Health Benefits of Yerba Mate Tea

 South American beverage made by steeping the ground leaves and stems of the yerba mate plant. Yerba mate is a central nervous system stimulant containing caffeine, but it also contains a number of other nutrients, including antioxidants, amino acids, polyphenols, vitamins and minerals.

Yerba mate tea is very high in antioxidants; it's got about 90% more antioxidants than green tea. Yerba mate has significant immune boosting properties. Proponents of yerba mate tea say that the minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, animo acids and polphenols found in this beverage have a balancing effect on the caffeine it contains. Users report increased mental energy, clarity and focus, but they also say that yerba mate doesn't cause any of the uncomfortable side effects associated with drinking caffeinated beverages, such as headaches, stomachaches and jitters, ids digestion by stimulating increased production of bile and other gastric acids. Yerba mate helps keep your colon clean for effective and efficient waste elimination, and helps reduce the stomach bacteria that can contribute to bad breath. The antioxidants and amino acids present in yerba mate help fat and cholesterol move through your bloodstream so that they don't accumulate on artery walls. Yerba mate also helps prevent arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and prevents blood clots that may cause heart attack or stroke.

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Foods That Are More Nutritious Raw

Raw Nuts Protect the Heart

Raw nuts have healthy fats that are essential to the body. Raw nuts can help lower the LDL (low-density lipoprotein), or "bad," cholesterol level in the blood.

Raw Broccoli Fights Cancer

Eating raw broccoli, and the chewing process involved, helps to rupture the special compound that is located in the plant's cell walls, an enzyme called myrosinase, that revs up your liver's ability to detoxify carcinogens.

Raw Juice Retains Vitamins

What could be better for you than fruit or vegetable juice from the store? Raw fruit and vegetable juice! When you buy juice, it is always pasteurized. Pasteurization not only kills bacteria and preserves the juice, it also destroys many (if not most) of the vitamins, minerals and enzymes, along with their health-promoting properties. 

Raw Cacao Is Brain Food

Raw cacao (chocolate) contains a wealth of nutrients: essential vitamins and minerals that boost the body's neurotransmitters, and phyto-chemicals that activate the mood-elevating emotion of "euphoria."

Raw Chia Seeds Are Nutrient-Dense

Four tablespoons of chia seeds supply as much calcium as three cups of milk, as much magnesium as 10 stalks of broccoli, as much iron as one-half cup of red kidney beans, 30% more antioxidants than blueberries, 25% more dietary fiber than flaxseed and approximately the same amount of omega-3 as a 32-ounce fillet of salmon. Instead of a typical hot breakfast cereal, try a chia breakfast pudding for a more nutritious start to your day!

Hydration, digestion and appetite control recipe.

CUCUMBER - LEMON - LIME.

Helpful for: Hydration, digestion and appetite control.

Contains alkaline-forming minerals and is an excellent source of vitamin C and A (anti-oxidants), folate, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, silica, sulfur, and lesser amounts of vitamin B complex, sodium, calcium, and phosphorus.

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10 Reasons To Exercise In The Morning.

If I had to pick a single factor that I thought

was most important in a successful exercise or

weight loss program, it would be to exercise first

thing in the morning - every morning! 

So why mornings?...

1. If you want to exercise

consistently, odds are in your favor if you exercise

first thing in the morning.

2. When you exercise early in the morning, it

"jump starts" your metabolism.

3. When you exercise in the morning you'll be

*energized* for the day.

4. Many people find that morning exercise

"regulates" their appetite for the day.

5. If you exercise at about the same time every

morning, and ideally wake-up at about the same

time on a regular basis, your body's endocrine

system and circadian rhythms adjust to that.

6. For many people, that appointed time every

morning becomes something they look forward to.

7. Research has demonstrated that exercise

increases mental acuity.

8. Exercise first thing in the morning is really

the only way to assure that something else won't

crowd exercise out of your schedule.

9. If finding time to exercise is difficult,

anyone can get up 30 to 60 minutes earlier to

exercise.

10. You'll feel GREAT! DO IT! 

Copyright 2004 by Greg Landry, M.S.

Author and exercise physiologist, Greg Landry

Why Is Everyone Eating Chia Seeds?

Chia Seeds.

The first time I heard about it was as the key ingredient in the gag gift known as 

"the pottery that grows." Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia! 

Yesterday, I was at the super market and I saw a package of Chia Seeds and since everyone is talking about it (Chia seeds, chia bars, chia snacks, chia drinks) and eating/drinking it I decided to buy some. When I was about to pay a guy asked me the benefits of the Chia Seeds or why was I buying them ... 

The truth was that I just bought them because of the popularity of it, so this morning I decided to do a research on their benefits and this is what I found out about them.

Chia Seeds come from the desert plant a member of the mint family. Salvia hispanica seed is often sold under its common name "chia" as well as several trademarked names. Its origin is believed to be in Central America where the seed was a staple in the ancient Aztec diet. The seeds of a related plant, Salvia columbariae (golden chia), were used primarily by Native Americans in the southwestern United States. Chia will keep you fuller longer and prevent you from overeating. You have that feeling of fullness in your stomach because when you wet chia seeds, they form a gelatinous substance that takes longer to digest.

So I will leave you 10 things you need to know about Chia Seeds:

1.    Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Chia seeds are rich in polyunsaturated fats, especially omega-3 fatty acids. Chia seeds' lipid profile is composed of 60 percent omega-3s, making them one of the richest plant-based sources of these fatty acids

2.    Minerals

Two tablespoons of chia seeds contain 18 percent of the DRI for calcium, 35 percent for phosphorus, 24 percent for magnesium and about 50 percent for manganese.

3.    Gluten-Free

Chia seeds contain no gluten or grains.

4.    Fiber

Fiber is associated with reducing inflammation, lowering cholesterol and regulating bowel function.

5.    Antioxidants

Chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer.

6.    Satiety

Satiety is the feeling of being full and satisfied, which helps lower food cravings between meals.

7.    Egg Replacer

The outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel. This can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods.

8.    Dyslipidemia

A study published in the "British Journal of Nutrition" showed that chia seeds as a dietary fat source can lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels while increasing HDL or "good" cholesterol.

9.    Blood Sugar Regulation

Chia seeds can play an important role in regulating insulin levels.

10. They Are High in Many Important Bone Nutrients

Chia seeds are high in several nutrients that are important for bone health, this includes calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and protein.

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- Maritza Valdez