January 8th, 2010 by AlexM
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What is the secret to a long and healthy life? It is in the food we eat. You probably heard the saying ‘You are what you eat’ before. As you well know, all foods are not created equal. Choosing and eating the right foods may help increase your life expectancy as well as the quality of your life.
Here are ten of the top power packed foods designed to give you energy, vitality and all around good health!
1. Beans – If they give you gas, take precautions before you eat them. Soaking them first can help. Beans of all kinds (kidney, navy, lentils, chickpeas, Northern) are high in protein. This is plant protein so it contains very little fat, carbs and calories. If fiber is a problem in your diet, eating a healthy portion of beans each day can keep your digestive system healthy.
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January 6th, 2010 by AlexM
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Exercise is an important part of our lives. Staying in shape is one way to increase your life expectancy. Weight bearing exercises are important also for increasing muscle mass and bone density as you age.
Most of us have learned what to do when it comes to exercising. The problem is where and when to get the job done. With a busy lifestyle, making time for exercise is a challenge.
Weight bearing exercises aren’t just for bodybuilders (as I mentioned before). As you age, especially once you hit the age of forty, you begin to lose muscle mass. For women especially, bone loss becomes a problem. When the body is in need of calcium it can rob it from your bones. Building muscle not only increases their mass but your strength.
Here are 5 easy toning exercises that can be done anywhere and whenever you have time. At home, at the office, or on vacation, you can do these easy yet extremely effective exercises.
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January 4th, 2010 by AlexM
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Hi folks, its’ the first week of 2010. I’m sure most of you must have gone partying celebrating the arrival of the new year. And in the process stuffed lots of foods into your tummy right ? 
Eating is a part of our life which is perfectly all right. Your body gets its nutrients from food. The problem is sometimes we can go overboard with our eating habits and it can result in gaining weight. One issue with food is emotional eating.
The problem of emotional eating may end with the scale but it begins in the mind. Stress takes its toll on your life. When your defense are compromised your health takes a hit and so do your emotions.
Everyone has good days and bad days. How we deal with the bad ones brings emotional eating into play. You look for comfort for your hurts. People who turn to food for comfort find a coping mechanism that won’t judge them, hurt them or tell them “no.” To complicate the issue, eating pleasurable foods can stimulate the release of endorphins just like exercise. So, after you eat, you feel better.
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January 1st, 2010 by AlexM
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Happy New Year everyone! How time flies, its 2010 already today I talked a lot about exercising in my blog but I’ve not touched on the importance of warming up yet. So this is what today’s post is about. Most folks knew the importance and the benefits of exercise but few knew that warming up before engaging in exercise in equally important. Are you one of those who jump straight to your exercise?
Let me share why you should warm up first. Several changes takes place in the body once physical activity is initiated. A person’s respiratory rate, blood flow, and oxygen and nutrient levels delivered to the cells increases. The rate of increase should be regulated in a steady pace to prepare the body for the physical stress that exercise will demand. If one forgoes this priming procedure (warm up stage), the body will function less efficiently and the workout will produce less quality results. Warming up preps up the nervous system, heightens mental awareness and alertness, and loosens up joints and muscles to make them less prone to injuries. Warm ups jump starts the fluid located in the joints, minimizing the risk for wear and tear of the muscles. It gives the heart a suitable period to adjust and pump up blood and nutrients into muscles.
This is especially vital for older people since they have tissues that are less supple, joints with less fluid, and weaker hearts. Sudden exercise can produce heart attacks to older people. Having said that, don’t be fooled into thinking that the above applies only to older people.
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December 30th, 2009 by AlexM
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There are a lot of people who would give a lot to increase their metabolism. Having a high level of metabolism enables one to maintain fat burn and lose weight effectively with the least amount of activity. Metabolism is the rate by which the body produces and consumes energy and calories to support life. As a result, metabolism plays a big role in determining whether you are thin or fat, or how successful you are in gaining or losing weight.
There are several factors that affect the metabolism of a person, such as the amount of muscle tissue, the frequency of the meals one consumes, genetics, stress levels, personal diet and activity levels. Metabolism slows down due to the following: loss of muscle because of not enough physical activity, the tendency of the body to cannibalize its own tissue because there is not enough food energy to sustain it, and the decrease of physical activity that comes naturally with old age.
Here are 11 tips to fire up your metabolism:
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December 28th, 2009 by AlexM
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In a world where people’s waist is getting wider and more and more folks are falling sick due to unhealthy food choices, its’ time to get smarter and do yourself a favor by selecting the food that its really right for you. Not food that you mistakenly believe is right for you.
To make smart food selection, what you really need is to be able to read food labels. It lets you make sensible food selections. Through the “Nutrition Facts” section in a particular food item in the grocery, you can identify whole lot of details provided of that product. By reading food labels intelligently, you can clearly understand the amount and kinds of nutrients that are provided in the item (for eg saturated fat, sodium, total fat, fiber, and cholesterol amount “per serving”).
However, you might find it perplexing trying to understand those food labels and found yourself asking what those numbers mean and how it actually affect your diet intake. You are not alone as food labels can be pretty misleading these days.
So to have a clear and more comprehensive understanding of the items stated in the food label, here is a list of things that you need to understand and watch out for:
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December 23rd, 2009 by AlexM
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Are you sick and tired of everyone telling you a different way to build muscle? Are you unhappy with how you look in the mirror? Are you frustrated with your slow progress in the gym?
There is a good chance that you are not maximizing one of these four steps. Your problem and solution lies in correcting these essential steps before you have any chance of building a muscular and lean physique. Read on to learn how to build muscle in four simple steps, in less time, without any drugs and without bogus supplements.
Step #1
Commit to lifting weights at least three to four times per week. Your goal is to stimulate your muscles with resistance (stress) which results in your muscles growing bigger to avoid the stress from occuring again. Once you go home, let the muscle heal through nutrition and rest, it will grow bigger and you will repeat this process again. Ideally you should hit your muscles once every 72 hours so you could perform 2 upper body workouts per week and 2 lower body workouts per week.
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December 21st, 2009 by AlexM
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By Alex Marco of http://HealthEqualsMoney.com
Hi folks, have you ever wished someone would do all of the “research” for you so you could just cut to the chase? I know I have. There have been many times I’d like to not waste hours of my life sifting through low-quality articles and blog posts to find the occasional gem.
If only someone else had written this article for me to read a long time ago. Fortunately, I’m gonna save you the trouble of getting double vision from staring at your computer screen trying to find some good health tips reads.
Below you’ll find 5 great blog posts that are filled with not just easy but simple and useful health tips for all walks of life. Meaning anyone can benefit from the tips Some of these authors / sites you’ve probably heard of, some you might not have heard of. All deserved to be included for providing useful health tips in their content.
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