One Glass Of Red Wine A Day Equals One Hour At The Gym?

Are you addicted to going to the gym? Look at those muscular monster working on their muscles and beautiful slim shape beauty jogging on the track. no matter what is your purpose to go to gym, what we actually have here is a wonderful discovery for regular gym-goers, but which is also good for people who do not go to the gym at all.

Gym Works

Are you sometimes the worse for wear to go the gym and have your regular ‘glass of workout? It’s not a big deal – you can have another equally effective glass. A new study suggests that a glass of red wine could mimic the benefits gained by going to the gym for an hour.

The researcher Jack Dyck, in his research conducted at the University of Alberta-Canada, discovered that a red wine compound called resveratrol provides some of the same benefits as an hour of cross training. 

“We were excited when we saw that resveratrol showed results similar to what you would see from extensive endurance exercise training. I think resveratrol could help patient populations who want to exercise, but are physically incapable. Resveratrol could mimic exercise for them or improve the benefits of the modest amount of exercise that they can do. We immediately saw the potential for this and thought that we identified a ‘improved exercise performance in a pill,”

says Jack Dyck’s, the lead researcher. So, next time if you decide you want to skip the gym session, and have a glass of wine with the girls you really have no reason to be guilty. But, there are many people who are physically incapable of hitting the gym that this discovery really could be beneficial for. Expectedly, your next question is:

Red or white wine?

Remember this: Only a glass of red wine counts because a glass of white wine or a shot of tequila will not have the same effect! So, drinking only ONE glass of red wine can improve your physical strength and performance.

But you must stop at the first glass and say: Let’s call it a day! You must not chug one, two or more glasses of wine in order to get better results! Because you will only get drunk and get more calories to burn next time you go the gym!

Only one Glass, I swear

And wine experts certainly know that grape sugariness is the most important thing for producing quality wine brands. The standards of performance that oenologists use to judge wine quality include the following:

Balance

The relationship of four components — sweetness, acidity, tannin, and alcohol — to one another. A wine is balanced when nothing sticks out as you taste it, like harsh tannin or too much sweetness.

Choose your Wine

Length

Used to describe a wine that gives an impression of going all the way on the palate — you can taste it across the full length of your tongue — rather than stopping short halfway. Many wines today are very up front on the palate — they make a big impression as soon as you taste them — but they don’t go the distance in your mouth. They are short.

Try not to Spills

Depth

This is another subjective, unmeasurable attribute of a high-quality wine. We say a wine has depth when it seems to have a dimension of verticality — that is, it does not taste flat and one-dimensional in your mouth. A ‘flat’ wine can never be great.

Color of the wine

Complexity

There’s nothing wrong with a simple, straightforward wine, especially if you enjoy it. But a wine that keeps revealing different things about itself, always showing you a new flavor or impression — a wine that has complexity — is usually considered better quality.

Smells it

Finish

The impression a wine leaves in the back of your mouth and in your throat after you have swallowed it is its finish or aftertaste. In a good wine, you can still perceive the wine’s flavors — such as fruitiness or spiciness — at that point. Some wines may finish hot, because of high alcohol, or bitter, because of tannin — both shortcomings. Or a wine may have nothing much at all to say for itself after you swallow.

Taste

Typicity

In order to judge whether a wine is true to its type, you have to know how that type is supposed to taste. So you have to know the textbook characteristics of wines made from the major grape varieties and wines of the world’s classic wine regions.

Spring seems to be delayed, so while there’s still a bit of chilly nip in the air treat yourself to a glass of a delicious full-bodied wine. Instead of going to the gym, warm up with your quality glass of wine!

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Drinking THIS Could Significantly Cut Your Most Annoying Menopause Symptoms

If someone were to tell you a drink exists that could slash your heart disease risk and relieve menopause symptoms, would you assume it was something disgusting involving cod liver oil? Or maybe that it was bottled by unicorns? Of course you would. But you'd be wrong. You actually stand to gain both health perks from a plain old beverage available basically everywhere: tomato juice. 

We already knew that tomatoes themselves were both delicious and also an anti-cancer food. But according to a new study, drinking the juice might actually be better for you than eating the fruit whole. 

The study, published in Nutrition Journal, involved 95 women (ages 40 to 60) who had at least one menopausal symptom, such as anxiety, irritability, and hot flashes. Participants drank 200 mL—roughly 4/5 of a cup—of unsalted (ah, the hitch! Unsalted!) tomato juice twice a day for eight weeks. 

Researchers at the Tokyo Medical University in Japan tracked the women's heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol and also evaluated their menopausal symptoms at 4 and 8 weeks. After just four weeks of drinking the juice, those with triglyceride levels higher than 150 mg/dL saw a substantial decrease to around 70 mg/dL (the American Heart Association recommends levels under 100 mg/dL). Meanwhile, menopausal symptoms were reduced by 16%. 

