By Sumesh
Log onto the internet and look for weight loss tips and you will come across a hundred different websites offering them. There are ‘Top 10 weight loss tips’, ‘Top 50 weight loss tips’ and ‘The best 3 weight loss tips’.
But when you browse through them all, they either have repetitive content or are out there to promote a weight loss company. They all start off with a testimonial saying ‘How I lost 30 pounds in one week’ and so on. But the question to be asked is, ‘Just because it worked for him, will it work for me?’ The answer to this question is no. I mean, it might just work. But the keyword here is ‘might’. It brings into account a certain level of probability.
But when you browse through them all, they either have repetitive content or are out there to promote a weight loss company.
They all start off with a testimonial saying ‘How I lost 30 pounds in one week’ and so on. But the question to be asked is, ‘Just because it worked for him, will it work for me?’ The answer to this question is no. I mean, it might just work. But the keyword here is ‘might’. It brings into account a certain level of probability.
In this article, I am pouring my heart out. Being an obese person all my life, I know what it takes to get those stubborn kilos off your body.
Lifestyle changes
Simply eat less and burn more. You don’t need to give me $1000 to get this tip. You don’t need to go through a 2000 page e-book or buy a video tape that shows you cranky exercises. The only thing that you need to do is get a calorie counter and measure the calories that you are eating.
Now get into the habit of exercising regularly and measure how much you are burning. You can start off with moderate exercises like a slow walk. It will be difficult but the end result will be much better than popping miracle pills into your mouth to lose weight. Try to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Keep realistic goals
Accept the fact that you are obese and it will take time for you to shed those kilos. The faster you accept this, easier it becomes to lose weight. Keep realistic goals. Do not accept to lose 30 pounds in 15 days and so on. Once you have a realistic goal, work towards achieving it and slowly but surely, you will be there.
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Women and Green
By Audie Perove
Going green must become a way of life for us rather than a trend. It is of global importance and who better than women to take on this task to educate the public.
Where can we start? We can begin with our families. One way to expand our “eco-vision” is to teach them how to read labels and look for ingredients that could be a threat to their health as well as the environment.
Personal care products should be our first concern.
• Personal care products are one of the biggest offenders. Sadly, only 11 percent of the 10,500 ingredients FDA has documented in personal care products like hair spray, deodorants, fragrances, and nail polish have been assessed for safety by the cosmetics industry.
Many personal care products contain phthalates, chemicals that can damage the liver, the kidneys, the lungs, and the reproductive system.
• These exposures to phthalates are unnecessary, for virtually every single product that contains phthalates, phthalate-free alternatives are available. In fact, the same companies that produce phthalate-laden beauty products also make products that contain no phthalates.
• In addition to phthalates, personal care products may contain mercury, toluene, petroleum distillates, parabens, and any number of other chemicals that could cause cancer, harms the reproductive system, or retard human development.
• If we only used one product, we might not have to worry so much. But on average, we use between 9 and 15 personal care products every day. According to the non-profit Environmental Working Group, people apply an average of 126 different ingredients to their skin daily, making the cumulative impact of these chemicals particularly dangerous.
• We can protect our health by buying personal care products that contain the safest ingredients available. Luckily, greener alternatives abound. Companies have pledged to not use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation, or birth defects.
Read the label! Avoid personal care products that contain the following ingredients:
• Mercury
• Toluene
• Petroleum Distillates
• Phthalates
• Parabens
• BHA
• Progesterone
• Aluminum zirconium tetrachlorhydrex
Women are the driving influential force of a household. We have to take responsibility of this job description and make a conscious effort and do something in a positive way. We can have a direct affect on the future of our planet. One place to start is in our own homes.
Realizing that intelligent, conscious choices have to be made to reduce the impact of our planet is the best advice that we can give to our children. What we do, no matter how small, really does matter.
Take for instance a high profile woman like Julia Roberts is trying to make a difference for her children. Some people are just a whole lot more likely to listen when a mega-star points out the obvious to all of us. Especially when they make it personal. Julia Roberts is quoted as saying that "Motherhood is the big reason I started thinking more critically about the environment and global warming."
On a larger scale we can join forces with an organization that is requiring the health and beauty industry to clean up their acts. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of women's, public health, labor, and environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives.
The FDA or any other government agency does not regulate personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after-shave, lotion, and makeup. It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products. Consumers buy these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons, usually without questioning the product's safety.
We are asking cosmetics and personal care products companies to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics (also known as the Compact for the Global Production of Safer Health and Beauty Products), a pledge to remove toxic chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives in every market they serve. As of August 2007, 600 companies have signed the Compact -- and that number increases every day!
The Campaign works with endorsing organizations and individuals so that together we can ramp up the pressure on companies that have not signed the Compact and continue to sell us toxic products, including Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, Avon and many others. Our founding organizations also work closely with other allies to reform the chemical policies that allow for toxic ingredients in consumer products in the first place.
I encourage you to purchase products whose environmental effects have been considered and found to be less damaging to the environment and human health, and incorporate them into your daily routine. Go green, one choice at a time and adapt our lifestyles so we can live as lightly on this planet as possible. Future generations are depending upon us to operate in a socially just and environmentally sustainable manner. After all, this world is a precious gift, isn’t it worth fighting for?
Businesswoman, Friend, Collaborator, and Team player, Audie Perove fills her Entrepreneurial Calling by offering a great service that enriches the lives of others. Together with other fellow BraveHeart Community members, her goal is to empower Women to be multi-dimensional success stories and inspiration to others. Be Sure to Visit: Be a BraveHeart Woman
Going green must become a way of life for us rather than a trend. It is of global importance and who better than women to take on this task to educate the public.
Where can we start? We can begin with our families. One way to expand our “eco-vision” is to teach them how to read labels and look for ingredients that could be a threat to their health as well as the environment.
Personal care products should be our first concern.
• Personal care products are one of the biggest offenders. Sadly, only 11 percent of the 10,500 ingredients FDA has documented in personal care products like hair spray, deodorants, fragrances, and nail polish have been assessed for safety by the cosmetics industry.
Many personal care products contain phthalates, chemicals that can damage the liver, the kidneys, the lungs, and the reproductive system.
• These exposures to phthalates are unnecessary, for virtually every single product that contains phthalates, phthalate-free alternatives are available. In fact, the same companies that produce phthalate-laden beauty products also make products that contain no phthalates.
• In addition to phthalates, personal care products may contain mercury, toluene, petroleum distillates, parabens, and any number of other chemicals that could cause cancer, harms the reproductive system, or retard human development.
• If we only used one product, we might not have to worry so much. But on average, we use between 9 and 15 personal care products every day. According to the non-profit Environmental Working Group, people apply an average of 126 different ingredients to their skin daily, making the cumulative impact of these chemicals particularly dangerous.
• We can protect our health by buying personal care products that contain the safest ingredients available. Luckily, greener alternatives abound. Companies have pledged to not use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation, or birth defects.
Read the label! Avoid personal care products that contain the following ingredients:
• Mercury
• Toluene
• Petroleum Distillates
• Phthalates
• Parabens
• BHA
• Progesterone
• Aluminum zirconium tetrachlorhydrex
Women are the driving influential force of a household. We have to take responsibility of this job description and make a conscious effort and do something in a positive way. We can have a direct affect on the future of our planet. One place to start is in our own homes.
Realizing that intelligent, conscious choices have to be made to reduce the impact of our planet is the best advice that we can give to our children. What we do, no matter how small, really does matter.
Take for instance a high profile woman like Julia Roberts is trying to make a difference for her children. Some people are just a whole lot more likely to listen when a mega-star points out the obvious to all of us. Especially when they make it personal. Julia Roberts is quoted as saying that "Motherhood is the big reason I started thinking more critically about the environment and global warming."
On a larger scale we can join forces with an organization that is requiring the health and beauty industry to clean up their acts. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of women's, public health, labor, and environmental health and consumer-rights groups. Our goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives.
The FDA or any other government agency does not regulate personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after-shave, lotion, and makeup. It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products. Consumers buy these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons, usually without questioning the product's safety.
We are asking cosmetics and personal care products companies to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics (also known as the Compact for the Global Production of Safer Health and Beauty Products), a pledge to remove toxic chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives in every market they serve. As of August 2007, 600 companies have signed the Compact -- and that number increases every day!
The Campaign works with endorsing organizations and individuals so that together we can ramp up the pressure on companies that have not signed the Compact and continue to sell us toxic products, including Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, Avon and many others. Our founding organizations also work closely with other allies to reform the chemical policies that allow for toxic ingredients in consumer products in the first place.
I encourage you to purchase products whose environmental effects have been considered and found to be less damaging to the environment and human health, and incorporate them into your daily routine. Go green, one choice at a time and adapt our lifestyles so we can live as lightly on this planet as possible. Future generations are depending upon us to operate in a socially just and environmentally sustainable manner. After all, this world is a precious gift, isn’t it worth fighting for?
Businesswoman, Friend, Collaborator, and Team player, Audie Perove fills her Entrepreneurial Calling by offering a great service that enriches the lives of others. Together with other fellow BraveHeart Community members, her goal is to empower Women to be multi-dimensional success stories and inspiration to others. Be Sure to Visit: Be a BraveHeart Woman
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9 No-Nonsense Weight Loss Tips
By Gabriel Adams
Here are 9 easy-to-do tips to help you lose weight without having to resort to drastic measures:
1 - Control portion sizes Portion sizes can be a controversial topic by themselves. Add larger sized crockery and restaurants trying to out-do each other in serving diners the largest possible meals; and you have a potential portion-size minefield. Two of the most commonly asked questions amongst dieters has got to be “What does a real portion look like?” and “How much is too much?”
Portion sizes vary for different foods. When buying food at the grocery, learn to read labels and read the nutrition information and calorie content. When eating at a party or at a restaurant, have a salad first so that you are not so hungry when it’s time for the main meal. Salads have far lesser calories than any entre.
2 - Reduce Your intake of Calories
French fries and sodas; salads with salad dressings; cookies and caf้ au lattes have become the order of the day. Even people who are on a diet resort to eating at least some form of calorie-laden food every day. Restricting your intake by even a small amount every day can add up to a whopping amount at the end of the month.
3 - Stop the Mindless eating Do you reach out and grab whatever is available when reading or sitting in front of the TV or computer? Chances are you’re mind will be on the TV or on your book and you will most likely miss your fullness cues, resulting in you having eaten far more than you needed to. What’s more, studies show that people who indulge in mindless eating almost always eat high-calorie junk food.
4 - Order Wisely at Restaurants The best way to avoid the calories at a restaurant is by informing the waiter that you are looking for a calorie-reduced meal. Ask them to serve you the sauces, butter or cream on the side and not on your meal.
5 - Mingle more; Eat less at Parties By all means, go to every party you are invited to, but avoid standing next to the food table. Socialize and mingle with everybody present but control yourself when it comes to the beverages and the food. Take small portions and stay as far away as possible from the food station.
6 - Exercise There is no substitute for exercise. Though 30 minutes is the recommended daily minimum, even ten minutes of physical activity a day is better than none. Make the time to fit exercise into your daily schedule no matter how busy you are.
7 - Trim Your Trigger Foods Almost everybody has at least one trigger food, which sets them off on an eating binge. It could be French fries, chocolates or anything else. Recognize your trigger and if you have absolutely not control over the overeating that follows, it is best to try and steer clear from it as much as possible.
8 - Tell Your Family and Friends Telling your family and friends about your goals will prevent them from cooking up sinful desserts and other calorie-laden foods in your honor.
9 - Join a Weight Loss Support Group The weight loss journey can be long and tiring and fraught with frustrations. Joining a weight loss support group will give you the strength to overcome your hurdles and achieve your goal.
About The Author:
Please visit http://ibdinsurance.com/blog/healthy-eating/dietitian-tips at BCBSNC: http://ibdinsurance.com
Here are 9 easy-to-do tips to help you lose weight without having to resort to drastic measures:
1 - Control portion sizes Portion sizes can be a controversial topic by themselves. Add larger sized crockery and restaurants trying to out-do each other in serving diners the largest possible meals; and you have a potential portion-size minefield. Two of the most commonly asked questions amongst dieters has got to be “What does a real portion look like?” and “How much is too much?”
Portion sizes vary for different foods. When buying food at the grocery, learn to read labels and read the nutrition information and calorie content. When eating at a party or at a restaurant, have a salad first so that you are not so hungry when it’s time for the main meal. Salads have far lesser calories than any entre.
2 - Reduce Your intake of Calories
French fries and sodas; salads with salad dressings; cookies and caf้ au lattes have become the order of the day. Even people who are on a diet resort to eating at least some form of calorie-laden food every day. Restricting your intake by even a small amount every day can add up to a whopping amount at the end of the month.
3 - Stop the Mindless eating Do you reach out and grab whatever is available when reading or sitting in front of the TV or computer? Chances are you’re mind will be on the TV or on your book and you will most likely miss your fullness cues, resulting in you having eaten far more than you needed to. What’s more, studies show that people who indulge in mindless eating almost always eat high-calorie junk food.
4 - Order Wisely at Restaurants The best way to avoid the calories at a restaurant is by informing the waiter that you are looking for a calorie-reduced meal. Ask them to serve you the sauces, butter or cream on the side and not on your meal.
5 - Mingle more; Eat less at Parties By all means, go to every party you are invited to, but avoid standing next to the food table. Socialize and mingle with everybody present but control yourself when it comes to the beverages and the food. Take small portions and stay as far away as possible from the food station.
6 - Exercise There is no substitute for exercise. Though 30 minutes is the recommended daily minimum, even ten minutes of physical activity a day is better than none. Make the time to fit exercise into your daily schedule no matter how busy you are.
7 - Trim Your Trigger Foods Almost everybody has at least one trigger food, which sets them off on an eating binge. It could be French fries, chocolates or anything else. Recognize your trigger and if you have absolutely not control over the overeating that follows, it is best to try and steer clear from it as much as possible.
8 - Tell Your Family and Friends Telling your family and friends about your goals will prevent them from cooking up sinful desserts and other calorie-laden foods in your honor.
9 - Join a Weight Loss Support Group The weight loss journey can be long and tiring and fraught with frustrations. Joining a weight loss support group will give you the strength to overcome your hurdles and achieve your goal.
About The Author:
Please visit http://ibdinsurance.com/blog/healthy-eating/dietitian-tips at BCBSNC: http://ibdinsurance.com
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Your Mouth Has A Lot To Say About Your Health
By Darrell Miller
For those of you have read every magazine article on improving your health and sex life, tried every trick suggested to you, and still have not found the solution, you may be missing one fact that most people don’t even consider towards improving their love life with better health. A woman’s sexuality has to do with a great variety of factors including both physical and emotional issues. Physical influences include hormonal imbalances, which play a major role. Most women experience the rage of this imbalance during pre and post menopause, as well as our menstruation cycle, commonly known as PMS. But most people have not considered one other important physical factor that is affecting their sexual mood, which is gum disease. Although this connection is rarely talked about and may seem odd at first, it becomes obvious how it all works when you learn the science behind it.
