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Don’t Buy Into
These Exercise Myths NEW!
by Larry Goldberg
The past decade or so has seen an explosion of research about nutrition,
exercise and the human body. Some of this research has confirmed what we
already knew—things like, a healthy diet and regular exercise make you
live long and prosper. Some research, however, has proven that some
“common wisdom” about exercise is just plain wrong. Here are ten
myths that you don’t want to buy into.
1. Lifting weights makes you bulk up.
Actually, this is true—if you are male. Women don’t have the
biochemistry necessary to develop big, bulky muscles. They will get
stronger, but not bulkier.
2. It’s inevitable to gain weight as you age.
False. People gain weight as they age because they become more
sedentary and their metabolic rate drops. Weight gain is not
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I Have a Body: Health for Your Body, Serenity for Your Soul
NEW!
by Lisa Barstow
The Buddhists tell us that we have a body but we are not our body, a mind but we are not our mind, an ego but we are not our ego. I wish that I had heard this fifty years ago, but at age eleven I was stressed about budding breasts, a period that was my big present on my birthday that year, and trying to please my dear thin mother who could already see that I wasn’t built like a Vogue model.
The years between the beginning and end of my menstrual flow were pretty much about the belief that most of who I was, was indeed a body, and if I could tame its need to eat through diet and exercise, then I might at least look like Gidget or Sandra Dee. Later on, as I matured, I set my sights on full breasted actresses with tiny waists. To wish for a lanky body like Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly, my mother’s favorites, would have been futile and ridiculous. Never one to pressure myself, I chose Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as my body role models. Click
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Boost
Your Brain Power with Powerful "Smart" Foods
by Jeannine Virtue
Memory decline is a common complaint as we move through the aging process.
The typical 60-year-old is not as sharp mentally as they were in their
40s. That said, some people do age slower than others. There are 80 year
olds with the mind and body of people decades their minor. There are 70
year olds who can easily match wits with 40 year olds.
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Learning Open
Heartedness: Insights From a Cardiologist
by Dr. Kirk Laman
Our hearts want to find greater love. As a cardiologist, with a
special interest in heart disease prevention, I have witnessed this time
and again. Much of what ails people- physical illness, relationship
issues, and even the inner crying of the soul begins in the heart.
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Boost
Your Immune System for Wellness and Healing
by Bryan Flournoy
The immune system is the first in the body to react, integrate, resolve
and evolve. It is a highly integrated system using resources from the
entire body to orchestrate its general and specific roles. As we age, the
immune system picks up the pace on behalf of the organ systems' decline in
efficiency. Proper nutrition can have a profound effect on the immune
system when it is battling disorders associated with nutritional
deficiencies or conditions interfering with the body's use of nutrients.
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Overcoming Worry:
The Calming Power of Exercise
by Bob Livingstone LCSW
There are a lot of us that spend too much time worrying. According to The National Institute on Mental Health, approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety prevents us from being happy, can cause physical ailments, and keeps us from taking healthy risks that may improve the quality of our lives.
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Sleepless In
America
by Joan Borysenko
If you don’t get enough sleep, it’s hard to be kind, keep your
priorities straight, and just keep on keeping on. Yet, in a 24/7 society
where you can order everything from underwear to tents from mail-order
houses in the middle of the night, sleeplessness is becoming endemic.
It’s been cited as the nation’s number-one health problem. We’re
sleeping, according to the experts, 20 percent less than our peers did a
hundred years ago.
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Winter,
Weather and Weight Loss
by Judith J. Wurtman,
PhD, and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD
All other things being equal, you are more
apt to feel positive and energetic when the sun is shining, the sky is
blue and the temperature in the comfort zone. But for many people, when
the weather turns gloomy, they stop losing and may start to gain weight.
In fact, often the longer the bad weather, the more pounds are
gained.
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Are You
“Old” Before Your Time?
by Keith Shaw
First, ask yourself these question...
How do you feel when you wake up? Do you lack energy and fear facing the
new day ahead? Are you stiff, lacking flexibility, feeling pain in your
joints?
