Ways to Overcome the Boredom of Exercise
2007-05-20 14:59:42
Let’s face it, exercising can get boring. Going to the gym 3 days per week, like anything else in life, can become very monotonous. If you eat your favorite food 3 days per week - every week - it more than likely will get boring. To keep the boredom away, there are a few things you can do.Listen to MusicI must have my MP3 player when I work out! I can store over 5,000 different tracks on my MP3 player, so I will never become bored of hearing the same music.
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Follow Your Body's Preventative Maintenance Schedule
2007-05-24 19:42:14
Most people want to be successful in whatever they decide to with their lives. A measure of success to most people is the ability to attain material objects (house, car, clothes, jewelry, etc). Whether or not you want to be wealthy, there is usually a desire to have a certain lifestyle which requires material objects. So we work hard to attain these things. Humans value stuff. But it’s so ironic that most of us do not value the thing we should value the most and that’s ourselves.
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Exercise Can Help Ease Depression
2007-05-28 20:53:41
“Just snap out of it!” That’s the common cliché when it comes to dealing with someone who’s depressed. If you’ve been through depression, or know someone who has, you know that it’s not that simple, and that statement can actually make a person feel worse. Depression, or as I call it, the “invisible illness” can take a toll on an individual and his or her loved ones. It’s hard to understand and can cause erratic behavior for seemingly unexplained reasons. With the proper treatment, this can be overcome successfully.
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How To Determine Your Healthy Weight
2007-05-31 18:38:38
To properly determine your healthy weight isn't just getting a scale. The best way to determine a your healthy weight is to determine such body composition tests as percent body fat, waist to hip ratio, and body mass index, in addition to traditional height-weight measures. These tests, taken together, are much more accurate than just looking at weight. Determine Your Body Mass Index Rating Body mass index (BMI) refers to relative weight for height for both adult men and women and is used as a measuring tool for future disease risk.
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Do You Follow the 7 Good Health Practices?
2007-05-30 21:24:48
Are you following the 7 good health practices? According to a 15 year study of more than 6,900 people, researchers found that following 7 basic health habits were a good predictor of how long people lived. People with 6 to 7 of the good health practices, lived 7 to 12 years longer than people with less than 4.The 7 Good Health
Practices are as follows:
How Much Fiber Do I Need?
2007-05-29 22:56:17
We hear over and over that we need fiber, but do we really know why? Fiber
is the part of plant food that is not digested by the body therefore, it does not provide energy – it’s calorie free! Fiber helps to promote intestinal function, regulates the absorption of sugars into the bloodstream, and helps to soften the stool and keep us regular.
Protect Your Body's Engine - The Heart
2007-05-29 20:55:20
Protect
your heart. The heart is your body's engine. Without it, the body stops (dies). Just like a car, without its engine, the car shuts down. Heart
disease is a highly preventable disease; however, it remains the U.S. leading cause of death, killing one person every 34 seconds, or more than 2,500 people per day. The purpose of the heart is to pump life-sustaining oxygen and nutrients to 300 trillion cells throughout your body, 24 hours per day, 70 to 80 times per minute.
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Exercise Options for the Busy Person
2007-05-29 19:03:26
So you think you are way too busy to exercise? You can never find the time to go to the gym? Well with a little creativity and planning, anyone with a busy schedule can find time for physical activity. There is numerous evidence / research proving that people who are physically active live longer healthier lives. It's amazing how the body responds to exercise, externally and internally.
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American Culture is Designed for Your Health to Fail
2007-06-06 15:06:30
When I was in college, I would often see freshmen students start their first day of school with great intentions. When asked their major, they would proudly state; “I’m studying engineering!”, “I’m studying computer science”, or “I’m studying nursing”. But many freshmen students, after a few semesters, would change their major to something easier, drop out, or get kicked out of college. It always seemed to me that kids who go away to college (as opposed to staying home) were entering a system that would allow them to fail if they weren’t careful.
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Why Everyone Should Exercise
2007-06-08 19:31:03
Everyone should exercise! It only makes sense. Exercise
benefits your health. However, if you do exercise and experience chest pain, dizziness, extreme shortness of breath, persistent pain in your legs or joints while exercising, or any other physical condition that just doesn’t seem right, this may indicate a problem. Stop exercising and see your doctor before continuing.Assuming you are healthy, regular physical activity has many benefits other than making you fit.
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Are You Stressed Out?
