Ramadan Is Just Around the Corner~Are You Prepared?

Ramadan will begin on or around July 20, 2012. The key to a successful fast is preparation: mentally, physically, and spiritually. Making the Fast: How to Eat to Live During Ramadan is a guide that will help you meet your dietary, hydration, and physical needs during the Holy Month.

In Making the Fast, readers will learn the following:

1)  Why We Fast During Ramadan

2)  How to Eat to Live

3)  Why to Get a Physical First

4)  Preparation for the Fast

5)  Diet and Nutrition

6)  How and Why to Manage Hydration

7)  Exercise and Weight Management during Ramadan

8)  Getting Proper Rest

9)  Side Effects of Fasting

10) Making Your Ramadan Plan

Get your copy today! Making the Fast: How to Eat to Live During Ramadan is available in paperback and as an ebook on the publisher's website,  Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble NOOK.

Detoxing the Body with Pomegranate Juice

Here is an excerpt from an article I wrote for Workout Healthy Blog entitled, "Detoxing the Body with Pomegranate Juice". In researching this subject, I learned that pomegranate juice is great for the heart, too. Check it out!

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To detox the body means to remove toxins and waste from the bodily systems. Because the small intestine absorbs needed nutrients, vitamins, and minerals from foods and releases them into the bloodstream, it is sometimes beneficial to drink juices when nourishing and/or detoxing the body. Pomegranate juice contains high amounts of vitamin C, antioxidants, and healing properties which make it ideal for cleansing the body.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association) defines an “antioxidant” as:

“…dietary substances including some nutrients such as beta carotene, vitamins C and E and selenium, that can prevent damage to your body cells or repair damage that has been done.

“Antioxidants work by significantly slowing or preventing the oxidative – or damage from oxygen – process caused by substances called free radicals that can lead to cell dysfunction and the onset of problems like heart disease and diabetes. Antioxidants may also improve immune function and perhaps lower your risk for infection and cancer.” (Team, 2006)

Read the entire post.

Be good to yourself! More next time...