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By PL Chang on March 27th, 2009

Metabolism: Increase Energy Lose Weight

The process which our bodies convert food and nutrient into energy is called metabolism. This process is very complex because it involves many different chemical reactions to produce energy. Our bodies can have thousands of metabolic reactions happening at the same time. Without metabolism, our bodies cannot do work, grow or survive. There are two types of metabolism, anabolism and catabolism.

Anabolism: The constructive side of metabolism. It helps store energy energy and build body tissues.
Catabolism: The destructive side of metabolism, it produces the energy required for the body to do work. This process is done in the mitochondria, the part of the cell that breaks down carbohydrates and fats into energy.

To understand how metabolism works and how it can increase your energy, you need to understand the energy process of life. One of the major things that makes life possible on Earth is the sun. It is the main source of energy for all species at the physical level. The human body cannot harness the sun’s incredible energy. It must rely heavily on plant to obtain this energy. Plants and certain bacterias are the only species that can convert sunlight into energy. The process which plant convert sunlight to sugar (energy) is called photosynthesis. This sugar, when consumed by animal or human, is converted into energy through the metabolism process.

Many people think that when they eat animal meat, they are getting energy from the meat itself. The truth is, they are actually getting the left over energy from plants which got it from the sun. The energy we get from eating animal is not as pure as the energy we get from eating plants. For example: a piece of grass gets eaten by a grasshopper, the grasshopper gets eaten by a frog, the frog gets eaten by a snake, the snake gets eaten by a hawk, the hawk gets eaten by a human. During each transformation stage, energy is lost because it is changed from one form to another. Meat is actually not that good for the body because it contains bad cholesterol and little nutrients.

How many calories your body can burn depends on your basal metabolic rate (BMR), insulin and enzyme levels, muscle mass and how much you exercise. BMR is a measurement of how fast your body can burn calories. Your muscle also plays an important role for helping you lose weight. If you want to burn more calories, increase your muscle mass because it takes more energy to move bigger muscle. Another great way to increase your BMR is through exercise. Exercising makes your body work harder, this burns more calories and prevents atrophy. Enzymes also play important roles for increasing your metabolism. If your cells lack enzymes, they will convert glucose (blood sugar) into energy slower.

Many people believed that starving themselves and exercising intensively are the best ways to lose weight. This is actually one of the worst ways to lose weight. When people starved themselves, they decreased their BMR because their bodies had to adjust to the lack of food. This is not good for preventing weight gain because once they start eating again, their low BMR will cause their bodies to store more energy as fat. By not eating healthy, they also deplete essential nutrients that are required for metabolism.

For more tips on how to increase your metabolism and lose weight, please check out my book Natural Weight Loss Secrets: A Quick Guide to Losing Weight Permanently. To purchase or learn more about my book please visit my bookstore. For instant access, my book is also available for purchase as a downloadable ebook through Amazon.. Another place you can buy my book is at Barnes&Noble. Thank you for your support.

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By PL Chang on March 25th, 2009

Best Bath: Shea Butter Face and Body Lotion – Review

Best Bath Face Body Lotion There are many face and body lotions out on the market but many of them are not as good as claimed. Some of them can make your skin worst and many of them contained harmful chemicals. Unlike most lotion found in retail stores, Best Bath Store’s lotions are mostly made from 100 percent natural ingredients and contain little or no harmful chemicals. For detail analysis about the safety of their products visit cosmeticdatabase.com. This Website has dedicated scientists to test popular skin care products to see if they are as safe as claimed by manufacturers. Cosmeticdatabase.com uses a number ranking system ranging from 0 – 10. The higher the number, the more hazardous the product is to your health. It gave Best Bath Store’s Shea Butter Face and Body Lotion a rating of 2 which is low for health hazard. The quote below is from Best Bath Store’s about page. The company is located in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.

All of our products are handmade at our facility in small batches to ensure freshness and customer satisfaction. Best Bath Store is a signer of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. We commit to producing all of our products from 100% natural ingredients with respect to human, plant, and animal life. Our products are tested on ourselves, friends and family before we sell them to the public.

I have been searching for a natural face lotion for my dry skin problem for years and I finally found a product that met my expectations. If you have dry skin problems, this lotion may be the solution you have been searching for. It does a great job keeping my skin moisturized. The features I like about this face and body lotion is that it soothes my skin, boost my skins elasticity, eliminate dryness and makes my skin smooth. Unlike many other lotions, Best Bath Store’s Shea Butter can last all day.

