Mindful Eating Part II

Mindful eating is a diet that provides the nutrients your body needs while reducing the risk for chronic diet related disease. Obesity and chronic diet related disease are usually caused by diets high in prepared foods engineered to satisfy wants and not your bodies needs. Part II of this of this two part video provides mindful eating tips.

In this Video:

• Mindful Eating tips.

Mindful Eating Part I

Mindful eating is a diet that provides the nutrients your body needs while reducing the risk for chronic diet related disease. Obesity and chronic diet related disease are usually caused by diets high in prepared foods engineered to satisfy wants and not your bodies needs. In Part I of this two part video:

Part I
• Diet versus dieting. 0:38
• Wants versus needs. 2:03
• Letting food be your medicine. 4:32
• Why fad diets fail. 5:53

Part II
• Mindful Eating tips.

Big Toe Bow Pose

Big Toe Bow pose is a difficult back bending pose requiring more flexibility than Bow pose. It is a very challenging pose for people with limited flexibility especially with limited back flexibility.

English Name: Big Toe Bow Pose

Sanskrit Name: Padangustha Dhanurasana

Difficulty Level: 9

Start Position: Reclining on your belly

Instructions:

Step 1.

Placing your hands on the floor under your shoulders straighten into a back bend.

Step 2.

Bending both knees, stretch one arm overhead to grad both feet.

Step 3.

Stretch your other arm overhead grabbing your right foot with your right hand and your left foot with your left hand.

Step 4.

Bend your elbows and arch your head back touching your head to your feet.

Physical Benefits:

  • Stretches ankles, calves, thighs, and spine
  • Strengthens the spine and back muscles
  • Opens up the chest
  • Opens up the throat
  • Aids digestion

Mental Benefits

  • Stimulates the mind
  • Reduces stress
  • Relieves mild anxiety & depression

Contraindications:

  • Pregnancy
  • Knee, ankle, should or wrist injury
  • Neck or back injury

Why Americans Should Learn Basic Metric Units

The U.S. is the only country than still uses Imperial units for weights and measures. Many online retailers are promoting and selling products using metric units. The comments frustrated Americans make when they discover they received less than what they thought they were buying would be humorous if it wasn’t for the fact that some unscrupulous sellers take advantage of American buyers limited knowledge of metric units.

Knowing basic metric units also benefits Americans traveling abroad and dieting since nutrition information in usually in grams or milligrams not ounces.

In this video:

• “Why don’t you use metric?”
• A brief history of U.S. metric system. 1:09
• The U.S. is more metric than Americans think. 4:20
• The cost of not using metric units. 6:51
• Cooking and dieting with metric versus U.S. weights and measures. 7:35
• Basic metric units you should know. 12:18

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