2007-06-08 13:34:41
Do you feel mentally drained, uptight, frustrated, annoyed, tired all the time, or overwhelmed? Then chances are you are probably stressed! Being stressed can wreak havoc on the body, internally and externally and is very unhealthy. With our hectic lifestyles where we have to juggle many balls, it’s easy to become stressed. Some people can handle stress, while others cannot. There are a few things you can do to reduce your stress.
Steps You Can Take To Prevent Cancer
2007-06-08 12:08:19
It’s a sad truth that cancer kills over ½ million people in the United States for the last several years. Cancer
is the second cause of death, exceeded only by heart diseases. (See article on protecting your heart). Lung cancer is the most common fatal cancer in men (31%), followed by prostate (9%), and colon & rectum (9%). Lung cancer is the most common cause for women. In women, lung (26%), breast (15%), and colon & rectum (10%) are the leading sites of cancer death.
Finally Some Public Attention to the Problems of American Healthcare
2007-06-13 22:40:50
American Academy Award-winning film director Michael Francis Moore who produced “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 9/11” will be releasing a film titled “Sicko” on June 29th. Sicko is a documentary that highlights the problems and catastrophes with the American Healthcare
system. The film profiles several ordinary Americans whose lives have been disrupted, shattered and in some cases ended because of the healthcare catastrophe.
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The High Reps Myth
2007-06-12 20:56:30
“If you want to build muscle, do heavy weight and lower reps. If you want to tone, do light weight and high reps.” This is a declaration passed along from trainer to client, trainer to new trainer, workout buff to best friend, and big buff guy to new girl in the gym (don’t get me started on that). The problem is, only the first part is true. Keep reading and I’ll explain why. First, let’s talk about the word “tone”. Scientifically, muscle tone actually refers to the degree of tension in a muscle, which is part of the way it functions.
Soy Milk vs. Cow Milk
2007-06-12 19:21:42
I recently read the book, “The New Wellness Revolution” by Paul Zane Pilzer. It’s a very good book that speaks to our current and future wellness / healthcare system and potential opportunities that exist for entrepreneurs looking to get into the wellness industry. In Chapter 3, “What You Need to Know about Food and Diet”, Mr. Pilzer promotes drinking soy milk instead of cow milk. The reasons gave me pause to drinking cow’s milk.
How To Prepare My Oatmeal Pancakes - Video
2007-06-11 19:23:40
People always ask me about oatmeal pancakes - a nutritious meal that actually tastes good, too. There is more than one way to make them oatmeal pancakes, and the video will show you how I make mine (see video). The reason I eat oatmeal pancakes is because I have to stay lean which requires eating foods high in protein, low in fat, and with good carbohydrates (to give me energy). I also find them quite convenient, as I can eat them when I'm on the go without utensils.
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Are You Ready to Change?
2007-06-10 21:15:01
The reason you probably stumbled upon this site or article is because you are seeking knowledge when it comes to your health. You maybe seeking information to lose weight, learn a different exercise, tone a body part, or you maybe looking for a personal trainer. You are looking for a change. Health is a combination of physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. Care must be taken to ensure that all these dimensions in your life are taken care of. To improve any of these dimensions in our lives require change.
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How is Your Spiritual Health?
2007-06-19 23:01:04
Not feeling healthy? Yes you say! You have been exercising and you are in pretty good shape, but you still feel unhealthy. Or you are not in shape, but something is missing to give you the desire and discipline to get healthy. Well maybe you need to take a look at your spiritual health. Good health is a combination of physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. If all these things are not in equilibrium, you will not feel completely healthy.Spirituality can deeply affect your health. People who have developed good spiritual health realize that it gives their life meaning and purpose.
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Reduce Your Fat and Cholesterol Now
2007-06-18 21:47:13
So we all know to reduce our saturated fat and cholesterol intake. But that means throwing out everything in the fridge and starting completely over, right? Not really. Eating healthy is easier said than done, as these substances can easily sneak up on you and before you know it, you’re overdoing it.. Use the guidelines below to help you determine the small changes you can make to “healthy up” your daily eating habits.
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Understanding Your Resting & Exercise Heart Rate
2007-06-22 12:21:41
Resting heart rate gives an indication of stress and overtraining levels, while exercise heart rate gives an indication of exercise intensity. Monitoring your resting and exercise heart rate over time as you train will change over time and provide you with good markers of physical conditioning. To properly measure your heart rate, find your pulse and count how many pulses you detect for 30 seconds. Now multiply the number of pulses by 2 which gives you pulses per minute thus your heart rate (beats per minute or bpm). Of course you can purchase a gadget (such as a heart monitor) to easily measure your heart rate.
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What is the Food Guide Pyramid?
