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Shisha is Proven Dangerous

  • Posted on April 28, 2010 at 10:23 am

Shisha, which is similar to the bongs used for smoking marijuana, in recent years are very popular. This is evident from the increasing number of cafes that provide shisha to attract visitors. Shisha is a great way to enjoy Middle Eastern-style cigarettes that use a pipe-shaped goblets and water content as filters.

Many shisha lovers who feel that the shisha smoke is safer than cigarettes because there is a water filter. In fact, some fans feel shisha is not a cigarette. However, research conducted by the UK Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre refute these assumptions.

According to the researchers, when someone smoked shisha or herbal cigarettes, it breathed the carbon monoxide levels can not be measured. Even within a single session smoking shisha, inhaled carbon monoxide in number from 4 to 5 times more than that produced by a cigarette.

high levels of carbon monoxide can cause brain damage and loss of consciousness. According to the research team, it is rather difficult to determine the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) generated from inhalation of a cigarette because of the differences of each individual.

Even so, levels of CO from the exhaled breath of smokers who are not normally approximately 3 ppm (parts per million from the air), in light smokers approximately 10-20 ppm and 30-40 ppm in heavy smokers.

Research shows, exploiters shisha have 40-70 ppm of CO in the breath. The number of disorders that affect the blood circulation of about 8-12 percent.

“We found that one session of shisha smoke that uses fruit tobacco is 10 milligrams for 30 minutes, or shortest session, producing carbon monoxide levels four or five times higher than smoking,” said Dr. Hilary Wareing, Director of The Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre.

In other words, shisha 400-450 times worse than cigarettes. In addition to high levels of inhaled CO, Qasim Choudhory, workers from NHS Stop Smoking Service, UK, says that the use of shisha pipes in turn could be the spread of infection medium. “There is a risk of contracting TB, herpes, or other infections,” he said

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Yoga and Sex

  • Posted on April 27, 2010 at 9:14 am

Benefits of yoga in addition to making you relaxed and calm, can also help you during sexual activity. According to Ellen Barrett, author of Sexy Yoga, yoga forming a strong and flexible body, making you easy to do a lot more variation in the movement or position of lovemaking. Still have not believed? Here are five other reasons why your ‘obliged’ to yoga.

Blood Flow launched

Likewise, if you do sports in general, yoga can also blood flow. In certain yoga positions, such as eagle position, the movement directly train your pelvic floor muscles and blood flow in the pelvis. “The more you train these muscles, your space will get wider,” said Becky Jeffers, Director Herman Centre for female sexual health and menopause Management in Chicago. According to Becky, exercising the pelvic floor muscles will help you make a stronger contraction and relaxation that eventually lead you to experience a longer orgasm.

Growing Confidence

When you perform yoga movements, you train your mind and focus your concentration. This makes you more focused on what you do. “When you accept yourself, you’ll know what needs to be able to enjoy sexual activity with a partner,” said Becky again. You can communicate these feelings to your partner when you two are doing the activity.

Reducing Pain

For some women who are active, especially those who prefer running, hip and thigh muscles tense can sometimes inhibit the activity of sex. Yoga helps to relax muscles. “The pelvic floor muscles are tense can affect how your pelvis is contracted during sexual activity,” said Becky. One part of the tense muscles can affect the movement of other muscles so that the orgasm had not been maximized and the game of love you can not enjoy its full potential.

So, relax, and let it all flow, and the orgasm will come

Gives Sensation “More Life”

Movement triangle in sitting cross-legged in a yoga position stimulate your chakras. According to Eastern philosophy, the sex life is governed by several chakras. Chakra is the energy center which surrounds your body. “When your chakras healthy and working well, your sex life will also be healthy and satisfying,” said Becky. The three most influential disc on your sexual activity is the root chakra (at the perineum, the area between the vagina and anus bone), the sacral chakra (the middle lower abdomen), and the heart chakra (the middle of chest). Yoga movements keep the blood flowing smoothly into these sensitive areas and open the prana (life spirit) to you. It will make you more open and more to explore in sexual activity and you become a happier person.

