Don’t you love extra salt in your french-fries?  Of course you do because it tastes better, right? The salt content in our daily food intake is oftentimes ignored but the recent article of Pam Belluck in New York Times entitled ‘Big Benefits Are Seen from Eating Less Salt’ highlights the advantages of reducing your salt content intake.

Actually you are swarmed of food options with high content of sodium. Think about the processed foods?  Your cupboard and fridge in the kitchen are definitely stuffed with manufactured food items such as canned goods, processed meat, instant noodles and so on. The salt content of these items is very high.

According to the article, salt can be associated to blood pressure, heart illnesses and stroke. Hence, your decision to reduce the sodium in your food can significantly help you avoid these diseases.

The article gives a glimpse of the possible result across the nation if reduction of sodium is seriously taken by the people. It is indeed quite interesting to know how your health can benefit for lessening the salt in your everyday meals and snack.

So now, think again before you take that salt and pepper shaker in the dining table.
Read the full article, ‘Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt‘ from NYTimes.com - Fitness and Nutrition.

The article of Leah Zerbe entitled ‘Eat Slowly to Lose Weight’ is not actually a new idea about weight loss. This concept has been taught to us since childhood. Perhaps it is not about losing weight that our parents taught us this manner. Our parents want us to eat slowly and to have small bites because they don’t want us to choke. And it is precisely correct!

According to the ‘Eat Slowly to Lose Weight’ article, an ideal time to chew each small bite is at least nine seconds. So count from one to nine while chewing a bite-size piece of chicken. In this way, you are making sure that you are eating slowly.

Actually, this is also a good eating habit to adapt. Aside from it helps you to lose weight; it is a great way to savor the flavor of the food. As what Zerbe mentioned, relishing the taste of the food makes you feel more satisfied.

The article also suggests filling our fridge with small packs of nutritional snacks like fruits.

Indeed we always take for granted the thing that we had been taught since childhood. Simply remember your Mum’s yell to eat slowly when you were a child and you are on your way to shedding those extra pounds.

Read the full article, “Eat Slowly to Lose Weight” from MSN Health and Fitness.

Editorial Credits to Leah Zerbe, Rodale.com.

It is quite common for us to take for granted breakfast meal because of various reasons.  We always rush in the morning to catch the bus or we don’t have time to prepare a hearty breakfast meal because we wake up late. Though we are aware that breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, we hardly pay attention to this fact. Instead we grab the easiest and convenient breakfast which can either be coffee, donut, croissant, and fat-rich breakfast items.

That is why reading the article in CNN Health entitled ‘Breakfast Can Help Keep You Lean’ is very striking.  Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, and with the help of American Dietetic Association’s experts, reviewed few of the most popular breakfast meal and accordingly graded it into A, B, and C.

The idea is to pay attention to what you eat in the breakfast. A good choice is a combination of protein, carbohydrates and fiber, and the ideal breakfast concoction is comprised of oatmeal with skim milk, a half-ounce nuts, berries and orange juice.

Also, according to the article it is essential to consume significant calories for breakfast and a recommended amount is 500-calories for an average person.

You can click here to read more about the article, ‘Breakfast Can Help Keep You Lean’ from CNN.com - Diet and Fitness.

There is an interesting article in New York Times entitled ‘Train the Mind to Run Right Through Winter’ written by Gina Kolata.  She cited how other people’s exercise routines are affected with the weather. During winter and fall people tend to quit their exercise routines compared in the summer season.

How many of us are guilty of this? It can be a good excuse to escape our exercise regime, right? However, the article conveys a message that we should carry our exercise regardless of the weather.

It means exercising against all odds. Exercising despite of the weather condition is a matter of commitment to our fitness goal. A one-day-slip from our exercise routine can turn to two days or more until we realize that we eventually lost track of our fitness goal.

It may not be easy to run in a chilling weather but a proper conditioning of the mind will greatly help. To be a seasoned runner or biker, one has to run or bike in any season. Weather condition should not beat your determination to keep up in your fitness goal.

Read the full article, ‘Train the Mind to Run Right Through Winter‘ from NYTimes.com - Fitness and Nutrition.