How Body Fat Scales Work

Body fat scales use a technique called Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis... or BIA for short. Very simply...
A small and completely harmless electrical current is passed through your body. The electrical current passes more quickly through fat free tissue like muscle than it does through fat or bone tissue. So... The amount of resistance to the electrical current relates to how much fat-free mass a person has and their body density. Here's the first challenge

Plant Sterols

 Functional foods—those providing health benefits beyond basic vitamins and minerals—are increasingly popular as consumers look for ways to improve their heart health, reduce their risk of developing cancer or diabetes, and enjoy continued good health while aging. Phytosterols, a component of plant cell membranes, have become one of the hottest trends in functional foods in the last decades.

Half of respondents to a recent survey conducted by the International Food Information Council identified phytosterols as important in promoting heart health, yet only 40% consume phytosterols on a regular basis.

Andie MacDowell

One of the stars of the new ABC Family series Jane by Design, Andie MacDowell has always had strikingly natural good looks. She began her career as an Elite model after dropping out of college. Despite being challenged as a young actress by her South Carolina accent, MacDowell landed a role in St. Elmo’s Fire in 1985, launching a long and successful acting career. Her role in Sex, Lies, and Videotape garnered MacDowell a Golden Globe Award nomination, as did her performance in Green Card. Parts in successful films such as Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral followed.

MacDowell is also starring as Judge Olivia Lockhart in Cedar Cove, an adaptation of Debbie Macomber’s book series. The Hallmark Channel will introduce the project as a two-hour movie and series pilot, and it will air in late 2012 or early 2013

TAKE-AWAY MESSAGES

1. Eat an overall heart-healthy diet that includes low-fat sources of protein, whole

grains, legumes, fat-free dairy products, and a minimum of five servings of fruit and vegetables per day.

2. Limit daily cholesterol intake to no more than 200 milligrams.

Antioxidants The Power of Purple

 You’ve heard about the power of antioxidant-rich foods, but which are tops?

When my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer last summer, one of

the first things his oncologist advised him to do was drink Concord grape juice—a lot of it every day. Why? Because grapes, particularly those deep-purple

Concord grapes, contain a powerful antioxidant and known cancer fighter.

We all know that fruits and veggies are central to a healthy diet, but some varieties,

especially purple foods, pack a more powerful punch than others.

Life Secrets 2

Learn to use your eyes to their full potential. Make constant eye contact when in conversation. Looking away(especially down) is a sign of inferiority and uncertainty.

Master the piercing stare. You know when someone looks at you and it feels

like they can see into your soul? Work on sharpening your gaze in the mirror. You’ll

know you have it when it’s intimidating to continue looking at yourself.

Master the one-eyebrow raise. This one isn’t necessary by any means, but hey, why not? Pick a brow to learn with and go look in a mirror. Raise both of your eyebrows but use your hand to hold down the brow that you want to stay down.

Life Secrets

Get good at something  Call it a hobby or a passion, whatever it is, just get good at it.

Your occupation does not count!

 Learn to be unaffected by the words of others. If someone went up to you and called you a fire hydrant, would you be upset?

No because you are obviously not a fire hydrant, you are a human being. The same concept applies to when someone calls you something that you know you are not .

Develop the ability to forgive. Forgiveness is something at which most people fail.

 Grudges only bring more miseryto those who hold them and prevent good relations with the target.