Wellness Tip: Yoga for Healthy Liver

Yoga for Healthy Liver: Keeping the liver in proper working order is essential because one role of the liver is to break down excess estrogen. Poor diet, alcohol, and medications including pain relievers (ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, etc.), cholesterol lowering drugs, Rogaine (minoxidil), and steroids can damage the liver.

Fresh food gives lightness, happiness, joyfulness and increases intelligence. The food should be suitable for the mind, body, intelligence and soul.

The relationship between exercise and liver health is not so clear, however, yoga for liver problems is an effective way of maintaining and enhancing the health of this vital organ. Purpose of practicing yoga is to stimulate, regulate and enhance the functioning of liver.

Wellness Update: N. America: Clinton joins the company of other vegan politicians and celebrities

Bill Clinton, Champion Of The Plant-Based Diet, Goes Vegan: There have been numerous studies linking a veggie-heavy diet with good heart health. For example, research shows that fewer vegetarians than meat-eaters have metabolic syndrome, a condition where you possess three of five heart-risk factors, Everyday Health reported. The factors include high blood pressure, triglycerides and blood sugar, low "good" cholesterol and a large waist size.

In addition, research shows that a nutrient-dense, vegetarian-based diet can lower levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol.

Clinton joins the company of other vegan politicians and celebrities, including Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, "Biggest Loser" trainer Bob Harper, actress Olivia Wilde and even Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. Colorado Congressman Jared Polis -- while not a strict vegan or vegetarian -- keeps a meat product-free home with his vegan partner, Marlon Reis, Politico reported. And former Indiana Congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. is a vegetarian, according to Vegetarian Times magazine.

Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, told Eating Well that her and her husband's vegan lifestyle is inspired by compassion for living things, sustainability and health.

Wellness Tip: How to lose weight? Use blue silverware, blue plates, napkins, or place mats, etc to suppress appetite

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The colors blue and purple may act as an appetite suppressant. Avoid painting the walls red, yellow, and orange in the kitchen and dining areas because these colors may make us salivate. Instead, keep your color scheme blue. If your walls aren’t blue and repainting is too much, use blue silverware, blue plates, napkins, or place mats. In one study, people who dined in a blue room, ate 33 percent less than those who ate in a yellow or red room. Blue lights make food look less appealing, while warmer colors, especially yellow, have the opposite effect. Fast-food restaurants have known and used this fact for decades, which is why almost all of them have yellowish interiors—they want you to eat more.

Wellness Tip: Hopefulness Is Better Than Happiness for Diet Success – TIME Healthland

Hopefulness Is Better Than Happiness for Diet Success – TIME Healthland: Don't stop thinking about tomorrow — if you want to stick to your diet. That's the conclusion of a new study, which found that upbeat, forward-looking feelings like hopefulness led to better dietary choices, while positive emotions like happiness weren't necessarily conducive to self-control.

"Past research is a bit conflicting in terms of how positive emotion affects food consumption," says lead author Kelly Haws, assistant professor of marketing at Texas A&M University. "We found that the more future-focused positive emotions were leading people to consume less."

Research on unhealthy eating behavior has typically focused on negative emotions like fear, anxiety and hopelessness because people tend to use sweet or salty foods to alleviate distress. However, as anyone who has ever been to a party knows, celebrations of good times and positive feelings are also occasions for indulgence.