Menopause brings with it a wide range of changes to a woman's body. Without doubt, exercise is the menopausal woman's best friend in a way that it allows to control your body and emotions by using your internal resources. Each time that you take exercise, your adrenal glands are stimulated to convert the male hormone androstenedione into oestrogen. A minimum of four … [Read more...]
Progesterone: To Prevent Estrogen Dominance Over 50
The human body functions best when it is balanced in every area. When one area is out of balance the entire body is effected. Women’s hormones are delicate and can be thrown off balance by almost anything, including stress, illness, vitamin deficiencies and overload of negative outside factors. One such hormone is Progesterone- secreted primarily by the ovaries in females. … [Read more...]
Yoga For Managing Insomnia
Insomnia is a huge problem in this fast-paced, sugar and caffeine addicted country. But if we can first identify the habits we have that contribute to our sleeplessness and slowly change them, and at the same time add more relaxation and deep breathing to our pre-sleep routine, we will sleep better. Insomnia is one of the most common health complaints, afflicting people of all … [Read more...]
Yoga For Long, Lean Legs
Leg fitness involves two important overlooked aspects,flexibility and balance. Tight muscles can contribute to back pain, bulky legs or difficulty performing simple tasks, such as putting objects into overhead cupboards. Poor balance is also known to increase the risk of falls in older persons. Three Legged Downward Facing Dog From standing, fold your upper body over … [Read more...]
Time To Sit Smarter With Yoga
Sitting for long hours has been linked with a number of health concerns, including obesity and metabolic syndrome a cluster of conditions that includes increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, abnormal cholesterol levels, increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Right after you sit down, the electrical activity in … [Read more...]
Yoga & Vertigo
The physical aspects of human body like the, inner ear, skin, eyes and central nervous system regulate the body’s balance. For example, the fluid inside the inner ear helps an individual to maintain his/her direction, while eyes coordinate to send information to the brain regarding the spacing with other objects. Vertigo is the feeling that you or your world is spinning - often … [Read more...]
The Good, Bad And Ugly About Cholesterol
About two in three adults have a cholesterol level that is higher than recommended. Having high cholesterol affects your heart and blood vessels and increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). High cholesterol causes fatty deposits (known as plaques) to build up inside your blood vessels. When people mention their cholesterol level, they are usually … [Read more...]
Yoga for Healthy Liver
The liver has many functions; stores certain vitamins,minerals and sugars for use as fuel, cleanses/filters the toxins out of your blood and controls the production/excretion of cholesterol. Your overall health and vitality, to a great extent, depends upon the health of your liver. The thousands of enzyme systems that control virtually every body activity are created there. If … [Read more...]
Gyrotonic: Yoga For Dancers
Gyrotonic is a unique system of exercise that incorporates movement principles from yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming and t'ai chi. Central to gyrotonic is the Gyrotonic Expansion System, or GXS, a specially designed wooden machine with rotational discs and weighted pulleys that allow the exerciser to strengthen their muscles using flowing, circular movements. The Gyrotonic … [Read more...]
First Time Ever! Dr. Dahlia Wasfi On Her Journey From A Doctor To An International Peace Activist!
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi is an internationally known speaker and activist. Born in the United States to an American Jewish mother and an Iraqi Muslim father, she lived in Iraq as a child, returning to the U.S. at age 5. After graduating from Swarthmore College with a B.A. in Biology in 1993, she earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Dr. Wasfi has … [Read more...]
Aguaje: The Miracle Fruit For Women
Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, canangucho (Colombia), or aguaje (Peru), is a palm tree. It grows in and near swamps and other wet areas in tropical South America. It is an elegant tree which can reach up to 35 metres in height. The large leaves form a rounded crown. The flowers are yellowish, and appear from December to April. The fruit, … [Read more...]
Going Citrus Way To Protect The Heart!
In a recent study, researchers have identified a compound found in oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits that may lower a woman’s risk of stroke. Flavonoids have been shown to improve blood vessel function in addition to their myriad and powerful anti-inflammatory benefits. In the study, conducted at Boston’s Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, … [Read more...]
Rosehip Oil: Supermodel Miranda Kerr’s Favorite Skin Nourishment
Miranda Kerr credits the rosehip oil which contains anti-oxidants for preventing the ugly stretch marks during her pregnancy. Containing almost 80% of essential fatty acids, rosehip oil has become hot favorite skin care product. It is a multi-purpose oil that is full of Vitamin C. The rosehip oil can Repair skin: Rosehip oil is a naturally rich source of essential … [Read more...]
Holistic Fitness: An Insight Into The New Craze Among Gym Shy Fitness Enthusiast
For a regular gym goer since few years, it has helped him with physical fitness but mental well being has been a distant dream. So, she moved on to a regime that lets him practice swimming, sprinting, running, Olympic weight-lifting and boxing with a group of like minded people. This is holistic fitness. For a fitness enthusiast being fit is no longer about losing weight on … [Read more...]
Stretching With, Not Against Gravity
Often, people try a stretch, and find they “can’t get into it,” and either try to force it or give up. Flexibility varies from person to person. We all can agree that there are people that can do the splits and there are those than cannot. Stretching is an exercise that you can do even when your body isn't sore. This idea is not intuitive at first, however it is said that … [Read more...]
