Month: February 2009

Surviving Your New Year’s Fitness Resolutions…5 things to keep you on track

by shabnamahsan
Personal trainers and gym owners across the country have big smiles on their faces right now.
Why?
Because they know they’re about to get flooded with average folk making New Year’s Resolutions to drop that extra 20 pounds and finally get fit.
And they also know that the vast majority of these new sign ups will show up for about a month and then disappear forever. Or at least until next year.
Now don’t get me wrong. I love goal-setting (when it works) and I like the idea of making plans to get in shape for the new year if it gives you a boost of energy and motivation.
So how can we set fitness goals for the year and actually stick to them? 
Here’s 5 things successful goal-setters do that quitters don’t do:
1. Keep your goals PRIVATE.
The last thing you want is for the wrong person to find out that you want to improve your diet or take a few inches off your waistline. Because he or she will try to bring you down with negativity and get in the way of you developing new and good habits. Don’t even give them the chance.
2. Figure out WHY you want to accomplish your goal.
If you want to drop 20 extra pounds come up with a good reason for it. And don’t think this is obvious stuff either. What you need to know is what personally motivates you and gets you emotionally involved. Is it because you want to look better? Have more energy? Attract a new mate? Re-attract an old one? Figure it out.
3. Use this reason to keep you going when things get rough.
Whenever you feel like giving up or taking it easy after a couple months have gone by and your goals lose their luster, remember your reason for making the resolution in the first place. Focus on that and your fire will reignite. Post it up on your calendar, in the bathroom, in your bedroom, or anywhere that will remind you why you are doing this. 
4. Get around like-minded people.
This means avoiding your friends who overeat if you want to clean up your diet. And getting around active people if you want to exercise more. Like it or not, it’s a lot harder to accomplish something alone.
5. If you stumble a bit, shrug it off.
Don’t worry if you fall back into your old habits for a week. If you miss a couple workout sessions, don’t waste time feeling bad. Just get started again and treat it as a learning experience. If you eat bad for a week or two, pouting won’t do any good. Just laugh it off and get started again.
Arm yourself with these five strategies and you’ll get halfway through 2009, look back, and realize you’ve transformed your body for the better.

Herbal Acne Treatments – Effectively Treat Acne With Herbs

by shabnamahsan
By Michael Lee
Some people may consider herbal acne treatment only as a secondary measure in eliminating unwanted zits and skin blemishes. What they may not know is that so many commercial products available in the market today contain at least one herbal ingredient. Herbal acne treatment has proven through the years to be a very effective and cheap approach in keeping your skin looking radiant, fresh and beautiful.
A lot of citrus fruits contain antioxidants which help prevent skin damage and pimples. Great examples of these would be lemons and oranges. You may choose to dilute the juice of the products in warm water then directly dab the mixture on affected areas. Allow the concoction to treat the skin pores for 3 to 5 minutes then rinse with clean water afterwards.
Garlic is a proven antibacterial that you can directly rub raw on your face. A lot of hard-to-remove skin problems have successfully been treated with garlic such as boils, pimples and spots. Ingestion of citrus fruits and garlic will help cleanse the blood to prevent acne.
Another effective herbal acne treatment includes fenugreek. You can make paste out of fenugreek leaves, which you can apply on your face every night. Leave the paste on overnight then wash off with warm water the next day. Grated cucumber placed over the face and neck for 15 to 20 minutes can prevent blackheads and pimples. Other notable useful herbs for your skin are green tea, tea tree oil, lavender and golden seal. These contain anti-microbial properties that help stop and prevent infection.
Aside from herbal acne treatments, make sure you take enough vitamins and minerals to keep your skin healthy. Vitamin A and niacin have been found to effectively treat acne as well as zinc. You may take vitamin supplements of about 100 mg 2 to 3 times daily.