Throughout the different stages of our lives, our hormones fluctuate greatly. From puberty to pregnancy and menopause, many of our tissues are affected, which includes our gums. The gums can swell up, bleed easily, and even change color during times of related hormone events. Gum disease may be prevented with Coenzyme Q10 supplementation. Once the hormone balances, the hormones often do not go back to their healthy state automatically. If you practice good oral hygiene, your gums will go back to normal, but if not, it will stay the same or get worse with out proper nutrition and Coenzyme Q10.
Most people never realize that the slight bleeding of their gums during pregnancy or pre-menopause has anything to do with their hormones and nutritional deficiencies. Slight bleeding, red gums, and swelling are all signs of the inflammation that is associated with gum disease. Most people do not pay attention to the signs of inflammation when it occurs in the mouth, as gum disease affects 23 percent of women ages 30-54 and 44 percent of women ages 55-90. Proper nutrition may help reduce the number of individuals affected by gum disease.
Even the beginning stages of gum disease, which are known as gingivitis, can greatly impact your mood and health. If it is not treated, gingivitis will advance into chronic inflammation, leaving devastating results on your health. When your gums are not healthy, a great amount of events involving chemicals takes place both locally and systematically. These chemical changes trigger your immune system to respond, leaving inflammation on the gum tissue. During inflammation, immune cells release substances called inflammatory cytokines, which boost immunity but also induce dark moods in some people. If these cytokines stay too high for too long, they can even potentially trigger depression. Chronic inflammation leaves your body feeling tired and burned out. Unfortunately, a lot of people who have gum disease do not even know they have it. Except for the sign of slight bleeding when flossing or brushing, an unsuspecting person may not be aware there is tissue breakdown until it’s too late.
The solution to the situation is really simple. Taking 100 to 400 milligrams of Coenzyme Q10 to boost the immune system and help the body reduce its production of cytokines as well as boost energy. Coenzyme Q10 can improve periodontal health so be sure to consider the health of your mouth as an important part of your overall health. When you feel healthy, your sex drive is also healthy. If you’re feeling run down and have no interest in sex, make a visit to your dentist and have your gums checked. There is no excuse to not get regular dental check-ups and visit your local health food store to practice good oral hygiene and boost over all health.
About The Author:
More information on gum disease and your http://vitanetonline.com/forums/1/ is available at VitaNet, LLC Health Food Store; as well as supplements to boost oral health.
For those of you have read every magazine article on improving your health and sex life, tried every trick suggested to you, and still have not found the solution, you may be missing one fact that most people don’t even consider towards improving their love life with better health. A woman’s sexuality has to do with a great variety of factors including both physical and emotional issues. Physical influences include hormonal imbalances, which play a major role. Most women experience the rage of this imbalance during pre and post menopause, as well as our menstruation cycle, commonly known as PMS. But most people have not considered one other important physical factor that is affecting their sexual mood, which is gum disease. Although this connection is rarely talked about and may seem odd at first, it becomes obvious how it all works when you learn the science behind it.
Throughout the different stages of our lives, our hormones fluctuate greatly. From puberty to pregnancy and menopause, many of our tissues are affected, which includes our gums. The gums can swell up, bleed easily, and even change color during times of related hormone events. Gum disease may be prevented with Coenzyme Q10 supplementation. Once the hormone balances, the hormones often do not go back to their healthy state automatically. If you practice good oral hygiene, your gums will go back to normal, but if not, it will stay the same or get worse with out proper nutrition and Coenzyme Q10.
Most people never realize that the slight bleeding of their gums during pregnancy or pre-menopause has anything to do with their hormones and nutritional deficiencies. Slight bleeding, red gums, and swelling are all signs of the inflammation that is associated with gum disease. Most people do not pay attention to the signs of inflammation when it occurs in the mouth, as gum disease affects 23 percent of women ages 30-54 and 44 percent of women ages 55-90. Proper nutrition may help reduce the number of individuals affected by gum disease.
Even the beginning stages of gum disease, which are known as gingivitis, can greatly impact your mood and health. If it is not treated, gingivitis will advance into chronic inflammation, leaving devastating results on your health. When your gums are not healthy, a great amount of events involving chemicals takes place both locally and systematically. These chemical changes trigger your immune system to respond, leaving inflammation on the gum tissue. During inflammation, immune cells release substances called inflammatory cytokines, which boost immunity but also induce dark moods in some people. If these cytokines stay too high for too long, they can even potentially trigger depression. Chronic inflammation leaves your body feeling tired and burned out. Unfortunately, a lot of people who have gum disease do not even know they have it. Except for the sign of slight bleeding when flossing or brushing, an unsuspecting person may not be aware there is tissue breakdown until it’s too late.
The solution to the situation is really simple. Taking 100 to 400 milligrams of Coenzyme Q10 to boost the immune system and help the body reduce its production of cytokines as well as boost energy. Coenzyme Q10 can improve periodontal health so be sure to consider the health of your mouth as an important part of your overall health. When you feel healthy, your sex drive is also healthy. If you’re feeling run down and have no interest in sex, make a visit to your dentist and have your gums checked. There is no excuse to not get regular dental check-ups and visit your local health food store to practice good oral hygiene and boost over all health.
About The Author:
More information on gum disease and your http://vitanetonline.com/forums/1/ is available at VitaNet, LLC Health Food Store; as well as supplements to boost oral health.
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Mind Over Matter: How Your Attitude May Affect Your Weight Loss
By Carole S. Guinane
Though diet and exercise are certainly important factors in any weight loss plan, a positive attitude is what makes such lifestyle changes possible. As evidence that one’s mental state is just as important as physical activity when trying to lose weight, many people have already found that it is much harder to make the lifestyle changes required for weight loss if you don’t believe those changes can happen. To help you mentally prepare for a long term weight loss plan, here are a number of tips to get you thinking about how a positive attitude can help you reach your weight loss goals.
1. Set realistic goals for yourself
When you start trying to lose weight, try to remember that you are making a lifelong change. Weight loss results may not come as quickly as you hope sometimes, but try not to overdo it or become discouraged. Rather, focus on short-term goals that you can control – like your daily exercise – and establish more long-term goals for weight loss.
2. Envision your future self
One way to help you focus on your weight loss goals is to think about how you will look and feel when you meet your weight loss target. However, this mental exercise should not make you feel discouraged or unhealthy about your current self. You should simply try to think about the opportunities that a healthy lifestyle will provide you in the long-term.
3. When it comes to exercise, do what you enjoy
As you try to lose weight, you should focus on activities that you enjoy doing, rather than forcing yourself to complete unwanted tasks. If you love the outdoors, consider taking short walks a few times each week, even if it is just to the end of your block and back. If you simply enjoy watching TV or movies, you can view your programs while doing chair exercises or simple bicep curls with light weights. By devoting your energy to activities that you get pleasure from, you will be more likely to remain positive and committed for the long term.
4. Feel confident
Being able to maintain self-confidence is often one of the most important factors affecting the success of weight loss. Hence, you should do your best to think of yourself as a healthy and active person. Remind yourself that each day you remain serious about losing weight will make you look and feel better.
5. Find a friend
Many people considering new weight loss plans don’t take action because they simply don’t know how or where to begin. To help overcome that road block, consider asking a friend or family member to join you in the journey. By sharing your weight loss goals with another, you will both gain valuable support and motivation.
6. Look for different ways to measure your success
When it comes to losing weight, everyone has different goals and visions of success. Yet, one of the best tips for everyone to follow when trying to measure weight loss success is the most simple: avoid the scale. While you will certainly want to measure your actual weight loss, weighing yourself every day can provide deceptive results and put a damper on your positive attitude. Instead, try to focus on how you feel as you begin losing weight. After a few months following a weight loss plan, you might find yourself able to participate in a certain activity that you never thought you could complete or notice your clothing fitting loosely. Use these simple triumphs as markers of success and think about new goals as you go forward.
7. Reward Yourself
When you meet your long term weight loss goals, try to reward yourself in a healthy way. If you are able to keep a potential reward in mind when thinking about weight loss, you might gain enough motivation to work through even the toughest days. On the other hand, if you aren’t meeting your goals as quickly as you hoped, it is important not to beat yourself up. Rather than getting discouraged, simply continue with your weight loss plan and know that your diligence will eventually pay off. In short, when trying to lose weight, you should devote as much energy to creating a positive attitude as you do to your diet and exercise. When you begin your weight loss program, don’t be discouraged about having to start your physical activity program slowly. Instead, realize that your stamina and health will improve little by little each day as a result of your commitment. Most importantly, in the early stages of your weight loss, try to cultivate a mental attitude that will help you reach your weight loss goals. Over time, if you utilize some of the tips outlined here, all of your hard work will add up to significant weight loss.
About The Author:
Carole S. Guinane, a Chief Clinical Officer writes articles about obesity and weight loss for New Hope Today (http://www.newhopetoday.com/).
Though diet and exercise are certainly important factors in any weight loss plan, a positive attitude is what makes such lifestyle changes possible. As evidence that one’s mental state is just as important as physical activity when trying to lose weight, many people have already found that it is much harder to make the lifestyle changes required for weight loss if you don’t believe those changes can happen. To help you mentally prepare for a long term weight loss plan, here are a number of tips to get you thinking about how a positive attitude can help you reach your weight loss goals.
1. Set realistic goals for yourself
When you start trying to lose weight, try to remember that you are making a lifelong change. Weight loss results may not come as quickly as you hope sometimes, but try not to overdo it or become discouraged. Rather, focus on short-term goals that you can control – like your daily exercise – and establish more long-term goals for weight loss.
2. Envision your future self
One way to help you focus on your weight loss goals is to think about how you will look and feel when you meet your weight loss target. However, this mental exercise should not make you feel discouraged or unhealthy about your current self. You should simply try to think about the opportunities that a healthy lifestyle will provide you in the long-term.
3. When it comes to exercise, do what you enjoy
As you try to lose weight, you should focus on activities that you enjoy doing, rather than forcing yourself to complete unwanted tasks. If you love the outdoors, consider taking short walks a few times each week, even if it is just to the end of your block and back. If you simply enjoy watching TV or movies, you can view your programs while doing chair exercises or simple bicep curls with light weights. By devoting your energy to activities that you get pleasure from, you will be more likely to remain positive and committed for the long term.
4. Feel confident
Being able to maintain self-confidence is often one of the most important factors affecting the success of weight loss. Hence, you should do your best to think of yourself as a healthy and active person. Remind yourself that each day you remain serious about losing weight will make you look and feel better.
5. Find a friend
Many people considering new weight loss plans don’t take action because they simply don’t know how or where to begin. To help overcome that road block, consider asking a friend or family member to join you in the journey. By sharing your weight loss goals with another, you will both gain valuable support and motivation.
6. Look for different ways to measure your success
When it comes to losing weight, everyone has different goals and visions of success. Yet, one of the best tips for everyone to follow when trying to measure weight loss success is the most simple: avoid the scale. While you will certainly want to measure your actual weight loss, weighing yourself every day can provide deceptive results and put a damper on your positive attitude. Instead, try to focus on how you feel as you begin losing weight. After a few months following a weight loss plan, you might find yourself able to participate in a certain activity that you never thought you could complete or notice your clothing fitting loosely. Use these simple triumphs as markers of success and think about new goals as you go forward.
7. Reward Yourself
When you meet your long term weight loss goals, try to reward yourself in a healthy way. If you are able to keep a potential reward in mind when thinking about weight loss, you might gain enough motivation to work through even the toughest days. On the other hand, if you aren’t meeting your goals as quickly as you hoped, it is important not to beat yourself up. Rather than getting discouraged, simply continue with your weight loss plan and know that your diligence will eventually pay off. In short, when trying to lose weight, you should devote as much energy to creating a positive attitude as you do to your diet and exercise. When you begin your weight loss program, don’t be discouraged about having to start your physical activity program slowly. Instead, realize that your stamina and health will improve little by little each day as a result of your commitment. Most importantly, in the early stages of your weight loss, try to cultivate a mental attitude that will help you reach your weight loss goals. Over time, if you utilize some of the tips outlined here, all of your hard work will add up to significant weight loss.
About The Author:
Carole S. Guinane, a Chief Clinical Officer writes articles about obesity and weight loss for New Hope Today (http://www.newhopetoday.com/).
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How To Naturally Rejuvenate Your Body & Mind
By: James A Penn
By the time the new year rings in, most of us have a long list of sweeping resolutions: lose 20 pounds, take a step up in the career ladder, hit the gym 5 to 6 times a week. But don't feel terrible if your resolutions end up flatter than day-old champagne. According to ancient healing tradition, winter is not the time to start harsh new changes. Our body's natural rhythm wants to take it easy during the winter.
The cold winter months are the best time for our bodies to rejuvenate before spring. Winter is time to finish things, not start them. To help our body end the cycle and prepare for the new one, we need to remove the physical, emotional, and environmental junk we acquired over the past year. So instead of making dramatic changes, a gentle detox ties it up and readies us for the rebirth of spring.
Your Body
A detox is the perfect goal you can expect to meet instead of a deep cleanse which can wait for the warmer months. During detox you simply reduce your intake of toxins and support your body's natural detox systems. Doing this supports your anti-aging goals. On the outside, we take in polluted air and water and foods like sugar and alcohol. On the inside, the body reacts by making more free radicals which end up damaging our DNA and cells, contributing to diseases and aging.
To help your body get rid of toxins, try a detox that removes the excess mucous and acid that has accumulated. Elson Haas, MD and author of The New Detox Diet (Celestial Arts,2004), recommends taking a week off to eat only cooked vegetables, brown rice, seaweed, and miso broth while incorporating massage, steams, and saunas. Another choice is his three-week plan. He recommends you do not intake sweets, caffeine, wheat, dairy, and alcohol, and instead consume steamed vegetables and warm broths.
After your one or three week detox, build up strength by eating more proteins, starches, and seasonal foods including sweet potatoes, pumpkin, kale, and winter squash. Fresh, local foods have more nutrients. Nettle tea, broths, and small amounts of lean meats keep your body warm during the harshness of winter. Hearty, nutricious foods such as brown rice, garlic, seaweed, miso soup, potatoes, broccoli, kale, cabbage, chard, collard greens, cauliflower, and onions replenish your reserves.
