Delicious Smoothie Recipe To Fight High Blood Pressure

Many people today are suffering from high blood pressure, which is also known as hypertension. In the US alone, there are approximately 70 million adults who are diagnosed with this disease. More people are experiencing hypertension due to poor eating habits and instant food options available in the market. In order to prevent this, it is best to follow a healthy diet plan and do physical activities that can strengthen the heart. Below is a refreshing smoothie recipe that anyone can do to fight high blood pressure.

Ingredients For a Heart Healthy Smoothie

• Low-fat plain yogurt
• Skimmed milk
• Sliced and peeled ripe bananas
• Sliced and peeled kiwi
• Chopped strawberries
• Finely-ground flaxseed

How to Make High Blood Pressure Fighting Smoothies

1. Pour the skimmed milk and yogurt into the blender. You can adjust the amount of milk and yogurt depending on how many servings you wish to make. To ensure that your smoothie is creamy, pour equal parts of milk and yogurt into the blender.

2. Add the fruits and flaxseed into the milk and yogurt then blend until all the ingredients are well mixed.

3. You may also put garden cress to add more fiber into the smoothie, but it will taste just fine even if you don’t have it.

4. You can serve this smoothie as it is or chill it, especially if you’re serving it as refreshment.

Why is this smoothie good for people with hypertension?

This drink is rich in potassium and vitamin C, which are both good for the blood vessels. It also helps people detoxify their bodies and get rid of excess fats, which usually block the veins and triggers heart attacks. With healthy drinks, constant exercise and proper rest, those who have hypertension problems can feel better and prevent themselves from having other health complications such as fatty liver and kidney malfunction.

Is it enough to drink smoothies to prevent high blood pressure?

Drinking healthy smoothies is one way to prevent hypertension. Apart from that, it is vital to refrain from taking products with caffeine and eating foods that are high in cholesterol. Of course, there are other easy health remedies that you can try.

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It’s Time To Register For The New Jersey State Triathlon

If you are excited about triathlons and have always wanted to participate, you are strongly encouraged to look into the New Jersey State Triathlon. This special event features one of the fastest and flattest courses available in the entire country. The event will begin with a calm swim over the Mercer Lake, before moving into beautiful Mercer County for a finish and festival celebration, featuring lines of spectators eager to watch the action. You will not be able to find an event like this anywhere else, as it is easily the largest triathlon in the entire State, and among the top twenty five largest in the entire Nation. It has sold out every single year since it has been created.

Charities

One of the largest highlights of this event is the fact that so many people will have the chance to join a charity effort. Numerous charities are available for your consideration, and the Team Up incentive will allow you to join a group that can help make a real difference in their causes. Not only are all the groups raising funding for their needs, but they are also inspiring others to help join the action.

Perks For Competing

Participants will be able to enjoy a variety of different perks as well. All interested in joining will be able to enjoy a vanity bib as well. If you have always wanted your own vanity bib, you will be able to get it at the event. You can put your nickname, your cause, or even just your regular name. Registering from now upwards until June 19th will allow you to get a fifty percent credit towards any future CGI Race throughout the next season. There are numerous traditional perks that come with this event, including commemorative shirts, swim caps, and even custom finisher medals.

Register Today

If you are interested in joining any of the events that are planned for this triathlon, it is highly recommended for you to begin the registration process immediately. The website’s registration page details everything that you will need to do and what the expected fees will be for every planned event that you can join.

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Your First Apartment Kitchen: Tips to Help You

There is a lot of joy that rushes over you when you move into your first apartment; though that joy is quickly overcome by anxiety and worry once you start getting moved-in and you realize that your kitchen is nearly completely empty. You think-back to when your were living at home, and all of the appliances and utensils and actual food that was in your parents’ kitchen and realize just how much you took those things for granted. Well, this article is a general and helpful overview of everything that you need to get your kitchen in-order. Relax, and just follow down our list of suggestions for fitting-out your kitchen with the necessities.

Kitchen Utensils

First off, you can make it several months or even years on plastic forks and spoons, but the expense is unnecessary — if you have just one set of metal utensils. The tip when buying forks, spoons and knives:

***Buy Sets of Plain/Cheap Forks, Spoons and Knives — Always Buy More Forks than Butter Knives and Spoons***

Here are some of the other kitchen essentials that are not exactly extremely-needed, but will make your life much easier:

• 1 Pair of Long Tongs
• 1 Potato Peeler (Many uses)
• 1 Overly Large Bowl (You never realize you need a big bowl until you really need a big bowl)
• 1 Large Kitchen Knife and One serrated knife (A large, straight-edged knife and a knife with teeth with basically cover all of your slicing and dicing needs)
• 1 Large Soup Pot (Covers the Big Stuff)
• 1 2-Quart Saucepan (Medium sized meals, veggies and sides)
• 1 Medium Saucepan (Shallow dishes, sauteing, frying, etc.)
• 1 Medium casserole dish (for baking)
• 1 Medium Cookie Sheet (Baking)
• 1 Thermometer (You will be much less afraid to cook meats and proteins if you are 100% sure of when they are fully cooked-through)

