We Thought Giants Were Mythical Creatures

According to the archaeological researches in Greece (and Saudi Arabia) it was proven that what we knew as mythical creatures - Giants, actually walked the Earth some time in the distant past. The archaeologists excavated human skeletons that are about 5m high, some more some less, but it is way above our height today. Of course, thanks to this, lots of questions about their existence emerged, like how it was possible to bi so tall… And if the stories about the Giants and the Titans are not just myhts, what if the other ‘mythical’ creatures were alive to? What would it say about our past? Then, there certainly must be something (or lots of things) we don’t know about our past and our origins. Well, maybe one day we found centaur, minotaur, maybe even the pegasus and unicorn, dragon bones… One can never know.

111 Years Old Man

The Cuban Ignacio Kubilla Banos previously worked in a sugar factory in Havana.
But it was very long, as has already been more than 45 years of his retirement.
What is not surprising, as Ignacio Banos on Thursday celebrated its 111 years.
He has 11 children 40 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

losing weight

At it's most basic, losing weight is about burning more calories than you eat. That seems simple enough, but if were really that simple, none of us would have a weight problem. Too often we take drastic measures to see results -- diets, pills or those weird fitness gadgets on infomercials that promise instant success. Maybe you lose weight but what happens when you go off that diet or stop that crazy workout program? You gain it all back and more. The real secret to weight loss is to make small, lasting changes. The key is to forget about instant results and settle in for the long run.

Rules of Weight Loss

 
To lose one pound of fat, you must burn approximately 3500 calories over and above what you already burn doing daily activities. That sounds like a lot of calories and you certainly wouldn't want to try to burn 3500 calories in one day. However, by taking it step-by-step, you can determine just what you need to do each day to burn or cut out those extra calories. Below is a step by step process for getting started.

1. Calculate your BMR (basal metabolic rate). Your BMR is the amount of calories your body needs to maintain basic bodily functions like breathing and digestion. This is the minimum number of calories you need to eat each day. Keep in mind that no calculator will be 100% accurate, so you may need to adjust these numbers as you learn more about your own metabolism.
2. Calculate your activity level. For a week or so, keep an activity journal and use a calorie calculator to figure out how many calories you burn while sitting, standing, exercising, lifting weights, etc. throughout the day. Another, easier option is to wear a heart rate monitor that calculates calories burned. After a week, add your totals for each day and average them out to get a general idea of how many calories you burn each day.
3. Keep track of how many calories you eat. For at least a week, enter and track your calories online (e.g., with Calorie Count) or use a food journal to write down what you eat and drink each day. Be as accurate as possible, measuring when you need to or looking up nutritional information for restaurants, if you eat out. After a week, add your totals for each day and average them out to get a general idea of how many calories you eat each day.
4. Add it up. Take your BMR number and add your activity calories. Then subtract your food calories from that total. If you're eating more than your BMR + your activity calories, you're at risk for gaining weight. 

Example:

Mary's BMR is 1400 calories and she burns 900 calories with regular exercise, walking around and doing household chores. To maintain her weight, she should be eating 2300 calories (1400 + 900= 2300). However, after keeping a food journal, Mary finds that she's eating 2550 calories every day. By eating 250 more calories than her body needs, Mary will gain about a pound every 2-3 weeks.
This example shows how easy it is to gain weight without even knowing it. However, it's also easy to lose weight, even if the process itself can be slow. You can start by making small changes in your diet and activity levels and immediately start burning more calories than you're eating. If you can find a way to burn an extra 200 to 500 calories each day with both exercise and diet, you're on the right track. Try these ideas:

Instead of...	Do this...
An afternoon Coke	Drink a glass of water. (calories saved: 97)
An Egg McMuffin	Eat a small whole wheat bagel +1 Tbsp of peanut butter (calories saved: 185)
Using your break eat sweets	Walk up and down a flight of stairs for 10 minutes (calories burned: 100)
Hitting the snooze button	Get up 10 minutes early and go for a brisk walk (calories burned: 100)
Watching TV after work	Do 10 minutes of yoga (calories burned: 50)

Total Calories Saved: 532 (based on a 140-pound person)  

How Much Exercise Do I Need?
Exercise is an important weight loss tool, but how much you need varies from person to person. The guidelines recommend at least 250 minutes per week, which comes out to about 50 minutes, 5 days a week. If you're a beginner, start small, for example with 3 days of cardio for 15-30 minutes, gradually adding time each week to give your body time to adapt. Learn more about getting in shape and getting started with exercise.

Keeping Yourselves Fit

You may look at the stars like J-Lo or Madonna and see how they manage to keep in good shape. Genetics may play a percentage on how we look, but beyond anything, it is about hard work. And specialists are attentive to the multi-million bottoms or thighs of the divas. 

Here are some advices given by them for keeping fit:

1. The best sports for toning up the buttocks are martial arts like tae kwan do, judo and kick boxing.

2. The trainer is not the key of the success, but just an added factor. The most important thing is to be faithful to a program.
Physical exercise and sports burn extra 2,000 calories weekly. Walking, footing, biking, climbing stairs, swimming...

3. When making cardiovascular exercises, the most important is to vary the degree of intensity, the duration and the activity, for challenging the body to respond to these changes.

4. Do not forget the importance of resting: you never have to train more than three to five times a week and 45 minutes are enough for each session.

5. The emotional fitness is as important as the physical one: that's why the mind part must not be neglected.

6. Regulate the insulin. Eat aliments that are rich in fibers, which require more chewing and keep constant the levels of sugar in the blood, satiating it for longer periods.

7. 'Trick' the feeling of hunger. Drink a lot of water combined with fibers. For example, if you consume glucomanana and guar gum, drink 2-3 cups of water in the meantime. If eating in small amounts and very often, a regular repartition of the food is ensured all over the day, with a constant efficiency.

8. Avoid pigging out during the night. Various researches showed that, after the breakfast, the body experiences the highest calories consumption, while the lowest occurs during the night. The food processing is made in cycles linked to hormones. If during the night you consume sugars instead of proteins, the former boost the synthesis of serotonin, which favors sleep and increases the sensation of being 'full'.

7. Increase fat burning. Green tea infusion stimulates this and slows down the absorption of sugars and fats.

8. Fight against 'swelling'. Take diuretic infusions, which also remineralize (like horsetail) and follow a diet poor in salt and rich in potassium (citrus fruits, tomatoes, green vegetables, potatoes).

9. Stimulate your thyroid gland: the Fucus alga is extremely rich in iodine, which stimulates the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and also mucilage that decreases the hunger sensation. Decrease the consumption of cabbages, turnip and raw soy beans.

10. Satiate the sweet tooth. Eat fruit. The healthiest sugar is found in fresh fruit, with high fructose content, which satisfy and stabilize the sugar levels in the blood. Moreover, fruit come with vitamins and minerals.