Shrimp
* Ladies listen up here. If you add shrimp to your diet then you can lessen your P.M.S symptoms such as bloating, irritability and depression.
* If you are determined to loose a few pounds than shrimp is your food. It is packed full of vitamin D, vitamin b3 and zinc. Zinc has been shown to circulate the body's leptin. Leptin is a hormone that plays a key role in regulating the body's energy, fat storage and appetite. Insufficient leptin levels are believed to be the primary cause of food cravings, over eating or obsession with food. I have noticed this in myself. I don't think about food so much in a day.
* Iodine in shrimp help the thyroid to function properly.
* That little item that gives shrimp their pink color can protect the skin from premature aging.
* The zinc in shrimp helps the body to produce new cells (hair cells and skin cells) and maintains the oil secretion glands in the scalp making your hair shiny. It is a good sorce of copper that aids against hair loss, contributes to hair thickness, and intensifies hair color.
* Shrimp is loaded with selenium. Death rates from cancer are sufficiently lower in areas where selenium is abundant in the soil. It is believed to decrease tumor growth by boosting the immune system.
* be careful though because shrimp is high in cholesterol, but it is suggested that the cholesterol in shrimp may not be that bad for you.
Now lets move on the the mushroom, shall we.....
* Mushrooms are full of lean proteins and the fiber and certain enzymes in them aid in lowering your cholesterol
* They are very effective in preventing breast and prostate cancer
* They are a great food for diabetics, with no fats, no cholesterol, very low carbs, high proteins, vitamins and minerals, a lot of fiber and water. They contain natural insulin and enzymes that help break down sugar or the starch of food. So mushrooms are a must for diabetics...
* They help the liver and the pancreas function normally
* The lean protein in the mushroom is ideal for loosing fat and building up muscle
* Now comes the best news for those of us who cannot eat dairy. They are the only vegetable that has vitamin D and they are rich in calcium, (good for bones) Iron, (good for anemia) Potassium (good for lowering blood pressure) and copper ( an antibacterial)
So did you change your mind about these two foods? I hope so because they have some great benefits.
Now let me move on to your snack. I don't know about you but I tend to be very tired around 2:00 in the afternoon to 5:00 in the evening. So around 2:00 pm I will mix up my protein shake and drink it. It gives me that extra boost that I need, AND it fills me up and stops those afternoon munchies :)
Dinner time. Now if you have read my first blog about the weight loss, you will notice that I included a link to a web site to read about your blood type and what foods work best for you and your metabolism. I am forever in debt to the woman who gave this link to me. What a blessing it was.
As I read it, I found that my body and metabolism needs fish and chicken lots of fruits and veggies. So dinner time is when I enjoy my fish and chicken. I know it may seem boring to only have fish and chicken in your diet. I actually couldn't stand fish. It was something I just didn't have a taste for. I would have rather had a steak before I ate fish. That is until I stated reading about all of the health benefits of fish. (which will come in another blog) I have been at this new way of eating since the last week in October and today I looked in the freezer and was upset because I was out of Salmon. I, for the first time in my entire life, was craving Salmon.
So I am going to tell you how I make my salmon. I take one or two tablespoons of butter in a pan and melt it on the stove, (now being lactose intolerant I only use one tablespoon and it seems to be fine for me, I don't dare try anymore) Then I just pore in some honey, (I never measure anything but I would say it was about 1/3 cup, if I had to guess) Then I sprinkle in some dill, (ugh....measurements....probably a teaspoon) and I just cook it long enough so that the butter melts and I can mix it all together.
I then put my salmon on the good ol' George Foreman grill, and just brush that honey mixture on top of the salmon as it cooks. When it is done ( it should fall apart with a fork) put it on top of some brown rice and poor some more of your honey mixture on the salmon and brown rice. (in my picture I had mashed potatoes, (don't judged, they are full of cauliflower puree so even they are packed with nutrients) complete with steamed veggies, and that is whats for dinner!!!
Again I encourage you, if you haven't gone to that link yet please do.. You could be eating right, but it may not be effective because you are not eating right for you. All of these foods work for me, but may not work for you. Know your body. Be in tune with it. Know what foods make it happy.
We are living in a world full of sickness, illnesses, and diseases. I wish that I had all of the answers on how to cure all of these things, but I don't. I do know, that from all of the reading I have done, and the difference in how I fell now compared to 3 months ago, that it does matter what we eat. It does make a difference in the way your body functions. Like I have said many times already, when God created man, he gave him a place full of everything he would ever need. When man sinned they were cast out of that special place, never to return, but to WORK the land for their food. Food today comes too easy. We don't even have to get out of our cars anymore. They are pumping animals full of hormones to make them bigger faster; but it isn't doing great things for your body. Be picky about what you are putting into body. Go ahead and ask your husband next time the oil needs changed in the car if you could use "cooking oil" instead and see the look he gives you. Oil is oil right??? Wrong...
I am not saying go buy a tiller, some overalls, and a pitch fork and get to farming. I am simply saying, know what is in the food that you eat. Take the time to prepare it yourself. I mean really, let's think about this for a minute. We are paying for meals, prepared by people we don't even know. Most of them are not wearing hair nets or gloves. Who knows what they touched before they picked up your bun, and then they wrap up it in a paper and throw it in a bag and hand it to you. I mean if I am going to have someone watch my children, I need a list of references, referrals, a background check, a drug test, a DNA test and dental records.....but we are feeding our kids with food that is prepared by someone, who we don't even know their name, or if they even washed their hands that day.......hmmm
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