Seven ways our bodies tell us we're hungry--even when we're not
Time of Day
Through routine, we condition our bodies to expect breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time each day, says Randy Seeley, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati." Part of the reason you're hungry at noon is because that's the time you've eaten for the last 100 days."
Sight
Research using MRIs shows that brain patterns of people viewing photos of foods they like and foods they don't like are "very different," Seeley says. "The body anticipates when food is about to enter the system." And that's why your mouth starts watering when you see Mom's pie.
Variety
Even after eating a large meal, we often "make room" for dessert, because a desire for sweets hasn't been satisfied. Ann Gaba, a registered dietitian at New York Presbyterian Hospital, says that sometimes all it takes is a bit of fruit in a salad during a meal to curb a sugar craving.
Smell
Scent is one of the key ways we cue our bodies that food is near. Once the trigger goes off, it can induce the insulin secretion that makes us think we're hungry. Says Sharron Dalton, a nutrition professor at New York University: "Smell and sight alone activate the appetite cascade."
Alcohol
Drinking has not been scientifically proved to stimulate appetite, but too much beer, wine or liquor can impair judgment, causing us to eat more. "Most people who are on a diet will say it's a lot harder to push themselves away from the table if they've been drinking," observes Seeley.
Temperature
The colder the temperature, the more people tend to eat, which is why restaurants often keep thermostats low. "Your metabolism drops when it's time to eat, and eating warms you up," says David Ludwig, professor of pediatrics at Harvard. "Heat is a satiety signal."
Refined Carbs
After a meal heavy in refined carbohydrates, like white pasta, the body may crave food again within only a few hours. These foods cause blood sugar to drop, and "when our blood sugar is crashing, we're going to be a lot more interested in food in general," Ludwig says.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Agel Skin Care - Available from March 26, 2008
Agel Ageless Skin Care:
Incredible Nutrition For Your Skin
Agel Enterprises is known for its proprietary blend of gelceutical nutrients. By formulating a skin care line called Agel Ageless Skin Care.
After realizing that EXO is great for antioxidant & anti-aging nutritional value taken internally, many of Agel’s customers started requesting a skincare product based on this product. Ageless was created…
With the help of the creator of Aveda’s Personal Care Line, Agel developed an entire line up of seven unique products. Each product alone brings dynamic results to its users, but with all seven of the products combined in a system, your skin can be breathtakingly rejuvenated quicker than you would imagine. You can have beautiful skin without invasive surgeries, or painful chemical peels that basically tear your skin to shreds.
The Agel Ageless Skin Care line is made up of all natural ingredients derived from potent antioxidants such as grape seed and pomegranate extract. This will help slow down aging and keep you looking youthful and aging gracefully, beautifully and healthfully.
The product line-up as follows:
Anti-Aging Gel Serum - to help firm your skin, reduce lines and wrinkles, and bring your skin back to its healthy natural colour.
A Gel Scrub - to gently remove dead skin, exfoliating without the painful acid wash.
To accompany these two main products, there are five others in the Ageless Skincare line to keep your skin looking refreshingly beautiful. These are:
Daily Cleansing Gel Formula - so you can wipe off the day’s make-up, plus all of the other impurities that the environment forces into your skin.
The Anti-Oxidant Misting Gel - which will hydrate your skin, plus gently remove the day’s worth of dirt and grime from your skin.
The Agel Age Defying Eye-Gel - keeping the area around your eyes looking as refreshed as possible, smoothing the little worry and squint lines that have developed over the years.
Nourishing Night Gel - to add nutrients to your skin, rejuvenate the production of collagen, giving your skin more elasticity, and helping you produce more healthy cells.
The Daily Moisturizer - to get you through an entire day, plus help fight toxins with the added antioxidant vitamin E.
Can't Wait For MIN
Hi! I've just joined Agel and I've been taking EXO everyday. I'm feeling great! Just can't wait for MIN to come to our shores and I'll be taking that too! Here's some info on MIN to share with you.
