Lemon Grass Tea is Great For Your Health

Today I was cleaning up my kitchen and I noticed a box of Lemon Grass Tea; I thought I would give it a try. So I boiled some water, soaked my lemon grass tea bag in the hot water, added two teaspoons of liquid agave and a slice of lemon.

That tea was so delicious, that I decided to do a Google search on the health benefits of lemon grass tea and take a look at what I discovered about lemon grass tea;

• Lemon grass is a diuretic
• Aids in the detoxification process of the liver, kidneys, bladder, digestive tract, and pancreas
• Helps kick start the metabolism
• Relieves symptoms of nausea, menstrual cramps, and skin infections
• Curing insomnia and calming the body down
• Aids in weight loss along with many other health benefits

Wow!!! Now that's a lot of health benefits in one cup of tea! If you have not already tried lemon grass tea, I hope that you give it a try soon. It is lemony delicious and great for your health!

To Your Health,
Shiketa

Source: http://www.lemongrasstea.org/

Photo Credit(s): 
http://www.yousaytoo.com/lemon-grass-tanglad-tea/948834
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/lemon-grass-ginger-iced-tea-10000001611618/

A Natural Way to Drop 10 pounds in 3-Days With Soup!

Source: http://www.weightlosstips.co.uk

According to a weight loss discovery in the January 23, 2012 edition of the For Women First Magazine, by consuming the New Basic Slimming Soup twice a day; you could lose up to 10 pounds in as little as 3-days!

I was quite  amazed at this discovery. In fact, I called my husband and told him about the soup, then I asked him to stop at the grocery store on the way home to pick -up the ingredients for this new slimming soup. The soup looks delicious and healthy!

Moreover, the article in the For Women First Magazine, also indicated that if you suffered from: anxiety, fatigue, depression, aches or pains, that you could speed up the weight loss process by adjusting the recipe. Check out the ingredients for the Slimming Soup recipe,click here.


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To Your Health,
Shiketa
You will also find my health tweets @naturaliving101 and on Facebook!

Yoga Poses For Weight Loss

According to Jennifer Livinia, in the article, The Five Best Yoga Poses for Weight loss; "If you're looking to yoga as a way to help you lose weight, know that it's a great piece of your overall fitness plan.

While nothing can replace cardio and strength training, those that turn to yoga for weight loss tend to have more success because yoga helps deal with the internal and external issues that might be contributing to your weight issues."

If your goal is to lose those extra pounds this year, give Yoga a try! It's a great way to calm the mind and work out all of your organs. Today I want to share with you a video that includes Yoga poses that promotes weight loss or a healthy body weight, check it out the 7- minute video below:




Be sure to check out Jennifer's article: The Five Best Yoga Poses for Weightloss.

To Your Health,
Natural Living 101
Shiketa

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3 Steps to Developing a Lifestyle that Promotes Weightloss

As I walked through the local grocery store on January 1, 2012, I noticed that the grocery store was advertising a wealth of weightloss products such as: Slim fast, protein bars, weightloss magazines, books and health & wellness drinks.

I thought to myself, I wondered, Why is it that the stores tend to promote weightloss at the beginning of the year? In fact, I believe that, in order to maintain a healthy weight; we must develop a life style that promotes weightloss.

Since 2006, I have bought many weightloss books and I have discovered many secrets to losing weight. Today, I am going to share with you 3 easy and natural ways to maintain a healthy body weight:

1. Upon waking up in the morning, drink a glass of room temperature water. Drinking water upon waking up in the morning increases your metabolism, increases your energy and it promotes weightloss.
2. Drink Green tea on a Daily basis. Studies show that Green Tea Consumption Enhances Exercise-Induced Abdominal Fat Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults.
3. Walking. God gave us two legs so that we can move our bodies. Moreover, walking is the most natural way to maintain a healthy body weight. Also, it's not a very strenuous exercise and it also reduces your stress level. If you are not an outdoors person, buy a treadmill. Whatever you decide to do, walk at least 30minutes to 1-hour a day!

