Air is the most important component for us to live so we should breathe clean air. The air that we breathe carries life to each and everyone of us, but sad to say some areas of our world where the air carries not only life-giving oxygen, but also noxious pollutants that reach unhealthful levels, such as ozone, carbon monoxide, fine particles, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, or lead.
Exercise makes us more vulnerable to health damage from these pollutants but during the workout we should breathe clean air. We breathe more air during exercise or strenuous work. We draw air more deeply into the lungs. And when we exercise heavily, we breathe mostly through the mouth, bypassing the body's first line of defense against pollution, the nose.
Our lungs are among the body's primary points of contact with the outside world. We may drink two liters of liquid each day. We breathe in an estimated 15,000 liters of air, approximately 6 to 10 liters every minute, drawing life-giving oxygen across 600 to 900 square feet of surface area in tiny sacs inside the lung but were not sure that we breathe clean air.
Oxygen is necessary for our muscles to function. In fact, the purpose of exercise training is to improve the body's ability to deliver oxygen. As a result, when we exercise, we may increase our intake of air by as much as ten times our level at rest and if we breathe clean air we may be as very healthy as before.
An endurance athlete can process as much as twenty times the normal intake. Mouth breathing during exercise bypasses the nasal passages, the body's natural air filter. These facts mean that when we exercise in polluted air and were not able to breathe clean air, we increase our contact with the pollutants, and increase our vulnerability to health damage.
The news isn't entirely bad. You can minimize your exposure to air pollution by being aware of polluted areas and by following some simple guidelines. Some guidelines that can assure you to breathe clean air are do train early in the day or in the evening, avoid noontime or afternoon exercise, and avoid strenuous outdoor work, if possible, when ozone smog or other pollution levels are high.
Other guidelines so that you can breathe clean air are do avoid overcrowded streets and rush hour traffic; pollution levels can be high up to 50 feet from the roadway, do make sure teachers, coaches and recreation officials know and aware about air pollution and act accordingly and most important, do be aware and knowledgeable of the quality of the air you breathe so that you can breathe clean air!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Back off! Stop Air pollution
Sunday, September 27, 2009
For a healthy lifestyle, drink beer!
Beer and nutrition? You don't usually see those two words together, but perhaps beer is a bit misunderstood. It may really be good for you when consumed in very moderate amounts and living a healthy lifestyle can be achieved by moderate drinking.
Beer has been brewed for just about as long as humans have been cultivating crops and is truly made with some very healthy ingredients. Those ingredients are hops, brewer's yeast, barley and malt. There are different kinds of beer and each kind has a distinctive flavor and color. Tasting and learning on the different types of beer is as much fun as tasting and learning about the different types of wine.
Drinking one beer per day may be good for your health and one way of living a healthy lifestyle since it has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Some experts propose that the folate found in beer may help to reduce homocysteine in the blood and lower homocysteine levels mean a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lab studies have found constituents in beer that lower triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol in mice and drinking one beer per day is like living a healthy lifestyle since it reduces blood clotting so some studies found that cardiovascular patients who drank one beer per day also lived longer.
Other studies have found out those women who consume one beer each day is living a healthy lifestyle since it improved mental health. Drinking beer and other alcoholic beverages in moderation can also improve bone density.
Of course that doesn't intend that if one beer is good, three or four bottles of beer is still living a healthy lifestyle but its not. That isn't true. Drinking more than one beer or any alcoholic beverage per day can put too much alcohol in your system and that isn't good for you. Heavy drinking has been linked with several health problems and may not lead you in living a healthy lifestyle, so moderation is definitely the key with drinking beer. Some studies also point to one beer per day as being beneficial and can lead you in living a healthy lifestyle, and not drinking all seven beers or more in one day per week. That type of drinking habit will overload your system with alcohol.
