Archive for October, 2009

Tips to Solve the Problem of Infertility in an Easy and Fast Manner

By: Andi Beark Category: Disease & Illness One of the rising concerns of this modern world is to solve the problem of infertility. The main tips to solve the problem of infertility are given mainly by the medical informational archives and also by the modern publications. Most of the times it has been observed that advises given on the problem of the infertility always revolve around the general health issues and related concerns. But now the basic approach of solving the problem of infertility ...

Why Stretching Matters and How to Maximize Your Stretches

By: Gerald Fitz Category: Health & Fitness When most people think about exercise, they think of strength training and cardiovascular activities, e.g. lifting weights and running on the treadmill. A good fitness program definitely involves doing both of these sorts of exercise, but it also includes a third often overlooked type of exercise – stretching. Most people think of stretching as something you do for sore muscles or as a quick supplement for cardio or lifting. However, these people fail to ...

How to Avoid Muscle Soreness

By: Gerald Fitz Category: Muscle Building The day or two after a workout, you will almost certainly feel some muscle soreness. This dull ache and pain is natural, and isn’t something you should be worried about. However, just because you shouldn’t worry about it, doesn’t mean you ought to just put up with it. Nobody needs to feel uncomfortable after a workout. There are two surefire ways to avoid muscle soreness: stretching and providing your body with protein. Best ...

New York Times Terrifies Readers Over Atrazine in Water

By: Elizabeth M. Whelan Category: Health & Fitness All the news that's fit to scare. That was the thrust of this weekend's New York Times article by Charles Duhigg entitled "Toxic Waters: Debating Just How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass." As president of the American Council on Science and Health, I have been following environmental and health media articles for some three decades -- seeing how they measure up in terms of "honors" for exaggerated risk, biased reporting, misrepresented science, and ...

In Defense of Atrazine

By: Cindy Zimmerman Category: Health & Fitness The popular corn herbicide The popular corn herbicide Atrazine has been used safely by farmers for 50 years now, but it is facing renewed attacks by environmental activists. The Natural Resources Defense Council has formally requested that the EPA cancel atrazine’s registration and revoke all atrazine tolerance levels, which is bringing corn growers to its defense. Last week, growers met with Syngenta Crop Protection officials about the challenges being faced by atrazine. A roundtable meeting was held at ...

How To Build Muscle And Lose Fat While Traveling

By: Tonny Tjiong Category: Muscle Building  As a bodybuilder travelling is one of the most testing times, as travelling and bodybuilding don't go hand in hand. As the majority of people have to travel at some point, whether it's for business or pleasure, even if you are in the minority of professional bodybuilders you'll still have to travel between competitions. Travelling can create some serious problems for bodybuilders as it can very difficult to travel and maintain your discipline and training while travelling. While ...

The Good and the Bad About Fats

By: Gerald Fitz Category: Nutrition We have heard so many times that the way to lose weight is to limit our calories, fats, and carbohydrates. The bad fats are saturated and trans fats. The good fats are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats along with omega-3 fatty acids. If we eat too many bad fats we can be at risk for some diseases. While the good fats lower this risk. As weird as it may sound, our body needs some fat ...

Staying Positive is Important to Help Lose Weight

By: Gerald Fitz Category: Supplements Losing weight can sometimes be depressing because we are not getting the results that we want. Many of us won’t admit it, but sometimes we talk to ourselves. Especially when it comes to losing weight we have those conversations with ourselves to get us motivated to go to the gym or to talk us out of eating that juicy bacon cheeseburger. Positive self-talk is a valuable tool when it comes to weight loss. It can ...

How Are Rotator Cuff Symptoms Different From A Frozen Shoulder

By: Nick Bryant Category: Exercise Okay, so you've hurt your shoulder but how will you know what you have done to it? To start with your shoulder is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and cartilage. If someone had come up with the idea of the shoulder they would be winning prizes for the design. There are three seperate bones involved, the humerus, the clavicle or collar bone and the shoulder blade all feature. Seventeen different muscles plus the tendons, ligaments and ...

AIDS Causes, Symptoms, Prevention, Basic Information

By: Anna Patrick Category: Health & Fitness AIDS is a terrifying word that can end the hope of life in many people. But facing the problem is always a better solution than hiding it. Many people believe that they cannot get this infection but no one knows when and where they can get this deadly disease. Here in this article, we will discuss the basic information on AIDS – causes, symptoms and prevention. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, abbreviated as AIDS, is a condition where natural ...