More Weightloss tips to come throughout the month of January. In fact, This month's theme is to inspire you to create a lifestyle that promotes a healthy weight..the Natural Way!

To  a Healthy New Year!

 

Shiketa Morgan, Editor in Chief
Follow on Twitter @naturaliving101



Resource Links:
http://www.duncandowntown.com/benefits-of-drinking-water-at-wake.html
http://greenteaweightlossinfo.com/green-tea-extract-dosage-whats-the-right-amount-for-weight-loss/
http://www.cookinglight.com/healthy-living/fitness/better-fitness-walk-00400000001776/

Are You Watching Those Calories?

Two weeks before writing this blog post, my husband bought me a treadmill. I was so excited, because one of my goals for this year was to get a treadmill. To be quite honest with you, I do not like to work out at the gym. In fact, I prefer to work out at home or walk the neighborhood to burn calories or to reduce stress.

Shortly before I wrote this blog post, I was walking on the treadmill and watching the amount of calories that I was burning as I walked on the treadmill. Moreover, as I watched the numbers of carbs and calories burned increase on my treadmill panel, I realized that it is more work to burn off the calories than it is to attain them.

I began to think about the number of calories that are in a bag of chips or a candy bar and I thought about how much time it takes to consume the calories in our foods. For example, I love to eat granola bars and an average granola bar is less than 150 calories.

I discovered that when I walk two miles per hour for at least 30- minutes a day on the treadmill, I will burn 110 calories. Then I wondered how much weight I will lose if I burned 500 calories a week or more?

Have you really thought about how many calories that you consume on a daily basis? Are you moving your body enough to burn off those extra calories?  Have you thought about the affects that calories have on your bodies? Do you have a goal to lose weight or to simply maintain your weight?

According to Jeff Lindstrom, a professional trainer, "When you consume too many calories, you simply do not have the metabolism to burn it off and this leads to weight gain." This is why it is vital that you keep an close eye on the amount of calories that you consume on a daily basis.

A 2009 long term-study published in "The New England Journal of Medicine" found that the fundamental rule of calories in and calories out can be successful in weight management. If you eat 1,500 calories a day, you must expend 1,500 calories a day in order to stay at the same weight.

How many calories should you consume on a daily basis to maintain a healthy weight? 

 Dine Wise.com Advisory Board of Food Experts recommends these caloric guidelines:

* 1,500 calories per day for women who want to lose weight

* 1,800 calories per day for women maintaining their weight
* 1,800 calories per day for smaller stature men who want to lose weight
* 2,000 calories per day for smaller men maintaining their weight
* 2,200 calories per day recommended for men who want to lose weight

I hope that you have been inspired to pay close attention to the amount of calories that you consume on a daily basis and develop a plan to move your body to burn off those extra calories. Check out the articles below for more calorie burning tips and tools!

Looking forward to reading your comments about this post.

To Your Health,

Shiketa

Follow on Twitter @naturaliving101

Source(s) and Recommended Reading

http://www.livestrong.com/article/98174-calories-burn-lose-weight/#ixzz1fbJ1ChE7

http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Eating-Tips-and-the-Effect-of-Too-Many-Or-Little-Calories&id=4713229

Tips For Making This Thanksgiving: Happy, Healthy and Guilt Free by Deborah Francis

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time of year when families get together and overlook indulgence in food as they enjoy their time together. As we know if you really LOVE your Loved ones you will take care in what you eat this Thanksgiving. We all want to make it to the Christmas and New Year season without regrets of food that may have tasted great but was not beneficial for our waistline. So without further delay I would like to share my Top 5 List of Making this Thanksgiving: Happy, Healthy and Guilt Free.


Tip 1: For appetizers look to using fresh fruits and vegetables. Serving a vegetable and/or fruit tray will begin the festivities on a healthy note.

