Health & Wellness: Mindful Eating Habits
Another aspect to health & wellness is our eating habits. We got very interested with the concept of mindful eating in relation to our health and well-being. One of the dimensions of holistic wellness is taking care of our physical bodies. Thus, we take into consideration the way we eat and what we ingest in our bodies regularly.
Women and men nowadays are very conscious about how they look physically. This also contributes a lot to a person’s self-esteem. So when a radical advice is introduced to us like “eat what you want” , this can be horrifying. Eat what I want? ! You must be crazy! Goodness, if I am allowed to eat what I want, I’d be gobbling up cakes and ice creams, potato chips and candies. You scream.
But before you react violently, here is something interesting. Mindful eating is actually the natural way to eat. Mindful eating is also known as intuitive eating. This simply means that we use our internal cues for hunger and appetite to guide us. Oh it’s becoming clearer now, right?
In the beginning, you know when you were born, you intuitively followed your inner guidance. Infants cried when they were hungry and refused to eat when they were full. But along the way, we begin to distrust this inner guidance when those around us begin to dish out comments about our appearance. ” She’s getting fat. He’s so skinny. He eats too much. She eats too little. “ Well -intentioned as they are, we begin to be conscious about our bodies and pretty soon we end up with eating disorders and weight problems .
Dieting has become the in-thing. It seems the words that come out frequently out of our mouths is “I’m on a diet. Don’t tempt me. “ The constant fear that we will become fat and so even if a person goes on a diet, they never manage to keep the weight off and sometimes even gain more than what they have lost.
Mindful eating on the other hand takes on a more positive approach. As with the concept of holistic wellness, it is still choosing to live a healthy lifestyle by acquiring a positive attitude coupled with good eating habits.
MINDFUL EATING OR INTUITIVE EATING CONCEPTS:
Acceptance of your body – It must begin with a healthy acceptance of your body. Remember that there are various shapes and sizes of our bodies. And that is what makes us unique. After years of dieting, this simple yet profound concept of acceptance of one’s body lead to new ways of perception which helped improve self-esteem and better well-being.
When you look at yourself in the mirror, naked and bare, how do you feel? Are you able to appreciate your body? Are you feeling shy? Ashamed? Embarrassed? It’s time to accept your body.
Say it aloud and say it often. I love my body! I accept every part of my body. I appreciate my body and how it functions and serves me.
Eating in an attentive manner – Learn to listen to your body cues. This includes knowing when, what and how much to eat. Of course, in the beginning, you may be following the old eating habits that you have – like stuffing yourself even if you feel already full or ignoring hunger pangs because you are on a diet. So eat enough to feel satisfied and yet not stuffed.
Plan on balanced meals – make sure you eat grains and vegetables, protein, small amounts of healthy fats and/or fruit. This leads to the feeling of satisfaction.
Eat what you want – This concept means that if you constantly deprive yourself and then it results to overeating. Observe these moments and you will see this to be true. So compromise by allowing yourself to eat rich foods but in small quantities.
Redefine how much is enough - Mindful eating is eating until you’ve had enough. We may have to redefine how much is enough. If you always feel you are uncomfortably full, redefine how much is enough. If you eat until you feel so stuffed means you are not listening to your body cues of satiation.
Eat slowly and enjoy your food - If you eat slowly, this is one way to tune in to your inner signals. Chew thoroughly. Allow yourself to savor the food. Don’t rush. Enjoy each piece of morsel into your mouth. This can truly enhance your enjoyment and make feel more satisfied. Remember to avoid overeating and making it into a habit.
What Mindful Eating is Not:
Mindful eating is not about worrying about your body size or ideal weight. It is not measuring about food and counting calories obsessively. It is not about dieting, deprivation or avoiding food on a daily basis.
Health & Wellness: Try Mindful Breathing for Stress Relief
One of the the things in taking care of our health and wellness that we usually take for granted is our ability to breathe (mindful breathing)-taking in a wonderful amount of oxygen to our body and releasing the carbon dioxide which is the waste product of metabolism. This process called breathing provides the much needed function for the metabolic processes that occur in our bodies. This is where we derive the energy to move about, feel, and think.
