What is Acai ?
Well, it's a Brazilian fruit, production from the Acai Palm, that has taken the health food industry by storm. After being featured on Oprah, the Rachel Ray Show, and NBC news as one of the healthiest foods on the planet, everyone seems to be scrambling to get their hands on this amazing fruit.
What's sooo special about Acai ?
Acai (pronounced Ah-Sigh-EE) is part of a special group of foods called "Super Foods". These are fruits and vegetables that contain amazing health benefits and have only recently been introduced to the general public.
The benefits of Acai are numerous, but the one that gets the most press is it's extremely high antioxidant count. Antioxidants help protect our bodies from free radicals, which cause great damage to our cells.
This means that foods that contain high levels of antioxidants help fight cancer, reverse the signs of aging, promotes healthy skin and hair, and help boost our immune system.
Acai tops the chart with the highest level of antioxidants of any known fruit or vegetable. Acai beats out other popular antioxidant foods such as blueberries, pomegranates, and green tea.
Not only is Acai an antioxidant powerhouse, but it also contains high levels of essential fatty acids. These fatty acids help to lower cholesterol, improve mood, and reduces inflammation.
Acai is also an excellent source of amino acids, fiber, and many vitamins and minerals that are essential to a health body.
It has also been known to give a boost of energy that is more powerful and longer lasting than coffee or Redbull.
20 Ways to Stick to Your Workout. As promised, here are ways #5 - #10 (See the post below for #1 - #5)
6. Think about fat
Your body is storing and burning fat simultaneously, but it's always doing one faster
than the other. "Understanding that you're getting either fatter or leaner at any one
time will keep you body-conscious so you won't overeat or under-exercise," says Alwyn
Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., owner of Results Fitness Training in Santa Clarita, California.
7. Do a daily gut check
Place your fingers on your belly and inhale deeply so that it expands. As you exhale,
contract your abdominal muscles and push your fingertips against your hard abdominal
wall. Now pinch. "You're holding pure fat between your fingers," says Tom Seabourne,
Ph.D., author of Athletic Abs. Do this every day, 30 minutes before your workout, and
you'll find that you'll rarely decide to skip it.
8. Join a fitness message board
It'll be full of inspiration from men who have accomplished their goals and are working
toward new ones. Our particular favorite: the 52-Day Challenge. Created by a Men's
Health Belly-Off Club Forum member with the username "Determined," it's designed to
foster encouragement, discipline, and accountability. "Each participant posts and tracks
his goals for a 52-day period so that everyone is accountable to the other members,"
says Determined. To sign up, click here.
9. Strike an agreement with your wife and kids
The rule: You get 1 hour to yourself every day, provided that you use it for exercise
(and reciprocate the favor). So there's no pressure to do household chores, play
marathon games of Monopoly, or be a doting husband (a fat, doting husband). "Since
it's for your health, it's a contract they can't refuse. And that will allow you to exercise
guilt-free while acting as a role model for your children," says Darren Steeves, C.S.C.S.,
a trainer in Canada.
10. Burn a workout CD
Studies have shown that men who pedal stationary cycles while listening to their favorite
music will do so longer and more intensely than men who exercise without music. So
burn a disc with your favorite adrenaline-boosting songs (maybe something by Limp
Bizkit or—if you're over 40—Hot Tuna).
Until next time.
Sirius C
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