Protein Foods to Eat Before Bed to Delay Catabolism While Sleeping !

Your body goes into a fasting stage when you sleep because you are not eating anything from dinner all the way until breakfast. Your body goes several hours without taking any food; in order to save energy for your vital organs and pertinent processes such as breathing, your body may start to break down its own muscle tissue. The process of breaking down muscle tissue is called catabolism. During catabolism, proteins are broken down into their original amino acids and used as energy for the body's vital processes. Eating a high protein food just before going to bed may be a good idea because it can delay and even prevent some catabolism during sleep. This is especially important for body builders, the elderly or anyone trying to maintain muscle mass.

Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is the best food to eat just before bedtime in order to prevent muscle catabolism because it has a special type of slow releasing protein. The slow releasing form of protein means your body is absorbing the amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein, from the cottage cheese for several hours rather than all at once. This means after a few hours when catabolism would normally kick in, you are still protected from it.

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Tuna

A can of tuna is a great snack to have just before bedtime to delay catabolism. Tuna has a lot of the amino acid arginine, an amino acid which can trigger the linking of amino acids into proteins and possibly even help exercise performance. Tuna packed in water may be more beneficial than tuna in oil, as the fat from oil just before bedtime may leave you with an upset stomach or with difficulty falling asleep.

Turkey Slices

Turkey slices from the deli are an easy and quick food to grab just before bedtime if you're busy and are anxious to get to bed. Turkey is generally high in protein. It is also rich in the specific amino acids tryptophan and arginine, which will help delay catabolism while you sleep.

String Cheese

String cheese has amino acids and a good amount of protein, which can delay catabolism during sleep. Cheese is full of essential amino acids, which the body cannot make on it's own. Plus the quality of protein in cheese is absorbed by the body well since it comes from an animal source, so it would be a good choice to delay catabolism.

Protein Bars

Protein bars need no preparation and are easy to eat before going to bed. They usually have a lot of additives, however, so are not the best source of amino acids before bed time. Protein bars contain a combination of different protein sources such as whey, soy and casein.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/39394-protein-foods-eat-before-bed/#ixzz1e0Rb1Rdf

Homeless vets more likely to die on the streets

A new study reveals that while veterans represent only 9 percent of the population nationwide, 15.2 percent of America’s homeless have served their country — and when compared to non-veterans, they are much more likely to die on the streets.
The 100,000 Homeless Campaign published the results of their latest study on Tuesday, the pages of which document the findings from the organization’s survey of 23,000 homeless people across the country. While the analysis in the pages of the report go into detail on the homeless situation affecting America in general, this particular edition also dives deep into discussing how series of a problems homelessness is with American veterans.
Most alarming perhaps is that veterans are 11 percentage points more likely to develop life-threatening diseases and die while on the streets when compared with others. The strife suffered by veterans is evident across the board too, with the study revealing that when compared to non-vets, they on average are without homes for longer, are older and suffer from multiple illnesses, both mental and physical.
In the closing of their report, the author explicitly states, "Men and women who risked their lives defending America may be far more likely to die on its streets.”
The report notes that the amount of time veterans spent during military operations will be revisited in length eight or nine times over back home, but sadly suffered on the streets of America. Volunteers quizzed 23,000 homeless — veterans and non — in 47 communities to get their statistics, which reveal that 62 percent of those that served have been on the streets for longer than two years, 53 percent suffered from a mental condition, 76 percent had issues with substance and abuse and nearly a quarter of the veterans polled were afflicted with all three. More than one-in-five said that they had received medical treatment in an ER or inpatient care facility more than three times in the 12 months prior to the study.
On average, the homeless veteran who has been on the street for more than two years has been in that situation for nearly triples that length; in those instances, the average tenure is nine years.
Aside from serious health issues, veterans are plagued with sickening unemployment statistics when they return home as well. “They are coming home to a disproportionate rate of homelessness, of foreclosures and evictions. In 2010 a whopping 75,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the United States were homeless; were sleeping on the streets,” Iraq war veteran Michael Prysner tells RT. “They are coming home to an unemployment rate of about 30 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. This is triple the national average.”
Accounting for veterans of all American wars, the latest statistics courtesy of the White House show that the number of all homeless in the US accounts to nearly 900,000.
For those on the street that aren’t afflicted with serious medical issues, their only help often comes from confines where they are among those that are.

Nieta de Fragonard, alumna de Corot, esposa de Eugène Manet y parte esencial del grupo de pintores impresionistas que rompieron con la idea tradicional de pintura en París a finales del XIX, ha sido considerada durante mucho tiempo como una acompañante de Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Camille Pisarro, Auguste Renoir y Alfred Sisley. Pero Morisot (Bourges, 1841-París-1895) fue mucho más que una actriz secundaria dentro del movimiento impresionista. Sus paisajes, retratos femeninos y escenas cotidianas reconocen su protagonismo indiscutible. La Fundación Thyssen abre mañana al público la primera exposición monográfica que se le dedica en España. Son más de 30 obras prestadas por el Museo Marmottan Monet de París y la Fondation Pierre Gianadda de Martigny (Suiza), que se exponen en diálogo con otras piezas maestras del impresionismo, propiedad del Thyssen. Se trata de un adelanto de la gran antológica que el Marmottan le dedicará en París el próximo mes de marzo.

Paloma Alarcó, jefa de conservación de Pintura Moderna del museo ha comisariado la exposición con un recorrido temático, cronológico y biográfico: Corot y la pintura al aire libre, Manet y el retrato íntimo: Pintar la vida, vivir la pintura, Parques y jardines y el mundo rural.
El óleo El espejo psiqué (1876), propiedad del museo Thyssen sirve de arranque. Con esta tela, Morisot participó en la Tercera Exposición Impresionista de 1877. La joven que se viste ante el espejo estilo imperio, recoge su preocupación por el estudio de la luz y el color. Mujer burguesa y urbanita, describe también su interés por temas como la moda.
Ante los bosques de pinceladas de colores que conformaban sus jardines y los delicados desnudos femeninos en actitudes cotidianas, Alarcó habla de la diferencia entre el tratamiento que sus compañeros pintores daban a estos mismos asuntos. "En ellos", explica la comisaria,"los desnudos son presentados desde las perspectiva de un voyeur. Ella los rodea de un ambiente intimista y cotidiano que facilitan la aproximación del público". El poeta Paul Valéry resumía la forma de Morisot de entender el arte: "Vivía su pintura y pintaba su vida".