Feb 24
2013
Cristina P | Category: Body, Nutrition |
Don’t just you feel nervous looking at the acne that simply bloomed on your cheek?
It has happen to everybody and on several occasions, I’m sure.
For this reason, I decided to look for ways and methods for fighting acne and actually winning the battle.
Eat Well and Exercise Regularly!
If there is any sentence to perfectly enable the sense of the battle against acne, then this is: a healthy lifestyle is the key of your success!
One of the most common skin conditions, acne affects hundreds and hundreds of people every year but it can be fought with little weapons and a lot (more…)
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Feb 09
2013
Nikky | Category: Body |
We all crave that elusive flat stomach that we see on models and celebrities.
For some of us though, getting that flat stomach can be easier said and done!
Trust me, doing a set of one thousand crunches won’t necessarily help you get rid of belly-flab, that’s because only cardio and all-over weight-loss will really help you get rid of body-fat.
There are a few tips though, to help fast-track you on the way to trading in your flab for abs!
1. Eat smaller meals!
Don’t ever skip meals when dieting. Instead, eat several smaller meals every three to four hours. This will help kick your metabolism into (more…)
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Feb 08
2013
Mo | Category: Body |
Muscular and lean physique is desirable by everyone in this wide world.
The matter of fact is, building up muscles takes time and a great lot effort.
You can speed up your muscle build up by taking note of the following diet and workout tips and strategies.
Diet matters a lot if you want to build muscle fast:
Fueling of the body especially the muscles is of utmost importance. You would need to manage your diet in such a way that both energy as well as the protein requirements of the body is fulfilled. Proteins make up the structures you desire for, the muscles.
You would need to give the body the building blocks for the development and growth of muscles.
Nutritional tips
- When it comes to the energy needs, carbs are the best choice (more…)
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Feb 07
2013
Mo | Category: Body |
Protection of skin is foremost if you value your looks and your pretty face.
Acne usually gets in your way to beautiful skin.
Let us see some basic facts about acne and how it influences the skin pores.
This skin condition is caused due to inflammation in the glands under the skin which are responsible for production of oil and sweat.
When these glands are in an over production state due to any reason, the pores of the skin get blocked not giving way to the oil to go out. These blocked pores are a treat to the bacteria and they consequently grow causing acne on skin.
Generally acne can be found on the face, back, chest, shoulders (more…)
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Jan 31
2013
Corina | Category: Body, Fitness |
Sometimes when you are exercising and you really want to lose a couple of pounds, somehow you tend to forget to take a break.
But if you think that skipping that break period just to build a little more muscle will make you fitter, you may be wrong.
The importance of breaks
A recent study indicates that short periods of rest are important for the body just as exercise is. The researchers from the Stirling University, London, had two groups of participants in their study: one that was engaged (more…)
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Jan 28
2013
Corina | Category: Body |
There was a time when my mother was complaining of her abrupt weight gain, mood swings and severe hot flushes.
We knew she had reached menopause, but until recently I hadn’t connected the weight gain to the condition.
Menopause symptoms
Although menopause affects women in different ways, common short-term symptoms include sweating, hot flushes, insomnia, anxiety, fatigue. For a long term, we can talk about a decline in libido, osteoporosis, heart disease, many linked to reduced estrogen levels.
Apparently many women undergo unexpected changes and are at (more…)
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Jan 27
2013
Mo | Category: Body, Fitness, Nutrition |
We all are well aware with the blessing termed as ‘proteins’, for we find that they form even the tiniest entity of our body.
From the genes up till our gross parts, all are build-up of proteins.
Our whole muscle mass depends upon this substance.
Proteins can be availed in many forms. It is mostly found in milk, eggs, pulses and meat.
But what is whey? And where does it come from?
Whey is actually the by-product that that is produced in the process of making cheese from cow milk and contains peptides, fats, salt and water.
Milk contains two important proteins, one is casein and the other one (more…)
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Jan 25
2013
Mo | Category: Body |
Dark patchy scar-like macule on skin with irregular shape and ill-defined borders is how the appearance of the ‘Post inflammatory hyper pigmentation’ is defined.
This dermatological condition seems to occur more in dark-skinned people due to the excessive melanocytes which are responsible for producing the color of the skin. PIH patch develops following an inflammatory reaction which goes on under the skin, and persists even when the inflammation subsides.
“Melanin” – a component responsible for imparting color to the skin, and that is present more in individuals with dark complexion, actually has (more…)
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Jan 23
2013
Mo | Category: Body |
Every man who is gradually losing his hair would like to know the answer to this question.
So here we are to expose the main culprit of causing baldness in men.
But let me first give you a brief description about the different patterns of baldness that tend to occur more in male gender, and less often in females.
Partial or complete loss of hair is how we define this condition. When hair loss tends to occur in the form of patches, it is then termed as ‘alopecia areata’ whereas total loss of hair from the head is known as ‘alopecia totalis’. There is a slight different yet more severe condition known as ‘alopecia universalis’ which describes the loss of hair from all over the body.
Then comes the types of baldness patterns, that are the (more…)
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Jan 23
2013
Mo | Category: Body, Nutrition |
People who have pets or those who love eating meat should know about toxoplasmosis and its symptoms that can be seen.
Well, let me tell you that Toxoplasmosis is a protozoal disease caused due to a teeny tiny parasite popular as the Toxoplasma gondii.
This parasite attacks the warm blooded species completing its sexual reproductive cycle in cats and then affecting the humans and other species to complete the asexual phase of their cycle.
Toxoplasmosis is spread by the consumption of infected food, through cat’s faeces and even by touching the meat that is infected by this parasite. It can also be transmitted by eating undercooked meat of game animals, lamb or pork.
Symptoms of Toxoplasmosis
If a person gets infected by toxoplasmosis, they would be no (more…)
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