Thursday, March 31, 2011

Fitness Tips to keep your healthy and fit body


Having a healthy and fit body requires a lot of work. So once you finally have it you surely want to keep it right? Or else you will have to be back from square one to get that awesome fit body again. There are easy ways in which you can maintain your gorgeous healthy body and all of these do not need additional hard work.

Moving your body always helps a lot. Making it a daily habit to find new ways to move your body is surely a good step. You can climb stairs, play around with your kids, walk your dog to the park or play sports. Just do anything that moves your limbs, but it is not only a good fitness routine but it also take away stress.

Avoid foods that can be harmful to your body like fried foods, burgers, and other fatty meats like pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage. You should also eat dairy products like cheese, milk and cream in low fat versions.

Reducing stress is also a good way to maintain your healthy body. Spending 30 minutes doing something you enjoy like walking on a beach, fishing, reading good books, watching funny movies or even visiting a friend is a good way to relieve stress.

Avoiding excessive drinking will also help in maintaining your fit body. Recent studies show that a glass of wine or one drink a day can actually be good in protecting your body against heart disease more than it can cause liver problems, kidney disease and cancer.

Maintaining a fit body is important. It is not enough to have it once; you should be able to keep it. Besides, keeping a fit body also means living a better life and developing your well-being.




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I am employed by a well-known, reputable pharmaceutical company as a marketing coordinator for a very well-known brand of pain relief medication. I specialize in managing marketing project initiatives and ensuring that our objectives are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Daniel Corcia

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Making your exercise programs more effective


One of the best ways to keep our body healthy and fit is to have regular exercise. There are many ways of doing it, but not every way is effective to all people. You might be doing regular stretching and jogging and still find yourself unable to reach your weight goals, or if you do, you regain it again in a short time. The reason might be you failed to do other necessary things together with your exercise program. There are things you should look out for if you want to make your exercise course effective and here are some of them.

Watch out for your diet. Going to an exercise program means that you also have to assess your diet. You cannot expect to lose weight or be fit if you eat every time you sweat out from your exercise program. Also, you cannot be confident to eat just any kind of food just because you are engaged in an exercise program. You must always make sure that you eat the right kind and amount of food to complement you exercise course. Increase the amount of fresh food such as fruit and vegetables and avoid saturated fats. This way, you can also help your body be fit and healthy the way you want it to be,
   
Once you engage yourself to an exercise program, be sure that you are willing to take it in as a part of your lifestyle. You cannot just do exercise for 3 months and say that’s it. You need to make it a a regular thing once you started it if you really want a healthy body.
   
Lastly, you must put your heart on it. Many times people would engage into an exercise course without really seeing its importance to their health and fitness. They do the program without really exerting effort to it, just fulfilling it to say that they have a healthy lifestyle or they are health conscious. Once you start an exercise program, aim for the best, imagine yourself losing all your unwanted weights and being away from all types of diseases. If you do, and you exert the right amount of effort to it, then you can really do so.
   
Starting an exercise program means that you want it to be effective. To make it so, you must also exert extra effort in maintaining your diet and living a healthy lifestyle. So the next time you decide that you want to have an exercise program, or if you are engaged in one now, see to it that you help yourself make that program effective.
   

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My name is Daniel Corcia and I want to share my personal weight loss story with you and the millions of people who struggle with body image and weight maintenance.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Staying fit and healthy; Choosing the right kind of exercise for you


Proper exercise is a necessary component of maintaining your health and fitness. Along with proper diet, you can have a better overall health and well being. There are many types of exercises you may choose from. All these can be done at home, or if you choose, at a fitness center.

Walking and jogging are two simple yet effective way of exercising, they can both be done at home or at a fitness center. Walking and jogging can be done slow or at a brisk or rapid pace, and at a short or long distance.

Swimming is also a good form of exercise. It is good not only for your body but it is also helpful for the heart and lungs. It can be done slow or fast and in short or long distance. It can also be done in a variety of strokes.

Yoga is from the Sanskrit word yuj which means to yoke or bind and is often interpreted as “union” of discipline. Most people who are engaged in yoga uses asana, a program of physical postures designed to purify the body and provide stamina and physical strength for long periods of meditation. 

Aerobics is also a good form of exercise. It is a series of rhythmic exercise performed to music that stimulates the aerobic capacity of the heart and lungs to burn calories.

