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13 January 2016

Embrace Holistic Health In 2016 With These Helpful Hints

Health is arguably one of the most valuable possessions that an individual can have. When you attain and maintain optimal levels of wellness, you have endless energy, vibrant skin, inner confidence, and a positive mood. Unfortunately, many people want to get healthy yet don't know where to start. If this is your dilemma, this blog post is for you! Get on the road to absolutely amazing health by implementing the following wellness tips and tricks:

1. Optimize Health In The Work Setting.

While many people think about things like diet and exercise when health optimization comes up, they oftentimes overlook the role that the work environment can play in contributing to or detracting from wellness. As an employee, you need to be confident that your work setting is safe and healthy. To do so, be sure that you familiarize yourself with the unique policies and principles your company has in place for the purpose of optimizing health and safety on the premises. And if you are a business owner, make sure that you are doing everything in your power to make the work setting as safe and secure as possible for your employees. For example, business owners who make use of overhead bridge cranes on the premises should be sure to regularly replace and update their equipment. You can get this process going by visiting the ProservCrane website. The company is pleased to offer highly durable, cutting edge crane equipment.

2. Get Moving.

If you're serious about health optimization, remember that you need to get and keep your body moving all day long. Because many people now have office jobs which involve them being sedentary for around eight to twelve hours per day, it's more important than ever to be as active you can. Many people are now opting to visit the gym during their work break. You can also do your workout routine in the morning before work or in the evening when you return from the job. If you have been inactive for most of your life, you may benefit from attaining fitness services from a personal trainer. These individuals can provide you with clear instructions and constructive feedback regarding how to exercise effectively and optimally.

Start Your Health Journey Now!

If you're ready to get your health journey started now, remember that it's all about finding and implementing strategies that will work. Some helpful hints to consider include optimizing your health in the work place and making regular bodily movement an integral component of your daily lifestyle!

13 November 2014

Tips to Keep Your Hair And Skin Healthy This Winter

Winter is quickly approaching and it can be very damaging not only to our skin but our hair too. During the cold months your hair and skin can become dry and flaky. Here are some tips to try to keep your hair and skin moisturized during the cold winter season.

31 January 2014

Memory Boosting Tips To Note Off

Who knew that disregarding some of the health signs we face in our adult life can actually aid the progression of memory loss. Dr. Michael Roizen, MD shared these surprising tips and tricks can help you boost your brain power and prevent the early bouts with memory loss issues.

Keep your blood pressure in check and try to maintain a healthy level; say 115/75 for adults.

Have your vision checked as studies shown that a large percentage of people who went to their eye doctor to have their visions checked regularly are less likely to have dementia than those who didn't.

Address any signs of depression because it can double your risk for brain dysfunction.

Play games. Playing games engages one's mind and makes it think.

(Source: sharecare.com)

02 October 2012

It's Flu Season Again

The season is changing and we are bracing ourselves health wise because it is flu season once again. Just the other day, I was sneezing my lungs out. Today in the office, my colleagues are sneezing and coughing, one is even experiencing the progression of flu. And when I came home, my daughter is sneezing like crazy.

I definitely know what to do when the weather change. Here are tips my family follow to keep the flu at bay and be fit enough to get through the seasonal transition:

1. Drink plenty of water and fruit juices
2. Eat fresh fruits especially those high in Vit. C and vegetables
3. Take daily supplements of multi-vitamins
4. Regular exercise
5. Wear warm clothing
6. Sip green tea
7. Have plenty of sleep
8. Have inoculation for flu/influenza

Keep yourself and family healthy and build your immune system especially this time of the year when the cold season is approaching.

14 October 2011

Taking Care of Your Kidneys

Having a renal function result that indicated very high uric level is not a thing I can brush off easily. If I don't take care of my kidneys then I will have undesirable complications which may lead to diabetes, kidney diseases and kidney stones.

I scoured the internet for ways to take care of the kidneys. Here are some tips:

Watch your blood pressure and blood sugar levels.
Live an active life by exercising regularly.
Drink plenty of water. What our parents told us when we were young about drinking at least 8 glasses of water is very true.
Avoid consumption of refined and processed food like breads, cakes, canned goods.
Reduce red meant consumption.
Decrease salt intake.
Avoid alcohol.
Reduce caffeine.
Manage stress.
Have a kidney cleanse by detoxifying. Consult your physician when you are going to do this.

