Importance Of Health & Fitness

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By: Nathan Rodnay Category: Health & Fitness Ovulation occurs when an egg is released from the ovary and passes into fallopian tube. Sperm must fertilize the egg within 24 hours after its release for pregnancy to occur. The body produces a large amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) immediately prior to the ovulation. This generally happens in the middle of menstrual cycle and is known as LH surge. Pregnancy is more likely to happen during this fertile time. LH surge in urine signals that ovulation is ...

By: Stuart Robinson Category: Health & Fitness Let’s start with some interesting facts about being overweight. Recent surveys on weight loss indicate that more than 300,000 deaths are reported to have caused due to obesity. Wait a minute, we said that the facts are interesting and did we say that the facts are ugly? Yes all facts about being overweight are revealing the worse health condition of majority of people living in this planet. You will be familiar with the great old saying that ...

By: Rhen Macalinao Category: Health & Fitness It is common knowledge today that cholesterol is not always bad. There is actually good cholesterol - the HDL or the high-density lipoprotein - which helps in carrying the cholesterol away from the arteries to the liver where it is processed into harmless components. There are a number of studies undertaken which suggest that for every unit of bad cholesterol reduction, the possibility of heart disease reduces by twice that percentage number. Control of Diet is the Key ...

By: Kari Farmer Category: Health & Fitness Aromatherapy has been around for thousands of years. I’m pretty sure even the earliest of humans knew that the smell of flowers made them happier than the smell of rotting meat. Aromatherapy is a natural way to help out your body both physically and emotionally. Essential oils are concentrated extracts taken from the roots, leaves, or blossoms of plants. I love the fact that it is the essence of the plant. Essential oils stimulate our powerful sense of ...

By: Walter Sigmore Category: Health & Fitness Electric mobility chairs are the versatile type of wheelchair. They are very transportable due to lightweight composition of the material that is used. However there is a limited capacity of load that this can withhold. When the patient exceeds a load of about 135 kilos, the wheelchair that will be preferred is the heavy-duty electric powered type. Disabled yet still very adventurous and wants to take a journey? The type that is good for you are the folding ...

By: Ronan Sarbon Category: Health & Fitness Smokeless electronic cigarettes have been made-up for all individuals’ smokers who wish for to, but cannot, smoke at community non-smoking areas, particularly restaurants, movie theaters, casinos and some bars. Smokeless cigarettes are supposed to be better than conventional cigarettes, as they do not absorb the discharge of dangerous smoke. Smokeless electronic cigarettes mean no smelly clothing, no awful taste in the Mouth and no residue in the car. Here are other types of Smokeless electronic cigarettes. The main ...