How can a busy student best fit the mediterranean/asiatic diet in his life?
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Okay,here goes.First of all,about the wine.I dont know your budget but you can find a respectable wine at a reasonable price.As for a little everyday or more once in a while,A little daily seems easier on the metabolism(?)\nI'm sorry,I don't know what that is but green tea is a good option\nDon't skip anything. Again metabolism bigain to drop every couple of hours.\nWhy only carrots?What about apples,spinich,or even a natural health smoothy.\nYoga has many styles wich is great because you can modify your workout to meet your needs.That said keep in mind that yoga helps strenthen and tone.This is good when you are also using a cardio exercise like walking.It also helps alignment and balence.\nI understand that good health is 90%diet and 10% exercise.Walking 30 minutes 3 days a week is excellent!\nDrink water and stick to a basic rutine,weigh yourself once a week.(I know)As long as you have lost,even 1/2 lb you are on the right track.3 to 6 lbs.per month is perfect.You will find that it fluctuates but averages out. Good luck!
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This one works for me. Cut out the dairy, don't use oil or fat when cooking, make sure you eat a big variety of things, eat only small amounts of oil rich foods (nuts, seeds, olives etc), eat lots and lots of fruit and veg and whole grains (brown rice, wholemeal pasta and bread) so you don't get hungry, and regularly do some exercise. It is important that you eat a wide variety of different things.
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No soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fruits, vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Good Luck!
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you could walk every day for at least 30 minutes..........If you have a watch, walk 15 minutes 1 way, then 15 back home..\nSince you are so young, you should be able to try and do 10-20 sit ups the first day.......Do 30-40 the next day.Just keep adding each day or every other day till you are up to 50-100.  What ever your limit will be.....Do b/4 you shower for bed.\nYou know that fast=food should be out...Instead of eating a whole sandwich at home, eat half, plus an apple(or other fruit) water, or  Gatorade,  (No pops for awhile) Maybe allow 1 pop on Saturday night..during week.....\nEat soups, ckn. fish, beef 1 day a week....baked potato 2 times a week with only small pat of butter till you get use to none...if possible....Try to eat salads for lunch or with dinner\nEat vegetables during dinner at least, fruit off and on during the day...have carrots, celery, radishes, and other fresh veggies cut up so you can grab them when you get hungry between meals....\ngood luck...it will be hard starting out. Try to stick to it as a goal to do other things you can't do now..........
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*Eat 28g of any breakfast cereal that is high in fibre with 125ml of semi-skimmed milk.  Also any kind of fruit you like and as much as you like.\n\n*Mid-morning snack could be a piece of fruit, a very low-fat yoghurt, or a small handful of pistachio nuts\n\n*Dinner time you could eat a sandwich made of 2 slices of wholemeal bread with low-fat spread.  You could have lean ham, lean chicken or cottage cheese.  Also have a piece of fruit.\n\n*Mid-Afternoon snack could be yoghurt or 28g of cheddar cheese cubed with green seedless grapes.\n\n*Tea time - go for a piece of grilled or steamed chicken or fish (all skin and fat removed from chicken) and serve with brocolli and carrots, or a salad.  Treat yourself to a choccy biscuit after.\n\nThis is based loosely on the Slimming World diet, basically I have just wrote my general diet that I stick to and have so far managed to lose nearly 5 stone.\n\nBut I also do 1 hour of Cardio 3 times per week and have started to incorporate weights into my fitness programme.\n\nNever skip meals, it doesnt do any good in the long run, it will slow down your metabolism and you wont have any energy to exercise.
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Go running. Build up to do 30 minutes of jogging, at least 3 times a week. 30 minutes at a time is not much, it can easily fit into your schedule, and will leave you with more energy and concentration for your studies.\n\nYou can tone up the muscles in your stomach and butt with sit ups and squats - start with blasts of 10 sit ups, rest for 30 seconds, 10 more, 30 seconds, then last ten. As these get easier, increase the numbers of repetitions, and decrease the rest time. do pretty much the same for squats.\n\nhowever, exercising those points will not cause you to loose flab from them - only cardiovasculour exercise will do that, and running is about the best one there is.\n\nand the old adage that college life does not allow for a normal schedule - i did a degree, and have worked as a hall manager/warden/don living on campus for the last few years, and beleive me it does allow for a normal schedule with a bit of planning. if you get up at 7 every morning, have a decent breakfast (porridge or oatbran is great), and get ready for the day, you'll find the schedule easily sliding into place - even if you don't have any classes in the morning, you can spend this time studying or exercising, and leave your evenings free for socialising.