An often over-looked part of maintaining optimal health during winter is hydration. Warm teas and broths will keep you in top condition. Chamomile tea strengthens your kidneys while rosehips tea strengthens the adrenals. Keeping the adrenals in top shape prevents or improves common health problems including allergies and asthma. If you suffer from bladder infections, uva ursi infusion or tea will likely cure it.
To keep your body looking great, go for yoga or t'ai chi. They promote deep breathing and soothing movements that won't exhaust your body.
Your Mind
Now is the perfect time to not only clean out the clutter in our closet and garage, but also the emotional baggage in our mind. Conflicts that gnaw at us in the back of our mind only lead to anxiety, anger, or depression. Unresolved feelings eventually take up too much of our energy which can be used for better thoughts and emotions. It's time to get rid of emotional toxins such as behaviours, patterns, and beliefs that interfere with having healthy relationships and living fully.
** Address your issues when you're ready to come to terms with your emotions. You will feel better for facing the truth.
** Surround yourself with a positive and loving environment -one that makes you feel relaxed.
** Learn to let go by creating your own ritual to release the emotional toxins you've identified.
** Make new choices which include not recreating the old problems you just let go of. It's too easy to relapse, so you must commit to creating an intention which honors your commitment. Go with specific, measurable, and realistic goals.
An emotional cleanse will allow you to feel more alive and rejuvenated. The energy you were using to suppress pain is now available for creative choices.
This rejuvenation is a process and by spring you will be more able to implement new goals in full force. Enjoy the gentleness of the detoxification and the peace it brings into your life. You will definitely be living an anti-aging lifestyle if you take care of your body and your mind this season.
About the Author:
For a limited time only, natural health expert, James Penn, is allowing you exclusive free access to his no cost newsletter where he reveals top secret natural health therapies and remedies to reinvigorate, rejuvenate and revitalise your mind, body and soul. Subscribe for free at http://www.revitaliseyourhealth.com
Article Tags: detox, emotional, winter
By the time the new year rings in, most of us have a long list of sweeping resolutions: lose 20 pounds, take a step up in the career ladder, hit the gym 5 to 6 times a week. But don't feel terrible if your resolutions end up flatter than day-old champagne. According to ancient healing tradition, winter is not the time to start harsh new changes. Our body's natural rhythm wants to take it easy during the winter.
The cold winter months are the best time for our bodies to rejuvenate before spring. Winter is time to finish things, not start them. To help our body end the cycle and prepare for the new one, we need to remove the physical, emotional, and environmental junk we acquired over the past year. So instead of making dramatic changes, a gentle detox ties it up and readies us for the rebirth of spring.
Your Body
A detox is the perfect goal you can expect to meet instead of a deep cleanse which can wait for the warmer months. During detox you simply reduce your intake of toxins and support your body's natural detox systems. Doing this supports your anti-aging goals. On the outside, we take in polluted air and water and foods like sugar and alcohol. On the inside, the body reacts by making more free radicals which end up damaging our DNA and cells, contributing to diseases and aging.
To help your body get rid of toxins, try a detox that removes the excess mucous and acid that has accumulated. Elson Haas, MD and author of The New Detox Diet (Celestial Arts,2004), recommends taking a week off to eat only cooked vegetables, brown rice, seaweed, and miso broth while incorporating massage, steams, and saunas. Another choice is his three-week plan. He recommends you do not intake sweets, caffeine, wheat, dairy, and alcohol, and instead consume steamed vegetables and warm broths.
After your one or three week detox, build up strength by eating more proteins, starches, and seasonal foods including sweet potatoes, pumpkin, kale, and winter squash. Fresh, local foods have more nutrients. Nettle tea, broths, and small amounts of lean meats keep your body warm during the harshness of winter. Hearty, nutricious foods such as brown rice, garlic, seaweed, miso soup, potatoes, broccoli, kale, cabbage, chard, collard greens, cauliflower, and onions replenish your reserves.
An often over-looked part of maintaining optimal health during winter is hydration. Warm teas and broths will keep you in top condition. Chamomile tea strengthens your kidneys while rosehips tea strengthens the adrenals. Keeping the adrenals in top shape prevents or improves common health problems including allergies and asthma. If you suffer from bladder infections, uva ursi infusion or tea will likely cure it.
To keep your body looking great, go for yoga or t'ai chi. They promote deep breathing and soothing movements that won't exhaust your body.
Your Mind
Now is the perfect time to not only clean out the clutter in our closet and garage, but also the emotional baggage in our mind. Conflicts that gnaw at us in the back of our mind only lead to anxiety, anger, or depression. Unresolved feelings eventually take up too much of our energy which can be used for better thoughts and emotions. It's time to get rid of emotional toxins such as behaviours, patterns, and beliefs that interfere with having healthy relationships and living fully.
** Address your issues when you're ready to come to terms with your emotions. You will feel better for facing the truth.
** Surround yourself with a positive and loving environment -one that makes you feel relaxed.
** Learn to let go by creating your own ritual to release the emotional toxins you've identified.
** Make new choices which include not recreating the old problems you just let go of. It's too easy to relapse, so you must commit to creating an intention which honors your commitment. Go with specific, measurable, and realistic goals.
An emotional cleanse will allow you to feel more alive and rejuvenated. The energy you were using to suppress pain is now available for creative choices.
This rejuvenation is a process and by spring you will be more able to implement new goals in full force. Enjoy the gentleness of the detoxification and the peace it brings into your life. You will definitely be living an anti-aging lifestyle if you take care of your body and your mind this season.
About the Author:
For a limited time only, natural health expert, James Penn, is allowing you exclusive free access to his no cost newsletter where he reveals top secret natural health therapies and remedies to reinvigorate, rejuvenate and revitalise your mind, body and soul. Subscribe for free at http://www.revitaliseyourhealth.com
Article Tags: detox, emotional, winter
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Fast Weight Loss Tips For Those Last Five Pounds
By: Darlene Nicholson, PT, LWMC
Are you stuck at that last five pounds? It happens to us all. A half a size away from those jeans you’ve tried on a dozen times at the mall and still, they don’t quite zip. Be patient. You’ll get there!! But if your weight loss efforts need a little kick in the pants to help you over that hump, these fast weight loss tips will help!
If you’ve been following a healthful plan to lose weight which includes a slow steady weight loss, you’ll understand when I say that these weight loss tips aren’t going to get you in those jeans by this weekend. That’s okay! You won’t waste the 70 bucks either because once you get into them, you’ll be able to wear them for a long time.
Start by ramping up your work out. In the beginning of your weight loss plan, you probably found you lost the first pounds more quickly. That’s completely normal, but it can be frustrating when your body adjusts to your new regime. The good news is that because you’ve been working out, your body is quite ready for a push. If you were doing two miles in thirty minutes, push yourself a bit more to get another quarter mile in. If speed isn’t your game, extend the time. What’s ten minutes more a day? Raise the incline for five of those thirty minutes. These weight loss tips will not only help you lose those last five pounds, but they will put your body into peak condition.
Got fiber? Adding fiber to your diet could be one of the best weight loss tips out there. Fiber has been shown to aid in weight loss. Not only that, but research shows that it is beneficial in lowering cholesterol and the incidence of cancers such as colon cancer. The recommended daily allowance for fiber is 25 grams. Most Americans do not reach this goal. If you’re eating a diet that utilizes whole grains instead of refined carbohydrates, your chances of getting that full 25 grams are better. Also, fiber works best when it’s a good mix of insoluble and soluble fiber. Insoluble fiber is the stuff you’ll find in whole grains and roughage such as lettuce and celery. Soluble fiber is found in fruits such as apples and pears. A bowl of oatmeal contains both soluble and insoluble fiber. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak! Fiber supplements that you can mix in with your coffee or tea in the morning are a great way to sneak in another 3 grams or so. Just don’t rely on those for all of your fiber or you’ll be missing out on some other important nutrients. And go slowly! Work your way up to 25 grams per day gradually. Too much fiber too fast will leave you feeling a bit bloated and gassy.
We all have a weak spot for something. Sweet, salty, greasy or whatever your poison may be, there are certain times that you are more susceptible to temptation. A little treat now and then is not what I’m talking about here. It’s okay to have a piece of chocolate, maybe even beneficial. What’s not okay is to have a box of chocolate in one evening. Nor a bag of potato chips. Think about the last time you blew it. What was going on in your life that day? Were you tired? Sad? Angry? Frustrated? Stressed out? If you’re a woman, was it PMS? Recognize this and redirect your emotion from food into something better. Now’s not the time to allow yourself the piece of chocolate. Your willpower is down and you’re likely to binge. Go for a walk. Call a friend. Meditate for five minutes. Turn on the music and dance… anything that will elevate your mood and help you through this rough spot without binging. Weight loss tips like this will not only help you achieve your goals, but they’ll help you deal with your emotions in a much better way than using instant gratification.
If you think you’ve already followed all the weight loss tips out there and are still having a tough time, re-examine your food intake throughout the week. You might be surprised at what you forget to calculate into your daily calories. A common mistake is the big lunchtime salad. You may think you’re eating far fewer calories than you actually are. Creamy dressings such as honey mustard can add a whopping 300 calories to that healthful salad. Add into that choosing breaded chicken over grilled and you may as well have had the cheeseburger. Taco salads can have tons of calories. Just because you sprinkled a handful of corn over the sour cream, seasoned beef and tortilla chips (that cover the iceberg lettuce on the bottom) doesn’t mean you’ve eaten a low-calorie lunch. Oh! If only it were that easy! Instead, go for the loaded veggie salad with a bit of grilled chicken, maybe a sprinkling of grated cheese and use a flavorful vinaigrette. Some vinaigrettes have as few as 40 calories per two tablespoons.
Following these weight loss tips will get you into those jeans before you know it! Just remember to follow weight loss tips that continue to promote healthy weight loss and not just fast weight loss. Keep up the good work!
About the Author:
From a sickly little girl to a healthy chef to the stars, Darlene Nicholson transformed herself into The "Kick in the Butt" Healthy Lifestyle Expert and creator of the popular DVD "The Healthy Grocery Store Tour". Visit her website http://www.lifechanginghealthysolutions.com for free information, articles and support.
Article Tags: fiber, loss, weight
Are you stuck at that last five pounds? It happens to us all. A half a size away from those jeans you’ve tried on a dozen times at the mall and still, they don’t quite zip. Be patient. You’ll get there!! But if your weight loss efforts need a little kick in the pants to help you over that hump, these fast weight loss tips will help!
If you’ve been following a healthful plan to lose weight which includes a slow steady weight loss, you’ll understand when I say that these weight loss tips aren’t going to get you in those jeans by this weekend. That’s okay! You won’t waste the 70 bucks either because once you get into them, you’ll be able to wear them for a long time.
Start by ramping up your work out. In the beginning of your weight loss plan, you probably found you lost the first pounds more quickly. That’s completely normal, but it can be frustrating when your body adjusts to your new regime. The good news is that because you’ve been working out, your body is quite ready for a push. If you were doing two miles in thirty minutes, push yourself a bit more to get another quarter mile in. If speed isn’t your game, extend the time. What’s ten minutes more a day? Raise the incline for five of those thirty minutes. These weight loss tips will not only help you lose those last five pounds, but they will put your body into peak condition.
Got fiber? Adding fiber to your diet could be one of the best weight loss tips out there. Fiber has been shown to aid in weight loss. Not only that, but research shows that it is beneficial in lowering cholesterol and the incidence of cancers such as colon cancer. The recommended daily allowance for fiber is 25 grams. Most Americans do not reach this goal. If you’re eating a diet that utilizes whole grains instead of refined carbohydrates, your chances of getting that full 25 grams are better. Also, fiber works best when it’s a good mix of insoluble and soluble fiber. Insoluble fiber is the stuff you’ll find in whole grains and roughage such as lettuce and celery. Soluble fiber is found in fruits such as apples and pears. A bowl of oatmeal contains both soluble and insoluble fiber. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak! Fiber supplements that you can mix in with your coffee or tea in the morning are a great way to sneak in another 3 grams or so. Just don’t rely on those for all of your fiber or you’ll be missing out on some other important nutrients. And go slowly! Work your way up to 25 grams per day gradually. Too much fiber too fast will leave you feeling a bit bloated and gassy.
We all have a weak spot for something. Sweet, salty, greasy or whatever your poison may be, there are certain times that you are more susceptible to temptation. A little treat now and then is not what I’m talking about here. It’s okay to have a piece of chocolate, maybe even beneficial. What’s not okay is to have a box of chocolate in one evening. Nor a bag of potato chips. Think about the last time you blew it. What was going on in your life that day? Were you tired? Sad? Angry? Frustrated? Stressed out? If you’re a woman, was it PMS? Recognize this and redirect your emotion from food into something better. Now’s not the time to allow yourself the piece of chocolate. Your willpower is down and you’re likely to binge. Go for a walk. Call a friend. Meditate for five minutes. Turn on the music and dance… anything that will elevate your mood and help you through this rough spot without binging. Weight loss tips like this will not only help you achieve your goals, but they’ll help you deal with your emotions in a much better way than using instant gratification.
If you think you’ve already followed all the weight loss tips out there and are still having a tough time, re-examine your food intake throughout the week. You might be surprised at what you forget to calculate into your daily calories. A common mistake is the big lunchtime salad. You may think you’re eating far fewer calories than you actually are. Creamy dressings such as honey mustard can add a whopping 300 calories to that healthful salad. Add into that choosing breaded chicken over grilled and you may as well have had the cheeseburger. Taco salads can have tons of calories. Just because you sprinkled a handful of corn over the sour cream, seasoned beef and tortilla chips (that cover the iceberg lettuce on the bottom) doesn’t mean you’ve eaten a low-calorie lunch. Oh! If only it were that easy! Instead, go for the loaded veggie salad with a bit of grilled chicken, maybe a sprinkling of grated cheese and use a flavorful vinaigrette. Some vinaigrettes have as few as 40 calories per two tablespoons.
Following these weight loss tips will get you into those jeans before you know it! Just remember to follow weight loss tips that continue to promote healthy weight loss and not just fast weight loss. Keep up the good work!
About the Author:
From a sickly little girl to a healthy chef to the stars, Darlene Nicholson transformed herself into The "Kick in the Butt" Healthy Lifestyle Expert and creator of the popular DVD "The Healthy Grocery Store Tour". Visit her website http://www.lifechanginghealthysolutions.com for free information, articles and support.
Article Tags: fiber, loss, weight
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Healthy Diet
By: Trish Powell
To maintain good health, we need to eat a healthy balanced diet. Couldn’t be easier could it? Due to our diverse life styles, eating a balanced diet is much harder than we imagine. Most articles dealing with healthy living tend to list food sources that are beneficial and give reasons why we should eat more of them, that’s fine as far as it goes, but how do you manage it?
