Category — Health Care

10.30 AM.
Prevent Midmoring Malaise.
It takes your body two three hours to break down the sugars in the food you eat, release them into your bloodstream, and convert them into energy. Go longer than that without eating again and your energy levels will start to fade.

At Your Desk: Drink a bottle of lightly sweetened tea – we like Tazo and Heaven and Earth Tea. The sugar will help to elevate your blood sugar, while the caffeine improves your mental alertness. Compounds in the tea itself also help boost metabolism. Swiss researchers found that men who drank green tea burned more calories during the day than men who didn’t; USDA researchers made a similar discovery regarding men drinking black tea.

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What to eat and when to eat it to boost your metabolism and fight fatigue all day long.

Energy management should be one of the principal concerns of the working man, and yet the average guy fuels his body the way he gases up his vehicle: when it’s running on fumes.
It’s a red – warning – light response, and it usually triggers a pit stop for a cafe au lait and a croissant. Why we eat like the French when there’s work to be done, we’ll never know. But there’s a better way to wake up that doesn’t involve overpriced coffee: Eat smart.
And eat often. More specifically, snack often. By snacking on the right foods at strategic times, you’ll keep your energy levels stoked all day. Here’s what to eat when, with the prep time you’ve got.

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Effective healthy mouth tips that’ll have you grinning from ear to ear!

A beautiful smile is a great asset. That’s why it’s crucial to take care of your pearly whites now – or you may not have them later! Use these strategies to keep your mouth clean, fresh and in the pink.
1. Say Ahhhh.
Check your mouth every few months. Dr Fidelia Tay, Senior Consultant, Periodontics, Dental Clinic, Alexandra Hospital, explains, “Some changes in the mouth indicate oral diseases and, in rare cases, cancer. So watch out for a persistent sore; red or white patches; a lump in the mouth or jawbone; difficulties moving your tongue or swallowing; and numberss in the mouth or lips.”
And all you need are “a good torch (which you’ll need someone to hold for you, a wal mirror and a dental mirror available at pharmacies”, says Dr Andrew Aw, Clinical Director (Dental Services), Consultant Orthodontist, Raffles Hospital. Start with the outer and inner lips, then the top, sides and bottom of the tongue. Pull out your cheeks and examine both sides. If there’s something that doesn’t go away after 10 days, see your dentist.

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Nearly everyone today has been educated on the benefits of getting regular exercise. Yet still there are an average of sixty percent of American adults not getting enough exercise, while twenty-five percent of the population isn’t active at all.

Whether this comes in the form of housecleaning for an hour or strength training at the gym–exercise keeps your muscles strong, your heart strong, and your body in shape. You may find that having home gym equipment to exercise on is a great way of staying active so that you can stay healthy.

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Want to loose weight, sleep better and boost your immune system?
Here are 12 ways to be healthier:

1. Have a lie down
   Back pain can be avoided and the damage repaired with one easy exercise, which is lie down on the floor with your knees bent, hip width apart, feet on the floor. Do this daily for about five to fifteen minutes to release and lengthen your spine.
2. Note your nibbles
   Crash diets don’t work for long enough; instead maintain a food dairy to note your daily eating habits. With this you’ll be conscious of what you eat, and make healthier choices. [Read more →]

The US has seen an enormous increase in the mumber of people considered obese by the medical community. In fact many call it an obesity epidemic. To combat this we find all sorts of pharamceutical companies selling the “quick fix” pills, powders, and lotions that do nothing to actually help people take the fat off and keep it off.

Of course the same could be said of the diet industry as well. There are so many different diets going around now you could pick one a month and in a years time still have more to choose from.

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Health is wealth. By being physically fit, it can make a person look lean both inside and out.

There is a lot a person can do such jogging or walking in the morning, playing basketball or any other sport with friends but if a person wants to have muscles and look lean, the best thing to do will be to sign up and workout in a gym.

Just like taking any medicine, one should first consult the doctor before undergoing any form of exercise.

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Exercise is a powerful tool against the physical effects of aging and it’s never too late to start. Being a senior citizen is no reason to avoid exercise, says University of Illinois professor of kinesiology Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko. In fact, any physical activity, like walking even if walking canes must be used, will benefit health.

It’s important to “choose an activity that you will do,” whatever that is, the professor said. “It really matters less exactly what you do than it matters to avoid being completely sedentary.”

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Well a quick internet search reveals too many pages to provide a good and reliable source of information, and there is a great deal of in formation provided on the TV channels, books, newspapers and countless fitness DVDs. To be honest there will always be something out there that will help, or maybe you can take a little information from each one to build your own fitness regime.

Are there any benefits to being fitter? Guess what the answer is. Yes, fitter is better. Fitter equals less body fat as this is something that is burnt off during exercise and exercise is how to become fitter. You could just diet to become slimmer but your chances of loosing weight will be much greater if you exercise as well as diet.

A fitter person has a lower heart rate which improves your well being and as you will be breathing harder during exercise this will increase your lung function so you will enable your body to absorb more oxygen to feed your brain and muscles.

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As you may know, not fueling up with the right nutrients can affect how well your body performs and your overall fitness benefits. Even though healthy eating is important, there are myths that hinder your performance if you listen to them.

Below, you’ll find some myth busters on healthy eating.

1. Working out on an empty stomach.
   If you hear a rumbling noise in your stomach, the rumbling is trying to tell you something. Without listening to them, you are forcing your body to
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