If you spell all the numbers and try to find letter "A" you will have to count to thousAnd. Did you know that: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. Also 1,741,725 = 17 + 77 + 47 + 17 + 77 + 27 + 57. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Human Brain Is Too Efficient
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A hangover is a condition which is a result of the consumption of an excessively large amount of alcohol. But in reality a hangover is more like a withdrawal from alcohol for a short time period. A lot of experts state that some of the ingredients which are present in alcohol cause the hangover. The ingredients which are present in alcohol are known as congeners.During the ancient times, people used a combination containing myrrh and the beaks of birds which had been grounded to a fine paste, in order to treat a hangover. But most people feel that a similar combination cannot be used in the modern times in order to treat a hangover. Liquor which is light like vodka and gin should be consumed instead of heavy and dark liquors like whiskey and brandy. All kinds of alcoholic beverages which contain chemicals should be avoided since they will cause a very sever hangover. The worst hangover will usually be caused by the consumption of red wine. A lot of people are also likely to become very angry and depressed after they have consumed a large amount of alcohol.
Coca Cola Facts
What the bleep do we know about this revolutionary beverage? Coca Cola has been invented by doctor/pharmacist John Pemerton in 1886. John believed that this drink was medicine and since it was made from coca leaves it can relieve you from pain and exhaustion. This all makes sense since coca leaves contain cocaine (from 0.1% to 0.9% depending on altitude where grown). Today Coca Cola is produced without cocaine. Interestingly, Coca Cola Company still imports around 100 tons of coca leaves each year from Peru firm called National Coca Co. In order to import coca leaves into United States you need special license from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.It takes 2 liters of water to produce one liter of Coca Cola. Lack of the clean water made Indian farmers protest in 2004 against the Coca Cola Company and their water consumption in third world countries. Interesting Coca Cola fact is that few years earlier Coca Cola launched program called "Just Say No to H2O" which involves spreading the idea to drink Coca Cola instead of water. Main idea of the program was to serve Coca Cola for free in restaurants where customers ordered plain drinking water.
It is the urban myth that Coca Cola was originally green. Coca Cola has always been the same brownish color. As much as we hate Coca Cola we can't resist drinking it. Why? The truth is that we are addicted to the soft drinks containing caffeine and large quantities of sugar.
What are the ingredients of Coca-Cola? From the Coca Cola label: carbonated water, cane sugar, caramel color, food acid (phosphoric acid 338), "flavor" and caffeine. However, there is also a secret ingredient in Coca Cola called 'Merchandise 7X' and description of this ingredient is kept in a security vault in Atlanta, Georgia. Only few very high positioned officials know what is hidden behind this secret ingredient. The questions arises what do we really drink?
What we know today is that Coca Cola is very acidic drink with a high quantity of sugar that masks the acid taste. The acid in Coca Cola is called phosphoric acid which is known to dissolve teeth, metal and it will eat away your liver. In reality Coca Cola won't kill you instantly. It will make your body prone to many other diseases like:
Eagle Measurement Facts
A female eagle is ten to twenty percent larger than a male eagle. In Zoological terms, heaviest means largest, according to which, the Philippines Eagle would be the largest, but actually speaking, the Harpy Eagle scores better. If the longest wing span is considered, the longest span is of the Wedged tailed Australian eagle, with an estimated wing span of 230-250 centimeters. The largest ever is the Haast's Eagle, also called Harpagornis Moorei. It is 4.5 feet long with 10 feet across the wings and weigh at least thirty three pounds. This species of eagles is now extinct. The Steller's sea eagle is the heaviest living eagle weighing fifteen to twenty pounds. The Philippine eagle, also known as monkey- eating eagle has the largest physical dimensions with Harpy eagle being the bulkiest.
Facts about Wolf Spiders
Wolf Spiders biologically known as Lycosa godeffroyi is the most common spider found easily in the gardens and homes. The wolf spiders got they from wolf because they catch the pray the same way. They do not make a web for themselves and live on the ground.The common characteristics of the wolf spider are that they are of about one to two inches of length. They are quite brisk and rush quickly on the ground. When it comes to the color of the wolf spider the males are found to be darker than females that have distinguished marks. The wolf spiders have eight legs; males have an extra pair near the mouth to hold sperms. They have eight pairs of eyes; four pairs of small eyes to help them see in the night, two pairs of big eyes to look in front and two pairs of medium sized eyes placed on the top to see upwards. At the back of their eyes a disc is located that enables them to see at night.