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Self-Esteem Boosters: Ten Ways To Love Yourself

by shabnamahsan
By Michael Lee
You weren’t born perfect – nobody is. But you can do something to make your life a lot better than what is experienced by the average individual. The people who are the happiest with their lives are those who can learn to love themselves just the way they are. 
Here are some suggestions on how to place yourself up on that pedestal and laugh at negative energy.
Pay Yourself A Compliment
Give yourself a compliment at least once a day. It could be something like “I really liked the way I handled that situation,” or “I love how my hair falls softly onto my face today”. The compliment can be deep or superficial. Whatever it is, it should help keep your mood up, even if only slightly. Highlight the positive aspect of every situation you encounter. If you practice this often, you’re on your way to liking yourself a whole lot better.
Make Yourself Over
Grab your closest friend and get all dolled up. Put on your best attire, dab on a little make-up and get your hair done (not necessarily by a professional), then grab a camera and snap fun and funny photos of each other. Once you’ve had the photos printed, discard those that make you look drab and keep only the shots were you looked your best. Whenever you feel down, you can just go look at these pictures to remind yourself that you are good-looking and that your life is fun.
Get Physically Fit
You don’t need to achieve a supermodel-like physique. Simple daily exercises to boost your bloodstream every morning will do. You’ll feel better, your mood will be more positive, and the more congenial you will be with other people. If you give out positive energy, the more beautiful you become – and the more people will be inclined to return positive vibes to you, too.
Change Your Body Image
If there’s something in your body that you dislike, find out what’s causing you to smirk at it. Chances are, the reasons are very shallow and superficial. The realization of this will help you attain a better self-image and teach you to appreciate yourself more. 
Treat Yourself
Set aside time once a week to do something just for you. It could be anything from watching a cheesy movie to walking your dog in the park. As long as it’s time for you in doing what you want to do.
Wear Nice Underwear
This sounds silly, but it works! Wearing really cute knickers does make you feel better and a lot more confident about facing others. Don’t believe this? Try it!
List Your Good Points
Without looking at the mirror, make a list of all the things you appreciate and like about your body – things like, “I have great hair” or “I have a nice set of teeth”. Keep this list in your wallet or wherever you can see them and whenever you feel terrible, just take out this list and read it to yourself.
Travel
Ask a few of your best pals to spend a day out of town with you. Pack a delicious snack and spend the day fishing or hiking, or whatever suits your interests. A day in the fresh air is sure to give you an energy boost and make you feel good about yourself.
Get Away From People Who Put You Down
You know these kinds of people. They simply can’t stand the fact that you’re okay with your life and will always try to dampen your mood. Avoid them at all cost, because they’ll never make you feel good about yourself. Learn how to say no to people who only have their self-interest in mind. 
Do A Good Deed
Do something good for someone else. You will find that things like volunteering at a homeless shelter or even a simple thing like helping somebody who is lost by giving proper directions will make you feel good for the rest of the day. You’ll be doing something worthwhile and when you see how badly off some people are, you’ll start to appreciate your life more and be grateful for what you have.

Michael Lee is the author of How to be a Red Hot Persuasion Wizard… in 20 days or less, an ebook that reveals mind-altering persuasion techniques on how to tremendously enhance your relationships, create unlimited wealth, and get anything you want…just like magic. Get a sample chapter and highly-stimulating “Get What You Want” advice at:http://www.20daypersuasion.com. He is the Co-Founder of http://www.self-improvement-millionaires.com and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.


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Water Some Health Benefits Of Drinking It

by shabnamahsan

Staying properly hydrated is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to stay in good health. 

DAILY WATER CONSUMPTION

For normal metabolism, a human body releases 500ml of water in the form of urine every day. Through breathing and sweating, the body releases another 500ml-800ml of water. Therefore maintaining a content of 1000ml of water in one’s body is of utmost importance at all times.

IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION

Water helps the blood in transporting nutrients, antibodies and blood cells to infected areas when sick and it removes toxin and waste from the body. With this, it smoothens metabolism and at the same time increases the immunity of the body

WATER SHORTAGE AND CONTROLLING ONE’S URINE CAN CAUSE KIDNEY PROBLEMS LIKE FORMATION OF STONES

If one hardly drinks water and controls the urine often, this will thicken the urine, making it easier for bacteria to propagate and cause kidney problems. Therefore one should consume much water in order to increase the volume of urine and cleanse the urethra. Drinking pure water regularly will also prevent the formation of stones

DRINKING WATER WHEN YOU WAKE UP AT MIDNIGHT PREVENTS STROKE

The blood is at its thickest at midnight and in the early hours of the morning; hence blood pressure is also at the highest. So if you happen to wake up during these hours, drink a glass of water and then go back to sleep. This lowers your blood pressure, lessens the thickness of your blood and at the same time prevents strokes.

WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BRAIN TOO

It is important to drink sufficient water as even slight dehydration can activate the stress hormones, which, over time can damage your brain. Dehydration also decreases alertness

Get Fit While You Watch TV

by shabnamahsan

According to a recent MSNBC.com article, the average person watches more than four hours of TV each day. And 40 minutes of that time is spent watching commercials!

