Make Healthy Choices in Life and Move Towards Better Lifestyle

Fitness sounds like a very big word but believe me when I say that it’s actually not very difficult to remain fit for life. All you have to do is to make small little changes in your life to maintain a healthy body. There is no need to burn yourself regularly in gym or eat cucumber the whole day. Small changes such as taking stairs instead of escalator, eating margarine instead of butter etc. will do wonders to the shape of your body.

Today, in this post we will be exploring my favorite topic of butter or margarine. Yes, it looks like people are in endless debate over this topic. Most of the people believe everything they read online. Even they think that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic.

Personally speaking, I believe on the scientific facts which have been proved. It is not advisable to believe on everything you read because lots of people do not have any information about the actual facts. In fact, the margarines which are now available in the market are completely in sync with recommendations which has been provided by 2005 dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid food guidance system.

If it is a bad food item or something by which the human being can get a heart attack then the national food guidance system would have never allowed them to be on the shelves of every grocery store.  More so, soft margarine products can help you in meeting the daily need of vitamin E of your body. Hence, eating margarines are not bad for you rather, if you are picking margarine over butter than you are making a very healthy decision.

There was a breath taking study which was conducted by Dr. Margo Denke (M.D) an associate professor of medicine with University of Texas, the research was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. It involved 46 biological families and it shows that by just making a simple switch from butter to soft margarines, the families have lowered the levels of LDL cholesterol by 11 percent in adults and 9 percent in children’s.

Even in some of the other cases, the effect of soft margarines in lowering the LDL was even greater than the result which is given in the above given paragraph.

Besides this, it is vital to know that margarines are made from the vegetable oils and they are not any plastic rather they have less saturated fat and good cholesterol which is required by our body in order to function properly. I sincerely hope that I was able to clear some of the doubts of everyone here about margarine. You can easily substitute margarine with butter in cooking, baking, frying etc. Enjoy you meals and live healthy.

Father’s Day Special Dessert- Innovative Golf Style Cupcakes

My father is the most precious thing I have in my life. Not even a day pass by when I don’t speak to him. At times, I feel short of words to express what he means to me. He is the reason of my existence and hence, the celebration of father’s day is dearer to me.

Golf is something my father loves to do. Whenever he is free, he will go to country side with his friends and spend hours playing golf. My mother is so envious of my father’s golf kit. There was a time when she use to hide those sticks, so that my father doesn’t go out and play.

I am having a party in my backyard this Sunday to celebrate father’s day and my father has a huge sweet tooth. I mean to think of, my father can stay without golf but he cannot go to bed without having a sweet dish at night.

So, to give him the tribute this father’s day. I am making a special daddy-style cupcakes. If your father’s is a golfer than this recipe is a must make on Sunday…. J

Ingredients-

• 1 packet mixture of chocolate cupcakes (they are very easily available in the market)
• Butter cream for the frosting of cupcakes
• 2 cups of green standing sugar
• Round white candies
• Tooth pick & small paper triangle

Method-

• Cook the cupcakes as per the instruction given on the packet. If you do not wish to cook the cupcakes, you can purchase them from the market. Make sure that you are buying plain cupcakes, without any frosting.
• Spread the butter cream on the cupcake using the wooden spatula. Make sure that you are spreading even cream on the cupcake while maintaining the corners from overflowing buttercream.
• Allow the cream to rest on the cupcakes for about 2-3 minutes. 
  
• Now sprinkle green standing sugar on the cupcakes with your hands or perhaps with a small teaspoon. Try to be firm in your hand so that you do not dust too much of sugar on the cupcake. You must create symmetry while sprinkling the sugar.
• Sprinkle two coats on the cupcakes.
• Now make small triangle of colored paper. About 1 inch each and paste those on the tooth pick.
• Insert these toothpicks in the corner of the cupcakes and place a small white round candy near the toothpick.
• Your cupcakes are ready. Put them in the refrigerator and serve cold. Do not keep them outside the butter cream and sugar will melt!

This is just one of the idea for father’s day cupcake decoration. You can create fishing theme cupcakes or perhaps tool-kit cupcakes for your father. Make sure you personalize them with your love…. J

Happy father’s day everyone!