One Friday afternoon and since we’re on off duty, we decided to go on shopping for some home products along with my office mate. I’ve been eyeing to purchase a new pair of low-cut rubber shoes in preparation for the forthcoming summer league, and at last, I now have it. Hence, Michael, one of my close friends was aiming to buy diamond blades as a gift for his brother, who is a skilful machinist and who is familiar with a variety of machining practices and procedures. Thereafter, and without much ado, we left the area after that stressful day. Hence, if you are interested, you can find out more about the above mentioned.
Machining Practices & Procedures
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
High-Fat Diet Lowers Blood Sugar
May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Food with a lot of fat and few carbohydrates may actually benefit type-2 diabetics who are advised to stick to a low-fat diet.
The results of a two-year dietary study led by Hans Guldbrand, general practitioner, and Fredrik Nystrom, professor of internal medicine at the Linkoping University, Sweden, show that this kind of diet could have a better effect on blood sugar levels and blood lipids.
Diabetes millitus type-2 is a lifelong disease in which there are high-levels of blood sugar (glucose). Diabetes is caused by a problem in the way your body makes or uses insulin. Insulin is needed to move glucose into cells, where it is stored and later used for energy. [Read more...]
Fruity Delight For Your Skin
May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How about a massage with a fruit pulp or a fruit facial? Fruit facials have been there for at least a decade now. But with people getting more wary of effect of chemicals on the skin, majority of them are now resorting to using something from their own kitchen. What better way to pamper your skin than with pure stuff which is free of toxins and not in the least harmful to your skin? Besides the fact that they hydrate and rejuvenate your skin, the very smell of a fruit on your face is quite de-stressing. Unlike the chemical beauty treatments, fruits are cost-effective, natural and also bring a visible difference. Here are a few fruits and their properties, choose what suits you best!
Banana: This is one fruit that’s abundantly available in India all through the year. We know it’s a good source of iron, magnesium and potassium and helps reduce menstrual cramps. The effect of banana on skin too is not something that can be ignored. Banana is rich in vitamin A, B and E and hence works as an anti-aging agent. A fresh mashed banana facial can do wonders to your skin. [Read more...]
Could Chicken Be Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?
May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You’re watching your weight, so you opt for chicken rather than red meat as your go-to smart diet choice, right? We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that’s good for weight watching, but the truth is chicken might actually be making us fatter! I wrote in The Lean about overweight chickens bred on factory farms that may be passing their weight problems on to us. It turns out chicken at the grocery can have far more fat than protein!
Here’s the skinny (well, not really): Virtually all commercially-available chickens now have what many call the “obese gene,” which makes birds gain weight quickly to speed up production from birth to slaughter. That, combined with no exercise and a constant supply of high-energy (caloric) food, makes today’s chicken the opposite of lean: The amount of fat in modern chicken may be five or even 10 times what it used to be, according to a UK-based study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition. So if you serve a whole chicken to your family like grandma did, you may be serving them 10 times as much fat than the days of yesteryear. That’s a whole lotta fat, and big trouble for the waistline. [Read more...]
Fish Tied To Lower Colon Cancer Risk: Study
May 12, 2012 By
People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers, a new report suggests.
The finding comes from an analysis of 41 past studies on the link between fish in the diet and new diagnoses and deaths from colorectal cancer.
“People who rarely eat fish may experience health benefits in a variety of areas — heart disease, reproductive and now colon cancer — by increasing their fish consumption somewhat,” said Dr. Michael Gochfeld, a professor of environmental and occupational medicine at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. [Read more...]
Calories & Nutrition For Avocados
May 11, 2012 By
The term “avocado” also refers to the fruit of this tree. An avocado is about 4 inches long and shaped like an egg. It’s the primary ingredient in guacamole, a popular sauce for Mexican food.
Serving Information
MyFitnessPal provides nutritional data for an avocado. This information is for the raw flesh of a medium avocado, and doesn’t include the large pit inside the avocado.
Calories
An avocado contains a total of 322 calories. Fat provides 261 calories, carbohydrates account for 45 calories and protein contributes the remaining 16 calories. This provides 16.1 percent of the daily value for calories, assuming a daily diet of 2,000 calories. [Read more...]
Some ‘Good’ Cholesterol May Up Heart Disease Risk
May 10, 2012 By
A subclass of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the so-called “good” cholesterol, may not protect against coronary heart disease (CHD) and in fact may be harmful, a new study has revealed.
The study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers is the first research to show that a small protein, apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III), that sometimes resides on the surface of HDL cholesterol may increase the risk of heart disease and that HDL cholesterol without this protein may be especially heart protective.
“This finding, if confirmed in ongoing studies, could lead to better evaluation of risk of heart disease in individuals and to more precise targeting of treatments to raise the protective HDL or lower the unfavourable HDL with apoC-III,” said Frank Sacks, professor of cardiovascular disease prevention at HSPH and senior author of the study. [Read more...]