This simple but substantial main-course salad gets its goodness from smoky skillet-blackened tomatoes and a dressing prepared right in the pan—maximizing all the flavor from the tomatoes.More...
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Community Magazine – Wasabi Salmon Burgers
Bring out the flavors of salmon with a Japanese-inspired infusion of ginger, sesame oil and wasabi. If you serve these patties on whole-wheat buns, consider reduced-fat mayonnaise and sliced cucumbers as condiments. Or skip the buns and set the patties atop a vinegary salad of greens, carrots, radishes and sprouts.More...
Community Magazine – Sauteed Haddock with Orange-Shallot Sauce
In this easy haddock recipe, the fish’s delicate flavor is wonderfully balanced by the sweet and savory combination of orange, shallot and mustard. You can also make this haddock recipe with flounder or sole from the Pacific (considered a good choice by the Monterey Bay Aquarium).More...
Community Magazine – Why a low-fat diet might not be helping your heart… unless you eat ‘good fats’ as well
Why a low-fat diet might not be helping your heart... unless you eat 'good fats' as well
If you've carefully been avoiding fatty foods to take care of your heart, here’s a word of warning.
A low-fat diet may not protect against heart disease unless you eat ‘good fats’ too, a study has found.
In one of the largest studies of heart disease ever, scientists at the University of Cambridge examined the diets of 25,000 Britons aged between 40 and 79.
They found those who ate foods rich in omega 6 – a fatty acid present in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds – significantly reduced their risk of heart problems.
But those who had simply cut their intake of unhealthy saturated fat did not reduce their risk to the same extent.
The researchers suggest the ‘balance of fats’ in our diets could be the key to preventing coronary heart disease, which is the UK’s biggest killer.
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Community Magazine – Money gone with wind but returned to stunned grandfather
Grandfather who watched £1,000 cash blow away after he tripped outside bank stunned as kind strangers return almost every penny.
- Onlookers - mainly teenagers and young people - began grabbing the notes and managed to collect all but £20
- Grandfather says the kindness shows 'there is still some decency' in the world
A grandfather who fell outside a bank and saw his £1,000 in cash blow away in the wind was amazed when strangers returned almost every penny.
Barry Eastwood, 54, had left the Abbey Santander branch in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, after withdrawing the money for his car insurance.
But as he crossed the road, Mr Eastwood tripped and fell on his face, breaking his glasses.
The money was blown from his hand and Barry went back to his car with just £60 left.
His son Richard, 29, who had been waiting for him, jumped out to try and recover some of it.
But to their amazement, dozens of passers-by began grabbing the notes as fast as they could, and returning them.
The onlookers, all aged between about 12 and 25, managed to collect almost every note except one £20.
The grandfather of 13, said: 'The money went flying in the air. I saw all these young lads started grabbing the notes and I thought I’ve got no chance here.
'But they brought it all back back - I couldn’t believe it! They were jumping up and catching the notes - it’s a shame no one had a camera.
'There must have been about 20 lads - they were all young lads. I ended up with all the money back bar £20.'
Former labourer Mr Eastwood, of Salford, who has had to retire due to heart problems, was even handed back his passport and bank card which he had also dropped.
'It was absolutely brilliant. Especially in this day and age the way people are,' he said.
'I would like to say a big thanks to all the people that helped retrieve my money and for their kindness and genuine show of concern.
'I just felt this was a story to be shared. It has given me a sense that all is not lost and that there is still some decency in this deteriorating world.
'Thanks to everyone,' he said.
COMMUNITY MAGAZINE – COMMON EXERCISE PITFALLS
Common
exercise pit falls to avoid
You've heard them time and
time again; the diet and training myths that are said to be gospel.
There is always that one
person who is slightly in shape and assumes they know what they’re talking
about when it comes to diet and training. They pass on their ill-founded words
of wisdom to a few other exercise newbies who then pass on the mistakes they
have learnt until every one is following these myths, greatly reducing their
own potential not only to improve their fitness levels but do it in the best
possible time.
In this article I will cover
some of the most detrimental training and diet myths to help you avoid the
pitfalls so many have fallen into.
Myth No. 1:
When it comes to working out, you've got to feel some pain if you're going to
gain any benefits.
Of all the fitness rumours
ever to have surfaced, experts agree that "no pain-no gain" holds the
most potential for harm. While you should expect to have some degree of
soreness a day or two after working out, that's very different from
feeling pain while you are working out.
