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How to Stick to your Weight Loss Goals During the Holidays
As we all know, food is everywhere during the Holidays. From the office to the factory, from the office supply store to the drugstore (not to mention parties and family events galore), it seems as if the Thanksgiving-to-New Year’s holiday season is one long, tempting food fest designed to make you gain weight. Add in the emotions of the season and experts say the holidays can deal your weight loss efforts a double whammy. You’ve got the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adult nutrition, Fitness, Nutrition, Weight Loss
Useful relaxation techniques to help you reduce stress
While experts say that some stress is good for you (since it can sharpen the mind and the senses,) too much stress is bad for your mental and physical health. At the same time, relaxation can do wonders to regain balance in your life — and could even decrease some of the health risks linked to stress. What follows are 10 on-the-spot techniques you can use anytime and almost anywhere to decrease the tension in your … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disease Prevention, Fitness, Mental Health
Taking walks can help deal with a common cold.
In order to keep colds at a distance in the coldest months of the year, exercising may just be the key. David Nieman, a spokesperson for the American College of Sports Medicine, states that it has been shown in studies that people who do at least 45 minutes of exercise four or more days a week take 25 to 50 percent less time off work due to being sick. In a news release from the sports medicine … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cold and Flu, Disease Prevention, Fitness
Even minimal smoking can damage young adult’s arteries.
Smoking only one cigarette can stiffen the arteries of young adults by about 25 percent, states a new study. The harder a persons arteries, the higher their propensity for stroke or heart disease, says Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou, a specialist on internal and vascular medicine at McGill University Health Center in Montreal. She assessed arterial stiffness in both smokers and non-smokers, from ages 18 to 30, at rest and after exercising. To set up a base measurement, the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness, Heart Disease, Smoking Cessation