Kitchen Appliances of Your First Apartment

Let’s face it, your first apartment is not likely to be a luxury penthouse, it is more likely to be plain, affordable, and a bit lacking. Your home appliances especially will likely be outdated and inefficient. The best way to combat this is to just take the extra steps to ensure that you don’t have to rely so much on those inefficient appliances. Don’t have a dishwasher? Invest in a drying rack and stock up on scrubbing pads from the dollar store. If your Stove has burners that don’t heat evenly, or has burners that don’t work, forgo the stove when you can, and buy a large electric skillet. A skillet is actually easier to clean that most older stoves, they heat evenly and efficiently, and you can actually fit more in a skillet and cook multiple items at the same time.

Kitchen Trash and Kitchen Cleaning

Keeping your first apartment kitchen clean can be quite a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be such a chore to simply keep up with the maintenance and kitchen duties; here are some helpful tips on keeping your kitchen of your first apartment clean and maintained:

• Buy 1 Large and 1 Small Trash Can — Having one large can and one smaller one will allow you to put food scraps and things that will spoil quickly in a smaller bag, to be quickly taken out. This will allow you to not fill up large trash bags so quickly and waste them.
• Have a set of 10-20 Kitchen Towels — They do not need to be expensive or nice, but they just need to sit in the cabinet waiting for that one time when you are getting ready to clean your kitchen and realize you don’t have ant paper towels left — ouch!
• Always Keep a Bottle of Bleach Handy — You never know when you may need to disinfect something. Also, this is the best cleaning aid for counter-tops!

Moving out on your own CAN be difficult, but it just takes a little planning, innovation, and foresight to make sure that your kitchen — though small — does not have to be a constant pain for you.

2014 New Jersey Triathlon Rapidly Approaching

Race day is fast approaching for the 2014 New Jersey Triathlon! We have been inviting our readers to come join us in this fun racing event all year long, and now we are all ready to take our marks and let the starting gun fire. We hope that many of our readers will have the opportunity to come out and race themselves, or simply watch all three legs of the event along with us!

Just A Friendly Reminder for Race Day:

Triathlon Takes Place:

Mercer County Park
West Windsor, NJ

Triathlon Race Start Time:

7.19.13   7:30 am – Sprint Race
7.20.13   7:30 am – Olympic Race

And visit the Official Site for the New Jersey Triathlon for rules and regulation, parking and accessibility, and answers to all of your questions:

Unite Half Marathon & 8K 2014 Is In The Books

 

Well, the 2014 Unite Half Marathon & 8K is now over and in the books. It was a great time, a day well spent enjoying our time with other runners and their wonderful families. Thank you to everyone who came out, and start preparing for the 2015 Unite Half Marathon (Dates will be announced when confirmed).

If you would like to see photos, videos from race-day, or find out the racing times and placements, visit the Unite Half Marathon & 8K Facebook page by clicking below:

The Perfect Women’s Running Event For 2014

Women’s health and exercise has been a hot topic as of late… Recent studies have shown that — as a whole — women today are much less active than they were just 20 years ago. This staggering statistic is behind the push to get women more active, and get more exercise — as well as a better diet. Enter: The Perfect 10 Women’s Race:

The Perfect 10 Women’s Race

The Perfect 10 Women’s Race is the perfect way for women to get healthy and get together with other women for a day of exercise and fun. This races includes both the 10 mile run (which can be walked and the pace can be set for yourself), and the 5K race course as well.

Race Location:

Mercer County Park
West Windsor, NJ

Race Time:

October 26,2014
8:00 am 10 Miler
8:15 am 5K

And Don’t Forget About Our Mother-Daughter Race:

DAUGHTER DASH
October 25, 2013
10:00 am  1 Mile Walk/Run

For Information and Registration for this Race, Visit CGI Racing and The Perfect 10 Below:

Everyone And Their Mother Is Juicing, So Why Aren’t You?

Juicing is a nutritionally sound practice that helps to detoxify the body. It also gives your own immunity a kick start. Juicing can be a wonderful way to fight off illnesses. Many people are curious about juicing, but few know where to start. This article will provide some tips that can point you in the right direction.

Store your home made juice in a nontransparent, air-tight container with no extra space for air. To prevent extra air from ruining your juice, add filtered water to the top of the container, or use a food saver to remove the extra air. Fresh juice can be stored up to 24 hours.

If you are making juice for health reasons, choose a dark green vegetable for the base of your juice. Use the juice from vegetables, such as spinach, broccoli or Swiss chard, for about fifty to seventy-five percent of your drink to give the boost of nutrition. Fill the rest with your choice of fruits to give it a great taste.

Do some trial and error to find what sort of juice mixes you like. Softer fruits like peaches or strawberries will have a much thicker consistency than harder fruits like apples. Mix them up in different amounts to see what makes the consistency of drink that you like the best. The more you like it, the more you will drink it!

