Apollos

Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:59:11 +0000

Both the balanced diet and healthy diet are pretty alright. A balanced diet means having all the nutrients in appropriate quantities to inject sufficient supply to your body while a healthy one should consist or fresh and natural foods. Healthy people should opt for a balanced diet while a specialized healthy diet should serve best if you are deemed to be unhealthy.

Now you see, your body is somewhat your most valuable asset in life. So if your body went wrong, go all the way to get it back on track. Sedentary lifestyle is definitely a no for a healthy body so be active. Some people got hit by the realization later in their lives the importance of their body. Perhaps the deteriorating state of health brought to them the need of a healthy lifestyle. The fatigue and exhaustion do not lie.

The depreciation of your health due to age increment will pull along many other health problems. When your diet goes downhill, you should really consider a change. Well, change is indeed difficult in life but it is neither impossible. If you are a married couple then perhaps having your spouse to lead a healthy lifestyle with you should be excellent, at least you will not be tempted with ice-cream at unnecessary times.

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:56:41 +0000

A true friend has good character, is honest, trustworthy, gives unconditional love, and always does the right thing. Their reputation is everything to them. A true friend is someone who will lift you up when you are down and will inspire you on your journey to the best person you can be. Friends help you to reach your goals and are willing to listen when you have a problem even when they would rather not. When you win and are successful they are truly happy to celebrate with you and when you lose they have a shoulder for you to lean and cry on. That’s what a real friend is. A treasure!

Throughout my life I have been truly blessed by having several good friends. My mom, Romayne Leader Frank taught me by example to have good character, to be honest, trustworthy, and to always do the right thing. Momma was my first role model, mentor, best friend and teacher. She modeled for me the right way to behave and treat others. She was the finest person I have ever known. Momma was a lawyer who helped families who had lost everything get back on their feet. Through her wise guidance she would show them how to repair their finances. She was always willing to listen and help. As a friend, wife, mother, and lawyer she cared about helping others to succeed with their goals and she was always willing to help you find your way.

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:55:16 +0000

All of us are participating either aware or unaware. in a quantum shift bringing at times, tumultuous changes in all areas of our society and world structures. No one is exempt from the effects these rapid changes bring. While universally experienced, these trans-formative energies are individually unique and processed differently depending on a person’s outlook. With a little discipline and practice we can apply this gift of meditation to help balance stress levels, reduce mind-movies which seem to play nonstop to bring increasing levels of joy, clarity and purpose into life.

While it’s true that meditative practices are known by many names in virtually all cultures each with various forms of practice, finding one that will work for you is quite easy. Best of all, this gently leads us ultimately to a special place we often desire and want- greater understanding and acceptance to life’s mysteries.

So, let’s briefly explore the subject for the sole purpose of learning how to reap many beneficial rewards available through meditation. Besides, it is true, the best things in life are free. So let us begin to clear our minds of useless, wayward abstract thoughts having no justification to control or dictate our life’s direction. We will find meditation allows you in the purest sense, to create your own life’s experiences. (More discussion about that possibility a bit later). For now, consider that during meditation you can replace, and clear out unwanted thoughts with life affirming versions gaining- a true, lasting peace of mind, body and soul. Meditation is your gateway offering all that and more…you can even create some magic in your life through this simple process!

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:53:05 +0000

Swimming, tradition has it, is not a good way to lose weight – an enduring piece of misinformation that admittedly isn’t dispelled by newspaper photos of Hindenburg-size marathon swimmers stumbling from some frigid ocean.

True, when you swim, your body is supported by water, and because you aren’t forced to fight gravity, there can be less calorie burn. It is also true that some marathon swimmers won’t be modeling underwear anytime soon (actually, it behooves marathon swimmers to carry some fat as valuable insulation against frigid water). And it’s true that a 150-pound man swimming at a leisurely pace burns roughly 6 calories a minute. He could burn nearly twice the calories running at a pedestrian 12-minute-mile pace.

But before you turn your back on the pool, consider this. That same 150-pounder can double his calorie burn by swimming faster. Swimming butterfly (the most difficult of swimming’s four strokes) burns roughly 14 calories a minute – a better caloric burn than tennis, squash, or football (soccer). What we’re talking about here is intensity, and that explains why Olympic swimmers (unlike marathon swimmers) have the sort of body that gets the role of Tarzan.

Swimming offers others other benefits that can’t be ignored. Because you are supported by water, it’s a low-impact sport and thus virtually injury-free. For the same reason it’s also a great exercise if you’re overweight, since it spares your joints the pounding experienced in gravity-bound sports like running.

