Sleep Better To Fuel Your Body

If when you wake up from sleep and feel tired, lethargy, and need more sleep, it is apparent that you are not well rested. It can be a sign of sleep deprivation, and of course, this is a sign that you may have trouble falling asleep.

How many hours of sleep a man needs can be a matter of personal preference. They are two types of sleep. Rapid eye movement or Rem sleep and Non-rapid eye movement or Nrem. This article concern only rapid eye movement sleep.

What Is Sleep

 It is hard to define and explain what sleep is. Sleep is a mystery. As the function of sleep is not even understood, so sleep is in itself.

If you lay on a bed and stop snoring off to rest just for an hour during day time? It takes more than that to get a good quality sleep. Does it mean the remaining 1/3 of our life span that occupy our time during the night? When you lay down and the mind and body shut off, your brain seems to be very active as if you are engages in a muscular or intellectual task  This is to prepare the body for the next level of activity on the same day and even the next.

Okay, Wikipedia says that as regard to the human, it “is a natural occurring state characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, and inhibitions nearly all voluntary muscles.”

In other words, sleep that can be induced naturally, apart from the feeling to day time sleeping needs, whereby one lost some degree of consciousness while asleep cannot be said to be a sleep. Day time or night time sleep will occur naturally.

When next you wake up from sleep, ask your-self these few questions:

·         Am I well rested?

·         Am I refreshed?

      I Am energetic  
          

·        And are you well alert and energetic, and can pick up yourself on the go without any drug related beverages like coffee, tea and commercial made fruit juicy?

Your answer to the question ensures the degree and quality of your sleep.

Sleep Misconceptions

I referenced this article by referring to concrete institution. Hence the information therein is subjected to further research as the subject of sleep is still an ongoing study. Both sleep scientists and researchers are still puzzle about what sleep is and its many problems. Very little is understood about the subject matter

1.     Misconception Number 1 “Sleep is the time for the body in general and the brain specifically to shut down and rest

” This misconception is easily debunk because in the main sleep concept, the rapid eye movement sleep or REM sleep, the brain seems to be very active “as any time” when one is not sleeping.

2.      Misconception Number  2: “Getting just one hour less sleep per night than needed will not have any effect on day time functioning.” In a 24 hour life cycle, your normal sleep time is 8 hours. Losing one hour regularly per day would in a week means you had lose 7 hours of sleep. This 7 hours of sleep according to sleep experts is a “sleep debt.” The more the sleep debt or sleep deficit increase daily and over time, the more problem sleepiness increased over night. This can have a “powerful effect on day time performance, thinking, and mood.”

3.     Misconception Number 3 “The body adjusts quickly to different sleep schedules.” Suppose you are on a night shift and sleep 10 hours in the day time. Do you think you do not have to sleep again when you go to work in the night on the same day? In other words, if you try to change your biological sleep/wake cycle, it will still function according to normal day/night schedules. The biological clock holds that a person will function best during the night when sleeping; and active in the day time. If this were to change, the biological clock must be retrained.

4.    Misconception Number 4  “People need less sleep as they grow older.” The more a person grows older, the less sleep it was though that is need. No, older persons do not need less sleep, but usually get less of all the sleep need to fuel the body to function well. The ability or desire to get good sleep can decrease with age.

5.      Misconception Number 5 : A “good night sleep” can cure problems with excessive daytime sleepiness. Excessive day time sleepiness is a sleep disorder like insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome. Extended sleep is not a cure for other sleep disorders and sch sleep issues. It required changes in behavior. Pharmacological and even surgical interventions to relief the symptoms it has been asserted.

Normally, only doctors, health workers and other qualified sleep experts can write on such a subject. But what about a person who has gone through a sleep issue and manage it well? Does he/she qualify to write on his/her experience and share the story? Many persons can welcome such a story more than a doctors. That is why I write this article. Because like all human beings, I have a first-hand experience of insomnia. I was in my grammar school then. I believe till date sleep doctors or sleep scientist were rare in those days. I hardly found an article on the subject in major magazines in my locality. Although I consult my doctor, he just took away my papers and told me it will rebate. I manage the issue well and now time to share.

