Atkins Sugar-Free Caramel Cinnamon Custard

• Serves: 6
• Calories: 317
• Net Carb: 2.6g
• Protein: 4.6g
• Fat: 32.5g

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 large whole eggs + 2 large egg yolks
• 7-8 tbsp sugar substitute (e.g. Splenda)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 6 tbsp Atkins Quick Quisine sugar-free caramel syrup (for 6pcs 4-oz custard cups or a 2-quart round baking dish

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300^oF/150^oC.
• Heat heavy cream and cinnamon in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk gently for a thorough mix. Remove when mixture begins to steam, remember NOT to boil it.
• Whisk all eggs, sugar substitute and salt until thickened. Pour slowly into the hot mixture and stir at the same time until well mix. Add in the vanilla extract.
• Pour 1/2 cup of cream mixture in each custard cups (pour all if you are using baking dish).
• Bake for 30-35minutes in a water bath until the custard is still slightly loose in center. Remove and chill for at least 4 hours.
• Unmold and invert custard onto serving plate. Top with 1 tbsp of caramel syrup before serving.

Atkins Orange-Berries Sorbet

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 76
• Net Carbs: 11.0 g
• Protein: 2.5 g
• Fat: 1.0 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

• 2 1/4 cups mixed berries
• 1/3 cup sugar substitute
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
• 2 tbsp water

Ingredient B:

• 1 cup (240ml) buttermilk

Directions

• Cook ingredients A in a saucepan. After boiling, simmer for 15 minutes at low heat and stir regularly.
• Let it cools for a while. Then, blend mixture in food processor until smooth. Strain into a bowl to remove the seeds.
• Then add in ingredient B and mix well. Keep refrigerated for an hour.
• Then, pour into an ice-cream maker to make sorbet.
• Freeze for a few hours before serving.

Atkins Low Carb Yorkshire Pudding

• Serves: 9
• Calories: 137
• Net Carbs: 2.5 g
• Protein: 7.0 g
• Fat: 11.0 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

• 1/2 cup soya powder
• 1/4 cup wheat gluten
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (240ml) whole milk

Ingredient B:

• 1/3 cup beef drippings (fats collected from cooking beef)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 450°F/230°C.
• Put ingredients A in a bowl and whisk until well blended.
• In an 8” square baking dish, pour in ingredient B. Then, put in the middle rack of the preheated oven for 5 minutes, until smoke starts to come out.
• Pour in the batter and bake for about 15 minutes.
• Then, reduce oven temperature 350°F/175°C and continue to bake for another 20 minutes, until pudding becomes lightly browned.
• Best serve while still hot.

Atkins Almond Milk with Pineapple Smoothies

• Serves: 1
• Calories: 295
• Net Carbs: 11.3 g
• Protein: 30.0 g
• Fat: 14.0 g

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup (160 ml) almond milk (plain & unsweetened)
• 20 whole almonds
• 1 oz (30g) soy protein powder
• 2 1/2 oz (70 g) fresh pineapple, cut into cubes
• some ice cubes

Directions

• Combine all ingredients in a blender and pulse until smooth.
• Pour into a tall glass and serve cool.

Atkins Tuna-Watercress with Wasabi Sandwiches

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 375
• Net Carbs: 7.0 g
• Protein: 48.5 g
• Fat: 13.5 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp cooking oil
• 1 (8oz) tuna steak

Ingredients B:

• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp wasabi powder
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce

Ingredients C:

• 4 slices toasted Atkins bread
• 1/2 cup watercress (leaves only)
• 1/4 red onion, (thinly sliced)

Directions

• Preheat both oil from ingredients A in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Fry tuna steak for 2 minutes each side. Then, slice thinly on the diagonal.
• Mix ingredients B in a bowl. Then spread on the bread slices.
• Arrange sliced tuna and ingredients C on one slice and top with another slice. Make 2 set of sandwiches. Then cut each diagonal to make them 4.

Atkins Red Cabbage Coleslaw

• Serves: 6
• Calories: 108
• Net Carb: 9.0g
• Protein: 1.9g
• Fat: 7.2g

Ingredients

• 1 lb red cabbage, cut into thin slices
• 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced

Dressing:

• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh tarragon
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• Splenda, salt & pepper (to taste)

Directions

• Combine cabbage and onion slices in a big bowl.
• In another bowl, prepare the dressing by mixing all the dressing ingredients.
• Add the dressing to the vegetable slices and toss well to coat. Put a cover on and keep refrigerated for 1 hour before serve.

Atkins Parmesan Zucchini Noodle with Lemon

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 80
• Net Carbs: 2.0 g
• Protein: 3.0 g
• Fat: 7.0 g

Ingredients

• 2 zucchini
• 3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions

• Thinly sliced zucchini lengthwise to make it looks like noodle.
• Then, combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, toss and serve.