This article is not so much about the right foods, you know what they are, nor is it about a weight loss diet; though if you are overweight, along with some exercise and a healthy diet you will lose weight. This is about strategies that we can adopt to help us eat a more balanced diet long term.
Let’s start right there, there are no right and wrong foods. The idea that there are some foods you must not eat is totally wrong. There are though foods you should try to eat more of and those that you should eat less of. You may be able to remain on your diet longer if you realize that you can have an ice cream or chocolate, you just can’t do it too often. In other words it is the balance we are after.
Making ridiculous changes to your diet overnight probably isn’t a good idea, after a few days your resolve is going to weaken and you will end up reverting to your old ways. It is better to make small changes, this way it will have a more lasting effect.
Before you consider your actual diet, look at your lifestyle. This is very important because you need to plan your meals around your everyday activities. Often people will say “It’s hard for me to eat properly because I go out a lot.” or “I’m a shift worker and meals are never at the right time.” These are valid reasons, but they can be overcome with proper planning.
To overhaul your diet you will need to work out what you are consuming now. Be honest with yourself, if you are drinking ten cups of coffee and eating doughnuts every day then acknowledge the fact. Sometimes it can be a shock when you add it all up, rather like getting home after shopping and you wonder where all the money went. Yes tally it all up and you will be surprised.
Once you have come to grips with your actual diet, as opposed to what you thought it was, you can take steps to improve it. Let’s take the ten cups of coffee and doughnuts as an example. The obvious solution is to cut down, but you should have a plan. How many cups of coffee should you have a day? Now if you cut out just one cup per day for the next week, then drop off another cup for the next week etc. although taking some time this will work without being hard work.
Do the same for the doughnuts, and though in the beginning you may wish to supplement with a health bar try to wean yourself of even these and change the coffee and doughnut for a piece of fruit. Just don’t go cold turkey and give up everything in the one day, unless you have very good will power, that way leads to failure.
Quiet often our diet is governed by what is easiest, enter soft drink and fast food; instant gratification equals long term problems. Here is another myth buster, it is not always the fast food that is the problem; if you were to have a beef patty with salad and a bread roll laid out on a plate, it would be considered a healthy meal. Why then if you put them together is this bad for us? First did you notice we didn’t have the fries with that? But mostly it is the soft drink! When did you last have a burger without a soft drink? And don’t think because you have a diet coke it doesn’t count. It is the fizz that makes you fat!
Spur of the moment eating doesn’t allow for healthy meal planning, try to plan meals in advance. If time is an issue try cooking more than you need for one meal and freezing the remaining portions for another occasion. Don’t do your shopping in a hurry, allow yourself time to look at other options that might be quick but healthy, if you are in a hurry you will always pick the same things.
The saying a little of what you fancy does you good is true, the art is in knowing how much a “little” is. Eating is a great social activity and it is easy to end up eating and drinking more than we planned when we get together with friends. To over indulge once in a while is not a problem, but if you have a busy social life, or business requires you to dine out on a regular basis, then you need to work out a strategy so that your healthy eating plan isn’t compromised.
Choose the healthier options on the menu, forego the side orders, restrict the number of courses you have, don’t have the coffee to finish, any or all of these will keep you on your healthy diet.
A healthy diet won’t just happen, it doesn’t work just to give up this or that, or to go on some fad diet. If you are in for the long haul, and you could be living to a hundred, you need to be on a healthy balanced diet for the rest of your life. Not a weight loss diet but a balanced one. This will not happen unless you put in the time and effort to plan a strategy and set some healthy eating goals
About the Author:
Trish is a life coach and author specialising in health wellness and relationships Visit her site http://www.wellbeing-information.com for full facts on dieting, healthy living and wellbeing
Article Tags: diet, eating, healthy
To maintain good health, we need to eat a healthy balanced diet. Couldn’t be easier could it? Due to our diverse life styles, eating a balanced diet is much harder than we imagine. Most articles dealing with healthy living tend to list food sources that are beneficial and give reasons why we should eat more of them, that’s fine as far as it goes, but how do you manage it?
This article is not so much about the right foods, you know what they are, nor is it about a weight loss diet; though if you are overweight, along with some exercise and a healthy diet you will lose weight. This is about strategies that we can adopt to help us eat a more balanced diet long term.
Let’s start right there, there are no right and wrong foods. The idea that there are some foods you must not eat is totally wrong. There are though foods you should try to eat more of and those that you should eat less of. You may be able to remain on your diet longer if you realize that you can have an ice cream or chocolate, you just can’t do it too often. In other words it is the balance we are after.
Making ridiculous changes to your diet overnight probably isn’t a good idea, after a few days your resolve is going to weaken and you will end up reverting to your old ways. It is better to make small changes, this way it will have a more lasting effect.
Before you consider your actual diet, look at your lifestyle. This is very important because you need to plan your meals around your everyday activities. Often people will say “It’s hard for me to eat properly because I go out a lot.” or “I’m a shift worker and meals are never at the right time.” These are valid reasons, but they can be overcome with proper planning.
To overhaul your diet you will need to work out what you are consuming now. Be honest with yourself, if you are drinking ten cups of coffee and eating doughnuts every day then acknowledge the fact. Sometimes it can be a shock when you add it all up, rather like getting home after shopping and you wonder where all the money went. Yes tally it all up and you will be surprised.
Once you have come to grips with your actual diet, as opposed to what you thought it was, you can take steps to improve it. Let’s take the ten cups of coffee and doughnuts as an example. The obvious solution is to cut down, but you should have a plan. How many cups of coffee should you have a day? Now if you cut out just one cup per day for the next week, then drop off another cup for the next week etc. although taking some time this will work without being hard work.
Do the same for the doughnuts, and though in the beginning you may wish to supplement with a health bar try to wean yourself of even these and change the coffee and doughnut for a piece of fruit. Just don’t go cold turkey and give up everything in the one day, unless you have very good will power, that way leads to failure.
Quiet often our diet is governed by what is easiest, enter soft drink and fast food; instant gratification equals long term problems. Here is another myth buster, it is not always the fast food that is the problem; if you were to have a beef patty with salad and a bread roll laid out on a plate, it would be considered a healthy meal. Why then if you put them together is this bad for us? First did you notice we didn’t have the fries with that? But mostly it is the soft drink! When did you last have a burger without a soft drink? And don’t think because you have a diet coke it doesn’t count. It is the fizz that makes you fat!
Spur of the moment eating doesn’t allow for healthy meal planning, try to plan meals in advance. If time is an issue try cooking more than you need for one meal and freezing the remaining portions for another occasion. Don’t do your shopping in a hurry, allow yourself time to look at other options that might be quick but healthy, if you are in a hurry you will always pick the same things.
The saying a little of what you fancy does you good is true, the art is in knowing how much a “little” is. Eating is a great social activity and it is easy to end up eating and drinking more than we planned when we get together with friends. To over indulge once in a while is not a problem, but if you have a busy social life, or business requires you to dine out on a regular basis, then you need to work out a strategy so that your healthy eating plan isn’t compromised.
Choose the healthier options on the menu, forego the side orders, restrict the number of courses you have, don’t have the coffee to finish, any or all of these will keep you on your healthy diet.
A healthy diet won’t just happen, it doesn’t work just to give up this or that, or to go on some fad diet. If you are in for the long haul, and you could be living to a hundred, you need to be on a healthy balanced diet for the rest of your life. Not a weight loss diet but a balanced one. This will not happen unless you put in the time and effort to plan a strategy and set some healthy eating goals
About the Author:
Trish is a life coach and author specialising in health wellness and relationships Visit her site http://www.wellbeing-information.com for full facts on dieting, healthy living and wellbeing
Article Tags: diet, eating, healthy
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17 Makeup Tips To Save Money And Look Great
By: Janice Tham
1. Waste not want not. Somethings can be recycled. When your mascara is all used up, don't throw the wand away. Wash it thoroughly with soap and water and use it as a lash separator.
2. For natural looking, yet lush lashes, after applying each coat of mascara, separate the lashes with an eye lash comb or a clean, dry mascara wand.
3. Before applying eye makeup, lie down with a cucumber slice over each eye for 15 minutes to reduce puffiness.
4. If a zit appears, before you hide it with makeup, bring down the redness with ice. Then apply a pimple remedy and paint on the concealer to hide the zit
5. To brighten your eyes, line just behind the lower lashes with white mascara.
6. If your lipstick melts, don't throw it away. Transfer it into a clean ointment jar and apply it with a lip brush.
7. You can also mix melted lipstick with Vaseline in an ointment jar to form a tinted lip balm
8. If you want cats eyes, use a liquid eye liner on the upper lash line. Start with a fine line from the inner corner, but thicken the line dramatically as you move towards the outer corner of the eye. Then wing out. Here is a step by step guide on how to apply eyeliner
9. If you want color, there is no need to do a rainbow. A subtle application of an electric blue eyeliner on nude eyeshadows would do the trick. Or play up your eyes with a single bright eyeshadow in violet, or even orange, but offset it with neutral shadows like browns, grays and blacks.
10. Make lips look fuller by dabbing the center of the lower lip with a silver or gold eyeshadow.
11. Blush can be used for all over radiance. Apply dust it over your cheekbones, chin, tip of nose, forehead and even over your eyelids for that naturally pretty look that will not clash.
12. Before you even start applying makeup, apply your daily moisturizer and let your skin soak it up. Go for one with SPF15 to give you the protection you need from the aging UV rays of the sun. Spread a tissue paper over your face to blot off the excess.
13. Make lashes appear fuller with by lining the lower lash line with black eye pencil liner. Gently tug down the lower eyelid to draw the line just behind your lashes.
14. Reduce redness by using a green shades.
15. Reduce sallowness with lilac.
16. Remove waterproof mascara with a makeup remover meant for waterproof mascara. If you can't find such a makeup remover, you can improvise with olive oil.
17. Have cotton buds handy in case of mistake. Dip the cotton bud in makeup remover and use that to erase mistakes.
18. Apply colorless nail polish and let it dry completely before you apply a dark colored nail polish. Protect your nails from the pigments with that base.
19. Protect your manicure with a colorless nail polish once the color has dried completely.
20. Refresh a chipped manicure by touching up the color. Once dry and all the missing bits have been painted on, freshen the manicure with a coat of clear polish over every nail.
About the Author:
The author wrote these step by step makeup guides for http://www.cosmeticsonline.info
Article Tags: apply, line, mascara
1. Waste not want not. Somethings can be recycled. When your mascara is all used up, don't throw the wand away. Wash it thoroughly with soap and water and use it as a lash separator.
2. For natural looking, yet lush lashes, after applying each coat of mascara, separate the lashes with an eye lash comb or a clean, dry mascara wand.
3. Before applying eye makeup, lie down with a cucumber slice over each eye for 15 minutes to reduce puffiness.
4. If a zit appears, before you hide it with makeup, bring down the redness with ice. Then apply a pimple remedy and paint on the concealer to hide the zit
5. To brighten your eyes, line just behind the lower lashes with white mascara.
6. If your lipstick melts, don't throw it away. Transfer it into a clean ointment jar and apply it with a lip brush.
7. You can also mix melted lipstick with Vaseline in an ointment jar to form a tinted lip balm
8. If you want cats eyes, use a liquid eye liner on the upper lash line. Start with a fine line from the inner corner, but thicken the line dramatically as you move towards the outer corner of the eye. Then wing out. Here is a step by step guide on how to apply eyeliner
9. If you want color, there is no need to do a rainbow. A subtle application of an electric blue eyeliner on nude eyeshadows would do the trick. Or play up your eyes with a single bright eyeshadow in violet, or even orange, but offset it with neutral shadows like browns, grays and blacks.
10. Make lips look fuller by dabbing the center of the lower lip with a silver or gold eyeshadow.
11. Blush can be used for all over radiance. Apply dust it over your cheekbones, chin, tip of nose, forehead and even over your eyelids for that naturally pretty look that will not clash.
12. Before you even start applying makeup, apply your daily moisturizer and let your skin soak it up. Go for one with SPF15 to give you the protection you need from the aging UV rays of the sun. Spread a tissue paper over your face to blot off the excess.
13. Make lashes appear fuller with by lining the lower lash line with black eye pencil liner. Gently tug down the lower eyelid to draw the line just behind your lashes.
14. Reduce redness by using a green shades.
15. Reduce sallowness with lilac.
16. Remove waterproof mascara with a makeup remover meant for waterproof mascara. If you can't find such a makeup remover, you can improvise with olive oil.
17. Have cotton buds handy in case of mistake. Dip the cotton bud in makeup remover and use that to erase mistakes.
18. Apply colorless nail polish and let it dry completely before you apply a dark colored nail polish. Protect your nails from the pigments with that base.
19. Protect your manicure with a colorless nail polish once the color has dried completely.
20. Refresh a chipped manicure by touching up the color. Once dry and all the missing bits have been painted on, freshen the manicure with a coat of clear polish over every nail.
About the Author:
The author wrote these step by step makeup guides for http://www.cosmeticsonline.info
Article Tags: apply, line, mascara
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Dry Skin Care
By: Darryl Rambo
Normal skin has a soft, supple texture because of its water content. For skin to feel soft, pliable and "normal," its top layer must contain a minimum of 10% water and ideally between 20% and 35%. To help protect the outer layer of skin from losing water, the skin's sebaceous glands produce an oily substance called sebum. Sebum is a complex mixture of fatty acids, sugars, waxes and other natural chemicals that form a protective barrier against water evaporation. If the skin doesn't have enough sebum, it loses water and feels dry. If environmental factors cause more water evaporation and overwhelm the ability of sebum to prevent water loss, the skin will shrivel and crack.
Dry skin, also called xerosis, is a very common problem, affecting people of all ages, even infants. Most cases of dry skin are related to one or more of the following factors:
* Decreased production of sebum is often a factor in the elderly, since the number of sebaceous glands in the skin tends to decrease with age. Aging also may cause blood flow to the skin to decrease, causing a drop in sebum production.
* Loss of existing sebum usually is caused by lifestyle factors, such as excessive bathing or showering, excessive scrubbing of the skin while washing, or harsh soaps that dissolve the protective layer of sebum. In some cases, the result is dry skin over the entire body, especially among athletes who shower several times a day. In other cases, dry skin affects only the hands for example, in food handlers, health care workers, homemakers, house cleaners and others who frequently wash their hands.
* Environmental conditions that dry the skin are extreme conditions that can overwhelm the skin's natural protective barrier, causing moisture to evaporate. This is an important reason for dry skin among people who live in hot desert climates. Excessively dry indoor air also can cause dry skin and "winter itch", particularly in people who use forced-air heating systems. Among outdoor athletes, frequent exposure to wind and sun can evaporate moisture from the skin, making the surface feel itchy and dry. Even swimmers can get dry skin, since the chemical content of pool water actually draws moisture from the skin.