MIN:
Look Great and Feel Better MIN - The "Vitamineral" Power Pack
Vitamins and minerals are vital to healthy living. They function as coenzymes and cofactors that are involved in nearly all biochemical processes in your body. When you aren't getting the vitamins and minerals you need, your energy goes down and your health suffers.*
Unfortunately our diet today is big on processed, refined, and treated foods. And many of these items have little or none of the vitamins and minerals that we need. Airplane meals, fast food, and microwave dinners only make the problem worse.*
Supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals has never been more important than it is today. But if you're one of the many who has a hard time gulping down pills and capsules, this isn't easy. And how can you know that the pills you do choke down are actually providing you with the nutrients that you need? Not to mention the bad taste, horrible smell, and inconvenience.*
Now you can get the nutrition you need, without having to swallow huge, foul-smelling, or bad-tasting pills. Agel MIN is a perfect formulation of your daily vitamins and minerals. Not too much and not to little - just the right blend of what you need to look great and feel even better. MIN provides 100 percent of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of essential vitamins and as much as 50 percent of the RDI of the essential minerals.
Typical supplements in pill form may not be fully absorbed, but thanks to Agel's suspension gel technology, these vitamins and minerals are readily absorbed and digested. All of the minerals used in Agel products are Albion chelates. The Albion chelation process takes a mineral and binds it to and wraps it in amino acids. This allows your body to easily absorb the minerals, which it otherwise would have a hard time doing.
No more money down the drain and no more pills stuck in your throat. With MIN, the amount of nutrients on the package is the amount of nutrients you get! Agel's MIN is available in boxes of 30 Gel Packs (a 30 day supply).
I am Chan. I am Agel!
MIN:
Look Great and Feel Better MIN - The "Vitamineral" Power Pack
Vitamins and minerals are vital to healthy living. They function as coenzymes and cofactors that are involved in nearly all biochemical processes in your body. When you aren't getting the vitamins and minerals you need, your energy goes down and your health suffers.*
Unfortunately our diet today is big on processed, refined, and treated foods. And many of these items have little or none of the vitamins and minerals that we need. Airplane meals, fast food, and microwave dinners only make the problem worse.*
Supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals has never been more important than it is today. But if you're one of the many who has a hard time gulping down pills and capsules, this isn't easy. And how can you know that the pills you do choke down are actually providing you with the nutrients that you need? Not to mention the bad taste, horrible smell, and inconvenience.*
Now you can get the nutrition you need, without having to swallow huge, foul-smelling, or bad-tasting pills. Agel MIN is a perfect formulation of your daily vitamins and minerals. Not too much and not to little - just the right blend of what you need to look great and feel even better. MIN provides 100 percent of the recommended daily intake (RDI) of essential vitamins and as much as 50 percent of the RDI of the essential minerals.
Typical supplements in pill form may not be fully absorbed, but thanks to Agel's suspension gel technology, these vitamins and minerals are readily absorbed and digested. All of the minerals used in Agel products are Albion chelates. The Albion chelation process takes a mineral and binds it to and wraps it in amino acids. This allows your body to easily absorb the minerals, which it otherwise would have a hard time doing.
No more money down the drain and no more pills stuck in your throat. With MIN, the amount of nutrients on the package is the amount of nutrients you get! Agel's MIN is available in boxes of 30 Gel Packs (a 30 day supply).
