Health

Common Knee Injuries – Prevent a Knee Injury When Working Out

by Eartha Haines

photo credit: bhtcbtech It’s important to try and avoid any injury while exercising but I wanted to focus on the knees because the knees are one of the most injury prone parts of the body. I’ve been told that knee surgery is no joke and from the description I got, it sounds pretty harsh. The [...]

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Drunkorexia Eating Disorder

by Eartha Haines

I have not heard of the term drunkorexia until today as well as other eating disorder buzzwords such as orthorexia or diabulemia. Drunkorexia is an eating disorder that combines starving the body (anorexia) for the majority of the day in order to bank calories for the binge drinking that will take place later. It is [...]

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Choices – Less Sleep or Skip Exercising?

by Eartha Haines

Many people like getting in their workouts first thing in the morning for various reasons. Some are in a time crunch or there are those who choose mornings to get exercise over with. Whatever the reason, waking up early can be tough, and more often than not, you are sacrificing sleep to exercise. Is it [...]

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Meditation and the Health Benefits

by Eartha Haines

With the hustle and bustle of our daily activities, along with fitting in fitness, our lives can stay full of stress. Stress can have damaging affects on our mental and physical health. Studies have shown that stress may even be associated with the build up of fat in our mid-sections. Meditation has been known to [...]

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Don’t Overlook The Benefits of Sleeping

by Eartha Haines

I have a problem of staying up too late. I don’t get a good night’s rest because I am usually still wired at 1 am and when I finally fall asleep, it feels like I didn’t get any rest at all. Changing my sleeping habits has been on my to-do list for quite some time. [...]

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Belly Fat and Stress

by Eartha Haines

Stress can cause damage to one’s health and one of its damaging effects is the build up of fat in your mid-section. Having high levels of belly fat has been associated to a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. How does stress cause belly fat? When experiencing short-term stressful situations, our bodies releases [...]

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Macrobiotic Diet – Food and Lifestyle

by Eartha Haines

Recently, I have been coming across terms macrobiotic diet and macrobiotic food so I was curious to what exactly a macrobiotic diet consists of. A macrobiotic diet focuses on the energetic qualities of food. It is primarily a vegetarian diet, non-dairy, and some fish. Foods that are a no-no include sugar, coffee, alcohol, highly processed/refined [...]

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Waist to Hip Ratio – New Measurement for Cardiovascular Risk

by Eartha Haines

BMI (body mass index) is commonly used for determining obesity as well as the risk for heart disease. A new study conducted by UT Southwestern Medical Center found that people with a larger waist-to-hip ratio may be at increased risk for heart disease. “Our study shows that people who develop fat around the middle have [...]

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