Dry skin is a common problem in people with diabetes or skin allergies (atopic dermatitis). Less often, it can also be a symptom of hypothyroidism, kidney failure, or Sjogren’s Syndrome. In addition, dry skin sometimes develops as a side effect of medication, especially some acne products that are applied to the skin.
Sometimes, the only symptom of dry skin is itching, but usually most people also will notice that their skin is flaky and slightly more wrinkled than normal. Symptoms of dry skin may worsen during the winter months, especially if you spend a lot of time indoors.
With dry skin, you can generally make the diagnosis yourself. Begin by examining your normal skin care routine. Do you often take long, hot baths or showers? Do you shower several times a day or scrub your skin surface with harsh soaps? Do you have a job that requires frequent hand washing?
Next, examine your environmental risk factors, both indoors and outdoors. Do you live in a dry climate? Do you usually spend your winter months indoors without a humidifier? When you do go outdoors, do you protect your skin with appropriate clothing or with a sunscreen on exposed surfaces? When was the last time you used a moisturizer?
Once you begin to take care of your skin properly, the flakiness and itch of dry skin should improve within one or two weeks. In many cases, a good skin care moisturizer cream will begin to make your skin look softer and suppler within minutes.
Without proper care, dry skin can become a chronic problem that can lead to skin thickening, cracking and bleeding. This may increase your risk of skin infections.
You can help to prevent dry skin by taking these steps:
* Take only one shower or bath daily. Wash with comfortably warm (not hot) water, using a soap that either has a high fat content or contains glycerin. Limit your bath time to 10 to 15 minutes, and avoid scrubbing.
* If you are an athlete, shower off quickly after a workout or game. Use warm water, and bring your own mild soap, since heavy-duty "gym" brands may be too strong.
* When you finish your bath or shower, apply moisturizer while your skin is still wet. Petroleum jelly or a thick cream is best for sealing skin moisture.
* Cover exposed skin when you play outdoors. If you can't wear protective clothing because of hot weather or game regulations, apply a sunscreen with a moisturizer. If you are a swimmer, apply a light layer of petroleum jelly before you enter the pool.
* If your indoor air is dry during winter months, use a humidifier to raise the humidity level.
As necessary during the day, apply a good skin care moisturizer cream that contains at least one of the following ingredients:
• Colorless carotenoids—UV light activated, they provide powerful antioxidant protection against the environment.
• Shea butter, evening primrose oil, and meadowfoam seed oil— provide rich emollients to enhance the skin’s natural barrier function and increase hydration levels.
• Parsol® 1789 and other sunscreens—shield against aging UVA and UVB rays.
• Chamomile, cornflower, and matricaria flower extracts—this special blend soothes the skin.
Avoid overusing antiperspirants and perfumes, since these products can dry the skin.
If you have a simple case of dry skin, begin by trying the suggestions outlined in the Prevention section. If your dry skin persists, contact your doctor's office for advice.
Call your primary care doctor or a dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in skin problems) if you have:
Dry skin that doesn't respond to nonprescription treatments
Severe itching that interferes with your ability to work or sleep
Dry skin that cracks and bleeds, or becomes red, swollen and painful
Overall, the prognosis is excellent. You can often prevent dry skin by making a few simple changes in lifestyle. If dry skin develops, there are many soothing and effective treatments available. Most can be purchased without a prescription.
About the Author:
Darryl is the owner of the website: http://www.totalskincareproducts.com Darryl got into this business because of his own skin and health condition. His skin at the time was paper thin, and his cardio vascular system was much compromised. Because of the products on his website his skin and cardio vascular system are better today than they were 25 years ago.
Article Tags: dry, skin, water
Normal skin has a soft, supple texture because of its water content. For skin to feel soft, pliable and "normal," its top layer must contain a minimum of 10% water and ideally between 20% and 35%. To help protect the outer layer of skin from losing water, the skin's sebaceous glands produce an oily substance called sebum. Sebum is a complex mixture of fatty acids, sugars, waxes and other natural chemicals that form a protective barrier against water evaporation. If the skin doesn't have enough sebum, it loses water and feels dry. If environmental factors cause more water evaporation and overwhelm the ability of sebum to prevent water loss, the skin will shrivel and crack.
Dry skin, also called xerosis, is a very common problem, affecting people of all ages, even infants. Most cases of dry skin are related to one or more of the following factors:
* Decreased production of sebum is often a factor in the elderly, since the number of sebaceous glands in the skin tends to decrease with age. Aging also may cause blood flow to the skin to decrease, causing a drop in sebum production.
* Loss of existing sebum usually is caused by lifestyle factors, such as excessive bathing or showering, excessive scrubbing of the skin while washing, or harsh soaps that dissolve the protective layer of sebum. In some cases, the result is dry skin over the entire body, especially among athletes who shower several times a day. In other cases, dry skin affects only the hands for example, in food handlers, health care workers, homemakers, house cleaners and others who frequently wash their hands.
* Environmental conditions that dry the skin are extreme conditions that can overwhelm the skin's natural protective barrier, causing moisture to evaporate. This is an important reason for dry skin among people who live in hot desert climates. Excessively dry indoor air also can cause dry skin and "winter itch", particularly in people who use forced-air heating systems. Among outdoor athletes, frequent exposure to wind and sun can evaporate moisture from the skin, making the surface feel itchy and dry. Even swimmers can get dry skin, since the chemical content of pool water actually draws moisture from the skin.
Dry skin is a common problem in people with diabetes or skin allergies (atopic dermatitis). Less often, it can also be a symptom of hypothyroidism, kidney failure, or Sjogren’s Syndrome. In addition, dry skin sometimes develops as a side effect of medication, especially some acne products that are applied to the skin.
Sometimes, the only symptom of dry skin is itching, but usually most people also will notice that their skin is flaky and slightly more wrinkled than normal. Symptoms of dry skin may worsen during the winter months, especially if you spend a lot of time indoors.
With dry skin, you can generally make the diagnosis yourself. Begin by examining your normal skin care routine. Do you often take long, hot baths or showers? Do you shower several times a day or scrub your skin surface with harsh soaps? Do you have a job that requires frequent hand washing?
Next, examine your environmental risk factors, both indoors and outdoors. Do you live in a dry climate? Do you usually spend your winter months indoors without a humidifier? When you do go outdoors, do you protect your skin with appropriate clothing or with a sunscreen on exposed surfaces? When was the last time you used a moisturizer?
Once you begin to take care of your skin properly, the flakiness and itch of dry skin should improve within one or two weeks. In many cases, a good skin care moisturizer cream will begin to make your skin look softer and suppler within minutes.
Without proper care, dry skin can become a chronic problem that can lead to skin thickening, cracking and bleeding. This may increase your risk of skin infections.
You can help to prevent dry skin by taking these steps:
* Take only one shower or bath daily. Wash with comfortably warm (not hot) water, using a soap that either has a high fat content or contains glycerin. Limit your bath time to 10 to 15 minutes, and avoid scrubbing.
* If you are an athlete, shower off quickly after a workout or game. Use warm water, and bring your own mild soap, since heavy-duty "gym" brands may be too strong.
* When you finish your bath or shower, apply moisturizer while your skin is still wet. Petroleum jelly or a thick cream is best for sealing skin moisture.
* Cover exposed skin when you play outdoors. If you can't wear protective clothing because of hot weather or game regulations, apply a sunscreen with a moisturizer. If you are a swimmer, apply a light layer of petroleum jelly before you enter the pool.
* If your indoor air is dry during winter months, use a humidifier to raise the humidity level.
As necessary during the day, apply a good skin care moisturizer cream that contains at least one of the following ingredients:
• Colorless carotenoids—UV light activated, they provide powerful antioxidant protection against the environment.
• Shea butter, evening primrose oil, and meadowfoam seed oil— provide rich emollients to enhance the skin’s natural barrier function and increase hydration levels.
• Parsol® 1789 and other sunscreens—shield against aging UVA and UVB rays.
• Chamomile, cornflower, and matricaria flower extracts—this special blend soothes the skin.
Avoid overusing antiperspirants and perfumes, since these products can dry the skin.
If you have a simple case of dry skin, begin by trying the suggestions outlined in the Prevention section. If your dry skin persists, contact your doctor's office for advice.
Call your primary care doctor or a dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in skin problems) if you have:
Dry skin that doesn't respond to nonprescription treatments
Severe itching that interferes with your ability to work or sleep
Dry skin that cracks and bleeds, or becomes red, swollen and painful
Overall, the prognosis is excellent. You can often prevent dry skin by making a few simple changes in lifestyle. If dry skin develops, there are many soothing and effective treatments available. Most can be purchased without a prescription.
About the Author:
Darryl is the owner of the website: http://www.totalskincareproducts.com Darryl got into this business because of his own skin and health condition. His skin at the time was paper thin, and his cardio vascular system was much compromised. Because of the products on his website his skin and cardio vascular system are better today than they were 25 years ago.
Article Tags: dry, skin, water
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The Three Keys To Healthy Living
By: Gabriel Adams
Healthy living boils down to three major areas: Exercise, eating right, and mental health. Your ability to exercise regularly, eat the right things, and have a positive mental health can keep you from having problems in with the “big three” health issues – cancer, heart-disease, and diabetes.
Please note, as in all things health-related, always consult with a physician before beginning any kind of diet or starting out on a new physical routine. You may have a condition that needs monitoring or additional considerations related to any kind of diet or exercise you might want to undertake.
Exercise is critical to a healthy lifestyle. Reports show exercise can reduce your risk of cancer, heart-disease, and diabetes. Studies have shown you need to exercise for at least 30 minutes at some percentage of your maximum heart rate.
There are many ways to exercise. I’ve found walking for 30 minutes during my lunch break at work to be extremely beneficial. You could swim, ride a bike, or go to a gym for an aerobic workout.
Exercise will help you keep your weight down. Being overweight may cause many problems including the “big three” mentioned previously. In fact, there is a definite link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Exercising at the proper percentage of your maximum heart rate is a definitive way to keep your heart in shape and prevent heart disease.
Eating right is also an important part of healthy living. A healthy, balanced diet is crucial for maintaining a healthy body and the right body weight. You need to be especially careful to watch your nutritional intake while dieting. Many sources recommend taking a daily vitamin supplement to ensure you get the necessary nutritional elements you might miss because of your dieting.
The latest food pyramids are now recommending 6 to 11 servings of breads, cereals, grains, rice, etc. per day. They also recommend 3 to 5 servings of vegetables, and 2 to 3 servings of fruits. Likewise, 2 to 3 servings of milk-based products (yogurt, milk, cheese, etc.) and 2 to 3 servings of protein-rich foods such as meat, poultry, nuts, eggs, beans, etc.
Many studies have related various fruits, vegetables, and even herbs as anti-carcinogenic edibles. Similarly, you’ll find eating more fruits and vegetables will help in keeping your weight down (reducing the risk of diabetes), and lowing your cholesterol levels (reducing the risk of heart disease).
Your mental health, like your physical health, is important to your overall well being. A poor mental state can affect your overall health and even your physical health in negative ways. As many as 1 in 4 adults in the United States of America can be diagnosed with some sort of mental illness.
One such mental problem is depression. Professionals have associated depression with suppressed immune systems. Studies have shown that 25% of all cancer patients suffered from depression before getting cancer.
Forty percent of people with heart disease have some sort of depression. Links have been found connecting depression to diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.
Anxiety is another mental health problem affecting physical health. People with anxiety are prone to increased blood pressure leading to heart disease, decreased immune system function, increased asthma attack frequency, increased stomach problems, and weight gain.
While you want to make sure to consult with a medical professional concerning any mental health issues you may have, you’ll also find that maintaining a proper physical condition will assist in keeping a healthy mental condition. For example, studies have shown exercise and eating right will positively affect your mental health.
If you’re interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, then you should ensure you do things to improve you physical and mental health – exercise regularly, eat right, and make sure you consult with your health professional as necessary.
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Article Tags: exercise, health, mental
Healthy living boils down to three major areas: Exercise, eating right, and mental health. Your ability to exercise regularly, eat the right things, and have a positive mental health can keep you from having problems in with the “big three” health issues – cancer, heart-disease, and diabetes.
Please note, as in all things health-related, always consult with a physician before beginning any kind of diet or starting out on a new physical routine. You may have a condition that needs monitoring or additional considerations related to any kind of diet or exercise you might want to undertake.
Exercise is critical to a healthy lifestyle. Reports show exercise can reduce your risk of cancer, heart-disease, and diabetes. Studies have shown you need to exercise for at least 30 minutes at some percentage of your maximum heart rate.
There are many ways to exercise. I’ve found walking for 30 minutes during my lunch break at work to be extremely beneficial. You could swim, ride a bike, or go to a gym for an aerobic workout.
Exercise will help you keep your weight down. Being overweight may cause many problems including the “big three” mentioned previously. In fact, there is a definite link between obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Exercising at the proper percentage of your maximum heart rate is a definitive way to keep your heart in shape and prevent heart disease.
Eating right is also an important part of healthy living. A healthy, balanced diet is crucial for maintaining a healthy body and the right body weight. You need to be especially careful to watch your nutritional intake while dieting. Many sources recommend taking a daily vitamin supplement to ensure you get the necessary nutritional elements you might miss because of your dieting.
The latest food pyramids are now recommending 6 to 11 servings of breads, cereals, grains, rice, etc. per day. They also recommend 3 to 5 servings of vegetables, and 2 to 3 servings of fruits. Likewise, 2 to 3 servings of milk-based products (yogurt, milk, cheese, etc.) and 2 to 3 servings of protein-rich foods such as meat, poultry, nuts, eggs, beans, etc.
Many studies have related various fruits, vegetables, and even herbs as anti-carcinogenic edibles. Similarly, you’ll find eating more fruits and vegetables will help in keeping your weight down (reducing the risk of diabetes), and lowing your cholesterol levels (reducing the risk of heart disease).
Your mental health, like your physical health, is important to your overall well being. A poor mental state can affect your overall health and even your physical health in negative ways. As many as 1 in 4 adults in the United States of America can be diagnosed with some sort of mental illness.
One such mental problem is depression. Professionals have associated depression with suppressed immune systems. Studies have shown that 25% of all cancer patients suffered from depression before getting cancer.
Forty percent of people with heart disease have some sort of depression. Links have been found connecting depression to diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.
Anxiety is another mental health problem affecting physical health. People with anxiety are prone to increased blood pressure leading to heart disease, decreased immune system function, increased asthma attack frequency, increased stomach problems, and weight gain.