Atkins Mixed Vegetables Tamari Chicken Soup

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 429
• Net Carbs: 14.0 g
• Protein: 47.0 g
• Fat: 15.5 g

Ingredients

Ingredients: A:

• 6 cups (1500ml) chicken broth
• 4 tbsp Japanese Tamari soy sauce

Ingredients: B:

• 2 cups green leaf veggies
• 2 cups mushrooms (you can mix, sliced)
• 1 tbsp ginger (grated)
• 1 clove garlic (very thinly sliced)
• 1 Serrano pepper (seeded and minced)

Ingredients: C:

• 1 cup tomato (diced)
• 3 medium onions (sliced)
• 6 oz 1/2-inch diced tofu
• 1 medium carrot (diced)
• 1 1/2 tbsp fresh cilantro (finely chopped)

Directions

• Put A in a large saucepan and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and add in B. Simmer until mushrooms are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Then, add in C (except fresh cilantro) and continue cooking for another one minute.
• Finally, add in cilantro and serve.

Atkins Hass Avocado-Cucumber Lemon-Cumin Salad

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 253
• Net Carbs: 6.0 g
• Protein: 2.5 g
• Fat: 24.0 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

• 1 tsp toasted ground cumin
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 5 tbsp+1 tsp (or 1/3 cup or 80ml) olive oil
• salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients B:

• 6 cups salad greens (you can mix)
• 1 Haas avocado (diced)
• 1 Japanese cucumber (diced)
• 6 cherry tomatoes (chopped)
• 2 tbsp chopped red onion

Directions

• Toast cumin seeds over low heat in a small dry skillet until fragrant, stir regularly to avoid burn. Then grind to get 1 tsp ground cumin.
• Mix lemon juice, cumin, salt & pepper in a bowl, slowly add in the olive oil and whisk till well blended to make salad dressing.
• Put salad greens from ingredients B in a large salad bowl and toss with 1/4 cup of the salad dressing.
• In another bowl, put in the remaining ingredients B and toss with the remaining dressing.
• For serving, place salad greens at the bottom of the dish and top with avocado mixture salad.

Atkins Hass Avocado-Cucumber Lemon-Cumin Salad

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 253
• Net Carbs: 6.0 g
• Protein: 2.5 g
• Fat: 24.0 g

Ingredients

Ingredients A:

• 1 tsp toasted ground cumin
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 5 tbsp+1 tsp (or 1/3 cup or 80ml) olive oil
• salt & pepper to taste

Ingredients B:

• 6 cups salad greens (you can mix)
• 1 Haas avocado (diced)
• 1 Japanese cucumber (diced)
• 6 cherry tomatoes (chopped)
• 2 tbsp chopped red onion

Directions

• Toast cumin seeds over low heat in a small dry skillet until fragrant, stir regularly to avoid burn. Then grind to get 1 tsp ground cumin.
• Mix lemon juice, cumin, salt & pepper in a bowl, slowly add in the olive oil and whisk till well blended to make salad dressing.
• Put salad greens from ingredients B in a large salad bowl and toss with 1/4 cup of the salad dressing.
• In another bowl, put in the remaining ingredients B and toss with the remaining dressing.
• For serving, place salad greens at the bottom of the dish and top with avocado mixture salad.

Atkins Creamy Cheddar Cheese Soup with Bacon

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 567
• Net Carbs: 7.5 g
• Protein: 29.0 g
• Fat: 44.0 g

Ingredients

• 4 pcs bacon

Ingredients A:

• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1/2 tsp mustard powder
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 15 oz (450ml) chicken broth

Ingredients B:

• 2 cups Half- and-half
• 12 oz cheddar cheese
• 1/2 tsp paprika

Directions

• In a non-stick saucepan, fry bacon over medium heat until crispy. Drain bacon on kitchen towel to remove excess oil and then crumble it and set aside.
• Then, cook onion from ingredients A in saucepan using the earlier bacon fat until it starts turning brown. Add in the remaining ingredients A and bring to boil. Once boil, reduce heat to low.
• Then, add in ingredients B, stir until the cheese is melted.
• Garnish with crumbled bacon before serve.

Atkins Veggie-Ham Cheesy Omelet

• Calories: 348
• Net Carb: 3.8g
• Protein: 26.0g
• Fat: 24.7g

Ingredients

• 8 large eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 4 tsp unsalted butter
• 4 oz (1 cup) grated cheddar cheese

Fillings:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3/4 cup chopped red capsicum
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 3/4 cup diced ham/bacon

Directions

Filling:

• Heat olive oil in a large pan on medium-high heat.
• Cook chopped capsicum and onion for 5 minutes.
• Add in ham and cook until ingredients turned light golden.
• Keep aside for later use, 1/4 portion for each omelet.