The article suggests that we utilize our commercial time wisely. Their suggestion: Use that time to exercise, and you’ll painlessly get 40 minutes of fitness a day–or more than 4 hours a week!

Here are some suggestions that can help you get fit while you watch TV:

� Make it convenient: You’re more likely to exercise if all your props are handy. Keep a basket by the sofa that holds exercise equipment like a yoga mat, hand weights, resistance bands or a jump rope.

� Have a plan: Alternate exercises so you don’t get bored. Plan to jump rope or do strength training exercises during commercial breaks

� Challenge yourself: Mix things up with a fun challenge. For example, challenge yourself to do as many pushups as possible during a single commercial. Or see how many crunches you can do during one commercial break.

Wondering what type of exercises you can do in your living room? Try one of these suggestions:

Cardio/Aerobic: Running or jogging in place, jumping rope, jumping jacks, shadow boxing, kickboxing drills, squat thrusts, mountain climbers, dancing

Strength training: Dumbbell exercises or resistance band exercises like bicep curls and chest presses, bodyweight exercises like crunches and pushups

Flexibility: Basic stretches, yoga poses

Prevent Hair Loss

by shabnamahsan
Prevent hair-loss

Hair loss is a common problem. It would be incorrect to attribute hair loss to hereditary factors alone. Hereditary factors may be a cause for hair-loss only to a certain extent. Just because the previous generations of a few families have experienced baldness, thinning hair and receding hairlines, it does not mean that their descendents are destined for the same.

It is certainly possible to control the extent of hair loss and thinning. It is essential to have a healthy scalp to avoid hair loss and aiding new hair growth.

Some of the factors that contribute to the acceleration of and permanence of hair loss are-
* Genetic factors as mentioned earlier.
* Hormonal imbalance
* A diet devoid of essential nutrients
* Stress
* Insomnia
* Improper brushing or combing the hair
* Pulling your hair often
* Excessive use of hair dryers, perming, back-combing
* Hair-dos such as ponytails which tend to pull the hair tightly from the scalp
* Excessive oil production from the scalp � scientifically termed as sebum.
The scalp emits excessive oils due to the emotional and physical stress. The build of oil and other substances clogs the hair follicles and creates an unhealthy condition of the scalp, resulting in hair loss, thinning hair and various unhealthy scalp conditions.

Below are some tips that can help stop hair loss and keep your existing hair look healthy and great:
* Massage the scalp daily with finger tips (not the nails) to stimulate and promote circulation to the scalp. It is essential not to scrub while washing hair. It is better to �milk� the hair from the hair backwards in the same direction. This will give a shiny look to the hair.
* Comb or brush your hair and scalp gently with about 50-100 strokes in the morning and at night. This helps break up hardened oil (sebum) that has clogged hair follicles. Doing this alone has enhanced the growth of new hair. Combing or brushing has to be in one direction only, which is from the hair root to tip.
* While using blow dryers, always keep the heat a good distance from the scalp and hair. Avoid heating the scalp and hair excessively.
* Avoid applying hair creams, lotions, styling gels and sprays directly on to the scalp as this will clog up the hair follicles.
* After swimming, shampoo your hair as soon as possible to remove any chlorine residue, as chlorine is extremely damaging to the hair and scalp. Cucumber hair pack is ideal.
* While it is difficult to avoid exposure of the hair and scalp to the wind and sun, over exposure is best avoided and perhaps a cap could be used. However, tight hats and caps contribute to poor circulation, depriving the hair of proper nutrition.
* Sweat, dirt and grime around the rim inhibit follicle health and contribute to build up. Extreme hair loss and thinning could also be the side effects of a medical condition or medication and it helps to consult a dermatologist.
* Strive for balance and harmony in both your personal and professional life. High stress factors lead to fluctuating hormone levels, which in turn cause excessive oil secretion (sebum) resulting in hair loss. Stress can be dealt with in many ways,most notably through exercise, adequate sleep, healthy diet and techniques like relaxation, exercises, deep breathing and yoga.
* Pregnancy, nursing, menopause or even birth control medication cold cause constant changing factors on your nutritional needs and hormonal levels which contribute to hair loss.
* Last but not the least, it is necessary to avoid �crash and fad� diets.
* Proper nutritious meals along with vitamin and mineral supplements are key factors for healthy hair and skin.

Follow these tips to avoid hair loss and also help your hair look great and shiny that you would want to flaunt it.

