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Secrets of Natural Healthy Skin Care That Will Make You Young Again!

June 3, 2010 – 9:05 pm

A Natural and Healthy skin care regime can do a lot to give you the most desired young skin. These days there is a lot of concern on the issue of synthetic skin care products that use harsh chemicals. I will tell you that healthy skin care does not necessarily need to use such harmful ingredients.

There are many products available in the market these days that put up labels saying that they are “natural” and also “organic”. While they may contain some natural ingredients, but they are in very minute quantities and apart from that, they don’t even mention the names of the harmful chemicals that they are using in their so called “healthy skin care product”.

These sorts of tactics played by the cosmetic skin care companies to boost their sales are unacceptable and unethical. Such products do not give healthy skin, but on the contrary lead to allergies and skin problems many cases.

Let us look at some of the harmful substances that are put in these so called “healthy skin care” products that you need to be especially watchful for.

1) Parabens- They have a long shelf life and find their use mainly as preservatives in skin care products. A longer shelf life means higher profits and lower storage costs for the manufacturer, but it is definitely harmful for your healthy skin.

A high quality natural healthy skin care product should not contain such harmful substances. You shall be surprised to know that parabens have been scientifically known to cause distruptions in the estrogen levels in females.

2) Fragrances- These are the second culprits. The word fragrances sounds good, but when these fragraces are created by chemical processes then it becomes poisonous for our healthy skin care. Long time ago fragrances used to be made out of natural flowers, but now that is a thing of the past.

Chemically created fragrances cause skin allergies, rashes and do more harm to skin than any good. A quality healthy skin care product must not use such artificially created fragrances.

And you would also find it useful to strictly avoid such so called “natural healthy skin care” products that have these ingredients in them:

·    Dioxane
·    Mineral Oil
·    Parabens
·    Toluene
·    Nitrosamines
·    Phenol Carbolic Acid
·    DEA, MEA and TEA. Here the terms M, D and T stand for Mono, Di and Tri. So the names to safeguard against are Monoethanolamine, Diethanolamine and Triethanolamine.

There are also many other harmful chemical ingredients. But these were the most commonly found names. The degree of harm they cause to healthy skin varies from individual to individual. They especially do a lot of damage to naturally sensitive skin persons.

As a part of healthy skin care, it would be incomplete to not mention the use of vitamins. As important it is to prevent healthy skin from carcinogens and harmful ingredients, equally important it is to provide it with the most soothing and nourishing natural ingredients which are lush in their natural vitamin and mineral content.

I would like to mention the name of Phytessence Wakame which is a part of my healthy skin care regimen. It is a special type of Japanese sea kelp. And its wonder lies in the fact that it is rich in Vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B3, B6, B12) and also in calcium, potassium and iron.

After knowing its highly effective qualities in skin anti aging, its extracts are used in elite skin creams. It is also quite effective in maintaining skin moisture, anti inflammatory and skin elasticity.

I have covered a great deal of research on my website on such natural substances that play a pivotal role in healthy skin and can highly boost your skin youth if they form a part of your healthy skin care regimen.

Vijay Raisinghani is a long time user and passionate advocate of natural skin care. Visit his site now to discover cutting edge, anti-aging skin care products he recommends after extensive research: http://www.beautiful-healthy-skin.com

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The Best Exercise – Barbell Bench Press

May 31, 2010 – 6:22 pm

Barbell bench press is one of the best exercises to build upper body muscle mass and strength. Bar none is there any other effective upper body exercise like the barbell bench press. Any exercise newbie can start bench pressing now, and they will see drastic improvements to their physique within a short period of time. Keep in mind my definition of short period of time is about 6-8 weeks. Achieving physical fitness is a lifetime commitment, so 6 weeks is nothing. Not only will their physique sky rocket; But their strength, power, and endurance will also sky rocket. And most important, you’ll gain a lot of confidence too!

How to do this exercise? Sit flat on a bench with your legs shoulder-width apart. Keep your feet planted flat on the ground with your toes pointing straight forward. As you’re lying on the bench, be sure to keep your back flat on it. You’re allowed to have a little bit of a natural arch to your lower back, but just don’t force it. As you begin to grip the bar, set your grip at a little past shoulder-width apart. Also, be sure wrap your thumb under the bar, NOT over. I’ve seen many people make the mistake of wrapping their thumb over the bar instead of under, and what that does is that it causes less stability when handling the weight.

If you have everything set from here, you can begin to lift the weight off the rack. As you go down at a controlled descent, you want to make contact right under the nipple line of your chest. Don’t bounce the weight off your chest, push the weight back up with your elbows tucked in at a 45 degree angle. Among the most important thing aside from having good form is you need to make sure you have a spotter with you also. Bench pressing without a spotter is really dangerous and can be fatal in some cases.