I am Chan. I am Agel!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Minutes Of Meeting - Wed 26th March 2008
Attended By : KJ, Fong, Kelven, Mike, Jordan, Chan, David
Committment made :
01. Assign follow up responsibility for VXL prospects and communicate list - Jordan 27/3
02. Follow up on assigned VXL prospects - All 31/3
03. Think about new prospecting initiatives for VXLom
- Websites, Fit Challenge, Advertisements, Money Games Contests
04. Everyone to attend next I AM AGEL event in July 2008
05. Everyone to attend Team Duplication Nation Training Session on 5 April
06. Everyone to attend Team Wednesday PBR
07. Everyone to maintan 10 mag / 10 CD stock
08. Everyone to execute 20 mag drop by 15 April
09. Everyone to prospect 2/day -- deliver prospect list of 10 and 2 invites to each Wed PBR
10. Champions for Team Blog
- Open University - David
- Agel Business - KJ
- Agel Product EXO - Fong
- Agel Product OHM - Kelven
- Agel Product Min - Chan
- Agel Product FIT - Jordan
- Agel Product UMI - Mike
- Agel Product Ageless - KJ
Others matter :-
01. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Product
- Use product daily - make it a habit
- Use product until +ve experience
- Increase wellness knowledge - ask more, research more & read more
- Increase product knowledge - ask more, research more & read more
- Determine reason for use
- Draft and practise your own rock star product testimony
- Practise sharing other peoples' rock star product testimony
- Become an 'expert'
- Sharing with others
- Look for information proactively
02. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Business
- Leverage on other people success
- Attend major events
- Attend training
- Draft and practice your own rock star biz testimony
- Read up and practise sharing other people success story
03. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Self
- Spend time daily to reflect on your dreams
- Spend time daily on personal development
Committment made :
01. Assign follow up responsibility for VXL prospects and communicate list - Jordan 27/3
02. Follow up on assigned VXL prospects - All 31/3
03. Think about new prospecting initiatives for VXLom
- Websites, Fit Challenge, Advertisements, Money Games Contests
04. Everyone to attend next I AM AGEL event in July 2008
05. Everyone to attend Team Duplication Nation Training Session on 5 April
06. Everyone to attend Team Wednesday PBR
07. Everyone to maintan 10 mag / 10 CD stock
08. Everyone to execute 20 mag drop by 15 April
09. Everyone to prospect 2/day -- deliver prospect list of 10 and 2 invites to each Wed PBR
10. Champions for Team Blog
- Open University - David
- Agel Business - KJ
- Agel Product EXO - Fong
- Agel Product OHM - Kelven
- Agel Product Min - Chan
- Agel Product FIT - Jordan
- Agel Product UMI - Mike
- Agel Product Ageless - KJ
Others matter :-
01. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Product
- Use product daily - make it a habit
- Use product until +ve experience
- Increase wellness knowledge - ask more, research more & read more
- Increase product knowledge - ask more, research more & read more
- Determine reason for use
- Draft and practise your own rock star product testimony
- Practise sharing other peoples' rock star product testimony
- Become an 'expert'
- Sharing with others
- Look for information proactively
02. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Business
- Leverage on other people success
- Attend major events
- Attend training
- Draft and practice your own rock star biz testimony
- Read up and practise sharing other people success story
03. Brainstorm results on H2 build believe in Self
- Spend time daily to reflect on your dreams
- Spend time daily on personal development
Friday, March 28, 2008
How Anti-Oxidants Work
Antioxidants minimize damage and keep your body's cells healthy
By Jeanie L. Davis
A WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature
An apple slice turns brown. Fish becomes rancid. A cut on your skin is raw and inflamed. All of these result from a natural process called oxidation. It happens to all cells in nature, including the ones in your body.
To help your body protect itself from the rigors of oxidation, Mother Nature provides thousands of different antioxidants in various amounts in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and legumes. When your body needs to put up its best defense, especially true in today's environment, antioxidants are crucial to your health.
Here's how oxidation works. As oxygen interacts with cells of any type - an apple slice or, in your body, the cells lining your lungs or in a cut on your skin -- oxidation occurs. This produces some type of change in those cells. They may die, such as with rotting fruit. In the case of cut skin, dead cells are replaced in time by fresh, new cells, resulting in a healed cut.
This birth and death of cells in the body goes on continuously, 24 hours a day. It is a process that is necessary to keep the body healthy. "Oxidation is a very natural process that happens during normal cellular functions," researcher Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston, tells WebMD.
Yet there is a downside. "While the body metabolizes oxygen very efficiently, 1% or 2% of cells will get damaged in the process and turn into free radicals," he says.
