Yoga and running have a lot in common, in a way that both require practice, agility, flexibility, patience and your own breathing method. Runners, more than often complain of sore feet, bad backs and knees, tight hamstrings and hips. Yoga has the ability to help all of us get better – better in terms of healing and rehabilitation, better in terms of strength and flexibility, … [Read more...]
Yoga Asanas For Addiction Recovery
Addiction can be of different forms: alcohol addiction, drug addiction, eating disorders, gambling addiction, sex addiction, smoking addiction, to mention a few. Besides, addiction is a symptom and can be treated. By uncovering the underlying causes and taking action, one can move from the darkness to light. Light back bends bring about an opening in the chest and solar plexus … [Read more...]
Understanding The Weight Reduction Potential Of Yoga
Putting on weight, is mainly due to result of heredity or a change in our lifestyle that is conducive to storing energy (calories) in the form of fat tissue or heredity. These changes can include moving from an active lifestyle to a more sedentary one, changes in diet, increased consumption of fats, sugars and other foodstuffs that contain 'empty calories'. Other changes may … [Read more...]
Yoga To Handle Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, refers to a number of conditions that occur simultaneously and increase the risk of diabetes, stroke and heart disease. According to the Journal of Diabetes, 32.4% of women had metabolic syndrome in the USA in 2010. This was a considerable increase from 23.7% in 2002. It is a phrase that describes a pre-diabetic state that … [Read more...]
The Anti-Anxiety Diet
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. It helps one deal with a tense situation in the office, study harder for an exam, keep focused on an important speech. In general, it helps one cope. But when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it has become a disabling disorder. Effective treatments for anxiety disorders are available, and … [Read more...]
Omega-3 Fatty Acids And Pregnancy
The Omega 3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acids. They are found in various foods, including fish, game, seeds, and plants. There are three main types of Omega 3 essential fatty acids. Your body can use all three of these Omega 3 fatty acids to help perform different functions. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA): EPA is found primarily in fish and fish … [Read more...]
Perinatal Depression: Having Little Interest Or Pleasure.
The combination of the two types of depression (both prenatal and postpartum) is known as perinatal depression. A depressed pregnant woman may not have the will to take care of herself and her unborn baby. She may not eat properly. She may drink or smoke or engage in life-threatening behavior. As a result, her baby could be born with developmental problems.According to … [Read more...]
Bronze Medalist Jolanda Čeplak Unveils Her Incredible Olympics Journey!
Jolanda Čeplak, born on September 12, 1976 is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until briefly moving to Monaco. She specializes in the 800 metres. Her most successful season was 2002. On March 2nd, at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna she beat local favourite Stephanie Graf and set the indoor world record at 1:55.82. In … [Read more...]
Photo-aging or Premature Aging
Over time, skin ages and loses its youthful appearance. Wrinkles appear around the eyes, fine lines bloom around the lips, and age spots surface on the hands. While some of these factors are natural and unavoidable, many of them are a result of cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Photo-aging is the superimposition of photo damage on intrinsically aged skin … [Read more...]
The Webster Technique: Pre-natal Chiropractic Care
A woman’s body needs special care during pregnancy. A change in a vertebral or cranial bone function and position can create imbalance to the surrounding muscles, ligaments and nerves. The body’s ability to communicate and function correctly decreases. Natural processes like child birth can then become harder than necessary and not as smooth sailing as we would like it to … [Read more...]
Vulvodynia: A Chronic Pain Syndrome
The term "vulvodynia" refers to "vulvar pain", surfacing around the urethra and at the top of the legs and inner thighs, either intermittent or constant. It is a condition from which 15% of women suffer and is found in women who are younger to middle-aged. It occurs as a result of problems with the nerve fibers in that area, and it does not manifest itself visually. … [Read more...]
How Safe Is Sex During Pregnancy?
Sex in pregnancy is generally safe, with few complications, states a new primer for physicians to counsel patients wondering about sex in pregnancy, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal, Feb, 2011). The primer is based on current evidence. During pregnancy, a woman's hormonal and mental make-up undergoes a dramatic change. She becomes emotional and … [Read more...]
Breathing For Labor And for Life
Learning to breathe differently may sound difficult, but in fact, certain breathing techniques can become second nature, given time and practice. In order to learn therapeutic ways of breathing, however, we have to become aware of what we are doing. When you breathe, you take air into your lungs. The oxygen in the air passes through the walls of the lungs and into the … [Read more...]
Practicing Yoga During Pregnancy
The practice of yoga gives you the opportunity to create a world (your body) for your baby that is healthy and peaceful. "What a child learns in the womb cannot be learned on earth". Yoga coordinates movement, breath and awareness. It addresses health and well being on several levels: physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual. Because of its many benefits and … [Read more...]
Preterm Birth: Analyzing The Risk
There has been a rise in preterm birth over the past two decades with number of women opting for induction. Latest research show that birth even one or two weeks early can increase the risk of complications and developmental delays. Preterm babies’ organs are not fully developed, so respiratory and digestive tract complications can arise early in life. Preterm is … [Read more...]
