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Different Ways to Exercise | 49 Fun Ways to Exercise

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:07:00 +0000

There are different ways you can do your exercise with fun. By doing Exercise with Fun, you can enjoy it and let it inspire it to do on proper time everyday.

Below are the Best 49 Ways you can do your Exercise with Fun

This is a good list for anyone who like to keep their body Healthy:

Aerobics
Badminton
Ballet
Baseball
Basketball
Biking
Boating
Bowling
Boxing
Canoeing
Dance Revolution
Dancing
Double Dutch
Field Hockey
Football
Frisbee
Golf
Gymnastics
Hiking
Hockey
Hopscotch
Horseback Riding
Hula hooping
Ice Skating
Jogging
Juggling
Jump rope
Laser tag
Paintball
Ping-Pong
Playing catch
Rock Climbing
Roller Blading
Roller Skating
Running
Skateboarding
Skiing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tae Kwon Do
Tennis
Trampoline
Treadmill
Unicycling
Volleyball
Walking
Weightlifting
Wii sports games

Wishing you a Healthy & Happy Life

Must avoid things for your Health | Don't use | Don't do

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Health is the main thing for everyone to live a long life. So always give first preference to your Health than all other things. Below I am giving you some very great and useful health tips that you must follow for a good Healthier life.

Just give a Thanks by forwarding this site to all your Friends you care

Health problems with mobile or cell phone

Health problems caused by drinking coffee

Cool water and pills problems

Don't have huge meals after 5pm

Health problems caused by drinking water

Keep mobile chargers away from the body

Don't use ear phone / Head phone for a long time

Correct sleeping time for a Healthier life

Don't go for sleep after taking medicine

Don't use mobile when the charge is down

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Eating Fruits Guide | Fruit Vitamins

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:01:00 +0000

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think It's important to know how and when to eat..

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! - FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit on an empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD - Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian (fruit from Asia with a foul smell yet delicious flavor) my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc. - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes - all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoid which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE: Sweetest medicine, eating 2 to 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can you believe this??

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn incto fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

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How to manage Glucose level

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Bayer contour USB meter for Diabetic patients:

Diabetes patients have to constantly monitor their glucose levels to keep the disease under control. Diabetics suffer from a condition where insulin cannot be properly produced by the body, causing health complications for patients and putting them at risk of kidney problems, heart diseases, blindness or gangrene. The Bayer Contour USB Meter is a device which helps diabetes patients and caregivers to measure glucose levels and monitor their disease.

The Bayer Contour USB Meter test patient's glucose strips and store up to 2000 test results. The meter can be plugged in to the Mac or PC for more detailed logs and information. The device is integrated with Glucofacts Deluxe software which ensures easy data retrieval and long term analysis of results. Long-term tracking of patient's sugar levels is important and the data processing function played by Bayer Contour USB Meter can help diabetes patients feel more in control of their disease and allow them to seek treatment adjustment if necessary.

Below is a summarized features of the Bayer Contour USB Meter:

A bright color display screen visible in any light that shows average, high and low readings
Customizable features such as intuitive pre- and post-meal marking
500MB extra memory for storage of personal diabetes information
Rechargeable battery that can charge from any USB port or via the CONTOUR USB wall charger provided
Glucofacts DELUXE diabetes management software (use of Bayer’s diabetes management Software has been shown to significantly lower A1C(2) and a sustained A1C reduction could lead to potential cost savings.

MIT Sheds New Light on the Blind with Electronic Eye Implant

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Vision is one of the most valuable assets of human beings. The loss of vision robs a person of color, beauty, and independence. For the visually impaired, the opportunity to regain part of their vision offers tremendous hope to live life more fully. While engineered eyes remain a distant dream, electronic retinal implants can illuminate some hope on the visually impaired. MIT has come up with a new prototype to help the visually impaired see better.

The prototype consists of a flexible substrate, power and data input coils, an electrode array, and a stimulator microchip. Users are required to wear special glasses fitted with a small camera that transmits images to a titanium-encased chip on the eyeball. The chip will fire an electrode array under the retina which will stimulate the optic nerve. The glasses help to power the coils surrounding the eyeball.

The electronic eye implant is designed for those diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa or age-related macular degeneration, the two leading causes of blindness. While not being able yet to reinstate full sight, the technology restores partial sight to enable the affected individuals to lead a more independent life such as negotiating a room by themselves or walking down a sidewalk.

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty (Heart Specialist)

noreply@blogger.com (Search) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore was arranged
by WIPRO for its employees.
The transcript of the chat is given below.
Useful for everyone.

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?

Ans:

1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week;
avoid lifts avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Qn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?

Ans: No

Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend
everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?

Ans: Yes

Qn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed?
What practices do you suggest to de-stress?

Ans: Change your attitude towards life.
Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?

Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads
to early fatigue and injury to joints

Qn: You have done so much for the poor and needy.
What has inspired you to do so?

Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient

Qn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?

Ans: Extremely rare

Qn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it
only after you are above 30 years of age?

Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?

Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?

Ans: Yoga helps.

Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?

Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?

Ans: All oils are bad .

Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through?
Is there any specific test?

Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok.
Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?

Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a
coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?

Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.

Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people
are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?

Ans: Yes.

Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?

Ans : Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities
and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?

Ans : When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?

Ans : Yes, most drugs have some side effects.
However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?

Ans : No.

Qn: How would you define junk food?

Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas,
and even masala dosas.

Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?

Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately,
Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?

Ans : No.

Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?

Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest
coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?

Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?

Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour
and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?

Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?

Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cholesterol, BP, weight.

Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?

Ans : No.

Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?

Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Qn: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?

Ans : No.

Qn: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?

Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45.

Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?

Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30
( once in six months recommended)

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