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8 Quick Fat Burning Tips

May 31, 2010 – 6:02 pm

The statistics are scary – latest research from the IHRSA/ASD Obesity/Weight Control Report shows that 63% of Americans are overweight, and frighteningly 31% are clinically obese. On the other side of the pond, in the UK, the stats are not too dissimilar. According to the British Department of Health 23% of Brits are obese – the highest of all European countries.

With this in mind, just take a moment to think about the health issues of being overweight or obese – we’re all aware of the dangers. Anyone for heart disease or diabetes?

If you are overweight or obese these are very real dangers that could cut your life short. That’s why it’s critical you start including some fat burning tips in your life.

So lets look to some solutions:

Here are 8 quick tips you can include into your daily life to help you burn a little more fat, and get back down to a healthier, safe weight.

1 – Eat a high fibre diet; go for multi/full grain breads instead of white bread. Eating full grain bread will provide your body with the fibre it needs to keep your digestive system functioning properly and your body running efficiently.

2 – Cut out red meat and eat more white meat. White meats such as fish, chicken and turkey are lower in fat content than red meats such as beef and pork. When you are trying to burn fat you need to make the switch from red to white meat.

3 – Slash your sugar consumption. If you take sugar with your tea or coffee, stop. If you eat high sugar foods, cut them out of your diet. High sugar foods cause a peak in insulin secretion leading to storage of glucose as fat.

4 – Don’t eat too much fatty foods. You do need some fat in your diet (the right fats), but you don’t want to go overboard. One gram of fat contains 9 calories, so you can easily see how a few grams of fat add up to a lot of calories. Try to avoid any foods that exceed a 30% fat composition.

5 – Stop eating 3 times a day. Instead eat 6 smaller meals spread evenly throughout the day. You eat smaller portion sizes and keep hunger at bay by eating more regularly. It’ll keep your metabolism running high and help stop you snacking on unhealthy foods.

6 – Cut out butter from your diet. Pick up a healthier margarine; you can choose from many healthier options, such as, lower cholesterol or lower fat margarines. If the choice is available to go for a healthier option, get it.

7 – Eat less salt. Salt will push up your cholesterol levels, which raises your risk of heart disease, which when combined with obesity is a potentially dangerous combination. Eat ‘low-salt’ alternatives instead.

8- Stop frying all your foods. Instead try to bake, boil or steam them. Frying food is possibly the most unhealthy method of preparing food. The other options are far healthier, require little or no fatty oil, and will really help you with your fat burning efforts.

A word of warning…

These tips and strategies for fat burning are not the ‘be-all-and-end-all’. There are a lot of other factors involved in achieving long term fat loss. A healthy diet/lifestyle is just one component. If you are really want to hit your fat burning goals, and get a fit, attractive body, you need a long term proven plan of action, incorporating a healthy diet, cardiovascular exercise and resistance training.

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Men?s Health ? Can Fish Oil Omega3 Benefit Men?s Health?

May 28, 2010 – 9:06 pm

Fish oil may be particularly beneficial to men’s health, because of the omega-3 fatty acids they contain. Low intake of fish and low circulating levels of DHA, an omega3 fat, are associated with prostate cancer, BPH or enlarged prostate, prostatitis and with fertility issues, such as low sperm count and motility.

DHA Importance

DHA and other omega-3 fatty acids have anti-inflammatory activity and counter the effects of other types of dietary fat, such as omega 6 and saturated fats. If you haven’t heard already, you should not be eating anything that contains trans-fat. Food manufacturers are now required to list the trans-fat content, because it contributes to a variety of health problems and is not necessary to the human body.

Prostatis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It usually begins gradually and lingers on for several weeks. Bacterial or other type of infection may or may not be present. Symptoms include pain and, if bacterial infection is present, fever. Protecting the prostate is an important part of men’s health. Fish oil, because of its anti-inflammatory activity, reduces the risk of prostatitis.

At birth, the prostate gland is tiny. It grows rapidly during puberty and a second growth spurt typically occurs after the age of 40. Nine out of ten men suffer from enlarged prostate or BPH by the time they reach the age of 85. A fish oil supplement may reduce the risk of BPH, which is benign. Studies have shown that blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids are lower in people with BPH and even lower in those with prostate cancer.

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The Best Way To Lose Lots Of Weight – What Is The Best Way To Lose Weight?

May 28, 2010 – 6:45 pm

Are you struggling with how to lose weight? If so then this article will be of great assistance to you as I’ll be discussing the best way to lose lots of weight by a diet which actually makes you burn fat from eating, no this isn’t the negative calorie diet or some fad. This diet can be maintained year round and is actually healthy for you in many ways. It is one of the best ways to lose lots of weight.