If you are going to store juice that you have made yourself, you need to do this correctly. Choose a container that is airtight, and add a couple of drops of lemon juice to it before putting it into the refrigerator. Label your juice so that you remember what you are drinking, and enjoy!

Juicing is an incredibly healthy practice. It can detoxify the body, provide essential nutrients, and generally kick start your own immune system. As we have stated here, there are many components to juicing that people are curious about. The process doesn’t have to be confusing though, and we hope the tips that were provided can help to get you on your way to juicing success.

Better Nutrition Made Easy: A Guide To Healthy Eating

Many people find themselves ingesting a diet which is less than healthy, partly because they think that it is too difficult to eat a healthy one, partly because it seems expensive and partly, because they are not sure what is important to eat. Here are some tips to help you sort it out.

Eat nuts as a snack everyday. These healthy little gems are packed full of good fats and plant sterols that can lower your cholesterol. They are low in fat and an easy item to eat on the go. Serving sizes for these snacks can be easily measured by handfuls.

Vitamin B6 is an important part of a healthy diet. Vitamin B6 works to metabolize protein and carbohydrates. It is also important in helping your body maintain a healthy blood sugar level. B6 is a player in the functioning of your immune and nervous systems. It also helps to keep anemia away.

Taking a daily multivitamin can be an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Even a very healthy diet can often lack important vitamins and minerals. A daily multivitamin can help to fill in the gaps in your nutritional needs. Consider a multivitamin to be your insurance policy and take one every day.

Avoid pre-packaged and prepared foods whenever possible if you are looking for the healthiest nutrition. In almost every case pretreated foods and pre-cooked meals feature added ingredients for preservation that are extremely bad for you. It is far better to prepare your own food from fresh ingredients than to rely on food prepared in a factory.

As you can see, improving your diet is not terribly difficult. Even just a step in the right direction is enough to create a lifestyle change, if you do it often enough. Try using one piece of advice from this article a day and see if you feel better.

Fresh Juice Loaded With Vitamins? It’s Easier Than You Think!

Fresh, healthy fruit and vegetable juices are a great addition to any diet, and there’s really no reason not to drink them, since they are so easy to make right in your own home. If you are not sure how to get started, this article can give you some tips on getting the most from your juices.

Peel citrus fruits before you put them in your juicer. The thick peels of citrus fruits will make your juice taste unpleasant, provide no real health benefit, and can even be harmful. The greatest benefit from citrus fruits comes from the white pith just below the peel, so be sure to retain that when juicing.

Brush your teeth as soon as possible after drinking fresh fruit juice. Fruit juice is naturally very high in sugar, in addition to containing acids that can eat away at tooth enamel. The longer these sugars and acids sit in your mouth, the worse the damage will be, so brush soon.

When attempting a juice-only diet, it can be helpful to remove all processed foods from your house first. Having a box of crackers, a jar of peanut butter, or some candy bars staring you in the face while you can only have juice is an easy way to cut your diet tragically short.

Put all your fruit on one shelf in your refrigerator, preferably the top shelf. This way, nutrition and juicing will be the first thing on your mind when you open your refrigerator every day. You’ll also be able to keep an eye on how fresh the fruit is, and remind yourself to use it before it decays.

Juicing is a great way to get more nutrition into your diet, and since fresh juices are so delicious, drinking them isn’t a chore. If you use what you have learned from this article, you will be able to make your own tasty juices right at home before you know it.

What You Can Do To Improve Your Nutrition

Getting the proper nutrition that your body needs to thrive can be quite daunting. What do you need to eat and how much of it? These are the questions that so many people have when it comes to obtaining the proper nutrition so your body can be as healthy as possible. This article will provide some satisfying answers to this, and other questions.

Eat nuts for a snack instead of crackers. Even though nuts are higher in fat content, eating only a small amount can satisfy your hunger for a longer period of time. Crackers are mainly carbohydrates. You will need to eat more of that to satisfy your hunger over the same period of time, leading to eating more calories. So, in the long run, nuts are better snacks.

Incorporate a variety of vegetables into your diet and keep yourself from a nutritional rut. Many people only eat a handful of vegetables and lose interest in eating them. There are a wide variety of vegetables with different nutritional values. Keeping a wide assortment of them in your diet is not only healthy, but makes eating more enjoyable.

Fish contain omega 3, which is essential for nutrition. Omega 3 fatty acids are an important part of the diet. If you are vegetarian or simply do not enjoy fish, flax seed contains a very good amount of these important nutrients. Adding a bowl or two of oatmeal and flax cereal or replacing a meal or two per week with fish can boost the amount of Omega 3 in your diet.

Use the information in this article to help you build a diet plan and supplement plan to help you achieve maximum health. You are going to feel and look much better if you take the time to plan the things that you are going to eat, so you can get the proper nutrients that you need.