it struck me that I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired about anything. And, I realized that I had fallen under the spell of the need to be profound, productive or “significant”. Guess what? No one can be profound, productive or significant all the time—especially not me. So this week I’m giving it a rest!
I guess you might call it an occupational hazard: the desire to make a difference can become so intoxicating that many of us don’t know what to do with a day where the most significant thing we seem to be able to do is figure out what to wear or have for dinner! We spend so much time “programming” ourselves for success, looking for the next goal to be achieved, the next mountain to be climbed, the next item to be checked off the to-do list that when we draw the proverbial blank we’re left floundering. I often have clients say when they have a break or a day off, they really don’t know what to do with themselves. So invariably they look for and find something to throw themselves into rather than simply embracing the lull.
Is it that we’ve become so identified with our “doing-ness” that we’ve lost connection with our “being-ness?” Are there not natural rhythms in nature where things seem to stand still for a moment; where even the sky and the trees need to catch their breath and “do” nothing?
I’ll never lose my desire to make a difference and if you’re reading this you probably won’t either. But how about joining me this week, for at least a few minutes, maybe even part of a whole day just allowing the blank, the empty space to be there. Who says that making a difference relies entirely on doing stuff anyway? The ocean tides are not always six-foot rip curls but the ocean is no less profound when its tides are low and gentle.
In the game of Scrabble when you draw the blank tile you can use it for any letter you want. It’s the ultimate wild card. Consider today your “blank tile” day. Use it for whatever you want or nothing, if that suits you better. If we can’t learn to embrace the blanks in life, we can’t fully embrace the activity, the creativity, the momentum either.
The next three months will fly by: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, a new year. The busy-ness of the season will soon consume us. Why not savor a few minutes now and then just enjoying the blanks when they come along. I guarantee the world will not stop turning on its axis because you chose to embrace the blanks that show up in your life. And taking the time to step back may be the very thing your mind, body or spirit needs today or this week to burst forth in a whole new season of creativity, contribution and productivity.
So join me in taking a collective deep breath, let it out with a huge sigh of relief and celebrate with me the joy in drawing a blank!
Enjoy the lull.
Betty (signature)
uploading it here cos it’s a bit dated and you may not be able to find it online..
3 October 2010
Today is one of those days when I’ve drawn a blank. As I sat down to write this week’s MMC it struck me that I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired about anything. And, I realized that I had fallen under the spell of the need to be profound, productive or “significant”. Guess what? No one can be profound, productive or significant all the time—especially not me. So this week I’m giving it a rest!
I guess you might call it an occupational hazard: the desire to make a difference can become so intoxicating that many of us don’t know what to do with a day where the most significant thing we seem to be able to do is figure out what to wear or have for dinner! We spend so much time “programming” ourselves for success, looking for the next goal to be achieved, the next mountain to be climbed, the next item to be checked off the to-do list that when we draw the proverbial blank we’re left floundering. I often have clients say when they have a break or a day off, they really don’t know what to do with themselves. So invariably they look for and find something to throw themselves into rather than simply embracing the lull.
Is it that we’ve become so identified with our “doing-ness” that we’ve lost connection with our “being-ness?” Are there not natural rhythms in nature where things seem to stand still for a moment; where even the sky and the trees need to catch their breath and “do” nothing?
I’ll never lose my desire to make a difference and if you’re reading this you probably won’t either. But how about joining me this week, for at least a few minutes, maybe even part of a whole day just allowing the blank, the empty space to be there. Who says that making a difference relies entirely on doing stuff anyway? The ocean tides are not always six-foot rip curls but the ocean is no less profound when its tides are low and gentle.
In the game of Scrabble when you draw the blank tile you can use it for any letter you want. It’s the ultimate wild card. Consider today your “blank tile” day. Use it for whatever you want or nothing, if that suits you better. If we can’t learn to embrace the blanks in life, we can’t fully embrace the activity, the creativity, the momentum either.
The next three months will fly by: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, a new year. The busy-ness of the season will soon consume us. Why not savor a few minutes now and then just enjoying the blanks when they come along. I guarantee the world will not stop turning on its axis because you chose to embrace the blanks that show up in your life. And taking the time to step back may be the very thing your mind, body or spirit needs today or this week to burst forth in a whole new season of creativity, contribution and productivity.
So join me in taking a collective deep breath, let it out with a huge sigh of relief and celebrate with me the joy in drawing a blank!
Enjoy the lull.
Betty (signature)
Quote of the Week “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between breaths.”~~Etty Hellesum
Seafood and antidepressants?