Omelet:

• In a big bowl, whisk eggs, water, salt and pepper.
• Melt 1 tsp butter over medium high heat in an 8-inch nonstick skillet.
• Pour in 1/2 cup of egg mixture into the skillet and swirl to properly cover the base with mixture. Cook until eggs just set.
• Put 1/4 portion of fillings and 1/4 cup grated cheese over half of the omelet and fold to cover the fillings.
• Repeat with remaining egg mixture, butter, cheese and fillings.
• To save time, you may also cook all the contents at one time and cut into 4 pieces before serving.

Atkins Mushroom Beef Stroganoff

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 427
• Net Carb: 3.6g
• Protein: 39.5g
• Fat: 27.3g

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 lbs skirt steaks strips (2’ x 1’)
• Salt and pepper
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup small mushroom
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1/4 cup sour cream

Directions

• Add some salt and pepper to the steaks strips.
• Heat oil over medium-high heat in a nonstick pan and brown the meat strips, 1 minute for each sides. Then remove and put on a platter.
• Melt butter in the same pan, cook chopped onion until soften. Then add in mushrooms and cook for another 10 minutes until liquid starts to dry up.
• Pour in beef broth and cook until sauce thickens, then stir in the sour cream.
• Add in the meat strips and accumulated juices.
• Reduce the heat to low and cook until meat is heated through, about 3 minutes.
• You may add some extra salt and pepper to suit your taste.

Atkins Lamb Plain Yogurt Curry

• Serves: 6
• Calories: 268
• Net Carbs: 4.0 g
• Protein: 32.0 g
• Fat: 13.2 g

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (900g) lamb (2-inch cubes)

Ingredients A:

• 1 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 tbsp butter

Ingredients B:

• 1 tbsp chopped red onion
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 2 tsp grated ginger (or 1/2 tsp ginger powder)
• 2 tbsp curry powder

Ingredient C:

• 15 oz (450 ml) chicken broth

Ingredients D:

• 1/4 cup whole milk plain yogurt
• 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions

• Heat ingredients A in a non-stick deep pan over medium heat and brown lamb. Remove and put on plate. Keep 2 tbsp lamb fat.
• Using the fat, cook red onion from B until soft, then add in the remaining ingredients B and stir for 1 minute. Add in cooked lamb and stir to coat.
• Then, add chicken broth and bring to boil. Simmer for 90 minutes over low heat until lamb become tender.
• Remove from heat and add in ingredients D. Serve.

Atkins Feta Cheese-Veggies Beef Patties

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 230
• Net Carbs: 1.3 g
• Protein: 24.0 g
• Fat: 13.4 g

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/4 cup (34 g) feta cheese crumbles
• 1/2 medium size tomato (chopped)
• 2 tbsp chopped green onion
• 1/2 cup baby spinach (chopped)
• 1/2 tbsp dill weeds (preferably fresh)
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions

• Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well, then form into 4 beef patties.
• Heat a non-stick pan and fry patties over medium-high heat for 5 to 6 minutes for each side. You may also grill the patties.

Atkins Baked Salmon with Veggie in Red Peppers Salsa

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 447
• Net Carbs: 4.0 g
• Protein: 48.0 g
• Fat: 25.0 g

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (900g) salmon fillet

Ingredients A:

• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Ingredients B:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp butter

Ingredients C:

• 1 1/2 lbs (680g) green leaf veggie (e.g. bok choy)
• 1/2 tsp grated lemon peel

Ingredients D:

• 1/4 cup roasted red peppers, patted dry
• 1/4 cup mild chunky salsa

Directions

• Season fish fillet with ingredients A.
• Preheat oven to 475°F/245°C.
• Put ingredients B in a skillet and heat in oven for 3 minutes to melt the butter.
• Then, put seasoned fish fillet in the prepared skillet and bake for 10 minutes, until just cooked. Turn the fish halfway through cooking. Remove and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Add ingredients C to skillet and coat with pan's oil. Cook in oven for about one minute to warm it through.
• To make the sauce, blend ingredients D for 30 seconds.
• Place cooked salmon and vegetables nicely on serving plate. Pour sauce over the fish and serve.

