Healthy World Digest, #11, February 2010

"Healthy nuggets of information to keep your motor humming."

Welcome to the 11th issue of our newsletter.

In this issue:

February, 2010

* Herbal remedies

* Dehydration, mood, fatigue, motor skills

* Contaminated water on airlines

* Exercise, heart health, longevity

* Weight loss supplements & vitamins

* Tubers for sweet tooth

* More herb remedies

The bounty of the earth gives us scrumptious herbs that help keep us healthy. Two healthy herbs are:

1) Thyme: provides healthy iron. Add to vegetable and meat dishes, tomato gravy and scrambled eggs.

2) Rosemary helps preclude Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Actually, it does much more as you could read on our dedicated page on this wonderfully scrumptious herb, Rosemary Fantastic as a part of a marinade for meats and potato dishes.

* Dehydration affects mood, motor skills & energy level

Healthy Water has reported on many effects of mild dehydration on human health. Most connections are based on clinical evidence, anecdotal observations and assumptions.

Unfortunately, there are few controlled lab studies that have been done on these assumptions.

Well, finally, a new study undertaken by the U.S. government shows that even mild dehydration affects emotions, basic motor skills and, most obviously, energy level and fatigue.

Don't expect many more studies on same in the future. After all what financial benefits can be had from conducting studies on water?

Click for our complete treatment of symptoms of dehydration, mood, motor skills & fatigue

For the governmental write up on study click here

* Contaminated water on airlines

Safer airplane water on the way

I've never truly thought about water quality on airplanes, have you? Well, why not? Good to see someone's on the case. Excerpt follows below.

Nearly six years after environmental inspectors found e-coli contamination in the water systems of commercial airliners, the feds have come up with final rules designed to make onboard drinking water safer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this past week ordered the airlines to routinely disinfect, flush and test water in galleys and lavatories on U.S. planes. The airlines have two years to come into compliance. Foreign airlines are not included in the rule.

* Exercise, heart health, longevity

Want to know what the key link is between exercise, heart health and increased longevity?

Well it's actually quite simple. Proper exercise leads to a healthier heart and that allows you to do more, to do it quicker and longer.

But that in itself, doesn't actually lead to a longer life. Nope, the key to a longer life is to decrease your heart rate.

Yep, our longevity are limited by the number of total heart beats our heart can endure before it poops out.

In fact, the average heart only has around 3 billion lifetime heart beats before it wears out.

So, if you can slow down heart rate, you will increase longevity.

One practical piece of advice that comes from the above fact is that health & physical fitness enthusiasts should include heart rate measure in addition to weight, body dimensions and athletic performance to rate physical progress and ability.

So, as your health improves, take your resting heart rate. Be sure to take it upon awakening. This will help you estimate fitness, the kind of fitness that leads directly to longer life. You should find your heart rate lowering as you get more fit.

* Weight loss supplements & vitamins

Two very important supplements can help you lose or maintain weight.

Lecithin dissolves fat. Take 1200 mg before your 3 main meals. Note, whole eggs are a great source of lecithin.

Also a good combination multivitamin/multimineral can also help you achieve ideal weight. In fact, taking targeted vitamins for weight loss is an absolute must.

Why?

Dieting can make your body crave nutrients and so, eat too much in the effort to get those nutrients. A good multi-supplement could ease cravings.

For more, go to our pages on supplements & weight loss.

Best weight loss supplements

Vitamins for weight loss

* Tubers for sweet tooth

After a break, our healthy recipe comes back. Hip hip hooray!

Okay, so you are trying to get healthy but keep experiencing cravings for sweets. Here's a great snack for you.

Its our healthy mock sweet potato (or yam or pumpkin) pie.

Start with between 4 - 10 sweet potatoes. (Substitute yams or equivalent pumpkin if you wish.) Boil or bake until tender. Then easy peel the skins off.

Toss into a large bowl, sprinkle in some cinnamon, and/or nutmeg, to taste. Don't be afraid to add other flavorings to your taste. I like a touch of vanilla extract.

I add some stevia, a low cal natural, healthy sweetener. Appx ½ tsp per potato. If you don't mind adding a bit of honey or sugar, go ahead. Maybe a tsp per potato.

Add a little salt to enhance flavor. Add a little butter, ½ tsp per potato. I add some heart healthy bread spread which comes organic, with flax seed oil. I switch up the fats just to see how it tastes.

Now mash up sweet potatoes with added ingredients to taste. Sometimes I like the mixture to be more smooth, sometimes a bit chunky. I'm crazy that way.

Now spoon mixture into individual plastic containers that feature tight sealers.

I dust a little sugar and a little cinnamon on top.

Then I eat some while warm. Store the rest for coming days, cool right out of the frig. Delicious!

This treat is high in nutrition, low in carbs and sugar, low in fat. Yet it's really satisfying and filling.

Keywords: herbal remedies, contaminated water, exercise for longevity, weight loss supplements, symptoms dehydration

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See you next month!

Sal

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