So What is it?

The diet is called calorie counting and what the overall impact and idea behind the diet is that you will boost your metabolism to its peak levels by eating. It works off of the idea of metabolic confusion, this is a situation where your body never allows its metabolism to relax because the types of calories you consume every day are different and at different times. You see your body is constantly adapting to your eating habits, once it adapts it will lower your metabolism. So even if you’re eating a very strict low carb, low fat, low anything diet your body will see this and adapt very quickly to slow down your metabolism to match the lowered amount of calories being consumed. The same goes for a normal diet, your body eventually adapts and your metabolism slows down.

Most People Don’t Know that they CAN Control their Metabolism!

Even though most people assume that their genetics dictate how effective their metabolism is, this simply isn’t true, the fact remains that there are things you can do to directly impact how effective your metabolism is. One of these things is eating, which most people are virtually completely unaware of. However a sophisticated system must be in place to allow the metabolism to become more active. This is where calorie shifting comes into play.

If you’re still trying to figure out how to lose lots of weight try calorie shifting! It’s safe, easy to do, effective and best of all the results gained are not effected by a rebound effect, in fact most people continue to burn fat at an accelerated pace for weeks even once they stop!

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Best Exercise for Lower Body: Hip Splits (Hips, Thighs and Butt)

May 28, 2010 – 6:21 pm


lose30inthirty.com Fitness Personality Rocco Castellano demonstrates how to perform a his very own Hip Splits exercise. The fastest way to trim your hips, thighs and butt. Make sure you keep you butt down and and you will feel the burn.

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A Fast Fat Burning Diet Plan

May 28, 2010 – 6:05 pm

A lot of people are looking for fast fat burning diet plans and foods. Some are skeptical about the idea of having foods that burn fat fast. However, researchers and dieticians would even recommend foods that are found to be fast fat burning foods. Yes, it is true that there are really foods that help burn fats in the body. As we all know that once we take in more calories, the extra calories that are not burned will be converted to fats that will result to weight gain. Once these fats are acquired, the only thing you could do to get rid of them is to burn them.

The following is the list of foods for such a diet plan:

Apples

Apples contain high percentage of soluble fiber called pectin, which can be burned easily. Pectin is just another kind of protein that can help boost the metabolism in the body.

Garlic

Garlic contains allicin, an anti bacterial compound that helps to lower down cholesterol and extra fats. Garlic is the renowned fat burning agent.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes offer lots of good effects in our body. Aside from being a good defense for hypertension and cancers, they are also good when it comes to reducing weight and losing unhealthy fat.

Carrots

Carrots are very effective in reducing those extra pounds and fats. They will make you feel full all the time that you would no longer have a craving for dessert after meals. Carrots are very effective when eaten at the start of the meal. Using this kind of trick will result to losing a great deal of weight.

Oranges

Vitamin C is a good fat-burning enzyme. The more you take in vitamin C, the easier it is for you to lose weight. Oranges contain a great volume of vitamin C. You can also get soluble fiber from their pulps. Best results will be achieved if accompanied with a little exercise.

Mangoes

Obviously, mangoes are made of fiber. Its sweetness comes from a natural glucose. Such sugars cannot be converted into extra fats if not used; they will be converted into supplements that are needed in the body.

Spinach

If you are an avid fan of Popeye, you would get the idea that spinach is the source of energy, as literally shown in any Popeye movie and game. Spinach contains great amounts of iron, which is very helpful in fighting against cancer.

These foods are just part of so many fat burning foods. This is not yet the complete list but these ones really help. But just bear in mind that if you want to lose weight, just eat healthy foods rich in fiber and protein and accompany them with little exercise. Walking a distance everyday will really help you achieve the weight that you want. Follow this fast fat burning diet and stay healthy!

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How To Create Healthy Powerhouse Sandwich Recipes

May 26, 2010 – 9:07 pm

Making healthy sandwiches allows you the opportunity to utilize your creative talents in the kitchen once again. Sandwiches can be created as an entire meal, providing all the nutrients necessary for your healthy living.


To create a healthy powerhouse sandwich, use your imagination, by including herbs such as fresh basil leaves, cilantro or fresh parsley. Fresh watercress gives a sandwich a great nippy taste; in addition it gives an appealing look and has virtually no calories. Did you know that watercress is a good source of beta carotene, calcium, iron and potassium?


Fresh chives, which contain sulphur oil (which may lower blood pressure if one consistently eats a large amount), fresh romaine lettuce, is low in calories and high in fiber. Try to choose the dark green leafy lettuce; spinach which is full of vitamin A and folate, and high in Vitamin C and potassium, is an excellent choice for sandwiches as it is also a vegetarian source of protein.


