Having "Me" Time

I'm always looking for something healthy to eat and drink, but when you are on a weightloss program things get a lot tougher.  I love drinking Yakult.  If you don't know what it is, it is probiotic drink made by fermenting skimmed milk with a special strain of Lactobacillus.  This is supposedly a very healthy drink that is supposed to regulate your bowel movements and help you in a zillion ways. It's an awesome drink that refreshes me every time I drink it.  I love it.   The funniest thing is that it is only sold by direct sales.  It's not easily found in stores and you have to find it from one of the Yakult ladies dressed in their brown uniform with a brown cap.  Originally from Japan, this drink is now sold worldwide. However, if you are on a diet, I have to tell you this.  BEWARE.  Yakult is extremely high in sugar with roughly 17 grams of sugar in a 100g serving!!  That's already around 6% of your suggested daily intake....

It's the last day of the Thai New Years today and the red shirts are still here. Tomorrow the financial markets reopen and it should be interesting to see what happens. Anyways, whatever happens in politics, we still have to take care of our health! Today I want to talk about SUGAR . A lot of friends I know consume a lot more sugar than they realize. Sugar can be found in all sorts of foods such as sodas, smoothies, ice cream, cakes, pastries, cereal, snack bars, cookies, jams, candy, sweets etc.. We even add sugar when we have coffee or tea! How is sugar bad for you? 1) consuming sugar is consuming empty calories since they don't have any nutrients. Therefore, sugar has no benefits for your body . 2) it gives your body "sugar highs" which gives you spikes in energy for a short period of time before the effect wears off. Once it wears off, you will find yourself suddenly fatique and exhausted. 3) It slows down your metabolism (which is extremely detrime...