A United States study on world sleep day 2014 has the following statistics:

·         Cost of insomnia is between 92.5 and 105 billion per annual.

·         71,000 people got injured every year due to sleep related accidents.

·         1,500 persons died because of sleep related accidents.

·         46% of individuals troubled with sleep disturbances report missing work, or making errors at work, when compared with 15% of people who sleep well.
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Specific sleep statistics on insomnia is between 20-40% per year. One out of every three person is affected.

Over three million children suffer from sleep disorders. Of this, 30-40% do not sleep well.

How Much Sleep A Person Need

How much sleep does a person need in the night or in a day? Is it 10 hours? Sleep research it has been noted has not pinpoint the exact amount in a magic box. The actual amount of sleep a person need varies. As individuals varies in their character, emotions, and so on, the exact amount of sleep need also varied. In spite of what Napoleon said that a person who sleep for 8 hours is a fool, such a person according to research may need 10 hours of sleep to stay in sound health if that is practical. Otherwise, disease like unsound mental health, sleep walking and sleep paralysis is the results.

Some persons has unnecessarily deprived themselves of much need sleep, by late night outings that during day time when sleep start to strike, they suppressed it with alcohol and other caffeine based beverages. This brings in more sleep problems.

How much sleep does a person actually need? There is a certain amount which experts all agreed upon. This amount is called the basal sleep need. It is not an exact figure. It even varied with all individuals. This is the sleep one need to fuel the body properly. It can be any figure from 7 to 9.5 hours on scientific principle. At times, I need a basal sleep of 10 hours and that is on weekends. This kept my body in optimal performance. Yours may be 8 or 9 or more than mine. It all depends on your daily activities like work, physical activities, emotion, stress, and so on.

Okay, is it normal for you to feel sleepy when you should be awake? Say you are in the classroom with fellow student. They are energetic and alert and taking down notes. But you and two others are sleepy and dozing. Is that normal? No, but it is human. Yes, you and these few need some more sleep in the night. Here you fall within what sleep experts called the sleep debt or sleep deficit. This is the state in which some persons do not have enough sleep in the day (siesta) or night. It can result to both physical and mental issues.

One unique thing about the sleep debt is that is that it is not a sleep disorder.

Two types of sleep debt can be identified. One, partial sleep deprivation. Here a person sleeps very little during the night for many days. For example, a student may like to burn the mid-night oil to study for his exams. He/she is constantly losing some hours of sleep. I have gone through such recourse by studying till 4.00AM after midnight for a week or two.

The second is total sleep deprivation. This is means a person keeps awake for some days without any sleep. They are practical instances of these done for sleep research.

Problem Sleepiness or Sleep Disorder: More than 70 sleep disorders have been recorded. Problem sleepiness is high among many persons and results in serious effects like drowsy driving or asleep on wheel, errors in work or accidents in work place. The most commonly marked sleep problems are insomnia or lack of sleep, obstructive sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome.

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1.      Insomnia: or the lack of sleep is an inability to sleep. It is the most common sleep disorder. It naturally makes a person to wake up during the night for no apparent reason unlike waking up for urinating. Going back to sleep again becomes hard for such a person. Stress, emotional discomfort, the side effects of certain medical and herbal drugs and beverages can cause insomnia. Insomnia is identified as both primary and secondary. The later is a complex factor of two sleep disorders like drugs and mental deficit. Secondary insomnia is more serious than primary insomnia.

2.      Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): This is a breathe issue that arise during sleep. The air passage becomes relax and collapse and the intake of air or oxygen is blocked. In other words, you cannot breathe while you are asleep. This makes the oxygen level in the blood low, while carbon dioxide is increased; and the only option is for the subject to wake up for breathe or fresh air. OSA can cause other health problems to suffers, and can be life-threatening. Taking the USA as a pointer, OSA affected over 12 million Americans. OSA affect not only men and women, but boys and girls, and even pre-school children. Its many minus effects includes morning headache, day time sleepiness, sleep deprivation, high blood pressure and heart attack. Another type of sleep apnea is central sleep apnea (CSA). Here the air passage is not blocked but the brain failed to receive the signal for the muscles to breathe.