The ingredients found in the lotion are: purified water, aloe vera, shea butter, grapeseed oil, vegetable glycerin, jojoba oil, cetyl alcohol, stearic acid, emulsifying wax, chamomile extract, vitamin E and potassium sorbate. The only ingredient that raised my eyebrows was potassium sorbate. This type of mineral is actually synthetic and not natural. Although, when potassium sorbate comes in contact with water, it breaks into sorbic acid which is a natural organic compound. Sorbic acid may cause allergies, immunotoxicity, and eyes irritation in high levels. Cosmeticdatabase.com found another ingredient called Phenoxyethanol, this preservative may also cause allergies, immunotoxicity and eye irritation in high levels.

Overall, Best Bath Store’s Shea Butter performed as claimed and even better. It is one of the best face and body lotions I had ever used for my dry skin problem. The lotion is great for keeping skin healthy because it is enriched with shea butter, vitamins A, E and F, plus other natural vitamins and minerals.

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By PL Chang on March 22nd, 2009

Geothermal Energy: Energy of the Future

Within the next decade or two, energy is going to be a big problem unless we stop supporting corrupted industries, such as the oil industry. Oil corporations claim that there is still an abundance of oil within the Earth but their claim is misleading. This is designed to prevent them from losing money and investors.

Most of us don’t realize how close we are to a worldwide oil shortage. The end of oil isn’t because we are running out of oil. It is because the oil that is easily accessible is running out. Also, corporate greed will result in the monopolization of oil. One of the major reasons why oil is coming to an end is because the use of oil is destroying our planet. There are a few renewable energy solutions out there that can help us reduce the severity of this problem. One of them is called geothermal energy.

Geothermal energy has been around for billions of years. It is as old as the Earth. Geothermal is the energy (heat) that the Earth produces. This heat is caused by magma within the Earth that can reach a temperature of more than 2,000°F. This tremendous amount of energy, if efficiently harnessed, can power the entire world for billions of years.

Currently, geothermal energy is harnessed by pumping water through pipes to the heat source. Once the water boils, the steam rises and turns a turbine to produce energy. This works similar to water heating systems in homes. In certain areas of the planet, there exist geothermal steam. Energy companies can utilize geothermal steam by building turbine right on top of the steam instead of using pipes.

The advantages of using geothermal energy is that it requires little fuel and produces little or no emissions. The disadvantage is that if extracted too much, its energy source can slowly be depleted. However, give it time and it will replenish itself.

With our current technology, geothermal energy won’t be able to replace oil. Also, the cost of building technological systems to harness geothermal energy may cost too much. With the current economy and population, it will be very hard to overcome these challenges. If we can overcome these challenges, every country in the world will have an unlimited source of energy for billions of years.

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By PL Chang on March 21st, 2009

Atrazine – Weed Killer or Health Hazard

Atrazine is an herbicide, it is one of the most widely used weed-killers in the United States and is also used in about 80 countries. According to Wikipedia, 77 million pound of atrazine was used in 2003. Because of its popularity for killing weed, there are many controversy about its health effects. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that there is not enough evidence to prove that atrazine is dangerous to health. Independent studies disagreed, they found out that atrazine causes sexual abnormalities in frogs, has carcinogenic effects and is an estrogen disruptor. Other independent studies even linked atrazine to low sperm count, prostate cancer, breast and ovarian cancer in people. So, which one should you believe, the EPA or independent studies. My advise is to trust the independent studies more than government agencies. The EPA, like many U.S. government agencies, is highly influenced by big corporations. These corporations used money as a tool to persuade the government to be on their side. In fact, many of these non-independent studies are funded by Syngenta, the manufacturer of atrazine. Syngenta knows that their herbicide is bad for health and the environment which is why it tried to hide evidence from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) during court. Because of its negative health effects, atrazine has been banned in many Europe countries.

Spring is when atrazine is use the most because it is planting season. This is the time when you should be the most concern about the quality of your drinking water. Because it rains a lot during spring, atrazine can easily be wash into lakes, rivers, streams and underground water supplies. This can contaminate your drinking water and put your health at risk. In fact, atrazine is one of the top contaminate found in drinking water through out the United States. The water treatment system in the United States is dangerously out of date, you shouldn’t rely on it to clean your drinking water. Instead, replace your regular faucet with a carbon-based water filter or system to filter out atrazine. These filter or systems are commonly available at your local grocery stores. Most of them do a good job removing atrazine from your drinking water.

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