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An Early Start to Burn Fat and Lose Weight
 Did you know that in the morning before breakfast is considered the best time to exercise if you are trying to lose weight and burn fat?Besides the cardiovascular and mood-enhancing benefits, exercise helps you slim down and become more toned. However, for optimal fat burning, it's just as important to plan when you work-out as to what exercises you will do. As it turns out, early morning exercise is best. Studies have shown that working out on an empty stomach forces your body to burn much more fat than it would have later in the day. How does this work? When you awaken in the morning, your body has gone without food for approximately 8 hours. Your insulin levels are low; your glucose and glycogen levels are low as well. Each of these factors contributes to burning more stored fat and thus losing the type of weight you want to lose. However, if you eat before you workout, your body has to burn off what you just ate before it can tap into your fat reserves. Early morning exercise appears to also have a metabolism boost as well. This means that you tend to continue to burn calories for hours even after the work out is over. Combining weight training in your morning routine is a powerful one, two punch for weight loss. Weight training builds muscles which dramatically affects fat loss. By doing it in the morning, you have an even more extended metabolic rate increase. Whether this fulfills some ancient instinct to expend energy before we could have food as our hunter-gatherer ancestors did, morning exercise appears to restore the natural order of things for a holistic balance and normal weight. For optimal fat loss, consider setting the clock a little earlier and blending when you exercise into your weight loss program.For additional information about alternative medicine and other nutrition facts: To learn how to optimize nutrition and learn about holistic health: For high quality, all-natural, herbal nutritional supplements: Technorati tags : fat,
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Ayurveda  Ayurveda has its origins in India with the word Ayurveda being derived from the ancient language of Sanskrit. Ayurveda emphasizes nutrition and preventative medicine and is especially focused on maintaining a healthy constitution - spiritually, socially, and physically.
The Five ElementsAyurveda considers the universe as consisting of 5 elements - Ether (space), Air, Earth, Fire, and Water. All things consist of these elements including our bodies. All organic matter is from from the "mother" Earth element from which all other elements are derived. All 5 elements may be present in all matter. Water when frozen becomes solid like Earth; Fire melts ice and turns it to Water; Fire can also turn Water to steam which turns into Air and Ether. DoshasAyurveda uses bio-entergies called doshas to analyze health and prevent disease. Optimal health is achieved when the three doshas are in balance. Each dosha has a role to play in the body. These three doshas are: Vatha or Vata Airy, energy, cold, dry, astringent Moves wastes out of the body Relates mainly to the nervous system and the body's energy Combines the elements of Air and Ether
Pitta Light, hot, oily, sour and pungent Controls metabolism, digestion, enzymes, acid, and bile Transforming Combines the elements of Fire and Water
Kapha Heavy, dense, lubrication, old, oily, slow, soft, sweet, and strength Water in the mucuous membranes, phlegm, moisture, fat and lymphatics Combines the elements of Water and Earth
The Seven Tissues ( Dhatus )If the doshas are not balanced, imbalance can be found in the 7 tissues or dhatus. These 7 tissues are inter-related and derive energy from each other. When one is affected the others are as well. The 7 dhatus are: Balancing the doshas and accomodating the one that predominates in the body is key to Ayurvedic health and Ayurvedic medicine.
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