The likely reasons for the improvements: Bioactive components like 13-oxo-ODA, a fatty acid that's only found in tomato juice and that prevents metabolic syndrome, and esculeoside A, a phytonutrient that supports heart health. Tomato juice also has more lycopene, which can help reduce menopausal stress, and antioxidants (a result of heat activation during the canning process). 

"Another substance naturally found in tomato juice is a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, which can help relieve hot flashes and reduce stress," says Steven A. Rabin, MD, a Los Angeles-based obstetrician and gynecologist specializing in patients with menopause. 

You won't find the compounds above listed on any nutrition label, and so far we don't know how much variability there is among tomato-juice brands. For now, the best you can do is to buy any unsalted tomato juice you can find, suggests Masakazu Terauchi, PhD, one of the study's authors. Of course, a USDA-approved organic juice is always best. As Rabin puts it, "there aren't any known downsides to adding a serving or more of tomato juice to your diet," and there are plenty of upsides—including the fact that it doesn't taste like cod liver oil.

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5 Ways You're Hydrating Wrong

Taking in enough fluids seems simple, right? Just drink more water. That will help, sure, but there are probably a few hydration mistakes you're making—without even realizing it. Fix these 5 missteps to make sure you're getting the H2O you need: 

Mistake #1: Drinking Water during Your Workout, but Not Before

Even if you sip on something regularly while you're at the gym, you may be prone to headaches if you haven't hydrated ahead of time, too. You should aim to drink at least 8 ounces of water about half an hour before you exercise, says New York City-based trainer Larysa DiDio, founder of PFX Fitness. 

Drink half an hour before exercise

Mistake #2: Insisting on eight glasses a day

It's time to kick this adage to the curb: The Institute of Medicine actually recommends 11.4 cups per day, although hydration needs vary from person to person. The exact amount of H2O you need is dependent on your size and weight. And since you can also get water from foods like fruits and veggies (an apple, for instance, can provide an entire cup of water), you may not need to guzzle as much if you're eating water-rich meals and snacks. In general, though, if you take your weight and divide it by two, that should give you roughly the number of ounces of water you need in a day, says Keri Gans, RD, author of The Small Change Diet. 

8 Glass of water is just a suggestion

Mistake #3: Avoiding drinks like coffee and tea 

It's a commonly held belief that coffee and tea are dehydrating because of their caffeine content—but that's a myth, says New York City-based nutritionist Lisa Cashman, RD. "While the caffeine in coffee and tea can be a diuretic—which causes fluid loss—the fluid in them typically makes up for it." So your daily Starbucks habit is still better than sipping on nothing.

As long you drink, you will get the water needed

Mistake #4: Hydrating too Infrequently

If you feel thirsty, then yes, you should probably drink water. Same goes for when you're exercising or it's hot outside. But—contrary to common belief—these aren't the only times when you need to rehydrate, says Gans. "You also need to hydrate while you're sitting at your desk at work, not just at the gym," she says. "I even have a sticky note on my computer that says, 'Drink water.' " Gans suggests sipping consistently throughout the day. If you don't, you could set yourself up for conditions like kidney stones and UTIs. 

Sudden intake of large amount of water will cause health problem

Mistake #5: Confusing the Need for Water with The Need for Food

Drink before you eat to make sure your hunger pangs are actually, well, hunger pangs. Many people confuse the need for H20 with the need for food, says Gans. She recommends eating meals and snacks as you normally would—but also getting into the habit of drinking plenty of water with them. She also suggests setting a bottle of water on your nightstand. "First thing in the morning, drink it," says Gans. "If it's the first thing you see, you can set yourself up with hydration for the rest of the day."

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4 Diseases You Had No Idea Could Be Contagious

Wash your hands before you eat, cover your mouth when you sneeze, opt for the fist-bump over the handshake…you know all the ways to protect yourself from commonly contagious sickness. But there are some conditions that antibacterial soap or a tissue can't protect you from. Here, 4 things you never knew you could catch:

Cavities

You can floss, brush, and avoid sweets all you want, but if your mate doesn't follow the same routine, you could fall victim to his or her poor dental hygiene. Researchers from the University of Helsinki, in Finland, found that oral bacteria that cause periodontis, gingivitis, and dental caries (aka cavities) can be passed between adults living in close contact with each other. 

The study, published in the journal Oral Microbiology and Immunology, followed 20 married couples, ages 37 to 70 years old, who had been married for at least 10 years. In four of the couples, both members had bacteria associated with periodontis and gingivitis. Three of those couples also harbored mutans streptococci bacteria (the main cause of cavities). Researchers found that the specific DNA of the bacteria was similar between members of a couple, yet different between unrelated subjects, suggesting transmission of the oral bacteria between spouses.

Kissing can transmit bacteria

Cancer

No, you cannot just catch any cancer from someone suffering from the disease—but you can catch the human papilloma virus (HPV), seriously increasing your risk of developing cancers of the cervix, penis, anus, mouth, and throat. 

