Get The Real Facts About Spike Seasonings

By Ferdinand Okeke

Out of the types of celestial seasoning tea, the bilingual teas seem to appeal mostly to Hispanic communities. These teas are called bilingual because they mix two different flavor like banana and apple, or cinnamon and apple, or honey and lemon, and so on. Another popular variety of celestial seasoning tea is the dessert one. Some of the types included in this category are almond, English toffee and vanilla hazelnut. No matter the category or the type, one thing is obvious: celestial seasoning tea appeals to a wide range of consumers for the reason of quality and variety.

What are old bay seasonings? How can old bay seasonings be used? Just before answering these questions about old bay seasonings maybe we should see what old bay seasonings are. Well, old bay seasonings are blends of herbs and spices currently marketed in America by McCormick & Company. These old bay seasonings are made in the state of Maryland, in the Chesapeake Bay area where they were developed by a german immigrant called Gustav Brunn. The beginning of the old bay seasonings was in the 1940s. These seasonings are still very popular in this area. At the time, crabs were so abundant that bars in Baltimore, Maryland used to offer them free of charge and seasonings like old bay seasonings were created to get patrons to drink more beverages. Old Bay is just one of many crab seasonings created during those times, yet it is one of a few that survived to the present.

Of course Mexican food is also a delight to many. A Mexican salt free seasoning can also be home prepared and it should contain chili, onion and garlic powder combined with ground cumin. In case you like thyme, basil black pepper and oregano these can also be added to the blend.

If all these tips related to seasonings spices and herbs are carefully followed, you will gain complete success in attaining durability of the life of your spices, herbs and blends.

Spike seasoning is delectable for your meal and it can be bought from any supermarket generally speaking. It comes in boxes that weigh nearly seven ounces and one box is around $5 each. If you are interested in what flavors it carries the main ones are garlic, lemon pepper and hot and spicy. Besides, if you are into healthy eating without salt there is a salt free version of spike seasoning so you can still enjoy the delicious taste that it promises. It does wonders when you add it to cottage cheese and egg muffins that people like so much at breakfast time. It is also recommended for the turkey meatloaf, for stir frying shrimp for preparing chickpeas and beef. - 17268

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Ferdinand Okeke is the author of the book A Beginners Guide To Cooking With Seasonings - A ground breaking book suitable for just about anyone in cooking day-to-day delicious meals. You can get an insight here Old Bay And Spike Seasonings A readily valuableinformation on gourmet seasonings and cooking tips is also available here Gourmet Seasonings

Why A Good Bodybuilding Diet Plan Is Really Important

By Ricardo d Argence

The art of bodybuilding demands great commitment and will, balanced lifestyle, habitual exercise, and, most significantly, a balanced and healthy diet. Bodybuilders have always been the masters of dieting. Besides bodybuilders, there has never been a sport athlete who has been able to build their body the exact way they want.

Bodybuilders have a unique talent losing and gaining body weight, just by adjusting their diet the right way. Of course, a proper workout program is important in order to have a perfect V-shape body with bulging muscles, but equally important is your diet. Many people have the idea that not eating will help them lose weight. Though it is true, it is not a healthy way of shedding extra weight.

You will be surprised to know, you can lose weight by eating as well. But that definitely doesn't mean you can eat anything and everything you want, yet expect to reduce weight. Shedding weight and shaping your body calls for proper diet plan.

Whether you wish to keep healthy, or build a Stallone-like physique, you must eat properly to help you boost the process. Now that you know how important a role healthy diet plan plays in the process of bodybuilding, you may be wondering what a bodybuilding diet plan is all about.

A bodybuilder's diet ought to be comprised of nutrient-laden, healthy foods in appropriate quantities. What do I mean with healthy foods? Here's an example of a bodybuilding diet plan to help you build a well-toned healthy muscular body.

For breakfast: 1 cup cooked non-instant oatmeal. Seven scrambled eggs (1 whole+6 or more whites). 1 cup coffee. 1 glass of apple juice.

First Snack: 1 small glass of water. 1 protein shake.

Lunch time: 1 can tuna fish. 2 slices of wheat bread. 1 spoon of sweet relish. Dash of celery-salt. 1 large glass of water.

Second snack: 1 protein shake. 1 small glass of water

Dinner: 1 serving of brown rice. 1 baked boneless chicken breast, or salmon steak. 1 serving of green beans. 1 large glass of water.

Before bed: 1 protein shake. 1 small glass of water.

Maybe you notices that the one thing that all of your meals have in common is water. This is because water plays a very important role in your bodybuilding diet plan. Current medical guidelines recommend liquid intake of 8-9 glasses of water per day. Water is essential in boosting your body building process, it's imperative to drink the required amount each day.