Atkins Spicy Chicken Wings with Blue-Cheese Sauce

• Serves: 6
• Calories: 686
• Net Carbs: 5.0 g
• Protein: 19.5 g
• Fat: 66.0 g

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (900g) chicken wings (cut into 2)

Ingredients A (For marinating):

• 1 egg
• 1 cup (240ml) apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup (120ml) cooking oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp celery salt
• Dash of cayenne pepper

Ingredients B (For blue-cheese dipping sauce):

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1 spring onion or scallion (chopped)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp minced garlic

Directions

• Preheat oven to 450°F/230°C.
• Beat egg in a medium bowl. Add in all the ingredients A and mix well.
• Put the chicken into marinade and set aside for 15 minutes.
• Arrange marinated chicken wings on a baking pan and bake for about 30 minutes.
• In between cooking, turn and brush wings with marinade repeatedly, until all becoming crispy.
• For preparing the dipping sauce, mix all ingredients B.
• Serve chicken wings with dipping sauce.

Atkins Broiled Spicy-Orange Chicken

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 402
• Net Carbs: 1.0 g
• Protein: 47.5 g
• Fat: 22.0 g

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (900g) chicken breast with skin (cut into 4)

Ingredients A:

• 1/4 cup (60 ml) orange juice
• 2 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 1 tsp sugar substitute
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

Ingredients B:

• salt
• ground black pepper

Directions

• Put ingredients A in a re-sealable plastic bag and toss. Then add in chicken breast and coat with the sauce. Keep refrigerated for at least 6 hours or preferably overnight.
• Preheat broiler.
• Put seasoned chicken on broiler and sprinkle with ingredients B.
• Put broiler rack about 15cm or 6 inches from the heating element. Cook for about 15 minutes. Turn the chicken halfway through cooking so that it is properly cooked.

Atkins Broccoli in Butter-Lemon Sauce

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 166
• Net Carbs: 4.0 g
• Protein: 3.0 g
• Fat: 14.5 g

Ingredients

Ingredients: A:

• broccoli green florets (from 1 large broccoli)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cooking oil

Ingredients: B:

• 1 tbsp chopped shallot
• 2 tbsp white wine
• 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

Ingredients: C:

• 2 oz (55g) unsalted butter cubes
• 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
• salt & pepper to taste

Directions

• Boil a pot of water and add in ingredients A. Cook broccoli until becomes tender, about 5 minutes. Drain off the water.
• For the sauce, cook ingredients B in a saucepan over medium heat, until reduced to 1 tbsp.
• Then, add in butter cubes from C gradually and cook under very low heat. Stir constantly to melt all the butter, till sauce becoming smooth. Remove from heat and add in the remaining ingredients C.
• Place broccoli florets on a plate and cover with the sauce and serve.

Atkins Asian Style Soy Sauce Beef Salad

• Serves: 4
• Calories: 361
• Net Carbs: 6.0 g
• Protein: 40.7 g
• Fat: 15.3 g

Ingredients

• 1½ lb (700g) 1/8-inch strips beef sirloin

Ingredients A:

• 3 cloves of garlic (finely minced)
• 4 medium onions (finely chopped)
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp sugar substitute
• 4 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar (sugar-free)

Ingredients B:

• 1/2 tsp curry powder
• 1/4 tsp ginger powder

Ingredients C:

• 2 tbsp cooking oil (for stir-fry)
• 6 cups mixed salad greens
• 1 medium bell pepper (sliced)
• 8oz sliced water chestnuts (fresh or canned)

Directions

• Put all ingredients A into a re-sealable plastic bag and mix well. Put the beef sirloin in and coat thoroughly with the sauce. Keep refrigerated overnight.
• For the remaining sauce, add in ingredients B, mix well and keep refrigerated.
• Add oil from ingredients C in a large skillet and heat until very hot. Drain the marinated beef and stir-fry for about 2-3 minutes for medium doneness.
• In a large salad bowl, put in the remaining ingredients C and the beef. Add the soy sauce dressing and toss well to coat all the ingredients. Serve.

Atkins Phase 4: Lifetime Maintenance

At this point, you have reached your goal weight and learnt to select different food groups offering right amount of carbohydrates to maintain the weight loss. Also, Atkins lifetime maintenance teaches you to indulge in some of your favorite foods without worrying about putting the weight back. Maintain the ideal ACE and don’t let your weight fluctuate more than 3 pounds. Weight loss is not just physically tiring but also mentally straining, so take a break also by going for a holiday without counting calories.

It’s important to keep the attitude you possessed in earlier 3 stages to keep weight loss constant as a priority in your life. Always weigh yourself once a week to keep a check on you. If, you see any change towards higher side; go back to reducing carbohydrate intake to reach your ACE.

To maintain your ideal weight for life, assume certain principles as rules of your life:

• Be conscious about what you eat, try to eat only fresh food and not canned.
• Always stay away from sugar, corn syrup, cornstarch and white flour and be a smart buyer by keeping foods, which have these away from you.
• Variety is the spice of life so follow this in your eating plan to keep yourself motivated to be on right path. Try new recipes with food groups you can eat and enjoy.
• Take less of caffeine and alcohol
• Be regular with your vitamins and nutrient supplements.
• Act promptly when you see your weight climbing up.
• Very importantly, exercise should become an integral part of your life.