Do not take for granted these important organs in your body. They help filter impurities in our blood, remove toxins in the system, help regulate the calcium and water levels in our body and monitor blood composition.

15 May 2011

Tips to Minimize Feeling Bloated

There are days when we can't fit to our favorite clothes. There are days when the same clothes almost fall off our waists. It is not because we gained weight overnight but it could be what we ate during the day or the previous days.

Here are tips to deflate being bloated:

1. Eat potassium-rich food like bananas, mangoes, cantaloupe, tomatoes, nuts, asparagus, and spinach. These food contain amino acid called asparagine which acts as diuretics helping our bodies expel excess liquid in our system.

2. Close your mouth. Habits like chewing gum, smoking and talking while you are eating can make us swallow more air than usual.

3. Take probiotic. This can be found in yogurts like Dannon Activia. Probiotic is the good bacteria which aids in proper digestion.

4. Prepare yourself for Pre-menstrual symptom (PMS). If you are the kind of person who suffers being bloated before the period, you can take enough calcium and magnesium to help relieve PMS.

23 March 2011

Health Nut - Healthy Snacks

I love eating snack. Sometimes, I even eat the wrong ones like chips and cakes. However, most of the time, I try my best to stick with healthy and filling snacks.

If you are like me who loves to snack but would like to stick with the healthy variety, try to choose snacks that will work wonders for your health. Examples of healthy snacks are:

baby carrots or carrot sticks
cucumber slices
Digestive crackers/biscuits
almonds, sunflower seeds, cashew (unsalted)
cut apples with skin, banana, pineapple cubes, melon
steamed veggies like broccoli and cauliflower
pita crackers
unsalted popcorn and pretzels

07 January 2011

Ways to Trick and Boost Your Metabolism

Metabolism seems to go on a standstill as you get older, just like mine. However, there are ways to trick your metabolism and make it function normally to aid your weight loss goal and here are ways how:

1. Exercise regularly and incorporate intervals

Your mode of exercise can be from brisk-walking to climbing the stairs to running on the treadmill or hitting the gym. As long as you stay active and incorporate intervals like sprinting to the loo if you are in the office or taking 2 steps at once as you climb the stairs. They are good intervals to keep your metabolism revved up. You can walk in the park at normal pace from 1 to 2 minutes then power-walk for another 2 minutes then go back to your normal pace. Repeat the cycle and that's revving up your intervals.

2. Don't just skip the caffeine

A study published in the Physiology and Behavior Journal shows that coffee drinkers have 16% higher metabolic rate than non-coffee or caffeine drinkers. This is because caffeine increases heart rate and stimulates the central nervous system. I say, check with your physician if you have other ailments like hypertension. I cannot drink coffee just like that because of my hypertension so what will work to some may not be applicable to the others.

3. Ice-Ice baby!

I have been reading a lot of articles about how having ice in your water can elevate your metabolic rate although modestly. Our bodies have core heat of 98 degrees F and when you drink ice cold water, that water will be brought to your bodies' core temperature and gets heated. It is at the point where calories are burned during warming process.

4. Eat Like A King during Breakfast

Know the saying "eat like a king at breakfast, like a prince at lunch and a pauper during supper?" Well, that holds true. Try not to skip or skivvy on your breakfast so your blood sugar will not dip fast. Eating healthy and hearty breakfast can keep your hunger at bay for some hours so you don't get tempted to munch in-between.

5. Green Tea for you

Green tea is not only high on anti-oxidants which keep flu and colds at bay. It also contains ECGC, a plant compound which stimulates metabolism. Skip on the fizzy sodas and grab a cup of Green Tea instead.

6. Muscle-mania

We don't want to look like Hercules but gaining lean muscles can help in burning up calories fast. Always remember that muscles burn calories fast than fat does. So, next time you hit the gym, try to do some weights. You can even do it at home by carrying two 1 ltr. of water bottles on each hand and lift for few cycles. You don't need high-tech gym equipment to achieve that.

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13 January 2016

Embrace Holistic Health In 2016 With These Helpful Hints

1. Optimize Health In The Work Setting.

2. Get Moving.

13 November 2014

Tips to Keep Your Hair And Skin Healthy This Winter

Use Coconut Oil

Use A Humidifier

Use Vitamin E Oil

Use Sunscreen

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