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31 January

Easy way to lose Bingo Wings

Have you made the New Year resolution to remove all your bingo wings? Bingo Wing is the term which used to describe the excessive amount of fat or loose dangling skins which accumulated on the upper arm muscle. It is most commonly found on elderly women and overweight people. Survey states that most of the women are afflicted with and embarrased by bingo wings that you could imagine, are you one of them?

Below are some of the suggestions and recommendations that you can try:-

1. Tricep exercises

The formation of bingo wings on our body is due to irrespective / rarely using them. Tricep is not a weight bearing muscle, it could easily get flabby. There was a misconception bout upper arm exercise, alot people believe that tricep exercise only strengthen the muscles but the fats would still remain there.Thus, tricep exercise is one of the keys to get rid of bingo wings. In order to shape and tone certain parts on our body that we commonly unfavor, the best way to do is to effectively target them. By taking the weight (dumbbells) in each hand (you can stand or sit, make sure to keep your back straight), keeping your arms outstretched and raise them to shoulder level. Hold them for 10 seconds to 30 seconds, then move them down to the waist level. You can try to increase the repetition from 15 reps to 20 reps per set instead of adding the weight of your dumbbells. Don’t shy away from using weights, most women worry that it will promote muscle building on their body by using too much weights. To tell you the truth, muscle is very difficult to build, naturally women have less testosterone – which plays important role in muscles building. In fact, weights will only help to tone your muscle and burn the fat instead of bulking up the muscles on your body, it boosts your metabolism rates, increases the demand of fuel from your body fats. Moreover, make sure you don’t use the weight which is too light, if you can easily lift up the weight for 12 to 15 reps, it means that they are not heavy enough for you.

2. Other Exercises

A) Take a rope, try take up the habit of skipping. It effectively targets all the major muscles in your arms and shoulders.

B) Do swim, Breaststroke and Freestyle can easily tone down your arms and build up great stamina. Moreover, swmming can easily shed fat by burning 15.7 calories with only 3mph.

And the best exercise?

Use Powerballs, gyrocope-based technology which implemented with different weights, it can easily tone and burns all the excessive fats on ur arms.

3. Dieting Plan

As usual, the input and output of the calories and energy is the key to shed off all the excessive fats on your body. Food which contains high calories such as bread, rice are not preferable to take as body would use up all the carbohydrates in your body before they start to dissociate the fats from your body. Eat your food in a smarter way if you can’t resist the pleasure of enjoying foods. E.g. Eat wholemeal bread instead of take in the high flourish bread. Try take in five-grain rice if you insist to eat rice, five-grain rice contains other grains with glutinous and regular rice (sorghum, gloutinous millet, dried black beans and dried sweet beans), they contains less carbohydrate and high in fibres.

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30 January

5 reasons why you should get Powerballs

Reason 1
It is an eccentric based training, by fatigue-ing and damaging the muscles to a greater extent, which eventually promote the higher possibility of greater growth and regeneration stimulation on the muscles / cells. This technique has been a rehabilitation tool using by physio-therapists and doctors since 70’s. By boosting the intensity and weight of the Powerballs on your hand, you could possibly double your chance of boosting your gains on bodybuilding (strengthening muscles / tendons / bones / etc.). Reviews and Commented by most of the sport professionals who tried Powerballs, it creates serious strength in the wrists and arms which contribute to most of the sports. This achieves massive success in boosting distance (eg. golf/squash) and endurance for all the sports and activities.

Reason 2
To train your wrist to be more flexible, by continuously rolling the Powerballs in your hand to work on your muscles and increase the blood flows to the muscles and joints. It is a proven toy which highly recommended by medical professionals. The application of Powerball is a viable product which implemented in medical and rehabilitative field. It could be used to treat Tendonitis, repetitive strain injuries (eg. from using too much computers everyday) especially fingers and arms by removing and stiffness and pains of the weak/broken wrist. Most of the Powerballs’ users take this as an healthy exercise to prevent these problems from developing in the first place.