Follow these principles also with Atkins Nutritional Approach™ to stay slim and fit for life.

Atkins Phase 3: Pre-Maintenance

Congratulation! You are just one-step far from your goal. By this time, it would be easy to see the results and now there would only be few pounds more left to lose. Though now seeing the final stage so close, you might want to rush to it, but this phase requests you to hold on to your horse cause its important to know the importance of lifetime maintenance rather than just weight loss. Therefore, now it’s the time to go on in a slower pace.

The phase of pre-maintenance focuses on creating the optimal lifetime eating program, one that keeps you fit so perfectly you will want to stay on it for lifelong. The optimal lifetime eating program lets you:

• To look at more food choices without misusing them
• To find out the foods that can result in sloping you from the path of weight loss
• To make a mindful choice for serving you health for the rest of your life
• To find out how flexible Atkins is
• To learn dealing with food addiction
• To discover the ways to defeat the problems created by making unhealthy food choices

This phase will work by increasing carbohydrates intake by 5 grams more to the point until only one pound or so will losing from your weight and not more. This method may sound like complete madness but it’s very important for lifelong weight loss, as it would suggest you to get familiar to future eating habits.

By slowing losing the last few pounds, your body would become used to the change in carbohydrates and would make proper carb intake automatic for you. Third phase of Atkins not only make you slim but also healthy for life. By following pre-maintenance, you would know what’s best for you and what you should do to please yourself and not others.

If by now, goal weight is reached no need to increase carbohydrates further for a month and then increase by 10grams more and see if you gain any weight. If you do then drop 10 grams again from your diet and this would show you, your Atkins Carbohydrate Equilibrium.

If not losing or gaining weights then you would have to move around this Atkins Carbohydrate Equilibrium until it happens. It would take around 3 months to lose finally last few pounds, but with clear ACE, it would be a perfect success.

Atkins Diet Meal Plan - Sample Menu

If you have no idea of what to eat during each different phases, the below Atkins diet meal plan sample menu might be a helpful guide for you. You can take it as a reference and change you food accordingly each day to avoid eating the same food everyday.
Phase 1: Induction
Breakfast:Southwestern omelet with tomato, avocado and ham
Lunch:Caesar salad with grilled chicken
Dinner:Steak au PoivreRoasted AsparagusMixed green salad with lemon vinaigretteGelatin dessert made with sucralose
Snack:Celery stuffed with herb cream cheese
Phase 2: Ongoing Weight Loss
Breakfast:Two poached eggs over Fried Green TomatoesTwo strips of nitrate-free bacon
Lunch:Grilled turkey burger with pepper-jack cheese and green salsaCreamy Red Cabbage Slaw
Dinner:Cajun Pork ChopsSautéed Kale with Red-Pepper DressingSpicy Country Atkins "Cornbread"
Snack:Spiced pumpkin seeds
Phase 3: Pre-Maintenance
Breakfast:Belgian Waffles with Sugar Free Pancake Syrup and strawberries
Lunch:Almost black bean soupHam and cheese-filled tortilla
Dinner:Roasted Salmon with Macadamia-Cilantro CrustCauliflower-Leek PureeArugula, radish and cucumber saladGinger Flan with blueberries
Snack:Two Chocolate Truffles
Phase 4: Lifetime Maintenance
Breakfast:Two slices cranberry-orange loafRicotta-cheese omelet
Lunch:Vegetable soupCrab salad over mixed greens
Dinner:Herb Roasted Chicken with LemonWild rice with mushroomsBibb lettuce and watercress salad with French dressingMolten chocolate cakes
Snack:Cantaloupe with lime juice

Yoga Program

Yoga Styles: Guide to the Most Popular Types
The image of yoga has changed during the past years. If once, the first picture that popped your mind was of a group of white wearing weirdoes standing on their heads and breathing loudly, now you are probably thinking about Madonna's well shaped arms. Currently, yoga is one of the most popular fitness activities worldwide. One of its appeal is that it can be practiced by elders and it can improve the overall physical fitness of athletes.

If you want to start practicing yoga, here is a quick guide to the basic types of yoga. While most of them are based on the same ancient postures, each yoga style has a different focus. Some of the yoga styles focus on strengthening the body while others focus on flexibility. Other types of yoga focus mainly on breathing, relaxation, and meditation.