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Trans Fat is Dangerous

  • Posted on April 16, 2010 at 9:20 am

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now requiring all packaged food products list the trans fatty acid free labels in the packaging. These changes appear to be a small thing, except for those who know the benefits. Trans fatty acids also often called trans fat.
Are trans fat and what bad for health? Trans fat acts like saturated fat, which can increase LDL cholesterol (bad fat) so it can increase the risk of coronary heart disease. Trans fat contained in various types of foods that also contain high saturated fats, eg margarines, crackers, candies, cakes, cookies, snack foods, fried, and various types of food processed by mixing the vegetable oil is hydrogenated.
Trans fat is formed when hydrogen is mixed into the vegetable oil called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation can increase endurance and kestablian taste of foods containing these fats.
By examining a list of nutrients contained in food packaging, then we can choose foods that contain saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol is lower. For saturated fat and cholesterol, use of products that includes instructions written for 5% or less fat content. If the product contains more than 20% fat for saturated fat and cholesterol, then fat is said to have been very high.
If the food consumed saturated fats bearing labels printed or trans fat was transformed into its mono or polyunsaturated fat, it means that fat does not cause an increase in LDL cholesterol (bad fats) or say does not cause danger elevated levels of cholesterol. Foods that contain monounsaturated fat consisted of olive oil and maize oil, while the source of polyunsaturated fat consisting of soybean, corn, sunflower oil, and various types of nuts. Choose the vegetable oil derived from coconuts and palm seed oil.
Consider also to eat fish. Some research says that consumption of two pieces of fish per week can lower risk of coronary heart disease. Most fish species do contain saturated fats is lower than the meat. including unsaturated fatty fish with the mackerel, sardines and salmon, which also contains the omega-3 fatty acids.
Also, choose foods low in saturated fats such as product labels to include trans fat-free or 1% fat, fat-free meat, skinless poultry meat, wheat, vegetables and fruits. Try to consume less than 10% saturated fat and less than 300 mg of cholesterol per day and reduce the minimum of food containing trans fat.

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Sports to Burn Fat

  • Posted on April 15, 2010 at 11:01 am

Body exercise is important. Sports is one of the important ways in addition to nutrition and adequate rest to get the ideal body shape and healthier.

People who exercise have lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and also have better sleep quality. Usually for busy people, especially young executives, both men and women, the factor of time, energy, or dislike / lazy to be the main reason for not exercising.

Associate Manager Agustino Romulo Nutrifood Research Center provides guidance to make it easier for you in exercise and sports will certainly feel more pleasant.

Do Something Different when watching TV!

If you claim that your time becomes a major limitation in the exercise, then try to remember how much time is spent watching television? Avoid the habit of snacking while watching your favorite TV show. Replace with actual sports movements, such as lifting weights, or you can walk in place. Better still if you can turn off your TV, then replacing the time to do physical activities, like cleaning the house, walking outside, or playing with your kids.

Change your lifestyle! Walks more!

Remember, you do not need to come to the gym if you do not have time. However, substitute your lifestyle with the things that move more, like not using the elevator / escalator when going to a higher floor, but use the manual steps to walk more. If you want to go somewhere close, consider not using a personal vehicle. Walks or cycling if possible.

Do exercise at least 30 minutes per day and you should not confused about which type of exercise will be conducted. Walking / jogging is one example of an easy and inexpensive sport that can be done every day, right?

One of the research published in the Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (2010), states that the heart health will be further reduced if physical activity level you are on the wane.

Do not want to exercise because I do not like! Browse the reasons and find a solution!

For some, the sport became an unpleasant thing to have to sweat, and it may feel uncomfortable. Some people prefer reading books, sewing, watching TV, or movies.

