Friday, November 27, 2009
Give A Food Gift For Health & Nutrition
Looking for a gift for the person who has everything?
Food gifts make excellent surprise presents.
You can shop for quick and easy full meals and lobster dinners that are sure to please anyone on your gift list this Christmas.
Here is a healthy eating guide to help you choose meals for anyone, meals that are nutritious, for weight control, promoting health, for diabetics, food for children and adults.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
A Healthy Back- For Gift Giving
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From: Healthy Back Store
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
What Can I Give?
Persons requiring lifestyle changes are need in many ways. They need reassurance and support, they may be struggling to make it work, they may be affected financally.
Those with with physical problems may be managing their health for a full recovery.
Give a gift that would make a difference.
If the person is a teen facing challenges with addiction, give a gift to motivate or to educate.
Behaviour modification can be powerful tools for this.
If health risk factors are hindering the person's success with being healthy, give a gift to enlightening and make aware them aware
Give them a subscription to online health education.
Give a gift certificate if control is more important than surprise.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Why Give Gifts Of Health?
- When you give a gift of health you may be providing financial help at a time of health needs.
- Since ill health can accompany financial difficulties. you are helping in more than one ways.
- You will be showing support and not abandonment when lifestyle changes are necessary.
- You can be a valuable source if information to that person.
- You have a happier, healthier family or friend
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Giving Gifts For Health & Wellbeing
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Fruit Gifts For Health
Thinking of giving gifts of health that are unsual and healthy?
"Vegetables and Fruit' is the most important food group for healthy eating, weight control, disease prevention, speedy recovery and to boost the immune system. Fruit baskets make excellent, unusual and healthy ones. Check these out!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Text messaging & Email effective with Quitters
There is good news for smokers planning to quit. Researchers analysed data from 4 trials in the UK, New Zealand and Norway.
The interventions were:
- Text messages with advice and encouragement sent regularly to smokers' mobile phone
- Text messages to the phone in conjunction with email
They found that mobile phone intervention appeared to increase the prevelance of self reported smoking abstinence at 4 weeks after cessation.
They also found an increase in long term self reported quitting with the Internet and text messsages. Data was taken from the same trials. More studies are planned on the long term effects of mobile phones.
If you know of someone who must quit or who is planning to quit give them a gift of one of these text messaging
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Text Messaging Linked to Smoking Cessation
It is good news for smokers planning to quit. According to a recent report, text messaging and email are linked to smoking cessation.
Researchers analysed data from 4 trials in the UK, New Zealand and Norway.
The interventions were:
- Text messages with advice and encouragement sent regularly to smokers' mobile phone
- Text messages to the phone in conjunction with email
They found that mobile phone intervention appeared to increase the prevelance of self reported smoking abstinence at 4 weeks after cessation.
They also found an increase in long term self reported quitting with the Internet and text messsages. data was taken from the same trials.
More studies are planned on the long term effects of mobile phones
It has also been proven that help from family and friends is effective in bringing about that change.
If you know of someone whose goal is to quit, give them one of these instead of a pair of shoes, for example. Give them that gift of health. Read the report here
This is an example of text messaging available in both a US & a UK version.
Monday, October 26, 2009
A Report On Alcohol
According to scientists 1 person will die every hour as a result of excess alcohol. The number of alcohol related deaths has tripled in the last 25 years.
Researchers explored the link between consumption of alcohol and alcohol related deaths.
They found the number of alcohol related deaths had increased from 3,054 in 1984 to 8,999 in 2008.
In the UK 1/3 of men said they drank more than 21 units in an average week, while 1/5 of women said they drank more than 14 units.
These persons need peer and family support and involvement.
Give them a gift of health to assist and encourage the change of behaviour instead of another. There are many available online.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Behaviour Change & Health
Today it is possible at home, online, on mobiles and even while travelling.
Advances in technology and the trend towards self care have contributed to this shift.
For example:
*Text messaging can be delivered to your mobile at a time when the change is required.
* Subliminal messaging through CD's, DVD's and MP3 can reach the subconscious mind to help bring about change.
*There are online programs with 1:1 coaching
If you know of someone who is struggling with a behaviour change problem. Instead of giving them just a gift, give them one of these for health 'With love.'
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tanning Beds Are A Health Risk
The report analysed about 20 studies, they found a 75 % increase in skin cancer when people start using tanning beds before age 30.
Because of the ultraviolet rays these sunbeds are a health hazard, and are classified as a health risk. The research was published in the Lancet Oncology in July of this year.
If you know of someone who will be heading for the tanning salon give them a gift of health.
Self tanning cream or self bronzing products are recommended as an alternative to tanning beds.
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Physically Challenged
Life also continues at home for many years after.
The quality of life, though can improve after intervention
If lifestyle is affected and change is necessary an unexpected financial need can add to the fear and anxiety. By giving gifts of health to someone who is physically challenged, you can be supporting them in many ways.
Instead of giving a gift of no health value. Give the physically challenged a gift to improve their health status, a gift to maintain optimum health while in their own environment.
A gift that can speed up recovery or help financially.
This blog is about giving for this purpose.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Giving Gifts At Times Of Need
Have you considered giving a gift of health instead of another?
If you or someone you know have an interest in being healthy, giving and receiving gifts of health can be a source of support and encouragement. A gift of health carefully chosen can be of financial help at a time of need.
You can ask for one of these instead of another. To encourage this type of support we have made this blog possible.