Most of the yoga styles that were adopted in the west, were derived from the Hatha Yoga, which is a general term that refers to the physical branches of the ancient Indian philosophy. The purpose of the traditional Hatha Yoga was to achieve balance between mind and body through moral discipline and physical exercises, which are expressed by a series of asana: postures, panorama: breathing and meditation.

Western culture adopted mainly the physical aspects of the Hatha Yoga and ignored the moral aspects, usually even the breathing and meditations aspects. All the yoga styles that were derived from the Hatha Yoga share the same basic principle that mental balance can be achieved through practice of physical exercises and postures. Each yoga style chooses to focus on different aspect.

Ashtanga Yoga:
This focuses on the flow of postures in order to improve strength, stamina and flexibility of the body. During a Asthanga Yoga class, the participants jump from one posture to another. Therefore, this type of yoga is not the ideal for beginners. People who are not well fit may find it too difficult and demanding. However, if you are interested in improving your strength, flexibility and stamina and you are fit enough to deal with an hour of jumping from one posture to another, Asthanga Yoga can suit you.

Power Yoga:
This is an American development of the Asthanga Yoga that also adopted several elements from other types of yoga styles. You can find Power Yoga classes mainly in fitness and health clubs. Power Yoga focuses on strengthening the body by performing Hatha Yoga postures for a longer time to improve both physical flexibility and mental focus. Power Yoga can be a good exercise for athletes, people who practice types of fitness activities and people who want to tone their body.

Bikram Yoga:
A Bikram Yoga class features a series of 26 Hatha Yoga postures practiced in a heated room. It is also known as Hot Yoga. The purpose of the heat is to allow the participants to get into each of the yoga poses in a deeper and safer manner. The heat also helps clean the body from toxins promoting sweating. Bikram Yoga focuses more on the workout of the entire body, including the internal organs and less on flexibility. Bikram Yoga is not recommended to pregnant women and people who suffer from high blood pressure and heart conditions, but it can improve the physical fitness of people who recover from injuries.

Iyengar Yoga:
This focuses on the physical alignment of the body and the accurate performance of each posture. Some of the Iyengar Yoga postures are practiced with the assistance of props such as blocks and belts that are designed to help the participants achieve the most accurate posture and to protect their bodies from injuries. Since the flows between postures are not practiced, Iyengar Yoga classes are less intense and therefore more suitable for people who are less fit. Iyengar Yoga improves body strength and flexibility and can fit people of any age and every physical condition.

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List Of Yoga Provides - All You Would like To Follow Yoga

One amongst the oldest known techniques which helps within the all round development of someone is Yoga. Yoga has been around for ages dating back as way as 500 years. Yoga practices helps within the well being of a person by creating him mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually sound. Yoga additionally helps someone achieve a way of self awareness because it helps enhance the person's capabilities. There are various parts to Yoga which embody meditation, physical postures or asana and respiration techniques. Most folks only do yoga for their physical well being and to remain healthy.

Very few take up meditation to contemplate upon the reality without doing the yogic postures. Several folks mistake yoga for a series of steps that should be followed but really yoga enables you to evolve therefore that as you observe you may soon notice that your inner system is cleansed and you become a lot of aware of your inner self. This changes the perception of the person and he sees everything in new light. Yoga postures help you to gain perfect health and strength. You can conjointly learn to breathe properly and learn and gain self control.

Mastery over the mind can be achieved and concentration improves. To realize focus and mind concentration total dedication is required so that you'll be able to achieve what you got down to do. Yoga is one of the foremost fashionable sorts of therapy which many everywhere the globe are taking up. Several folks relate to Hatha yoga when they hear the word Yoga in general as it is this form of yoga which is very in style and practiced by many all. Hatha yoga involves techniques which embrace physical exercises and controlled breathing techniques. Through harmonious respiration and postures one will achieve a well balanced body.

The advantages of hatha yoga are it improves your strength, vitality and offers greater flexibility. There are many different kinds of yoga different than Hatha yoga like aerobic yoga workouts which are quick and demanding and still alternative forms that fitness conscious folks follow. The mild forms are for individuals who would like healing. Yoga is universal and will not cater to the wants of any religion, lifestyle and can be practiced by individuals of any age group.

You do not have to attend a class to be told yoga or be instructed personally through a teacher. You'll learn yoga through self taught books. Select the form of Yoga that you think would suit you and your lifestyle. There are varied kinds of meditation techniques therefore you wish to settle on one that you think that would be apt for you. Totally different variations of Yoga are being developed today. For beginners, the use of videos and DVDs which are out there are an ideal means to find out the art.