While you want to make sure to consult with a medical professional concerning any mental health issues you may have, you’ll also find that maintaining a proper physical condition will assist in keeping a healthy mental condition. For example, studies have shown exercise and eating right will positively affect your mental health.
If you’re interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, then you should ensure you do things to improve you physical and mental health – exercise regularly, eat right, and make sure you consult with your health professional as necessary.
About the Author:
Please visit The Effects Of Meth Use and Texas Drug and Alcohol Relapse Prevention
Article Tags: exercise, health, mental
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4 Quick Ways To Lose Weight
By: Janice Tham
How would you like to drop ten pounds?
Anyone can do it. You do need discipline and motivation to lose weight.
But losing weight fast?
How much time have you got?
1 month? 7 days?
Before I begin, I would like to warn you that if you lose weight fast, you are likely to regain back the weight you lost.
Do it wisely with a permanent change in your lifestyle to keep that weight off. Go for inch loss first by toning your body. Actual weight loss comes later. Muscle is heavier than fat but muscle burns far more calories. I'll elaborate on this later.
Back to the fast ways to lose weight
Here are the most popular options.
1. Crash diets
Crash dieting can let you shed those pounds, at the expense of your health. Once you eat normally, you will regain what you lost and more. When you fast, or when you go on a crash diet, you might lose weight rapidly at first, then your body adjusts, trying to conserve calories just to survive.
Imagine the days of the cavemen. Sometimes, the hunter is successful and returns with food for the familiy. Other times, he returns empty-handed. Our bodies are adaptable. That is how our ancestors survived. When food was plentiful, they ate to their fill. Their bodies stored the food in the form of fat. When food was scarce, they had little, at times nothing to eat, the body could depend on the stores of fat for the necessary energy for survival. Hence when food is available, the body stores what it can for the bad time.
Back to modern day. The first crash diet might seem wildly successful, with the pounds falling off rapidly. Then you reach your target weight and stop dieting. You bloat up and the weight piles on even more easily. Well, congratulations. You tricked your body into going into starvation mode, slowing down your metabolism. Now that you are finally, eating, your body is storing what it can in case of a famine.
Now you diet again. That drastic diet you tried doesn't seem effective. After cutting even more calories, you manage to shed the offending pounds. Satisfied, you take a break from the diet and all your hard work is wasted. The pounds return with a vengeance. Looks like your body is becoming very adept at holding on to the much needed energy stores in case of a famine.
You crash diet again. This time, your hair falls, the pounds seem even harder to lose. You are depriving your body of the nourishment it needs and that shows in your brittle hair, nails and dull skin.
Basically, although crash diets seem effective at first, they are a bad idea in the long run.
2. fasting to lose weight
People do fast for religious reasons. Muslims fast for an entire month in a year, eating lightly only before sunrise and after sunset. In between, for that fasting month, the devout muslims would train their discipline by not eating or drinking anything.
I've seen a Muslim friend slim down each year after that fasting month, wearing dresses that show off her slimmer figure after that. So how about fasting to lose weight?
Personally, I have not tried it. I have a problem with gastritis and for me, skipping a meal can lead to a gastric attack. Once you have gastric problems, they are pretty hard to get rid of, so if you do want to fast, check with a doctor first to see if you can do it safely in the first place.
My concern about fasting as a way to lose weight fast is the same as my concern for crash diets. Would you end up slowing your metabolic rate the way you might with on and off crash dieting?
3. Endurance sports
Did you notice how lean marathon runners are? How about those who engage in endurance sports.
I actually did go for a day trip cycling to a beach with a group of friends. 3 and a half hours cycling up and down hill with hardly any breaks to get there. The next day, another 3 and a half hours to get back. All of us lost some weight on that trip.
A friend of mine had a dynamite figure even though she had 3 kids. She was training for a marathon and it showed in her figure. Lean where it mattered. She showed off her figure in gorgeous dresses and looked better than most women ten years younger than she was.
I doubt if you can lose weight that fast, like in a week, by picking up an endurance sport but over the weeks, training for a marathon, or cycling as long as you can to explore your surroundings, or for day trips would go a long way in losing weight.
You would need to pick up speed first. Training for half an hour a day, before you increase your time to an hour or longer if necessary.
4. Strength training
Muscle burns far more calories flab. Basically, if you work out and tone your body, you boost your metabolic rate. Yes, you burn calories when you workout, but even after the workout, your body would continue to burn more calories at rest than if you had been lazing around all the time.
Incorporating strength training might not bring down the numbers on the scale. Muscle weighs more than fat, so you might even end up heavier.
Instead, you would see inch loss, which translates to a slimmer figure. On a guy, bulking up is far more positive effect than just reducing the fat.
4. Diet and exercise plan
The best way to lose weight and keep it off is to incorporate both a healthy diet and a daily exercise plan you follow for the rest of your life.
You will have to fit the daily exercise into your lifestyle. Something that incorporates strength training to boost your metabolism and tone your body with aerobic exercise to burn calories all around. Maybe get a set of weights you can use for strength training at home and an aerobics video for the aerobics part of it. Or a pair of running shoes for a daily run. Then get a diary specially to write down what you eat and drink each day, totaling up your calorie count per day. Use that to monitor your diet. Substitute unhealthy foods with healthier substitutes. Grill food instead of frying it. Take fruits instead of sweets. Drink water instead of sodas. You know the drill.
If you want to lost weight quickly, or rather, reduce inches quickly, incorporate crunches and abdominal exercises before you go for a daily run. Do strength training exercises to boost your metabolic rate and aerobic exercises to burn calories more rapidly. Eat a healthy diet focusing on more fruit and veggies, less carbohydrates and enough protein to get you through the day. Cut down on junk food and watch your drinks. A glass of coke could contain 200 calories. Now how hard do you have to work out to burn those calories. It is easier to keep them off by not taking unnecessary calories than to burn them off.
Personally, I would vouch for Billy Blanks workouts for fast inch loss. If you really follow that plan, in one week, you can measure the difference in your waist with a tape measure. The workouts are demanding but effective. They also have a decent meal plan which if you follow strictly, can help you shed the inches quickly. There are many other weight loss plans in the market. The ones that focus both on exercise and a healthy meal plan are your best bet.
About the Author:
More about Billy Blanks Elite The author wrote how to lose weight without dieting for http://www.home-weight-loss-programs.com
Article Tags: body, lose, weight
How would you like to drop ten pounds?
Anyone can do it. You do need discipline and motivation to lose weight.
But losing weight fast?
How much time have you got?
1 month? 7 days?
Before I begin, I would like to warn you that if you lose weight fast, you are likely to regain back the weight you lost.
Do it wisely with a permanent change in your lifestyle to keep that weight off. Go for inch loss first by toning your body. Actual weight loss comes later. Muscle is heavier than fat but muscle burns far more calories. I'll elaborate on this later.
Back to the fast ways to lose weight
Here are the most popular options.
1. Crash diets
Crash dieting can let you shed those pounds, at the expense of your health. Once you eat normally, you will regain what you lost and more. When you fast, or when you go on a crash diet, you might lose weight rapidly at first, then your body adjusts, trying to conserve calories just to survive.
Imagine the days of the cavemen. Sometimes, the hunter is successful and returns with food for the familiy. Other times, he returns empty-handed. Our bodies are adaptable. That is how our ancestors survived. When food was plentiful, they ate to their fill. Their bodies stored the food in the form of fat. When food was scarce, they had little, at times nothing to eat, the body could depend on the stores of fat for the necessary energy for survival. Hence when food is available, the body stores what it can for the bad time.
Back to modern day. The first crash diet might seem wildly successful, with the pounds falling off rapidly. Then you reach your target weight and stop dieting. You bloat up and the weight piles on even more easily. Well, congratulations. You tricked your body into going into starvation mode, slowing down your metabolism. Now that you are finally, eating, your body is storing what it can in case of a famine.
Now you diet again. That drastic diet you tried doesn't seem effective. After cutting even more calories, you manage to shed the offending pounds. Satisfied, you take a break from the diet and all your hard work is wasted. The pounds return with a vengeance. Looks like your body is becoming very adept at holding on to the much needed energy stores in case of a famine.
You crash diet again. This time, your hair falls, the pounds seem even harder to lose. You are depriving your body of the nourishment it needs and that shows in your brittle hair, nails and dull skin.
Basically, although crash diets seem effective at first, they are a bad idea in the long run.
2. fasting to lose weight
People do fast for religious reasons. Muslims fast for an entire month in a year, eating lightly only before sunrise and after sunset. In between, for that fasting month, the devout muslims would train their discipline by not eating or drinking anything.
I've seen a Muslim friend slim down each year after that fasting month, wearing dresses that show off her slimmer figure after that. So how about fasting to lose weight?
Personally, I have not tried it. I have a problem with gastritis and for me, skipping a meal can lead to a gastric attack. Once you have gastric problems, they are pretty hard to get rid of, so if you do want to fast, check with a doctor first to see if you can do it safely in the first place.
My concern about fasting as a way to lose weight fast is the same as my concern for crash diets. Would you end up slowing your metabolic rate the way you might with on and off crash dieting?
3. Endurance sports
Did you notice how lean marathon runners are? How about those who engage in endurance sports.
I actually did go for a day trip cycling to a beach with a group of friends. 3 and a half hours cycling up and down hill with hardly any breaks to get there. The next day, another 3 and a half hours to get back. All of us lost some weight on that trip.
A friend of mine had a dynamite figure even though she had 3 kids. She was training for a marathon and it showed in her figure. Lean where it mattered. She showed off her figure in gorgeous dresses and looked better than most women ten years younger than she was.
I doubt if you can lose weight that fast, like in a week, by picking up an endurance sport but over the weeks, training for a marathon, or cycling as long as you can to explore your surroundings, or for day trips would go a long way in losing weight.
You would need to pick up speed first. Training for half an hour a day, before you increase your time to an hour or longer if necessary.
4. Strength training
Muscle burns far more calories flab. Basically, if you work out and tone your body, you boost your metabolic rate. Yes, you burn calories when you workout, but even after the workout, your body would continue to burn more calories at rest than if you had been lazing around all the time.
Incorporating strength training might not bring down the numbers on the scale. Muscle weighs more than fat, so you might even end up heavier.
Instead, you would see inch loss, which translates to a slimmer figure. On a guy, bulking up is far more positive effect than just reducing the fat.
4. Diet and exercise plan
The best way to lose weight and keep it off is to incorporate both a healthy diet and a daily exercise plan you follow for the rest of your life.
You will have to fit the daily exercise into your lifestyle. Something that incorporates strength training to boost your metabolism and tone your body with aerobic exercise to burn calories all around. Maybe get a set of weights you can use for strength training at home and an aerobics video for the aerobics part of it. Or a pair of running shoes for a daily run. Then get a diary specially to write down what you eat and drink each day, totaling up your calorie count per day. Use that to monitor your diet. Substitute unhealthy foods with healthier substitutes. Grill food instead of frying it. Take fruits instead of sweets. Drink water instead of sodas. You know the drill.
If you want to lost weight quickly, or rather, reduce inches quickly, incorporate crunches and abdominal exercises before you go for a daily run. Do strength training exercises to boost your metabolic rate and aerobic exercises to burn calories more rapidly. Eat a healthy diet focusing on more fruit and veggies, less carbohydrates and enough protein to get you through the day. Cut down on junk food and watch your drinks. A glass of coke could contain 200 calories. Now how hard do you have to work out to burn those calories. It is easier to keep them off by not taking unnecessary calories than to burn them off.
Personally, I would vouch for Billy Blanks workouts for fast inch loss. If you really follow that plan, in one week, you can measure the difference in your waist with a tape measure. The workouts are demanding but effective. They also have a decent meal plan which if you follow strictly, can help you shed the inches quickly. There are many other weight loss plans in the market. The ones that focus both on exercise and a healthy meal plan are your best bet.
About the Author:
More about Billy Blanks Elite The author wrote how to lose weight without dieting for http://www.home-weight-loss-programs.com
Article Tags: body, lose, weight
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Healthy Living Tips And Tricks
By: Steve Dolan
Healthy living
It seems that everyone is concerned with healthy living these days. This is a good thing; it is important to be concerned with your health and to look for better strategies to improve your life. On the other hand, it also seems like everyone has a quick solution for healthy living, for a hefty fee of course. It seems at times that you can’t turn on the television or open a magazine without seeing a celebrity or doctor trying to get you to buy their new book detailing the latest miracle diet that will change your life, whether it is fresh ground wheat grass or a daily tin of Brazil nuts. The reality is that these diets are unnecessary. Healthy living is available to everyone, and does not depend on buying the latest diet book or the most expensive vitamins. All that you need to do is to start making healthy decisions.
How to eat healthy
The most important facet of your life that you need to change as you move towards healthy living is to start eating nutritious foods. Do not try to follow a trendy diet, just eat a balanced diet of nutritious foods. When you eat well, you lower your risk of many health problems such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain kinds of cancer and osteoporosis. You will also give yourself more energy, allowing you to enjoy life again.
The most important group of foods, and the one that is most often the cause of poor diets, is fruit and vegetables. There is nothing particularly innovative about this advice; everyone knows that you need to eat your fruit and vegetables. The main problem is that so few people actually consume the seven to ten daily servings of fruits and vegetables they are supposed to have each day. And when they do eat fruit and vegetables, it is in forms that include added sugar, salt or fat.
The food group that we all eat too much of is meat. Try to limit your meat intake, and emphasize meat alternatives for your protein needs. While you definitely need meat or an alternative for the protein, most people eat far too much from this food group. You will be surprised at how little is actually required to get you through the day.
Get active
Once you have started eating well, it is time to go out and get some physical activity! Now, this does not mean that you have to incorporate a rigorous physical workout into your daily routine. Just including small amounts of physical activity in your life will make a difference. So take the stairs instead of the escalator, or walk to the corner store instead of driving four blocks. Start slowly and incorporate more physical activity into your life, and you will be amazed at how quickly the results will add up.
Have fun
The final component of healthy living is to have a healthy mind. Build up a strong peer group who will give you the social support you need to be truly happy. This will reduce your stress, which will only lead to a healthier body.
About the Author:
Steve Dolan is a triathete who lives a healthy lifestyle. Find out how you can too at http://www.healthylivingwebonline.com and for more fitness information try http://www.healthylivingwebonline.com/fitness
Article Tags: eat, healthy, life
Healthy living
It seems that everyone is concerned with healthy living these days. This is a good thing; it is important to be concerned with your health and to look for better strategies to improve your life. On the other hand, it also seems like everyone has a quick solution for healthy living, for a hefty fee of course. It seems at times that you can’t turn on the television or open a magazine without seeing a celebrity or doctor trying to get you to buy their new book detailing the latest miracle diet that will change your life, whether it is fresh ground wheat grass or a daily tin of Brazil nuts. The reality is that these diets are unnecessary. Healthy living is available to everyone, and does not depend on buying the latest diet book or the most expensive vitamins. All that you need to do is to start making healthy decisions.
