Salt is a dietary component essential for giving that sumptuous taste on human and animal food. Without salt, our daily eating activities would not be as delectable as they are right now. Alt for human consumption has many different forms including the table salt or the refined salt, the sea salt or the unrefined salt, and the iodized salt. Salt usually appears as that crystalline solid which can come in different colors like pale...more
When it comes to fitness, there is a lot that you need. A tailor-made fitness program, the right exercising tools and personalised advice are some of the basic ingredients that you need to have to get the perfect body that you have always wished for.Now you can have all these ingredients mixed in appropriately and served to you along with the right kind of garnishing on your fitness plate, all thanks to state-of-the-art gyms, like the ones found...more
Welcoming year 2010 is surely a promise of health for the self. New Year’s resolution would be composed of getting into healthy diet, renewing faith, being good to people and eradicating unhealthy practices that could not improve the personality. The most common desire on the list especially to those fat and obese would be losing weight in achieving a slim fit built. It is no doubt that the society gives us the standards of what should be considered an admirable body. Fatless body is something beautiful nowadays that is why people young and old, would do anything to fulfill fitness and wellness. The journey to losing weight now begins with understanding the body metabolism which is the key factor in adjusting it to weight loss diets. Initially, blood sugar is the main source of energy. If this runs low, the body resorts to burning the calories to reach the amount of energy required for different body functions like the beating of the heart, breathing of the lungs and maintaining body temperature. There are so many articles that talk about the raising of metabolism as a means of losing weight. This is indeed true because the act of burning the calories actually...more
The drive for fitness and wellness has never stopped and the eagerness to attain a great body is continuous and becoming more and more intense as technology and science has provided enough devices to help a person trim off body bulges in no time. Quick weight loss is the dream of many. Sometimes, people would opt for fast ways to lose...more
Cardiovascular fitness is sometimes misunderstood, due largely to the fact that cardiovascular health can be achieved in so many diverse ways, and can provide a huge range of benefits. Cardiovascular fitness is not only essential for a healthy, long life, but can afford many very worthwhile advantages that benefit everyday living, working, and...more
What does "brain fitness" mean? and what about "brain plasticity"?These two concepts seem to be everywhere in the media these days, and were nowhere to be seen a few years ago.What do they mean? How can they help me?We recently run an online survey to ask about the main questions people have on how to maintain and improve brain fitness. I have selected and answered the 7 most common ones below. I hope you enjoy the FAQ session.Q: What exactly does neuroplasticity mean, and why is it so important for education and health?A: Learning changes your brain physically. In essence, neuroplasticity means our brains' ability to change themselves through experience. The brain has the amazing ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections between brain cells (neurons). For a long time, it was believed that as we aged, the connections in the brain became fixed. Research has shown that in fact the brain never stops changing through learning.Q. I read a lot about supplement, exercise, different brain training products...where do I start.A. You are not alone. We recommend focusing on four pillars of brain fitness: physical exercise, a balanced diet, stress management, and brain exercise....more
Life is, in many regards, about fresh starts. We live in a world where any man or woman can find fresh starts anywhere. People can change careers, homes, even spouses at the drop of a hat. However, one thing stays with us wherever we go; our...more
Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, AP McCoy is undisputedly the best jump jockey of all time. On 27th of August 2002, when victory on Mighty Montefalco in a three mile hurdle at Uttoxeter gave him his 1,700th winner, passing the...more
You probably know an athlete who's "pulled a hamstring." You may have pulled one yourself, even if you're not an athlete. Read on to learn what it means, and how best to recover.3 Types of Muscle StrainsFirst, a quick review of hamstring...more
Aerobics, developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper in the early seventies, had become one of today’s most performed physical exercises. Aerobics (literally “with oxygen”) is basically a form of exercise to improve one’s overall fitness...more
Seeing Is Believing If You Want To Burn Fat - Or Is It? As with a good majority of the things we do in life, we rely heavily on our vision or eyesight as the determining factor in whether or not we believe something. And this is...more
Fat burning furnace workout- Free Trial click here Can you believe someone who is neither a trainer nor a nutrition expert can come up with a fat loss program what has achived great success? To your wildest imagination, the very truth...more