How do you feel throughout the day? Do you feel exhausted by 9:30 in the
morning? Even more drained in the afternoon? Are you unable to concentrate
or think clearly?
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Making
Resolutions That Stick
by M.J. Ryan
"This year, I’m going to stop
worrying so much."
"I will get in shape, once and for
all."
"I’ll stop spending beyond my
means."
"I’ll get along better with my
family."
"I’ll start that business I’ve
always dreamed about."
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Are You
Chronically Dehydrated?
by Matt Canham
For many of us, when we hear the term dehydration, we immediately think of a man staggering in the desert, or an athlete having just finished a
grueling event. We are correct in a sense, however these are both examples of acute dehydration.
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Making
Healthy Restaurant Choices
by Ann Fittante, MS, RD
At
a popular pizza chain, the personal pan pizza with sausage packs 740
calories and 39 grams of fat. And at one major fast-food joint, a triple
cheeseburger with everything has 810 calories and 47 grams of fat -- two
meals' worth of calories and more fat than most of us should scarf down in
an entire day.
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Fitness Through Yoga; A Prescription
for Seniors
by Mish Volonino
Everyday the media bombards us with new information and medical evidence
to support the claims on the benefits associated with physical activity as
it relates to aging. Our primary care physicians urge us to participate in
some form of physical fitness. Baby Boomers are the fastest growing
population. Soon, the largest segment of the Americans will be 65 and
older. According to statistics from the National Institute on Aging, 60%
of the adult population leads a sedentary lifestyle. The reasons for not
exercising are many, but for older persons, fear of hurting oneself is the
hardest obstacle to overcome. Becoming pro-active with exercising
increases the odds of living a longer, healthier, happier and more active
life.
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Medical
Advice: How to Talk with Your Doctor about Embarrassing Medical Problems
by Vicki Rackner
The realization hit Natalie like a ton of bricks. Her mother, Joann, had
literally died of embarrassment! Joann had noticed blood in her stool
almost a year before she was diagnosed with colon cancer. At first she
told herself it must have been those beets she ate. Then she thought it
was most likely her hemorrhoids, although she had not had a flair-up of
hemorrhoids since Natalie’s birth 52 years earlier.
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Are All Diets Unhealthy?
by Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., and Nadine Taylor, M.S., R.D.
Want the short answer? Yes. Now, you may be thinking, "If I don't stay on some kind of diet, I'll just blow up like a balloon. I need to be on a program just to keep control of myself." But consider that any kind of dieting involves a diet mentality, which ensures failure, encourages you to ignore hunger and satiety signals, and promotes a negative relationship with food, because you have to give up "forbidden" foods and, often, eat foods you don't really like. This inevitably results in giving in, which often means bingeing and feeling terrible about yourself. So, though this idea may sound radical, we firmly believe there is no good diet.
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Exercises For Busy Moms: 4 Quick,
But Effective Exercises To Keep Busy Moms Strong
by Tracey Mallett
We all know how difficult it is to stay in shape and find time to exercise
- but most especially for women with babies or small kids. There’s the
sleep-deprivation factor, no time and priority changes. So what are the
fitness options for busy Moms?
The fact is, the more you can take of yourself and the better you feel,
the stronger you will be physically and emotionally to take on the day
with the “little ones” and all of life’s challenges.
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Battling an Eating
Disorder: When Bulimia Becomes a True American Idol Sized Problem
by Abigail Natenshon
In a People Magazine article, American Idol contestant, Katherine McPhee
disclosed that she has secretly suffered from bulimia for the past five
years. It was her success in television’s American Idol competition that
inspired her to come forward and get help to recover from her
life-threatening eating disorder. Katherine, a vocalist who at her worst
point was self-inducing vomiting up to seven times a day, claimed that she
realized her bulimic behaviors were “equivalent to taking a sledgehammer
to her throat” and brought herself to treatment.
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The Power Of Learning To Breathe Properly
by Dr Edward Steiner
Did you know that breathing is the only essential bodily function performed unconsciously, that you can control consciously? Your body can go without food for months, water for weeks and yet your body can't go without oxygen for more than a few minutes. Think about it.