Revolutionizing Fitness Over The Past 100 Years
One thing that never goes out of style from generation to generation and that is keeping fit. Getting jumped started to exercise can seem like a grueling task, that is until you get in the groove and rhythm. Let’s go back in time and take a closer look at how women and exercise has evolved over the last 100 years. 1900 1910: The Gibson Girl was originally the artwork of … [Read more...]
Taking the Mystery Out of Supplements
Advertisements, stores, and the news are full of information about nutritional supplements. The huge number of products, the wide variety of claims they make, and the complexity of choosing what to use is more than most people can understand. Yet we all want to be healthy, and we hate to forgo a product that could improve our wellbeing. So where do we start if we are … [Read more...]
Fast Food & Bone Health
Fast food constitutes high content of fat, sodium, and sugar and have been categorized as bone robbers. The main reason that you should avoid fast food is that it doesn't maintain nutritional balance as it is not easy to have control over how they are cooked. Some fast foods are with lots of oil and butter (without any guarantee of purity) and there may be no option if you want … [Read more...]
About The Mediterranean Diet
Released by Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust in 1993, the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid has won praise from many health experts. The traditional Mediterranean diet pyramid, is based on the dietary traditions of Crete, much of the rest of Greece and southern Italy circa 1960, structured in light of current nutrition research. For Americans, northern and eastern Europeans … [Read more...]
Anti-aging Properties of Mediterranean Diet
According to the NU-AGE project, funded by the EU, following a Mediterranean diet could slow down the aging process. Researchers announced their findings at a recent Brussels conference, telling those in attendance that adhering to the NU-AGE Mediterranean-style diet measurably decreased the levels of a particular protein. The protein, known in the scientific community as … [Read more...]
Eat your Way to a Better Body
When it comes to the shape and condition of your body, you are most definitely what you eat. Diet can help beat fat and fluid retention and protect your against sun damage. 1. To Gain Weight Of course, not everyone needs to lose weight- some of us would actually like to gain weight. It's actually harder to do this healthily than you may think- the foods that contain the most … [Read more...]
Immunization: Defense Against Infections
The human body develops immunity to many viral and bacterial infections simply through exposure to them. This acquired immunity explains why children will generally get only one attack of an illness such as measles or chicken-pox during their life. Humans as a species are also automatically immune to some diseases that affect animals. In addition to these two types of natural … [Read more...]
How Safe Is IVF As A Pregnancy Option?
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), is a method developed to help handle infertility issues except cases of infertility causes by severe uterine problems, such as intrauterine adhesions. But how far it has successfully served the purpose is still an area of debate. These days, over 4 million children are born following IVF treatments worldwide and it is generally regarded as a … [Read more...]
Apps To Handle Unexplained Infertility
With infertility on rise amongst women and many a times an unexplained one. A new technology in the form of apps and wearable sensors, are now helping couples to better understand the intricate physiological processes that influence their fertility, and so boost their chances of pregnancy. By gathering data from large numbers of women around the clock, these apps are also … [Read more...]
Mini-IVF: An Alternative Therapy For Infertility
Mini-IVF or micro IVF (also called mild or minimal stimulation in vitro fertilization), is a very similar option to IVF but with low stimulation of the ovaries. It’s an option for women who may respond better to lower doses of medication and the quality of the eggs. The method involves giving a woman a daily pill for 10 to 12 days that contains a low dose of the fertility … [Read more...]
Building Muscle On A Vegetarian Diet
High protein diets are a scam. You don’t need all that much protein to build muscle. Muscles are 70% water. The only reason you read about the benefits of high protein area because that’s what everybody sells! Being a vegetarian will not affect your strength gains at all. In fact it shouldn’t really affect your size gains that much either. You need a caloric surplus to build … [Read more...]
Diabetes and Exercise
In a new randomized controlled trial, both aerobic and resistance exercise improved glycemic/blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes. The greatest improvements came from combined aerobic and resistance training. The study included 251 adults, between ages 39 and 70, who were not exercising regularly and had type 2 diabetes. Participants were assigned to one of … [Read more...]
High Protein Diet & Weight loss
Consumption of extra protein to stave off hunger to prevent loss of muscle tissue eliminates an important health benefit of weight loss: improvement in insulin sensitivity, which is critical to lowering diabetes risk. Insulin sensitivity is a good marker of metabolic health, one that typically improves with weight loss. In fact, the women in the study who lost weight while … [Read more...]
Meet The Stunning Fashion Model & Makeup Artist Jade Hill
Today, we have on Women Fitness, the beautiful and stunning, Jade Hill (Who got recently engaged!). Jade is an exceptionally talented fashion model and makeup artist. Check out as our Jade Hill walks us through her incredible modeling journey and fitness secrets in an exclusive interview with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness. Ms. Namita Nayyar: You are an … [Read more...]
Substance Abuse & Weight Loss
The use of illicit drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed is referred as Substance Abuse or drug abuse. Drugs often affect people differently, but the harmful side effects that most drugs cause may lead to irreversible health problems, … [Read more...]
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