Attitude Check

For more than 4,000 years, coconut water has been revered as a natural source of nutrition, wellness, beauty and hydration. In times of famine and war, coconut water has been used as an intravenous fluid and saved many lives. It’s the only natural substance that can be safely injected into the human blood stream. I love coconut water. Especially the water from the jelly coconut. I also like drinking Gatorade but I never thought coconut water would best Gatorade in a one-on-one matchup.

What’s so special about coconut water?

1. It calms your GI tract. Jennifer Koorenny, MS, RD, an Oncology Dietitian for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, has found that coconut water (not coconut milk) helps calm the GI tract and replace electrolytes during bouts of diarrhea.
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“The Culprit and The Cure” is a pleasure to read and is full of useful information. This book is written with straight forward common sense, intelligence, and a touch of humor. It is a great book to add to your health and fitness library.

In the past decade the amount of scientific information available on the importance of regular physical activity and good nutrition has grown dramatically. Currently, there is a huge gap between what is known scientifically about healthy living and what most citizens of the U.S. and other Westernized countries actually do. Only 20% of Americans have a good diet and most fail to get enough physical activity to get the benefits.

According to the author some disease that take a lifetime to develop and ultimately end in death can be prevented.  These include heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and others.

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Ladies are you a victim of weight gain after tying the knot? A recent study found that the body mass index of married women increases 2 percent above what they would normally gain as they aged (married men increase their BMI by 1.5 percent). In another study, researchers found that married couples were three times more likely to be obese (co-habituating couples double their risk and singles are the least likely to tip the scales).  These are true facts but do not panic, I can help. Try these tips.  If they don’t work you’re on your own.  Just kidding!  You may be one out of many who can’t seem to find the right solution to weight loss.  There are many so you will have to keep trying till you find one that will work for you. When you do,  stick with it.  Try these first.

1.        Stop Eating Like Your Husband

Men are from Mars and they often eat like Martians (as if I knew how Martians ate). Along with your man come his favorite snacks. Chips, beer and other foods that women are less favorable to women.  Thing is, men are generally bigger and have more muscle mass, so they can consume and more efficiently burn calories. 

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My strong history

I grew up knowing my dad as a diabetic person and as a young lad I had zero knowledge of what the disease was or how it affected people and change lives.  I grew up in a place rich in history, from the foods we eat to the lifestyle we lived.  As I got older I became more aware of what diabetes was and that it runs deep in my family.  My dad has it, my sister was recently diagnosed, my brother was tested to be pre-diabetic, two uncles of mine died from it, a cousing who is also diagnosed positive. There could be more but that’s much as I can recall. As for myself, I too have been diagnosed as a pre-diabetic person.

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Full Body Exercises    

Bootcamp exercises can be used to improve agility, cardio respiratory endurance, muscular endurance, and to some degree muscular strength.  Combined with individual and partner exercises, these drills require participants to change their positions rapidly and do various basic skills in all planes of motion.  These are my favorite exercises. I’ve used them in my personal fitness routines and you can used them to improve your cardiovascular efficiency and weight loss.   Over the next 10 weeks I will post a home made bootcamp program for all to participate in.  If you’re following along I would like to get your feedback.  Hooaah!!

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