3.      Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS): persons that are affected by RLS are characteristic by “unpleasant leg sensations and an almost irresistible urge to move the legs.” The symptoms become worst when sufferers are not active and this greatly interfered with sleep. Exercise and massage are designed to threaten the symptoms. Others are complete elimination of alcohol and caffeine based beverages from the diets.

Sleeping Insomnia

While very few of the populace 15% can get enough sleep, and well rested on waking up, majority has at least one or two trouble getting the much needed sleep to keep the mind and body healthy. It can either be insomnia or obstructive sleep apnea, or restless leg syndrome or sleep paralysis. Have you suffer or experienced insomnia for instance? Did you consult a doctor or sleep therapy? Or did you go for herbal treatment? What do you think? You do not take any action but think the issue can resolve itself? That cannot happen. A bad sleep is a disease and like all sickness has to be treated. Having trouble sleeping or falling asleep is a challenge. Nowadays, having a sleep question has an answer or two.

How many times can a man sleep in a day apart from the good night sleep? Sufficient sleep is a health tonic for the body. Six to seven hours has been assert as “a recipe for chronic sleep deprivation.” So how many times or how many hours do a person (an adult) sleep in a period of 24 hours to get the sufficient sleep recommendation?

Many factors can help one to sleep well.  Factors like exercise, medication, relaxation and diet.

Tips To Help You Sleep Well

1.    Physical Activity: Have a moderate exercise in the evening. You can engage in any game of your choice like basketball, law tennis and football. I did this when insomnia pose a problem to me in my grammar school days. Indoor exercise like the jumping jack, mountain climbing, press up, and the plank can be done for 15 to 20 minutes in the evening.

2.    A Warm Bath: Have a slightly warm bath if the weather is cool or raining. Under a warm weather, a cool bath is all that is need.

3.    Eat a good nourishing meal. Your chop should have all the essential natural food ingredients in a well balanced proportion, carbohydrates, fats, proteins both animal and plants with plenty of fruits and vegetables including nuts. Persons who are addict to coffee and black tea can take these beverages in a slightly weak form or use the decaffeinate type along with the chop plate and can help you sleep well. But all alcohol and alcohol based liquor should be avoided at all cost. I recalled here when my family was very young, and I make a cup of coffee to go to bed with, they will all ran to bed before me because they cannot shut the doors and windows. Since, taking the coffee will make me sleep like a dead man.

4.    Read an interesting novel or an informative book during bed time. This will induced you to sleep well.

5.    Meditate and say your prayers depending on your believe in the creator Psm.2:8.

6.    Relax your mind and body while in bed. To get a good quality sleep, you must learn to relax mind and body. The quality of your sleep whether 6, 7, 8 or 9 hours will speak the story of health, well rested, vigor, energy and concentration on the task of the day.

To your good health!

Miebakagh57 (Miebakagh Fiberesima)Copyright 2014-2015.

Drink Green Tea To Help You Lose Weight

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The bottom line:Tea is a basic beverage in all civilized culture. It can be consume any time day or night, especially in the early mornings. But why drink green tea?  A cup or two of warm green tea can keep you more alert and in a better mood than most alcoholic beverages. It is also taken as a refreshing and a relaxing drink any time. One to five cups of green tea is usually recommended by health authorities a day. Drinking tea green regularly is sure to prevent some cancer risks, high blood pressure, headache, diabetes mellitus and sleeping disorders.

Green tea has flavonoid and catechin, that helps destroy diseases and germs in the body.

Any tea is made from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant. Some tea grades or brands includes the flowers, roots and buds including 10-15% long leaf. This gives thea a special flavor and aroma.

Again, why drink green tea? There are other black or Oolong teas with some health benefits. But why the Japanese green tea?

 What is unique about this oriental beverage? The days that anything herbal should be exclude from westernized institutions has gone. 

