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Confessions of a Yoga Teacher

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:12:28 -0600

The following are questions that Yoga teachers still need toanswer, despite overwhelming evidence that Yoga is "the motherof all health maintenance systems." Mainstream thought isfinally catching up, with the progress Yoga is making, but ithas taken , years for us to get this far.Seriously, How Can Yoga Make You Lose Weight?Finally, some of the "Yoga and Weight Loss" studies have comein, and even, a little bit of Yoga is much better, than none,for weight control, but there are a number of reasons why. Yogais a lifestyle change that includes a safe diet; exercise,adjusting posture, breathing, and a whole lot more. Most of theYoga practitioners, I know, consume more water, eat moremoderately, and take more care of their bodies, in comparison tothe many who don't want to leave the couch.Aren't you supposed to jump up and down for at least a half-hourper day to exercise enough to lose weight?Maybe the masses have been "brain washed" into thinking that youhave to feel t...

How to Control Your Blood Pressure

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:16:02 -0600

People with high blood pressure should take precautionarymeasures to not only control their blood pressure, but theyshould take steps to lowering their blood pressure throughfitness programs, nutrition and dietary schedules and takingproper medication throughout a certain period of time. The medical term for high blood pressure is 'hypertension' andhigh blood pressure is a result of the force of blood pressingagainst artery walls. In actual fact, everyone's blood pressuregoes up and down throughout the day. But in people with highblood pressure, the blood pressure stays consistently highthroughout the day. Although high blood pressure is what doctors consider to be ahereditary condition that can be passed down from generation togeneration, there are lots of high blood pressure factors thatyou CAN control easily, for example, cholesterol level in food,smoking, diabetes, weight and physical activity. In order tocontrol your blood pressure, the first thing you MUST control...

How to Lose Weight Safely and Quickly

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:12:22 -0600

Losing weight requires major lifestyle changes, including dietand nutrition, exercise, and behavior modification. Once youhave made up your mind to lose weight, you should make thatcommitment and go into it with a positive attitude. We all knowthat losing weight can be quite a challenge. It takes time,practice and support to change lifetime habits. But it's aprocess you must learn in order to succeed.. Change Your Eating Habits - To be successful at losingweight, you need to change your lifestyle and not just go on adiet. This requires cutting back on the number of calories youeat by eating smaller amounts of foods and choosing foods lowerin calories. It also means being more physically active.Consider limiting portion sizes, especially of foods high incalories, such as cookies, cakes and other sweets; fried foods,like fried chicken and french fries; and fats, oils, andspreads. Reducing dietary fat alone without reducing calorieswill not produce weight loss.. Increas...

Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Life

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:17:54 -0600

You should always have breakfast. It's the one meal of the dayyou should never skip. The reason is that by the time breakfastcomes around you have been fasting for around - hours. Thiswas fine while you were resting and sleeping, but now your bodyneeds to be re-charged with nutrients and energy so that it cancope with a sudden shift in pace. If you always find that you are too rushed to have breakfast orto have a decent breakfast, get up earlier. Breakfast should bea time for easing yourself into the day. By making time forbreakfast you'll enjoy easier weight control, better energy, andgreater wellbeing.Here are some ideas for healthy, energy-sustaining breakfasts.Don't skimp on amounts as this will only backfire later on - agood breakfast will keep you going until lunchtime, with perhapssome fruit for a mid-morning snack.Option Half a grapefruit helps the liver to detoxify Bowl of meusli,with milk andor natural yoghurt good balance of protein andcarbohydrate...

Weight-bearing Exercise with a Weight Vest for Osteopenia

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:50:14 -0600

Starting with fire-fighters, then moving to athletes, weightvest training has become very popular. It has been well provenover the last twenty years that weight-training adds strength tothe muscles and density to the bones.Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D., who wrote, "Strong Women Stay Young,"an excellent book, found that there were other benefits toweight training as well. Women who completed her studiesrestored bone, improved balance, controlled weight, toned theirbodies, improved flexibility and endurance. They also feltbetter about themselves than they had in years.The program recommended in Dr. Nelson's book required leg andarm weights and could be done at home. The negative is that theprogram requires effort and dedication, and also correct form.Weight training done incorrectly can have harmful consequences.Weight Vest Studies for Osteoporosis and OsteopeniaIn , Janet Shaw did a long-term study at Oregon StateUniversity. She found that postmenopausal women who particip...

