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Hotel Indigo files for bankruptcy

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:00:59 +0000

The owner of the Hotel Indigo at the Alamo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, First National Bank of Edinburg had loaned more than $21 million combined to the four hotels’ owners, according to Rex Report, a foreclosure listing service. The bank initiated the foreclosure actions.

Owning a hotel just steps from Alamo Plaza apparently is no guarantee of success.

The owner of the Hotel Indigo at the Alamo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, a day before the 91-room hotel was set to be sold at a foreclosure auction on the Bexar County Courthouse steps. The bankruptcy stopped the sale.

The hotel, at 105 N. Alamo St. and cater-cornered to Alamo Plaza, is owned by 1909 Ltd. Its officers are Yamini and Ashish Patel, according to state corporate records.

Owners of three other San Antonio hotels sought bankruptcy protection the same day, also to prevent the properties from being sold at Tuesday’s foreclosure auction. State corporate records list Ashish Patel and/or Rashesh Rangrej as officers of the companies that own those hotels. Continue Reading…

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High Glucose Rates in Those Who Use Nitric Oxide

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:54:50 +0000

There are always drawbacks to every supplement that is out there. Some supplements can cause side-effects that are easy to deal with such as stomach discomfort. Through the goal of cutting back on the supplement until your system is ready to handle it this problem can be easily overcome. However, there are other problems that these supplements can cause in a person that will affect their overall health. Nitric Oxide has so many good properties about it, including increasing the energy of the person, helping with performance, giving the person a better immune system and so forth. And there is one more aspect that can be added to the list, for those that have high glucose readings, they may find that the use of Nitric Oxide in their system can help them to manage their levels much easier. Other supplements out there can have an effect on the glucose levels that basically increase with the use, but even the American Diabetes Association is very interested in just how Nitric Oxide can help those with diabetes.

There are tons of research that shows that the Nitric Oxide that is found naturally in the body is basically extinguished when the person has diabetes, no matter if they have Type I or Type II. Therefore, with taking a supplement of Nitric Oxide the person will find that they can get back to normal. The NO supplement is not going to directly affect the glucose levels in the body. The person will still have to follow a strict regiment of diet and exercise to make sure that they are getting the best care. However, the NO supplement can help to repair the cells that are damaged when the blood glucose levels get to high in a person.

Those that are thinking that having diabetes is no big deal that they simply have to cut out a few sugars that they eat. They are very wrong. Those that have diabetes are going to be at an increased rate of having heart attacks, strokes, having limbs amputated due to their sugar getting too high, suffer nerve damage, kidney damage and so forth. Therefore, anything that the person can do in order to help their bodies to recover from the damage that their high sugar is implementing, they will find that they should do. And though research is still being done on the Nitric Oxide Side Effects to make sure that this is the best bet that the person has, they are going to find that there are several doctors on board and ready to recommend this to their patients. They are going to find that they do not have to have a prescription in order to get this since it can be found at their local health and fitness store. However, they do need to keep in mind that they should tell their doctor that they are taken this to ensure that they are not having any problems related to this.

Overall, Nitric Oxide may be the best thing that body builders are using. However, it could be the new way in which diabetics are making sure that they are living as healthy of a life that is possible with their condition.

Protein and Weight Lifting

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:02:56 +0000

Protein is the single most important food or supplement your body needs while weight lifting. Ideally for gaining muscle mass, you will need to take in 1.5 grams of protein for every pound that you weigh. This can be a very difficult task for many to accomplish with a normal diet; as a result protein shakes have become very popular and convenient for many lifters. Immediately after a workout our muscles are able to absorb protein better than any other time of day. This is the most important time for a meal heavy with proteins or shake if you are pressed for time.

Whey protein is absorbed into the muscles faster than any other type and is an excellent choice for a post workout pick me up. As we sleep our bodies are without any nutrition for eight hours and will begin to break down muscle, if they don’t have the proper nutrition. Casein protein absorbs extremely slowly, which makes it a very useful tool to prevent the muscles you’ve worked so hard for in the gym from going to waste.

Taking a shake of casein protein will allow your body to continue to get the nutrition it needs without feeding off of your body itself overnight. Protein shakes are very popular, however there is no replacement for the protein and many other benefits you will gain from a healthy and balanced diet. Red meats, fish, and almost all forms of dairy have very high protein content, as well as many of the other amino acids and carbohydrates you will need to fuel your workout. Whether you are looking to start a career in body building or just trying to put on some size to impress the fairer sex; weight lifting, supplemented by a high protein diet will give you the results you desire.

Beginning A Diet With A Cleanse

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:34:10 +0000

Any person who is looking to lose weight and has tried to before with little success should certainly try a new strategy as a means to try to lose weight and keep it off. One thing that many people probably have no tried as a means to lose weight is starting off a diet with a cleanse first. Many people will immediately scoff at this idea thinking that a cleanse is just too hard and is impossible and a person will feel too deprived, but this just shows a lack of understanding of what a cleanse is and how many different cleanses there are that a person can do. There is not only one type of cleanse that a person can do, there are cleanses that are of all different lengths as well as ones that will consist of all different types of foods and liquids.

Not all cleanses require a person to solely drink liquid and not have any food for all their duration. There are some cleanses that a person can look up online that will just have a limited meal plan for a person consisting of certain foods to help the body rid itself of unnecessary toxins and hopefully some unwanted weight.

There are cleanses that are purely liquid, but this does not need to seem impossible to any person as these cleanses can be just for a couple of days, a person does not need to feel like this is impossible. Many times the liquid drinks that the cleanse will consist of do in themselves can actually be quite satisfying and therefore a person will not feel deprived in anyway.

Starting off a diet regiment with a cleanse can really help a person with mental preparation for a diet. a big aspect to any diet, especially those diets that are going to be effective is the mental will power that a person has. If a person starts off their diet with a cleanse then this individual will have the mindset of eating less, a cleanse can also make a person feel cleaner and better overall which can also help weight loss efforts. If a person goes into a diet plan feeling ready and healthy and also just have the will power necessary to stick to the diet plan, then this person will most likely be starting an efficient and effective diet.

Many times the point of a cleanse is for a person to just get sued to eating better and know that they will in fact feel better when they are eating better, so the strategy to start off a diet with a cleanse can help a person crave healthier foods that are less calories and also help to decrease a person’s appetite, which is really important for any diet, as a person is not going to want to be constantly hungry while on a diet, as this is really not sustainable.

As almost anything can ruin a person’s diet plan, it is really important that a person be serious and go into a diet with the right mindset so that the diet stays on track.