Green tea benefits weight loss and reduction. Can this be true? I and you who drink the best green tea can put on a little weight here and there. 

But control study has shown that Yame tea can actual help you lose weight. How far the claim is has a “mixed” result. 

Scientists are still doing more research in this respect. The well known Mayo Clinic however, in its study of the issue has opined that this mixed result is “little to no benefit.” In other word, it can help reduce weight in certain persons, whereas it proves negative in other individuals. It is only in over weight persons that a more positive result is achieved.

However, the goal to lose weight in a moderate or average fat person can be achieved provide that:

·         Green tea is drink regularly especially in the morning before breakfast on an empty stomach.

·         A piece of fresh lime is added to the drink.

·         The last cup is taken in the evening before going to bed.

·         It is taken as a refreshing drink with a cup of cucumber when one is tasty instead of water as it has no energy value.

·         Real green tea extract is taken along with breakfast or lunch.

·         Three to five cups per day is drunk and no more.

·         It is taken for at least four weeks depending on your body mass index until a change is noticed.

If you plan to reduce your weight on the basis of these facts, please see your doctor because some drugs can interfere with green tea and cause serious side effects. 

The ginger root can be added to thea but if you experience unusually discomfort stop.

I had notice an extreme fat person lost weight by just drinking this beverage. I maintain my weigh by drinking same regularly.

There are many studies that agreed that taking tea regularly helps much in reducing weight. Much is still going on to find out more facts. The reason is that scientists at present do not know much as to how this comes about. 

However, it can be safely assumed that since green tea has no energy value, plus the fact that a low calorie meal or fruits like a cucumber or water melon goes with it for breakfast or lunch do no matter in weight gain.

The Many Benefits Green Tea Offers: Green tea is a pure natural beverage. It has many benefits to offer. This article is not the place to go into all these benefits. It will be good to pin-point the most important gains or long time wonders of this oriental herb.

1.      General bodily health: The existence of bioactive compounds in green tea tends to improved general bodily health. These bioactive elements contain excellent amount of vital nutrients for the proper functioning of the body. We have on the onset of this article mention the flavonoids and the catechins These are very powerful anti oxidants that destroy the free radicals in our body. At the same time, it protects body cells and molecules, kills disease and delays the onset of aging. This is all the more reason why you should drink a cup of this liquid daily either alone or with a balanced meal. Another very powerful compound Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) in the tea heals disease in the body. The antioxides has preventive effects on cancer cells. When the free radicals run loose, they cause the growth of cancer. Cancer is one of the major causes of death in the world. A cancer cell multiplies rapidly. It affects both men and women. Children are not excluded in certain cases. Drink it regularly and you reduce your risk of developing certain cancer.

2.      Improved brain functions: All teas have some caffeine. The more caffeine a tea has, the more it stimulates the brain for a response and this can jittery in extreme cases. The good news is that green tea has less of the caffeine in a tea! In a 1 g of tea the caffeine is half to that in a cup of black tea. This produces a mild stimulation of the brain to improve mood and vigilance. In addition, green tea has an amino acid called L-theanine, which works in synergy with dopamine, another powerful ingredient to improve the function of the brain. This action has a long time effect in that it is carried into old age. Thus, persons who continue to drink this elixir beverage maintain their brains bright into old age. Parkinson and Alzheimer’s diseases are unheard of in such drinkers.

3.      Reduction of cardiovascular disease: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD )is one on the many illness green tea battled against. CVD includes stroke and heart disease; and is one of the biggest killer diseases in the whole world. Drinking green tea will lower the risks associated with CVD. The antioxidants in the green tea has a function of protecting the cholesterol and triglycerides from oxidation. This is another long time goodness that benefits elder persons into old age.

4.      Type 2 diabete mellitus: some years ago, a research was done with some Japanese adults. These adults drink at least six cups of the tea each day. It was observed that the risk to develop type 2 diabetes was 33% lower for these adults who drink the tea, especially women.

5.      Misceleaous health benefits:

·         Prevents genital warts.