The advantage of beer nutrition probably have nothing to do with the alcohol and there are some low-alcohol beers and non-alcohol beers available which offer the same heart-protective effect as regular and light beers. Drinking beer is one benefit that can lead you to a healthy lifestyle.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Hitting the Dance floor
Dancing is frenzy among teenagers and young adults, it is a healthy lifestyle and practice for everyone. These dance moves can be put together or form in an enjoyable routine that is also a great exercise for us and can lead you to a healthy life. Get energized with a refreshing and dynamic type of dancing that can give you the feeling of satisfaction and a development that can manage to have a healthy lifestyle.
This type of dance makes use of the entire body. This makes it a better exercise to our body. Besides that, it is fun and entertaining to move and dance to the rhythm of its music. It is hardly like an exercise to all the teenagers since it gives excitement and anticipation of contentment.
What makes it more like an exercise is the sharpness in which the steps are done, and its movements that build relaxing sensation. House music moves are also isometric exercise that engages the muscles to build stronger fibers. And it can also burn and reduced your calories, making your body in a good condition and keeping up a healthy lifestyle.
The center of your body moves and at the same time works out developing your abdominal region and back. Balance is important when you do these moves so the abs gets a lot of work to keep them lean and strong. At first the moves will seem foreign and awkward to you but as you practice, your body will adopt the moves and become more fluid to its nature.
Dance steps are done with both upper and lower body. Lower body moves will always engage the abs which actually prevents a lot of injury. Steps are done to the beat of the music. Whatever rhythm that moves you together will flow using the music as a guide. As you get better, more interesting dance moves and other rhythmic styles will be next on your list of things to try and frequent or more often practice will surely guide you to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Just dancing for thirty minutes to an hour will burn hundreds of calories and you are half-way there to attain a healthy lifestyle. It’s hard to believe that something so fun and interesting can give you so much energy. So don’t just sit there, try dancing in your room while listening to your favorite house dj and various artists or hitting the hottest house music clubs in the city. Party harder and have a healthy lifestyle.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Positive Thinking Can Bring Good Health
Our thoughts are in your control, and they can be very powerful. Positive point of view can motivate a healthy life, such as eating right and being active. It's really simple if you believe you can take 10,000 steps a day, you achieve it and you will be more likely to take an extra walk to have a healthy life. If you know you can avoid holiday weight gain, you'll feel great when you pass the tempting dessert buffet, and fit comfortably in your winter clothes.
But the reverse is also true. Your thoughts can be defeating. "I'm already overweight, so it doesn't matter if I eat a second piece of cake." Or, "I only have 10 minutes. It's not enough time to walk." Negative thoughts, often called negative self-talk, may sabotage your good intentions and may not drive you to have experience a healthy life.
"I think I can"
Remember the famous children's book "The Little Engine that Could"? The theme, with its chant, "I think I can, I think I can," helped the small train accomplish its goal which is to climb up the hill. The book's message is as true today as it was when it was first published in 1930. If you set your mind to something, you can do it. Example for an instance if you set your objective is to have a healthy life, then you will surely attain a healthy life.
One in four Americans are trying to lose weight at any given time, and older adults are joining gyms in record numbers. If you are one of them, you are most likely to reach a health life and succeed in your fitness goals with the right attitude. Positive thinking can help you attain and maintain healthy life, such as becoming more physically active or limiting your sugar intake, can lead to a healthy life.
Statistics have calculated the success of positive-thinkers and found that those who think they can lose weight, or increase their physical activity or have a healthy life, do! These people are more successful because of their thoughts rather than people with less faith in themselves. The confidence you have in performing a certain behavior is called self-efficacy; and self-efficacy is a key in successful behavior change and having a target to have a healthy life.
Monday, July 27, 2009
President Gloria Arroyo’s 9th and last State of the nation address
Our Philippine President Gloria Arroyo had delivered her ninth and final state of the nation address at the Batasan Complex. After the triumph on the Constitutional Assembly the rumor of her term extension is now the talk of the town as 2010 approaches if there will be no election next year which results to President Gloria Arroyo’s extension as president. And amid sagging popularity and speculation of possible amendment to the constitution to stop her term.
