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What are your favorite fruits? Strawberry, kiwi, watermelon, plum, and avocado are loaded with many health benefits. These fruits are great as snacks throughout the day.

Summer is upon us and with that we are blessed with an abundant of fresh fruits and vegetables. I love fruits of all kind. Strawberries, avocados, kiwi, watermelon, and plums are among many favorites for many people.

The health benefits of these five fresh fruits are listed here.

Strawberries

Strawberries have excellent sources of fiber, more vitamin than an orange, and can maintain normal blood sugar levels by just eating one cup.
Strawberries also can clean out harmful toxin in the blood, and remove tartar from teeth, plus strengthen the gum.

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The miraculous curing power of honey and cinnamon.

The magic mixture of honey and cinnamon is known for hundreds of years for their miraculous curing power. If we look back into the history we can see both these items used by different countries and cultures across the world for different medicinal purposes.

You can find references for this wonder combination in medical streams like Ayurvedic, Yunani etc. And the best part is that it does not have any side effects and most of the times can be taken parallel with any other form of medicine. Listed below are some of the well known uses of the combination of honey and cinnamon.

1. For Curing Arthritis

   A paste should be made from one part honey and two parts of luke warm water added with a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. This paste should be massaged on the itching part of the body and the pain should recede within fifteen minutes in most cases.

2. Hair Loss

   For hair loss or baldness, patients may apply a paste made out of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. This should be applied before they take bath and keep it for approximately 15 minutes. After that they can wash it off with luke warm water.

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What could be better than this completely natural pharmacy! It is compact, healthy, easy to carry, and easy to use. So why not go bananas? It’s good for you.

Not only does the banana taste wonderful, it also has an abundance of sucrose, glucose, fructose and potassium. It is rich in fiber and contains 5 times the vitamin A found in apples and 4 times the pectin. The banana is able to boost energy, and is a safe preventative against many ailments. Below is a list of reasons why you should have a closer relationship with the banana.

• Mosquito Bites:

  Rub the inside of the banana skin on the affected area. In most cases it will reduce swelling and irritation.

• Seasonal Affective Disorder or, SAD:

  Bananas contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

• Exercise:

  Bananas give an instant, sustained boost of energy. Eat two bananas to produce enough energy for a 90 minute workout.

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Are you overweight? Here are five simple ways to reduce weight.

One of the biggest health problems that confront many people around the world not only by the adults but the young generation as well is the problem on overweight.

Are you overweight? Then it is proper that you have to know your ideal weight. If you want to find out if you are overweight or not, here’s how.

For example, you are a female with a height of 5 feet and 4 inches, your ideal weight is 120 pounds or that is equivalent to 54.5 kilos. If you exceeded 10 pounds you are already considered an “obese.” Meaning to say, you are most likely to acquire the following diseases; diabetes, arthritis and heart disease.

For every inch taller, a female add an average of 5 pounds (5’5”-125lbs., 5’6”-130lbs. and so on and so forth…) For male, for every inch taller an average of 6 pounds should be added in your weight, for example, your height is 5’5”, your ideal weight must be 136 pounds, so if your 5’6” tall your weight must be 142 pounds, and so on and so forth.

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Lots of people keep asking if there is really an effective medicine to lose weight. Others tried taking purgatives, slimming pills and do some exercises but still they failed to lose weight. Why is it so? The truth is – there is no effective medicine yet for losing weight. Medicines that can be bought at drugstores have temporary effects only. Once you stop taking it, your previous weight will go back.

Slimming pills are not good because they contain laxatives that will make you lose bowel that will lead to lose of nutrients in the body and potassium in the blood will drop. There have been cases of people who died due to very low level of potassium. There are so many side effects of slimming pills like diet pills, Bangkok pills and many others. You will be attacked by high blood and nervousness once you take them.

About purgatives, it is only given to those who have parasites in their digestive organs. Exercise has no effect if afterward you’re going to take plenty of foods also. It’s really hard to lose weight but if you can follow these 7 ways – there is no way you can’t succeed.

1. Eat 6 Times a Day

Sounds weird? Yes, you’ve heard it right – eat 6 times a day but in small amounts only. Don’t let yourself starve because you tend to eat more. Bring with you bread, a biscuit or banana for snack or when you’re hungry.