2007-06-25 22:11:09
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHSS) developed a national food guidance system, referred to as the "Food Guide
Pyramid
", that provides a daily eating plan. Although there is much debate about the food guide, it's a good guide to help you evaluate your current eating habits and point you towards making adjustments in your diet to for better nutrition.
Drinking Water Will Help You Lose Weight
2007-06-28 19:35:12
Most of us take drinking water for granted. However, water is a great catalyst to help you lose weight. Water helps by suppressing your appetite naturally and helping your body metabolize (burn) stored fat. Studies have proved that decrease in water causes fat deposits to increase, while an increase in water reduces fat deposits.Here is how it works. Your kidney cannot function properly without enough water which causes the liver to work harder. This causes to liver to become overloaded. The main function of the liver is to metabolize stored fat into usable energy.
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Ever Considered an Online Personal Trainer?
2007-06-27 19:35:12
Having a personal trainer to get you back in shape is a great investment. After all, what is more important than your health? Many times people join gyms and change their diet with the intention of getting in shape. They go to the gym several times a week and after a few weeks become discouraged, unmotivated or bored with the whole process. They may not know how to properly and safely exercise or which exercises to complete to be successful. They trot from machine to machine haphazardly doing several random exercises. They have no plan to accomplish their goals.
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The Link between Cancer & Physical Activity
2007-07-03 19:59:35
For years researchers have proved that physical activity protects against many cancers such as colon, breast and pancreatic cancer. However, researchers are now finding that physical activity after cancer is diagnosed also increases the change of cancer survival. A research study, conducted by Homes et al, with a group of 2,987 women survivors of stage 1-3 breast cancer showed that the women who were more physically active had a significantly lower rate of cancer mortality and total mortality than inactive cancer survivors.
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Take the Healthy Eating Self Test
2007-07-03 17:40:47
So how healthy or unhealthy is your diet? Attached is a Healthy Eating
Self-Test (PDF form) that you can print out and complete to determine how you are doing. The test allows you to rate your diet based on 14 different parameters ranging from your eating practices when it come to breakfast, whole-grain bread / cereal, fruits and vegetables, meats/protein, dairy products, etc. Below the test (in the PDF form) are eating guidelines the you can follow to improve your health.
Hiring a Personal Trainer for Your Child
2007-07-02 18:58:48
With so many American children obese, parents are now hiring personal trainers for their children. Approximately 30% of American children are overweight and 15% are obese between ages 6 and 11. With American children spending so many hours watching TV, surfing the Internet, and playing video games and with the decline of physical education in many schools, many children do not get enough exercise. Parents hire personal trainers for their children to manage their weight and/or to improve in sports. However, parents should be careful not to force their child to exercise with a personal trainer.
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The Secret and Simplicity to Weight Loss
2007-07-06 00:23:03
Every day someone comes up with a new weight loss gimmick. Whether it’s a new diet, exercise, pill, book, video tape, scientific break through or TV show, everyday we are bombarded with new information. We are constantly reminded of the reality of our health. It’s true that Americans are in trouble when it comes to healthcare. We are unhealthy as a nation, our healthcare system is broken and the future looks bleak for how we will handle it.
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, Weight
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Obese Pregnant Women Can Safely Exercise & Diet
2007-07-10 21:37:17
According to a recent study in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, obese pregnant women can lose weight or avoid gaining weight without harming their babies. It was also discovered that obese women who maintained their weight or lost weight were more likely to have a normal weight newborn than obese women who gained weight during their pregnancy.Some obstetricians follow guidelines established in 1990 that recommend obese women gain approximately 13 pounds during pregnancy which is less than the 25 to 35 pounds recommended for normal weight women. The new study contradicts the guidelines.
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Research Proves Drinking Too Much Soda isn't Good for Your Health
2007-07-09 18:41:29
Drinking
too much sugar sweetened beverage such as soft drinks isn't good for your health. According to thirty (30) recent studies, drinking sweetened beverages, primarily soft drinks, promotes weight gain and obesity in children and adolescents. Soda is the biggest intake of sugar for most children and adolescent diet. Experimental studies have proved that soft drinks causes weight gain because it doesn't provide satiety (life normal foods), which bypasses the body's natural control of regulating calorie intake. As a result, this causes over consumption of calories for the body.
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How Much Protein, Carbohydrates and Fat Should You Eat?
2007-07-15 11:50:41
The US Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) state you should consume:Protein: 10-20% of daily caloriesFat (good and bad): No more than 30% caloriesCarbohydrates: About 60% of caloric intake. However, if trying to lose fat, it’s recommended that you consume about 20% fat and 20% protein.
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