Category: Health on the Go
In today’s fast-paced life, health is often the last thing on our priority list. Skipping a meal, surviving on fast food and not having enough time to exercise – this can outline any busy executive’s lifestyle.
But, wait a minute! You can have a healthy life on the go! From healthy quick meals to quick workouts while travelling, health on the go section offers you healthy solutions for your life on the move.
Make a healthy choice. Savour our recipes and get in good shape without visiting your gym. Explore the options of health on the go…read more
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Easy Guacamole
This recipe is so delicious and so easy to make. It’s not only a great dip recipe on it’s own, but is also perfect served alongside many other Mexican dishes like Nachos or Quesadillas. Read more
Asian Beef with Snow Peas
Stir-fried beef in a light gingery sauce. Serve over steamed rice or hot egg noodles. Read more
Mexican Pasta
Original recipe yield: 4 servings Read more
Healthy Recipes
Health On the Go
Beautiful Summer Salad
Healthy Recipes
Beautiful Summer Salad
Original recipe yield: 6 servings
PREP TIME 15 Min
READY IN 15 Min
INGREDIENTS
• 3 tomatoes cut into cubes
• 1 cup sweet onion, chopped
• 1 papaya – peeled, seeded, and cut into wedges
• 2 mangoes – peeled and cut into cubes
• 1/4 cup three cheese Italian salad dressing
DIRECTIONS
1. In a bowl, mix the tomatoes, onion, mango and papaya. Pour in the dressing, and toss to coat.
NUTRITION INFORMATION
Servings per Recipe: 6
Amount per Serving
Calories: 103
• Total Fat: 5.1g
• Cholesterol: 2mg
• Sodium: 415mg
• Total Carbs: 13.7g
• Dietary Fiber: 2g
• Protein: 2g
Travel Health
Circle of Wellness
Combating Jet Lag
Physical – Body
You are a hotshot executive who jets around the world for business. Your journey begins from Toronto to Vancouver, travelling back three hours. From there you air dash to Frankfurt, which is nine hours ahead. Your onward journey is at Melbourne, which is eight hours ahead, and then back to Toronto. A rollback of 14 hours!
Back home, you are exhausted, disoriented, confused, suffer from lack of sleep, tummy upset, have swollen feet and are dehydrated and irritated. This is a classic case of jet lag. It affects not only business explorers, but most long haul travellers.
But what is jet lag?
Jet lag is your body’s alarm, which goes off when it is unable to coordinate its systems with the outside environment. Your body tells you to sleep, but it is time to eat, or vice versa.
About 50 per cent of long distance travellers are affected, due to changes in climate, water and food as well as low immunity, according to a report by the World Health Organisation. This phenomenon affects us emotionally and physically. And the most affected are passengers with rigid routines.
How does jet lag happen?
As you might have noticed, jet lag is triggered by different time zones, and by extensive travelling. Regarding time zones, it is said to be easier to travel east than west.
The dry atmosphere of the aircraft can be the starting point for jet lag. People from humid climates find this change difficult to deal with. The dryness can leave you with headaches, dry nose blockages, dry skin and parched throats, making you prone to coughs, colds or even the flu. Also, the pressurised air aboard might leave you feeling tired.
Another pitfall of long distance journeys is the restriction of movement. Sitting cramped up for prolonged periods with a lack of exercise, and you are in the right state for jet lag.
Minimising jet lag
According to NASA, a person needs one day to readjust to new routine for every one hour travelled in a different time zone. Obviously, not everyone is privileged enough to get such leeway. But, one can combat jet lag with a few dos and don’ts.
• Get a good night’s sleep before departure.
• Wear comfortable and roomy clothes and shoes.
• Walk up and down the aisle and stretch as often as possible to improve blood circulation in the body.
• Drink lots of water when on board to minimise dehydration. Avoid fluids like tea and coffee. Avoid alcoholic beverages, as the impact is more potent when flying, leaving you with a bad hangover.
• Another way to combat jet lag is to consume melatonin, which helps you readjust your body clock. However, check with your medical practitioner before you start popping pills.
• If your stay abroad is for a short time, avoid changing your routine. However, if you are to stay for long, then days before departure, adjust your watch and your schedule to the new local time.
• After reaching your destination, spend some time outdoors. Exposure to sunlight is known to reduce travel stress.
There is no quick-fix solution for jet lag. However, a little conscious decision from our end can take us a long way in bouncing back to life with minimum discomfort.
Quick Exercises
Health on the Go
No Time for Exercise – Start Slowly But Surely – Right in Your Living Room
By Ellen Miller
Are you a busy woman? Forgive the redundancy; of course you are. The ever-increasing demands of business, family, house-keeping, kids, and even grand-kids are exhausting, and may leave you feeling you have no time for yourself. How, then, are you to fit exercise into your non-stop day, so that you can lose those pounds and inches that frustrate you so?
It is actually quite easy. All you need is a living room, a chair, a DVD player, and 10 to 15 minutes a day. An isometric weight loss exercise DVD can teach you everything necessary to drop 10, 35, 50 or 100 pounds, and the concomitant inches, with demonstrable results in the first week.
Isometric exercise, combined with some mild and healthy nutritional choices, is the key to your success. If you are middle-aged or older, and can sit, you can stay fit. The added bonus is that weight loss exercise doesn’t have to hurt in order to work.
Isometrics consist of muscle contractions which increase muscle tension without altering muscle length. You need no trips to the health club, (meaning no costly fees), no muscle straining weight-lifting, (thus avoiding pain and stiffness), and no space-cluttering equipment. An isometric exercise DVD will teach you all you need to know to use you’re your own muscle resistance, and specialized slow, controlled, diaphragmatic breathing methods, to bring about significant result within 4 to 7 days.
Naturally, you will want to check with your doctor before implementing any new exercise plan or lifestyle change, but, no matter what your present condition, restrictions or ailments, you are virtually assured of getting the go-ahead to change your life for the better.
Most of the weight loss exercises you will learn from the exercise DVD can be performed sitting in a chair. Depending on any special needs you may have, even those exercises that would normally require standing or lying on the floor, can be modified for seated performance. As with any exercise program, proper position is critical to success. If available, you will want to use a mirror to monitor you positioning to optimize results. Remember, the isometric weight loss exercises take only 10 to 15 minutes each day. The breathing technique, which you will want to practice a minimum of 5 times a day, can be done virtually anywhere, anytime, whether you are working, shopping, watching the news or taking that rare opportunity to read.
Best of all, you set your own pace. An exercise DVD will teach you to gauge and control the amount of resistance to fit your comfort level. You don’t have to worry about the soreness and stiffening that comes from “overdoing” it.
No matter how busy your schedule, isometric exercise, practiced slowly but surely in the privacy of your own home, will lead to a leaner, stronger body, improve the way you feel about yourself, and provide you with the added energy to happily cruise through your hectic day.