In conclusion, following a proper diet plan is extremely important in maintaining a muscular and healthy body. If you can stick to the diet plan and a good exercise regimen, you will be able to achieve a muscular body much faster than you might expect. - 17268

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We shot the lid off of the bodybuilding and supplement industry to reveal the honest and unbiased truth about building muscle, maximizing strength and melting away undesirable bodyfat. web hosting

Is Andy Willouby's 3 Step Program A Scam: Here Is The Answer

By Steve Jankowski

Perhaps you have heard Andy's friendly radio commercial. On it, he asks, "how in the world are you anyway" and then launches into his pitch for his three step program to make money from home. It is a very warm and compelling commercial, and has been on the radio for a while. When I ran my traditional business, I spent money on radio commercials before and they were very expensive. Andy is making money off of those ads or he would not be running them, but what is he selling?

Is Andy Willouby's 3 step program a scam? He is marketing the supplement Xango which is a drink made from the Mangosteen fruit. The founders of Xango discovered that the Mangosteen fruit is very high in antioxidants and have marketed it as a healthful drink. Xango also has a new cutting edge skin care line that uses the properties of the Mangosteen fruit. It is not a scam.

The Xango business is network marketing business that you can join and then make money if you market the product and business to others. Andy is simply marketing Xango to get new members for his organization. There are many people that have joined Xango and made a lot of money marketing the product. The drink is tasty, but since I have eaten the actual fruit when I was in Thailand, I would prefer to remember the fruit for how it tastes fresh. It is, however, a healthful drink and a very compelling company. It is not a scam and you could make money with it.

Xango has been available for a while though, and I believe that there are more compelling products on the market that someone looking to start a home business can join to make a decent income. There is a limit to how many people can join a company and still make decent money. The juice is, in my opinion, rather expensive. In current recession/depression, the kind of business opportunity you should look for is a business with a strong product that everyone will want and that has not been on the market for more than a couple of years.

The fact that Xango has been on the market for a while means that the company is very solid, which is a good thing. They will not fold up and fail to cut you a check from your marketing efforts. I do believe though, that a company that is newer with a compelling product line and that will be large like Xango will increase your chances of prospering. I almost joined Xango, but I felt like there were already to many large players in the company.

It is a certainty that if you have asked the question, "is Andy Willouby's 3 step program a scam", the answer is it is a resounding NO. I am sure he would love to have you join him in his Xango business, but the chances that you will make enough money to purchase similar radio advertisements from your profits is slim.

I should also add that there are a number of juice products on the market that contain the Mangosteen fruit, and that is somethingthat you should also consider when looking at joining Xango. Many consumers would rather purchase a nutritious drink at their favorite health food store or big box store and pay less, even if they know they won't be making money with the product. You can just go to your favorite search engine and look up the Mangosteen fruit and you will see the many imitators that are out there. They may not be as good as the Xango product, but they will make your marketing efforts more difficult if you are in the Xango business. - 17268

About the Author:

Steve Jankowski is a former Marine, a rehabilitated attorney (he rarely takes a case nowdays) and full time online marketer. He specializes in teaching people to use the internet to run a business from home. He lives in Minnesota with wife Nancy and their 4 daughters. Click here to learn more about what Steve is up to.

How To Get Strong, Build Muscle and Lose Fat With Only A Barbell

By Caleb Lee

I had a subscriber ask this question:

"Is it possible to achieve maximum strength power, knockout fat, sculpt lean muscle and dramatically transform my shape, if I don't have a power rack and I only have access to a barbell? Not even an Olympic barbell, but one of those old crappy cement filled barbell sets"

I know precisely the weights this guy is saying. I believe nearly everyone of us grew up with them right? They were basically cement weights covered in plastic, and over time the plastic busted up and the cement started to get busted below remember?

I think I'm showing my age :)

Anyways

YES! You can build strength and power with archaic equipment!

You just need someone to instruct you how. Thank goodness you met me. And as luck would have it I just read a good number of Dan John's amazing "From the Ground Up".

In this excellent little ebook Dan John describes the "Rapid Ascent Program", which consists of three exercises:

1. Explosive/Hamstring move

2. Military Press

3. Front Squat/Press

And here's how you did the program (from his book):

"The program was very simple. First, groups of four boys were given a bar. The bars were weighted from very lightmaybe 25 poundsup to perhaps close to 100 pounds. Each cohort of boys would lift one at a time, put the bar down, then the next boy would lift. The four would constantly move from lifter to watcherthe bar never stopped. The three sets (explained in just a moment) would not take very longin fact, sometimes it was hard to catch your breath in time for your next set.

The reps were very simple:

* Set Number 1 -- 8 repetitions

* Second set: 6 repetitions

* Set #3: 4 reps

The goal was easy: as soon as you got the entire 18 repetitions (8+6+4), you added weight. If you started with a bar that was extremely light, the subsequent workout, you would be bumped up to the next weight and a stronger group. (For sure, actual variations could include making a whole new group with more weight, tooor all that necessary to make the group work together)."