Tai Chi is a comprehensive series of physical movements and breathing techniques, with mental and spiritual intent that allows the individual to experience a meditative state. It is rejuvenating and calming, assisting the body and mind to maintain balance, and exercises the body, mind, and spirit, even the internal organs.

In choosing the right type of exercise for you, you must make sure that the exercise you chose caters your individual needs and capacity and it should be done under a doctor’s supervision. By following the exercise plan that you chose, you will be getting the amazing benefits of good health and better lifestyle. It will also be helpful in making you feel better about yourself mentally and physically. So what are you waiting for? Get started now.




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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Beating the “bad guy” Cholesterol; Making Yourself Fit and Healthy


Cholesterol levels are one of the things many people are struggling to lower. LDL cholesterol or the “bad” cholesterol is the one we are avoiding, this type of cholesterol are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. So if you are one of the guys that value your health a lot and would always want to keep your body fit and strong, then you are most likely to be one of the many individuals who declared war against these “bad” cholesterols. 

Seeing a doctor and getting regular check-ups is a must. You should always have your cholesterol level checked and see if the level is increasing or decreasing. Your doctor can even give you good suggestions or proper medication on how to help lower the level of your “bad” cholesterol.

Eating a diet that is high in fiber is good in lowering your cholesterol level. They are normally found on grains, fruits and vegetables. A bowl of oatmeal with real fruit pieces in it is a meal you might also want to consider.

Red wines are also proven to help lowering cholesterol levels. It turns out that high-fiber Tempranillo red grapes that are used to make red wines like Rioja have a significant effect on cholesterol level. Studies show that when individuals had the same grape supplement found in red wines, their LDL levels decreased by 9%. Also, those who have high cholesterol that are part of the study showed a 12% drop in the levels of their LDL.

Exercising and engaging in more physical activities not only help lowering cholesterol but also help in other health issues. This step must never be skipped if you assume success in controlling your LDL level and staying fit and healthy.

Starting saying ‘no’ to fats is also needed. The worst type of fat is called the saturated fat. You can substitute your normal fat intake by eating the healthier kinds of fat like those in avocado.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and watching out for the foods we eat are some of the ways that can help us beat “bad” cholesterol. So if you value your health and fitness a lot, then you should also start doing these little tips.



About the Author:

Daniel Corcia was employed by a well-known, reputable pharmaceutical company as a marketing coordinator for a very well-known brand of pain relief medication. He specialize in managing marketing project initiatives and ensuring that our objectives are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

So Do You Think You Really Need Dietary Supplements?

Due to man’s quest for longer life, others are lulled into taking dietary supplements who promises one to be always in the pink of health. Aside from healthy living is somewhat overlooked and mind-set the public from relying on dietary supplements rather then exercising and eating right.

Recent study revealed that dietary supplements are actually unnecessary. Living healthy, eating right paired with active lifestyle is enough for the body to combat diseases and be able to live longer. 

Every year in North America the estimated amount we spend on vitamins and dietary supplements is $20 billion and growing. So why do we spend so much? Is it even necessary? Or for that matter safe? Well to be honest you will never get a black and white answer, so what we need to establish is you have to make your own informed choice.

Annually, Americans cash out a staggering $20 billion on vitamins and dietary supplements alone.  Do we really have to cash out that big? Or is the amount shelled out is worth it? Other medical personnel don’t have a unanimous answer when it comes to dietary supplements and it affectivity. Bottom line is, as a consumer it is a must that whenever he purchases any dietary supplements, it is an informed choice.

The people love affair with vitamins and dietary supplements can be simplified to our fast-paced living lifestyle. Instead of cooking fresh food where most of vitamins and minerals are obtained, people took the easiest way, and that is ingesting dietary supplements. Imagine one don’t have to shop at the grocery, store them at the fridge and cook. The shortcut indeed is a great save in time. No matter how aggressive nutritional experts in persuading the public to invest time and money into cooking decent balanced meals instead of reaching for the vitamin bottle would be futile as living nowadays is all racing against time.

However there are circumstances wherein it is really recommended to take supplement such as cod liver oil and omega 3 fish oil. Pregnant women are also advised to take folic acid in the early part of the pregnancy. For those babies who are purely breast fed should be given vitamin K and D and fluorine. Also senior citizens of 65 years and over are advised to take a vitamin D supplement on a regular basis.

To sum this up, in order for our body to utilize efficiently the ingested vitamins and minerals, moderation is the key. Having scarce and too abundance of vitamins can cause more harm than good.






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