Healthiest Life 4 Me

Gotta hear this amazing man talk about Genesis and the science of it.

Immune System Support
. Flu Protection
. Anti-Inflammatory
. Support for Auto-Immune
Dysfunction
. Protect against Disease

Cardio-Vascular Support
. Lower high blood pressure
. Lower bad cholesterol
. Raise good cholesterol
. Increases pliability of arteries
and veins
. Improve circulation
. Energize the heart muscle

Cancer Protection
. Kills cancer cells (aptosis)
. Repairs DNA
. Powerful antioxidant
. Supports body during
chemotherapy
. Inhibits growth of tumors

Obesity
. Reverses inflammation
causing insulin resistance
. Reduces excess fat cells
. Mobilizes stored fat

Biblical Herbal Infusion
. Benefits of cold infused
process
. Phyto-nutrients of over 20
herbs

Joint Support
. Reduces Inflammation
. Improves Circulation

Anti-Aging
. Reduces damaging inflammation
. Repairs DNA
. Improves Skin quality
. Lustrous hair
. Strong nails
. Fights Alzheimer’s disease

Lung Function
. Helps control asthma
. Fight COPD (chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease)
. Reduces hay fever symptoms

Organ Support
. Inhibits macular degeneration
. Prevents gum disease
. Supports liver function
. Maintains kidney function
. Improves digestion and relieves
stomach problems

Other
. Boosts energy
. Reduces headaches
. Anti-biotic = fights fungus
. Anti-depressant
. Sexual enhancement
. Diabetic support
. Tastes great!

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. Provides the key nutrients found
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For more information or to order contact me at lisasurvillas@healthiestlife4me.com!  Look forward to helping you LIVE WELL.LONGER!!!

The most important part of our diet’s in order to build lean muscle is PROTEIN.  Now that the holiday eating season is upon us, we need to pay attention to how to make sure we are getting enough.  Lean muscle controls our metabolism.  The more muscle mass you have, the more fat you will burn at rest.  During the holiday season, our meals usually have more carbs and starches on the tables to tempt us.  In order to stay on target, it is important to understand where we can get the lean protein from to feed our muscles. 

The holiday staple for both Thanksgiving and Christmas is TURKEY.  And what a great staple it is.  Turkey is a great source of lean protein. 

Here is a table that explains how much protein is in different cuts of turkey:

Type (3.5 oz portion)	Calories	Total Fat	Protein
Breast with skin	194	8 grams	29 grams
Breast w/o skin	161	4 grams	30 grams
Wing w/ skin	238	13 grams	27 grams
Leg w/skin	213	11 grams	28 grams
Dark meat w/skin	232	13 grams	27 grams
Dark meat w/o skin	192	8 grams	28 grams
Skin only	482	44 grams	19 grams

What this table from the University of Illinois show us is that the  best cut of meat is the breast without skin.  It provides the highest amount of protein with the lowest amount of fat and calories.  If you are not a fan of white meat, then the cut of dark meat without skin is the next best choice, although it has twice the amount of fat as the breast. 

In addition to Turkey being a great source of protein, the University of Illinois says that turkey “is an inexpensive source of iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium and B vitamins.” 

Potassium is used to “maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body.” according to Wikipedia.  Translated.potassium will keep you from dehydrating and from storing excess water weight.  Besides turkey, a great source of potassium is an avocado.  Bananas and potatoes also have potassium, but are foods that act like sugar in the body. 

Check out the story, “Ultra Vitality-What and Why” to see what the other vitamins included in turkey are good for! 

Of course, adding things to your turkey like gravy and cranberry sauce add to the levels of sugars, carbs, and fats (not the good ones) and only defeat all your hard work. 

If you are choosing to have side dishes, limit the simple carbs and stick with green, crunchy veggies.  If you can choose a carb like a yam.it is the best choice you can make.  This is a low-glycemic index carb and will not act like sugar in your body. 

Hope you have a happy holiday season with your families and that your fitness goals stay on track!  (PS.I hope I can stay on track too!)

Ultra Vitality is Symmetry Direct’s multivitamin that is like no other.  Ultra Vitality is a wellness collection that has been changing people’s life for the better. Even the highly respected Journal of the American Medical Association now recommends that all American adults take a multivitamin to supplement their diet and help prevent disease.  Ultra Vitality comes in 3 different forms to meet everybody’s preferences. You can choose to take 4 caplets daily, one packet, or on ounce.which ever way you choose, you will be getting the Best Vitamin Coverage on the market.  In addition, Ultra Vitality has something that no other multivitamin has.DELTAZORB (exclusive Absorption Technology) which is technology for maximum nutritional absorption.up to 160% more absorption to be exact!  Ultra Vitality is like no other.its BETTER!

