Depending on what you put in your smoothies, can boost your daily nutrition and vitamin count considerably. Smoothies contain foods with many health benefits, like kale, flax and ingredients with omega-3 fatty acids that are highly recommended for a good health. Omega-3s do not just come from fish Nutritionists recommend you get omega-3s from fish, fish oils and other supplements, …
Read More »Make Your Treadmill Workout Safer
With the news of SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg’s accidental death on a treadmill, we are reminded that there are risks to exercise, particularly when using gym equipment. Because a treadmill is powered by a motor, rather than self-propelled, accidents can happen, especially when people lose their balance. Injuries can include bruises, sprains, broken bones, concussions, and sometimes, even death. While …
Read More »How Much Exercise is Enough
Before we make a decision on how much exercise we need, we must have a good idea of exercise goal or goals: What are you exercising for? Physical fitness, weight control, or as to keep your stress levels low? How Much Exercise You Need ? “How much exercise is enough for what?,” asks David Bassett, Jr., PhD, a professor in …
Read More »Get Fit With Stability Ball - The Basics
Have ever tried to tone your abs by doing what seemed like endless crunches? If so, you might want to add a stability ball to your workout plan. A stability ball, also known as an exercise ball, allows us to do a number of exercises that efficiently strengthen and tone abdominal muscles, and it is also a good way to …
Read More »Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “fifth of May”) is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated in the United States and in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla (English: The Day of the Battle of Puebla). Mexican Americans also often see the day as a …
Read More »Pilates - A Mind Body Exercise
Pilates is a fitness exercise that builds flexibility, strength, and endurance without adding muscle mass by focusing primarily on the abdominal, hip, and back muscles, called the body’s “core” muscles. This exercise was created more than 90 years ago by Joseph H. Pilates, a German athlete who devised his own exercise technique after studying yoga, Zen, and the physical training …
Read More »Eating right for exercise
The amount of food we need varies with age, gender, weight, and level of activity. The rate at which you burn calories depends not only on the type of exercise you do, but also on how vigorously you do it. Travis emphasizes that it is important to divide your calories between carbohydrates, protein, and fat: Carbohydrates. Carbohydrates — sugars and …
Read More »Summer Headaches - 5 Ways to Deal With Them
Summers have always been exuded a jovial and cheerful vibe for us. But one thing about this season is as bad as the excruciatingly high temperatures, and that is headaches which it causes amongst most of us. What makes it worst is most of us pay no attention to the symptoms and carry on with routine life. Summer headaches are …
Read More »Healthy Heart - It Is Simple And Effective
Heart a vital organ in human body, we owe it to keep a healthy heart. For most of us, keeping heart healthy can only mean having a routine health check-ups and regular medicines in case of a problem. Although it is important but what is even more important to do some simple things to keep our heart fit and healthy. …
Read More »Inflammation - How it affects your health
Inflammation – the term used by both medical professionals and by laymen to a condition on part of our body. It is caused by our body’s immune system efforts to protect the body from stress like infection and toxic materials. Inflammatory condition is usually created by the activities of certain proteins that protect cells and tissues. Inflammatory condition is visible …
Read More »How to lose fat fast - A practical approach
Everyone wants to be fit and healthy by losing fat while looking slim and trim. Sometimes you want to lose fat within a short span of time. The best way to lose fat is to lose it quickly as possible. Losing that extra fat quickly will ensure that you do not regain it. The question is, is it possible to …
Read More »Hypertension - Symptoms and Treatment
Hypertension which is also known as high blood pressure is generally caused by excessive pumping of blood by heart. It is leading cause of death around the world now a day. Not only it is a deadly disease, hypertension can also damage vital organs such as brain, liver and kidneys. Most of us may not be aware of these conditions …
Read More »Belly Fat - What It Is and Why You Should Get Rid of It
If you want to lose belly fat, first you should think of reasons of how to get rid of excess abdominal fat? One reason is the bulge in the middle of your body really makes you look ugly. But the very important reason is the excess fat sitting around belly, which doesn’t just look ugly but also very harmful to …
Read More »Eggshell Toothpaste - Heal Cavities Naturally
Visiting dentist at least once a year is important for oral health, but have you ever thought of brushing teeth with eggshell toothpaste…? Well probably not and we did not blame you. It is kinda weird thing, why would we want to use egg shells when there are a lot of commercial toothpastes available that claim to transform teeth into …
Read More »Headache causes and and their types
Headaches are defined as a pain arising from the head or upper neck of the human body. This pain originates from the tissues and structures that surround the brain because the brain itself has no nerves that give rise to the sensation of pain (pain fibers). The periosteum that surrounds bones; muscles encase the skull, sinuses, eyes, and ears; and …
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