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Adrenal Fatigue: How it Affects
Your Life and How to Heal it
by Carolyn Porter
80 % of American society is afflicted with adrenal fatigue at some point in their life yet most are unaware of the problem. They simply know they don’t feel well or perhaps symptoms lead them to explore other disorders; we do know that often symptoms denote multiple possibilities and sometimes overlap disorders. Do these symptoms apply to you?
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Choosing
Happiness Instead of Stress for Your Body
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
Stress is a state of being
induced by the fears within the mind expressed as a bodily response to
both real and unreal events in the outer-world. When it is habitual,
stress no longer has contrast to other states of healthy being. It no
longer serves its purpose of warning and protecting the body. As a chronic
habit, stress is not very kind to the body or any body around us.
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Eat at the Right Time of Day
by Felicia Drury Kliment
One to two hours after eating dinner at 6:30 in the evening, Bob and Amy Gerahty used to come down with acid indigestion. Although they didn't go to bed until 11:00 P.M., the symptoms lingered, preventing them from getting to sleep. They blamed their indigestion and insomnia on the food they ate for dinner. Their typical evening meal consisted of red meat, mashed potatoes with butter, salad, and a vegetable. Having heard so much about the harm a diet heavy in red meat and saturated fat can do to the heart and arteries, they became convinced that the food they had for dinner was at the root of their digestive problems. So they switched to chicken, fish, and polyunsaturated oils, but it didn't ease their indigestion. No matter what they ate for dinner they got acid reflux afterward. The years passed and they continued to lie awake at night with painful esophageal and stomach problems.
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Learning to Let Go
by Amy Hassinger
I started practicing yoga nine years ago because I wanted to look sexy. I bought
B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Yoga, and taught myself the asanas, following his suggested courses in the appendix. Within a few months of regular practice, I could see and feel the results. I was strong, limber, and best of all, my stomach was flat -- a state it hadn’t enjoyed since puberty. I was an immediate convert.
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What Is Hypoglycemia And Why Should
I Care?
by
Anita Flegg
Hypoglycemia literally means Low Blood Sugar and the best understood cases
of hypoglycemia occur in diabetics. In diabetes, the blood sugar is
maintained through medication and keeping the level steady can be a
challenge. Too much insulin, too little food or too much exercise can all
trigger hypoglycemia in diabetics.
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The Power Of Touch: A Basic Human
Need for Health and Healing
by Linda Marks
The presidential elections of November 2004 poignantly illustrated “the
great divide” that has grown between people in our country. I read
countless statistics in both the Wall Street Journal and the Boston
Globe analyzing voter composition. I saw charts that separated those
who favored a candidate with high intelligence from those who favored a
candidate who advocated a sense of morality. I saw other charts
differentiating those who favored a candidate who would protect us against
terrorism from those who favored a candidate who cared about the
environment. After reading chart after chart, it would be easy to believe
that all these issues are indeed separate and unrelated, just as are the
factions of people who either supported or disagreed with each position.
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Allergy Season: How to Cope
by Ben Lynch
The sun’s warmth bursts forth flowers and pries open leaf buds. Spring’s beauty is welcomed by all except those prone to allergies. A release of histamine triggered by allergic substances causes a runny nose, itchy eyes, post-nasal drip and congested head. Reducing histamine is what needs to be done, and most likely, a run to the store for an over-the-counter anti-histamine is what occurs. While this may work for the short term, it does not address the cause of allergies.
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Drinking Your Pain Away
by Brianna Stanley
Twenty years of research has shown Dr. Batmanghelidj what nature has
always known: that water is critical to life. So critical, in fact, that
the lack of water--or dehydration--actually produces most of our chronic
pains and ailments. He reveals the exciting news . . . it is possible to
treat and prevent pain for free!
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Why Skin Care Is Not
Enough
by Cynthia Rowland
Staggering amounts of money are spent daily on cosmetics and skin care
products that promise to lift, firm and tighten our faces. How many of us
use a product for just a few weeks before purchasing yet another product?