·         Preventing dizzleness in older persons up standing for long time.

·         Prevents bladder, esophageal, ovarian and pancreatic cancer in women.

·         Low blood pressure in old age after eating.

·         Maintain low level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.

·         Retard the development of Human Papilome Virus (HPV) cells of the cervix in women.

With the exception of type 1 diabetes, I have not experienced any of any of the illness above. I was a grammar school boy when I first experienced what diabetes mellitus is and I use green mango as a therapy and healing antitode. I have a published hub on that story online with HubPages. I do not know they is ever such a product as green tea for I was brought up in a family that is addict to black and red tea and coffee. Nevertheless, my first experience till date with this oriental beverage is paying off in good health.

The first lady I introduced this herb to is very fat and hypertensive. Her continue use of this elixir has enable her overcome all excessive fat, lower her blood pressure and trim her figure.

Statistics: Water is not a beverage. But is a most drunk liquid in the world. Next is tea, a natural beverage.  The intrusion of tea from the orient into western civilization made tea famous all over the world. EGCG is now drunk in all culture. EGCG initially command a higher price than the average person can afford. The low priced grades made it now a nice, refreshing drink for all.

Although people still drink coffee, drinking of tea has superseded coffee. This is the good news. People drink tea all over the world primarily for its therapy value and health benefit, especially mental alertness. There is no person in my house hold that did not drink best green tea. Exception should be those who have not know the beverage. I was once in such a situation until some five years ago that I got my pack of this green elixir. Introduce it and you will wonder how crazy the people take a liking for the drink.

Taking the USA as an example, 160 Americans drink tea a day.  China is still home to the most consumer of tea than the rest of the world because these are traditional tea drinking society. But as per person, Turkey takes the lead followed by Ireland and the United Kingdom. That Turkey drinks the most tea in the world is still disputed by some authorities. Yet, Turkey is listed currently in numerous websites as a nation that drinks the most tea in the world.

 Flavonoid In Nature And Green Tea: Flavonoids are a complex chemical compounds or plant pigments that gives plants and fruits its many various orange, red, pinkish, yellow colors. Flavonoids are first called vitamin P but go out of use in the 1950’s. Flavonoids are found in many plants and fruits. It protects blood vessels from rapture and enhanced vitamin C intake in the body. Hence, it helps protect the body against injury and cold infections. Additionally, flavonoid, further protects cells from oxidation and inflation of the body cells. Practically, all plants and fruits has flavonoids. So they are found in berries, onions, tomatoes, oranges, tangerines, Flavonoids in green tea is higher in value than black , Oolong, red tea and all fruits and vegetables and beverages. This is what makes green tea unique and in a class of its own.

Chinese And Japanese Green Tea: Green tea originate in China. From there it was introduce into Japan. Chinese and Japanese green teas are both popular in all tea drinking cultures. Depending on characteristics, Chinese green tea seems to be more favored due to its high flavonoid content.

Caffeine green tea is used to treat illness or disease. Some have claim it reduce blood pressure and the blood sugar level in the blood stream. Some drink it to be mentally alert and improved the memory. Did you drink it for only its health benefit? Have you drink it to threat a headache? Why do you drink Yame green tea? Is it for cold or cough? What type of treatment do you prefer say, for fever? Is it medical or herbal using Yame? What is your experience like and what is your approach to it?

 I like to keep my blood pressure constant, so I drink it three times in the week early in the morning.  Again, my blood sugar needs to be under control. A cup is all that I need.

 Why Green Tea Is Important: Japanese green tea is getting more important nowadays. It was solely treated as an oriental drink; whereas, black tea is a westernized beverage like coffee.  One usually takes a cup of this bitter drink without sugar or milk. This released much of its medicinal and healing properties into the body. Green tea is now the subject of “raw material for extracts used in various beverages, health foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetic items” that is being subjected to numerous scientific and material studies in determining the extent of its long-purport-health benefits.  It is significant to note that the most essential factor in the green tea complex is its flavonoid content.

