Alicia Keys Charity Running While in New York Marathon

 Alicia Keys along with 50 thousand runners will follow the New York City Marathon on November 1 that will come.

Marathon in the concrete jungle of New York was the second marathon. Earlier in 2007 the mother of two children aged 34 years has attended a marathon in Greece to form a body for the sake of the film Smokin 'Aces.

"I think the marathon is a great thing that needs to be tested once in a lifetime," said Keys told David Letterman on The Late Show.

It was not only once he bermaraton. Her brother asked her to run together.

"My first instinct says, no. But then I think New York is my town. So why not," he wrote in the blog. "I'm trying to solve mental boundaries. Training for a marathon becomes a Jedi-style mind training I need."

Keys will be running and raising money for an organization that he founded. The organization called Keep a Child Alive. The charity work getting HIV drugs to children and families in Africa.

How to Healthy Eating Burger

you are a fan of burgers? Behind the delicacy, burgers actually contains a lot of bad fats are closely related to heart disease and obesity. Eating a burger is fine.

But if you want to stay slim and healthy, there is a strategy that must be done so that more healthy favorite burger eaten and not harm diet program. Here's how.


Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise sold in the market are made mostly from soybean oil, corn oil and other types of oil mixed with omega 6. Although omega 6 good for health, but the comparison is disproportionate risk to health, can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Also high-calorie mayonnaise, one tablespoon of mayonnaise contains about 57 calories.

Replace with: Canola oil, because half the calorie content of mayonnaise.

Best: Avocado softened



Lettuce

Commonly used in salad is watercress. Of course lettuce including healthy food, but there are other types of lettuce in every way more nutritious than watercress.

Replace with: Romaine lettuce because it contains vitamins, chlorophyll, lutein and zeaxanthin are higher.

Best: "spinach or kale because it is very rich in antioxidants," said Bethany Tayer, RD., Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Henry Ford Health System, USA



Pickles

Pickle for burger processed one by using sugar, which can increase the amount of calories you consume.

Replace with: Cucumber fresh because it is rich in nutrients and sugar free.

Best: Drizzle balsamic vinegar onto the cucumber. Research in Japan say apple cider vinegar can help you lose weight.



Smoked meat

Forget red meat such as beef and pork because the fat content is high enough.

Replace with: Sliced ​​grilled chicken contains less fat.

Best: Salmon or tuna are rich in omega-3 and 6 in an amount equal, so it is good for the heart and the cells of your body.



Cheese

The content of fat and calories can be dangerous for those who want to lose weight.

Replace with: Cheese is cut thin in packaging because of the number of calories less.

Top: Low-fat cheese, low sodium.



Bread

Burger patties usual, in large measure contains 200 calories.

Replace with: Whole wheat bread. That means you've cut about 100 calories and add 5 grams of fiber.

Best: Wrap your burger with lettuce Romaine

9 Food that Make Sluggish in Upper Beds

 What you eat it can affect the quality of sexual intercourse. Ranging from foods that can lower libido, difficult to reach orgasm, to increase the production of abnormal sperm.

Harley Street specialist Cecilia Tregear doctors say, sexuality is strongly influenced by the brain which produces chemicals and hormones to stimulate feelings of love, attraction, arousal, until orgasm.

"Need the right foods to ensure the production of chemicals and hormones," says Cecilia.

Nutritionists Frida Harju also health nutrition and fitness experts reveal a number of foods that should be avoided if you want the activity to run smoothly on the bed.

Alcohol
Drinking too much alcohol can make a man an erection or difficulty reaching orgasm. Excessive alcohol drinking will make you very sleepy so lackluster for sexual intercourse. However, a small amount of alcohol will affect your libido.

Red meat
Eating too much red meat is believed to interfere with the natural hormone levels of men. Overall, red meat is a good source of protein and zinc that help build muscle, thereby reducing the fat in the body.

Soybeans
Soybeans are also a source of protein. However, if too much is consumed can affect sex drive due to decreasing levels of testosterone and sperm count.

Mint
Mint leaves may refresh the food consumed. However, according to gynecologists menthol mint leaves can lower testosterone levels in men to lower the sex drive when she met the couple.