Do we jump from item to item because we really don’t see a visible
improvement and we feel disappointed in the results?
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Eco-Technologies-- In
Harmony with Nature
by Christan
Hummel
Energy shortages, power crises, petro-chemical pollutants, ozone
depletion, hazardous waste, nuclear radiation, bioengineered crops - these
are all the nightmares of a technological world raging forward against
natural laws. In the midst of this technological onslaught, we have become
conditioned to believe that technology is the inherently evil nemesis of
nature forever destined to be Yin and Yang at incompatible odds with one
another. Our modern society perpetuates this belief that one must be
sacrificed for the other. This belief has left available only the illusory
options of either abandoning the "urban" life for huts in the
forest, and cots in the ashram, or supporting a society which plunders
natural resources to sustain the modern lifestyle of our unabated modern
day consumerism.
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Better Ways to Cope with Stress: Your Way Out of the Toxic Triangle
by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D.
Depressive symptoms, unhealthy eating habits, and heavy drinking unite to create a space that is so poisonous for women that I have called it the
toxic triangle. Eating, Drinking, Overthinking will help you understand your
own relationship to the toxic triangle. It is not just for women who have clinical depression, diagnosed eating disorders, or alcoholism. It is for
women who dance around the edges of the toxic triangle, with moderate symptoms of depression, unhealthy eating patterns, or heavy drinking.
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Rejuvenating
Sex And Health Naturally
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Our physical and psychological makeup is influenced by the sexual
imperative far more than most of us realize or wish to admit. Entire
systems of psychoanalytical therapy (e.g. Freud) are based upon the
premise that we are primarily sexual creatures.
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Are You Feeling the Wintertime Blues?
Ten Easy Steps to Turn Them Around
by David Edelberg, M.D.
Author of The Triple Whammy Cure: The Breakthrough Women's Health Program
for Feeling Good Again in 3 Weeks
If you live in a sunny place like Florida then you probably won't know what
I'm talking about. The wintertime blues, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), usually begin when the days start getting shorter and the
sky clouds over into perpetual gray. People with SAD dread October because
the clocks move back an hour and, in a single day, autumn twilight becomes
dark night.
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Article ____________________ Banish
Your Lower Back Pain Permanently Without Drugs or Surgery
by David Petersen
(Be sure to consult with your doctor before beginning ANY new exercise
regimen.)
It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population will suffer from
low back pain at some point in their lives. The condition accounts for
millions of dollars in medical expenses and lost work time and is often a
perpetual misery for the sufferer. Recent evidence indicates that many
cases of lower back pain can be permanently treated without medical
intervention or drugs using exercise and flexibility. This article aims to
provide some very basic information on LBP (lower back pain) and offer
helpful tips to individuals on dealing with the condition themselves.
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Are You Suffering
From Hypothyroidism?
by Dr. Rita Louise
When someone is experiencing hypothyroidism the thyroid gland is impaired,
producing too little thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism is due primarily to a
dysfunction of the thyroid gland itself. If the thyroid gland is removed,
obviously, the body is unable to produce any thyroid hormone. If the
thyroid is partially removed, it may be able to produce enough hormones
for a while, but over time it can become overworked and burn out. But the
thyroid can also become impaired for many other reasons.
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9 Signs Of Allergies In Children
by Jane Thurnell-Read
Sadly more and more children are suffering from allergies, and there are certain signs that indicate when allergies are causing or significantly contributing to health problems. Here's a short list of what to look out for.
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The Exact Reason Why Cardio is Essential: Avoiding The Starvation Response
by Johnny Lavot
Cardio,
Calories, and the Starvation Response
Most of the time, when someone decides that they want to lose fat, they
inevitably head for the nearest fad diet. However, 95% (closer to 100%) of
the time, these fad diets fail. The reason they fail is because exercise
is rarely incorporated into the program. In order to lose fat, there must
be a deficit of calories in the diet. In other words, your body must use
more calories than you eat in order to use its fat stores for energy. This
seems simple enough; however, it becomes a bit more complicated.