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i think the best way is ur food has to satisfy u, variety is key.  Think about how u want to look and ask urself is it really more important for me to eat till im full or to be healthier. thats what im doing right now. good luck
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Healthy food, exercise, water, these three go hand in hand when you want to lead a healthy, happy and fit existance. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved if you don't have the access. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. If you have access to a gym include boxing and spin classes as well. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 (women) - 1800 (men) and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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STAY AWAY FROM FRIED FOODS, CHEESES, PNUT BUTTER ETC AS THESE ALL HAVE OIL. \nOPT FOR WHITE MEAT AS OPPOSED TO RED MEATS. EAT LOTS OF FRESH VEGGIES AND SALADS.
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You are young and need to take into consideration that your body is still changing. I have a plan that works so use this with caution. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. You can do a circuit class but this counts as one weights session. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, boxing and spin. If your classes are less than 1 hour top it up with cardio before and after classes. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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Drink lots of water and don't shun carbs, our brain needs them to function! Stick with smart carbs. Stay away from processed foods. Good healthy snacks to keep you going are V-8 juice, lowfat mozzerella sticks and whole wheat pita bread with hummus. That way you feel sustained and don't break down and gorge at meals!\nWhen I cook pasta I make the Barilla Plus, which has 17g protein, 7 g fiber, and 360 mg of Omega 3! Now that is a healthy way to get your pasta. I put veggies in my pasta dishes every chance i get to add some fiber and help fill me up. Bell Peppers are a good choice sliced and mixed in with some chopped chicken breast.\nTry and eat fruits and veggies every chance you can. They are amazingly low in calories and will help fill you up. Good choices are spinach salad, crisp, cold green grapes, and sweet sugar snap peas for snacking on.\nEat lean and low-fat sources of protein at every meal, it should be part of a calorie-controlled diet that's also rich in 'smart carbs' such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, along with healthy fats like nuts, seeds, olives, oils, fish, and avocado.\nBe sure to look for protein sources that are nutrient-rich and lower in fat and calories, such as lean meats, beans, soy, and low-fat dairy.\nI think the best diet is the 3 hour diet. \nThe problem with other diets is that they require starving your body of needed calories or carbs, things we need to survive and have proper brain function! When we do that, our body goes into survival mode and doesn't want to burn fat like we want it to! They cause you to lose lean muscle tissue and lean muscle is your metabolism, your resting metabolism.\nIt is well known that high levels of cortisol hormone (which is produced when we cut too many calories & put our body under stress) are closely associated to abdominal fat. Medical research has shown that eating every three hours helps reduce levels of cortisol and that is the key to losing belly fat first.\nBy eating every three hours you lower belly fat, you burn two pounds a week and you prevent muscle loss, which keeps your metabolism active. Then you constantly reset the metabolism so you're constantly burning fat. That's the beauty of what it does, and because there are no bad foods, it brings back the joy of eating.\nThat is what I try to do and recently I learned that there is actually a Yale University endorsed 3-Hour Diet™!\nI could explain how it works, but I'll let the experts do the talking.\nGood Luck!\n\nMango\n\n"The Yale University endorsed 3-Hour Diet™ is about uncovering the buried concept of timing – the fact that when you eat is critical to weight loss. By eating every three hours you’ll constantly set in motion your metabolism™ and lose two pounds a week starting with belly fat first. And you will never have to count calories or ban any foods including carbs.\n\nSo how does the 3-Hour Diet™ work exactly? The answer is found in what we call: Time Based Nutrition™. It’s the future of effective nutrition. Think of it as a new category of nutrition. Forget low-fat or low-carb. It’s the power of combining smart eating with smart timing. Yes, timing. You see, the secret to losing weight and keeping it off has to do with much more than what you eat.\n\nWhy every 3-hours? Countless numbers of research studies have confirmed the power of eating every three hours. What specifically happens if you wait more than 3 hours to eat? Well, after 3 hours your body passes a tipping point and signals your body to launch its natural “starvation protection mechanism” or your SPM. When your SPM is switched on, your body preserves the most calorie-rich tissue in the body to ensure your survival. That tissue is body fat. But there’s even more bad news. This is the most critical point you must never forget about the 3-Hour Diet™: Anytime you allow more than 3 hours to pass without eating, your body not only preserves body fat, but wors