When it comes to hunting the wolf spiders either stalk their prey or attack them suddenly. They learn of their prey through their movement on the ground or the buzzing of their wings. They eat varieties of insects but are fond of crickets, cockroaches, grasshoppers and houseflies.
Female spider carries almost hundred of eggs in a sac and exposes them to
The wolf spiders do not attack unless provoked. Their bites are not dangerous but at times it causes swellings, irritations, nausea and headache.
Toucan Facts
Toucan is a brightly colored bird commonly found in the rain forests of the Central and South America. Toucans are birds with variety in color as well as the size. Bright in color having red, blue, yellow, orange etc. and the size varies from 14 to 30 inches. These birds have a distinguished feature by having a long bill that is approximately half the size of their body. This bill is not very sharp or strong but is made of a tough material and helps the bird in getting food from inside the holes of the trees and help them protect themselves. The birds live on trees in a group of six to seven birds. They have big claws that help them balance on the trees, the two claws are in the front and two at the back. There colorful wings help them ambush with the leaves and the fruits. They are quite lazy birds and do not fly high or far away, they stay in the jungles and enjoy the fruits of the trees on which they live.Toucans are forgivers as well as omnivores. Though they mainly eat fruits but also feed upon insects, rodents, reptiles, eggs and chicks of the other birds. Toucans are mostly hunted by the humans, big birds, jaguars and wild cats. There are almost 37 species of toucans. They generally stay alone or with a mate. The female gives 3 to 4 eggs at a time and both together incubate the eggs. The young ones have very small bill which takes few months to develop properly. They are very noisy and make loud sounds. When it comes to rest they roll themselves and sleep in the holes of the trees. The facts show that Toco Toucan with orange yellowish colored bill about 7.5 inches is the largest toucan and the smallest species is the Aracar Toucanet. Toucans are related to woodpeckers.
The Blue Hole Facts
The Blue Hole is located just off of the coast of Belize, near the Ambergris Caye. The Blue Hole began as a limestone cave in our last Ice Age. After ages of erosion the cave collapsed leaving the scenic beauty we see today! The Blue Hole is almost perfectly circular reaching 300m (1000ft) across and 120m (400ft) deep. The blue cave is perfect spot for all divers because of its beauty and geological history.
Interesting Facts About China
China, the new emerging power has been the oldest continuous civilization on Earth, for the last 4000 years. Chinese flag is red which represents the blood spilled during the communist revolution. On the flag there is one large star, representing leadership, and four small stars which represent four social classes: capitalists, bourgeoisie, workers and peasants all united under one Communist Party. Some of the China’s inventions: gunpowder, paper, printing, compass, porcelain, first paper currency, animal zodiac, cast iron, chopsticks, crossbow, What's Weird In Wales?
Wales (country that is part of the United Kingdom), there is a village called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (58 letters), which in English means "Saint Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of Saint Tysilio near the red cave." The locals call it Llanfairpwll. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest single word .comFacts
The name India is derived from the river Indus. The game of chess originated from India. The decimal code along with the place value system was an original Indian development. The highest cricket ground of the world is in Chail, approximately 2444 meters above sea level. Budhayana an Indian mathematician was the first to calculate the value of "pi" mathematically and explained the concept of Pythagorean Theorem in the 6th century. The Indian railway is the largest employer in the world, over a million people work for it. The game of snake and ladders was discovered in India by Gyandev in the 13th century. Smallest Country Molossia
One of the oldest micronations, the republic of Molossia It is located in Dayton, Nevada. It is inhabited by only four citizens, one of whom, Kevin Baugh is the president. It was founded in May 1977 by Baugh when he was aged fourteen and was formerly known as the republic of Vuldnstein. It has its own space program, has a railway and issues currency (valora) as well. Relations with the neighboring Muchistan have been troubled of late. In 2000, Molassia staged the first ever Micronation Olympic games in tune with the Sydney
Interesting Bible Facts
Did you know that Bible was written over a period of 1600 years? 40 men were given inspiration by God to The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in the Bible. Books alternate in color between white and light gray. The length of each bar denotes the number of verses in the chapter. Each of the 63,779 cross references found in the Bible is depicted by a single arc - the color corresponds to the distance between the two chapters, creating a rainbow-like effect.
