Get Fit, Save the Planet
You’ve all heard of global warming, pollution and all of that. Have you done something about it? No, right?! Well, at Fitho … there’s a way you can, and get fit at the same time.
Here’s a list of 6 ways, how by being fit, you can make a difference and save the planet:
- Eating healthy: Eat less processed food, and red meat reduces your carbon footprint on the planet, since it takes less
- Climb Stairs: Instead of taking the elevator for a few floors, take the stairs. Its a top fat burning exercise, and you save electricity and thus fossil fuels.
Photo- Runner (flickrgao@flickr)
- Run outside instead of the treadmill: besides seeing more of nature, you’re saivng a ton of power. Those treadmills are heavy on power usage! (Read- Are treadmills better for you?)
- Walk after dinner: You not only burn calories, but you also skip watching TV and saving electricity
- A stronger cardiovascular system uses oxygen efficiently and reduces your release of carbondioxide into the atmosphere.
- At a reduced weight, you will possibly need fewer calories to maintain yourself and thus more food for other people 
You got any ideas on how you can save the planet by being fit- join the Be Fit for the Planet discussion.
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Brown Fat- makes you burn more fat!
Ever heard of ‘brown fat’. Latest research says that brown fat is the money fat!
The fat that’s not good for you is the white fat. But the good news is that this brown fat keeps bodies warm as a built in heater, burning fuel and raising body temperature. Basically, its metabolically active and it burns calories for you- which is how anyone can lose weight! We know it sounds too good to be true, but it is.
Photo- Babies have brown fat (tropicdiversdaughter@flickr)
Are you wondering, how do you get this brown fat? Well, right now you can’t just ‘get’ this fat. There is some bad news on that front. It is primarily found in rodents.
Don’t worry all is not lost. Three studies in the New Engaland Journal of Medicine show that in humans, its found in minute quantities around the upper back and neck area. Its found in higher quantities in human babies, who use this as a natural mechanism to keep themselves warm, and metabolically active.
Preliminary research also shows that Green tea extract, EGCG might stimulate brown fat. We’ve already told you how green tea burns more calories- read it here. It also helps with healthy hair. And now, it might also stimulate brown fat! That’s enough reason to start drinking the green stuff!
Drug companies are working on figuring out how to stimulate this brown fat & make it active, but a solution to that is still a long time away. So, for now, if you want to burn the fat, start getting some exercise and watch your diet to get your metabolism kicking.
As difficult as it sounds, exercising is very easy, and so is dieting. Also, dieting does not mean eating steamed, bland food. Its about managing the quantity and quality of calories. In fact, anyone on a Fitho diet can eat most foods, including high fat foods like cheese, eggs .. and sugar! If its too complicated for you to plan a diet, just give us a call at 0-98108-20937 or email neha@fitho.in . We’ll make it simple for you to lose weight. Its what we do!
As for exercising, if you’re not getting any exercise, start with some simple exercising. The key is to make sure that you’re challenging your body.
Do you think if someone figures out how to stimulate Brown fat, it will help solve obesity problems? Discuss here.
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FHF- Sexy foods, toned arms, sculpted butt, Miss Universe ..
Welcome to the first edition of FHF- Fitho’s Hot Forums. Here are the hottest discussions on our health and fitness forum. Check them out to see what the people are saying, and have your say!
Get that model like butt: Tips on How to get a sculpted butt
Sexy Arms: She wants thinner and toned arms- Should you run, or lift weights . Find out the simplest way and see the tips on it.
Personal Weight Loss Story: Read Shridhar’s own success story of how he lost weight. His experience of losing over 20+ kgs in 6 months.
Fruits for weight loss: Ever wondered which fruits are best for weight loss? Here are some answers
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Cardio Tips: Is a fixed cardio routine better than a varied one for weight loss? Find out here
Foods for Better Sex: Are there foods that can improve your sex life? Are they aphrodisiacs? How do they really work? All your answers are here.
Miss Universe too thin?: Our most recent discussion- Does Miss Universe look too thin in this bikini photo? Check it out and have you say!
Ever had any questions on weight loss, health, muscle gain etc… ask them in our discussion forums, and get the answers from friends, experts and other health conscious folks!
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The best muscle building food- Egg nutrition
Eggs truly are perfect muscle building material!
They contain the highest quality protein. Let me explain that- Protein helps our body make muscle and burn fat. Now, protein quality is measured by the amount of protein that is used to make muscle, for every gram of protein that you consume. So, if you consume 40 grams of protein, and only 20 grams can be used for your muscles, then the quality is 0.50. Egg has a protein quality of over 0.95. Depending on the source of protein, the quality varies. And there are plenty of protein sources- dairy, meat, eggs, soy, vegetables, etc.
Photo- Eggs (clearlynovice@flickr)
Among all the sources, the protein from eggs has the highest rating. Both the yolk and the albumen (the egg white) contain protein. Besides protein, the yolk also contain vitamin b12, which is necessary for fat breakdown and muscle development. Other minerals include Riboflavin, Folate, vitamins B6, D, and E, and Iron, Phosphorus, and zinc. The egg white by itself is only protein. It does not contain any vitamins. All the vitamins and minerals are in the egg yolk, along with high quality protein!
You could probably take a multi-vitamin to get these nutrients, but at Fitho we believe in getting maximum nutrition from natural and unprocessed sources, and eggs are high up on our list.
