Archive for July, 2009

Health Benefits of Tea

Tea is not only a drink but also useful for us in many other ways. Here are wonderful Health Benefits of Tea.

Face brightener

Try this skin saver from Skinsational Skin and Body Spa in Carlsbad, California. Soak a washcloth in warm chamomile tea with three drops of lavender oil; wring dry, and press onto face. Chamomile tea contains azulene, an anti-inflammatory that calms skin.

Cavity fighter

Want healthy teeth? Sip some antioxidant-rich white tea. “Polyphenol antioxidants in tea inhibit the growth of oral bacteria, like those that cause tooth decay,” (more…)

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Social Anxiety Disorder – Home Treatment

Now you can defeat Social Anxiety Disorder with simple home treatment, yes it is possible here is the guide for overcoming Social Anxiety Disorder with going to clinic

While counseling and medications are the most effective treatments for social anxiety disorder, you may wish to reduce your anxiety level at home by practicing a healthy lifestyle.

  • Get regular exercise: Start slowly so that you don’t overdo it. Build up your exercise program bit by bit, and aim for at least 2½ hours a week of moderate exercise. It’s fine to be active in blocks of 10 minutes or more throughout your day and week.
  • Get enough sleep by going to bed at nearly the same time every night. Also, keeping your room quiet and dark may reduce distractions and help you get a good night’s rest. (more…)

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Vitamin D

You may already know that vitamin D can help build strong teeth and bones, but wait until you hear what else it can do for the rest of your body. D can keep you trim, boost your mood, ward off sniffles, drastically cut your risk of cancer, and more.

“We could prevent 150,000 cases of cancer annually if we could just increase vitamin D to optimal levels,” says Cedric Garland, a doctor of public health, a leading vitamin D researcher, and a professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

That’s great news, right? Yes, except for one huge problem: A startling report found that more than a third of all women fail to get enough D for healthy bones—and more than 75% of us lack the higher amounts needed for the vitamin to do its disease-fighting best. (more…)

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Yoga Poses & Positions – Yoga Tips

Yoga aims to strike a balance between mind and body and attain self-enlightenment. One of the oldest physical discipline in existence, it makes the use of movement, breath, posture, relaxation and meditation to establish a healthy, lively and balanced approach to life.

Yoga brings stability and relaxation to the mind and helps the individual to have a clear thinking. Apart from its cognitive benefits, Yoga serves as the best medium to enhance the beauty and the being of a person. However, performing Yoga requires a person to follow some specific guidelines, in order to achieve best results.

There are various do’s and don’ts that a person needs to follow before, while and after performing Yoga. To know more about Yoga practicing guide, browse through the following lines.

Tips For Practicing Yoga

  • The most appropriate time for practicing Yoga is in the morning, before breakfast. This is because it is the time, when our mind is calm, composed and fresh and the body movements can be performed, with considerable ease and vigor.
  • To get started, you need to have the urge and confidence in yourself. (more…)

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Five Simple Flat Stomach Exercises

Before you can actually start doing exercises that will be effective, you need to make sure you’re having a healthy diet. This being because, you can not reduce the amount of fat going into your stomach without reducing the fat that goes through your entire body!

1. Flutter Kicks:
* Lie flat on your back
* Kick your legs in the air, alternating your legs (by alternating, I mean, when one leg is going one way, the other leg is going in the opposite direction)
* It’s recommended to do about 30 flutters in one session (one “flutter” being two kicks)

2. Pelvic Thrusts:
* Begin by lying on your back with the knees bent and your arms need to be straight and beside you (more…)

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Is Radiation From Laptop Computers Unsafe?

You can’t live without your laptop, but can you live with the radiation? That’s the question people are asking as laptops become the computer of choice for the person on the go. Questions about radiation from laptops remain largely unanswered. The concern is that laptops have the capacity to rest in the lap which allows direct contact with the body in contrast to a desktop which generally rests several feet away from the body. Is radiation from lap tops a health threat?

The radiation emitted from a computer monitor or from a laptop is a low frequency type of radiation, in contrast to ionizing radiation which has enough force to remove an electron from at atom. Exposure to ionizing radiation is of great concern because the high energy waves have the ability to alter DNA, the genetic material found in cells. Ionizing radiation can create mutations which increase the risk of developing a cancer if the mutation isn’t repaired by the body’s own natural defense mechanisms. (more…)

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Core Benefits of a Tight Tummy

A tight tummy does more than just turn heads. Check out these other surprising belly bonuses.

Steamier sex
Strong abs and lower-back muscles give you the stamina and strength required to make the most of positions like Reverse Cowgirl and Wheelbarrow. But even more important: A smaller waistline means better blood flow. When you’re overweight, you tend to have significantly more artery-clogging plaque, which decreases blood flow throughout the body. Researchers have found that increased blood flow in the pelvic region improves vaginal lubrication, sensitivity, arousal, and sensation.

Fewer injuries
Researchers for the U.S. Army tracked the injuries of male and female soldiers during a year of field training in which they periodically performed (more…)

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Save Your Skin – Sun Safety

The need for sun safety has become clear over the past 20 years, with studies showing that excessive exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer. Harmful rays from the sun—and from sunlamps and tanning beds—may also cause eye problems, weaken your immune system, and give you unsightly skin spots and wrinkles, or “leathery” skin.

Sun damage to the body is caused by invisible ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which reaches us as long wavelengths known as UVA and short wavelengths known as UVB. UVB radiation can cause sunburn. But the longer wavelength UVA is dangerous too, as it can penetrate the skin and damage tissue at deeper levels.

Tanning is a sign of the skin reacting to potentially damaging UV radiation by producing additional pigmentation that provides it with some—but not nearly enough—protection against sunburn. (more…)

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Four Myths About Cholesterol

For our visitors , Here we are presenting the top most 4 myths about Cholesterol

Have high cholesterol?

You need to take eggs off the menu—permanently!

Reality It’s true that those with heart disease should avoid eggs—or at least eat only the low-cholesterol whites. Normal cholesterol? Eat no more than three eggs a week.

Shrimp lovers, beware!

The savory shellfish is awfully high in cholesterol.

Reality While shrimp does contain cholesterol, it’s low (more…)

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5 Healthy Snacks

Whole-grain Crackers, Grapes, and Cottage Cheese:

Nutrient-rich whole grains like cracked wheat, whole wheat, rye, and quinoa can lower blood sugar and cholesterol. The cottage cheese adds protein to stabilize blood sugar, curb hunger pangs, and provide calcium for strong bones. Buy your favorite whole-grain crackers, and make sure that the first ingredient is whole-wheat flour or another whole grain, such as rye. (Even if the ingredient list says “wheat flour,” it is not a whole-grain food unless it specifies “whole-wheat flour.”) Arrange on a small plate 2 crackers, 1/4 cup nonfat cottage cheese, and 1/4 cup grapes. Serving size: 2 crackers, 1/4 cup cottage cheese, and 1/4 cup grapes. (more…)

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