Archive for March, 2009

Alcohol and Sugar

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Limiting sugar
Although sugar and so-called concentrated sweets that contain a lot of sugar were once considered dangerous for people with diabetes, small amounts won’t necessarily thwart your effort to control your blood glucose. Most people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes can consume some sugar as long as they count it as a carbohydrate and don’t add it to their diet indiscriminately. Of course, they must adjust their insulin dosage accordingly. Nevertheless, experts still advise limiting simple sugars because they raise blood glucose levels quickly. Artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin or aspartame (NutraSweet), don’t raise blood glucose levels.

Alcohol
You can drink alcohol in moderation if you account for the calories in your daily meal plan. Research has shown that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can lower heart disease risk. Moderate drinking is defined as one standard drink (12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled liquor) a day for women and up to two a day for men . 

You must be cautious, however. Alcohol can cause low blood sugar or further exacerbate a low blood sugar reaction. And because some effects of alcohol (such as drowsiness or slurred speech) resemble those of hypoglycemia, it can be hard to recognize a true diabetic emergency. Finally, while moderate drinking may have benefits, there is always the risk of developing alcohol dependence. Certainly no one should drink and drive, and drinking during a pregnancy can hurt your baby.

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Healthy Diet Plan With Rice – Lose 5 Pounds In One Week

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Nowadays people always think of about their health when they are trying to reach their goals. It’s the same story with diets, people try to lose weight fast using precarious diet plans or stop eating at all and do not think that they can lose their health with pounds.
Healthy diet plans may be not so weighty and won’t give you magical results but you will be healthy and sometimes even healthier. Healthy diet plans are created not only to help you lose onus but to improve health and give you more energy.

This diet plan will help you to improve your metabolism and lose 5 pounds in one week.
The electric cable course of this diet is rice. Rice contains necessary substances for the organism and helps you to lose worth; the most important thing is that it contains enough of carbohydrates necessary for burning of fat.

It is recommended to boil rice without with reservations and oil.

Here is one week rice diet plan:

Monday

Breakfast: 1 mirror of milk, 1 small toast.

Lunch: 150 g of rice, 100 g of salad made of raw vegetables.

Dinner
: 100 g of boiled edibles, 150 g of salad made of raw vegetables, 1 glass of apple juice

Tuesday

Breakfast: 100 g of fat-free-born cottage cheese, a cup of tea or black coffee without sugar.

Lunch: 150 of boiled meat, 100 g of rice.

Dinner: 200 g of salad made of newfangled tomatoes and onions mixed with a small amount of vegetable oil, 1 glass of tomato juice.

Wednesday

Breakfast: 100 g of boiled meat, a cup of tea without sugar.

Lunch: 150 g of boiled fish, 150 g of salad made of cabbage, onions and rural peas.

Dinner: 150 g of rice, 1 apple, 1 glass of apple vitality.

Thursday

Breakfast: 100 g of boiled low-fat pork. A cup of tea or black coffee without sugar.

Lunch: a sheet of vegetable soup and a small slice of black bread.

Dinner: 100 g of boiled victuals with 150 g of rice. 1 glass of apple juice.

Friday

Breakfast: 1 barometer of milk, 1 toast.

Lunch: 150 g of boiled fish, 2 boiled potatoes, 100 g of salad made of unusual carrots with a little bit of low-fat mayonnaise.

Dinner: 100 g of boiled low-fat mutton, 150 of vegetable salad.

Saturday

Breakfast: 1 boiled egg, a cup of tea without sugar with 2 fresh cookies.

Lunch: 100 g of rice, 100 g of boiled sustenance.

Dinner: 200g of boiled fish, 100 g of fruit salad made of fresh apples, plums, pears and oranges, a cup of orange pith.

Sunday

Breakfast: 100 g of low-fat sausages, 1 toast, a cup of tea or black coffee without sugar.

Lunch: 100 g of rice, 150 g of salad made of raw vegetables and connected with one tablespoon of olive oil.

Dinner: 200 g of boiled low-fat mutton, 100 g of salad made of cabbage, onions and unripe peas.

Also it is recommended to drink a glass of water before each meal.