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2 things:\neat less\nexcersize more\n\nEat less: no sugar, no alcohol, no white bread, no white potatos\nno white pasta, no white rice, no chips, no butter use olive oil\nno red meat, no cheese, no soda only water\n\neat more : veggies,  fruits, 100% wholewheat bread, 100% whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, fish , white meat chicken.\n\ndrink 5-8 pints of water per day \n\nget a small notebook; write down everything you eat and  keep the total under 2500 cals per day, Trust me if you eat only what I said, it will be easy...\n\nDont eat more than 400 cals at 1 sitting \nso thats 5-6 400 cal meals per day;\n\nwhats 400 cals? \n1 turkey sandwich (6 oz turkey) on whole wheat diet bread\nwith lettuce tomato and mustard\n1apple\n1 orange\n1 pint of water\n\nDude, if that wont hold you till your next meal, you are beyond hope.\n\n\nExcercise: at 360 I suggest walking 2-3 miles per day for 1 week\nthen walk 15 mins jog 5mins walk 15 jog 5 for 1 week\nthe walk 15 jog 10 etc etc\nuntil you are jogging 30-40 mins per day every day until practice starts in August\nEVERY DAY\n\nyou do this my man you will lose 30-40 lbs.\nGuaranteed.\nyou cheat, youre screwed., bye bye scholarship...\n\nhope this helps \nemail me , I will help you\n\nThe Onion
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Consider CCA:\nhttp://www.cca-manila.com/campus.htm\n\nYou will find a lot of choices here:\nhttp://www.worldculinaryinstitute.com/cgi-bin/odp/index.cgi?base=%2F%52%65%67%69%6F%6E%61%6C%2F%41%73%69%61%2F%50%68%69%6C%69%70%70%69%6E%65%73%2F%45%64%75%63%61%74%69%6F%6E%2F\nGood luck!\n\ncc
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1.eating radish with a lil lime juice and sprinkled salt on it is very refreshing and energetic\n2.Drink home made lemonade-with salt n sugar n a hint of mint\n3. Drinking milk shakes is also very energetic\n4. have indian gooseberry processed in sugar syrup(available inindian stores) in morning, u will feel the results\n5. drink a lot of water n have fruits like melon,oranges,grapes\nthat should be sufficient.......coz i knw a list ........lol
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It is customary for visitors in Europe to bring a small gift.  I have found that 100% real maple syrup is good because it is uncommon in Europe and they like it a LOT more than any other American food product.  Other than that, something particular to your region, city, or college might be good.  Something that identifies it as being particular to you is great.  Don't go too overboard though.\n\nA thank you card would be a nice additional touch.\n\nYou don't HAVE to eat meals or attend religious rituals or whatnot, but you ARE there to learn about the culture (I hope!), so it makes sense to experience some of these things.  You might be surprised to learn that some of these "mundane" things grant greater insight into your studies or they might just be interesting experiences.  Still, I'm not saying you need to convert or anything.  Just learn about the people you are living with.  It's polite and educational.  If, on the other hand, you want to offend your hosts, demand that they change to your ways and belittle their own.\n\nDealing with culture shock:  Set reasonable goals for yourself.  Don't try too hard or set unobtainable standards.  In fact, set low expectations for yourself at first - easily obtainable goals that will allow you to have some early successes.  For example:  instead of expecting instant language mastery, set a goal of learning a set number of new words each day.  KEEP A JOURNAL!  This is great because it allows you to record your progress and look back and recognize your accomplishments.\n\nStay in touch with people back home.  For example, I realized too late that if I wanted to be an RA the next year I would have had to know when the application process was happening (January!) and arrange a telephone interview.  I learned this in March...  Yech!\n\nA sure sign of culture shock is forming a cultural clique where you just hang out with people from your own country.  One step down is just hanging out with expatriots - other foreigners.  I'm not saying beat off all potential fellow citizens or fellow foreign students, but it is important to work on making friends from the country that you are visiting.\n\nMake sure you pay attention in any cultural briefings or locale briefings.  They provide important information like where not to be wandering out alone at night or whether it's safe to drink the water.  I had some friends learn some of these things the hard way.