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1. Don’t drink on a fat loss program.
   Although you could certainly drink and “get away with it” if you diligently maintained your calorie deficit as noted above, it certainly does not help your fat loss cause or your nutritional status.
2. Drink in moderation during maintenance.
   For lifelong weight maintenance and a healthy lifestyle, if you drink, do so in moderation and only occasionally, such as on weekends or when you go out to dine in restaurants. Binge drinking and getting drunk has no place in a fitness lifestyle (not to mention hangovers aren’t very conducive to good workouts).
3. Don’t drink daily.
   Moderate drinking, including daily drinking, has been associated with cardiovascular health benefits. However, I don’t recommend daily drinking because behaviors repeated daily become habits. Behaviors repeated multiple times daily become strong habits. Habitual drinking may lead to heavier drinking or full-blown addictions and can be hard to stop if you ever need to cut back.
4. Count the calories.
   If you decide to have a bottle of beer or a glass of wine or two (or whatever moderation is for you), be sure to account for the alcohol in your daily calorie budget.

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If you’ve ever tried to lose fat for any sustained period of time – you may have hit a plateau. You have changed nothing, but suddenly the fat no longer disappears. The human body is incredibly adaptive, and will do its level best to maintain equilibrium (homeostasis).

The plateauing effect has to be the biggest motivation-killer there is. Unfortunately many popular diet books are strangely quiet on the issue — I guess the concept doesn’t sell well.

The best single word of advice is to make a change. Don’t make the mistake of doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result (Ben Franklin’s definition of insanity).

What changes can you make?

1. Zig-Zag Calorie Intake
Zig-zagging, or calorie cycling is the process of varying daily calorie intake, while maintaining the same weekly intake. Instead of consuming (for example) precisely 1800 calories each day – you can mix it up. Eat 1500 calories one day, and 2100 calories the next. This can be as simple as halving then doubling a portion size, or adding a post-workout shake into the plan. Just keep your body guessing.

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A typical day at the office: You rush off with no breakfast. By morning tea time you’re onto your third coffee. Since it’s a tea break you go for a large creamy latté and a big muffin.

Lunch rolls around and you grab something quickly without thinking. By afternoon you’re feeling tired and groggy, so you go hit the snack box or vending machine and gulp down a Red Bull…

Welcome to the busy working lifestyle – where the combination of poor nutrition and high stress make for a sick and tired person – and most probably overweight as well.

So what are some easy ways to improve your work diet?

1. Don’t Skip Breakfast
   Sure you’ve heard it all before – but this time you have to make it work for you. If you are not hungry when you wake or simply cannot make the time – why not set up some breakfast food at work? I’ve known many a colleague who will fix themselves some breakfast in the staff/tea room. Most offices will have at least a fridge and a microwave oven. No excuses there.

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You say you won’t become obsessed with the numbers. Pounds, kilograms, body fat percentages or skinfold measurements – they’re just numbers aren’t they? Until one day you take the measurements and discover 8 pounds of fat appeared seemingly overnight.

Is it the end of the world? Of course not – however it is an obvious sign that (depending on your goals) you are taking on too much energy.

So how does it happen? You eat healthy, you exercise regularly, you thought it was all under control.

1. “It’s just a normal-size dinner”
   Many western eating habits include a very large (and carb-heavy) evening meal. It’s very easy to slip back into this mode of eating. No matter where science stands with regard to this issue, I still feel that, anecdotally, it doesn’t make sense to load your fuel tank last thing at night.
2. “I’m eating little and often”
   Many popular diets (Abs diet, 3 hour diet, BFFM, and other bodybuilder-based programs) tell us to eat 5-6 times a day. It’s a great method to manage hunger, and perhaps obtain some benefit from the thermic affect of eating. The only problem is some of those 5-6 ‘mini-meals’ become normal-sized meals. Before you know it, the size of those extra ‘snacks’ are simply too much.I’ve seen some people eating this way gain fat. The culprit was all the extra protein shakes!

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A wise man once said that if you want to build something, you need to first sit down and estimate the cost. That principle can be applied to building a better body or better health.

It’s amazing how many people embark on a diet without sparing a single thought as to the practicality aspects. In response to a diet review on Diet-Blog, Crystal made this remark:

Yeah, I tried this diet and lasted about 7 hours. Just like every other diet [...] maybe next diet.

While I am not a huge fan of the concept of “trying a diet” – every time you plan to make changes to your lifestyle (such as nutrition and exercise) – you need to count the cost.

1. Are you prepared to eat differently than your friends at a social situation?
   Eating often accompanies many social gatherings. How do your friends eat? Do they consume foods that you know will not be compatible with your lifestyle? How will you address this?
2. Will you acknowledge the truth about yourself objectively?
   Many people reach their ideal weight, and then let old habits creep back in. However there are a few warning systems in place – one is the waistband in your pants. Will you choose to conveniently ignore it if it gets tighter? Or will you be objective?

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