"Free radicals" is a term often used to describe damaged cells that can be problematic. They are "free" because they are missing a critical molecule, which sends them on a rampage to pair with another molecule. "These molecules will rob any molecule to quench that need," Blumberg says.
The Danger of Free Radicals
When free radicals are on the attack, they don't just kill cells to acquire their missing molecule. "If free radicals simply killed a cell, it wouldn't be so bad¹ the body could just regenerate another one," he says. "The problem is, free radicals often injure the cell, damaging the DNA, which creates the seed for disease."
When a cell's DNA changes, the cell becomes mutated. It grows bnormally and reproduces abnormally -- and quickly.
Normal cell functions produce a small percentage of free radicals, much like a car engine that emits fumes. But those free radicals are generally not a big problem. They are kept under control by antioxidants that the body produces naturally, Blumberg explains.
External toxins, especially cigarette smoke and air pollution, are "free radical generators," he says. "Cigarette smoke is a huge source of free radicals." In fact, our food and water also harbor free radicals in the form of pesticides and other toxins. Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol also triggers substantial free radical production.
Free radicals trigger a damaging chain reaction, and that's the crux of the problem. "Free radicals are dangerous because they don't just damage one molecule," Blumberg explains. "One free radical can set off a whole chain reaction. When a free radical oxidizes a fatty acid, it changes that fatty acid into a free radical, which then damages another fatty acid. It's a very rapid chain reaction
These external attacks can overwhelm the body's natural free-radical defense system. In time, and with repeated free radical attacks that the body cannot stop, that damage can lead to a host of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
Oxidative damage in skin cells is caused by cumulative sunlight. But if free radicals are in an internal organ - for example, if asbestos is in your lungs -- it stimulates free radical reactions in lung tissue. "Cigarette smoke has active free radical generators," says Blumberg. That's why stopping smoking is the biggest step anyone can take to preserving their health.
In the 21st century, people need to get more antioxidants in their diet to offset all these assaults, he says. "These toxins are ubiquitous in the environment. If you live in a city, you breathe the air. The oxidative burden [on the body] is much, much, much higher than it was 200 years ago. It's a fact of modern life, so we have to take that into consideration."
When you follow the USDA's advice to eat multiple servings of fruits and vegetables, you're compensating for the effects of environmental toxins. Your body simply doesn't produce enough antioxidants to do all that, says Blumberg.
What exactly do they do? Antioxidants work to stop this damaging, disease-causing chain reaction that free radicals have started. Each type of antioxidant works either to prevent the chain reaction or stop it after it's started, Blumberg explains.
"For example, the role of vitamin C is to stop the chain reaction before it starts," he says. "It captures the free radical and neutralizes it. Vitamin E is a chain-breaking antioxidant. Wherever it is sitting in a membrane, it breaks the chain reaction."
Flavonoids are the biggest class of antioxidants. Researchers have identified some 5,000 flavonoids in various foods, Blumberg tells WebMD. Polyphenols are a smaller class of antioxidants, which scientists often refer to as "phenols." (Terms like phytonutrient and phytochemical are more generic terms that researchers sometimes use to describe nutrients and chemicals in plants.)
"We have clear science about antioxidants, that our bodies need a Natural Antioxidant Defense Network, for lack of a better term," Blumberg says. "Just like a country needs a military system, the human body needs defense workers at all levels -- lieutenants, corporals, generals, staff sergeants -- in the form of antioxidants."
The body needs a mix of vitamins and minerals, such as vitamins A, C, E, and beta-carotene, to neutralize this free radical assault.
"We can't rely on a few blockbuster foods to do the job," says Blumberg. "You can't eat nine servings of broccoli a day and expect it to do it all. We need to eat many different foods. Each type works in different tissues of the body, in different parts of cells. Some are good at quenching some free radicals, some are better at quenching others. When you have appropriate amounts of different antioxidants, you're doing what you can to protect yourself."
Multivitamins and vitamin supplements can provide the body with an antioxidant boost. Yet getting too much of some supplements, like vitamin E, can be harmful. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts contain complex mixes of antioxidants, and therein lies the benefit of eating a variety of healthy foods, says Blumberg.
