Live And Let Dye!

Color therapy needn't be the refuge of bleary-eyed hippies. Here are six
ways in which a splash of color will improve your life


1. WALLS
Putting up some orange can galvanize your brain. "Studies show people are more productive in orange rooms," says color specialist Mark Wentworth (colorforlife.com). "It's a useful mix of energizing red and creative yellow, so it can boost energy levels." This should hopefully stop you wasting your time on Facebook.


2. SHIRT
Make it blue. Research by the University of Alberta in Canada shows this simple choice can make your blood pressure drop. "And it gives the impression you're a loyal, consistent and moderate thinker," says color therapist Jean Andrew (clearskyholistics.com).


3. SCREENSAVER
Vote green for your screen. "Research shows that it calms and reassures us," says Wentworth, "probably because when our ancestors saw a sea of lush greenery, they knew they weren't going to starve." Andrew agrees: "Green is great for a balanced, calm view."


4. TIE
Ever wondered why Blair, Bush et al sport red ties? Studies by the University of Rochester in the U.S. found that red signals dominance. "A red tie asserts authority, especially with a black suit," says Andrew. "It makes the wearer appear more assertive."


5. REPORT
If you want your boss to take notice, give your presentation a yellow cover: "Studies show this improves concentration and makes people take notice," says Andrew. "That's why yellow is used for legal pads." And why you can't look the girl from accounts in the eye when she's wearing that mustard V-neck.


6. INK
If you want to be enigmatic, stay on the black path. "Black is all colors absorbed and narrows your silhouette," says Suzy Chiazzari, author of The Complete Book of Color. Cornell University in the U.S. found it to be the color of "authority and power." Perfect for "hands off" notes in the fridge.

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Secret Tips For Build Muscle Faster

Here are 4 simple rules you must obey and understand and just nod and say yes to :

1) Eat before you begin your gym session , preferably 1 hour before you workout. Food thats may be good , is something with a little carbohydrate, some protein and .As it turns out, if your goal is to maximize your workout and get (or maintain) a lean body, eating, not starving, is your best strategy.

So, here are a few rules of thumb to follow: If your workout is four hours away, eat a regular meal that combines protein, fat and carbohydrates, then have a small carbohydrate-rich snack closer to your exercise session to tide you over. Three hours before working out, make it a smaller meal and lighten up a bit on the protein and fat. Thirty to 90 minutes before exercise, have a snack of easily digested carbohydrates (see below). If you only have the 15 minutes between, say, leaving your office and hitting the gym to grab something, go for a sports drink or a few Saltines. Also keep in mind that while eating high-fiber foods is important for good health, they're best eaten after or long before exercise, since they can cause bloating and other annoyances that will make you feel uncomfortable when working out.

2) One Hour Workout Rule is the best rule for big gains . Your workouts should never take more than an hour. Research has shown that after an hour, your body is no longer in a state conducive to building muscle. You can get plenty of work done in an hour if you focus and ignore distractions. However this means intensive training in that one hour , So NO chit chats, no checking Out women/men . and use the whole hour to workout with minimal resting time.

3) Keep it Simple , by this i mean don't bother attempting strange or out of the blue workouts . The best is always the simplest , For you chest, do bench presses and pushups, For back , do chinups and bentrows , For Biceps and triceps , Pullups , dips , dumblell kickbacks and barbell curls are the best, and legs deadlift and lunges. Try not doing too many variation of workouts and concentrate more , rather than more sets and lower weights. Concentration and simplicity is key. Your workout program should be centered around compound movements. These are the best bang-for-your-buck exercises. They recruit more muscle fibers than isolation movements, and as a result build more muscle and burn more calories. If your workouts do not include exercises like squats, bench presses, and pull ups, then include them now.

4) Eat after your workout : As long as you’re staying within your overall range for the day, you don’t need to be obsessive about matching the following calorie and nutrient ratios perfectly. Just be careful not to fall into the very common trap of thinking that it’s OK to eat anything and everything in sight because you just worked out. Many people are very hungry after a workout, making it easy to eat more than you really need, or choose foods that won’t really help your body. Eating too much of the wrong thing can do the opposite of what you want—cause your body to store that food as fat instead of using your post-workout food to refuel and repair your muscles.

Most moderate exercisers will lose about one quart (4 cups) of fluid per hour of exercise, so try to drink about 16-20 ounces of water shortly after your workout to aid the recovery process. If you sweat a lot or the weather is hot and/or humid, consider weighing yourself before and after exercise, and drinking an ounce of water for every ounce of weight you've lost. Because heavy sweating also causes loss of minerals and electrolytes, consider using a sports drink with electrolytes if you need to replace more than 2-3 cups of fluid

Calories. Ideally, try to eat enough calories to equal 50% of the calories you burned during your workout. So if you burn about 600 calories during your workout, try to eat 300 calories afterward.

Don’t worry about undoing the calorie-burning benefits of your workout–that’s not how weight loss works. As long as you're eating within your recommended calorie range (whether for weight loss or maintenance), you'll be on your way to reaching your goals.

Carbohydrates. Roughly 60% of the calories you eat at this time should come from carbohydrates. Contrary to popular belief, your body needs more carbohydrates than protein after a workout, to replace the muscle fuel (glycogen) you used up and to prepare for your next exercise session. Moderate exercisers need about 30-40 grams of carbohydrates after an hour of exercise, but high-intensity exercisers need more—around 50-60 grams for each hour they exercised.

If you have some favorite high-carb foods that are lacking in the whole grains and fiber that are often recommended as part of a healthy diet, this is a good time to have them! Your body can digest refined carbohydrates faster during your "refueling window," but if you’re a whole foods foodie, don’t force yourself to eat processed foods.