Opinion polls have indicated the president is running out of steam after nine years in office, with some members of the public suggesting Mrs. Gloria Arroyo does not run for presidency again and it will be her last State of the nation address.
She should promise that she will not again run for office. What can she do if she runs again? If she wins in the upcoming election, the state of our country will be the same. Although we see that she is doing something, it is still not enough, considering her nine years in office.
With barely nine months to go before the presidential elections in 2010, there has been a talk that President Gloria Arroyo's allies would want to amend the constitution to extend her term, something the opposition and militant lawmakers have vowed to block. There's a big difference between her giving assurance that there would be elections in 2010, and saying that there would be elections but I will not be a candidate for any position.
That would be very clear because she has been saying that don't believe the talk about her wanting to extend her term is a pure propaganda, a destabilization effort of the opposition. So she should put a stop to that, answer the question by saying that there will be elections and she will not be a candidate.
President Gloria Arroyo should be working on the budget needed to allocate on the debts of the country, education and health. Also the Arroyo administration should have a framework on how they should solve the issue of unemployment and financial crisis due to global economic recession where Philippines is involve particularly on the export and foreign investment. Business groups said they hope President Gloria Arroyo will put an end to the speculation during her address, as political instability as such keeps away investments.
Said Alberto Lim, executive director of the Makati Business Club: ''It will help bring restore a lot of confidence if there's more political calm. The nervousness stems from her need to hold on to power. So this is what makes the business community very nervous. So her statements to allay these fears will help improve our investments.
Now those investments may not necessarily result in recovery right away because it takes time, but people are staying out, they are watching not only there is economic downturn in the economic cycle but there's also political instability till 2010.
More than just a litany of achievements, President Arroyo would have to clarify once and for all whether she will indeed step down in 2010. With a sagging popularity rating, analysts say this declaration will spell the difference whether she will be accorded a graceful exit when President Gloria Arroyo term expires next year.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Trim Down or Avoid Stress
All of us have difficulties in life; we all suffer from different degrees of anxiety. Balancing work and family lives can be hard, financial and social difficulties can build struggles in life. One solution to this problem is to recognize and accept the fact that you are suffering from stress and to have a way out which is avoiding stress.
Common symptoms include headaches, irritability, and difficulty sleeping and poor concentration. Sometimes people will resort to smoking more or drinking more alcohol to ease their stresses, a way for relaxing themselves and avoiging stress, but this is a dangerous path which can lead to severe health problems. There are a lot of ideas for avoiding stress and here are some which would help you become a stress free person.
You might like to consult a counselor. Counselors give you expert ideas on things healthy and avoiding stress. Since there are professionally trained and certified to give you advices for us to be healthy and at the same time avoiding stress. Then again talking to a family or friends about your problems is also a way to prevent stress problems. Try relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing exercises and other comfortable postures you are comfy of.
In contrast identifying the cause of your stress is the first step for avoiding stress, for an instance in a situation that you are going through a stress problem because you had a fight with your family is already the first step for avoiding stress. Then try to tackle them and make a solution, these may vary in different situations but you have to adjust and adopt the solution to that problem for us to accomplish our goal which is avoiding stress in our day to day life.
Drink The Enough Amount of Fresh Water
Water is the most important element in life and without these element, the other elements won’t exist too. We should drink fresh water to remain properly hydrated. All of us vary widely in how much they can drink fresh water they need. Joints need it to keep on motion, and vital organs such as the heart, brain, kidney, and liver need it to work properly.
There are vast supplies of water in this world but some of these water supplies are polluted. Over one billion people are not able to drink fresh water. Polluted water isn't just dirty, it's deadly. It can kill us because of the bacteria in it. Before you drink water, make sure you drink fresh water and not polluted water.
If you don't get the sufficient amount of water, the body goes into emergency mode, and clings to every single water molecule it can find, we must drink fresh water to avoid some problems in us. The stored molecule shows as extra weight. The weight is only released once our bodies drink fresh water.
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