Now it’s time to reveal my dinner secrets. Actually I’m pretty lucky because my fiance, Christina Dimacali, is a personal chef. If you’d like to her to come to your home and prepare a week or even a month’s worth of personalized meals for you visit her website at www.cyplate.com. If the thought of cooking scares you than you can take advantage of Christinas’ private cooking lessons to learn how to cook healthy, delicious meal in no time without fear.
Here is Christina in action at our house revealing her culinary secrets to keep us eating healthy dinners with minimal prep time. Enjoy!! I’d love to hear what dinner secrets you have please comment on the bottom of this posting!!
Don’t forget to list any specific foods or brand names that help keep you in great shape so everyone can benefit.
Ever get a little lost in the supermarket? Check out this awesome list of healthy must have foods. The list even explains all the healthy benefits of each food. You gotta check it out. This list is courtesy of one of our great clients Judi Haberkorn. She moved down south and is still living the healthy lifestyle, thanks Judi. healthy-food-list.pdf
Find out everything I eat for my lunch and snacks to stay in shape. I don’t hold anything back including brand names and my favorite supermarkets. I’m going to give you a ton of information so take notes.
My Lunch/Snack Secrets Part I
My Lunch/Snack Secrets Part II
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From Kevin Hensel, Owner Fit-4-Life, Cherry Hill Personal Training Studio
There are simple preventative measures you can take now to help you stay healthy in the future. As part of my commitment toward helping you achieve a better, healthier tomorrow, I’ll help you every step of the way with useful tips and product suggestions.
Five Tips to Retaining a Normal Blood Sugar Level
1) Achieve a healthy weight
In a properly functioning body, insulin, a hormone made by your pancreas, helps transport glucose into the cells of the body so it can be use for energy. However, in overweight individuals, cells of the body can become resistant to insulin’s action. One of the best ways to retain normal blood sugar levels is to achieve a healthy weight. Try the Cinch® Inch Loss Plan, an effective and clinically tested program powered by leucine, an amino acid that helps preserve your muscle while you lose body fat.
2) Eat foods with a low glycemic index
When you’re constantly on the run, it’s easy to forget about giving your body the proper nutrition it needs. You may find yourself reaching for a bag of cookies, which most likely have a high glycemic index (GI), meaning the carbohydrates in those cookies are quickly broken down to glucose and released into the bloodstream. This quick release can then lead to a sharp rise in blood sugar, followed by a sharp drop in blood sugar leaving you with feelings of low energy. Help retain normal blood sugar levels by eating foods that have a low GI. Cinch® Shakes and Meal-in-a-Bars are a great alternative because they taste great, fill you up and give your body the sustained energy it needs.
3) Enhance your health
So, your at a healthy weight and your blood sugar is where you want it to be. What else? How about the health of your heart, brain, digestive system, and other body parts? Keep the healthy momentum going and remember to take your vitamins and minerals on a daily basis. Shaklee Vitalizer™ is the perfect supplement for daily nutritional support. It’s 80 bio-optimized, clinically proven nutrients that enhance immunity, protect your DNA, and help manage your stress. It contains more than 20 antioxidant compounds and essential vitamins and minerals you need for a comprehensive approach to health, wellness, and vitality.*
4) Additional botanical support
Certain minerals and botanicals have been scientifically shown to help retain normal blood sugar levels. These include banaba leaf extract, which helps stimulate glucose uptake, and chromium, a mineral essential to insulin function. Shaklee Glucose Regulation Complex® contains these plus other normal blood sugar supporting ingredients including magnesium, vanadium, zinc, taurine, and alpha lipoic acid.*
5) Stay active
Last, but not least, stay active. Try to get in 30 minutes of regular physical activity, such as brisk walking, bicycling or swimming most days of the week. If your busy schedule won’t allow that, break your activity into sessions–10 minutes in the morning, 10 in the afternoon, and a short 10 minute walk in the evening. Being more active will not only make you feel good, it will enhance your body’s ability to use insulin and help you maintain a healthy weight.
