Thursday, 2 June 2016

Isys 100 - Group Assignment Video - Making Bannana Bread

When you mention of banana bread, what's the first thing come to your mind? Yummy? unhealthy? too sweet? Today we are going to introduce a healthy version of banana bread. this bread allows you to gain some healthy benefits while enjoy the sweet side of the life. In the video we will teach you how to make the healthy banana cake.
Siya's contribution toward the video is introduce banana's advantages and materials need for the bread. And Jonathan introduce all ingredients of banana bread in detail. Shirley's contribution toward this video is showing one part of cooking process which about how to mix all ingredients together. Eleni was in charge of placing the mixture into the tray and cooking the mixture. This demonstrated to the people who attempt this recipe that it doesn’t take long and can be altered and changed according to personal preferences. It also confirmed that the quick and easy recipe can be made by anyone and be used for any event, whether it be a recover snack or a treat for kids, its multifaceted use makes it an easy choice for people with limited time in their day-to-day lives. Allen and Leo’s contribution towards the video was to edit the video by put all video segment together add in effects, and provide a short review of the banana bread towards the end of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKnLb6FSJN8

Final Blog post

When you mention of banana bread, what's the first thing come to your mind? Yummy? unhealthy? too sweet? Today we are going to introduce a healthy version of banana bread. this bread allows you to gain some healthy benefits while enjoy the sweet side of the life. In the video we will teach you how to make the healthy banana cake.

Siya's contribution toward the video is introduce banana's advantages and materials need for the bread. 

Jonathan introduce all ingredients of banana bread in detail. 

Shirley's contribution toward this video is showing one part of cooking process which about how to mix all ingredients together.

Eleni was in charge of placing the mixture into the tray and cooking the mixture. This demonstrated to the people who attempt this recipe that it doesn’t take long and can be altered and changed according to personal preferences. It also confirmed that the quick and easy recipe can be made by anyone and be used for any event, whether it be a recover snack or a treat for kids, its multifaceted use makes it an easy choice for people with limited time in their day-to-day lives.

Allen and Leo’s contribution towards the video was to edit the video by put all video segment together add in effects, and provide a short review of the banana bread towards the end of the video.

The video can be found here: 
https://youtu.be/eKnLb6FSJN8
Enjoy!

Monday, 16 May 2016

Fast Food an Unhealthy Choice

Fast Food 

Fast food is a mass produced food that is prepared and served quickly to customers. Fast food is very convenient and time friendly. However, as good as it may sound fast food serves unhealthy products with high fat and high sugar.
Fast food is an unhealthy diet and due to high level of sugar it can lead to diabetes as the intense level of sugar puts your metabolism under stress and cause diabetes. Fast food doesn’t contain enough nutrients your body needs to stay healthy and this can result in fatigue and lack of energy for daily activities and fitness activities. Fast food also contains large amount of fat, hence increase the risk of chronic diseases as fat accumulate this include diseases such as heart attacks. Famous fast food firms are McDonalds and KFC and can be eaten as convenience or in need of quick served food however mass eating these products can cause a risk factor to your health and reduce your daily physical fitness activities.

Sunday, 15 May 2016

3 Common Nutrition Mistakes of Runners

3 Common Nutrition Mistakes of Runners:

While most runners already have the basics like pre- and post-run fuel down, there are still some grey areas of confusion that people don't know about. 

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#1 Mistake: Eating Too Much Protein

As a whole across the country, we over consume protein. In fact, the current average Australian protein intake is 25-50% greater than the amount recommended by the Dietary Guidelines. When it comes to exercise, it’s incredibly common to think that protein needs increase even more after any type of exercise. While we do need protein after a workout to rebuild muscles, we definitely don’t need as much as many likely think. Unless you’re doing intense endurance or resistance exercise, your protein needs do not increase. Use this general rule of thumb to determine how much protein you need in one day: take your weight in kilograms and multiply that by 0.8. This will help avoid overconsumption of protein.

#2 Mistake: Sports Drinks and Energy Gels All the Time

Sports drinks and energy gels should only be consumed when preparing to run a marathon or half marathon. Anything less than that however, and you might be giving yourself extra and unnecessary calories. Carbs are our body’s preferred source of fuel in exercise. If you’re a runner, this probably isn’t news to you.

Glucose (a type of carbohydrate) is easier to mobilise in the body and to use for energy than fat and protein. With higher intensity exercise of course, the amount of fuel needed from carbs increases. As we start to use these carbs, or our glycogen stores, our perception of exertion increases and we begin to feel exhausted. Only at this stage is it necessary to begin carb loading. 

Typically, this type of refueling is only needed when the activity lasts longer than one hour. For every hour after the first, a good rule of thumb is give yourself about30-60 grams of carbs per hour.

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#3 Mistake: Coconut Water is the Perfect Post Run Refuel

Coconut water definitely can be a great hydration option post run. Most unflavored coconut waters are low in calories, low in sugar and contain a good amount of potassium. If you like the taste and really enjoy drinking coconut water, by all means – drink up! However, unless you’re going on a long run you don’t necessarily need that type of hydration. Our fluid and electrolyte balance is well regulated by the body.

During exercise, our bodies start to follow a feedback mechanism: we produce sweat and our thirst mechanism kicks in to maintain the balance. So, drinks like coconut water aren’t always needed. It’s only in endurance exercise that this balance might get compromised – sometimes it’s hard to ingest enough fluid to keep up with losses. In these cases, you can reach for the coconut water to keep properly hydrated.

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By Helen Danias

Reasonable Sleep

Reasonable Sleep

 

Sleep is the life cycle of your body; people always need sleep to maintain spirit. Reasonable sleep is a good way to keep body healthy. In the research, people need 8 hours sleeping time in a day. Both of exceeding and insufficient sleep is not good for your body.

 

Insufficient sleep may cause dizzy or giddy, decrease of memory retention and other diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Enough sleep is also bad for your body due to sleep more can lead to a lack of standardization barbarism. Generally, it changes the sleeping time and sleeping cycle. 

 

That is why sleep is most important to your body’s health. 


By CHONG LI


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Friday, 13 May 2016

Touch Football

Touch Football


Touch football is a variation of rugby league however with some minor changes such as the replacement of tackling with touch and the number of players on the field at once. Therefore touch football is not a contact sport however is a limited- contact sport. The positive features touch football brings, as a fitness activity is that it’s easy to set up with minimal equipment required and also plays at rugby at ease without the fear of injury. Unlike rugby touch football only has 6 players on the team with no kicking involved, additionally the ball is handed over to the opposing team if dropped forward or backwards and having contact with the floor. Touch football is intense and tiring with endless sprinting and running resulting in a good fitness exercise whilst being really enjoyable and fun with friends.

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Rugby League


Rugby League is an Australian sport played by 2 teams on a rectangular field. In rugby league, points are scored by carrying the ball and touching it to the ground beyond the opposing team's goal line; this is called a try, and is the primary method of scoring.

The opposing team attempts to stop the attacking side scoring points by tackling the player carrying the ball. In addition to tries, points can be scored by kicking goals. After each try, the scoring team gains a free kick to try at goal with a conversion for further points. Kicks at goal may also be awarded for penalties, and field goals can be attempted at any time.

League is an extremely physically demanding sport requires players to run over 10km per game, means that health and fitness levels must be high. In contact sports (mixed martial arts and rugby league), athletes purposely hit or collide with each other or with inanimate objects (including the ground) with great force. Full contact sport involves tackling, fitness is crucial for its players as well as health as players must maintain a healthy weight and physical presence.