29
Jul/10

Emotional Health: Life, Love, And The Pursuit Of Happiness

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Emotional Health: Life, Love, And The Pursuit Of Happiness

Just what is emotional health? How can I have good emotional health?

1. Take care of yourself.
Believe it or not taking care of your body also helps take care of your mental health. Watch your diet! Eating too much of one food, having too much caffeine or having too little protein can have a negative influence on your emotional health. Exercising your body also gives you a stronger, confident sense of self. The simple act of walking has been proven to be connected to your mental health. Get up and move!

Don’t forget to sleep! Sleep is an integral part of mental health and may even be more important that what you eat. Not getting enough sleep can actually change your personality, so work on saving that time. Take 8 hours just for your sleep so you can approach the day with better emotional/mental health.

2. Develop good relationships with friends and family.
Feeling alone is worse than being alone when you know there are people out there who love you. Part of not feeling alone is taking it upon yourself to create and maintain good relationships with others. This is just one way in which you maintain a support system.

Having a support system is like having a wall with people standing on either side to keep it standing. Sometimes we want to be that to others, but we need to be able to allow others to be our support as well.

3. Follow the

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29
Jul/10

Weight Loss Programs Vs. Detox Programs

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Weight Loss Programs Vs. Detox Programs

WEIGHT LOSS

I have had my share of battling with weight loss. Dieting or changing your eating habits can definitely be a pain, but I guess it’s just like everything else in life when it all boils down to it, how bad do you want change? I have never been obese, but a little overweight and at times I just didn’t feel comfortable in my skin.

So I went on several diets off and on over the past 10 years and the most I ever lost at one time was 20 lbs. It took me about 1 mth. And of course I gained it all back plus a little extra once I went off of the diet. Plus at the time I was taking chromium picolinate pills which was a bad idea, that stuff would have my heart racing at times.

But now that I’m a little older, I know that you can eat and lose weight probably twice as fast as you would on these half-starvation fad diets. And I do mean eat well. Now, I don’t believe that everyone who is overweight should lose weight, if your happy and healthy, GREAT! I know people who weight probably at least 100 lbs. more than me and can beat me if we were in a race.

DETOXIFY

But what I do believe is that EVERYONE, and I do mean EVERYONE, should detoxify there systems. I truly know and believe that the wastes we carry around in our bodies and in our intestines from the time we are born to what ever age you are right now causes a list of ailments and diseases.

Things as minor as headaches, acne, boils,

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28
Jul/10

Ayurvedic Treatment in Health Life

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Ayurvedic Treatment in Health Life

Foods are generally considered to have medicinal qualities according to ayurveda, ayurveda always stresses upon having little amount of food with adequate nutrition both for the mind and the body, because more amount of food or nutrition overtaxes the digistive organs , easy to digest foods that provide wholesome growth and various benefits are recommended.

Another classification of food according to ayurveda is classifying according to quality, dry foods, heavy foods,light foods, warm and cool foods.Ayurvedic Physicians prescribe foods that have these qualities including the Rasa’s in abundant. If we take such kind of nutritions the Dosha(s) we try to balance gets pacified in a given time.

Foods are also classified as sattvic, rajasic and tamasic according to the quality of the impact they have on the heart, mind and spirit. Foods that are particularly nourishing for not just physical, but mental, emotional and spiritual health, are called sattvic–foods that impart sattva (purity)in ayurveda. Rice, milk, ghee and almonds are examples of sattvic foods

ayurveda Vegetables and herbs or spices that contribute the bitter or astringent tastes, whole milk, lassi (a drink made by blending together fresh yogurt and water), cooked fruit, chutneys, whole grains, unleavened fresh breads made with flour that has not been refined, and mung beans are examples of particularly nourishing and healing foods that are

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28
Jul/10

Weight Loss Tips: eat three meals a day should be proportional

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Weight Loss Tips: eat three meals a day should be proportional

Do you want to slim? Then you should pay attention to, and the proportion of three meals a day according to the monastery only. The proportion of eating: Breakfast 2 Lunch 3 Dinner 1. This proportion of the most help you lose weight.

Weight loss, the meals must be the normal intake, consumption of breakfast is the ideal ratio of 2, 3 lunch, dinner one. Sooner or later the body of energy to light up the engine a very important meal, if the do not eat breakfast, then it can not raise the body temperature, promoting good blood circulation, reduce brain cell activity, but also the flow of qi and blood stagnation in the body.

Protein intake may increase body temperature, so the menu can be added easily digestible food eggs. On access to energy, the lunch is an important meal of the day, we must eat nutritionally balanced food packages and surface class should pay attention to a balanced mix of food.

Dinner is the lightest volume of intake. Most likely to sleep at night to promote synthesis of too much accumulation of fat, so to minimize the intake of fatty food. Should be based on the dietary intake of protein and vegetables, mainly beef intake should be elected on the back and thigh meat, chicken breasts the best selection. In addition there should be more intake of legumes, such as tofu and so on.

Now, you know it? How do you want to slim a reasonable intake of three meals a day, so that nutrition and weight loss do not conflict.

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27
Jul/10

Quick Weight Loss Program — Tips to find good ones

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Quick Weight Loss Program — Tips to find good ones

If you are looking in to a lose weight quick program, there are a few things that you should keep in mind when making your decision:

A weight loss program should include all of the foods recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture and should allow the dieter to eat enough calories to keep their metabolism working full force.

Set goals- If the program you are looking in to wants you to write down your weight loss goals, you may have found the right diet plan. Studies have shown that by setting goals for yourself, and writing them down, you are more apt to stick with your diet and reach your goals. Try setting small goals each week (such as to eat less fat or lose 1.5 pounds), these mini goals are not as overwhelming as larger goals, like losing 50 pounds in three months, or whatever your final goal may be. Also, by achieving these smaller goals, we see that we are making progress and are more likely to continue trying than if we don’t set any.

Calories are good- Yes, all quick weight loss program rules will tell you that you should limit your calorie intake per day if you are going to lose weight. But, cutting your calories too much can actually stall weight loss just as much as consuming too many calories per day. A good rule of thumb is to eat no less than 1,600 calories per day for men and 1,200 calories per day for women. Beware that some of these “lose weight fast” diets can be very unhealthy and can

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