 How Green Tea With Fresh Fruits And Green Leafy Vegetables Helps You Reduce Weight 

Water is not a beverage, but is consider as food by some authority. A Cup of cold water has no energy. It can be employed in reducing weigh of a person. They are certain class of beverages that has no calories at all but are okay when used in conjunction with certain fruits and vegetables that have low calorie. Green tea is one of those. 

Drinking plenty water along with your meals ensured less of the food is consumed. And hence, the energy value of the food intake is low. This principle can be use in the case of green tea. The only utility that water has for the human body is the dissolution of waste matters and flushing out same from the body. This is its primary function. The other is solution and absorbing food nutrient into the blood stream. If plain pure water aid in weight loss, best green tea with all its nutritional value is much better. I can show how here.

Some fresh foods like carrots, cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, water melons and limes have very low calories. This also means they are low in Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic load (GL) respectively. The fruits mention above has a GI of between 1 and 50. Vegetables like onions and are also low in GI and GL.

All said, we have to take a meal that is well balanced. Otherwise serious health issues will result.

Fresh Fish Green Tea Fresh Fruits And Fresh Vegetables : A simple meal consisting of fresh fruits, fresh vegetable, fresh fish and nuts will make a balanced meal for the purpose. We had already made a cup of the tea. Let’s make our meal period. But note that any simple meal can be made to fulfill our aim, provide you choice your ingredient from the various food groups.

Ingredients

·         Fresh tomatoes ¼ cup.

·         Cucumber 1 cup.

·         Onion 1/2 cup.

·         Green chili 1 piece.

·         Red chili 1 piece.

·         Garlic 1 lobe.

·         Dry ginger ½ teaspoon.

·         Dry chili ¼ teaspoon.

·         Dry peanuts 8 g.

·         Fresh sardines and mullets 10g.

·         A pinch of salt.

·         Peanut oil 20 ml.

Instruction:

·         Make one cup of green tea as usual.

·         Prepared the fish or use can subt.

·         Chop onion, tomatoes, cucumber, chili, garlic and vegetable.

·         Put all this in a clean bowl.

·         Wash and clean frying pan.

·         Turn on cooker.

·         Put frying pan on heat.

·         Put oil in pan.

·         Put peanuts in frying pan and stir for two minutes.

·         Put the chopped onions, garlic and chilis, etc and stir for one minute.

·         Add salt, ginger and red chili powder and stir again for one minute.

·         Put in the fish and vegetable. Stir thoroughly again for one minute. It is done and removed from heat.

·         Serves one person.

Such a nice small diet taken with one or two cup of green tea can lower weight for a person.

Top Facts

·         Green tea is the best of all tea brands.

·         The main food and health ingredient in green tea is its abundant flavonoid content.

·         It is an excellent beverage for the treatment of illness and can be consume to prevent disease.

·         Tea originates during the Shang Dynasty in China.

·         Emperor Shennong 2737 BC is the founder and father of tea drinkers.

·         Green tea has a higher flavvonoid content than any other teas.

·         Flavonoids are abundant in nature, especially in green tea. It protects cells and body tissues.

·         Chinese green tea is most popular than Japanese green tea.

·         It is subject to debate for and against green tea to lower a person weigh.

·         Green tea is best taken without sugar and milk. But citrus fruits like lime and lemon, and certain green leafy vegetables such as mint can be add to the drink to enhance the flavor.

·         Its extracts are widely used in research and industries as raw materials in dietary supplements, beverages, health foods, cosmetic, etc that is still being subject to much scientific and material tests.

·         The high grade tea costs more than the low grade ones.

 Summary Of Key Facts:

·         Tea is the most drink liquid next to water.

·         Green tea has many therapy uses and healing benefits like treating high blood pressure, reducing sugars in the blood stream; it benefit mental alertness and mood, improved the memory and thinking; and prevent Parkinson and alzhemer disease, especially in old age.

·         Regular drinking of green tea will prevent and destroy certain cancer cells in the body.

·         Japanese green tea is not a sole remedy for good health. Other ways to keep the body in sharp including regular exercise three times in the week, a good balanced meal, sleep, relaxation and a check up with your doctor.