When creating your sandwiches, try using sliced whole rings of green, red, or yellow peppers, as they are not only colourful, but an excellent low calorie source of Vitamin C.


Try using sandwich style sliced dill pickles (patted dry)or cucumbers sliced. Crisp fresh snow peas, are low in calories and high in Vitamins A and C. Snow peas, besides containing protein, help to create a nutritionally complete meal when combined with whole grain products.


Sliced beef steak tomatoes make a great addition to any sandwich. Try using asparagus or green capers on top of your filler. We have only the a few “green” and some red vegetable and herb ideas to season your sandwiches.


Fillings for healthy sandwiches are where we need to use care in calorie use. Always use a light Miracle Whip, light cream cheese or Dijon mustard. Light Miracle Whip and cream cheese taste just as good as the regular products and are one half or less than the calories and fat.


The most favorite fillings for sandwiches are hard boiled eggs, tuna, shrimp, roast beef, thinly sliced ham, smoked salmon in thin slices with cream cheese and capers, various light cheeses, such as Edam, Light Mozzarella, Provolone, Asiago, avocado sliced or in a spread, artichoke tapenade, Black Forest Ham, chicken salad spread, chicken breast slices,


Avocados, which incidentally, are fruits, are high in the “good” fats, meaning mono-saturated, but always remember they are high in calories and fats. These are only a few ideas, but, add the greens previously mentioned and you will have a deluxe healthy sandwich when a good protein is added to your greens.


The last item I will write about is bread, one of the most important items. The healthy breads to look for are logically the ones that contain whole grains, oat, flax, spelt bread, rye bread. These breads contain the “good” carbohydrates that constitute a healthy food choice.


White flour breads have no nutritional value for our bodies. Please try to introduce these good choice breads to your children at any early age, so they will become accustomed to eating healthy bread for healthy living.


Creating healthy appealing powerhouse sandwiches is a learned craft; you will be using all the necessary nutrients of a healthy meal for healthy living. There are a multitude of other types of healthy sandwiches, party sandwiches, rolled sandwiches, pinwheel roll-up sandwiches and even wraps to enjoy creating for you and your family.


You will be surprised at just how creativity bursts out in you when you start making these healthy recipes. These breads taste marvelous, but, it is sometimes a chore to talk children into them. Start children with a good 100% whole wheat bread that is fresh. I am certain that once you add the choice of good healthy items for the sandwich covered with the good bread, your child will love it. Later on, you can slowly introduce other varieties to him/her.


Fortunately, we now have available to us bagels, crusties, and many breads with 100% whole wheat plus many other nutrients in the breads for healthy living.


If you are making sandwiches with sauces, it is easy to eliminate butter or margarine. Replace it with mustard, low-calorie Mayonnaise, light cream cheese. It will eliminate 100 calories to your sandwich.


We have given you a start on your creative power sandwich making. Use your imagination and run with it.

Learn all about the healthy vegetables and how to use them for power sandwich making for healthy living.

Carole-Anne Stanway has been a creative healthy recipe cook for years and is proud to offer you her recipe secrets. Learn how you too can create and bake many healthy recipes at healthyrecipes

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The Best Exercise for Lower Abs – Hanging Hip Lifts in HD

March 4, 2010 – 7:30 am


thebestwaytoexercise.com The Best Exercise for Lower Abs – Hanging Hip Lifts in HD Thanks to http for the funky music. :-)

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The Best Exercise for “LOWER” ABS & FAT LOSS

January 27, 2010 – 3:08 am


TheBest Way to Exercise with Doug Jones www.thebestwaytoexercise.com http doug’s NEW BOOK! Learn how to Exercise YOUR Eccentric Genius healthyintrodougtions.com doug’s Exercise dvds http Doug’s FITNESS CENTER Learn how to exercise and work out correctly with FREE FITNESS SECRETS by Doug Jones, part of his Healthy introdougtions to Strength Training series by Stand Firm Fitness. If you have never worked with a personal trainer or fitness professional, or would like to get all of the facts from an expert in the field, we think you’ll appreciate this free advice and exercise tips. This information will help you lose weight, burn fat, build muscle, get strong, be fit, prevent osteoporosis, lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol, get lean, fight depression, reduce anxiety, become flexible, and decrease stress. Have fun working out and please let us know if you have any questions. standfirmfitness.com http youreccentricgenius.com There are exercises for the butt, thighs, hamstrings, calves, glutes, hips, back, chest, shoulders, arms, biceps, triceps, abs, abdominals, lower back, forearms, and midsection. Doug Jones, BS, MA, CSCS Exercise Physiologist Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist President, Stand Firm Fitness, LLC 644 Danbury Road Wilton, CT 06897

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