Who Made The Marree Man?
60 km out of the town of Marree in South Australia, there is the figure of a man etched into the ground that is more than 4 km long. This geoglyph, popularly known as the Marree Man, is not only Australia's but also the world's biggest geoglyph, and had been created by scouring out the vegetation from the land and exposing the bar earth underneath. The main reason for this being hyped so much is that no one knows who, or why made this astounding drawing on the earth. Although there are only a few clues, a local version says that the eccentric Bardius Goldberg made this using a GPS and a bulldozer.
Marree Man: aerial view
The Eternal Flame In Iraq
The Eternal flame in Iraq is the name lent to flames coming out of the natural gas vents since thousands of years at 'Baba Gurgur' oilfield in Kirkuk, which lies two hundred and fifty kilometers to the north-east of Baghdad. This was discovered for the first time in Northern Iraq in 1927. The name in Kurdish means 'father of flames'. Before the discovery of the 'Ghawar fields' in Saudi Arabia in 1950s, the 'Baba Gurgur' oilfield was the largest oilfield. Numerous poems have been since then written on these ever burning flames. The Eternal Fire was first described by Herodotus and ancient Greek author Plutarch.
Crocodile Festival
A unique festival in Karachi is the "Crocodile Festival." This is a festival held by the ethnic group called Sheedis in Pakistan. It is believed that Sheedis came as slaves from Africa. This festival is held at a shrine in Manghopir, a dry and humid part of Karachi, which dates back to the thirteenth century.The festival works in that the people feed crocodiles and dance and sing. However, it is the dangling part of the festival that makes this stand out. A father will take his baby son and
During this festival the people will also make pledges to the shrine. These pledges are given to the crocodiles. The pledges consist of fresh goat meat. When the crocodiles accept the meat it will be seen as a sign of luck. They suggests that the crocodiles will not attack because they are disciples of the saint known as Khwaja Hasan.
Skype Facts
Skype is a medium of voice communication which can be used with the aid of the Internet. Skype has been designed based on the Kazaa file sharing program. The headquarters of Skype is in Luxembourg and France. It also has offices in many other parts of Europe, Asia as well as the United States of America. In October 2005, Skype was taken over by eBay.
There are two main kinds of machines which will be used as a part of the Skype network. One is known as the ordinary host or the Skype client while the other is the super node or SN. Any normal person who is making use of Skype will be considered as an ordinary host which has been connected to the super node. These super nodes are the names which have been given to the various servers of Skype which can be found in many different parts of the world. However the Skype client should also be aware of the server to which the connection needs to be established.
Every Skype client will have a table which will contain the IP addresses and port numbers of all the super nodes which are available. This is also known as the host cache and it will be found in the windows registry of the Skype client. Every time, a user logs into Skype from his computer, the data from the host cache will be read first and the first IP port will be selected. Then the Skype client will connect to that super node.
It is not possible to conduct a trace of a Skype client very easily. However if a policeman or a law enforcement officer has managed to obtain a court order then the people working at Skype will be forced to reveal details which can be obtained from their logs starting from the name and address of the user to the time at which the call has been made.
A lot of people decide to make use of vouchers in order to make Skype payments. But some people will provide a false name and address when they are making these voucher payments on Skype. But these false names and addresses will definitely appear on the Skype logs. It is also possible for law enforcement people to obtain a court order and ask the Internet service provider to provide the name and address of the specific person who is being investigated. It is not possible to trace a Skype user who has provided a false name and address in order to create a Skype id and paid using a voucher. He/she can make a Skype call from an Internet cafe which has the facility of Wi-Fi.
There is no method of tracing the original user of the Skype id when the call has been made in this manner. More than one billion people have downloaded Skype onto their computers during the year 2008 and now Skype has become one of the most popular software applications which is being used by people all over the world.