How to eat healthy
The most important facet of your life that you need to change as you move towards healthy living is to start eating nutritious foods. Do not try to follow a trendy diet, just eat a balanced diet of nutritious foods. When you eat well, you lower your risk of many health problems such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain kinds of cancer and osteoporosis. You will also give yourself more energy, allowing you to enjoy life again.
The most important group of foods, and the one that is most often the cause of poor diets, is fruit and vegetables. There is nothing particularly innovative about this advice; everyone knows that you need to eat your fruit and vegetables. The main problem is that so few people actually consume the seven to ten daily servings of fruits and vegetables they are supposed to have each day. And when they do eat fruit and vegetables, it is in forms that include added sugar, salt or fat.
The food group that we all eat too much of is meat. Try to limit your meat intake, and emphasize meat alternatives for your protein needs. While you definitely need meat or an alternative for the protein, most people eat far too much from this food group. You will be surprised at how little is actually required to get you through the day.
Get active
Once you have started eating well, it is time to go out and get some physical activity! Now, this does not mean that you have to incorporate a rigorous physical workout into your daily routine. Just including small amounts of physical activity in your life will make a difference. So take the stairs instead of the escalator, or walk to the corner store instead of driving four blocks. Start slowly and incorporate more physical activity into your life, and you will be amazed at how quickly the results will add up.
Have fun
The final component of healthy living is to have a healthy mind. Build up a strong peer group who will give you the social support you need to be truly happy. This will reduce your stress, which will only lead to a healthier body.
About the Author:
Steve Dolan is a triathete who lives a healthy lifestyle. Find out how you can too at http://www.healthylivingwebonline.com and for more fitness information try http://www.healthylivingwebonline.com/fitness
Article Tags: eat, healthy, life
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Vitamins For Women
By: Mario Churchill
Women often do not get enough vitamins. Vitamins for women usually include those with extra iron as women tend to develop anemia more so than men as well as relief for menstrual symptoms as well as osteoporosis. All human beings need vitamins to live and vitamins are found in just about every food we eat. However, many of us do not consume the right types of foods and cheat our bodies out of the vitamins needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Calcium is absolutely essential for growing children as well as women. Calcium promotes strong bones and teeth as well as reduces the risk for osteoporosis. Many physicians advise women to take calcium supplements to prevent this crippling disease. In addition, Vitamin D, which is found in calcium, also reduces the risk of getting hypertension and aids in blood clotting. Women who are pregnant should also be taking calcium supplements or getting enough calcium in their diets.
Vitamins for women include folic acid which is recommended for women who are thinking about becoming pregnant. Folic Acid is found in Vitamin B-12 and is proven to reduce the risk of birth defects as well as premature births. Most of the B vitamins, including B-12, have proven to be effective in combating depression and high blood pressure and can usually be found in green vegetables. Broccoli is one that is high in this vitamin, although women who are pregnant will usually be advised to take a supplement.
Vitamins for women who are pregnant usually include a multivitamin that contains nutrients that will replace those given to the growing baby. In addition to multivitamin supplements, women who are pregnant often experience anemia and are given Iron supplements as well to try to combat the fatigue.
Many women experience morning sickness when carrying a child. This is often part of the pregnancy process and drugs given in the past have proven disastrous when it comes to preventing morning sickness. Ginger, however, is known to combat nausea and is a natural and effective way for a pregnant woman to alleviate the nausea that often accompanies pregnancy.
Vitamin A is also proven to reduce birth defects when taken by pregnant women. Vitamin A is a valuable vitamin for women as it also boosts the immune system and maintains healthy skin. Vitamin A can be found in dark orange produce such as carrots as well as in dark green vegetables such as broccoli. Vitamin A has also been found to boost bone health.
Women who are pregnant or are thinking of becoming pregnant should consult with their doctor before taking any vitamins for women supplement. Taking too much of some vitamins can result in toxicity and may have adverse affects on pregnancy.
Women who want to keep their skin looking good will benefit from Vitamin E. Vitamin E is also useful during pregnancy and is known to reduce the possibility of birth defects. It also helps with anemia and depression, two common side effects of pregnancy. In addition to the amazing benefits for skin health, Vitamin E is also proven to prevent high blood pressure and improves memory. Some in the medical field are suggesting that Vitamin E can stave off Alzheimers disease, an illness that effects both men and women.
Vitamins for women who are pregnant may also include Chromium which is used to regulate blood sugar. Many women develop gestational diabetes when pregnant and this vitamin can help with this condition, although your doctor will also most likely prescribe insulin shots. Gestational diabetes is a serious condition, but can be avoided by keeping your weight down and consuming Chromium prior to getting pregnant. Chromium is found in whole grains, orange juice, oysters and chicken.
Vitamins for women who are experiencing menopause are many. Black Cohosh is one of he most popular as it is said to control hot flashes that accompany menopause. There are side effects to this vitamin supplement, however, that include headaches and stomach problems. It is also not recommended for women who may be pregnant or who have a history of breast disease. If you are experiencing symptoms of menopause, speak to your doctor about natural vitamins for women that can alleviate your symptoms. While many doctors will prefer to prescribe hormone replacement therapy, remember that you are in charge of your own health. Menopause is a natural condition and can be treated naturally with the proper vitamins for women.
Vitamins for women are clearly available as multi vitamins as well as supplements. You can purchase vitamins for women in most drug stores, health food stores and online. While multivitamin supplements will do no harm, consult your physician prior to taking an extra supplement, particularly if you are pregnant, thinking about becoming pregnant, or are in the stages of menopause.
About the Author:
Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over 200 articles on various subjects. For more information on vitamins for women checkout his recommended websites.
Article Tags: pregnant, vitamin, women
Women often do not get enough vitamins. Vitamins for women usually include those with extra iron as women tend to develop anemia more so than men as well as relief for menstrual symptoms as well as osteoporosis. All human beings need vitamins to live and vitamins are found in just about every food we eat. However, many of us do not consume the right types of foods and cheat our bodies out of the vitamins needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Calcium is absolutely essential for growing children as well as women. Calcium promotes strong bones and teeth as well as reduces the risk for osteoporosis. Many physicians advise women to take calcium supplements to prevent this crippling disease. In addition, Vitamin D, which is found in calcium, also reduces the risk of getting hypertension and aids in blood clotting. Women who are pregnant should also be taking calcium supplements or getting enough calcium in their diets.
Vitamins for women include folic acid which is recommended for women who are thinking about becoming pregnant. Folic Acid is found in Vitamin B-12 and is proven to reduce the risk of birth defects as well as premature births. Most of the B vitamins, including B-12, have proven to be effective in combating depression and high blood pressure and can usually be found in green vegetables. Broccoli is one that is high in this vitamin, although women who are pregnant will usually be advised to take a supplement.
Vitamins for women who are pregnant usually include a multivitamin that contains nutrients that will replace those given to the growing baby. In addition to multivitamin supplements, women who are pregnant often experience anemia and are given Iron supplements as well to try to combat the fatigue.
Many women experience morning sickness when carrying a child. This is often part of the pregnancy process and drugs given in the past have proven disastrous when it comes to preventing morning sickness. Ginger, however, is known to combat nausea and is a natural and effective way for a pregnant woman to alleviate the nausea that often accompanies pregnancy.
Vitamin A is also proven to reduce birth defects when taken by pregnant women. Vitamin A is a valuable vitamin for women as it also boosts the immune system and maintains healthy skin. Vitamin A can be found in dark orange produce such as carrots as well as in dark green vegetables such as broccoli. Vitamin A has also been found to boost bone health.
Women who are pregnant or are thinking of becoming pregnant should consult with their doctor before taking any vitamins for women supplement. Taking too much of some vitamins can result in toxicity and may have adverse affects on pregnancy.
Women who want to keep their skin looking good will benefit from Vitamin E. Vitamin E is also useful during pregnancy and is known to reduce the possibility of birth defects. It also helps with anemia and depression, two common side effects of pregnancy. In addition to the amazing benefits for skin health, Vitamin E is also proven to prevent high blood pressure and improves memory. Some in the medical field are suggesting that Vitamin E can stave off Alzheimers disease, an illness that effects both men and women.
Vitamins for women who are pregnant may also include Chromium which is used to regulate blood sugar. Many women develop gestational diabetes when pregnant and this vitamin can help with this condition, although your doctor will also most likely prescribe insulin shots. Gestational diabetes is a serious condition, but can be avoided by keeping your weight down and consuming Chromium prior to getting pregnant. Chromium is found in whole grains, orange juice, oysters and chicken.
Vitamins for women who are experiencing menopause are many. Black Cohosh is one of he most popular as it is said to control hot flashes that accompany menopause. There are side effects to this vitamin supplement, however, that include headaches and stomach problems. It is also not recommended for women who may be pregnant or who have a history of breast disease. If you are experiencing symptoms of menopause, speak to your doctor about natural vitamins for women that can alleviate your symptoms. While many doctors will prefer to prescribe hormone replacement therapy, remember that you are in charge of your own health. Menopause is a natural condition and can be treated naturally with the proper vitamins for women.
Vitamins for women are clearly available as multi vitamins as well as supplements. You can purchase vitamins for women in most drug stores, health food stores and online. While multivitamin supplements will do no harm, consult your physician prior to taking an extra supplement, particularly if you are pregnant, thinking about becoming pregnant, or are in the stages of menopause.
About the Author:
Mario Churchill is a freelance author and has written over 200 articles on various subjects. For more information on vitamins for women checkout his recommended websites.
Article Tags: pregnant, vitamin, women
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Beauty Skin Care
By: Maya McMahon
As a woman, it can sometimes seem impossible to fine the right beauty skin care to maintain clear, attractive skin. If we aren't experiencing difficulty from acne flareups, we are combating dry skin and potential wrinkles. Ongoing beauty skin care is the only was to achieve touchable, appealing skin all the time.
Cleansing Your Skin
Beauty skin care involves cleansing your skin twice daily, everyday. When you forget to wash your face at night and leave your makeup on, your pores become clogged and your skin is unable to properly rejuvenate itself. Use a gentle cleanser with no alcohol or harsh detergents and warm water to wash your face. Gently rub your face dry with a soft towel made from natural fabrics. Don't rub or use hot water that can irritate your skin.
The Three Step Method
Many popular skin care regimes use the three step method of cleansing, toning and moisturizing because it is the most effective. After you cleanse your face gently, a toner is used to remove excess oil and unclog your pores. Once your pores are fully cleansed, a light moisturizer is applied to your face. This beauty skin care routine should be done once in the morning and once before bed for optimum results.
For your body beauty skin care, a gentle body wash works well to get rid of dirt and grime from the day. Your body should be cleansed once a day. After taking a shower or bath, apply a body moisturizer to your skin while it is still slightly damp to seal in the moisture. Instead of using a toner for body beauty skin care, you should periodically exfoliate the skin on your body with a loofah or bath sponge to unclog your pores.
Too Much of a Good Thing
While regular cleansing is an essential element of successful skin care program, you can do too much of a good thing. When you wash your face or shower more than twice a day, you are stripping your skin of essential oils and making it overproduce sebum to make up for the loss. The result can be dry skin or dry skin with breakouts. The best beauty skin care is to wash your face twice daily and shower once each day.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There are good and bad ingredients in the skin care products you choose. For example, you should always avoid stringent products that contain alcohol, such as toners and cleansers. Your beauty skin care regime should use non-comedogenic moisturizers that don't contain heavy oils that clog.
Everyday skin care ingredients that are beneficial for your skin include aloe vera, witch hazel, chamomile, green tea and Vitamin E.
Choosing skin care products with the wrong ingredients can be an ugly recipe for disaster that causes breakouts, dry patches, clogged pores or even an allergic reaction.
The best beauty skin care routine is the one that work well for your type of skin. It may take some trial and error, but with a bit of knowledge it should be easy to have healthy, good-looking skin most of the time.
Discover the ultimate skin care secrets and easy to follow tips on my www.best-skin-care-product.info/my-best-skin-care-product/beauty-skin-care web log.
About the Author:
Maya McMahon is a self-taught professional expert on skin care topics; Maya's expertise ranges from acne prevention to anti-aging and organic skin care treatments. She has accumulated vast experience and knowledge through self learning, experiencing and testing for the last 25 years. Maya has now decided to freely share her skin care secrets, tips, tricks and recommended products with all women and men via her Best Skin Care Product
web log.
As a woman, it can sometimes seem impossible to fine the right beauty skin care to maintain clear, attractive skin. If we aren't experiencing difficulty from acne flareups, we are combating dry skin and potential wrinkles. Ongoing beauty skin care is the only was to achieve touchable, appealing skin all the time.
Cleansing Your Skin
Beauty skin care involves cleansing your skin twice daily, everyday. When you forget to wash your face at night and leave your makeup on, your pores become clogged and your skin is unable to properly rejuvenate itself. Use a gentle cleanser with no alcohol or harsh detergents and warm water to wash your face. Gently rub your face dry with a soft towel made from natural fabrics. Don't rub or use hot water that can irritate your skin.
The Three Step Method
Many popular skin care regimes use the three step method of cleansing, toning and moisturizing because it is the most effective. After you cleanse your face gently, a toner is used to remove excess oil and unclog your pores. Once your pores are fully cleansed, a light moisturizer is applied to your face. This beauty skin care routine should be done once in the morning and once before bed for optimum results.
For your body beauty skin care, a gentle body wash works well to get rid of dirt and grime from the day. Your body should be cleansed once a day. After taking a shower or bath, apply a body moisturizer to your skin while it is still slightly damp to seal in the moisture. Instead of using a toner for body beauty skin care, you should periodically exfoliate the skin on your body with a loofah or bath sponge to unclog your pores.
Too Much of a Good Thing
While regular cleansing is an essential element of successful skin care program, you can do too much of a good thing. When you wash your face or shower more than twice a day, you are stripping your skin of essential oils and making it overproduce sebum to make up for the loss. The result can be dry skin or dry skin with breakouts. The best beauty skin care is to wash your face twice daily and shower once each day.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There are good and bad ingredients in the skin care products you choose. For example, you should always avoid stringent products that contain alcohol, such as toners and cleansers. Your beauty skin care regime should use non-comedogenic moisturizers that don't contain heavy oils that clog.
Everyday skin care ingredients that are beneficial for your skin include aloe vera, witch hazel, chamomile, green tea and Vitamin E.