There are videos and DVDs on Yoga for couples, athletes, yoga with grace and strength and yoga or beginners. The various supplies that you would want to apply yoga include Yoga mats, yoga belts, yoga straps and blocks. The yoga mats provide you excellent support whereas you progress into various postures. The very purpose of the yoga mats is to provide adequate cushioning and protection when you're doing Yoga on arduous floors. Along with yoga mats, yoga straps and blocks help in your workout. Another essential supply that's very important for yoga is shopping for the correct clothing that will help you to stretch freely and permit you to be more flexible.

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Yoga Training Programs

Yoga Training Programs, Yoga Teachers, Yoga Instructor
Popularity of yoga as ideal fitness mantra has spread all over the world especially to the countries like UK and Europe. People here are now very much aware of health benefits of yoga and looking for the ways to incorporate it into their fitness regimes. They are therefore preferring to learn yoga from certified yoga trainers who can well teach them the basics of yoga, yoga postures, yoga asanas, pranayama and breathing techniques to the perfection. As such there is good demand for certified yoga teachers in London and hence a career as yoga instructor in London really has a good scope.

A number of yoga institutes in London have now opened up in cities like London and Croatia offering yoga classes for those who wish to become yoga instructors. These yoga centres London offer yoga teacher's training to take one's yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level so that they can teach others about the wonderful benefits of classical yoga. The intense training offered at these yoga classes helps one to strengthen their yoga practices through self-discipline and probe into the nature of mind, body and spirit, building a firm foundation to enable them to teach others intuitively and with confidence.

These yoga training programs are designed to impart comprehensive knowledge regarding the physical, intellectual, spiritual and social aspects and effects of yoga to the students. The students are taught on how to communicate with their students, how to demonstrate, observe their students in the class to avoid injury during practice of asanas. Teaching various types of yoga like yoga for beginners, yoga for pregnancy, yoga for children, yoga for old citizens, meditation yoga to the students these yoga classes London impart training to mould an individual into perfect yoga instructor.

All the students of these yoga training programs at end are offered with yoga training certification which gives them international recognition as trained yoga instructor. So do not wait join yoga classes London and jump into bright future waiting for you as certified yoga instructor London.

The YTT is a unique, profoundly transforming and personal experience that is designed according to the ancient gurukula educational system which integrates the student's daily life and personal practice into the yoga training. For 3 and a half intense weeks of ashram living, students strengthen their own yoga practice through self-discipline and probing into the nature of mind, body and spirit. They also build a firm foundation which enables them to teach others intuitively and with confidence.

Acne Pimple Scars

6 Solutions For Acne and Pimple Scars
For acne that is mild, a simple topical treatment that contains benzoyl peroxide, azelaic acid or salicylic acid can be recommended by a dermatologist. These solutions can be easily applied to the affected areas to cure the zits.

Cool down irritated pimples with ice cubes and crushed aspirin. If you have one swollen pimple that will not go away, zap it with an ice cube for 30 seconds to one minute. Then, crush an aspirin to make a fine powder, and add a few drops of water. Mix until you get a fine paste, then apply directly to the pimple. Leave on for a few hours or overnight to reduce swelling and redness.

I know you loved having honey as a kid. It can be an excellent way to get rid of pimples. It has amazing cleansing properties. Washing face with warm water can help open skin pores. Then applying honey for a few minutes before washing it can help cleanse your skin nicely. Once you have washed your face, splash some cold water to close the skin pores.

When your body is healthy, your skin will be healthy and have the ability to heal faster. Eat healthy, vitamin rich foods and drink plenty of water to keep skin hydrated. Take a multi vitamin that contains the powerful anti oxidants vitamins A, C, and E. These will help your body to heal the post acne marks naturally.

Ripe tomato pulp has vitamin C as well, and can be applied to the face for up to one hour. Doing this regularly will help keep skin clear and bright. Vitamin A is an effective natural remedy for curing acne. Vitamin A is excellent for the skin. It improves skin texture and clears up blemishes. In addition, Vitamin E works great for clearing up pimples. Vitamin E also works great for eliminating acne scars, and preventing wrinkles.

Wash your face at least twice a day with a mild cleanser. Use a pH-balanced cleanser without perfumes or too many chemical additives. Cool down irritated pimples with ice cubes and crushed aspirin. If you have one swollen pimple that will not go away, zap it with an ice cube for 30 seconds to one minute. Then, crush an aspirin to make a fine powder, and add a few drops of water. Mix until you get a fine paste, then apply directly to the pimple. Leave on for a few hours or overnight to reduce swelling and redness.

Another great drink for you in green tea. Green tea is chocked full of antioxidants that fight acne causing bacteria. There are plenty of other fruit drinks that are high in antioxidants, such as most natural berry juices.

