How Did I Become Obese?
I realize how difficult it is to be overweight and have low energy levels. I know how it can negatively affect your personal, social, and work life as well as increase your risk of many degenerative diseases that are rampant in today s world. Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and mammals is increased to a point where it is thought to be a significant risk factor in certain health conditions, leading to increased mortality. Obesity is a condition that develops from the interaction of individual biology and the environment. Adipose tissue is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Its main role is to store energy in the form of fat, although it also cushions and insulates the body. It has an important endocrine function in producing recently-discovered hormones such as leptin and resistin. Adipose tissue is primarily located beneath the skin, but is also found around internal organs. In the skin, it accumulates in the...
Posted on June 26, 2009 by Marlene | 4 comments
Minimize The Risk Of Additives With Homemade Energy Drink
We can see variety of energy drinks in cans or in bottles on TV commercials, in the market and even in local stores. Each of them are promoting and telling you about how it would increase your resistance, healthy performance and mind functions. Convincing you about its probable benefits, and its special characteristic that vary give them the edge among the other brand. However, these Energy beverages are quite expensive and for some people who are health conscious found out that these are not safe to drink at all times due to the reason that some of the brands contain artificial additives and high dosages of stimulants such as caffeine, which may cause worst effect on them. Why try to suffer the consequences of these products, wherein you can just make your own Homemade energy drink. You can choose the ingredients you want, depending on your taste and the most advantage about this is that, you know it is clean and you are aware about the processes that the ingredients undergo. Homemade energy drinks is...
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Alene | 9 comments
How To Prioritize Your Work
Regardless of whether you are a student, work at home mom, a web designer, or a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, prioritizing your work is critical to your success. Failing to prioritize your work load usually results in being extremely inefficient and extremely stressed out. How many times have you thought to yourself I have so much to do today, how am I ever going to get it all done. There is no exact science to prioritizing, but there are several tips that should help you become a more efficient, less stressed version of your current self: Make a list this may seem obvious but you d be surprised at how many people try to organize their tasks in their head. You ll often find that you feel a lot better just getting everything out so that you can see it in one place. Consider time constraints what absolutely needs to get done today and what can wait until tomorrow or next week. Everything may be important eventually, but some things are more important now. Consider people constraints all things equal, move things...
Posted on March 25, 2009 by Murray | 10 comments
Deep Connective Tissue Massage
What is it. The development of deep connective tissue massage therapy is credited to the German, Elizabeth Dicke. She had a medical condition in her legs that caused them to stay cold and discolored, and develop gangrene. One day while doing stretches in her lower back, she noticed warmth and a tingling sensation in her legs. When she continued the stretches, her legs gradually improved over time. She began to develop a massage technique based on her observations with two medical doctors, Kohlrausch and Teirich-Leube. This technique eventually came to be called deep connective tissue massage. Deep connective tissue massage treats the body as a whole instead of just focusing on individual areas at a time. In this manner, it can treat the problem areas in the body by massaging connective tissues. Connective tissues fill the spaces in the body between muscles and fibers, and form a layer around blood vessels to protect them. They are very delicate and do not take stress well, therefore they can become injured and...
Posted on February 11, 2009 by Jammie | 7 comments
Lung Disease: What Is It And How Can You Prevent It
Did you know about 35 million Americans are suffering from one kind of lung disease or the other. Did you know that lung infections are believed to be one of the most important causes for infant mortality in America. Probably you also did not know that diseases related to lung claim one in seven lives every year. Well, it is an alarming statistics, isn t it. But what does a lung disease mean. Precisely, Lung disease refers to any kind of disorder in which the functions of respiratory system get affected and impaired and this impairment manifest in several ways, such as, troubled breathing, nagging cough, short of breath, pain or uneasiness in the chest, inability of taking up physical labor and likes. The medical science divides all kinds of lung diseases into two broad categories: Obstructive lung diseases and Restrictive lung diseases. In obstructive lung diseases, the airways get narrowed or blocked and the result is a decrease in exhaled air flow. The disorders like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease...
Posted on December 7, 2008 by Carrol | 5 comments