Liquorice
Or Liquorice liquorice plant is one of the ingredients to make candies, herbal teas, and other beverages. This plant turned out to contain phytoestrogens that can affect the level of testosterone in the body and result in weakness of sexual arousal.

Quinine
Some drinks are added quinine so that there is a slightly bitter taste and fresh. Unfortunately, drinking quinine turned out to be a bad effect on your libio.

Chocolate
Chocolate is known as an aphrodisiac that can increase sexual arousal. Chocolate contains anandamide and phenylethylamine which can trigger the body to release happy hormones or endorphins. However, who would have thought it chocolate also contains methylxantines that actually make you sluggish in bed because of lowered libido.

Fried
Eating fried foods not only disrupt your diet. Trans fats in fried foods can decrease libido in men and women. In fact, it can increase the production of abnormal sperm, as sperm movement becomes slower and few in number. This makes it difficult to achieve pregnancy in women.

Popcorn
Snacks are commonly used as a snack while watching this movie can decrease sexual desire. According to the expert, not only due to the popcorn, but the food containers containing chemicals perfluoroalkyl considered to lower the sex drive in men.

Do playfulness ... Observe Set Intake Sugar, salt, and fat!

 All excess is not good. So also with the intake of sugar, salt and fat in food or drink you everyday.

Matters of food intake can not be arbitrary. If not maintained appropriate levels of safety, consumption of sugar, salt, and excess fat can increase the risk of various diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, until the stroke. The problem is, we often are not aware of having crossed the line three intake consumption of these flavors.

However, ensuring healthy diet does not mean to eliminate all flavors. You simply pay attention to safe intake limit and carefully choose the type of your meal.

Limit and Set

The maximum limit of the recommended salt intake of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia is 5 grams (equivalent to one teaspoon) per day. To determine this calculation, you should carefully look at the serving size in your food.

For example, one tablespoon of soy sauce contains approximately one-quarter teaspoon of salt. There are also instant noodles that the salt content in one portion even exceeds the recommended limit.

Meanwhile, the fat content is found in many foods cooked using cooking oil. For this, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia recommended limit total fat intake to about 67 grams, or the equivalent of 5 tablespoons of cooking oil.

For example, one plate of fried rice that you eat contains 25 grams of fat. If you like fried food, fried snack 3 contains even more fat, up to 28 grams. This is just the fat intake of fried foods, not including the fat intake from other foods.

What about sugar?

WHO (World Health Organization) recommended limit sugar intake to 25 grams (equivalent to 2 tablespoons) to obtain additional health benefits for adults.

Just like fat, limit the amount of intake is not only sugar that you add to the drinks, but also including the sugars contained in foods and beverages. For example, one can of soda there containing up to 30 grams of sugar, and drinks in bottles exist that contain up to 26 grams of sugar!

You can see for yourself, limit your intake of sugar, salt, and fat very easily exceeded daily. So that the intake is not excessive, it is suggested that more careful choosing food and beverage menu.

The content of salt, fat and sugar in a food and beverage products can be checked at the nutrition facts label (nutrition facts) that exist in each of the product packaging. Choose the safest for you.

No need to fear! Currently, the choice of foods low in salt and low in fat are already widely available on the market. One example, you can replace sugar with low calorie sugar Tropicana Slim.

This low-calorie sugar has a calorific value is very small, even up to 0 calories. Carefully adjust the intake of sugar, salt, and fat, means providing a healthier life.

Study: Signs of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Often Missed

 movie footage in many people who experience sudden cardiac arrest is usually described from healthy and then suddenly fell down. But the fact that heart attacks do not really sudden like that, there are signs that can be seen but unfortunately often missed.

Dr. Sumeet Chugh from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, reported in his study that about half of patients may not be aware of the signs of a heart attack. Symptoms such as chest pain is on the left, or trouble breathing.

"In the past, we believe that sudden cardiac death is an event that can not be predicted with little warning and leaves no time for intervention," said Dr. Sumeet as quoted by Reuters on Friday (25/12/2015).

Read also: Beware, not merely a Heart Attack Symptoms in Chest Pain in Left

Through his studies that examine patient data 839 sudden cardiac arrest, Dr. Sumeet found that the average marks can appear four weeks before the attack occurred. When an attack is getting close, 24 hours before the heart stops, the symptoms will often recur.