Soups: Healthy And Filling
There is no doubt that, the first dish of a meal is the most important one. Even today, with all the debates going on about right and wrong food, nobody doubts the good effects of soups in our body. Hot soup in particular has numerous health benefits. Soup contains less calories but they are nutritious than any other meal. Soups are found to keep you full for longer … [Read more...]
Canned Foods: Checking Out Health Hazards
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 93 percent of Americans have BPA in their bodies. Canned food has taken over our lives and our cabinets providing a simple way to get lunch or dinner on the table quickly. Canned goods comes from various food products from soups to meat loaf and corned beef. We all love to enjoy canned goods because of it is very … [Read more...]
Fasting: Does It Really Help Lose Weight?
Fasting is simply the restriction of our usual eating. Whether a fruit fast or a water fast or a fast from meat, or beef or sweets, fasting is a restriction of our food, a diet. Fasting can be a real life saver for the overweight person. The benefit of fasting is not in weight loss. Fasting will make you lose weight. A water fast will result in an average of 1 to 2 pounds … [Read more...]
Tips For Preventing Holiday Weight Gain
Holidays provide a good excuse for overindulgence for more than a 60 day period of time to many women. A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that extra weight gained during the holidays accumulates through the years and may be a major contributor to obesity in later life. Many of these holiday goodies pose a direct challenge to the healthy … [Read more...]
Outdoor Exercises: Better Suited To Fight Depression
A new study in Environmental Science & Technology clarified the best setting to engage in physical activity. After examining 11 studies with 833 participating adults, the author's concluded that when compared to indoor exercise, outdoor exercise led to: Greater improvement in mental well-being Greater feelings of revitalization Increased energy and positive … [Read more...]
Boosting Weight Loss By Limiting Fructose
One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Elizabeth Parks, associate professor of clinical nutrition and lead author of a study appearing in a current issue of the Journal of … [Read more...]
Opting For Slimline Shopping
Bad planning can be the downfall of many diets, so make sure your fridge and store cupboards are stocked with a variety of healthy ingredients so that you'll always have the makings of a good nutritious meal or snack. Foods can be divided into five main groups – you need to eat some food from each of the groups each day – but the key to a healthy diet is getting the balance … [Read more...]
Food Craving During Pregnancy
Many women have experienced food cravings during the course of their pregnancy. Many of these cravings consist of chocolate, ice cream, meat, cheese and salty snack food. Most doctors believe that cravings can be nutritionally based. It could be a message from your body on what it needs to eat. If you are craving salty foods it could be because your body needs more … [Read more...]
Adding “Tastants” To Food May Promote Weight Loss
Boosting the flavor of your food with calorie-free seasonings and sweeteners may help you feel fuller faster and decrease the amount you eat, according to a U.S. study that suggests this may be a new way to help people lose weight. "Tastants" -- are substances that can stimulate the sense of taste. In a recent study which comprised of 2,436 overweight or obese people were … [Read more...]
Breast-Enlargement Herbs: Natural Way To Breast Enhancement
Large, round and firm breast are what many women desire to have. For many, full breasts symbolize beauty and enhance a woman’s femininity. While some women are naturally blessed with firm breasts, there are many who are extremely conscious about the small size of their breasts. The breast is a mass of glandular, fatty and connective tissue. Breast tissue changes during puberty, … [Read more...]
Exercising After Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. It is the second most common type of major surgery performed on women of childbearing age. Hysterectomy may be done to treat many conditions that affect the uterus, like: Uterine fibroids Endometriosis Pelvic support problems (such as uterine prolapse) Abnormal uterine bleeding Cancer Chronic pelvic … [Read more...]
Guidelines For Treatment Of Menopausal Symptoms
The Endocrine Society has recently issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on identifying women who are candidates for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and selecting the best treatment options for each individual. Menopause is the life stage that takes place when a woman's ovaries dramatically decrease production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone, and her … [Read more...]
Anti Aging Techniques For Mature Women Vaginal Health
As women age and turn mature the need apart from skin sagging also need to take extra care for their vaginal health. Women Fitness brings to you a study on Anti Aging techniques for mature women vaginal health. A study by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals showed that more than half of women lack basic knowledge when it comes to understanding their genitalia. … [Read more...]
Heart Disease And Aging
Age is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease including heart disease. After menopause, the incidence of heart disease in women rises and eventually virtually mirrors heart disease rates in men. Though heart disease once was regarded as a "man's disease," it is the leading cause of death in both men and women. Effect of Age on heart It is known that certain changes … [Read more...]
Mirror, Mirror: Natural Anti-Aging Strategies For Women Over 50
Those approaching 50 years old may be young at heart but can't say they are spring chickens any longer. However, aging is subjective and you really are as old (or young) as you feel. As far as cosmetics, aging women seek botox, plastic surgery, and other methods to keep them looking youthful. Others exercise natural anti-aging strategies that are not as invasive and cheaper … [Read more...]
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