Tip 2: After appetizers you can opt to serve soup and/ or salad. Filling up with healthy, fresh vegetables before the other courses of your meal is a great way to prevent overeating. Homemade fresh soups and salads are antioxidant rich and curb your appetite. Here is a suggestion using the super foods kale and gogi berries.

Kale and Gogi Berry Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 large head of kale (about 4-6 cups)

• 1 cup finely chopped red onion

• 1/2 red bell pepper

• 1/2-3/4 cup chopped carrot (2 small carrots)

• 1 English cucumber (2 cups chopped halves)

• 1 avocado, chopped

• 1 & 1/4 cup chopped grape tomatoes (or other variety)

• 1/2 cup mixed raisins and Goji berries

• 1/4 cup ground flax seed

• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Dressing: Add your choice of dressing or opt for apple cider vinegar and extra virgin olive oil with some tossed fresh herbs.

Directions:

1. Chop vegetables and mix in a large mixing bowl. Reserve flax seed, walnuts, raisins and gogi berries for sprinkling on top.

2. Tear the leaves of the kale and chop into small bite-sized pieces. Wash and dry kale leaves.

3. Mix the vegetables, kale leaves, and dressing in a large bowl until thoroughly combined.

5. Place in fridge to ‘marinate’ for 10-15 minutes. Serves 4.

Tip 3: You have options other than actual meat based Turkey for the main entrée. You may opt for one from the suggested list or a combination of two.


Alternatives to serving Turkey

*Gardein brand vegetarian “meats” are universally loved. Gardein meats are delicious, aesthetically appealing, easy to use and absorb other flavors well, so you can cook with them and add any spices you like, just like real meat.

**Tofu Mock Turkey Loaf.

**Healthy Lentil and Rice Loaf

**TVP and Tofu loaf

**Natures Burger Mock Meat Loaf


I truly hope that you enjoy this Thanksgiving with family, friends, and all Loved ones joyously laughing while enjoying a healthy meal.



Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving from our Family to Yours!

If you are interested in living a happy and healthy life pick up Joy of Healthy Living: The Guide to Eating Right for Life at Amazon and Barnes and Noble .com December 2011.

Do you want complete physical, mental and social well being? Do you believe that you are what you eat? Fruits and vegetables are the key to unlocking solutions of all questions you are having about Your Health and Your Wellness.



The Joy of Healthy Living: The Guide to Eating Right for Life is an: Easy-to-read and filled with positive, practical information and tips on the powerful health benefits of fruits and vegetables for every day, at every age and stage of life. This book will provide…

• Solutions for health and nutrition including cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes , and more

• Eating for healthy aging

• Functional foods with health-promoting phytonutrients and antioxidant power.

• Overcoming Food allergies and intolerances, including celiac disease.)

• Carbohydrates and the glycemic index

• Eating for high performance (sports)

• Feeding children– with guidance on high performance based on nutrition from fruits and vegetables

• And more!

Get The Joy of Healthy Living: The Guide To Eating Right For Life at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com, December 2011.




Deborah Francis, MSED

Health and Wellness Consultant, Author and Speaker
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Deborah Francis is CEO of the Joy of Healthy Living, LLC. Recognized health and wellness expert, Deborah promotes the correlation of eating right as a healing tool towards prevention and pursuit of good health. As a wife, mother educator, entrepreneur, author and speaker, Deborah supports her “Joy of Healthy Living” message with practical ways to eat to live as opposed to living to eat!

As an accomplished author, Deborah has written numerous books, including Built To Prosper For Women: The Principles of Self Mastery this comprehensive guide uses real life wisdom to delve into what limiting thinking can do, and best of all, how to conquer this thinking and rapidly transform your life. It is time to learn and apply the principles of success, so you can position yourself to live well and prosper in all areas of your life may they be spiritual, mental, physical or financial. This book inspires you to take action to be empowered to stay healthy in mind, body, and spirit. • Be a winner, no matter what they say!