·         Other health benefits of thea include reduction of cardiovascular disease and good dental care.

·         Pregnant mothers should avoid the tea at all cost as it can lead to aborting the foetus. Nursing mothers too avoid drinking green tea during breast feeding period as it can have an undesirable effect of “jittery” on the growing baby via, the milk.

·         You can add lots of milk and sugar to loose green tea, but you may lost most of the natural goodness in the tea.

·         Green tea is always added to super foods and in the juice industry.

·         Adults should not take more than five cups of the beverage in a day because it can cause side effects of headache and sleeplessness.

·         Three small chops a day will do better for you to lose weight than three big ones with bodily exercise.

·         Combination of green tea with certain drugs is risky. Consult your doctor.

·         Green tea or EGCG now comes in differing packages of the same half or full of the same high grade. The higher the grade, the better the medicinal and nutrient content. A twenty-five percent and higher is good.

·         Some EGCG now comes with added flavor of lime, rose hip, pineapple, tangerine, etc. I only recommend pure green tea. You brew yours then cut and squeeze a lime or lemon into your tea. Any alkaline fruit will do. Those added flavors are nothing more than chemical additives. Adding real natural juice to the tea makes the combination work better in synergy.

Recommend reading:

·         Green Tea For Weight Loss: by Carth Wong.

 

Readers are all welcome to ask questions on any issue that is not clear in their comments and I will respond to all issues.

         

How Effective And Safe Is Green Tea: On all indications, tea drinking is safe. Yet certain persons cannot tolerate the flavor and caffeine content. The effectiveness of the tea has been grouped under the following heading below. I am incline to opine that if a person can stand the tannin in a black , red tea or coffee,  I cannot see any reason why green tea should be much of a problem. Green tea has tannin too which could be much safer than in black tea.

To your good health!

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Three Physical Activities That You Cannot Do Without Part 2

This is part two and final part of our story. Enjoy

Walking: Walk is very easy. Nearly every person can walk. Exception is the physical challenged ones in the leg or hip. Even a slight deformation like inequality in the length of the leg can enable a person to walk.

Many a person will not like to walk a short distance. Because transportation is cheap, you paid a small fare. 

You get to your address within 10 minutes so to speak.

 But do you know that you can walk ¼ of a mile within 20 minutes?

A brisk walk can cut down the time to 15 minutes.

I am not saying that you should not drive your car or take a taxi, a bus, to such a small distance if time is not on your side.

But make walking a part of your physical activity. 

Walking will benefit you more than cycling. 

Now, take a brief walk round a football field or a law tennis court if it is nearby.

Or else, take a brief brisk walk round the country side and enjoy the natural scenery.

I remember my second daughter getting up to walk. In fact she showcased it so well that it was a thrill to me and others.

A brisk walk includes taking a wide stride and swinging the hands that do some good to the shoulder as well as the chest.

Take a good look at competition walking or Olympic meet. See how the competitors move their body. Even the neck is brought into vital play. Your entire body will benefit from a brisk walk.

The immerse benefits you get from walking as an activity included:

Your legs become stronger. The muscles of the thigh and ankles become well develop and coordinate.

Your hip bone becomes strong. It is the hip bone that supports the upper part of the body.

Walking as an exercise increased the heart beat. The rate of breathing in and out increases and thus, the lung is supply with more oxygen and blood. This eliminated waste matters like carbon dioxide from the body.

More benefits that you derived from walking include increased energy output. 

Your digestive system will work well and digested your food well. After two hours or more of taking a meal, a short walk round the country side will impact more health and nutrient benefit to the body.

Start walking. Coordinate it into your exercise plan. Make a sound plan to walk round a school compound, a church yard or a short street to and from in the morning before taking your bath and going to work.

Or you do it in the evening before watching that streaming video on scream.

You can wear anything you like to go for a walk. But avoid bikinis. 

A pair of tennis shoes with a short and T-Shirt or a jogging jersey is idea.

In actual reality, you can wear any comfortable clothing that suits you for a walk.

