Traditional Japanese Goju Ryu Karate, Japanese Aikido, Yoga & Krav Maga are available in Santa Monica. Please visit our website for more information: www.KarateofLA.com
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Dont Fake it!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
10 FOODS TO SOLVE ANY HEALTH WORRY
Your Kitchen is a Medicine Cabinet...
1. You've got insomnia.Eat a handful of almonds. They contain massive amounts of magnesium, which helps your body relax.
2. You're hungover.Blend an orange-flavored smoothie. This liquid meal fights alcohol-induced dehydration. It's loaded with vitamin C to help combat binge-related cell damage, and the fructose in the fruit juice helps speed the metabolism of liquor.
3. You're worried about garlic breath.If the ingredient list for dinner includes garlic, add some fennel seeds to the dish, too. The active compound in fennel—anethol—speeds the rate at which you produce saliva. Saliva inhibits microbial overgrowth and clears the bad-breath-causing sulfur compounds released by garlic.
4. Your throat is sore.Forget the sugar content and add some honey to your tea. The sweet stuff's antibiotic properties are soothing and healing.
5. You're tired and stressed.Stress sucks potassium, vitamin C, and manganese out of your body, resulting in fatigue, sore muscles, difficulty concentrating, and a rise in blood pressure. Get those nutrients back with just one papaya.
6. You've got a toothache. Place a whole clove on the gum of the tooth and rub it to release the oils. It burns like hell, but relieves the pain.
7. You've got a headache.Just a dash of Tabasco sauce will turn your eggs into ibuprofen. That's because the red peppers in hot sauce are the top source of capsicum, a natural painkiller. In one small study, it eliminated the headaches of nearly half of the subjects.
8. You're nauseous.Chew on a stick of ginger or pop a thick slice of fresh ginger into a mug of boiling water and drink like tea. Ginger helps settle your stomach, whether you're sick because of some bad pad Thai or because you had one too many last night.
9. You feel like you have poor circulation.A sulfur compound in garlic reacts with red blood cells, causing the blood vessels to relax and allowing for greater dilation. Your blood will flow better and your blood pressure will lower. But reread No. 3 to freshen your breath.
10. You're feeling ... um ... gassy.Either too much or too few of specific bacterial species in the intestines can cause flatulence. Yogurt with probiotics may help to balance these bacterial levels.
1. You've got insomnia.Eat a handful of almonds. They contain massive amounts of magnesium, which helps your body relax.
2. You're hungover.Blend an orange-flavored smoothie. This liquid meal fights alcohol-induced dehydration. It's loaded with vitamin C to help combat binge-related cell damage, and the fructose in the fruit juice helps speed the metabolism of liquor.
3. You're worried about garlic breath.If the ingredient list for dinner includes garlic, add some fennel seeds to the dish, too. The active compound in fennel—anethol—speeds the rate at which you produce saliva. Saliva inhibits microbial overgrowth and clears the bad-breath-causing sulfur compounds released by garlic.
4. Your throat is sore.Forget the sugar content and add some honey to your tea. The sweet stuff's antibiotic properties are soothing and healing.
5. You're tired and stressed.Stress sucks potassium, vitamin C, and manganese out of your body, resulting in fatigue, sore muscles, difficulty concentrating, and a rise in blood pressure. Get those nutrients back with just one papaya.
6. You've got a toothache. Place a whole clove on the gum of the tooth and rub it to release the oils. It burns like hell, but relieves the pain.
7. You've got a headache.Just a dash of Tabasco sauce will turn your eggs into ibuprofen. That's because the red peppers in hot sauce are the top source of capsicum, a natural painkiller. In one small study, it eliminated the headaches of nearly half of the subjects.
8. You're nauseous.Chew on a stick of ginger or pop a thick slice of fresh ginger into a mug of boiling water and drink like tea. Ginger helps settle your stomach, whether you're sick because of some bad pad Thai or because you had one too many last night.
9. You feel like you have poor circulation.A sulfur compound in garlic reacts with red blood cells, causing the blood vessels to relax and allowing for greater dilation. Your blood will flow better and your blood pressure will lower. But reread No. 3 to freshen your breath.
10. You're feeling ... um ... gassy.Either too much or too few of specific bacterial species in the intestines can cause flatulence. Yogurt with probiotics may help to balance these bacterial levels.
information retrieved from Men's Health
Friday, February 15, 2008
Karate and Aikido
Traditional Karate and Aikido is available in Santa Monica. Please visit our website for more information: www.KarateofLA.com
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
NO MORE EXCUSES!
There are days when you don't feel like doing your workout.
Some days, your bed is too soft, too comfortable to leave. Some days, deadlines--and your boss--are breathing down your neck. Other days, you just dread heading down to that dank, musty basement gym.
Here are four ways to stay inspired:
1) Reward yourself. Finish your workout and treat yourself to a magazine, a TV show, or some new songs for your iPod.
2) Set up a punishment for missing workouts. Skip the workout, put $20 into a jar to spend on home repairs. Make sure your spouse controls the jar.
3) Realize that the hardest part of the workout is often just getting there. Tell yourself, "I'll just go in and do one set of the first two exercises. Then I can go." You will end up doing the entire workout. Guaranteed.
4) Get social support. Become accountable to everyone in the Belly Off! forums. If you don't post your workouts, they'll demand to know why you've fallen off track. Online or offline, you need to get everyone on your side.
Karate is a great way to improve your mind, body and spirit. Traditional Japanese Goju Ryu Karate is available in Santa Monica. Please visit our website for more information: http://www.karateofla.com/
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