Saturday, February 6, 2010

Calories in Fruit

Calories in fruit: Ranked from low to high
Fruit Portion Calories
Starfruit 1/2 cup 16
Apricot 1/2 cup 17
Lemon, no peel 1/2 cup17
Watermelon 1/2 cup 23
Strawberries 1/2 cup 26
Apple 1/2 cup26
Papaya 1/2 cup 27
Cantaloup 1/2 cup 27
Plums 1/2 cup 30
Honeydew melon 1/2 cup 30
Quince 1/2 cup 30
Blackberries 1/2 cup 31
Raspberries 1/2 cup 32
Peach 1/2 cup 33
Pineapple 1/2 cup 37
Grapefruit, white 1/2 grapefruit39
Apricots, dried 5 halves 42
Blueberries 1/2 cup 42
Cherries, sweet 10 cherries 43
Cherries, sour, canned 1/2 cup 44
Tangerine 1/2 cup 45
Kiwi 1/2 cup 46
Pear 1/2 cup 48
Pear, asian 1/2 cup 51
Pomegranate 1/2 cup 52
Mango 1/2 cup 53
Peaches, canned, juice 1/2 cup 54
Grapes 1/2 cup 55
Fruit cocktail, juice 1/2 cup 55
Orange 1/2 cup 56
Apricots, canned, juice 1/2 cup 58
Nectarine 1/2 cup 60
Pears, canned, juice 1/2 cup 62
Banana 1/2 cup 67
Plums, canned, juice 1/2 cup 73
Pineapple, canned, juice 1/2 cup 74
Grapefruit, canned, sweetened 1/2 cup 76
Mandarin orange, canned, sweetened 1/2 cup 77
Apple, dried 5 rings78
Peach, canned, syrup 1/2 cup 87
Plantains 1/2 cup 90
Fruit cocktail, syrup 1/2 cup 91
Figs, dried 2 figs 95
Pears, canned, syrup 1/2 cup 98
Pineapple, canned, syrup 1/2 cup 99
Apricots, canned, syrup 1/2 cup107
Plums, canned, syrup 1/2 cup 115
Strawberries, frozen, sweetened 1/2 cup 122
Fruit, frozen, mixed 1/2 cup123
Raspberries, frozen, sweetened 1/2 cup 129
Prunes 1/2 cup 132
Blueberries, sweetened 1/2 cup 193
Raisins 1/2 cup 217
Dates 1/2 cup 251
Source: USDA, all measurements approximate.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

6-Pack Abs Without Crunching

 Having a 6 pack abs, is very easy to imagine, but very hard to do. You always need to do crunching, sit ups, more pain inyour gut, without seeing any effect of those hard exercise, what you don't realize is to build a 6 pack abs not just need to concentrate on the rectus abdominis, but you also need to work other group of your muscle. Including the quads, the obliques and the back muscle, if you maximize those muscle groups plus the abdomen you will see results in no time. You also need a very good diet to see the underneath muscles of the abdomen, 6 pack will not show up even if it is big if there are fats covering them. What I do to get rid of those fats in the abdomen, is the diet that I called "supermeal" I eat carbs in the morning as well as meat and vegetables, I also eat the same type of food in lunch, but during night I only eat pineapple. I get rid of 2inches of my belly fats in 2days no kidding, try it to see it for yourself.

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

What is Mesothelioma?




Mesothelioma is a form of cancer, most of the cause is by asbestos exposure. Malignant cells are develop in the mesothelium, mesothelium is the protective thin lining that covers almost all of the body’s internal organ. The most common site of the cancer cell propagation is the so called pleura, (the outer lining of the lungs) and the internal chest wall. It can also be in the pericardial sac or in tunica vaginalis.
Most people develop mesothelioma have a history of having jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles or dust. Smoking cannot be link to mesothelioma but smoking plus asbestos inhalations have an increase risk of having this illness. Mesothelioma lawyers has a important role in a mesothelioma  patient because they need to fight for the right of the patient to have the right compensation because the illness was get in the work or job of the patient.
There are symptoms that you should be aware of mostly those who worked in factory using asbestos, or construction of building and houses. Symptoms are:
Shortness of breath (because of the pleural effusion)
Chest pain (cause by the tumor pressing on the chestwall)
Weight loss
The diagnosis may suspect mesothelioma if you have this symptoms. There are some examination the can determine the presence of mesothelioma, using chest X-ray and CT scan but biopsy can confirmed it.

What is DiabetesMellitus?


Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by increase levels of glucose in the blood, termed as (hyperglycemia) which means “hyper” (elevated) “glyco” or “glucose” (sugar) and “emia” (blood) elevated sugar in the blood. It results from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. Normally a certain amount of sugar circulates in the blood, around 70-120 mg/dl. The major sources of this glucose are absorption of ingested food in the gastrointestinal tract and formation glucose by the liver from the food substances termed as (gluconeogenesis) “gluco” (sugar) “neo” (new) and “genesis” (formation).
Insulin a hormone produced by the pancreas, controls the level of glucose in the blood by regulating the production and storage of glucose. In the diabetic condition the cells may stop responding to insulin or the pancreas may stop producing insulin entirely. This leads to hyperglycemia, which may result in acute metabolic complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS). Long term effects of hyperglycemia contribute to macrovascular complications (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular diseases), chronic microvascular complications (kidney and eye disease) , and neuropathic complications (diseases of the nerves).

Friday, January 15, 2010

6-Pack Abs Without Crunching


Many guys want to have a perfect abs, a 6-pack abs. So every now and then they try to do crunch. But did you know that with all your crunch your predisposing yourself to a much bigger problem, the back problem, and crunch will not give you the result that you want because you are just focusing the work on just one group of muscle. You need to build the group  of muscle also to have a sick pack abs, you need to improve the glutes, the quads and the back muscles. and crunch will just give you pain in the gut. So here I found some article that helps you to have a 6-pack abs without crunching.

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