Monthly Archives: February 2010
Type 2 Diabetes, dehydration, weight loss. Shouldn’t diabetes go away?
Okay, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. My brother passed away last June from Diabetic ketoacidosis. He was aware that he had diabetes, but wasn’t really educated the best about the disease, and thought he was keeping everything well-balanced. He changed his diet…cut out sweets, switched to diet pop, didn’t eat as much … Continue reading
South Beach Diet Program for Weight Loss
Diet plays a key role in weight loss but you should be conscious about choosing the right type of diet plan for you. Here you will find information on south beach diet plan. South Beach Diet The South Beach Diet runs in three phases. Phase 1: Normal quantities of meats, olive oil, lots of vegetables, … Continue reading
How a Mexican Food Menu Promotes Healthy Living
Today more than ever, people are health conscience. Staying healthy is the key to a rich, fuller life. But knowing how to use what you have in your kitchen is not always easy. Having a Mexican food menu is a great way to promote a healthier lifestyle while insuring the dishes you eat are scrumptious … Continue reading
Keeping Your Heart Healthy
In order to keep your heart healthy, there are numerous strategies that you need to follow. The foremost strategy is to make a considerable change in your lifestyle patterns. Besides, healthy eating patterns and regular exercises are the two most significant factors that contribute to heart fitness. Under-mentioned is the detailed description of various strategies … Continue reading
Healthy Eating – Post Lap-band Surgery
The Lap-Band surgery is the first step in a transition to a healthier you. Long term weight loss occurs as an outcome of the surgery, when accompanied by the required healthy lifestyle changes like a decrease in food intake, and an increase in exercise. The Lap-Band surgery is not to be confused with … Continue reading
Lose Weight Live Longer With Mediterranean Diet
It is common knowledge that people who live around the Mediterranean region tend to live longer and have less overweight related diseases than people in the developed countries except perhaps, Japan. Not very long ago, the Mediterranean climate was thought to be the reason why people live longer and are healthier in the region. Now … Continue reading
Arthritis Relief for Effective and Healthy Living
Arthritis is disease related to pain in joints and joint inflammation. Common arthritis symptoms include slow, limited motion of joints and long term joint stiffness. Inflammation of joints from arthritis includes swelling, redness, joint stiffness and warmth. Due to inflammation fluid gather within a joint and generally it happens with patients suffering from haemophilia or … Continue reading
Which Diet is Best ?
We are lucky to live in an age when information is readily available to help us find a solution to almost any problem that we may be facing. Healthy weight loss is a perfect example of this. There are many weight loss programs that will suit almost any type of person and their lifestyle. An … Continue reading
Guidelines for Healthy Cooking!
Cooking healthy for your family is important for everyone. Not only will you be eating healthy meals, but your children will learn a lot from eating healthy. They will get to experience healthy foods that they may have not even tried before, or wanted to. They will learn how to cook healthy meals so that … Continue reading
Potassium, Deficiency and Potassium Rich Food
Potassium represents 5% percent of the total mineral content of a human body, even though only about one litre is found in the body at a time. Potassium is found in our bodies both inside and outside cells and is a very important mineral required every day to stay healthy. More than 98% of the … Continue reading
Cancer Prevention: 5 Natural Foods That Prevent Cancer
Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide. According to an estimate, it is believed that one third of deaths across the world are caused by it. There is a general belief that cancer is a hereditary disease. Though external factors such as chemicals, pollution etc are also believed to cause cancer. Our … Continue reading
What are the six basic rules that we have to follow for a healthy living?
Adopting a healthy lifestyle does not mean that we have to stop enjoying life.It does, however, mean taking responsibility for our actions. 1. get enough sleep 2. get proper nutrition 3. get sufficient exercise 4. have access to clean drinking water 5. practise proper sanitation methods 6. get vaccinated
Why is my blood pressure high? Natural ways to bring it down?
Im 27 yrs old and not over weight! Recently my dr diagnosis me with prehypertension I must admit before nthis my eating habits were poor but ever since that day I completely changed my diet and started exercising a little! I purchased a blood pressure monitor so I check mu bp several times aday jst … Continue reading
Anyone tried Nutrisystem or any other mail-order meal programs?
I am considering trying one of these meal mail-order programs. I read that Nutrisystem was the cheapest and at $388 for a month of "gourmet" meals (they have a non-"gourmet" meals too) it isn’t that bad honestly. Not considering I’ve been spending at least twice that on fast food. I am 5’6 and I weight … Continue reading
LOTS of Questions for Moms & Moms To Be?
Okay! So I am 10-11 weeks pregnant and would say that I have read my good share of pregnancy books including the classic, "What To Expect When Expecting," "Pregnancy For Dummies," and so on…. Now… this is my first child and I have many questions. You don’t have to answer them all(or you could if … Continue reading