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Your Future is Determined by Your Actions Today!

by shabnamahsan

By Grant Cardone
What you do today, not yesterday, is what will determine how you live your life tomorrow. Its unfortunate that so many people spend time regretting yesterday, stewing over it, planning their life around it when it’s over, gone, finished! Yesterday in no way can impact tomorrow. “Yesterdays” only ruin your ability to create a tomorrow.
Consider your marriage: For a marriage to prosper you have to keep your attention on creating the future. Things like: dates dinners, plans, vacations, new adventures, mutual goals and projects are what will ensure its future. The marriage will not survive on the love of yesterday, but only on what is created in the future.
Take your business. Let’s say you want to build your customer base and haven’t been doing that for some years. The only thing that matters now is that you envision how you want your future to look and then take the actions necessary today in building it! No reason to spend time on yesterday, as yesterday is only filled with regrets, remorse, guilt, etc. Only your actions of today will impact and ensure your future! The next thing you do or don’t do is what will create the future for you! Taking any action to build your client base is better than none at all. And the more action you take, the more your future will look like you want it to.
This is why newspapers can be so damaging for people to read! They are often focused on yesterdays not tomorrows. Your future is a summation of your actions today, not what you did or did not do yesterday!
Yes, you can learn from the past, but what you do today, not yesterday, is the only thing that will determine your success tomorrow! You can learn where you picked up the nail that gave you a flat; which would be good to know so that you avoid that spot of the road in the future, but right now, I suggest you change the tire as quickly as possible, be thankful you didn’t have an accident and get on with your trip! Put your attention on where you are going, not on the nails of the past, and step on the gas pedal of action!
Anytime things get a little slow for me, there are the five steps I take to make sure my future shows up the way I want it to. Grab a pen and paper and do this NOW!
Put attention on and write down what you want your whole future to look like Put your attention on and write down what you want certain areas of your life to look like, for example, name out a specific project Do ONLY those actions necessary to create that future. Do those actions in massive proportions. Find other resources, friends, family, or employees to help you promote and continue those actions! Forget yesterday; forget five seconds ago, and take action right now on your future!


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Diabetes and Food Style: Turn Your Food into Your Medicine

by shabnamahsan
by: Dev Sri
  Fast paced life of modern world has necessitated us to give only lower priority to nutrition. This is at a time when nutrition awareness of everyone is high. Instead of taking well cooked food items, fruits and juices, people go after carbonated drinks, fast ‘junk’ food, frozen and preserved food, microwave food. People also don’t take the time to enjoy and appreciate the food they eat. Today most of us just need any food that fills the belly for sometime.
This food habits have given rise to a variety of health problems. Significantly important one among them is diabetes.
Ayurvedic principles tell us food is one important element that keeps a person in a balanced state of body, mind and soul. Taking healthy food translates into healthy body.
Ayurvedic view on diabetes is no different. There are times when diabetes can attack without any warning sign. Ayurvedic food style combined with certain herbal applications helps one effectively manage his or her condition of diabetes.
High sugar level is the most dreaded thing about diabetes. Ayurveda recommends food items that don’t release excess sugar into the blood. Food items that are too sweet, ice cream, chocolate, friend food items, white flour, preserved food, fast food, junk food etc are to be avoided. Bad habits like smoking and drinking should be given up.
Ayurveda recommends Ayurvedic herbal tea for diabetic patients. Replace sugar with honey or jaggery (thickened molasses – sarkkara) or better still palm jaggery (thickened palm molasses – karippatti).
The advantages or drinking more than eight glass of water everyday is not easily told in an essay. Drink a minimum of 8-15 glass of water in the day time. After sunset take only minimal quantities of water. Another thing is to drink plenty of water an hour before a meal and an hour after the meals. Drinking water close to meals dilute the digestive fire (in Ayurveda it is called pitta) and makes the process of digestion difficult.
Take fruits like grapes, fig, pomegranate, citrus fruits etc. Bitter melon (bitter gourd, karela) is used as medicine for diabetes.
The point about Ayurvedic management of diabetes is never a hard task. All you will have to do is to incorporate Ayurvedic principles as your daily routine. Having healthy food and exercise regime itself can help one control his or her diabetes to a great extent.
Include turmeric and garlic as spices, bitter gourd as vegetable, triphala as a laxative and drinking lot of water as daily habit. These are not very difficult to follow. You can’t eat or drink all the food items you have. But living a sweeter life sometimes means giving up some sweet for tongue food items.