Reason 3
It will effectively tone and shape your arms and shoulders’ muscles yet without resulting the unwanted growth of muscle on them. It is a very good exercise for women to practically tone the bingo wings (flabby triceps) by achieving it at between 7000-8000 rpm for only 10 minutes each day.
For the people who need dense muscle growth, it is a transformable dumbbell that can be adjusted into 50 different weight of dumbbells. The internal rotor inside the Powerballs give rise to almost unlimited resistance range of weight with the ball on your hands. The resistances increase proportion to the speed of the internal rotor, by spinning it up to the higher speed such as 15,000 rpm, 40lbs (approximately 20kg) of weight resistance can be reached. by simply rolling it at the speed that you can afford, you can achieve the desirable resistance that you can hold.

Reason 4
With its pocket seized compact design, it is like a mobile-dumbbells with instant access to variey resistance weights which you can use at anytime and anywhere.

Reason 5
The ball is implemented with a computerized digital counter, this ingenious clock accurately counts the number of revolutions performed by the rotor in a given run, it helps to monitor the improvement in your body strength on a daily basis. You would pick the ball up again and again to surpass your previous achievement. And it is so addictive and pleasurable to use it to compete with another user who might able to get the higher rpm scores than you.

For further information, please visit www.powerballs.com

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28 January

Blood Type Diet

To promote better healthy diet, Peter D’Adamo has proposed that people with different blood type – O, A, AB should emphasize on their distinct diets.

Through the book he wrote, he proposed that  different ABO type antigens in our blood has their own nutrient preference list. This list filters all the food components / substances which are imcompatible to them. In another word, substance matches their antigen would get efficiently absorbed into the body and components which is not match would get lesser chemical reactions with the body. These unefficient chemical reaction would lead to side effects such as eruct, acne, allegry and etc.

Below are some of the example of the blood type facts:-

1) Blood type O
- believes to be the earliest human blood group. The diet recommends that this blood group eat a higher protein diet;
- Eat meat (high protein, low carbohydrate;
- Cut down wheat and other grains product;
- Engage in more intensive exercise (eg. sprinting / Body Combat); and
- Your risk factors for ulcers and inflammatory diseases such as arthritis increase if you eat incorrectly for your type.

2) Blood type A
- believes it to be a more recently evolved blood type, dating back from the dawn of agriculture;
- More vegetarian food intake ((high carbohydrate, low fat);
- Meditate to deal with stress;
- Engage in gentle exercise such as yoga or slow jog;and
- Your risk factors for cancer and heart disease increase if you eat incorrectly for your type.

3) Blood type B
- Associated with a strong immune system and a flexible digestive system. The blood type diet claims that people of blood type B are the only ones who can thrive on dairy products;
- Have the most varied diet of all the blood types, one including meat;
- The only blood type that does well with dairy products;
- Engage in exercise such as moderate swimming or running / jogging; and
- Risk of slow-growing viruses that attack the nervous system increases if you eat incorrectly for your type.

4) Blood type AB
- The most recently evolved type, In terms of dietary needs, his blood type diet treats this group as an intermediate between blood types A and B;
- Consist of the benefits and intolerances of types A and B;
- Engage in calming exercises and relaxation techniques; and
- Have the friendliest immune system of all the blood types.

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21 January

Drinking cold water after meal = Cancer?

Myth: Drinking cold water during / after the meal could solidify the oily components and leads to cancer.

It reminds me of the recent HK TV show, a showspeaker was demostrating by pouring a glass of cold water into a bowl of oils which i believe is lard, he explained that the fats and oils would solidify inside our stomach and intestines. And in a longer term of period, these substances would coat the intestines and  veins, sooner or later it will lead to the illness of heart attack and cancer. Moreover, he even stated that by consuming the oily stuff with cold water, it would lead to heavy constipation.

