Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Gym Less Work-Outs

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Burning off more calories than you eat is the simplest concept of having a fit and slim body. True, it sounds so simple. But gurl! - we all know it is not that one easy thing to do.

Studies have shown that simply realising that your normal daily activities and hobbies count as exercising, actually improves your chances of losing weight.

So, let me share with you some simple work-outs you could consider which are fun and easy to do, even without going to the gym. I read this somewhere in the net zone and I thought they are worth reading.

Men burn more calories than women, and women who weigh a bit more than average burn more calories than skinny minxes do. The following figures are based on the amount of calories a woman with an average-sized booty would burn.

1. Watch great comedy TV or movies show. A 15-minute fit of hysterical giggling can burn up to 40 calories – if you did it every day, that’s enough to shed up to 4 pounds a year. And, having a fit of the giggles could even protect your heart and make you feel less pain.

2. Park your car away from the maddening crowd and spend Saturday morning shopping. You’ll be so busy hunting for the perfect item it definitely won’t seem like work, and you’ll burn 100 calories for every hour it takes you to find them. (By the way, once you find those perfect stacked heels, wear them with pride – they’ll tone your calves and increase the number of calories you burn just standing still, let alone trying to walk in them.)

3. Green tea’s antioxidants fight cancer, but it also boosts your metabolism. So you’ll burn up to 60 extra calories a day just standing still.

4. If you can handle the whole adrenaline pumping hanging-from-a-rock-face-by-your-fingertips thing, try rock climbing. It burns up to a massive 774 calories in an hour, and it’s also a mental puzzle, so you’ll be thinking about finding the next crevice to claw at instead of the burn.

5. You can burn over 100 calories in 20 minutes by taking the stairs, and you don’t need to do it all in one go – rather split your climbing time up over the day for the same calorie count and minimum sweat.

6. Make peace with housework. You have to do it anyway, so it’s nice to know it’s helping you beat the bulge. Half an hour of vacuuming, ironing, washing the dishes by hand or waxing your car burns over 100 calories. Do it to music to forget the ‘work’ factor and add in some sexy dance moves. Studies also show that women could even be protecting themselves against breast cancer by doing housework.

7. Hit the dance-floor with mates for a sneaky fat-burning night on the town. Dancing at a moderate pace will burn 100 calories every 20 minutes. Two things though – make sure you have a lie-in the morning after (you need sleep to keep your insulin levels down and burn carbs effectively) and keep drinking to a minimum – alcohol piles on the pounds.

8. Rustle up something tasty in the kitchen. Not only will you be sure that it contains a lot less trans fat and salt than your average microwave meal, but you’ll burn 54 calories every half an hour you’re in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Unless you nibble while you cook that is!!

9. Eating three servings of low-fat dairy a day helps you burn up to 70 per cent more calories. Calcium prompts your body to burn excess fat faster. It might also be a good idea to eat more fatty fish – not only a brain food and high in omega 3, fish lowers your leptin levels – a hormone that slows metabolism.

10. The changing seasons call for personal change and rebirth. Rearrange your bedroom – lugging heavy furniture burns 300 calories in just half an hour.

11. Pop in a workout video and embrace your inner cheeseball. Just ten minutes of lunging, kicking, lifting and generally following instructions burns 100 calories.

12. Get hot and steamy between the
sheets (or in the car, on your desk) for a calorie-burning romp. It doesn’t even have to involve acrobatics to be effective. Just kissing for 15 minutes burns about 30 calories. You’ll also get rid of 30 calories with half an hour of foreplay, and 60 calories for 20 minutes of sex. Now imagine what you could do if you did introduce the acrobatics.

13. So you think you can dance? Pole dancing is so last season - too many nasty burns and bruises. Try a hip hop funk class instead. You’ll learn the high-energy tricks of the music video trade and burn up to 400 calories in an hour-long class - more than most other dance classes. The tricky moves will take the focus away from the fat-burning aspect. Plus you won’t be the loser left standing in a corner if you haven’t brought a partner.

14. Eating breakfast is vital for losing weight and keeping it that way. It increases your metabolism and stops unhealthy binge snacking later. Try including a banana with your cereal - they’re full of metabolism-boosting potassium and balance your body’s water retention. Also, eating whole-grain breakfast cereals on a daily basis will lower your risk of heart failure, according to a recent study.

15. When it comes to fitness, the benefits of doing exercise you actually enjoy are endless. If you’re into 70s chic, find an open space and go for a roller-skate. You’ll burn off a fabulous 476 calories in just an hour, and get fabulously toned legs. Or if martial arts are more your scene, try tae-kwan-do - you’ll only need to do it for 21 minutes to burn off 300 calories. Adrenaline junkies should try kayaking, at 352 calories per hour

16. Hula hooping tones your mid-section, releases your inner child and burns a fabulous 125 calories in just half an hour.