Exercise With Your Kids

by shabnamahsan
Performing any type of exercise on a routine basis is a good way to keep your body in shape. It is also a good way to burn fat and calories in the body that come from the food that is eaten on a day-to-day basis. Exercise is one of the ways that people have to keep the body healthy and fit. But who says you have to exercise by your self. People can always ask a friend to join them and parents can most certainly invite all of their kids to join them whenever they choose to exercise.
By taking the kids along while a parent is exercising, they will find that it is a good way to keep everyone at home in shape. Kids can be good company on long walks and there are always things that a parent can find to discuss with their children while they are out of the house. Everybody needs someone to talk to while exercising because it makes the exercise seem effortless.
Children enjoy going to the park or riding their bicycles for long periods at a time. These are some of the things that a parent must consider when they ask their children to join them in an exercise program. They may just switch the tables and invite the parents for a ride or a walk through a park.
Some parents take these invitations one step further and take their kids to a park that they have wanted to see for some time. There are many amusement parks throughout the United States and all of them require families to do a lot of walking to get from one attraction to another. A parent might have to bring some walking shoes with them on vacation but for serious family time, it is quite possible that the whole family will too.
Some of the daily exercise programs could involve bike riding with the kids. Parents could show how tough they are by peddling up hills that have steep inclines to them. Then the whole family could be invigorated by the brisk ride back down them, and have fun while do it. The kids might even decide to challenge the parent to do it again just to see if they are in good enough physical shape to climb that steep hill all over again.
The exercise with the kids does not have to be the same every day. Some days the family could walk briskly through a park and ride the bus back home. At other times, the entire family might head to the local mall and make it a point to walk around the entire shopping complex inside and out a few times. This form of exercise if very popular with senior citizens and the indoor environment makes them feel safer than they would in a local gym.
When you are exercising, always make sure you have plenty of water to drink. All exercise participants need to know the limits that they can reach and they never want to exceed them at any time during their exercise period. People also need to pace themselves through the various courses, because kids are younger and might have more tolerance than their parent does when exercising with their kids. 

Vitamins and Your Beauty

by shabnamahsan
Eat these vitamin rich foods for more beautiful skin, hair and teeth.
Vitamin A Foods – Beef liver, sweet potatoes, spinach, cantaloupe, green/yellow/orange fruits and veggies.
Benefits of Vitamin A Foods – Keeps skin soft. Builds strong bones.
B Vitamins – Whole grains, poultry, beans, green leafy vegetables, brewer’s yeast.
Benefits of Vitamin B Foods – Protects against gum disease.
Vitamin C – Citrus juice, cantaloupe, peppers, strawberries, potatoes.
Benefits of Vitamin C Foods – Keeps joints lubricated, builds strong bones, guards against infection.
Vitamin D – Sunshine, vitamin D milk, fish liver oil, herring, mackerel, salmon, tuna.
Benefits of Vitamin D Foods – Builds strong bones.
Vitamin E – Wheat germ, sunflower seeds, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts.
Benefits of Vitamin E Foods – Heals dry skin, protects hair from dryness, slows down cellular aging.
Iron – Beef liver, lean beef, blackstrap molasses, sunflower seeds, chickpeas, dark poultry meat.
Benefits from Iron Foods – Prevents: anemia, brittle nails, hair loss, pale lips and skin.
Calcium – Skim milk, yogurt, cheese, salmon, tofu, broccoli, calcium carbonate.
Benefits of Calcium Foods – Builds strong bones, preserves posture, protects against tooth decay.
Protein – Lean meat, chicken, fish, skim milk, cheese, tofu, beans, seeds, nuts and grains.
Benefits of Protein Foods – Keeps skin, hair and nails strong.
Zinc – Lean beef, lamb, liver, turkey, pumpkin seeds, beans.
Benefits of Zinc Foods – Keeps hair and scalp healthy, clear complexion, and fights body odor.

