Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey guys

Hope all of you had a wondeful and fun filled thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving and God bless everyone!

AlejandroQ

Red Wind and the South Hampton Diet

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Studies have shown how red wine can help reduce fat and also diabetes. Check out this article on MSNBC.com entitled “Have Your Cake and Eat It Too”. In doing additional research online, I found that wine is related to several other health benefits.

For example, winepros.org states “the medical profession has recognized the healthful and nutritive properties of wine for thousands of years. Hippocrates recommended specific wines to purge fever, disinfect and dress wounds, as diuretics, or for nutritional supplements, around 450 B.C.” It as also interesting to note that “a French doctor wrote the earliest known printed book about wine around 1410 A”.

Winepros.org goes on to say “Wine is a mild natural tranquilizer, serving to reduce anxiety and tension. As part of a normal diet, wine provides the body with energy, with substances that aid digestion and with small amounts of minerals and vitamins. It can also stimulate the appetite. In addition, wine serves to restore nutritional balance, relieve tension, sedate and act as a mild euphoric agent to the convalescent and especially the aged.”

A Harvard study of factors that influence aging, as reported in the May 8, 2003, issue of the journal Nature, has shown that resveratrol extends the life span of yeast cells by 80%. Preliminary results of tests on multi cellular animals are said to be encouraging; study co-author David Sinclair told Reuters News Agency that “Not many people know about it yet, but those who do have almost invariably changed their drinking habits, that is, they drink more red wine.”

Wine might even preserve cognitive function in the elderly. Several European studies have shown the prophylactic effects of regular light to moderate alcohol consumption may include the prevention or postponement of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other forms of dementia. Could wine be the original brain food?

According to the winepros.org conclusion, “Over 400 studies worldwide, many of them long-term and in large populations, have concluded that most healthy people who drink wine regularly and moderately live longer. The single group exception, whose members should notany alcohol, is pre-menopausal women with a family history of breast cancer. The keys to the beneficial aspects are regularity and moderation. Overindulgence can be considerably more harmful than total abstinence.

Thank you guys again for your time.

God bless you!

AlejandroQ.

Transformation Spotlight

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Here is another fine example of personal dedication and hard work: Jackie had a goal to live a healthier lifestyle. She wanted to lose excess weight while toning up. I am proud to present her achievements.

When we first started, Jackie weighted 161 lbs with a body fat of 25%. Now, after less than 2 months, she's managed to reach 152 lbs with a body fat of only 9%. That's a total weight loss of 26.5 lbs and muscle gain of 17.25 lbs!

Way to go, Jackie! You worked really hard in all our workouts and all that paid off BIG TIME! Congratulations to you!

AlejandroQ

Natural Bodybuilding

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It’s not just about building muscle. It’s about building a quality of life. Bodybuilding can help your lifestyle in many ways. Not only does bodybuilding keep us healthy, it also helps develop many other qualities, such as the dedication and focus needed to achieve one’s goals. Practicing bodybuilding and the dedication it demands can therefore be used in several other areas of one’s life. I believe bodybuilding, in particular natural bodybuilding, can contribute to a much happier and healthier life.

Bodybuilding has many interesting areas—exercising, supplements and vitamins. However, one of the keys in gaining muscle fast is hiring a good coach or personal trainer with great techniques and a lot of creativity, who will be able to drive you non-stop through a smart workout at an appropriate level. Being smart is important as your trainer or lifestyle coach has to be able to customize a routine just for you and that will allow you to perform at your best.

He should also be able to motivate you and help you believe in yourself so that you can visualize yourself with 10 pounds of real muscle mass. Another key factor is nutrition which I will write about soon so just keep reading on.

I hope you have benefited from my advice.

Love you guys

AlejandroQ.