Archive for January, 2007

The Mind Body Link - Yoga and Meditation

Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India and across the World, Yoga is seen as a means to both physical health and spiritual mastery. Outside India, Yoga has become primarily associated with the practice of asanas or postures of […]

Low Fat Diets Make Us Fat!

Two out of three Americans are overweight. The primary cause is that we eat more and exercise less. There is no doubt that the more advances we make that enhance our lifestyle the heavier we become.
 Wait a minute! What about all those low fat foods that we eat now? How come I reduced fat in […]

Daily Meditation - Spiritual Support For Today’s World

In days of old, spiritual life was separate from “regular life”. People went to church or temple once a week, and then got on with the rest of their lives. Daily meditation was something that only nuns, priests, rabbis or monks did.
In today’s world, our understanding of spiritual life is changing. More and more we […]

How To Lose Weight Effectively With A Healthy Eating Habit

Some people just find it hard to lose weight. They do not understand that in addition to reducing carbohydrates and the fat in their food, they should also be eating more fruits and vegetables. This is the most important way that a person can stay trim and healthy, while getting their body back in shape. […]

Foods that kill fat

In Daniel Reid’s great book The Tao of Health, Sex & Longevity, there’s a section on foods that ‘kill’ fat. Reid has this to say about Obesity:
 
“[This is] Excess adipose tissue deposited throughout the body, especially abdomen, buttocks and thighs, owing to excessive consumption of refined starch and sugar, and habitual consumption of incompatible food […]

Losing weight. 5 essential principles.

There are numerous diets to choose from, and the odds are that you may have already tried a few of them, but can’t seem to achieve that goal in mind. I believe there are 5 basic principles to losing weight. The first thing we should look at is eating. It’s the cause of the problem, […]

How Many Calories Do You Need To Lose Weight?

Losing weight is all about calories. Too many calories put on weight……not too much fat, not too many carbohydrates, not too much sugar, not too much alcohol but too many calories.
In order to lose weight, you must create a calorie deficit. In other words you must burn more calories than you take in.
Simply put, a […]