Happy losing-weight… Just always remember the formula - Burning off more calories than you eat! :-)

Your new life starts here at Cliffside Malibu!

Monday, June 23rd, 2008


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Our main goal is to change your life and give you a better future.  This can only happen if you will undergo series of methodical addiction treatment that we have carefully studied in order to assure you of great results.  We only have the best doctors, nurses and therapist, even chefs, personal trainers and counselors – they are all here to serve you and see to it that you are on your way to a better life ahead of you.

 

We have created an exclusive sanctuary here at Cliffside Malibu that will certainly help you on your way to a good life outside the rehabilitation center.  Our drug treatment center was carefully planned to suit your every need.  This is a place not like any other drug rehab centers, our private and secluded Malibu housing provides expansive ocean views and exclusive access to exciting outdoor activities.

 

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About Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

What is sudden cardiac death? Some say that, “bad sudden death“, cardiac arrest information - cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack, profound disturbance in the heart’s rhythm that causes the heart to stop beating completely or slow to the point where the life is unsustainable. A heart attack, while potentially life threatening, usually offers a short period of time in which treatment can save the person’s life.

Eating to much during sleeping time may cause Cardiac Arrest. A survey for Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) kills 325,000 people a year - or nearly 900 per day. cardiac arrest information

How to Prepare Hard Boiled Egg Con Cellphone Radiation

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

I’ve learned this trick a while ago, I could actually recommend this for those who are always on the go and have a so busy schedule that they don’t have the time to cook for a decent anymore…

 

Just put one egg closely between two cellphones (mobile phones), turn them on, leave them for at least one hour… and presto you now have a hard boiled egg for your meal…

 

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Huh! Am I serious? Of course I am… it is just to show you folks how much radiation cellphone really has.

 

We all accept the reality that cellphone is already stapled in our life. Just learn to use your cellphone carefully and wisely.

 

Do not put them inside the pocket of your jeans or skirts. Because it can affect fertility.

 

Minimize the use of it too, ‘coz it can affect the healthy functioning of your memory.

Will the new technology that is proudly invented by a Pinoy scientist the …Silver I Film be the answer to cut off radiation from cellphone, computers and other radiation emitting gadgets? Let us wait and see…

 

 

 

Technology… is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ~C.P. Snow,New York Times, 15 March 1971

Valtrex Prescription

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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And once-daily Valtrex Medicine is the only medication proven to reduce that risk. Safer practices should be used with daily therapy. It is not known if VALTREX reduces the risk of spreading genital herpes in couples.

Mother’s Diet Can Help Determine Sex Of Child: Study

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Oysters may excite the libido, but there is nothing like a hearty breakfast laced with sugar to boost a woman’s chances of conceiving a son, according to a study.

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  Likewise, a low-energy diet that skimps on calories, minerals and nutrients is more likely to yield a female of the human species, says the study.

Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter in Britain and colleagues wanted to find out if a woman’s diet has an impact on the sex of her offspring.

So they asked 740 first-time mothers who did not know if their unborn foetuses were male or female to provide detailed records of eating habits before and after they became pregnant. The women were split into three groups according to the number calories they consumed per day around the time of conception.

Fifty-six percent of the women in the group with the highest energy intake had sons, compared to 45 percent in the least-well fed cohort.

Beside racking up a higher calorie count, the group who produced more males were also more likely to have eaten a wider range of nutrients, including potassium, calcium and vitamins C, E and B12.

The odds of an XY, or male outcome to a pregnancy also went up sharply “for women who consumed at least one bowl of breakfast cereal daily compared with those who ate less than or equal to one bowl of week,” the study reported.

These surprising findings are consistent with a very gradual shift in favor of girls over the last four decades in the sex ratio of newborns, according to the researchers.

Previous research has shown — despite the rising epidemic in obesity — a reduction in the average energy uptake in advanced economies. The number of adults who skip breakfast has also increased substantially.“This research may help to explain why in developed countries, where many young women choose low calorie diets, the proportion of boys is falling,” Mathews said.The link between a rich diet and male children may have an evolutionary explanation.For most species, the number of offspring a male can father exceeds the number a female can give birth to. But only if conditions are favorable — poor quality male specimens may fail to breed at all, whereas females reproduce more consistently.“If a mother has plentiful resources, then it can make sense to invest in producing a son because he is likely to produce more grandchildren than would a daughter,” thus contributing to the survival of the species. However, in leaner times having a daughter is a safer bet.”

While the mechanism is not yet understood, it is known from in vitro fertilisation research that higher levels of glucose, or sugar, encourage the growth and development of male embryos while inhibiting female embryos.