Lower Blood Pressure with Mushrooms
Mushrooms are low in calories, low in fat, and rich in calcium and B vitamins.
Shiitake Mushrooms
A shiitake mushroom provides thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, 8 amino acids, and fiber. This mushroom also contains ergosterol, lentinan, lentinula edodesmycelium, and eritadenine, all of which are linked to potential health benefits.
Ergosterol is converted by sunlight to vitamin D.
Lentinan is a polysaccharide with an apparent link to block tumor growth, reduce cholesterol levels, and lower blood pressure.
Lentinula edodesmycelium has potential in the prevention and treatment of cancer, high blood pressure, hepatitis, and heart disease.
Eritadenine is believed to reduce cholesterol and fat levels by increasing their removal from the body.
Weight Loss – Are you still on track?
Have you stuck with your weight loss goals?
If not, you may need to add these two strategies:
1. Reward yourself.
When you achieve a goal, recognize it! Achieving your “big” goal is going to take time. Right now you may be fully committed to your new lifestyle, but overtime you may grow disenchanted. Change isn’t going to be easy. Keep yourself motivated and excited about the changes you are making by rewarding yourself when you achieve a short term goal, such as a new book you’ve been wanting to read or a Sunday matinee (with a healthy snack during movie time!).
2. One step at a time.
Weight Loss Tips
Two weight loss tips:
Identify your motivator.
Be very clear and honest with yourself the “why” behind why you want to lose weight and post reminders where you see them daily. If it’s a desire to look good in a pair of jeans, post a picture of your goal physique within daily view. If your “why” is fear you’ll be taken from your family too soon, keep a picture of your family with you and posted in visible places as a visual reminder of why you need to stick with your plan.
Sleep.
Top Weight Loss Tips (cont.)
Here’s two more weight loss tips!
Clean sweep.
Go through your kitchen cupboards, pantry, and refrigerator to remove not so healthy choices from reach. Yes, will power will play a role as you change your habits, but why tempt yourself unnecessarily?!
Establish a support team.
Do you need D-Ribose?
Every cell in the human body slowly produces d-ribose. Liver, fat tissue, and adrenal glands produce the highest levels to meet the production needs of hormones and fatty acids. Heart, brain, nerve, and skeletal muscle only make enough d-ribose to manage day-to-day needs during a normal state of health.
The body is not able to produce high levels of d-ribose quickly when under levels of stress, such as oxygen and blood deficiency connected to heart disease. Any time oxygen or blood flow is compromised the body tissues are not able to produce adequate levels of d-ribose, which leads to a depletion of cellular energy.
D-Ribose Deficiency
Characteristics of individuals at increased risk for a d-ribose deficiency include men and women over the age of 45 showing early signs of cardiac dysfunction, statin drug users, women with mitral valve prolapse, and individuals with high blood pressure and/or heart disease.
D-Ribose Benefits
Will Wal-Mart be the 'new' health food store?
Wal-Mart has recently agreed to offer healthier food options. Over the next 5 years Wal-Mart will be making changes to reduce the salt, fat, and sugar content of its ‘Great Value’ brand of packaged foods. This healthy move will also include lowering the price on healthy fruits and vegetables.
Wal-Mart announced this decision in Washington D.C. alongside First Lady Michelle Obama who has made healthy eating and physical activity her top priorities.
This is great news for families trying to make ends meet on a tight budget. It’s hard to select healthy foods when pricing makes unhealthy options more budget friendly.
Does this affect you?