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I'll give you some facts on college life, as an expert because I live in a dorm at my university for two years now. \n1. Students who live in dorms are most gauranteed to gain the 'first 15' which is 15 pounds gained from poor eating habits. Most students order pizza, and drink pop and raid the vending machines and snack lines all day..or in my case my room mates cook bacon at 4 am!\n\n2. Living with a bunch of students can be hard, not evertyone may be as 'clean' or as 'relaxed about cleaning' as you, and others might not respect personal property..I.E (which makes me furious) using my utensils..eating my food..etc\n\n3. When you live on campus the chances of you going to class are minimal . Everyone in my dorm and I mean everyone sleeps in..Half of my dorm failed and their parents yanked them out of the dorms and brought them back home next year.\n\n4. The social life can make or break you. There are alot of parties to attend, groups clubs to join..scheduling this all in 24/7 with school work an be hard.\n\ni would suggest instead join a group at school so you can still live at home but go on outings and participate in the fuctions they hold around school. my school has club week you can join cultural clubs, cooking clubs, clubs related to your program of study etc... \ntake advantage of the facilities at school instead of locking yourself up in your room, study at the library, use the gym facilities..or better yet get a job on campus. \n\nlast but not least, changing some of your eating habits or getting drinks that boost energy like fruit drinks with "alfala or grass" will help give you some get up and go.. You have to motivate yourself.. get a 4 month calender hang it in plain sight and fill it with a bunch of things to do outside your room to keep yourself busy always..\n\nGood luck!!
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Hello... I'm a High school student in Venezuela and i'm very interested in the nutrition career. I know a lot about it and i really want to answer your question. If you're a little stressed out in this days i really recomend you to drink natural tea... ''Tile'', ''Camomile''or a ''no cafeine tea'' could be great for that, ''Mcormick'' or ''Lipton'' teas are delicious!. Excercise is not a ''natural'' or ''herbal'' supplement but you could try it!... while excercising your body liberates ''toxics''... endorphines or in spanish:''endorfinas'' wich are... a big part of your stress!. Alimentation, or your ''daily diet'' is also a part of the cause of your stress... try not to hurry when you're eating, just serve your food and seat! (don't stand up while eting or don't eat standed up), try to have good portions in each food and don't try to take everything or prove everything before eating you're plate!. \n\nIt's simple, have a balanced diet:\n\nBreakfast (make it simple: wheat toasts, butter, a ''cafe latte'' or orange juice and fruit).\nLunch (combine! protein is essential or grains if vegetarian: Chicken, fish or steak, and a good salad... like ceasar?, fruit and a good tea for your metabolism).\nDinner (it could include wheat carbohidrates!: Chiken and salad, or just a chicken or ''cappresse'' -tomato and mozzarella cheese- sandwich.)\n\nIt's just an example!, just don't eat the same thing everyday, that's not balanced at all!. Try to exercise three times a week!... walk, run, tae-bo or pilates ar great! or do some yoga!, excercising a little is essential, 35 minutes could be... a little and very productive!. Drink a cup of hot tea, lemon and ''splenda'' after lunch and at night before you go to bed, it will bring good results. Aight! i hope it works for you as it works for me! good luck!...\n\nThis article could help you:\n\n'' Build your physical reserves. \nExercise for cardiovascular fitness three to four times a week (moderate, prolonged rhythmic exercise is best, such as walking, swimming, cycling, or jogging).\nEat well-balanced, nutritious meals. \nMaintain your ideal weight. \nAvoid nicotine, excessive caffeine, and other stimulants. \nMix leisure with work. Take breaks and get away when you can. \nGet enough sleep. Be as consistent with your sleep schedule as possible.''