To tell you the truth, cold or chilling liquids do not solidify the ingested fats when these 2 meet in the stomach. Refer to Snopes.com, when the cold water/liquids are consumed, as it passing by the throat / esophagus, the internal heat of our body would quickly cancel off the cold temperature of and to achieve body temperature. Moreover, it is impossible for the fats to reach to the intestines territory, this is because when the ingestibles reach to the stomach, the acids from the stomach would break them into a smaller molecules for easier body absorption. Other rumor stated that the sludge that formed from the oil and cold water would adhere / stick to the wall of our intestine, and it would turn into fats and lead to cancer. For oils, to be precise, the sludge that they formed  are much more easier to be absorbed into the intestine compare to solid foods. For solid foods, they need to be passed by various digestive process in order to be thoroughly broken down into small tiny of molecules for body absorption.

Recently there is a ridiculous advice on drinking ice-cold water can harm the delicate lining of our stomach. Frankly, if the lining of our human stomach were that delicate, i don’t think our tummies would have survived being constantly bathed in strong digestive acids.

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19 January

Lazy people on exercise

According to the survey from Synovate recently, the following are some interesting conclusions which have collected from 16,500 people in 16 different countries regarding on how they think of their body shape:-

1. 83% of the Irish have tried at least once in their life for slimming down;

2. Indians hate slimming down, 79% of the indians said that they’re too slim to put down weight;

3. 83% of the Brazilian emphasize on keeping fit;

4. 79% of the French believes that fast food is the main cause of obesity;

5. American and German blame fast food cause them turning fast, they cannot give up on burgers, pizza and wings;

6. 51% of the American women wish that their husband to be slightly slimmer;

7. 37% of the American uses the dieting pill method to slim down;

8. Most of the Russian wishes to entrust the habit of smoking to put down their weight;

9. Mexican has the most relevant thinking of slimming down, by having proper dieting plan and exercise.

10. 14% of Malaysians go for an easy fix, opting for herbs and supplements to try to manage the obesity.

Most of the people believed the main cause of obesity was and found that 40% of all people attribute food as the culprit, 20% chose ‘unhealthy food choices’ and another 20% chose ‘unhealthy food habits like eating at irregular hours’. Majority of the results show that most of the people from the society are concerned bout their body shape, and they wish to slim down.

The results show there’s a world of people who cannot deny themselves that hamburger or extra piece of pizza, but probably make themselves feel better by washing it down with a diet cola.

According to 39.net, there are some simple and easy ways to keep body fit and healthy pertaining to different type of body shape, even a lazy people can easily do it, by taking 10 minutes from each day to practice them:-

1. Pear shaped body

- Lower body is larger and more compact than the upper body, normally the upper body is very thin, most of the excessive meats and fats are focused on thigh and backside.

-Steps of the exercise:-

A) 45 reps of sit-up – by splitting them into 3 sets, 15 reps per set;

B) 45 reps of  Verticle Leg crunch – by splitting them into 3 sets, 15 reps per set;

C) Lift up 5-10 lbs  of dumbbell for 30 reps on each hand – by splitting them into 3 sets, 10 reps per set;

D) Hopping for 75 reps – by splitting them into 3 sets, 25 reps per set. Jumping rope is recommended.

2. Ruler shaped body

- Lack of body curve/shape , excessive meats and fats could easily accumulate on the tummy a.k.a belly waist / beer belly.

- Steps of exercises:-

A) 50 reps of sit-up – by splitting them into 3 sets, 15 reps per set;

B) Half squat for 5 sets, each set stands for 30 seconds;

C) Lift up 5-10 lbs  of dumbbell for 30 reps on each hand – by splitting them into 3 sets, 10 reps per set (men could increase their weight to 15-20 lbs if the weight is too light);

D) Skipping for 90 reps (Plyometric Jumping), by splitting them into 3 sets, 30 reps per set. Jumping rope can be used for better result.

3. Hourglass shaped body

- upper and lower body is usually quite balance and curvy, unfortunately the increment of weight would affect the whole body, but the only certain part of the body.