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:50:35 +0000

Vegetables form a connection between the dinner table and sports performance. Speed and power athletes especially need high quantities of fresh vegetables in the diet to combat the extreme drain on chemical fuel that is part of intense sprinting, weight lifting, and plyometrics. By regularly eating a broad range of vegetables, speed / power athletes can get optimal performance from their central nervous system, the ultimate source of speed. Here is a way to separate yourself from the crowd, simply by nurturing your nervous system rather than just focusing on muscles. The nervous system tells the muscles what to do and when to do it. Feed your nervous system and win. The food the nervous system feeds on comes from animal protein and fats, all put to work by produce.

Fresh vegetables aid in the absorption of other nutrients. A protein rich diet, essential to any speed / power athlete, is activated with green leafy vegetables. Even the steady ingestion of fiber from vegetables aids the gut in assimilating the nutrients in animal protein. Quality fats, so critical to the diet of speed / power athletes, have an important role in vegetable intake. The nutrients in vegetation are absorbed best in the presence of fats, while the roughage of vegetation aids the body in digesting the fats. This all adds up to a prolonged digestion, keeping insulin levels in check so that you become ever more insulin sensitive, reacting sharply in the chosen moments when insulin is released.

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:47:49 +0000

Social dancing is a wonderful activity that benefits people of all ages. Whether it be Ballroom, Salsa, Swing, Tango, Hustle… there are many benefits to incorporating dance into your daily life, including fitness, emotional health, social health, and mental health benefits.

1) Dancing is a great FITNESS ACTIVITY. Dancing is an excellent cardiovascular exercise that utilizes many major muscular groups, and encourages proper posture and skeletal alignment. Flexibility, agility, and core strength are also greatly improved as well. Dancing is an enjoyable activity, so you won’t be looking at the clock or pedometer to see how much you worked out. In fact, you’ll notice that at times, time flies by so fast that you wish the dance class or social night out was longer at times. Which means, you will be “working out” longer than perhaps at the gym.

2) Dancing will improve your EMOTIONAL HEALTH. Not only does social dancing require coordination and rhythm, it requires you to move with another person (your partner) through Leading & Following, thereby stimulating the neurological pathways greatly. There are many studies that find that dancing helps reduce stress and increases serotonin levels as well. I truly felt the effect of this a couple days ago myself. I was stressed out and frustrated with some personal matters all morning and afternoon, but after I taught Salsa for 2 hours then practiced the Foxtrot and Quickstep with a friend for another hour, I felt tremendously better emotionally, slept well, woke up the next morning full of energy and was motivated and excited for the day ahead of me.

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:46:24 +0000

The word yoga is often interpreted as “union” or a method of discipline from the Sanskrit word “yuj” (to yoke or bind). A male practitioner is called a yogi, a female practitioner, a yogini.
The Postures ….

The contemporary western approach to yoga is not based on any particular belief or religion, however Yoga does has its roots in Hinduism and Brahmanism. Yoga was developed by seers or ascetics living primarily in the southern parts of India. The seers observed nature and lived as close as they could to the earth, studying the many aspects of nature, the animals and themselves. By observing and emulating the different postures and habits of the animal kingdom they were able to develop grace, strength and wisdom.

It was through these very disciplined lives that the practice of the yoga postures were developed. It was necessary to develop a series of postures to keep the body lithe and able to endure long periods of stillness when in meditation.
The Writings ….

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Apollos — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:44:37 +0000

We drank it as kids. Added it to our cereal or put it into coffee. But like everything else, Milk too has changed in the sense that there are now so many different choices. A few years ago, cow’s milk was it. Now choice is the word of the day. Here is a review of some of the most popular options.

Whole Cow’s Milk. A typical 8 oz. glass contains some 150 calories, 7-8g of protein and fat and about 30% of the RDA’s worth of calcium. Research has concluded that cow’s milk can lower blood pressure, reduce appetite and possibly reduce body fat due to its higher calcium content (though this is now becoming debatable).

Almond Milk. A typical glass contains about 35 calories, 1 g of protein and carbohydrate and about 3g of fat. It also contains about 30% of the RDA’s worth of calcium and 25% of Vitamin D (same as cow’s milk). It is low in calories, high in calcium and healthy fats and tastes great.

Almonds are probably the healthiest food substance for the heart itself, making this an extremely viable option. In my opinion, it is the healthiest choice.

Coconut milk. It is about 50 calories in a glass with 1 g each of protein and carbs. Fat is about 5g. Vitamin D is 30% but calcium is only around 10%. Again, a very tasty option, coconut milk contains healthy fats which can allow the person to feel full (and thus reduce the desire to consume more calories) as well as have a very favorable effect on bad cholesterol.

For those whose cholesterol and triglycerides are an issue, this would be the drink of choice.

Hemp Milk. This drink contains about 100 calories in a glass, 4g of protein and double the amount of carbs. It has 6g of fat and the same percentage of Vitamin D and calcium as Almond and Cow’s milk. It is a nutty flavor, creamy and thick. Where Hemp milk separates itself is its high content of magnesium and other minerals.

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