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Is Bottled Water Really Better The Tap Water?
True, I’m a bottled water junkie and trust it over the water flowing out of my home faucet. But is bottled water really purer? Walking through the [tag]water[/tec] aisle of the supermarket the choices are mind numbing. White and green labels shaped in mountain ridges makes me practically taste the purity of unearthed water from far away places like France or Switzerland and Colorado.
But do we really need to pay for drinking water when we can get it for pennies from the faucet? Or are we commercially conditioned to think water is pure and healthy only when paying for it? Studies have found that this is not necessarily true. Here are a few facts to consider before paying for drinking water.
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Fitness Waters - Get Report
On my way to work, I used to grab for a Coke or similar beverage. Now, I opt for my favorite fitness waters, such as Aquafina Alive Wellness Water. I love the taste of berries or citrus fruits and find them a wonderful substitute for fructose laden juices and other beverages. The vitamin enhanced water also reduces my appetite for coffee latte and helps me substantially cut down on calories.
In a couple of days I will publish an exclusive, totally original report on the many fitness waters available. Don’t miss downloading this wonderful report. It’s free!
Update: as promised here is the link: Fitness Water Report
Fitness Spas: More than Just Massages and Facials
Fitness Spas: More than Just Massages and Facials
There used to be a time when fitness spas were more about being pampered than becoming fit. Today, although there are spas which still offer this kind of amenity, more women are choosing spas in which they can be taught to change their lifestyle and become healthier and lose weight at the same time.
Fitness spas have taken it upon themselves to empower women to change their eating habits and to feel good about themselves as well. A healthy way of living has become the focus of women around the world, and fitness spas have approached good health and dieting with a new purpose.
Body building: Protein Drinks Recipes
In body building, much of the body’s energy and strength is used. After the hard work, the body needs rest. A time to recover helps the body to regain lost energy and fuel. It is important also for the body to have sufficient power for the next set of training, to be able to meet the requiredperformance.
That is why power drinks play a vital role for supplying needed and sufficient amount of performance out of the body at a given time. At the same time, when the body is all worn out, power drinks can also help in repairing damaged cells in the body. There are assorted power drinks available at the markets, some are even promoted commercially to gain more popularity but then they can all be equally expensive too.
If you want to personalize your power drink or if you want to make sure what ingredients are in the power drinks you take in, you can make your own blend to meet what your body needs for a specific bodybuilding training set. There are many protein power drinks that you can blend and mix. Protein power drinks add muscle to the drink and it also contains carbohydrates, calcium, riboflavin and of course, protein.
Below are samples of protein power drinks:
Milk and Honey
2 tbsp unflavored protein powder
2 tbsp honey
1 ½ cups milk
Prepare the ingredients and mix unflavored protein powder, honey into 1 ½ cups milk and then sprinkle it with nutmeg or cinnamon.
Banana Smoothie
1 cup milk
1 large frozen banana
2 tbsp vanilla flavored protein powder
1 tbsp honey
Simply mix all the ingredients together in a blender and transfer contents into glass when ready.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake
1 cup milk
1 scoop chocolate ice cream
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 egg
Put all the ingredients together in a blender and serve when done.
About The Author: Shareen Aguilar is a writer for http://www.body-building-book.com which has Bodybuilding guide and other free fitness Books.
Tags: body building, power drinks