Sounds simple doesn't it?

That's the advantage of this program!

You don't need a great deal of equipment to achieve maximum strength and power and build mega-muscles... all at the same time as increasing your cardiovascular fitness and stripping off stubborn pounds of fat.

What you DO need is a little "do or die" perspective. You must make your mind up you surely WANT to reach your fitness goals, then you'll find a way to utilize whatever equipment you have available to make it happen.

I love program in view of the fact that it follows the DoubleYourGains' philosophy of training movement patterns rather than a bunch of exercises. The Rapid Ascent program has a press move (military press), a pull move (power clean), a squat move (front squat) and an explosive/hamstring move (power clean).

How to perform the "Rapid Ascent" program for cardio and fat loss:

Coach Dan highlights that you could also acquire a great cardio workout and nuke some fat:

"To "hurry up" the trainingas if it was required, there were times when Mr. Freeman advised bringing together the Power Clean and Military Pressesone clean and one press, repeated for a total of eight reps. This was completed with a lighter weight. One could also execute the Front Squats after the clean and presses, too. I have only done this onceand it was an incredible cardiovascular exercise."

Thus if you think you don't have a sufficient equipment to get into top shape and attain your fitness goals you are erroneous. You are erroneous. You are erroneous.

As a matter of fact, you don't even need a barbell. You can be on your way with the DoubleYourGains' bodyweight program. You can do pullups on your door frame (for extra strong fingers) or just grab the top of a door and go to town (or a tree limb, anything you can hang from, and all that) Believe me, if THAT workout gets easy for you - you will be a certified STUD.

After that, as soon as you get hold of good Olympic barbell set you can start the DoubleYourGains' 3-5 Program. - 17268

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How is a Healthy Energy Drink Helpful to you?

By Julieanne van Zyl

Why would people opt for the more popular energy drink, instead of a healthy energy drink? In the quest for greater energy levels, many people have opted for the speedy solution that may have minimum benefits but long-term side effects - energy drinks. Energy drinks which are frequently loaded up with caffeine and sugar among numerous other ingredients and energy boosting compounds are used to increase the energy levels of people who train in the gym or even the ordinary man who just has desires of increasing his stamina and endurance on the job.

For some folks, they require energy drinks because of the ability to help them enhance their concentration and alertness on the job. Whatever the desires are, energy drinks are best when take in moderate quantities. But when it becomes the "solution" to tiredness and bodily weaknesses, which are a consequence of hard work, then there is something wrong.

Energy drinks are not meant to keep you awake or to help you keep pushing to the limit. They are meant to give you the increased energy levels that you need so that you can stay a little longer at your task and finish it up. When taken in moderate quantities, there isn't any likely chance of it becoming dangerous.

But when too many cans are drunk, it can cause side effects like petulance, insomnia and tachycardia - increased pulse rate- that are normal with excessive coffee intake. Energy drinks are not intended to provide the one stop solution to recurrent tiredness and bodily weakness. Drinking a healthy energy drink, eating well and getting enough sleep, can effortlessly solve these things.

Can I Keep Taking Energy Drinks For Increased Stamina?

Many times fitness buffs will take energy drinks just to keep them going when training or just to give them the perk they need when they do not feel like training. Energy drinks which are very common and popular these days as a result of the media exposure they have had and the supposed "miracle" solutions with promises of instant energy and strength, has become the favorite drink of many. Whether it is just for the taste or an instant energy boost, energy drinks are commonly found everywhere. Examples of the popular energy drinks are Monster, RedBull, Rockstar, Power horse, Power Fist, XS, and Go Fast.

While energy drinks are very good for the short-term effects they do provide, it is not good to take them long-term mostly because of their components. One of the very common ingredients found in all energy drinks is caffeine. While some argue that the sugar based energy drinks give a lot more boost, it has been proven that caffeine is the major component responsible for the concentration improvement and hyperactivity.

Like taking caffeine, an increased usage of these energy drinks will offer you diminishing returns and increased dependence on the energy drink. This will cause the accurate opposite of the results you are looking for. Most frequent users of energy drinks become addicted to it as a productof the caffeine content existing in the drink.

So, whatever the reason for taking energy drinks, let them be used as a supplement or support of a healthy lifestyle for balanced results. There is always the option of taking a healthy energy drink too, especially if it is really a nutritional supplement with an energy blend. - 17268

About the Author:

Julieanne van Zyl operates a site about healthy energy drinks where you can find current information about energy drinks. If you want to purchase a healthy energy drink, which is a Mangosteen Juice product with an energy blend, go here: Verve Energy Drink