This is a link to a brochure about WHY ULTRA VITALITY. 

Vitamins are “organic substances essential for life.  They can not be produced by the body, therefore they must be ingested through food and supplements.  Without them, the body would not survive.” 

This is a comprehensive list of the vitamins included in Ultra Vitality and what they are and what the benefits of each are. 

Vitamin A (Beta Carotene)

*An antioxidant.  Helps form and maintain healthy eyes, hair, teeth, gums, skin, mucous membranes and fat metabolism.

Benefits:

*Stimulates the immune system

* Reduces risk of some tumors including lung, corectal, prostate & breast

Vitamin D (Calciferol)

Improves the immune function and helps the body absorb calcium and phosphorus.

Benefits:

*Protects against osteoporosis, osteomalacia, breast and colon cancer, some deafness, diabetes & acne

Vitamin E (Tocopherol)

Forms RBC’s, muscle and tissue.  An antioxidant that protects against damage from smoke and pollution.

Benefits:

*Anti-cancer, cataracts, heart disease, neuralgic disorders, breast disorders, sexual & athletic prowess

*Slows aging

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid & P Bioflavanoids)

An antioxidant that binds cells together, strengthens blood vessel walls and promotes healing.

Benefits:

*Anti-cancer, immuno-stimulant, lowers cholesterol, good vision, male fertility & helps control asthma

*Prevents scurvy

Vitamin K

Needed for normal blood clotting.

Benefits:

*Role in fighting off osteoporosis and arthritis as well as some types of cancer

Biotin

Lipid synthesis, metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and proteins.

Benefits:

*Boosts athletic energy

*Hair health-prevents graying and baldness

B1 (Thiamin)

An antioxidant promoting proper nerve and brain function, metabolism of sugars, starches and digestion.

Benefits:

*May stop foot pain in diabetics

*Enhanced muscular endurance in athletes

*Combat seasickness

B2 (Riboflavin)

Carbohydrates, protein and fat metabolism.  Helps with proper vision, mucous membranes, brain function and energy production.

Benefits:

*Helps combat Esophageal cancer, acne, arthritis, confusion, baldness, and mouth and GI ulcers

*Immunostimulant

B3 (Niacin)

Helps appetite, digestion and convert food to energy while protecting the nervous system.

Benefits:

*Reduces cholesterol, triglycerides, acne, canker sores, diabetes, migraines and baldness

*Good with sex hormones

B5 (Panthothenic Acid)

An anti-stress vitamin that maintains blood sugar levels, antibody formation, antioxidant action and cellular metabolism.

Benefits:

*Boosts athletic ability & speeds healing

*Lowers cholesterol and protects heart

*Slows aging and gray hair formation

B6 (Pyridoxine)

For hormone balance, protein and fat metabolism, RBC formation and protecting nerves. 

Benefits:

*Boosts athletic ability & speeds healing

*Lowers cholesterol and protects heart

*Slows aging and gray hair formation

B12 (Cobalamin)

An energy vitamin that helps build genetic material, RBCs, function of all cells and mental health.

Benefits:

*Energizes the body

*Halts some brain disorders, prevents certain birth defects & neuro-psychiatric disorders

Choline/Inositol

Basic part of lecithin and memory loss.

Benefits:

*Heart disease, treats & prevents memory loss

*Anti-aging

Folic Acid

Forms proteins, genetic material & builds RBCs.

Benefits:

*Combats cancer & birth defects

*Treats mental retardation & dermatitis

Minerals are in-organic substances (not living) essential for life and can not be manufactured in the body.  These are macro minerals (such as calcium and zinc) that are needed in relatively large amounts, and there are trace minerals (such as chromium and selenium) that are needed in trace amounts.

This is a comprehensive list of the minerals included in Ultra Vitality, what they are and what their benefits are.

Calcium

Builds strong bones, teeth, helps blood clot, nerve and muscle function and helps convert food to energy.

Benefits:

*Lowers blood pressure & cholesterol

*Treats leg cramps, protects against colon cancer, osteoporosis & PMS

*Regulates heart rate

Chromium

Controls blood cholesterol, synthesis of fatty acids and appetite.

Benefits:

*Lowers blood pressure & cholesterol

*Treats leg cramps, protects against colon cancer, osteoporosis & PMS

*Regulates heart rate

Copper

An immunostimulant that helps absorb and carry oxygen in hemoglobin, and forms bone.

Benefits:

*Anti-cancer & anti-inflamatory

*Helps heal ulcers, colitis, arthritis, anemia  & thyroid function

Iodine

Controls metabolism and function of thyroid.