A fitness activity should not
hurt while you are doing it, if it is hurting the most likely possibilities are
that you are doing the activity wrong or you are irritating an existing injury.
As for ‘working through the
pain’, this is just illogical. It’s very simple: if it hurts, stop, rest, and
see if the pain goes away. If it doesn't go away, or if it begins again or
increases after you start to work out, see a doctor.
Myth No. 2:
Machines are a safer way to exercise because you're doing it right every time.
Although it may seem as if an
exercise machine automatically puts your body in the right position and helps
you do all the movements correctly, that's only true if the machine is properly
adjusted for your weight and height.
Unless you have a coach or a
trainer figure out what is the right setting for you, you can make just as many
mistakes in form and function, and have just as high a risk of injury on a
machine as if you work out with free weights or do any other type of non-machine
workout. Simply ask someone to show you how; there is no shame in it.
Myth No. 3:
As long as you feel OK when you're working out, you're probably not overdoing
it.
One of the biggest mistakes
people tend to make when starting or returning to an exercise program is doing
too much too soon; this is called overtraining and is so easily done because we
feel fine at the time. The over training feeling does not kick in until a day
or two after, then your body will certainly let you know what you did wrong. In
a word - ouch!
No matter how good you feel
when you return to an activity after an absence, you should never try to match
how much or how hard you worked in the past. It could take you back out of the
game again.
Myth No. 3:
If you're not working up a sweat, you're not working hard enough.
Sweating is not always an
indicator of exertion; it’s just your body’s way of cooling itself.
It's possible to burn a
significant number of calories without breaking a sweat; Try taking a walk or
doing some light weight training.
Myth No. 4:
Doing crunches or working on an ‘ab-machine’ will get rid of belly fat.
This is the one I get the
most and is now like nails on a chalk board for me. Don't believe everything
you hear on those late-night infomercials! While an ab-crunching device might help
strengthen the muscles around your midsection and improve your posture, being
able to ‘see’ your abdominal muscles has to do with your overall percentage of
body fat. If you don't lose the belly fat, you won't see the ab muscles.
Then I get this question, “But
can doing ab crunches help you to lose that belly fat?” No!
You can’t pick and choose
areas where you’d like to burn fat. So crunches aren't going to target
weight loss in that area.
In order to burn fat, you
should create a workout that includes both cardiovascular and strength-training
elements. This will decrease your overall body fat content, including the area
around your midsection.
Myth No.5:
Eating less to lose fat
A
lot of people claim to have a sound diet, but this usually ends up being in the
form of a starvation diet. It probably includes skipping breakfast, eating a salad at lunch and one
slice of cheese for dinner if you’re lucky.
Breakfast
is known as the most important meal of the day for a reason; your body is
begging for fuel as it has not received any in most likely a good eight to ten
hours. Skipping meals frequently actually slows your metabolism down and it is much more beneficial
to eat five to six smaller meals spaced evenly throughout the day.
A
lot of people are always confused by this as they think eating so frequently will
cause them to gain weight. This simply is not true unless you eat many calories
above your maintenance level. Let's say 1,500 calories is adequate for your goal of weight loss. Instead of eating two 700-calorie meals,
five meals consisting of about 300 calories would be much better.
Hopefully
these points will clear things up for you as to what is fact and what is
fiction when it comes to training and diet. There is a lot of misinformation
out there that continues to circulate every gym in Manchester and beyond (as
evidenced by those in the gym who fail to improve from one year to the next).
While
it is true that not all of us have the genetics to be professional bodybuilders
or professional athletes; the one thing we can all do regardless of body type
is improve.
Colin Reilly is the owner of
Independent Gym in Manchester.
Community Magazine – Crushed Ferrari makes for world’s most tragic coffee table
This post isn't for the weak of stomach or faint of heart. The sad truth of being an automotive enthusiast is that we're all hoarders on some level. We yearn to collect various bits of paraphernalia plucked from our favorite race teams and derelict junkyard hulks.
Now Charly Molinelli Design has elevated our pack rat tendencies to high art. Or at least clever interior design. Using the cubed remains of an indistinguishable Ferrari, the designer set about crafting a coffee table that doesn't look like it belongs tucked away in a tacky man cave.
Behold, the Crashed Ferrari Table. The designer calls wedging the squared remains into the glass case "a dead hero placed into a coffin." Sounds fitting to us. There's no word on how much one of these would cost you if you wanted to take it home.
Then again, there's something more than a touch depressing about seeing all that red crammed into a pine box. Head over to the Molinelli Design site for a closer look at the table's creation. More...
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