Archive for 'Wellness, Fitness and Diet'
How to Slash Your Healthcare Costs
By following the groundbreaking strategy outlined in this article you could slash your healthcare costs and feel really alive whatever your age. So let’s start by looking at the amazing healing power each and every one of us has at our disposal – yet few of us have any idea how to harness.
Your Cells’ Awesome Intelligence
You are conceived as a single cell containing a DNA molecule – your genetic code. That single cell then divides and each of the cells formed contain a replica of your DNA molecule. These cells then subdivide and the process continues.
While that process is itself amazing what is even more remarkable is that for a very short time, just a few days, there exists as part of a newly formed embryo a group of extraordinary cells known as embryonic stem cells. They can grow into whatever sort of tissue the body needs.
That is to say, they can transform into any type of cell. For example, in response to chemical signals, some stem cells transform into skin cells, some to liver cells and so on. This way not only do the cells know what their role is – they know exactly how to To Read More Click Here
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Wellness, Fitness and Diet.
Comments: none
Acid Reflux and Diet
If you have ever had acid back up out of your stomach and into your esophagus, you may have had a severe burning sensation. Other times, maybe a little belch or burp but the acid reflux is so mild you don’t think much about it. Either way, it is important to look at the connection of acid reflux and diet.
If you are a sufferer, you know you have got to do something. Many people do not want to take pills, but will reach for the anti acids. What is best though?
Actually neither the pills or the antacids. You really need to take a look at what you ate, how your system reacted with acid reflux and make a change in your diet.
Common foods causing or contributing to acid reflux are:
Coffee
Alcohol
Spicy Foods
Citrus Foods
Sugars
Fried Food
Chocolate
For some people they may also need to watch certain types of onions. Cooked onion may not bother you as much as raw onion.
Now, you would take those mentioned above out of your diet, then after a while, introduce one at a meal and see how things went. Did you have acid reflux, belching To Read More Click Here
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Wellness, Fitness and Diet.
Comments: none
Your Fitness Guide For Measurement, Supplements and Apparel
Physical fitness is a very big part of today’s society. Not just for those directly involved in the sports industry but also for the common person. With information rife about deadly infections and bodily diseases becoming the main killers amongst us, many have opted for a healthier lifestyle with physical fitness topping the poll of being healthy.
What actually is being fit? It is the ability of the body to endure pain or not feel pain or discomfort whenever it is engaged in physical activities. There is actually five main areas in which fitness can be measured. They are :
- The ability to do some kind of physical activity that requires aerobic endurance. This helps to show how your heart is reacting and if it is, indeed, reacting well to supplying enough oxygen during the activity. Physical activities that measure this well are running, kayaking and an aerobics workout.
- Another form of fitness test is weight lifting to test muscular ability. The idea is to lift a specific weight for an amount of time. This is then repeated so that it becomes less challenging. More weight or repetitions of lifting is then added to To Read More Click Here
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Wellness, Fitness and Diet.
Comments: none