According to research from Duke University, more than 6 million people in the US become infected with HPV each year (the disease spreads through sexual contact with an infected person). And while most people can clear the infection on their own within 1 to 2 years with little or no symptoms, the infection persists in some people—and the longer the infection persists, the more likely it is to lead to cancer.

Get yourself a vaccination for protection

Autoimmune Disease

As if living with celiac disease isn't miserable enough, those battling the gluten allergy may need to worry about exposing their loved ones. According to research published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, first-degree relatives and spouses of those with celiac disease are at an increased risk of developing nonceliac autoimmune disease, like Crohn's disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or ulcerative colitis. Researchers found that over a 10-year period, 4.3% of celiac relatives and spouses developed nonceliac autoimmune disease, compared with 3.3% of relatives of control subjects (those without celiac disease). Researchers speculate that the susceptibility is a result of sharing gut bacteria. 

Obesity

Call it infectobesity: Turkish researchers recently discovered a virus in the adipose tissue (body fat) of obese adults: human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36). People exposed to Ad-36 are 300 times more likely to be obese than those who haven't been exposed. Worldwide, more than 15,000 people in nine different countries have been tested for antibodies to the virus (usually the body fights off the virus, but the damage is already done), and with remarkable consistency, people who are obese are far more likely to show signs of infection.

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4 Signs Showing You Need To Drink More Water

Ask any fitness expert to list a couple of common workout roadblocks, and dehydration will likely always make the cut. It's a killer! You need water to exercise—you thrive on it—yet so many women spend their days dehydrated. So, what gives? It could be because, when it comes down to it, you may not even know exactly when you're dehydrated. To solve that problem, we asked Greg Justice, an exercise physiologist at AYC Fitness in Kansas City and author of Mind Your Own Fitness, to list the top signs you need to get way more H20 happy:

At least 8 glass of water a day, will make your day

When You Have a Headache

Unless you're chugging water 24/7, your body is constantly losing fluid. That means you're also losing essential salts like sodium and potassium because those are in the fluids you're losing. Now get this: That salt loss actually changes the chemical makeup of your blood. Your brain, in turn, is super sensitive to that change—and it's that sensitivity that triggers a headache. Make sense? The headaches get even worse, too, depending on how much water you lose. "The more water you lose, the more your blood volume drops, which causes less oxygen flow to the brain," says Justice. "That causes your blood vessels to dilate, which can make your headache feel even worse." Moral of the story: Not enough water equals headache central.

When you feel headache, sometime you just need to drink

When Your Pee is Extra Yellow or Concentrated

Eek…kinda gross, right? But it's true. The reason this happens is that your urine is over-concentrated with waste. "When you're fully hydrated, the waste is easily flushed out in a more efficient manner," says Justice. But when there aren't enough fluids in your body, the waste isn't as easily flushed out, so it stays there.

Some other factor may also cause your urine to turn color, ie. Antibiotics

When You're Constipated

Again, kinda gross. But again, totally true. And the reason is somewhat similar. See, water helps move your waste through your colon and out of your body. "But if that water isn't there to begin with, it won't be able to move your food waste onward and outward as efficiently," says Justice. Hence the constipation.

It happens when you eat too much, but drink too less

And the Most Definite Proof: When You Feel Thirsty!! 

What are you waiting for? 

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This Is Your Body On Diet Soda (Infographic)

When taken at face value, diet soda seems like a health-conscious choice. It saves you the 140-plus calories you'd find in a sugary soft drink while still satisfying your urge for something sweet with artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose. But there's more to this chemical cocktail than meets the eye. 

Diet soda comes with its own set of side effects that may harm your health--from kick-starting kidney problems to adding inches to your waistline. Lets Check it out at the following easy understanding picture:

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3 Simple Moves To Ease Your Heel Pain

The most common cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis, the famous inflammation of the band of fibrous tissue that runs along the bottom of your foot. Heal heels faster with these three simple remedies: 

1# Morning Wall Stretch

ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS PHILPOT

• Stand barefoot in front of a wall, as shown. Press into the wall with both hands and lean forward, feeling stretch along back of left leg and heel. Hold for 30 seconds; switch sides and repeat. 

2# Freeze and Roll

ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS PHILPOT

• Freeze a small water bottle. Cover it with a towel and place the arch of your foot on top of it. Slowly roll bottle beneath arch of foot for about 5 minutes at a time. Switch sides and repeat. 

3# Rub It Out

ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS PHILPOT

• Use both thumbs to apply deep pressure along arch of the feet, heel, and calf muscles, moving slowly and evenly. Continue for 1 minute. Switch sides and repeat.

If your foot pain isn't improving or worsens after 2 weeks, a podiatrist or orthopedist can prescribe additional therapies to alleviate discomfort and prevent recurrence.

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