Diet and Fitness, Winning Tactics For Weight Loss

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:10:28 -0600

Tell me, does this describe you? 'I tried a zillion diets infits and starts and was never successful.' Just going on a dietwill not give you a complete healthy persona. I finally paidattention to what everybody was saying, but I was too lazy todo. I added exercise and fitness to the equation. We also need tostay fit as well as diet to lose weight. Our true wealth is ourhealth. Isn't it worth your time bring it into peak conditionand maintain it? Diet fitness is all about an accurate mix ofdiet and an appropriate fitness program. This basically includes three levels of consideration: . Balance-A balanced diet must contain carbohydrate, protein,fat, vitamin, mineral salts and fiber in well proportionatequantity. Carbohydrates are the source of energy so these playan important role in balanced diet. Intentional inclusion of allfoods from fruits to vegetables and meats to grains.. Moderation- portion control, small quantity at regularintervals. I had to laugh when I hear...

Xenadrine EFX Review

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:32:35 -0600

Do you remember Cybergenics? Well Cytodyne is the spawn of theold Cybergenics company and they have now released Xenadrine EFXtheir new ephedrine free weight loss product. No one can everdeny that Cybergenics was not one of the great supplement"marketing" companies back in the day. However, many of theirproducts tended to fall short beyond the marketing hype. Let'ssee if Cytodyne has broken that mold with Xenadrine EFX anddeveloped a weight loss product that is worthy of all the claims. Xenadrine EFX claims to be a clinically proven potent ephedrafree thermogenic "fat burner" that is capable of increasing anindividual's metabolic rate. My immediate concern after initialanalysis of the Cytodyne Xenadrine EFX formula is that itappears that the formulator of Xenadrine EFX may have confusedthe definition of increased metabolic rate with overstimulation. Giving the Xenadrine EFX product the benefit of thedoubt wasn't difficult for me because although their formulaseemed so...

Vitamins, Minerals and Weight Loss

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:26:12 -0600

In the struggle to lose weight, often we neglect our dailyintake of vitamins and minerals, as we are cutting down on ourcaloric intake. This is a definite dieting mistake, and can evencontribute to weight loss failure. There are certain vitamins and mineral that are essential to theways in which we convert food to energy, rather than into fat.Our bodies run much more efficiently when we are consuming therecommended daily levels of vitamins and minerals. The Vitamin B complex is an important part of dieting. Thesevitamins play an important role in metabolizing food, and thuscontribute to physical energy, as well as the rate at whichcalories are burned. Vitamin B partners with zinc to influencethe quality of the digestion of food. When food is properlydigested, it is used more efficiently and less likely to end upas stored fat. Vitamin B, B and B are associated with thefunction of the thyroid gland. Deficiencies can affect the waythis gland works. A symptom of a disru...

What is Obesity ?

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:30:45 -0600

Obesity is partly determined by a person's genes. If childrenhave inherited the excessive body fat cells of obeseparents,they are more likely, to be obese too. Obesity is defined as being percent or more above idealweight. . The human body naturally stores fat tissue under theskin and around organs and joints.This provides insulation incold weather but an excess can have negative effects.Lifestyles also play a key role weight control. Eating bigservings of fast foods ,and spending less time on exercise andphysical activities will provide surplus calories.When more calories are eaten than the body needs, the bodystores those calories as fat, causing weight gain. One pound lb of fat represents about , excess calories.Body Mass Index is an accurate indicator of surplus body fatthan kilos or pounds. It is a mathematical ratio of height toweight that can be linked with body composition or body fatpercentage and with indices of health risk.For instance, a woman m...