Archive for April, 2008
What is Meant By a Healthy Diet?
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Whether you are on a balanced diet or healthy diet shouldn’t really be a problem. A healthy diet plan comprises natural, fresh and rich foods taken daily. A balanced diet on the other hand consists of all the various nutrients in adequate proportions to supply your body with all the needed nutrients.
The problem with a [...]
What Is the Dash Diet?
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
High blood pressure or Hypertension is a malady many people suffer from. The optimum level of blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg and blood pressure even slightly over this level is considered as a sign of unhealthy state. Higher your blood pressure above normal, the greater is the risk to your health.
It is known that [...]
Natural Weight Loss And Weddings
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
When you are planning for your wedding, it seems like your whole life moves very fast at times, and extreme slow at other times. The same holds true for when someone tries to lose weight for their wedding day. While wedding day weight loss is a common thing, as most people want to look as [...]
How to Get Motivated to Lose Weight
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
So many people are thinking more about their diets, fitness and health topics these days but that is as far as they can go because it takes more than just wanting to loss weight to loss weight. It is one thing to desire to loss weight and it is another to be ready to take [...]
How to Lose Belly Fat
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Belly fat is usually the first sign of obesity. When a person begins to develop protruded abdomen, obesity has already set in-medical experts call it truncal obesity. There are several names for this; others say it is cellulite accumulation. What ever you call it, belly fat is the most obvious sign that tells us when [...]
How to Lose Weight Fast With Diet and Exercise
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Weight loss is involves both mental and physical process. Most people don’t know that it is almost impossible to loss weight with either diet or exercises alone. You need to reduce your calorie intake by planning out your diet to include only foods that will allow you control how much calorie you take in daily.
Whether [...]
How to Suppress Your Appetite
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Appetite Suppression can be quite a difficult task for may people. First of all, you need to ask yourself whether it is healthy to suppress your appetite. You may be used to hearing of treatment for loss of appetite, not suppression. Appetite needs to be suppressed when it begins to pose a health risk to [...]
Some Fat Facts
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
There are basic facts you should know about fats. There are mainly two classes of fats; saturated fat, and unsaturated. The unsaturated ones are the polyunsaturated fats, and monounsaturated fats. Some fats are dangerous, while some are not. When fats come combined with proteins in the body, they form a complex called Lipoproteins. We will [...]
How to Measure Body Fat
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
There basically four major methods of measuring body fat. They include Navy Method, Home Body Fat Scales, Skinfold Calipers, and Hydrostatic Weighing. But we will look into three that are more commonly used.
#1 Home Body Fat Scales
This device measures body fat by the use of Biometrical Impedance method. A very small electrical [...]
How to Stay Healthy
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
It takes more than a regular medical check up to live a healthy life, unlike what many people are made to believe. Studies have shown that some of the major causes of mortality in the United States, such as heart diseases, cancers, stroke, bronchitis, emphysema, penetrating and blunt injuries, and HIV/AIDS, are in most cases [...]