Benefits:

*Relieve pain in fibro-cystic breast disease

*Mental clarity

*Prevents goiter

Iron

Helps absorb and carry oxygen in hemoglobin and myoglobin (muscles)

Benefits:

*Resistance to cold

*Improves attention span in children & cooperativeness

Magnesium

Activates enzymes to transfer and release energy in body.  Regulates heart and muscle function.

Benefits:

*Helps protect against blood clots, migraines, PMS, epilepsy, diabetic retin-opathy, polio

*Anti-stress

Phosphorus

Builds strong bones and teeth.  Transfers and releases energy in body.

Benefits:

*Endurance in athletes & fights fatigue

*Good tonic

Potassium

An electrolyte for nerve conduction and muscle (heart) contraction.

Benefits:

*Treats high blood pressure, protects against stoke, improves athletic ability & treats cancer

Selenium

An antioxidant that prevents breakdown of body chemicals from free radicals.

Benefits:

*Protects against cancer & heart disease

*Increases male potency & sex drive

*Anti-inflammatory & good for the skin

Zinc

An antioxidant; works with RBC to move carbon dioxide, form bone, smell, taste, healing and prostate function.

Benefits:

*Heals cold sores & boosts immunity

*Prevents cancer, blindness & infertility

*Increase male sex drive

It is also important to understand, when looking at Ultra Vitality why many of the amounts are higher than the Daily Value.  Symmetry does this because “Daily value can be understood as ‘minimum wage’ for nutrition where it is enough to get by and prevent sickness, but not enough to be vibrant and happy.  For example, while 100% of Vitamin C  will not generate scurvy or other deficiency symptoms, studies show that about 8 times that amount can increase life span by five and a half years.  Thus, Ultra Vitality goes beyond the Daily Value recommendations on Vitamin C and other nutrients.

In addition to these amazing Vitamins and Minerals that are listed, Ultra Vitality includes an antioxidant blend, energy blend, nutritive herbal blend/urinary health blend, proprietary blend: digestive support/enzymes/probiotics, chlorphyll blend, and a super food blend/immune herbal blend.  These are comprised of all natural ingredients.  There is no caffine and no sugar in Ultra Vitality. 

Ultra Vitality is a vital part of everybody’s daily needs.  If you are interested in ordering, please see My Symmetry Page or click Live Better With Symmetry under blogroll.  Or you can contact me directly at lisasurvillas@healthiestlife4me.com.  In addition, the company has a Wellness Guarentee that gives you 120 days to like the product or your money back (contact me for details), so you either like them and feel better or you can get your money back.where is the harm in that?  Let’s get started on a journey to total health today!

While hanging out on Twitter one night, I saw a blurb about being able to do push-ups.  My curiosity took over and I asked why she was so focused on the amount of push-ups she could do and how many weeks she had to do it in.  @Kelownagurl responded to me with a website with this 100 Push-up Challenge. 

I have become quite impressed with my strength in the past few months.  And although I am struggling with my diet again, I am fully focused on my training.  So, I inquired at 100 Push-up Challenge to see what all this fuss was about.  And now have committed to this challenge.  The program can be as long as 6 weeks depending upon how many push-ups you can currently do. 

Here is how the program works:

1. Take an assessment of how many pushups you can do in one sitting.  Do the push-ups correctly and don’t cheat if you want the program to work. 

2.  Go to the website 100 Push-up Challenge and email Steve and let him know that you are taking the challenge and he will add you to the list.  Admitting to someone that you are taking the challenge will keep you accountable.  Recruit a physical partner if you’d like to report to someone physically each week.  Feel free to comment here each week if you want to have encouragement from me.

3.  Print up each week and follow the directions.  You do push-ups 3 times a week and depending upon the week you are told to start in and the amount you are capable of will determine how your workout will look each day.

4.  Follow each week without cheating.

5.  When you complete week 6, you will rest for 2 days and then you will try to do a set of 100 push-ups!

It may seem weird to have the need to do 100 push-ups, but the push-up is the most comprehensive upper body exercise that you can do.  And most importantly.it can be done ANYWHERE!!  You don’t need any special equipment or special facilities to do it in.  When executing a  regular push-up you are pushing 60% of your body weight.  When you elevate your feet and do decline push-ups you push 80% of your body weight.  Talk about upper body strength training. 

So let’s get started on this journey together.  And just because I am starting my program next week, doesn’t mean you can’t start yours anytime.  You will be so proud of yourself for the accomplishment and even with the way your arms take shape!

Most women do not lift weights because they think that if they lift weights that they will get bulky, like a man.  However, it is just a misconception.  According to research, on average a woman only possesses one tenth of the testosterone that a man does.  So even if you are able to lift twice as much as a man, the ability to get as bulky just isn’t there unless you are taking steroids.  Due to these higher levels of testosterone men are able to build stronger, bigger muscles than women. 