- Steps of exercises:-

A) 30 reps of sit-up – by splitting them into 3 sets, 10 reps per set;

B) 45 reps of  Verticle Leg crunch – by splitting them into 3 sets, 15 reps per set;

C) Lift up 5-10 lbs  of dumbbell for 30 reps on each hand – by splitting them into 3 sets, 10 reps per set;

D) Skipping for 90 reps (Plyometric Jumping), by splitting them into 3 sets, 30 reps per set. Jumping rope can be used for better result.

By following the abovesaid steps for 4 times in a week (approximately 10-15 minutes for full sets), you could get a significant changes in your body.

Hint: SET GOALS – When you set your goals, make sure they are reasonable. No one wants to start exercising. The thought of getting the weight off is daunting to many people. If you have a plan of attack, your chances of success are much better. For example: start the habit of doing crunches with lesser reps / sets, by adding the reps slow for the following day / week. With this in mind, you’ll be sure to find ways to keep adding to your program to make it successful.

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18 January

How Mandarin Oranges keep you fit and healthy?

As we know, Mandarin oranges in Chinese verb mean ‘gold’ or prosperity. It’s been a habit for Chinese to consume large amount of mandarin oranges during this grand festival of Chinese New Year due to cultural beliefs (the more you eat, the more prosper you can obtain in the current year). However, does it affect our health if we eat up that much of mandarin oranges? This post shall reviews the nutritional value of Mandarin oranges.

Referred to nutritional analysis from caloriecount, mandarin orange contains :-

1.        High in dietary fiber,

-          which exceeds the normal RDA (Recommended  Daily Allowance) for any normal high fiber fruits / vegetables. As we know, high fibers are able to lower down the cholesterol in our bloodstream as well as stabilize blood sugar. It is also an effective remedy as it could heal the constipation, by softening the stools onto moisture.

2.       High in thiamin,

-          It belongs to  soluble vitamin B1 complex, ), sufficient amount of Thiamin promotes dissociation of carbohydrate in cellular level (inside your body cells) as well as strengthen our muscle and nervous system. It is a crucial component which our body acutely need in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One mandarin orange provides sufficient RDAs intake of Thiamine for adult.

3.        Extremely high in vitamin A and vitamin C

-          Vitamin A plays important role in providing a healthy vision and maintains skin health.

-          For Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), it is a crucial substance for our immune system. Moreover, vitamin C can be an effectively fat burner substance as it synthesis (build) the component of Carnitine. Carnitine is an essential substance which use to break down the fatty acid and glycerol and transport them to our body cells (eg. Muscle cells) for energy use. However it does not mean that the more vitamin C you consume, the more fat to be burned from our body. (soluble vitamin B1 complex), sufficient amount of Thiamin promotes dissociation of carbohydrate in cellular level (inside your body cells) as well as strengthen our muscle and nervous system. It is a crucial component which our body acutely need in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One mandarin orange provides sufficient RDAs intake of Thiamine for adult.

Referred to thedailyplate, mandarin orange is extremely low in saturated fat and cholesterol, the nutritional value of mandarin oranges makes them suitable for weight loss. Fruits are a healthy form of carbohydrate that when expended allows you to burn calories. The amount per serving for 1 orange is approximately 50 calories (you can easily burn it with just 5 minute jog). Moreover, mandarin orange contains zero fat, high in carbohydrate (88%) and approximately 10% of protein content in one mandarin orange.

According to Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine researchers, Drinking mandarin orange juice a day might have the ability to decrease the risk of developing liver cancer. It could also prevent atherosclerosis (hardening of artery), insulin resistance (diabetes related disease) (source taken from cancer blog).

Counting calories alone is not going to help you lose weight; make sure you are eating the right balance of foods instead. Mandarin orange could be one of the best nourishing fruits that you can get during this coming grand festival.

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09 January

Input and Output for Calories and Energy

A simple trick to  maintain your weight is to control the balance between the calories / energy that you take in from the food that you consume and the energy you use for the daily activity.  This theory has always been the fundamental of weight control and diet.