Lessen Your Cravings and Maintain Your Energy Levels
Glucose Regulation Complex offers a diverse set of nutrients that provide natural support for efficient glucose metabolism. Alpha lipoic acid, for example, helps make your cells more responsive to insulin so they get the energy they need. Vanadium works with chromium, magnesium, and zinc to help balance your blood sugar, preventing energy ups and downs.*
With Glucose Regulation Complex, you’ll regulate your blood glucose more efficiently. You’ll have more energy and fewer food cravings. By retaining normal blood sugar levels, you’ll even be contributing to overall health.*
From: Kevin Hensel, Owner Fit-4-Life, Cherry Hill Personal Training Studio
THE CHALLENGE:
Low energy all too often leads to cravings for unhealthy, high-calorie snacks and drinks. So how can you boost your energy without adding a bunch of extra calories?
THE SOLUTION: Cinch Energy Tea Mix
CinchTM Energy Tea Mix gives you a quick energy boost anytime you need it and can help you feel more alert, too. The Shaklee proprietary triple tea blend, T-LiftTM , includes Matcha, a premium green tea used in Japanese tea ceremonies, rooibos red tea from South Africa, as well as white and green tea extracts. Cinch tea also delivers potent antioxidant compounds that
naturally occur in tea leaves. Whether you drink it hot or cold, it’s the natural way to boost energy.
- Matcha Green tea powder—a premiere green tea prepared to naturally retain all of
the nutrients found in tea leaves including fiber, minerals, and antioxidants.
- White tea extract—also known as baby green tea with a higher level of antioxidant
compounds compared to green tea.
- Rooibos red tea extract—unique to the Cedarburg region of South Africa and with
unique polyphenol antioxidant compounds
* A safe, natural, healthy, and effective alternative for boosting energy
Includes taurine, widely studied for enhanced alertness, energy, and endurance
* Perfect natural energy alternative to coffee, sodas, and sweet snacks
* Tastes great hot or cold (makes a great iced tea!)
* Convenient single-serving sticks
* Only 5 calories per serving
* Available in two flavors: unsweetened green and pomegranate = Pomegranate is my favorite
Exotic white, red, and Matcha green teas are delicately harvested and blended to create this extraordinary drink. Whether you drink it hot or cold, it’ll give you a natural energy lift and a feeling of well-being whenever that’s what your day calls for.
From: Kevin Hensel
In the midst of a mid-afternoon slump…
Dear Clients and Friends,
Feeling sluggish at work? Don’t reach for that sugary soda for a caffeine kick or even another coffee concoction…I’ve got a much better alternative to share with you this month.
First, why you most certainly shouldn’t reach for the sugary option. British researchers have concluded that people who downed a sugary drink containing 42 mg of sugar and 30 mg caffeine—the amount in a 12-ounce cola—showed slower reaction times and a greater number of lapses in attention for the next 70 minutes compared with those who sipped a sugar-free beverage. Although a sugar rush has been shown to boost cognitive performance, the effect is very short-lived, lasting only about 10-15 minutes.
According to CBS News, more than 50% of Americans drink coffee everyday. And they average about 3 cups! That’s A LOT of coffee. But what troubles me is that the trend is toward the REALLY rich coffee drinks (i.e. almost everything Starbucks and other coffee shops serve). The smallest café latte at Starbucks has…
200 Calories, 11 grams of fat—7 of them saturated—and
15 grams of sugar…before you add another thing to it!
And it’s not just the coffee shop coffee that can hit you with a bunch of empty calories and saturated fat…as soon as you start adding creamer or sugar to your drink, and then drink multiple cups, the fat and calories add up quickly. How about a lighter, healthier alternative for that energy boost?
MATCHA…the SUPERFOOD for Mucho Energy!
Matcha is a premiere green tea prepared to naturally retain all the nutrients found in tea leaves including fiber, minerals, and antioxidants. And matcha has consistently been rated by many leading nutritional sources as one of the superfoods (meaning it has tremendous nutritional value). Another superfood is pomegranate. And it just so happens that the cinch Energy Tea I now drink as a replacement to coffee has pomegranate in it too, as well as white tea extract (which has even higher levels of antioxidant compounds than matcha), and rooibos red tea extract, packing even more antioxidant compounds. And this tea is…
Liquid oomph!
You can drink it hot or cold (it comes in a granular form that dissolves right in your water - no tea bag to steep) for a quick energy boost that compares to coffee—without the precipitous ‘crash’ you get after the caffeine wears off. Besides being a great replacement for coffee if you need a pick-me-up midday or afternoon jolt, it’s also a great replacement because….
It tastes great…has only 5 calories per cup…and can be easily mixed into hot or cold water.
So next time you’re feeling a bit sluggish and need a pick-me-up, skip the soda machine and the coffee bar, and reach for matcha instead! And avoid the regular caffeine crash.
