General Health

Come on, this article is not about Seven Habits by Stephen R. Covey we’re talking about. This is about the upcoming habit for you, this year. This will lead you to a better routines that impacts your health :) Habit # 1 : Regular Meals Our body needs energy to get through the day and this energy [...]

A positive body image is one that we should all strive for. This is when you know yourself and who you are. You have a very true perception of your size, shape, and weight. You see yourself as you are in the present. You accept yourself, even though you may be overweight. You believe in [...]

Food plays an important part in meditation. Different foods produce different effects on different compartments of the brain. For purposes of meditation, the food should be light, nutritious and Sattvic. Milk, fruits, almonds, butter, sugar-candy, green gram, Bengal gram soaked in water overnight, bread, etc., are all very helpful in meditation. Tea and sugar should [...]

Eat for life? Eat to improve your chances long and healthy life? Yes, you can. At a time when we seem to be overwhelmed by conflicting diet and health messages, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have some good news: by making the right food choices, you may [...]

What makes dieting people become fatter? Many doctors said that a balance in a diet is a must. Balance in considering what foods to eat, the nutrition we should take, what foods to avoid, of course with optimized exercises. But many people in diet goes fatter, what’s wrong with them? This is a risk of [...]

When we discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a natural tendency to eat less food. We may skip lunch or eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. Is that true? You [...]

Some of the leading experts in the field of aging now believe that regular exercise along with the proper amount of rest may actually add years to the life span. Results from a number of tests indicate that speed and muscular strength of many of the elderly can be extended. The conclusion now is that the [...]

If you want to reduce your body fat, focus on increasing the amount of exercise you get rather than decreasing your food intake. A recent national study was done using two groups of sedentary men, one group in their 20’s and the other over age 65. A lot was learned from this accumulated data and [...]

New drugs can stop or limit the damage of a heart attack, but only if the patient gets help immediately, experts say. Once the flow of blood to a portion of the heart is blocked for several hours, the damage is irreversible. Knowing the symptoms of a heart attack, which can be wide-ranging and confusing, is [...]

Once you have made up your mind to lose weight, you should make that commitment and go into it with a positive attitude. We all know that losing weight can be quite a challenge. In fact, for some, it can be downright tough. It takes time, practice and support to change lifetime [...]