Jogging: Jogging or slow running befits personal health. It is a world in itself. Welcome. Its many and varied benefits surpass other running activities. 

I jog regularly once in the week. I jog ¼ of a mile because I have other bodily activities like swimming 
incorporated into my weekly exercise routine or experience.

On the last Friday or Saturday of the month, I jog a mile.

It takes me at least 60 minutes because I go briskly and slowly.

You should learn to make jogging into your exercise plan.

As an example, I scheduled Mondays for jumping jack, press ups and downs and push and pull, etc. These are exercise that I and you can do in the living room.

Wednesdays are more of a body building. On Thursdays, I find time to relax my nerves and muscles on the river. In other words, I go swimming.

My friend, I do not know about you.

How you plan your physical activities is up to you. It is at your convenience.

Jogging will benefit you more if you go slowly and briskly, provide you jog more than half a mile in the week. But begin with ¼ of a mile or less. This loss the joints and muscles of the legs, tights, hips, and so on.

Otherwise, you may feel very uncomfortable with joint and muscle pains, including the chest and heart pains.

Remember a sound physical activity do not give pain to the body. It brings with it sound health benefits.

Here I recalled the first time I jog more than a mile in preparation for a local cross country marathon. 

Although I made it, I feel pain all over my body, especially the ankles, legs, muscles, joints and had a hard time finding my breath.

I went to see my doctor for medication. Prescription including pain killer were prescribed for me. I got some relief. I never has venture so again without some warming ups before any form of bodily exercise.

Do not jog if you cannot take a short walk.

The risks are heavy on the negative side.

It can result in heart failure in some cases.

It can end in fainting and or mental disturbances. In one cross country race, one runner fainted and kept shouting “Olotu, Oloto, take time.” Olotu was our History teacher. Whether the runner had a grudge against him, I do not know. He was taken to hospital and given a syringe prink, and became calm.

I have seen it happen more than once.

Try jogging for only ¼ of a mile or less to begin with. This will prepare you well for the next level.

I prefer to go jogging early in the morning. Some prefer the evening when the over head sun sink in the horizon.

Whatever your preferences, jog morning or evening, once or twice in the week.

A fat person can use jogging to reduce weight, while a thin person can use this tool to build strength and stamina.

Provide this is done twice a day morning and evening; and twice in the week. One should schedule certain day say Tuesdays and Thursdays on a regular basis for these actions or the plan to loss weigh will be a failure.

What gains do you get from jogging apart from losing weight as mention above?

Transportation of blood and food nutrients all over the body is assured. Digested food material including oxygen is distributed freely round the body. 

It reduced educed cholesterol in the blood. Unwanted cholesterol and fat in the body is breaks down or it is burnt and oxidized to release energy for other bodily activities.

Jogging builds stronger bones. Jogging is more powerful than walking. The more you jog regularly, the stronger and more powerful your bones become. Osteoporosis is thus eliminated.

Jogging brings with it the benefit of mental alertness. Jogging will enable you to be more mental alert. You think straight and positive.

It reduced heart disease. Heart related disease like diabetes, high blood pressure are done away with. Your heart beat will become regular, and hence, low blood pressure is eliminated.

Jogging induces relaxation. After a jogging session, you can rest well and relax.

Think of a good outfit to go for a jogging. A pair of tennis shoes with soaks is okay.

Wear a long sleeve jersey with matching trousers. Your jogging suit should be comfortable. This will keep your body warm and prevent a cold seizure if you are jogging early morning.

Shorts are idea for jogging in the evening if the weather is hot or rather warm. Otherwise, wear a long sleeve jersey with a trouser and matching pair of tennis shoe as said above.

The story so far can be useless if we do not think about food to eat.

Have a well balanced meal including fruits and vegetables two hours before attempting any of these activities.

Tip: do not do any of the exercise immediately after taking a meal. If you go swimming straightaway after a

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meal, you are likely to be drowned in the water, no matter how good you can swim. So take plenty of time at most two hours to rest before major exercise.

To your good health!

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