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As A Spiritual Element
by Annie B. Bond
Water is the central source of our beings. It is part of every cell and
fiber in us; it is our very essence. Could water be the common denominator
that weaves us all (earth, animal, human, and plant) together as one? Is
it the ultimate connector? It's awesome and humbling that water carries so
many entrained messages, especially when we consider that there has been
the same water, and the same amount of water, on the earth for millions of
years. What messages are we receiving from our ancestors when we drink?
And it is overwhelming to think that in the past 60 years alone, the human
hand has imprinted so much pollution on the water, bringing it out of
healthy balance. It is our spiritual obligation to be water's caretaker
and cause it no further harm.
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Rawsome Beauty: Luck of the Draw or
Within Reach of All?
by Tonya Zavasta
All of my life, I wanted to be beautiful. In today’s society, it is more
acceptable to insist that you are “beautiful on the inside”,
unfortunately, those of us on the outside are not seeing your insides.
Wanting to be beautiful is now criticized as being shallow. I’m sorry
but I would rather be perceived as shallow than hypocritical because I
find it impossible to believe than any women is content to be less than
she can be.
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The True Nature of Health
by B.K.S. Iyengar
Most people ask only from their body that it does not trouble them. Most people
feel that they are healthy if they are not suffering from illness or pain, not aware of the imbalances that exist in their bodies and minds that ultimately will lead to disease. Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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____________________ A Mind of Its Own: Wisdom of the Body
by Patricia Burke
Anthony, a student at our yoga center, is a gentle soul who sees the world through the eyes of a child. He is “developmentally disabled,” chronologically 22 years old, but eternally 3. He is cheerful and obedient, except on occasion when he flips “the bird” to other cars with a strange bemused smile on his face. His physical challenges include low muscle tone and gastric reflux in addition to high anxiety, and his medications have dramatically increased the quality of his life.
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by Michael Sena, C.F.S. with Kirsten Straughan, R.D., L.D., and Tom Sattler,
Ed.D.
It may seem as if it will be an uphill battle to get your family to switch from heavily advertised sodas, energy drinks, and sugary juice drinks to
healthier beverages such as water and milk. Believe me, though, it's a battle worth fighting.
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Medical Testing: Health By The Numbers Doesn't Work
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Perhaps one of the most insidious dangers in modern technology is medical testing. Although it would be nice to be able to visit our doctor and get all hooked up with electrodes, inflatable cuffs, probes, needles and catheters and have a read-out telling us exactly how we are working and where there is a problem, that is a myth, not the reality.
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Fattening Foods: Not So Fattening After All?
by Nathan Latvaitis
Have you seen those “fat free” foods in supermarkets? Have you possibly delighted in them guiltlessly thinking that they are healthy for you? There’s a good chance that you have because we usually follow what the media and the world around us says. In this day in age, along with other health fads, many people believe that fat makes you fat. This is true, to an extent. What we fail to notice is that not all fats are bad.
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Why Water Is The Key To Detoxifying Your Body
by Alex Jamieson
Water is, quite literally, the river on which our good health flows. Water carries nutrients to our cells, aids digestion by forming stomach secretions, flushes our bodies of wastes, and keeps our kidneys healthy. It keeps our moisture-rich organs (our skin, eyes, mouth, and nose) functioning well, it lubricates and cushions our joints, and it regulates our body temperature and our metabolism, just to name a few of its many functions.
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Tone Your Body, Tone Your
Mind
by Karlo Berger
People who love working out, but can’t seem to stop stressing out, need
to know that it is possible to get a sweat on and at the same time reduce
their stress. Of course, this can come naturally over the course of heavy
workout when our body releases endorphins in the form of “runner’s
high,” or through the euphoria we can attain when we reach difficult
fitness goals. But more focused approaches exist. As a whole health
consultant, I recommend to readers any of these five great paths to
stronger muscles and a more peaceful mind:
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Increase
Your Standards, Improve Your Life: 7 Steps To Better Health, Finances,
Relationships And Mental Well-being!
by Kimberly Fulcher
The quality of your life is directly related to your standards. A standard
is a personal rule or expectation about the level of excellence you
require in something, and when you raise your standards you change your
life.