Discipline Yourself to Success

by shabnamahsan

by: Iain Legg

When working toward goals or striving for success in any endeavor, self-discipline is one vital quality you need to have. Most of us cringe at the thought because it brings to mind instant visions of sacrifice, difficulty and strain.
However, discipline doesn’t have to be so hard. The problem occurs when you try to go from having no self-discipline to forcing yourself to undertake a heavy load of responsibility. Talk about pressure!
Below are three easy ways to become more disciplined with a minimum of discomfort:
1) First, change your attitude about discipline. One reason you may not be disciplined is because you think the activities or chores you need to do will be unpleasant in some way. The most common reaction to thoughts like that is to put the activities aside or avoid them until you feel ready to handle them.
Instead, pump yourself up and get motivated to get them done as soon as possible! Look forward to the challenge and keep affirming how great you’ll feel when you’re finished. Focus on the sense of personal accomplishment you’ll gain with every task and you’ll be much more likely to stick to your plans.
2) Make self-discipline a gradual process. Rather than trying to force yourself into submission with a big list of tasks or activities, go a little easier on yourself to start.
Identify one small task or activity that you can use for practice. Make it something fairly easy to accomplish each day, and then make sure you do it. If you have to, post notes of encouragement everywhere or wear an elastic band around your wrist as a reminder. If possible, get this one task out of the way first thing in the morning before you do anything else. Make it your highest priority and it will soon become a solid habit.
Then, begin adding more tasks or activities – or increase the size or frequency of the original task so you’re doing more each day. Little by little, keep increasing it like that and eventually you’ll find that you’re doing the things you set out to do without excuses or procrastination.
3) Commitment. If you’re not fully committed to achieving your goals, you’ll probably have a harder time pushing yourself to work on them. Make a solemn vow to yourself that you will do what it takes to work on your goals every single day. Write a list of important action steps and make it your mission to do one or more of them each day. Re-commit yourself as often as necessary to make sure you stick to your plans.
More than anything else, self-discipline is a favorable result of a series of wise decisions that you make each day. Choose to be disciplined, choose to be successful – and you will be!

The Importance of a Heart Healthy Lifestyle

by shabnamahsan
by: Mary Watson

Does it really make a difference to your heart?

In today’s world there is a great deal of talk about eating heart healthy foods and living a lifestyle that promotes a healthy heart. Although this doesn’t tend to be problem for the older generation who understands the importance of keeping their hearts healthy, questions regarding the importance of the under 40s worrying about the health of their hearts tends to bring some controversy to the table. It raises the question about why someone in their 20s and 30s should have to concern themselves with something that will not affect them for ten or twenty years if at all.

Heart Problems Are Not Just for Those Over 40

One misconception many people have is that they don’t really have to worry about the health of their hearts until they reach middle age. Unfortunately this misconception is what causes many people to neglect their heart’s health and increase the chances of a heart attack early in life. This is especially true if you are in the high risk category for heart disease such as having high cholesterol, a history of heart disease, or suffer from obesity. All of these factors tie into the health of your heart, and in order to prevent heart disease, you need to take care of your heart regardless of your age.

Factors that Contribute to Heart Problems

Many factors in our lives can cause early onset heart disease, but the most common factors are diet, lack of exercise, and weight. For those who are genetically prone to early onset heart disease, lifestyle is even more important. It’s important to make lifestyle changes in order to prevent heart disease no matter how old or young you are. However, you do not want to wait until you are a high risk candidate for heart disease because by then it may be too late to undo any damage you have already done to your heart. Let me address these issues briefly one at a time.

Diet

One of the major contributors to heart disease is diet food we eat. High fat foods cause high cholesterol which in turn blocks the arteries to the heart. Although this problem doesn’t usually cause problems until we are older, by then it is very difficult to change our eating habits. After you have eaten greasy, high fat foods for many years, the adjustment to healthier eating is more difficult.

Lack of Exercise

Leading a sedentary lifestyle is another cause of heart disease. Over the years there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of early onset heart disease, and cardiologists tie this into the sedentary lifestyle that many of us lead today. There is a need to increase the heart rate in order to stay healthy, and we cannot do this sitting in front of the television or the computer. Most of us won’t even walk to the corner store for a loaf of bread let alone perform any heart healthy exercises. Sadly for many, exercise is limited to pushing buttons on the remote control.

Weight

The problem of obesity in both North America and Europe is on the rise, and as a result heart disease is on the rise as well. Nutritionists believe the problem lies in the fast food industry with the problem beginning in childhood. With two income families a necessity today, fewer children are eating healthy meals at home. The sad part is that quick meals can be healthy meals if you choose carefully. The choices you make early in life will affect you later in life. Prevent obesity from the start by making healthy eating choices, and you have battled one of factors that will affect the health of your heart.

About the Author:


Mary Watson writes weight loss, diet plan, health, beauty and general well-being articles for the Slim Eazy website at http://www.slimeazy.com