As what we know, when we consume more calories than what we normally need, the calories will be converted into fat cells and stored into our body. And this outcomes excessive fats to be shown on your belly, hips, waist. Fats are easy to be stored into our body, however it’s hard to be taken out from the body. When we are using the energy from our body, the reserved energy (from your daily food which stored in your liver or other cells ) will be used first, followed by the fat cells. For example, if you take in total of 1500 calories for today, let’s say 1000 calories are used for daily activities and exercise, still, the leftover 500 calories will be stored into your body. A lot people might think that 400 calories is so little, it might just convert into 0.04g of fat cell into your body (fyi. 1g = 9kcal.).  But, in long term, the accumulation of these fat cells are the cause which turns you into overweight monster

There are 3 ways which our body utilizes all the energy / calories from our food / fat cells.

1. First of all, it utilizes part of the energy for our basal metabolism. Basal metabolism is the utilization of energy which our body uses to keep us alive, autonomic functions such as breathing, heart-beating, maintaining our blood pressure, temperature. Normally fixed amount of energy / calories are used for our body

2. Secondly would be breaking down the foods, in order for digestion and to run  your intestinal function, to produce heat for our body (bear in mind, this is to produce heat for our body, maintaining the heat / temperature is another function).  Most of you should have realised if you never take in any food in the cold morning, you would feel colder than usual. This is why during Winter season, people tends to eat more food in order to regenerate more heat for our body, and the excessive energy would eventually turn into fats and store  into our body.

3. Lastly, and the most important, energy is used for daily physical activities, walking, talking or even ‘eye’-ing (human uses 1/3 of the daily energy for our eye-sight function), this is the section where most of the energy from our daily diet utilizes. Theoretically, if all ur daily energy / calories are depleted, our body will start use the fat storage for energy utilization and fat burning.

Thus, in order to efficiently burn fats and to efficiently put down the weights, the most effective way would be controlling  the combination of input and output of energy in your body, in another word, EAT less and EXERCISE more.

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02 January

Caffeine – Fat burner

People mistakes caffeine as an effective fat burning substance. To be definite, caffeine is one of the effective fat burning stimulant, it increases the metabolism rate for the drinkers and helps boosting the body to produce more heat as it promotes the body to use up all the fat as fuel (which dissociates and releases glycerol and fatty acids into the blood to be used as a source of fuel by the muscles). Caffeine shows effectiveness in decreasing the fatigue and increase attentiveness, it boosts the drinker to enhance their workout activities and endure longer period of workout time, this outcomes better fat burning and muscle toning.

Remember the ’slimming coffee that hits the market few years ago? It was once the popular product among all the office ladies. This product uses the same kind of ’slimming’ theory in metabolism pathway. By inserting the appetite suppressants as well as higher content of caffeine into the coffee, it disrupt the consumer’s appetite by eating less and increase the metabolism rate, and this could achieve weight loss for women without any exercise. However, the truth is, it does not show any significant result on any drinker if they never undergone any exercising.

To be an effective energizer for the body, the best caffeine content for the body would be approximately 100 to 150mg per serving. Within 30 minutes, the caffeine will start flowing through the blood veins in the body and start affecting the drinker. Significant reaction would occur on the drinker such as increment of the rate of heartbeat, body feels warmer. The drinker will feel relief from being tired for few hours. Caffeine does not ease the need of sleep, it just make it hard for you to fall to sleep.

To effectively burn fats by using caffeine, first of all, if you ever want to burn fat by using coffee or any caffeine related product, make sure it is low in sugar (it is best to be in no sugar at all) as carbohydrates will be taking up prior as fuel for daily use instead of making use of the fats inside your body for energy (referred to Bnet). Secondly, it’s about exercising. Without doing any exercise, you would not be able to burn fat as no energy is used for dissociating the fats inside your body. As i said from the previous paragraph, caffeine is just a stimulant for fat burning, it is not a substance which burn fat inside your body. In another word, when sufficient content of caffeine is consumed, fats will get dissociated from your body more effectively when you are undergoing any workout.

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