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Kick
Your Body Into 2nd Gear -- In 3 Easy Steps: Staying Energized During And
After Exercise
by John Sherman
When it comes to life in general, 90% of us feel the need to lose weight
or change the way we look in some way.
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Yoga and Pilates: Why Both Are Ideal
for You!
by Deborah Harris
Although most people know that they should be exercising daily, they
typically do not. Initiating an exercise program is no easy task for most
people and frequently there are medical problems that make it difficult
for a person to walk half a block down the street, let alone twenty
minutes on the treadmill. Examples of such conditions include
osteoarthritis, back pain, muscle weakness, and general fatigue.
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Your Fitness Needs, Milestone By Milestone
by Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H.,
F.A.C.P.
I've worked with thousands of women. Twenty-somethings to 50-plus career women. Anorexics and starvers to bingers and bulimics. Top athletes to women who were so obese that they could barely walk a block. For all of them, a customized fitness "prescription" became an essential part of their self-care.
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What Is A Holistic
Practitioner?
by Jennifer Shapiro
Holistic Practitioners are holistic healing professionals with a gift in
one or more areas of healing. From bodyworkers to homeopaths to
hypnotherapists, the term holistic practitioner has become one that is
often challenging to describe or understand. Hopefully this article will
provide you with some clarity on what a holistic practitioner is and how
to find one that meets your individual needs.
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Do You Have Sinus Infection
Symptoms?
by Mike Nielsen
You’ve heard the saying, “No pain, no gain” but for many of us who
have experienced the tremendous, annoying pain associated with having a
sinus infection, I am sure you feel as I do; there isn’t anything that I
can gain or want to gain from having a sinus infection. Most of us have
all experienced the pain and pressure in our head and face that only seems
to get worse before it gets better. In the following article I will be
talking about what causes sinus infections, some general sinus infection
symptoms, where sinus infections occur, and some possible remedies to
treating your sinus infection symptoms.
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Give
Your Body A Chance
by Tom Goode
Here you are, attempting to live a healthy life. Yet you are pulled from
two sides.
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Stress and Strengthen Your Immune System: 10 Natural Ways to Relax and
Rejuvenate
by Monique N. Gilbert
Stress seems to have become a constant factor in today's fast-paced
society. If left unchecked, it can wreak havoc upon our health.
Learning how to effectively manage stress can mean the difference between
being robust and full of life, or becoming susceptible to illness and
disease. Stress can weaken the immune system and accelerate the
aging process. The ability to relax and rejuvenate promotes
wellness, vitality and longevity.
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Low Carb Craze and Other Dieting Mistakes
by Bill Belfert
Dear Bare Minimum Trainers,
Low carb this and low carb that…that’s all you hear nowadays. Kinda
reminds me of something that was the craze a few years ago…The Low or No
Fat Craze…Can you remember where that got us?
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Frankie The
French Fry Hatches A Plan
by Ridgely Goldsborough
Frankie saddled up to the bar at the We-Stuff-Em-All Diner, official
headquarters of Fat For A New America. He turned to his most portly
friend, Bubba the Burger, and launched a tirade.
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Holiday Eating Strategy
Sheet
by Caryl Ehrlich
“I’m glad it is over,” say many people after Thanksgiving,
Christmas, or New Year’s.
If you are the food preparer, you are most likely shopping, mincing,
dicing, and sautéing, days – possibly weeks before the event. The good
china, crystal, flatware, and serving pieces are brought out of storage.
They are washed, polished, and used once more before they are stored away
for the next special event.
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Loss: Unrealistic Expectations Can Cause Failure
by Caryl Ehrlich
Weight gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping
weight. The scale turtles inexorably upward – a tight skirt, a belt
notch, a can’t-zip-up-my-pants inch at a time. Yet you expect the scale
to go down as rapidly as a high-speed elevator. This erroneous thought
pattern – practiced and perfected as with any bad habit – is an
unrealistic expectation. Dangerous to be sure with any endeavor, but
deadly when it comes to weight reduction.