As if pollution in the sea isn’t bad enough (oil spill, heavy metals)…
seafood farms and the use of antibiotics…and now looks like sea creatures may end up ‘absorbing’ another manmade waste - antidepressants. Read what the University of Portsmouth, UK has to say:
“Crustaceans are crucial to the food chain and if shrimps’ natural behaviour is being changed because of antidepressant levels in the sea this could seriously upset the natural balance of the ecosystem,” said Dr Alex Ford from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Marine Sciences.
“Much of what humans consume you can detect in the water in some concentration. We’re a nation of coffee drinkers and there is a huge amount of caffeine found in waste water, for example. It’s no surprise that what we get from the pharmacy will also be contaminating the country’s waterways.”
The research is published in the journal Aquatic Toxicology. The study found that the shrimps’ behaviour changes when they are exposed to the same levels of fluoxetine found in the waste water that flows to rivers and estuaries as a result of the drugs humans excrete in sewage.
Dr Ford’s research was motivated by a species of parasite which can alter the behaviour of aquatic creatures through changing serotonin levels within the brains of the organisms. Serotonin is a neuro-hormone found in many animals, including humans, known to control types of behaviour, such as modulating mood and decreasing anxiety.
Drugs to combat depression in humans are often designed to target levels of serotonin which led to the question of whether they could also alter the behaviour of marine organisms.
Dr Ford said: “Effluent is concentrated in river estuaries and coastal areas, which is where shrimps and other marine life live – this means that the shrimps are taking on the excreted drugs of whole towns.”
Prescriptions for antidepressants have risen rapidly in recent years, according to the Office for National Statistics. In 2002, there were 26.3 million antidepressant prescriptions handed out by doctors in England and Wales - yet the environmental effect of pharmaceuticals in sewage has been largely unexplored.
Dr Ford is hoping to carry out future research on a number of other prescribed drugs on the market known to affect serotonin.
Head of the School of Biological Sciences, Professor Matt Guille, said: “Dr Ford has conducted some beautifully simple research, which potentially shows huge ecological consequences. I hope it will lead the way for further study of prescribed drugs and other substances impacting on the country’s marine-life.”
Related links:
http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/title,91345,en.html
http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/archive2009/march2009/title,93306,en.html
seafood farms and the use of antibiotics…and now looks like sea creatures may end up ‘absorbing’ another manmade waste - antidepressants. Read what the University of Portsmouth, UK has to say:
Antidepressants make shrimps see the light
Wed, Jul 7, 2010
Research into the behaviour of shrimps exposed to the antidepressant fluoxetine, showed that their behaviour is dramatically affected. The shrimps are five times more likely to swim toward the light instead of away from it – making them more likely to be eaten by fish or birds, which could have devastating effects on the shrimp population.“Crustaceans are crucial to the food chain and if shrimps’ natural behaviour is being changed because of antidepressant levels in the sea this could seriously upset the natural balance of the ecosystem,” said Dr Alex Ford from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Marine Sciences.
“Much of what humans consume you can detect in the water in some concentration. We’re a nation of coffee drinkers and there is a huge amount of caffeine found in waste water, for example. It’s no surprise that what we get from the pharmacy will also be contaminating the country’s waterways.”
The research is published in the journal Aquatic Toxicology. The study found that the shrimps’ behaviour changes when they are exposed to the same levels of fluoxetine found in the waste water that flows to rivers and estuaries as a result of the drugs humans excrete in sewage.
Dr Ford’s research was motivated by a species of parasite which can alter the behaviour of aquatic creatures through changing serotonin levels within the brains of the organisms. Serotonin is a neuro-hormone found in many animals, including humans, known to control types of behaviour, such as modulating mood and decreasing anxiety.
Drugs to combat depression in humans are often designed to target levels of serotonin which led to the question of whether they could also alter the behaviour of marine organisms.
Dr Ford said: “Effluent is concentrated in river estuaries and coastal areas, which is where shrimps and other marine life live – this means that the shrimps are taking on the excreted drugs of whole towns.”
Prescriptions for antidepressants have risen rapidly in recent years, according to the Office for National Statistics. In 2002, there were 26.3 million antidepressant prescriptions handed out by doctors in England and Wales - yet the environmental effect of pharmaceuticals in sewage has been largely unexplored.
Dr Ford is hoping to carry out future research on a number of other prescribed drugs on the market known to affect serotonin.
Head of the School of Biological Sciences, Professor Matt Guille, said: “Dr Ford has conducted some beautifully simple research, which potentially shows huge ecological consequences. I hope it will lead the way for further study of prescribed drugs and other substances impacting on the country’s marine-life.”
Related links:
http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/title,91345,en.html
http://www.port.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/archive2009/march2009/title,93306,en.html
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