Egg calories: A medium egg contains about 90 calories, 6 gm protein, 7 gm fat (2 gm saturated, 5 gm unsaturated fat), 210 mg cholesterol (70% of your daily requirement) and almost no carbohydrates. The egg white contain about 3-4 gms of protein and no fat, and thus about 12-16 calories. The egg yolk contains over 70 calories along with all the vitamins and minerals. So, eating 1 egg yolk is good for you, multiple egg yolks a day is bad for you!
For those with an active lifestyle, recipe for a high protein snack, cook eggs with 1-2 egg yolks and 7-8 egg whites- they could be scrambled, poached, boiled, omlette, any way possible! That should provide about 25-30 gms of protein!
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Expert weight loss advice & more- Fitho Discussion Forums
Ever wanted personalized fitness advice for free, from experts? Or wanted to share your fitness knowledge with others? Well, we have just the right thing for you- Fitho’s Health and Fitness Discussion forums. Here, you can discuss anything from Weight Loss, to Beauty Tips to Sexual Health, to Healthy Recipes, to Muscle Building to Yoga, Martial Arts, or even discuss anything even non health related.
Why discuss health and fitness?
Ever had any doubts? Ask them here. Get your questions answered and doubts cleared. Someone of the forum there would know the right answer, and answer your questions, like Neha asked- Which fruits are best for weight loss? See the discussion and responses.
Ask anything, and get answers. Share your experiences and get fit! See below for hot topics…
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Hot Topics on Fitho Discussion Forums:
- Which foods are best for diabetes? – 7 replies
- How to get thinner and toned arms? – 5 replies
- Kareena Kapoor’s secret to weight loss and size 0 – 2 replies
- How do you use protein powder? – 4 replies
- When to eat, and when not to eat? – 1 reply
- Check out this delicious dessert recipe, and these smoothie recipes
- Is a fixed cardio routine better than varied one? – 3 replies
- Which muscles do girls like the most? – 2 replies
- How do you use yoga exercises for staying fit? – 3 replies
- What foods to eat for better sex? – 4 replies
- Do sexually active women perform better at work? – 2 replies
- Any exercise for good sex? – 3 replies
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Pizza makes you fat and sick
Pizza can completely sabotage for weight loss plans? Its actually double trouble with pizza- the ingredients and the portions.
Pizza Ingredients: Most pizzas are made from a base of refined flour (maida), which has a high Glycemic Index, so it spikes your blood sugar and promotes fat storage. Further its topped with plenty of cheese and oil, loaded with saturated fat. Many use high fat meats like pepperoni and sausage also, again loaded with artery clogging saturated fat and lots of sodium preservatives (increases blood pressure). To make it worse, now pizza bases come stuffed with cheese!
Photo- Unhealthy Pizza (seetying@flickr)
Pizza Calories: Pizza varies in size, toppings .. so one slice of restaurant pizza can vary from 200 calories to 400 calories, loaded with upto 20-25 gm of fat, and plenty of carbohydrates. To burn off a 300 calorie slice of pizza, you need to run almost 3 miles (4.8 km)! Want to know the exercise to burn off one slice of cake.
Portions: Pizza is delicious, so we get greedy and eat more than our healthy portion sizes. Also, pizzas are getting larger. Each slice can itself be a meal. But most of us don’t stop at one slice! 
So, to make pizza healthy, here are some healthy pizza recipe tips- use a whole wheat base, for the topping use a home made tomato sauce (not ketchup), add lots of veggies like sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, olives, baby spinach .. even pineapple is good (let your imagination run wild), use lean meats like chicken, low fat sausage, and top it off with some low fat cheese! With these changes, you could make a healthy low fat pizza. Using a whole wheat base, increases vitamin B and fiber content in your pizza.
To control calories and portions, use small thin crust pizza bases, so each pizza is a serving for one or two people.
If you make pizza the healthy way, you could turn pizza into a healthy muscle meal also!
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Eat Vegetables for Muscle
Did you know that veggies can help build muscle too? Here’s a list of vegetables that can help you build muscle:
Beans/Legumes- All beans and legumes have protein, carbohydrates and fiber. The carbohydrates are slow releasing carbohydrates that supply long lasting energy for your daily routine and workouts. The fiber helps to clean your arteries and we all know protein is used to repair muscle damage and build new muscle. Examples of these are black beans, kidney beans (rajma), chick peas (chole), all types of dals.
Photo- Kidney Beans (nyllatx@flickr)
Nuts- Nuts like, peanuts, almonds and walnuts are loaded with protein, unsaturated fat, fiber and antioxidants and Vitamin E. Recent studies have shown that almonds can help lower bad cholesterol and reduce waist size. Nuts are also packed with protein for building muscle. Eat them raw, roasted, or chop some into your breakfast oatmeal/cereal
Potatoes- Yes, the much maligned scapegoat vegetable, blamed by many for their weight gain problems, can actually help you gain muscle. Its packed with carbohydrates, fiber, protein, minerals like Iron and Vitamins. Raw, or steamed, it has negligible fat content. Have some mashed potatoes (without the cream/butter) with your post workout meal, to add healthy carobhydrates. These will help to repair the damaged muscle and grow new muscle. In fact, potatoes help you lose weight.
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