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How Body pH
Can Affect Your Energy Levels
by Andy Long
What Most People Don't Realize; We Are Bio Electrical Engines
In order to accomplish all the
many millions of complex functions that occur over the course of the day,
your body has to be able to communicate with itself… all the way down to
the cellular level. And do you know how it does this? Through
pulses of electricity. That's right, electricity.
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Muscles On The Brain
by Susan Rutter, Nutritionist
"A six-week cycle's gonna cost ya $170, lady -- you wanna know how to use 'em?"
This was the bit of flotsam I picked up in the interest of leaning what families with teen boys face during last week's National Family
Week focus on family fitness and health.
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To Read Article ____________________ Life With
Fibromyalgia (FM)
by Angela Mathis
It was a hot afternoon when I was driving home from work. I looked up and
did not know where I was. I had driven by my turn and on my way back to I
don't know where. Luckily, my mobile phone was next to me. I proceeded to
call my husband and he was able to guide me home. This happened several
times after. Once I even forgot my home number. I had to call a relative.
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Are You A Sleepwalking Zombie?
by Royane Real
Do you get enough sleep? Chances are you don’t. Many people living in modern industrial societies suffer from a chronic, and worsening sleep deficit.
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____________________ Fit Women! Beware!
by Susan Rutter
Women, according to the U.S. National Institute of Health, are eight times
more likely than men to suffer sports injuries such as stress fractures
and knee and ankle injuries.
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Weight Loss
With Chinese Herbs
by Farah Khan
Chinese herbs can be used to influence the body’s metabolism in
different ways. Most people who need to lose weight would like to have
their metabolism run more efficiently. There are a number of herbs that
can help people in their quest for a healthier, more efficient metabolism
in order to ensure that any efforts to lose weight are blessed with
success...
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Traditional
Treatments for Back Pain... Which Ones Work and Which Ones Don’t?
by Jesse Cannone
When
Dorothy followed the yellow brick road, she was told to do so by those who
wanted her to get where she wanted go. Well as humans when we blindly
follow recommendations even by individuals who have good intentions, it
may not always be your best option. So I’m preparing this article to
compare and contrast what are known as traditional treatments vs.
complementary or alternative treatments for back pain. Remember there is
rarely only one reason for your back pain and almost never one silver
bullet fix… you may need to try several approaches till you find what
works for you.
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Teeth In A Day
by Lucy Ferreira
If you're missing a tooth or more, you may find that there are other things you miss. You may wish for your natural smile and the ability to chew food you desire. Maybe you feel self-conscious about your teeth and mouth, or discomfort as remaining teeth shift. And perhaps you've experienced muscle strains, an inability to speak clearly, headaches or unease in familiar situations at work, with friends or at home...
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The Most Effective Fat
Burning And Muscle Building Workout That Takes Just 13 Minutes…
by Jesse Cannone
Most people who want to burn off some excess pounds and tighten and tone
their bodies simply don’t have 2 hours each day to spend in the gym
performing the bodybuilding style workouts that most “fitness experts”
recommend.
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Fill Up or
Fulfill?
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
Our minds have been saturated with advertisements about fast food.
Marketers, who are trained in psychology, have used their understanding of
our unconscious mind to appeal to each of our deep longings for
fulfillment. They are experts in planting messages in our mind that
instant happiness can be dished out if we only fill up with their
products.
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16 Essential
Weight Loss and Fitness Strategies
by Jesse Cannone
Do you want to improve the quality of your life? Do you want to look
and feel better than you have in years – maybe better than you ever have
before? Do you want to protect yourself from disease and injury?
And do you want to live a longer, more vital life?
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Cutting
Cholesterol Naturally
by Dr. Rita Louise, Ph.D.
When most people think of
cholesterol, they think of the waxy fat-like substance that is found in
many of the foods we eat. Often
feared, the truth is that cholesterol is needed by the body for a number
of different things. For example it
is used in the manufacture and maintenance of strong cell walls, it is
critical for hormone and vitamin D production, it even is used to coat the
nerve cells in the body.