Researchers continue delving into the mysteries of fruits and vegetables, identifying the complex antioxidants they contain. Quercetin, luteolin, hesperetin, catetchin, even (-)-epigallocetechin are some of the stars they have found -- the blockbuster flavonoids in our foods.
"Sure, you can live your whole life without getting epicatechin 3-gallate, a flavonoid found in huge quantities in green tea," says Blumberg. "But if having it in your diet promotes better health, why not try it?"
By Jeanie L. Davis
A WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature
An apple slice turns brown. Fish becomes rancid. A cut on your skin is raw and inflamed. All of these result from a natural process called oxidation. It happens to all cells in nature, including the ones in your body.
To help your body protect itself from the rigors of oxidation, Mother Nature provides thousands of different antioxidants in various amounts in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and legumes. When your body needs to put up its best defense, especially true in today's environment, antioxidants are crucial to your health.
Here's how oxidation works. As oxygen interacts with cells of any type - an apple slice or, in your body, the cells lining your lungs or in a cut on your skin -- oxidation occurs. This produces some type of change in those cells. They may die, such as with rotting fruit. In the case of cut skin, dead cells are replaced in time by fresh, new cells, resulting in a healed cut.
This birth and death of cells in the body goes on continuously, 24 hours a day. It is a process that is necessary to keep the body healthy. "Oxidation is a very natural process that happens during normal cellular functions," researcher Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston, tells WebMD.
Yet there is a downside. "While the body metabolizes oxygen very efficiently, 1% or 2% of cells will get damaged in the process and turn into free radicals," he says.
"Free radicals" is a term often used to describe damaged cells that can be problematic. They are "free" because they are missing a critical molecule, which sends them on a rampage to pair with another molecule. "These molecules will rob any molecule to quench that need," Blumberg says.
The Danger of Free Radicals
When free radicals are on the attack, they don't just kill cells to acquire their missing molecule. "If free radicals simply killed a cell, it wouldn't be so bad¹ the body could just regenerate another one," he says. "The problem is, free radicals often injure the cell, damaging the DNA, which creates the seed for disease."
When a cell's DNA changes, the cell becomes mutated. It grows bnormally and reproduces abnormally -- and quickly.
Normal cell functions produce a small percentage of free radicals, much like a car engine that emits fumes. But those free radicals are generally not a big problem. They are kept under control by antioxidants that the body produces naturally, Blumberg explains.
External toxins, especially cigarette smoke and air pollution, are "free radical generators," he says. "Cigarette smoke is a huge source of free radicals." In fact, our food and water also harbor free radicals in the form of pesticides and other toxins. Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol also triggers substantial free radical production.
Free radicals trigger a damaging chain reaction, and that's the crux of the problem. "Free radicals are dangerous because they don't just damage one molecule," Blumberg explains. "One free radical can set off a whole chain reaction. When a free radical oxidizes a fatty acid, it changes that fatty acid into a free radical, which then damages another fatty acid. It's a very rapid chain reaction
These external attacks can overwhelm the body's natural free-radical defense system. In time, and with repeated free radical attacks that the body cannot stop, that damage can lead to a host of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
Oxidative damage in skin cells is caused by cumulative sunlight. But if free radicals are in an internal organ - for example, if asbestos is in your lungs -- it stimulates free radical reactions in lung tissue. "Cigarette smoke has active free radical generators," says Blumberg. That's why stopping smoking is the biggest step anyone can take to preserving their health.
In the 21st century, people need to get more antioxidants in their diet to offset all these assaults, he says. "These toxins are ubiquitous in the environment. If you live in a city, you breathe the air. The oxidative burden [on the body] is much, much, much higher than it was 200 years ago. It's a fact of modern life, so we have to take that into consideration."
When you follow the USDA's advice to eat multiple servings of fruits and vegetables, you're compensating for the effects of environmental toxins. Your body simply doesn't produce enough antioxidants to do all that, says Blumberg.
