Month: August 2006

Getting all of Dish Network with proper accessories

You can have all the Dish Network HDTV offers with the right satellite dish, receiver, and television. It s a simple set up that may cost a bit extra on the initial investment, but pays off in incredible dividends long into the future.

High definition television, or HDTV, enhances your television viewing experience like no other technology before it. The technology adds ten times more picture frames, or pixels as they called, to your screen, compared to your typical broadcast television. With these added picture frames comes sharper lines, refined contours, richer colors, and denser sounds.

The Dish Network HDTV offers are also spectacular because of another feature of HDTV: the screen ration. Dish Network s programming comes in widescreen format, a ratio of 16 to 9. The ratio for your typical television is 4 to 3, a ratio that can scrunch up or cut off many of the images on your screen. The broader HD ratio, on the other hand, opens up the whole screen, as the directors wanted you to see it.

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The working of a detox diet and the misconception of detox diets

Although detox diets may make you feel better, the scientific basis for such a stringent diet is somewhat lacking and there’s little evidence that there’s any good to be gained from following them.

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Of course, it’s true to say that food isn’t all pure nutrients and the average diet will inevitably contain some toxic substances (alcohol, for example). Fortunately, the human body is well equipped to deal with such toxins, and they are effectively removed and excreted by the liver within hours of consumption.

The basic misconception of detox diets, however, is that fruits and vegetables are low in toxins while meat and fish lead to the accumulation of harmful substances in the body. In fact, the opposite is often true; vegetables such as cabbage and onions are high in naturally occurring toxins, while meat and fish often have low levels. The greatest irony is that the liver, the body’s detoxification organ, can most effectively breakdown and eliminate toxins on a high-protein diet such as one rich in meat and fish.

Of course, fruit and vegetables are very important components of a healthy diet, but the idea that you should exist solely on such foods for days on end isn’t consistent with the principle of a healthy balanced diet. Your daily diet should contain at least five portions of fruit and vegetables as well as lean meat, carbohydrates and dairy products.

Eating a healthy diet on a daily basis will help the body function properly and it shouldn’t be necessary to pursue a detoxification regimen. However, if you do find the urge to detox, use it as an excuse to kick-start a new healthy eating regime.