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2004 Prediction … The Next Fitness Trend
Millions practice the same New Year’s ritual of making the infamous resolution to exercise. And most realize that New Year’s good intentions typically don’t last more than a couple of weeks.
“2004 may be different,” says Phil Campbell, M.S.,...
How To Lose Weight After Having A Baby
After having a baby, new moms feel the urge to shed those unwanted pounds. The average weight that is gained during a pregnancy is about 25 to 35 pounds. During the birth, an average of 12.5 to 14 pounds are lost, leaving about 12 to 21 pounds of...
Learn How To Boost Your Weight Loss Program and Calorie Burning to Get Rid of Obesity
If you want to boost your metabolism, lose weight faster and keep the weight off, you need to maximize your weight loss program and calorie burning to get rid of obesity, meaning stored fat. Weight loss diets are not the only solution to lose...
Safe Weight Loss Part 1.
Safe weight loss is about maintaining health whilst losing weight, it is not about losing weight rapidly; this has never worked and never will. This article is to be published in two parts over two days and will be stored in our news blogs...
Stationary Exercise Bicycles
Bike riding is an excellent cardiovascular workout. Bike riding also provides an excellent low impact lower body workout. Many busy and active people find that the use of a stationary bike in their own home provides them the availability to get a...
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Learning To Manage Your Stress
Stress may not be a laughing matter to you. But maybe it should be. Humor is one of the most powerful stress-reducing tools there is. "Just as studies have shown the negative effects of stress on the body, we're now finding that humor has positive effects," says Karyn Buxman, R.N., editor of "Therapeutic Humor, the journal of the National Association for Therapeutic Humor. When you laugh, your heart rate and blood pressure rise -- giving your cardiovascular system a mini-aerobic workout -- then temporarily dip lower than they were before. Your immune system makes more immune cells.
Learning to manage stress isn't just good for your body. It keeps your mind and spirit more youthful, too. With fewer worries to tax your brain, don't be surprised if your noggin becomes more nimble. Under highly stressful conditions, it's simply harder to remember things and to concentrate. When stress hits high gear, you may be unable to retain a
sentence that you have just read or remember someone you met minutes before.
Some evidence even shows that high levels of stress may shrink the part of the brain that governs learning and memory. Scientists who studied the brains of people with severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder found that one part of the brain, called the "hippocampus", actually became smaller when high-level stress kicked in. Some researchers speculate that the shrinkage could result from raised levels of stress hormones called "glucocorticords".
When stress declines, you are more likely to stretch your physical and mental boundaries, suggests Phil Nuernberger, Ph.D., president of Mind Resources Technologies in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
About the Author
Susan Rutter: Author, Publisher, Nutritionist, Instructor. Assists patients and the public make healthy choices and changes in their lives.
http://stressfree_living.resourcez.com
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