If you feel like it, there are some sports that continue to function without excessive sweating, such as exercising yoga at the air-conditioned room, or swimming. Swimming is one good alternative to burning calories your body as well as build muscle, and also avoid the sweat of course! Swimming is also not a big risk to the health of your joints.

Or maybe if you feel embarrassed to go to the gym because they have excess weight, try to exercise at home such as using exercise videos, walking with a friend, or form a joint exercise among friends who care about your health. However, the fact you do not need to feel inferior. Due to the strong determination and motivation to live healthier, feeling so you can overcome.

Thinking out of the box!

If you do feel bored with the sport that it-that’s all, try another new sport for you. Find an activity you really enjoy, then think of other ways such as inline skating, dancing, salsa, or even gardening. Listen to your favorite music while cycling both in the gym or outside the home or are walking, be sure you’ll feel more energetic! Sports abuzz (group exercise) such as body combat, body pump, or opening their own aerobic classes with friends can also become an alternative to kill the boredom of your exercise.

Exercise in your office!

For executives in the office, sitting at the computer and typing are the two main things that is often done. The longer it sits, watching videos, or other activities that could be considered only a few moves (sedentary lifestyle) was associated with greater fat deposition and increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Individuals who are more established and more moves have the profile of body fat and blood sugar better than those who just sat there.

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To Fight the High Cholesterol

  • Posted on April 5, 2010 at 9:28 am

To control high cholesterol in order not to actually be with nutritional therapy methods, which consume a lot of food antikolesterol found in everyday life. You can replace bad fats with healthier fats. 
Consuming foods can increase intake of vegetable protein, nutritious vegetable that excessive lowering cholesterol levels.
Want to know what foods are against cholesterol? Check out the tips below are taken from different sources.

  1. Mushrooms. 
    Rich chromium, mineral that helps break down fats into simpler compounds, ie fatty acids. This activity helps shrink the fat content (LDL) and raise levels of good fats (HDL). Another source of chromium is nuts, like walnuts, peanuts, cashews, and almonds.
  2. Watermelon Seeds. All this time we underestimated watermelon seeds, and abundant copper substances. Diets low in copper intake is associated with higher LDL cholesterol levels, and lack of good HDL cholesterol. Seeds eat frequently, especially the fresh, good watermelon seeds and pumpkin seeds sunflower seeds.
  3. Lime. 
    Among the various kinds of orange, lime or lemon is the most contain flavonoids. This compound could inhibit the excessive LDL productivity thus reducing the risk of heart attack. Flavonoids can also be found in tea, broccoli, tomatoes, soybeans, onions layered like onions and onions and pomegranates.
  4. Apples. 
    A lot of soluble fiber found in apples is a source beta glucan. In the body, beta glucan participate and control the absorption of cholesterol production. Another source of papaya, the fruit is eaten with the skin (apple and pear), carrots, peas and other vegetables, legumes in general (bean, winged bean, and long beans), dry legumes (mung bean, red bean, and Tolo beans) and red rice
  5. Tuna fish. 
    Including source of omega-3 fatty acids are popular, in addition to salmon and mackerel. Omega-3 is specifically protects the body against the increase in LDL cholesterol levels.
  6. Local Red Guava. Just like watermelon red and red tomatoes, guava lycopene-rich red local. Lycopene is involved in controlling the production of cholesterol.
  7. Avocados. 
    Pantothenic acid is the most prominent compounds in avocados that contribute to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
  8. Peanut 
    Peanut skin, which is peanuts in shell is baked in the oven. This abundance of healthy fat snacks as well as rich in vitamin E, which can ‘lock’ to prevent free radical damage to LDL cholesterol, thus formation of plaques in blood vessel walls can be avoided and prevent heart attacks.
  9. Mango. 
    Vitamin C is widely available in mango. Other sources: starfruit, various types of citrus (grapefruit, tangerines, etc.), papaya, strawberry, and kiwi. Vitamin C prevents oxidized LDL cholesterol, thus avoiding the formation of plaque in blood vessel walls.

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