The Trillion Dollar IndustryWritten by Mike Law
The wellness industry is projected to become next trillion dollar industry by year 2010, and this is on existing products alone, and not taking into account any new products and services that will be introduced in future. There is a generation called baby boomers that make up one third of population and about two thirds of purchasing population. They are individuals who were born around late 40’s to early 60’s. Trends have shown that industries have boomed in relation to needs of this generation. They are now of an age where health and aging is becoming extremely important issues to them and are prepared to spend big dollars. We have a seriously high rate of degenerative diseases reaching almost epidemic proportions. These have become alarmingly more predominant over last century. The leading causes of premature death in early 1900’s were influenza, diphtheria, tuberculosis and pneumonia. At present leading causes of premature death are cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and diabetes. The reason for this is because our bodies are losing battle against free radicals. Free radicals come from stress, radiation from sun, environmental pollution, toxic chemicals in water and depletion of nutrients in food supply. An alarming discovery was found in a test undertaken on tomatoes. Results indicated a 90% loss of nutritional value of tomatoes over last century. One of most powerful oxidation defence agents for conquering free radicals is vitamin E. To obtain an optimal amount of vitamin E you would have to consume for example 15kg’s of spinach.
| | Summer Dieting Tips from WeightLossBuddy.comWritten by Joey Dweck
Cut Calories, Bring Out BikiniSummer’s almost here and you want to get into swim of things, but B word – bikini – has been blindsided once again by that C word – calories. What can you do to get in shape at last minute? Adam Shafran, co-author of new book “You Can’t Lose Weight Alone The Partner Power Weight Loss Program,” says it’s never too late to start losing weight. Aside from diet and exercise, Shafran says it is important to have a partner or buddy who can be there for you through your thick and thin days and nights. “Find someone – a friend, a partner, a husband, who you can be accountable to,” he says. “Someone you can walk with, someone who won’t let you down, someone who will be there to exercise with you and get you to exercise and someone who will weigh in with you every week.” Successful weight loss, he says, doesn’t mean that you have to deprive yourself; it simply means that you have to watch yourself. Shafran, a Georgia chiropractor who along with co-author Lee Kantor owns a personal fitness center, offers these non-fattening bite-size bits of advice for fitting into that itsy-bitsy bikini: Instead of drinking calories, eat them. Cut out sugar-based drinks like soda and juices and substitute water or dilute them with a shot of seltzer. Sodas have 200 to 400 calories, and Shafran says that if you can reduce your weekly calories by 3,500, you can lose a pound of fat. If you add exercise, it will be easy to meet 3,500 goal because even if you only walk for 30 minutes a day, you burn about 300 calories or 2,100 per week. Add to that 1,400 to 2,800 you’ll save by drinking water, and you’re on your way to slimness. Replace calorically dense foods with ones that aren’t dense. Those breakfast bars may taste great and they may only be 200 calories, but you’re hungry again almost before you eat last bite. Salads, fruits and soups are better choices because they fill you up. And make your salad a meal, not a snack. Add hearts of palm, walnuts, chickpeas, olives, tuna, corn, peas and even shredded cheese to lettuce and tomatoes so it’s tasty and healthy. Juices are OK, but they won’t give you fiber to make you feel filled. “They won’t help you cut calories,” he says.
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