2-1/2 cups boiling water
6 tea bags
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup sugar
1 pint bottled cranberry juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup lemon juice
1-1/2 cups water
Boil water in a large sauce pot; add the tea bags, cinnamon and
nutmeg. Let steep for 5 minutes and strain. Add the sugar
and cranberry juice. Add the additional 1-1/2 cups water, orange juice
and lemon juice. Mix well and heat to the boiling. Serve
hot, with candy canes used as stirrers..
Makes 8-12 servings.. A Nice Cape Cod Christmas Tradition!
Which Boosting Your Metabolism Truths Should You
Believe?
One of very effective ways to boost your metabolism is to
engage in lots of exercises on a consistent basis. It’s not enough to just do
some exercise today and refuse to do tomorrow. It has to be consistent, if you
want to see any significant results. Note also that I'm not talking about just
any kind of exercises, but specific metabolism boosting exercises, such as
stairs climbing, wind sprinting and weight trainings, among
others.
Cutting calories in the food you eat can help you lose weight and
stay healthy. However, a fast metabolism will burn calories much faster. So it
does not matter if you are running at the time, or if you are sitting still. If
you have done some work out to build muscle and boost metabolism, your
metabolism stays revved up.
If you have a lot of fat all over your body,
it is because your metabolism is too slow. Obese people find this very hard to
believe, but it’s very true. It has even been confirmed by experts. Anyone,
including you, can turn this around by finding ways to speed up metabolism. You
might already know this, but it’s worth repeating - an exercise regimen every
morning should be a good enough idea.
Speeding up your metabolism means
that you are speeding up the rate at which you burn your body fat. In addition,
all those calories that get stored up unused in your body are sure going to
start finding a way out. In the end, you come out all renewed. Why many people
don't do all they can to boost their metabolism beats me. I mean, why not do it
when it helps you?
When working to boost your metabolism, it’s important
to take it easy. This is because it’s possible for you to fall ill simply
because your metabolism is too fast. This is probably not what you asked for
when you started out to speed up your metabolism, but now you are burning up
substance that you need in your system. Rather than speed up, you might want to
slow down a bit this time.
Foods that you eat contain calories. But by
engaging in lots of exercise you do yourself a ton of good. You see, the
exercises that you do help to burn these calories, they speed up your metabolism
such that the calories are either consumed or passed out. You simply have to
watch out that it doesn't get too much, though. You could hurt
yourself.
Food and metabolism go hand in hand. You will find that people
who eat too much of carbohydrates and sweet stuff tend to be quite fat. Also,
you know that their metabolism is slow, don’t you? Well if A equals B and B
equals C, then A equals C. In simple terms, I could argue that their metabolism
is slow because they eat the wrong stuff, and I wouldn’t be wrong, would
I?
Boosting human metabolism is easy. In fact, it's one of the easiest
things to do that can help you live long and healthy. You could do it either by
increasing your daily exercise or overall activity. This way, you get to consume
a lot of the calories that could have stayed in your system and caused you
illness.