P.S. Inside this month’s issue we’re focusing on memory. Why do we forget things more often as we get older and, more importantly, what can we do about it? Still want to know more about how to live a healthy lifestyle at any age, email me at
kevinhensel@fitlifeinc.com.
Not eating properly post-workout is one of the biggest reasons why
most people sabotage their weight loss efforts. Of course to lose
weight you need to modify and restrict your caloric intake. And many of my clients have rationalized they’ll lose even more weight by not eating after their workouts to cut even more calories and speed up their weigh loss efforts. Nothing could be further from the truth and it is one of the biggest reasons why so many sabotage their weight loss. Replacing your body with the needed fuel and fluids, will help your body recover faster and get quicker results. Not eating 15-30 minutes after a workout basically erases all of the positive benefit of all the exercise you just sweated through.
- Fluids will remove waste products accumulated in your muscles, therefore making you feel less “sore” the following day.
- Carbohydrates will re-supply the glycogen stores which also speeds recovery from exercise and allows you to increase exercise intensity the very next day!
- Protein will repair muscle damage, boost immunity, and escort carbohydrate in to your muscles.
- Antioxidants such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes will help you fend off free radicals which decreases muscle inflammation and soreness.
But, like most people you may not feel hungry after you work-out. That’s because exercise drains the blood from your stomach and intestines and channels it into your muscles for where it is needed to perform. That’s ok, you don’t have to eat a four course meal following exercise. You should eat a post workout meal within 30 minutes post exercise (preferable 250-400 calories). The American College of Sports Medicine recommends refueling muscles with 30 to 60 grams of carbohydrate in the first 30 minutes after an hourlong workout. If you wait more than 30 minutes, it will take the body longer (about 24 to 36 hours) to refuel muscles. Try to aim for 18-30 grams of protein preferably branched chain amino acids BCAA (leucine, isoleucine, and valine).
Here are some great post-workout options…
1. Shaklee Physique Workout Maximizer Shake the perfect blend of carbs (45g), fats, and 24 grams of high quality protein (BCAAs included) I mix one up after each workout when I don’t have time to prepare a meal click here to order now
2. Shaklee meal replacement bar; the perfect mix 20 grams protein, and 32 grams of carbs (6 grams of fiber). Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip is my personal favorite. Click here to order now
3. 1/2 cup blueberries (or other berries) swirled into 1 cup of plain-low fat yogurt.
4. One small microwaveable bean burrito with 4 tablespoons bottled salsa and small can of orange juice
5. Two mozzarella cheese sticks, a toasted whole grain english muffin, and an orange
6. A fruit smoothie made with soy milk, fruit, and frozen yogurt
7. 6 ounces fruit-flavored yogurt with a handful of cashews and a half of bagel.
8. A tuna sandwich on whole grain or sourdough bread.
9. Cheese sandwich and fruit salad tossed with walnuts
10. Low-fat cottage cheese with sliced fruit.
11. A couple of cubes of low-fat cheddar cheese and an apple.
12. Three rice cakes smeared with peanut butter and a glass of orange juice.
Whatever option you choose, make sure you drink lots of water!!
Kevin Hensel
Fit-4-Life, Inc. Cherry Hill Personal Training Studio
856-751-0033
www.FitLifeInc.com
- Stephen Chaney Ph.D, Director of Nutrition and Professor of Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
THE CHALLENGE: According to the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association (AHA), heart disease - specifically coronary artery disease - is still the number one cause of death of men and women. And while it was once considered a man’s disease, today more women than men die from heart disease. And unfortunately, at least 100 million Americans have one or more risk factors for heart disease.
To reduce the risk of heart disease, the AHA recommends eating two servings of fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids each week. But most people eat fish only three times per month or less. Additionally, there are growing concerns about unsafe levels of contaminants such as mercury and lead that are now commonly found in many fish.
Today, most fish swim in oceans, lakes, and streams that contain incredibly high levels of mercury and other health deteriorating toxins. The EPA itself has stated that one drop of mercury in a lake is enough to shut it down for contamination. Yet, most fish that we eat have at least one drop of poisonous mercury. Frankly, the risks of consuming mercury from the eating of fish are real. But with Pharmaceutical Grade Fish Oil, all the mercury and toxins have been eliminated. Take just a few capsules per day and you’re getting more Omega 3 Fatty Acids than you would get from eating an entire fish.
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