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Losing
The “Baby Fat”
by Nicole Palacios
Baby has been here for some months now and is cute as a button, but you
still have this extra roll around your midsection, or a little something
around the hips. Isn’t all the extra fat supposed to just melt away
after the baby is born? All the books tell you that breastfeeding will
help you regain your figure, and once you’re running around after your
active little one, you will shed those last few pounds. How can you regain
your pre-pregnancy body once and for all? Let’s see…
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Natural
Healing with Breathwork
by Carol Lampman
“The word breath implies more than the physical act of drawing air in
and out of the lungs. Breath is the junction point between mind,
body and spirit. Every change of mental state is reflected first in
the breath and then in the body.” -Deepak Chopra
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The
Health Benefits of Sex
by Susie Cortright
Quick quiz: Would you rather run 75 miles or have sex three times per week
for a year? Research shows that both activities burn the same number of
calories. (7,500, to be exact.)
We
often think that something that feels good can’t possibly be good for
us. Now it’s time to think again.
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Optimum Health
by Tim Ong
"Optimum health is not just the absence of disease but the presence
of wellness in mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social areas.
Some would also include financial health."
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Divine Food
For Divine Beauty
by Tonya Zavasta
The phrase "natural beauty" has been abused and misused beyond
restoration. The modern use is almost never associated with its true
meaning. Someone said there should be a portrait of a healthy person in a
museum so people would know what they are talking about. If we don’t
know what a healthy person looks like, how do we know what natural beauty
is?
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Damn, That Pain In My A##!: Here’s
What You Need To Know About Piriformis Syndrome (Sciatic Pain)
by Jesse Cannone
If you’re reading this article, it’s a good bet that you have a radiating pain running down the back of your leg that just won’t go away. If what I’m about to tell you sounds familiar, don’t worry, help is on the way.
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What
Your Doctor May Not Tell You About™ Colorectal Cancer: New Tests, New
Treatments, New Hope
The Truth About Colorectal
Cancer
by Mark Bennett Pochapin, M.D.
Life is going to throw you a few curveballs. One day
you could suddenly find out that someone you know, someone you love, or
perhaps even you, has been diagnosed with cancer of the colon or rectum,
referred to together as colorectal cancer. Understandably, you're shocked
and confused; if you are the one who is sick, you may simply be unable to
absorb the frightening diagnosis. What does it all mean? How serious
is this? Is the dire diagnosis a death sentence? How could this happen to
me?
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Drop Dead
Gorgeous - Holistic Alternatives to Cosmetic Surgery
by Debbie Mandel
The untimely death of writer Olivia Goldsmith, author of the First
Wives Club, from plastic surgery highlighted the risks associated with
our narcissistic addiction to looking forever young. Is being beautiful
and youthful through surgical intervention worth dying for? Extreme
makeovers are popularized by the media. We watch the magical
transformations on TV believing that the participants will live happily
ever after. However, they don’t. As a result of the surgery (surgeries),
many have confessed to having lost friends, and facing overt or subtle
criticism from family and colleagues at work. Some are soon dissatisfied
and feel the need to have another nip or tuck. They have broken through
the surgery barrier. Plastic surgery can become addictive if one has the
money to support it.
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How
To Manage Your Mood With Food
by Susie Cortright
Here's a meal-by-meal guide to eating for energy and managing your mood
with food.
Breakfast
Eating a good breakfast boosts your concentration and revs your energy,
particularly in the morning when you may need it most. Without breakfast,
you're more likely to make that second pot of coffee by mid-morning.
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8 Real Life Energy Boosting Secrets You Can Use
Today!
by Charlotte Anthony
Energy – the natural resource in shortest supply, especially for the 100
million Americans who are suffering from chronic or incurable illness.
Just thinking of everyone who needs you can sap out what little energy you
have left. Maybe you feel like you can’t possibly get it all done.
But you know you HAVE to. People depend on you everyday. Your family. Your
friends. Your coworkers. Your clients. Even your pets! To meet the demands
of life today, you can’t afford to have your energy depleted. So here
are some ways to easily boost those levels right away.
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