April 16th, 2007
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What are antioxidants? And how are antioxidants related to stopping the aging of human kind?
Antioxidants are substances that protect our cells from damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals.
Free radicals are already a resident of our bodies and is actually a normal part of our lives.
Antioxidants control or stabilize free radicals, which are responsible for a great deal of damage within the body.
These free radicals are destabilized because they lack an electron. In seeking to stabilize themselves, they attack other molecules in an effort to take what they need from them, which results in those molecules becoming destabilized as well.
If a cell accumulates enough free radicals, cellular damage can occur, which can lead to tissue damage as the free radicals roam, increasing their population.
According to Pat Kendall, a Food Science and Human Nutrition Specialist from Colorado State University, the body’s defense mechanism systems prevents these bad, bad, free radicals to cause damage to the structure and function of the body’s cells.
But because we are exposed to pollution, UV-radiation, alcohol and other chemicals and elements bad for our system, the human body’s ability to patrol and eventually stop these free radicals are Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2007
The postpartum period is the time period starting instantly after the birth of a child and extending for around six weeks. It’s also known as postnatal and, less commonly, puerperium.
Most women start their lives as afresh mommy with an additional 8 to 15 pounds that they didn’t have before their baby was born. Some even more.
That excess of weight should be lost in the postpartum period.
Part of that weight that you put on during pregnancy was meant to nourish your baby AFTER birth.
An extra 300 calories a day is called for to maintain with the nutritional demands of your baby during pregnancy.
A breastfeeding mother needs at the least 500 additional calories per day to stay healthy and produce enough milk. Your body stacks away a bit of extra nutrition for after the birth just in case there isn’t sufficient food for its needs when it’s time to feed the new little critter.
If you’re breastfeeding, you will automatically be burning an extra Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2007
Foods that we eat are very much likely effect the way we feel ourselves.
The underpinning of physiology is one of the key to avenue of excellence. One way to effect physiology is to change the way your muscular system, either change your posture, facial expression and even your breathing. And all of these came from the same root, ‘Healthy Diet’. With the right food and amount, you can literally change your internal representations day long but if your biochemistry is messed up, it’s going to make the brain create distorted representations.
Most people tend to forget how powerful and important this can be. The reasons are likely the nutritional field was too contradictory and confusing. This sort of thinking will eventually lead to pollute your body and your physiology will be unstable.
One way you can overcome this is to Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2007
If you are suffering from morbid obesity, you are most likely experiencing other health problems as well.
There are many health benefits for losing weight, including reducing your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.
One study looked at almost 10,000 adults. Out of smoking, drinking, income and weight, they found weight was the highest risk factor in those who suffered from chronic disease. Losing weight will help you increase your life expectancy and to live a healthier life.
Plus, when you lose weight, your Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2007
We have all witnessed attraction at work. We understand how magnets attract. And, in less tangible ways, we understand being attracted to people, things or experiences. Attraction at the molecular level holds the very universe together. So what does mind power have to do with attraction?
The law of attraction encompasses both the physical and the metaphysical. It keeps things in place or draws things together. Attraction is both an action and a reaction. It is the underlying force for the world we live in and also the life we live. Attraction in the physical sense can be charted and scientifically plotted. The power of attraction that our minds create is also, finally, being documented and verified by science. This mind power is directly responsible for everything we receive in life.
So what is this mind power? Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2007
Having a good memory can benefit anyone from professionals such as doctors, accountants, and engineers, students and even senior citizens. Our brains have an amazing capacity and only a small part of it is used. However, if you know the right techniques, you can improve your memory and by doing that improve your life.
According to research, most of our memory is short term. We lose about 50% of what we receive either by seeing or hearing almost immediately and about 20% after a day. On the other hand, long-term memory can last for years and even decades. Think about it. How long do you remember the names of your parents or your childhood address? How about your best friend’s name from 3rd grade?
Here are 3 simple tips that you can use to help you improve your memory. Read the rest of this entry »