Choosing skin care products with the wrong ingredients can be an ugly recipe for disaster that causes breakouts, dry patches, clogged pores or even an allergic reaction.
The best beauty skin care routine is the one that work well for your type of skin. It may take some trial and error, but with a bit of knowledge it should be easy to have healthy, good-looking skin most of the time.
Discover the ultimate skin care secrets and easy to follow tips on my www.best-skin-care-product.info/my-best-skin-care-product/beauty-skin-care web log.
About the Author:
Maya McMahon is a self-taught professional expert on skin care topics; Maya's expertise ranges from acne prevention to anti-aging and organic skin care treatments. She has accumulated vast experience and knowledge through self learning, experiencing and testing for the last 25 years. Maya has now decided to freely share her skin care secrets, tips, tricks and recommended products with all women and men via her Best Skin Care Product
web log.
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The Best Ways To Improve Your Skin Tone
By: Amy Nutt
One of the first things agencies look at when considering a new model is his or her skin. Skin, the largest organ in the human body, is the foundation of beauty. And while skin is the blank canvas for a beautiful face or body, you also want your skin to be beautiful on its own. For some, good genetics lend a helping hand. For others, beautiful skin is something you’ll have to work for.
A lot of flaws can mar the skin, especially the thin, delicate skin of the face. These include dryness, flaccidity, pimples, wrinkles, enlarged pores, age spots, and general unevenness. Quite a list, isn’t it?
Fortunately, there are many ways to improve the tone and texture of your skin. And while you may never have ideal skin --some skin traits are genetic, after all-- you can always improve on nature. Below you’ll find some of the best ways to improve your skin tone.
Hydration
One of the main things that lead to an uneven skin tone is dryness. The recommended two liters of water isn’t random, and isn’t just something bottled water companies use just to sell their products. Hydrating your skin will help to combat dryness and redness. It can also have an effect on your pores; you may find that, when hydrated, your skin will plump slightly, making enlarged pores less visible.
Exfoliation
Do you ever wonder how Hollywood stars get that glowing, youthful skin tone? Exfoliation. If you want to have smooth, glowing movie-star skin, exfoliation is key. No matter how well you wash your skin, if you do not exfoliate, dead skin cells will build up. When this happens, your skin will appear duller, dryer, older, less pretty. Those nasty dead skin cells will also block your pores, resulting in blackheads, pimples, and stretched, enlarged pores.
So get exfoliating. There are a couple of main ways to exfoliate your skin. One is manual exfoliation. This is when a comparatively rough surface is used to buff dead skin and impurities away. Manual exfoliation can consist of microdermabrasion, exfoliating cloths, brushes, scrubs, etc. Just be sure not to use rough, hard edged brushes or scrubs, and they can irritate your skin, just making your problems worse.
Another even easier way to exfoliate is by chemical exfoliation. Chemical exfoliation is the use of chemicals that strip away dead skin for you. These are usually in the form of fruit acids, acid peels/masks, and alpha or beta hydroxy lotions. These are intended to get right down into the pores, cleaning them from the inside out. While chemical exfoliation is one of the best things you can do for your skin tone (it’s great combined with occasional manual exfoliation), it’s important to be careful. Start with gentle products, and use them only occasionally at first-- even so, they may cause dryness and peeling. Also, be sure to research any products you buy; many over-the-counter beta or alpha hydroxy exfoliants are not the correct pH to be truly effective.
The truth is, it’s impossible for a person over the age of ten to have perfect skin. As you age, hormones and time have their effect on your body and it will begin to show on your skin. There’s no preventing it. And there’s no need to feel hopeless. Just remember, even those Hollywood stars aren’t perfect. Take away the products, the professionally-applied make-up, the lighting, and the airbrushing, and Jennifer Lopez’s skin probably looks a lot like yours.
About the Author:
Hydration and Exfoliation are crucial in maintaining great skin. It’s also a good idea to use organic sunscreen when out in the sun.
One of the first things agencies look at when considering a new model is his or her skin. Skin, the largest organ in the human body, is the foundation of beauty. And while skin is the blank canvas for a beautiful face or body, you also want your skin to be beautiful on its own. For some, good genetics lend a helping hand. For others, beautiful skin is something you’ll have to work for.
A lot of flaws can mar the skin, especially the thin, delicate skin of the face. These include dryness, flaccidity, pimples, wrinkles, enlarged pores, age spots, and general unevenness. Quite a list, isn’t it?
Fortunately, there are many ways to improve the tone and texture of your skin. And while you may never have ideal skin --some skin traits are genetic, after all-- you can always improve on nature. Below you’ll find some of the best ways to improve your skin tone.
Hydration
One of the main things that lead to an uneven skin tone is dryness. The recommended two liters of water isn’t random, and isn’t just something bottled water companies use just to sell their products. Hydrating your skin will help to combat dryness and redness. It can also have an effect on your pores; you may find that, when hydrated, your skin will plump slightly, making enlarged pores less visible.
Exfoliation
Do you ever wonder how Hollywood stars get that glowing, youthful skin tone? Exfoliation. If you want to have smooth, glowing movie-star skin, exfoliation is key. No matter how well you wash your skin, if you do not exfoliate, dead skin cells will build up. When this happens, your skin will appear duller, dryer, older, less pretty. Those nasty dead skin cells will also block your pores, resulting in blackheads, pimples, and stretched, enlarged pores.
So get exfoliating. There are a couple of main ways to exfoliate your skin. One is manual exfoliation. This is when a comparatively rough surface is used to buff dead skin and impurities away. Manual exfoliation can consist of microdermabrasion, exfoliating cloths, brushes, scrubs, etc. Just be sure not to use rough, hard edged brushes or scrubs, and they can irritate your skin, just making your problems worse.
Another even easier way to exfoliate is by chemical exfoliation. Chemical exfoliation is the use of chemicals that strip away dead skin for you. These are usually in the form of fruit acids, acid peels/masks, and alpha or beta hydroxy lotions. These are intended to get right down into the pores, cleaning them from the inside out. While chemical exfoliation is one of the best things you can do for your skin tone (it’s great combined with occasional manual exfoliation), it’s important to be careful. Start with gentle products, and use them only occasionally at first-- even so, they may cause dryness and peeling. Also, be sure to research any products you buy; many over-the-counter beta or alpha hydroxy exfoliants are not the correct pH to be truly effective.
The truth is, it’s impossible for a person over the age of ten to have perfect skin. As you age, hormones and time have their effect on your body and it will begin to show on your skin. There’s no preventing it. And there’s no need to feel hopeless. Just remember, even those Hollywood stars aren’t perfect. Take away the products, the professionally-applied make-up, the lighting, and the airbrushing, and Jennifer Lopez’s skin probably looks a lot like yours.
About the Author:
Hydration and Exfoliation are crucial in maintaining great skin. It’s also a good idea to use organic sunscreen when out in the sun.
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Fitness - Your Mind And You
By: Frank
Your mental dynamo has assimilated several facts and whirled out two simple messages - aerobic exercising and fatless food are vital for healthy living. The sleeper in you is awakening and your - ears can now catch that soft inner voice calling out insistently -urging you to act.
Now, you know how much you should exercise to keep your body vibrantly fit.
Now, you know how to reduce fat and sugar intake to tune your body into health.
Let us presume that you are striding along the fitness path. It is possible that you have not yet begun to feel its positive effects. You could be into fitness but your mind has still not wholly adjusted to a life without butter, ghee or chocolates. You may explain it with, "I feel full but not satisfied."
In reality, your body and brain are awakening. The fresh breeze of fitness is breathing life into the long-dormant muscles, blowing away the cobwebs of lethargy. But you are not able to see these changes, you are not able to experience these transformations. Why? Your mind still has a little cloud in it, obscuring your view. It is a cloud called memory Due to its power, it is still holding on to old habits, old tastes. It is your memory that is feeding your mental dynamo, Your memory has no analytical powers. It is merely a reservoir of your experiences. And it does its duty by pouring its contents into your mental dynamo.
Now, it is up to your mental dynamo to collect, to sift, to analyse. For no more are the shining jewels of fitness buried inside you. They stand revealed. And if it rises to the occasion and informs you that you need not always drink an artificially sweetened cola that rushes through you causing as much damage as dirty, polluted water; if it informs you that you are free to drink unlimited fresh coconut water from the eternal fountain of fitness, and if you can listen to this pure, health-giving message and let it deluge your insides, you will have entered the wonderful world of health and fitness.
Your mental dynamo can make you see this world that is yours as a birthright a land of happiness, laughter, love, humour. Then you would begin to understand that it is not a complex labyrinth of do's and don'ts but a natural state that is so simple, so straight-forward that you are now astonished that you had not glimpsed it earlier.
But there is a reason why you had not seen it earlier. It starts from your childhood. When you were born, you were content to drink milk. But as you grew up, 'kindly' visitors handed you slabs of chocolate. Your larder was stocked with fried crunches. Your refrigerator showed rows of gleaming soft drink bottles. You learned to love these goodies. Your taste buds were weaned on them, Your memory bank stored all these experiences. And nobody told you that time that all these 'goodies' were actually not good for you.
But had those 'kindly' visitors presented you with baskets of fresh fruit, had your refrigerator contained coconut water and fresh sliced vegetables, your taste buds would have cultivated such preferences. Your memory bank would have stored such experiences. And to day you would not have had any excess fat or disease, Today, you would not be bewildered at being told not to eat fried foods or sweets.
On the exercising front - as a child it was natural that you played, ran, hopped, skipped, pedalled on your tricycle and bicycle. But as you grew up, your habits changed. You travelled by car, bus, train, airplane. Meanwhile, you - continued to eat your fattening food. Due to your lifestyle - unnatural though it was - your mental dynamo too whirled in this orbit. And you accepted everything as part of life - the overeating, the non exercising, the consequent illnesses. But it is never too late to unlearn the old and learn the new.
However, before we go on, let us be practical, Let us see things in perspective. We are all citizens of today's world. We are going to use all the modern conveniences. We don't intend going back to the Stone Age or even the Bullock Cart Age. Our social infrastructure, our lives are such that they don't really encourage the natural lifestyle that our ancestors had. Yet, in these changed circumstances, we want to be healthy, to be fit. We want to savor all the joys of modern civilisation. So, what should we do?
All action begins with thought. As we said earlier, open your mind. Only this way, will you see the glorious possibilities that a healthy life holds out for you. Feed your mental dynamo with new information, new thought processes, new tastes. Let those old memories remain in your-subconscious - tingling pleasantly. You've had more than your share of sweets of ghee, and laziness. Now you are ready for a higher plane.
There is limitless energy within you, limitless vitality that needs to be tapped. And mental dynamics, dear friend, is your path to health and happiness, to reduce your obsession with food and trigger off a vast appetite for life.
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Your mental dynamo has assimilated several facts and whirled out two simple messages - aerobic exercising and fatless food are vital for healthy living. The sleeper in you is awakening and your - ears can now catch that soft inner voice calling out insistently -urging you to act.
Now, you know how much you should exercise to keep your body vibrantly fit.
Now, you know how to reduce fat and sugar intake to tune your body into health.
Let us presume that you are striding along the fitness path. It is possible that you have not yet begun to feel its positive effects. You could be into fitness but your mind has still not wholly adjusted to a life without butter, ghee or chocolates. You may explain it with, "I feel full but not satisfied."
In reality, your body and brain are awakening. The fresh breeze of fitness is breathing life into the long-dormant muscles, blowing away the cobwebs of lethargy. But you are not able to see these changes, you are not able to experience these transformations. Why? Your mind still has a little cloud in it, obscuring your view. It is a cloud called memory Due to its power, it is still holding on to old habits, old tastes. It is your memory that is feeding your mental dynamo, Your memory has no analytical powers. It is merely a reservoir of your experiences. And it does its duty by pouring its contents into your mental dynamo.
Now, it is up to your mental dynamo to collect, to sift, to analyse. For no more are the shining jewels of fitness buried inside you. They stand revealed. And if it rises to the occasion and informs you that you need not always drink an artificially sweetened cola that rushes through you causing as much damage as dirty, polluted water; if it informs you that you are free to drink unlimited fresh coconut water from the eternal fountain of fitness, and if you can listen to this pure, health-giving message and let it deluge your insides, you will have entered the wonderful world of health and fitness.
Your mental dynamo can make you see this world that is yours as a birthright a land of happiness, laughter, love, humour. Then you would begin to understand that it is not a complex labyrinth of do's and don'ts but a natural state that is so simple, so straight-forward that you are now astonished that you had not glimpsed it earlier.
But there is a reason why you had not seen it earlier. It starts from your childhood. When you were born, you were content to drink milk. But as you grew up, 'kindly' visitors handed you slabs of chocolate. Your larder was stocked with fried crunches. Your refrigerator showed rows of gleaming soft drink bottles. You learned to love these goodies. Your taste buds were weaned on them, Your memory bank stored all these experiences. And nobody told you that time that all these 'goodies' were actually not good for you.
But had those 'kindly' visitors presented you with baskets of fresh fruit, had your refrigerator contained coconut water and fresh sliced vegetables, your taste buds would have cultivated such preferences. Your memory bank would have stored such experiences. And to day you would not have had any excess fat or disease, Today, you would not be bewildered at being told not to eat fried foods or sweets.
On the exercising front - as a child it was natural that you played, ran, hopped, skipped, pedalled on your tricycle and bicycle. But as you grew up, your habits changed. You travelled by car, bus, train, airplane. Meanwhile, you - continued to eat your fattening food. Due to your lifestyle - unnatural though it was - your mental dynamo too whirled in this orbit. And you accepted everything as part of life - the overeating, the non exercising, the consequent illnesses. But it is never too late to unlearn the old and learn the new.
However, before we go on, let us be practical, Let us see things in perspective. We are all citizens of today's world. We are going to use all the modern conveniences. We don't intend going back to the Stone Age or even the Bullock Cart Age. Our social infrastructure, our lives are such that they don't really encourage the natural lifestyle that our ancestors had. Yet, in these changed circumstances, we want to be healthy, to be fit. We want to savor all the joys of modern civilisation. So, what should we do?
All action begins with thought. As we said earlier, open your mind. Only this way, will you see the glorious possibilities that a healthy life holds out for you. Feed your mental dynamo with new information, new thought processes, new tastes. Let those old memories remain in your-subconscious - tingling pleasantly. You've had more than your share of sweets of ghee, and laziness. Now you are ready for a higher plane.
There is limitless energy within you, limitless vitality that needs to be tapped. And mental dynamics, dear friend, is your path to health and happiness, to reduce your obsession with food and trigger off a vast appetite for life.
Article Source: http://www.superfeature.com
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