Are You Crazy About Kale?

Kale, a dark leafy green contains almost 55 grams of calcium per serving. For ages mankind just used it as a garnish but now it is known as one of the most nutritious superfoods on the planet.

 

There are lots of wonderful ways to eat kale. You can eat it raw in a salad. People love it braised with garlic. You can also broil it along with other vegetables  with a little oil in a roasting pan.  It retains it’s flavor and shape in the oven because it is so stiff. Kale also goes nicely in any kind of green shake.  It provides numerous vitamins, lots of fiber and gives you a lot of energy to work out.

 

Although Kale contains all kinds of vitamins and organic minerals it is also rich in calcium.  Eating foods rich in calcium, as well as minerals and vitamins that work synergistically with calcium, helps to prevent bone loss and enhance mental and physical health

 

For a green, kale is unusually high in fiber. This helps create the bulk you need to fill you up and to keep you full for a good amount of time.  This is why it also makes such an amazing diet food. It keeps your colon happy and helps you lose weight.

 

In addition to beta-carotene, kale posses other important carotenoids: lutein and zeaxathin. These carotenoids help keep UV rays from damaging the eyes and causing cataracts. Your eyes will be bright, healthy and you will have less eye fatigue working at the computer

 

According to recent research results, kale is an incredible source of well-absorbed calcium, which is one of the many factors that may help prevent osteoporosis. It also provides decent amounts of vitamin C, folic acid, vitamin B6, manganese, and potassium which are essential if you want to keep flexible and strong enough to participate in life.

 

The manganese in kale helps your body’s own antioxidant defense system, superoxide dismutase, protecting you from damaging free radicals. Its folate and B6 team up to keep homocysteine levels down, which may help prevent heart disease, dementia, and osteoporosis bone fractures.

As it is such a filling food that has next to no calories it can definitely keep you feeling slim. Kale is also an excellent source of nutrients, especially vitamin A and calcium. With a combination of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, kale is a dieter’s dream food.

 

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Jenny Yoo Dress

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Naot Footwear

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Infrared Treatments Keep You Beautiful and Healthy

Infrared or Far Infrared sauna therapy is a wonderful beautiful treatment that also takes care of all aches and pains in the body.  Conventional saunas may be electric or wood fired and usually includes rocks, which may have water thrown on them to create steam.

 

Far infrared saunas use ceramic or metallic elements for heating that mainly emit in the far infrared range. The red light emitted in might also assist the eliminative organs. Infrared waves are not visible to human eyes but can be seen by special instruments that translate infrared into colors that are visible to our eyes. Eighty percent of the sun’s healing rays are infrared rays.

 

A far infrared sauna works by to duplicate the healthy frequencies of our own cells.  The tissues are purported to selectively absorb these rays as the water in the cell reacts in a process called “resonant absorption”.   This type absorption occurs when the frequency of the far infrared matches the frequency of the water in the human cell.  This causes toxins from the cells to be put out into the blood stream and excreted in sweat, feces, and urine in the usual process of detoxification.

Far infrared light is far more penetrating then other kinds. It is claimed to penetrate the body’s tissues to a depth of 1.5 to three inches.

 

Due to the s deep penetration of infrared rays into the body, a heating effect is observed deep in the muscular tissues and even into the internal organs.

This “deep heating,” along with sweating, is thought to be responsible for the healing effects and the other health benefits associated with these infrared rays. The deep heat stimulates the body to release fat-soluble toxins, heavy metals, and other toxic chemicals in sweat through the sweat pores and is said to be more effective than exercise.

 

Yet another benefit is its effect on the immune system. A typical sauna session will causes the body to experience a brief fever with the body temperature rising between one and three degrees.

 

So how often should you sit in a far infrared sauna in order to experience the benefits? Start with twenty minutes per day and gradually increase.  After a few weeks, may increase to 30-40 minutes up to twice per day.  If you suffer from serious medical problems be cautious and only stay in five or ten minutes (or as your physician recommends.

 

The best time for a far infrared sauna session is first thing when you get up or first thing after you got to bed.  You should rest for about fifteen minutes after every infrared sauna session.