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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Keeping Weight Under Control During Xmas Holidays-Tips

If you are planning a healthy holiday and weight loss is on your list, here are healthy tips

1-Managing hunger by drinking water before meals is an effective way to aid a weight loss diet.

According to a recent study, those who drank 2 glasses of water before meals lost 15 1/2 pounds after 12 weeks while those on a calorie reduce diet only lost 11 pounds.
To make use of this finding, drink two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner.

2-Here are some weight loss tips that can be added to your physical exercise and diet plans. It is from an article in the USNews& World Report.
They are not to replace exercise or diet but to compliment them, six are mentioned:

1-Hot soup
2-Don't eat heavily just before bed
3-Live like a city dweller
4-Try a dash of chilli pepper
5-Weigh yourself once daily
6-Limit caloric beverages

Read how to incorporate them in your daily routine.

Remember ask for gifts of health should you need them.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Planning a Healthy Christmas Holiday & New Year?


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Christmas is a time for giving gifts, celebrations, parties, food, drinks and booze.

The new year is a time for resolutions. Many resolutions are made, but many are quickly and easily broken. Some reasons for failed resolutions are:
  • Resolution not realistic
  • Resolution not a priority
Many resolutions are centered around lifestyle changes, self improvement and healthier living. A popular one is ' to lose weight.'

This year at the health boot camp attendees can learn healthy habits as they celebrate the holiday season.  They can set realistic resolutions based on needs.

The camp is online at the webiste without a trip and unnecessary costs. Attendees have an opportunity to preview to prepare.

Attendees will follow the instructions given, they will incorporate them into their daily routine, making changes as necessary.The instructions are for reducing or eliminating health risk factors that contribute to unhealthy lifestyles.

Without leaving home and office they get to identify barriers to healthy lifestyle, barriers to successful New Year resolutions.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Public Health- AN Online Version


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When you think of public health the first thing that comes to mind may be health in your local community.
There is a online educational program offering a similar type of health education, only its online and global.
The program uses tutorials to educate and deliver health awareness, the awareness that is usuallly possible through public health services.
The tutorials are on how to eliminate avoidable health risk factors. Reducing them is not only realistic but achievable.

Whats In Volved?

1-Tutorials on Health Risk factors.

2-Workbooks- Contain examples of health scenarios that require the student to put a thinking cap on and apply them to real situations.

3-Assignments-consist of practice scenarios, questions and answers.

4-Links to reference-provide text material to enhance knowledge base.

5-Research reports-provide evidence-based data that can be used to make informed health decisions.

The program also uses a directoty style list of resources to deliver home care tools.

You can follow or fan this program on Facebook.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Rules Of Attraction


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Why do people find some features more attractive than others,  and see some people as more attractive than others?

 According to experts looks and sexiness are determined before we're even born.
Researchers say that oxidative stress and antioxidants my account for whether we are seen as attratcive or not.
According to studies people whose features on both sides of the body are the same are seen as attractive while those with fluctuating asymmetry are not.
Studies have shown that those with fluctuating asymmetery were exposed to oxidative stress in the womb and were not able to withstand the stressor to which they were exposed.
This article I am sharing with you explores many of the features that are viewed as attractive.
According to the report some studies looked at features such as:
  • Blonde
  • Long legs
  • Height
  • Weight
  • Waist
  • Shoulders
The Report
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