Be Active This Holiday Season

December 22, 2009
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If you’ve gotten use to just sitting around and binging on desserts during the holidays, then that might be the exact same reason why you and your family gain weight every Christmas. The point is: you can actually transform the holiday into a weight-losing activity for the whole family. Here are some tips:

1. Red Rover in the backyard -  this is a fun and dynamic exercise for the whole family
2. Christmas football -  you know kids love it when you tackle them
3. Play Frisbee
4. Play Twister with the kids
5. Arts and crafts – do some craft ornaments for your house’s Christmas look

See? Holidays need not be season where we not…

Lose Weight While Shopping

December 22, 2009
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There are tons of ways to exercise, but did you know that you can actually stretch some muscles and exercise while shopping? Here’s how:

1. Park farther away, so you would have to walk to get inside the mall.
2. Grab a healthy sandwich and a bottle of water instead of binging on Chinese food. That will save you some added 700 calories.
3. Take the stairs instead of the escalators or elevators.
4. Carry all your bags in your hand rather than on your shoulders. Walk around the mall to exercise your arm muscles.
5. Promise yourself that for every item you buy, you would at least give 25 sit-ups and push-ups once you…

Working Out Your Thanksgiving Fat

December 1, 2009
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I know Thanksgiving should be fun. But what can we do if we start gaining pounds even before the Christmas season officially begins? The answer: try these simple workouts to relieve your accumulated Thanksgiving fats.

First, start with a general warm up for about three to five minutes. You can choose between biking, treadmill or jump rope to achieve that warm up. Then, perform these three following exercises as a circuit. Make sure you rest for 60 to 90 seconds between each set. Do the three sets simultaneously for three times.

1. Alternate leg step up – 10 reps each for the left and right foot
2. Push-up – 10 to 12 counts
3.…

Five Things You Should Do To Prevent Swine Flu

November 16, 2009
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If you’re in fear of catching the dreaded flu virus, you just found the right place to get information. Read on to get a lowdown of Stephen Cabral’s five “flu-free formula.”

1. Be Extra Careful With What You Eat- It’s essential that you drastically limit your sugar intake especially from refined sources like soda and fruit juice

2. Exercise For 30 To 45 Minutes 3 To 5 Times Per Week- There’s no need to wipe yourself out all in one workout. You’ll actually get a better boost in your metabolism and your immune system if you do shorter, better quality workouts

3. Reduce Your Intake of Inflammatory Foods- Inflammatory foods wreak havoc on…

Diet: What Really Works?

November 10, 2009
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Some 99 percent of 5000 people who lost at least 30 pounds did one thing that worked above all diet regimes—count calories.

This is also consistent with the findings of the National Weight Control. According to the study, these are what dieters should do:

* Restrict intake of certain high-calorie foods
* Practice portion control
* Exercise regularly—equivalent of one hour brisk walk
* Ate breakfast regularly—usually cereal and milk
* Weigh regularly

To maintain losing weight, you should take a look back at these delightful tips whenever you feel you’re breaking away from your diet routine. Remember that one step forward in your diet should not equate to eating that extra chocolate bar.

How Much Distance Can Our Bodies Take?

November 10, 2009
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I’m not a very fit person, to say the least. But I do like to run a lot since it gives me an adrenaline boost. It also makes me feel like I have lost an enormous amount of weight.

According to the wisdom-du-jour, any form of cardio—like long slow distance and running—is destructive to the body. Some books also accuse slow long-distance running of causing debilitating joint pain.

An article from the New York Times also suggests that humans are more suited with running long distances. Here’s what it says:

* Marathon participation is up 20% from the beginning of the decade, with over 425,000 people in the US crossing finish lines.

* Much…

Tips To Burn That Much-Hated Fat

November 9, 2009
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Every time I finish eating, I cap my lunch or dinner off with about one hour of standing or just slowly walking around the house or park. Why? Because I have this nagging feeling that when I sit down, my belly would get big the next day.

Then, this feeling got even more support from a recent study that found the enzyme called lipase was responsible in adding more fat when we sit down all day. This fat-absorbing enzyme turns off when you’re sitting down, so it does not absorb the circulating fat. Instead, it turns it into body fat.

Now, here are some useful tips to help you get off that…

A New Diet Pill Has Been Found: Contrave!

November 9, 2009
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If only a pharmaceutical company can produce a diet pill that would actually work without side effects, then it will be a groundbreaking development to weight loss medicines.

And lately, it looks like Contrave is getting closer to developing such drug. Some sources are saying that only an approval from FDA is missing so the company can distribute it to US-based residents.

According to a study, in just a matter of a 56-week treatment, 48.2 percent of participants have already lost 10 percent of their original body weight.

Contrave is a blend of two well-known drugs: Wellbutrin (for depression) and Naltrexone (for alcoholism and addiction).

The study also showed that much more than weight loss,…

Losing Weight Does Not Depend On Exercises

November 8, 2009
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Recent studies have shown that exercising has little or no impact at all to losing weight, which is an antithesis to what health experts have been saying for the last decade that people who want to lose weight should exercise.

The benefits, however, of exercising have been proven to be substantial. And well-documented studies have shown that exercising can reduce depression and even manage diabetes.

A recent research from Mayo Clinic said that: “Most studies have demonstrated no or modest weight loss with exercise alone . . . patients should have realistic expectations, an exercise regimen . . . is unlikely to result in short-term weight loss beyond what is achieved with…

Eating Broccoli Will Help You Avoid Certain Diseases

November 8, 2009
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Broccoli, if you don’t know already, is one of the healthiest vegetables that you can eat to help you in your diet.

There is multitude of reasons why you should eat broccoli. It contains vitamin A and C and it is a good source of calcium for those who cannot eat dairy products. It is also good in producing fiber. Broccoli also helps prevent various diseases because it increases activity level of enzymes in our body (raised level of enzymes helps fight cancer-causing agents).

So, eat broccoli every time you have the chance since it includes active agents that will help you live a healthy life. You can incorporate it in your…