Protein. While carbs are essential, it’s also important to include some high-quality protein in your post-workout meal or snack. This protein will stop your body from breaking down muscle tissue for energy and initiate the process of rebuilding and repairing your muscles. About 25% of the calories you eat after a workout should come from protein—that's about 10-15 grams for most people.

Fat. Fat doesn't play a big role in post-workout recovery, and eating too much fat after a workout won't help your weight control or fitness endeavors. Only 15% (or less) of your post-workout calories should come from fat—that's less than 10 grams.

The ideal time to eat after a workout is within 30 minutes to two hours, when your body is ready and waiting to top off its fuel tanks to prepare for your next workout.

But if your appetite or schedule doesn’t allow you to eat a meal right after your exercise session, don’t panic. Your body can still replace your muscle fuel over the next 24 hours, as long as you’re eating enough food to support your activity level. If you can, have a smaller snack that contains carbs and protein as soon after exercise as possible. Liquids like smoothies, shakes, or chocolate milk, and/or energy bars can be especially effective snacks after a workout.

Here are some sample food combinations for your post exercise meal:

Bread, a bagel, or an English muffin with cheese or peanut butter Dried fruit and nuts Cottage cheese with fruit Fruit juice with cheese Yogurt with fruit Veggie omelet with toast or roll Chocolate milk Cereal with milk Eggs and toast Turkey, ham, chicken, or roast beef sandwich Vegetable stir-fry with chicken, shrimp, edamame or tofu Crackers with low fat cheese Rice or popcorn cakes with nut butter Smoothie (with milk, yogurt, or added protein powder) A protein or energy bar A protein or energy shake Pancakes and eggs
Any regular meal that contains lean protein, starch, and vegetables

As a moderate exerciser, you have a lot of flexibility when it comes to timing your meals and choosing your foods. The most important thing is getting to know your body and how it responds to exercise, so that you can give it what it needs to perform at its best. Eating the right things at the right times after you work out is essential to keeping your energy up, your workout performance high, and your body in fat-burning mode.

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Virgin Coconut Oil ~ What is?

The advantages of Virgin Coconut Oil




1- Resemble mother's milk fat.
2- For mothers who breast-fed their child, taking Virgin Coconut Oil as part of her nutrition will discover that the levels of lauric acid and capric acid increase significantly. (see detailed information Removal Impact of Virgin Coconut Oil to lactating mother)
3-Anti Oxide ( Prevent or prolonging the life of cells)

4-Antivirus and antibacterial.
Lauric acid in virgin coconut oil which is a 'medium chain fatty acid' is highly useful to form monolaurin inside the human or animal body. Monolaurin is antiviral, antibacterial and antiprotozoal. Monoglyceride is used by the human body or animals to destroy the lipid layer or cone of the virus, such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, a variety of pathogen bacteria including listeria monocytogenes and helicobacter pylori, and protozoan such as giardia lamblia. Some survey also show that it function as an antimicrobial.

Action antiviral that is associated with monolaurin is it afford melt layer lipid and phospholipids to cone or envelope virus cause damage to envelope virus concerning. By easy, fatty acid and monoglycerides produce destruction impact that is with destroy double layer plasma membrane to organism concerning.

From several latest study and this research, already prove that the impact of antimicrobial monolaurin are relevance with disruption on any signal up mechanism cell that organism for replication.




Schedule "Lipid Coated Viruses" types.

Type Description
Virus Human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 or HIV+
Virus Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1)
Virus Herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2)
Virus Herpes viridae (all)
Virus Human lymphotropic viruses (type 1)
Virus Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)
Virus Visna virus
Virus Cytomegalovirus
Virus Epstein-Barr virus
Virus Influenza virus
Virus Leukemia virus
Virus Pneumonia virus
Virus Sarcoma virus
Virus Syncytial virus
Virus Rubeola virus


Schedule Lipid Coated Bacteria types

Type
Description
Bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
Bacterium Helicobacter pylori (gram negative)
Bacterium Hemophilus influenza (gram negative)



5- Increase metabolism in human body

6- Classified as functional food.

As functional food, (functional food has been defined deep An ILSI NORTH AMERICA SPECIAL CONFERENCE) mean it is food supply component for health overcome for power component. Is estimated around 50 percentage of content fatty acid in virgin coconut oil is consisted lauric acid, and 6 to 7 percentage of it content is from capric acid.

Lauric acid is a 'medium chain fatty acid' which highly useful as an additional to form monolaurin inside the body of humans or animals. Monolaurin is antiviral, antibacterial characteristic and antiprotozoal monoglyceride which are used by the human body or animals to destroy lipid cone or layer of viruses, such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, variety pathogen bacteria including listeria monocytogenes and helicobacter pylori, and protozoan as giardia lamblia. Some survey also show that it function as an antimicrobial.

While capric acid, also 'medium chain fatty acid' has a similar function. It forms monocaprin inside the human or animal body. Monocaprin also has the capability as an antiviral for HIV and it is still in the experimental stage for its effect on herpes simplex and its antibacterial's effectiveness on chlamydia. (Reuters, London June 29,1999).

Dr. Halldor Thormar, Icelandic's scientist, had shown that monolaurin derived from virgin coconut oil, can kill 'lipid coated DNA and RNA virus type, including HIV and herpes virus and also other microorganism including grams positive type bacteria. Now, Dr Haldor. Thormar and their team planned to continue the functional test on monocaprin effect on chlamydia and herpes simplex virus.

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