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Top 10 Reasons to Exercise
Exercise Chart
Measure Your Body Fat
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Stop Smoking Tips
Tasty Low Fat Recipes
Meditation
Words of Wisdom
Travel Notes
Reference Library



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Top 10 Reasons to Exercise

by Dr. Joseph Bosco, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Losing weight and looking better are two great reasons for exercising, but there are many more. Here are a few of the most important ones:

1. Strengthen your heart muscle. You will live longer.
2. Release the endorphins in your brain. It's harder to feel depressed when exercising.
3. Relieve physical and mental stress.
4. Increase your aerobic stamina so activities like climbing stairs and shoveling snow become easier.
5. Sleep better. Exercise relieves the excess tension that can keep you awake.
6. Strengthen your muscles in your arms and legs to avoid strain.
7. Raise your basal metabolism level. You can eat more without weight gain.
8. Lower the bad cholesterol levels and increase the good ones in the blood stream.
9. Help your heart beat more efficiently to combat high blood pressure.
10. Help prevent osteoporosis by retaining calcium reserves in your bones.

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Exercise Chart

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Tasty Low Fat Recipes

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Desserts


Breakfast ideas

• 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt mixed with 1 cup chopped banana or 1 cup chopped apple and 1/2 cup high fiber cereal. Top with wheat germ and blueberries or chopped strawberries.
• 1/2 cantaloupe, 2 slices dry wheat toast with an 8 oz glass of fresh squeezed orange juice.
• 2 buckwheat or oat bran pancakes, 1 orange peeled and separated, with a 4 oz. glass of prune juice or 1 cup black decaf coffee or herbal tea.
• 1/2 grapefruit lightly sprinkled with cinnamon, 2 slices dry wheat toast with an 8 oz. glass of cool refreshing spring water.
• A medium size bowl of Shredded Wheat with 1/2 cup wheat germ mixed in and one chopped banana or 1/2 chopped pear.

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Dinner ideas

• 1 jumbo baked potato. Moisten with Bragg's liquid amino acids. Spoon on 2-3 teaspoons of nonfat cottage cheese, cover with 1/2 cup each of chopped steamed broccoli, bell peppers, mushrooms and onions, top with 1-2 tablespoons of Mexican salsa. Ooh la.. la..
• 1-2 cups cooked brown rice. Quinona rice is also good for this. Top with 1/2 cup each of chopped steamed broccoli, onions, carrots, brussel sprouts, bell peppers and mushrooms. Moisten with Bragg's liquid amino acids and serve. Substitute the rice with linguine or other pasta occasionally for variety. Add one baked chicken breast or Salmon filet seasoned with herbs and lemon juice broiled three to four minutes on each side and you will not be unsatisfied.
• Corn tortillas baked in the broiler until slightly brown on each side. (no oil) Cover with nonfat refried beans spread evenly. Sprinkle with chopped bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, broccoli, etc. Broil for 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with chopped tomatoes and nonfat parmesan cheese.

Snacks

• Any type of fresh fruit especially apples and oranges. Figs and Kiwis are also good snack foods.
• Raw vegetables such as carrots, bell peppers, celery, cauliflower and mushrooms make excellent and healthy snacks. Dip them in sauce prepared from plain nonfat yogurt or nonfat cottage cheese. Mix either one with basil, dill weed, chives or chopped scallions.

Desserts

• 1 slice of angel food cake topped with 1 scoop of plain nonfat yogurt and 1/2 cup chopped strawberries, blueberries or other fruit of choice.

Meditation

To meditate is to honor the soul. Meditation is a way of spending time with the soul, allowing it to share its knowledge and to communicate its needs. There are an increasing number of studies which indicate meditation can help relieve stress.

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Words of Wisdom

"If the eyes had no tears
the soul would have no rainbow"
— a native American proverb

"Keep your heart sweet.
It will show on your face,
it will sound in your words,
it will shine in all your actions"
— Swami Chidvilasananda

"One of the most magical things that happens
when you apply yourself to spiritual practices
is that you experience great love
surging within yourself
for no apparent reason.

This love is totally free.
It has no motive.
It is as though this pure love
loves itself.

Very naturally, then, you will be inclined
to let your own goodness shine forth"
— Swami Chidvilasananda

Just as you insert a thread
into the eye of a needle
to make it ready to sew,
similarly, you pass your life
through the eye of the heart
so that you may become fit
to serve God with the knowledge of Him"
— Swami Chidvilasananda


Travel Notes

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Reference Library

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