Twisting Thursday Tips With HHWN

Hewitt Health Wellness Network

Enjoying A Healthy Lifestyle with

 Bryant and Anita Hewitt

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Food To Chew On:

Sharing the Future

Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV)

 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Thought For The Day:

“The Best is yet to come…There are better things ahead than anything we leave behind”—Evangelist Anita L. Hewitt.

Happy Twisting Thursday Tips, we have so great tips for you…(35-40).

35. Beware of "fat-free" or "zero trans fats" foods as you could be trading fats for huge amounts of sugar or sodium.

36. Try drinking skim milk at breakfast instead of juice. Overweight people who drank skim milk for breakfast ate fewer calories.

37. Sugarless chewing gum can suppress your appetite in a pinch.

38. Snack attack! Puree peaches, berries or pears for a sweet spread to go on pita chips.

39. If you're having trouble getting started, make a small move such as starting an eating log or buying walking shoes. You're three times more likely to follow through if you start with small gestures such as these.

40. Always have vegetables on hand. Saute a big bag of frozen mixed vegetables in olive oil and garlic. Add some red pepper or turmeric for additional flavor and separate into portion-sized containers for the fridge.

Hip Flexibility Exercises For Seniors And The Elderly

Hip flexibility exercises for seniors and the elderly are important components of your daily program of stretching.

Lower body flexibility training will improve your balance and add to your quality of life. 

Increased flexibility in the hips will allow you to step higher, avoiding stumbling due to the inability to lift the leg high enough .

Working on your strength in your thigh is important for standing up, getting out of a chair or out of a bathtub.

The partial squat exercise below is a classic and a standard leg strengthener and stretcher. Give it a try! 

 

The Importance of Eating Organic – The Dirty Dozen

Question #1:

How can you be healthier and contribute to the planet?  Eat organic.   Pesticides, herbicides and other scientifically engineered chemicals seep into the ground and our water.  Eventually we are ingesting these toxic compounds that were developed to kill living organisms. These chemicals reach the colon and remain there, making the colon toxic and slowly poisoning our body.  These chemicals may also be linked to certain childhood diseases, such as ADD, and cause rivers and wetlands to suffer by pollution.

Organic soil contains microbes that provide essential nutrients that cannot be found in artificial fertilizers. These helpful bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoas help to transform compost chemicals into healthy nutrients which are easily absorbed by plant roots.

Compared to the conventional marketed vegetables that are synthetically grown, organic foods are filled with the essential vitamins and minerals that others lack.  Mother Nature is solely in charge of organically grown fruits and vegetable and some believe that organic foods actually taste better. Compared to gigantic pink strawberries shipped from far away and stored in plastic boxes, freshly picked red-ripe ones are much sweeter.

 A Healthy Menu For

THURSDAY

For breakfast, choose 1 cup All Bran cereal topped with 1 small, sliced banana, 1 cup nonfat milk and coffee or tea with a sugar substitute. Lunch can include a turkey sandwich, 1 cup tossed green salad with 1 Tbsp. olive oil and vinegar and a baked apple. Your dinner meal includes 1 cup lentil soup, 6 saltine crackers and 1 cup nonfat milk. For dessert, try one small slice angel food cake and ½ cup strawberries.