“When you flip through bodybuilding or fitness magazines, and you       come across female bodybuilders who might resemble their masculine counterparts, remember that they partake in a completely different regimen from women who just workout to get or stay in shape, “says well known personal trainer, Hilton Preen.

Women who are already overweight or really unhappy with a certain body part are often very nervous to weight train because they fear that the muscle will build on top of the fat that is already there and therefore make them bigger.  However, this is not how it works.  Muscle does not ever build itself on the top of fat; it’s quite the opposite in fact.  Muscle replaces the fat with muscle mass.  Fat composition takes up five times as much space as muscle, so when you weight train you will replace fat mass with muscle mass therefore loose the jiggle as well as look leaner and slimmer too!

It is very important to know that fat doesn’t require ANY energy to maintain, it just sits there making you look and flabby.  When you weight train, you increase the rate at which your body uses energy, forcing stored fat to breakdown into energy cells, which your body then uses to build muscle.  Hilton Preen says, “Muscle tone allows you to burn calories at all times during the day and night.  For every pound of lean tissue or muscle you put on, you will burn approximately seventy five additional calories at rest.  The less muscle you have, the more difficult it is to lose the fat.”

To be quite honest, the biggest problem most women have ISN’T building too much muscle, it is that they don’t build ENOUGH muscle.  This sets them up for an increased risk of osteoporosis later in life as well as a reduction in muscle mass of about 2-5% per year, which has an adverse affect on metabolism and can ultimately result in weight gain.

Obviously, weight training isn’t the only factor in a tone, well shaped body.  Diet plays about 80% of the role in the overall look.  However, even if you are following a healthy diet and performing some sort of aerobic activity, you will not get the best possible results without strength training.  Even though you might be losing weight, your body shape will remain the same.  Some women, no matter how hard they train never ever seem to look different.  Sure, they look smaller, but if they are on such strict diets and aerobic programs why do they still look like a pear?  No matter how much weight you lose on your diet, there is no way you can change the shape of your body without using weights.  It is a combination of diet, cardio, and weight lifting that gives you the results that you desire. 

Building muscle not only makes you look and feel healthier, but according to Hilton Preen, “it helps to slow down the hands of time.  Between the ages of twenty and seventy, due to the aging process you could lose more than 25% of your muscle, a condition known as myoatrophy.  Regular strength training can help prevent this.  The optimal workout regimen should incorporate both weightlifting and aerobic activity.” 

So ladies, I challenge you to Stop being afraid of the weights and start lifting.  You will be so happy you did.  If you are unsure of what to do and how to do it, pick up a Muscle and Fitness for Her or Oxygen magazine.  They are both full of great exercises and sometimes workout programs that you can follow.  When at the gym, don’t be afraid to ask questions.  The men find it flattering to help and as long as you don’t ask in the middle of their set.  Also, the trainers and staff at the gyms are available for questions too!  Take advantage of the resources in front of you. 

So, no food journal for today because I spent Friday in bed and yesterday I took the afternoon to enjoy with my daughter (and of course it included bad food and frozen yogurt).  Well, today I paid.  For the most part I have been great about my diet.  I had a patch this summer when money got really tight that I didn’t pay that close of attention.and I paid then too.  It wasn’t until I was sitting talking to my hubby (during commercial breaks during Desperate Housewives of course) that it dawned on me the similarities of both times.  So you know me, before divulging any info to my hubby or you (my favorite readers), I of course started a frantic google search.  And I’ll be damned.there it was.  I figured it out.  Who needs a doctor?  Now, let’s see if I need one to fix the problem.

So, do I have you curious?  Well, here goes.

Did you know that refined sugar can be the cause of the growth of Candida, which is the cause of a yeast infection?  Well, now I do.  Twice since March I have had a splurge of sugar indulgences in food or in desert while the rest of that time has had little to none at all and this is how I get repaid?  What a crock!  Now, I don’t want sugar everyday.but now and then a treat would be nice, but the result or possibility of this, NO THANK YOU!

So, I know you may think I am crazy, but here are the sites I found:  http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/candida-diet.shtml.  This site states that “The main goal of the Candida Diet is to reduce the amount of food you eat that makes Candida yeast proliferate.  The primary food source of yeast is sugar.”  The other site I consulted was:  http://www.credencegroup.co.uk/Eclub/Eclubsearchable2/210703/CTM%20-%20candida.htm.  According to this site, it states plainly that I am not crazy: “What’s caused it? Excess antibiotic intake and those sugary, yeasty, alcoholic lifestyles.” 

While I know that the first one is on a site for elderly, they get infections too!!  And they eat a lot of sugar.  Hmmmmm!

So, what I learned…get rid of refined sugar.  Even organic white sugar is healthier than refined sugar.  Great.more money to spend!  Well, I guess it’s worth it.