"By this means there is a new window of opportunity to predict and prevent sudden cardiac arrest. For many patients we can have plenty of time to intervene," said Dr. Sumeet.

The problem is, only one in five patients in the study were alert to the symptoms and seek medical help. Patients who had called emergency services the possibility of survivors of heart attacks increased sharply to 32 percent compared with those who never received help only six percent.

Whether or Diet Success Depends Metabolism

 There are many methods of diet that we can follow to lose weight. Although many testimonials that mention some slimming diet is effective, but often people fail to follow. Factors suspected to be the cause is lack of intent.

People who fail to undergo a diet method believe they are "less able to control" diet. But according to the experts in fact it is because they get the wrong advice on what to eat.

Researchers revealed that the response given to food that our bodies everyday diasup very unique. For example, although the tomatoes referred to as a healthy food, but in fact also can cause blood sugar to rise.

Each person has a different response to the flour-based foods, such as bread and rice. Some are more sensitive to carbohydrates than others.

For example, some people find their blood sugar levels down when eating fat, but not with others.

Meanwhile, ice cream and pizza is a food that can increase blood sugar at a particular group of people. But it's not necessarily the case by another.

And it's not just a problem to gain weight: high blood sugar levels, can lead to diabetes and may increase the risk of heart disease, liver, obesity and high blood pressure.

In a study by Eran Segal of Wizmann Institute concluded, personalized diet method that can help a person get the right diet.

He makes monitoring dietary patterns of 800 people representative of the population in Israel and 49 898 meals. Each respondent record everything they eat in mobile applications and monitor their blood sugar regularly at glucose monitoring devices. Sleep patterns and exercise them too dicacat.

Then the data is analyzed on the computer to see if the effect of food on the body of each individual.

"Most of the recommendations for weight loss based on a scoring system, but that is often overlooked is that every person is different. People who have a different effect with the others," said Segal.

He added that personal diet (custom) is very useful to use nutrients from food as controlling blood sugar and other medical conditions.

In the case, a middle-aged obese women with a pre-diabetic condition, failing to undergo a weight loss program for many years. Eventually he learned that tomatoes are fueled a rise in blood sugar.

In general, eating fibrous foods help to reduce blood sugar levels overall. While lack of sleep, improper diet and cholesterol tingggi could have a negative impact on blood sugar.

Eating foods with a low glycemic index will also not be useful because each individual is different.

The main reason why we respond to different foods as well as the bacteria that exist in the body is different for each person.

5 Food Important for Brain Intelligence Children

 During this time many people incorrectly assume that a person's intelligence came from genetic or hereditary factors. If his parents are smart, then the child is also smart.

In fact, many factors can affect the intelligence of children, one of which is to provide nutritious food intake.

The menu is a complete food, such as fruit, meat and fish sayurang important to meet the needs of key vitamins and minerals needed for the child's mental and physical intelligence. Well, here are some foods that are believed to stimulate the growth of brain cells in children:

1. Eggs

As it is known that eggs are rich in protein which is very good for intelligence. In addition, egg yolks contain choline which is also proven to help memory development.


2. Berries

Several types of berries, such as strawberries, blueberries and Redberry antioxidants with high levels and vitamin C.

The experts also acknowledge that the extracts of blueberries and strawberries may help improve memory function. In fact, the stronger the color, the more nutrients it contains.


3. Salmon

Types of fish that one is already no doubt beneficial to the brain. The content of omega-3 fatty acids and eikosapentanoat acid (EPA) has important benefits for the growth and development of brain function.

Not only that, some health experts also pointed out that a person who earns fatty acid intake, has a sharper mind and is also able to record satisfactory results in testing capabilities.


4. Nuts

Some types of beans, such as kidney beans contain protein and complex carbohydrates which are then processed into energy and is very good for the activity of brain cells as well as the child's body.

Plus, nuts are also rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. According to the research, red beans and pinto beans contain omega-3 fatty acids are beneficial for growth and brain function.


5. Oatmeal

Oatmeal is rich in fiber which can help keep the heart and brain arteries. In fact, in one study, children who ate oatmeal can perform school tasks well.