What exactly do they do? Antioxidants work to stop this damaging, disease-causing chain reaction that free radicals have started. Each type of antioxidant works either to prevent the chain reaction or stop it after it's started, Blumberg explains.
"For example, the role of vitamin C is to stop the chain reaction before it starts," he says. "It captures the free radical and neutralizes it. Vitamin E is a chain-breaking antioxidant. Wherever it is sitting in a membrane, it breaks the chain reaction."
Flavonoids are the biggest class of antioxidants. Researchers have identified some 5,000 flavonoids in various foods, Blumberg tells WebMD. Polyphenols are a smaller class of antioxidants, which scientists often refer to as "phenols." (Terms like phytonutrient and phytochemical are more generic terms that researchers sometimes use to describe nutrients and chemicals in plants.)
"We have clear science about antioxidants, that our bodies need a Natural Antioxidant Defense Network, for lack of a better term," Blumberg says. "Just like a country needs a military system, the human body needs defense workers at all levels -- lieutenants, corporals, generals, staff sergeants -- in the form of antioxidants."
The body needs a mix of vitamins and minerals, such as vitamins A, C, E, and beta-carotene, to neutralize this free radical assault.
"We can't rely on a few blockbuster foods to do the job," says Blumberg. "You can't eat nine servings of broccoli a day and expect it to do it all. We need to eat many different foods. Each type works in different tissues of the body, in different parts of cells. Some are good at quenching some free radicals, some are better at quenching others. When you have appropriate amounts of different antioxidants, you're doing what you can to protect yourself."
Multivitamins and vitamin supplements can provide the body with an antioxidant boost. Yet getting too much of some supplements, like vitamin E, can be harmful. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts contain complex mixes of antioxidants, and therein lies the benefit of eating a variety of healthy foods, says Blumberg.
Researchers continue delving into the mysteries of fruits and vegetables, identifying the complex antioxidants they contain. Quercetin, luteolin, hesperetin, catetchin, even (-)-epigallocetechin are some of the stars they have found -- the blockbuster flavonoids in our foods.
"Sure, you can live your whole life without getting epicatechin 3-gallate, a flavonoid found in huge quantities in green tea," says Blumberg. "But if having it in your diet promotes better health, why not try it?"
Perseverence & Success
According to the Webster's Dictionary "to survive" means to remain alive or in existence, particularly to live on after the death of others.
The facinating thing about Network Marketing is that, in many instances, survival that is staying in existence is precisely what leads to dramatic success and wealth. Attrition is a considerable factor in our business yet it is rare for anyone who work steadily on network marketing and do not eventually achieve success.
And those rare individual who do not succeed are usually their own worst enermies, constantly reinventing the wheel and complicating the path to their own personal success in network marketing and enjoys the lifestyles that they can only dream of.
The facinating thing about Network Marketing is that, in many instances, survival that is staying in existence is precisely what leads to dramatic success and wealth. Attrition is a considerable factor in our business yet it is rare for anyone who work steadily on network marketing and do not eventually achieve success.
And those rare individual who do not succeed are usually their own worst enermies, constantly reinventing the wheel and complicating the path to their own personal success in network marketing and enjoys the lifestyles that they can only dream of.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
To Have More We Must First Become More
It is the inherent nature of success to be both puzzling and elusive and to withhold its rewards from all but a handful of people.
It is an intricate design of nature that success is a condition that must be ATTRACTED and not PURSUED.
We achieve rewards and we make progress not by our intense pursuits, but by what we become, for it is what we are that finally determines the results we attract.
"To Have More We Must First Become More" is the essence of the philosophy of personal development, success and happiness according to Jim Rohn, who has been hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our time on the subject of personal development.
It is an intricate design of nature that success is a condition that must be ATTRACTED and not PURSUED.
We achieve rewards and we make progress not by our intense pursuits, but by what we become, for it is what we are that finally determines the results we attract.
"To Have More We Must First Become More" is the essence of the philosophy of personal development, success and happiness according to Jim Rohn, who has been hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our time on the subject of personal development.
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