Your body contains over two hundred bones, joined by cartilage and ligaments. Together they form your skeleton, the framework that supports and protects your muscles and internal organs. When you touch your bones through soft skin, they feel as solid and unchanging as rock. But that’s just the outer shell. Underneath, bone tissue is porous […]
Lift weights, loose weight
If you want to loose weight, strength training with combination of cardiovascular exercise and flexibility exercises is the right way to do it . It not only helps take off pounds, it also trims and tightens. Here’s how to make it work: Adjust your food intake so you lose weight gradually, at a rate of […]
Physical fitness and arthritis
People who are physically active are healthier, happier, more productive, and live longer than people who are sedentary. Kate Lorig, R.N., Dr.P.H. in book “The arthritis help book, A tested self-management program for coping with arthritis and fibromyalgia” notes that this is true for everyone, including people with arthritis. Arthritis is one of the most […]
Rheumatoid arthritis: inflamed joints
Here are some most important facts about rheumatoid arthritis: About one half of one percent of the population has rheumatoid arthritis, about 20 million people around the world and most of these people (about three-quarters) are women The condition usually appears in middle life, in the forties or fifties In rheumatoid arthritis, the synovial membrane […]
Healthy eating – first steps
Here are some nutritional tips to start with from “the ultimate makeover nutrition program” from David Kirsches Ultimate New York Body Plan : Week 1 Ease yourself into eating regularly and preparing most of your meals Give up fast food Begin to create time to cook and brown-bag your lunch Give up soda and fruit […]
Should you wear high heels?
Ted Tanaka, doctor of pediatric medicine in interview also about wearing high heels and their impact on womans body: For women, it’s hard to escape wearing high heels. Are they really that bad for the feet? When you raise your heels more than two inches off the ground, the biomechanics of the whole body dramatically […]
The cost of inactivity – heart
Every year, 1.2 million Americans have a heart attack. Exercise affects the function of hearth muscle, but it also affects the blood vessels, from the large aortic artery to the large capillaries. Exercise: can boost your HDL (“good”) cholesterol makes the lining of blood vessels more flexible has beneficial effects on risk factors for heart […]