Dietary Supplements

Dietary Supplements – Manufacturing, Adjustment & Verification

Who regulates comestible supplements and how manufacturers booty affliction of validation of altered kinds of claims? Which qualities are taken into annual to verify the abstention of ingredients? Several questions bang to apperception back we anticipate of the arrangement accomplishment of comestible supplements. Let's altercate how arrangement manufacturers accord such aspects to let their audience get safe and able supplements.

Manufacturing

Manufacturers assignment with the motive to aftermath supplements that can be counted and rated amid recommended articles in the market. There are several advice which firms accept to accommodate to the bloom affliction provider accompanying to specific product. The advice may be accompanying to the abundance and affection of ingredients, abundance of contaminants, artefact claims or any appropriate advice accompanying to the artefact as the bloom affliction provider do not await on undocumented letters from customers.

To get approval from the bloom authoritative body, the firms chase altered acceptable accomplishment practices forth with affection ascendancy arrangement to actuate that articles absolutely contains all that are declared on the characterization and are chargeless of contaminants. Firms additionally booty affliction of facts like do they accept abstention and assurance analysis after-effects by third affair laboratories? And does the close accustomed adverse letters of contest from those barter who are application their products?

Regulation

The FDA which stands for Food and Drug Administration are accepted to adapt comestible supplements. Manufacturers usually do not charge to accept approval from the government to aftermath or advertise supplements as they cocky are amenable for the assurance of articles they are manufacturing.

Moreover, FDA beneath assertive laws can booty activity for the abatement of supplements in the bazaar if they do not begin the affirmation that articles appear with absurd accident or adulterants. This is article which firms accede afore final business action of products.

Verification

GMPs which angle for "Good Accomplishment Practices" are bare to be followed by able arrangement manufacturers. Two capital aspects of GMP are abstention and affection of products. Consumers can go through the characterization and can abode questions about the abstention and affection of articles to the benefactor by application the acquaintance advice accustomed on the label.

Certain bartering organisations are additionally there who are complex in testing affection and authority of products. They accommodate approval seals that can be calmly apparent on the label.

Hence, it can be said that arrangement accomplishment experts are appropriate to focus appropriately on all the factors including manufacturing, adjustment and analysis of comestible supplements to get more good bazaar results.

Reishi Mushroom

Benefits of the Reishi Mushroom

For the accomplished brace of centuries, it has been broadly accustomed that the Reishi augment has abundant alleviative properties, accepted to advice addition your allowed system, amid others. You will acquisition a abundant accord of advice about the absurd allowances of the Resihi Augment in this article.

What does it do?

The Reishi Augment is acclimated in medicines of the herbal type; accepted to amusement and alleviate abundant types of concrete and brainy ailments. It abominable advantageous in advocacy the allowed system, and is benign in allowance one accumulate feared ailments such as affection problems, brainy bloom accompanying issues, and cancer.

Known as "King of Fungi" for the abounding bloom allowances to be had from its consumption, this absurd augment has abounding amazing bloom advocacy qualities. It is believed to strengthen and body up every agency to be begin in all Homo sapiens. Apart from the astonishing alleviative backdrop to be begin in the mushroom, it is additionally chockfull of vitamins, minerals, polysaccharides, amino acids, and unsaturated blubbery acids.

What absolutely are the allowances of accepting a able allowed system?

The allowances of accepting a able-bodied congenital and able allowed arrangement are ample indeed. If a person's allowed arrangement is strong, ailments like anarchic disease, infections, and cancers are abundant added calmly prevented.

A attenuated allowed arrangement exposes a being to a deluge of abominable ailments such as bronchitis, asthma, arthritis, flu, colds, coughs, fever, and assorted added sicknesses. In adjustment to lower the affairs of accepting these sicknesses and abounding more, it would be recommended for an alone to alpha deepening their allowed system, and a abundant way to do this is to eat a lot of the "King of Fungi", namely Reishi Mushroom.

The added alleviative backdrop of the Reishi mushroom

While allowances the augment has in advocacy one's allowed system, it should additionally be accepted that it is additionally a amazing advice in abundantly allowance bodies with cases of brainy disorders. Due to the abstracted backdrop of the mushroom, the burning of this augment can abundantly advice in abating a being with depression, stress, and/or abundant anxiety.

To absolutely aerate the absurd antitoxin and allowed arrangement advocacy backdrop of this mushroom, one should add a advantageous diet of beginning fruits and vegetables forth with the burning of the mushroom. It should additionally be followed that afterwards bistro this augment the augment for three beeline months, one should burden from arresting more; admitting the Reishi augment has assorted accessible backdrop for medical and brainy purposes, abiding burning of the augment can advance to dry mouth, bark irritation, and abounding assorted gastrointestinal disorders. I would abominable acclaim that this augment be eaten by anyone, but not too much, lest you ache the above symptoms.