Stretch marks are streaks that appear on the abdomen, breasts, hips, arms, thighs and buttocks. They are not harmful or painful. It is caused when your body grows faster than your skin can keep up with. Your skin is elastic but when there is rapid growth of the body the elastic fibers under the surface […]
BENEFITS OF EATING BREAKFAST
Remember when you were small and your mother would not let you out of the house in the morning or let you go to school without giving you breakfast. It does not matter what she gave you, the important thing is that you eat something before leaving the house every morning. It turns out […]
Safety in the gym
So, you have decided to work out in a gym. Wise decision. But what do you really know about the equipment’s and what to do in emergency? In most gyms, once you register you are left on your own to learn how to use the equipment, learn the proper form and the exercise best suited […]
HOW TO AVOID CHILDHOOD OBESITY
As obesity creeps into preschool, and hypertension, and type 2 diabetes becomes pediatric problem for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring – Heidi Murkoff An obese child or childhood obesity is “when a child is well above the normal weight […]
FINDING SUPPORT FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do I have seen people devastated because of hurtful and careless remarks made by people when they lose weight or make positive lifestyle changes. When you lose weight, you feel good; a spring comes back to your step, you now get more […]
10 steps to a safe and effective weight loss
Maintaining a healthy weight is the goal of many people. For any weight loss goal to be effective, it has to be a long term goal. It is not about fad diet, juice fast, vegetable cleanse, detox or starvation. It is all about making healthy lifestyle choices and sticking to them. Go through the simple […]