Good practice to keep our health maintain in good condition.

Exercises To Lose Weight Quickly


Healthy activities, healthy mindset, eating healthy ,exercise regularly then you may have a good health for the rest of your life

Ensuring healthy development of the feet during childhood:
The flat feet of little children have to form the proper arches on growing up. This is greatly assisted by going barefoot, which helps to avoid flat feet an other deformities with all their life-long consequences: mainly damage of the back, the knees and the hips. It is well-known, that barefooting ethnic groups have very healthy feet.
Regeneration of feet damage due to unsuited footwear:
Unnatural ideals of beauty seduce many people to force their feet into narrow shoes, which causes various deformities. But part of this damage due to fashion can be reversed regardless of age (the webmaster's own experience!). Even at an advanced age going barefoot strengthens dozens of muscles, tendons and joints and restores the natural beauty of healthy feet:
• well-shaped and suntanned feet with smooth skin and straight toes, without corns, hammer toes, nodes, calluses at the wrong places,

• well-shaped legs due to a gentle and natural training of all muscles,

• the elegance of a natural motion without excess weight on the feet.

• Above all, blisters are unlikely to develop on bare feet, and you are spared inflammations of ingrown nails.

STAYING FIT AND FABULOUS: Fazlin loses and wins
By : SUZANNA PILLAY

2008/07/28
A slimmer Fazlin who is the picture of health.
A slimmer Fazlin who is the picture of health.

SUZANNA PILLAY speaks to a woman who lost 20kg in six months!

Fazlin Jamil, 30, Administrator

IF you think losing weight on your own is impossible, Fazlin’s story will inspire you. By eating wiser and diligently working out at the gym on her own without a trainer, Fazlin shed approximately 20kg in six months.

Celebrity Fitness, her gym, was so proud of her achievement that they highlighted it on their signboard for three months.

Fazlin said she is motivated to stay fit because good health is giving her a better quality of life.

“I am more energetic and I no longer feel tired or lazy. Additionally, knowing that I am healthy mentally and physically keeps me going.”
At the gym every day from Monday to Sunday, her workout regime includes exercise classes like body combat, body pump, dancing and the like.

“I love working out at the gym and attending mostly cardio classes, but I also join a yoga class for flexibility and balance.”

Q: Do you have a special diet?
A: I don’t have a special diet but I do watch my calorie intake. I eat anything I feel like eating, but I make sure I burn it back.

Q: What are some of the obstacles that deter you from working out?
A: When I am feeling ill or under the weather, I take a break from my workouts to get plenty of rest to get better.

Q: How do you maintain your weight?
A: I watch my diet and exercise regularly to burn the extra calories I consume. I also monitor my weight every month for fluctuations in weight. If there is a weight gain, I will work extra hard to get rid of it.

Q: Have you always maintained a healthy lifestyle, or was it circumstances that led you to adopt it?
A: I wasn’t aware of the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle until recently. Given that diabetes and high blood pressure are part of my family’s medical history, I realised the urgency of keeping fit.

Q: Do you keep fit for personal and health reasons, or is it because of society’s perception?
A: It is a combination of all three. Personally, aside from health reasons, I was tired of trying on clothes I liked but didn’t fit. As for social pressure, I felt intimidated by it because people like to make fun of the hefty.

Q: As you grow older, do you think it is more important to look after your health?
A: Of course, because studies have shown that exercise can help one live longer. So it’s important to start looking after your health now.

Some of apple Preparing Apples for Freezing

Enzymes in light colored fruits such as apples, pears and peaches can cause oxidative browning as soon as the fruit is peeled or cut. Browning can cause loss of vitamin C. Because fruits are usually served raw they are not usually blanched to prevent this discoloration. Instead, chemical compounds are used to control enzymes in these fruits.Woman in exercise gear eating apple.

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The most common treatment is ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Ascorbic acid may be used in its pure form or in commercial mixtures of ascorbic acid and other compounds. Browning can also be halted temporarily by placing fruit in citric acid or lemon juice solutions or in sugar syrup. However, these measures are not as effective as treatment with ascorbic acid in its pure form.

Apples, as well as other fruits, retain better texture and flavor if packed in sugar or sugar syrup. However, sugar is not necessary to safely preserve fruit. Fruits packed in syrup are generally best used for uncooked desserts, those packed in syrup or unsweetened are best for most cooking purposes, because there is less liquid in the product.

Freezing Apples in Syrup

This syrup recipe will make 5 1/3 cups syrup which will cover approximately 6 pints or 3 quarts of apple slices. Use rigid freezer containers or zip-closure freezer bags.

2-1/2 cups sugar
4 cups water
3 pounds apples
1/2 teaspoon ascorbic acid powder (1500 mg)*

To make syrup, dissolve sugar in lukewarm water, mixing until the solution is clear. To prevent browning add 1/2 teaspoon ascorbic acid powder (1500 mg) or equivalent in finely crushed vitamin C tablets. Stir to dissolve. Chill syrup before using. Select fresh full-flavored apples that are crisp and firm, not mealy in texture. Wash, peel and core. Slice medium apples into twelfths and large apples into sixteenths. Place 1/2 cup syrup in each pint-size container and slice each apple directly into chilled syrup. Press apples down in containers and add enough syrup to cover apple slices. Leave 1/2 inch headspace in each pint (or 1 inch in each quart-size container). Place a small piece of crumpled water-resistant paper, such as waxed paper, on top of each container to hold apples slices down under syrup. Seal, label, date and freeze at 0°F or below. Use within one year.

*To use lemon juice: drop apple slices into a solution of two tablespoons lemon juice and two quarts water. Drain well before covering with syrup.

Freezing Apples without Sugar

Apples frozen without sugar are generally used for cooking. Can be used for pie making too.

Wash, peel and core apples. To prevent darkening, dissolve 1/2 teaspoon (1500 mg) ascorbic acid powder or equivalent of finely crushed vitamin C tablets in 3 tablespoons water. Sprinkle over apples. Place apple slices in zip-closure freezer bags, label, date and freeze. Treated apples can also be frozen first on a tray leaving space between each piece. Pack into containers as soon as slices are frozen (approximately 2-4 hours). Freeze for up to one year at 0°F or below.

Dry Sugar Packed Apple Slices

Follow directions for "Freezing Apples without Sugar"; mix 1/2 cup sugar to each quart apples slices. Place apples in containers, press fruit down, leaving 1/2 inch headspace for pints and quarts. Seal and freeze for up to one year at 0°F or below.
Preparing Apples for Canning

Specially For Ladies, it's time to FINALLY end the frustration with your body...
Learn How a 27-Year Old Texas Beauty & a 59-Year Old Grandmom Both Discovered the Same Secrets that Finally Allowed Them to Shed That Extra Stubborn Belly Fat That They Were Fighting with for Years & Get a Sexy Flat Stomach...
...and by Using These Unique Dietary Tricks & Workout Techniques, They are Both No Longer Self Conscious About Their Body, and are Finally Comfortable Showing Off Their New Sexy Waistlines in that Little Bikini, Sexy Little Dress, and the Tight Jeans & Cute T-Shirt That They Had Been Dying to Wear!

by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
Let me guess...
You've already tried every "miracle diet" that's come along and nothing has worked to help you shed that excess tummy fat, right?
You've probably also done all of the hundreds of crunches, situps, leg lifts, and other useless abs exercises, and that stomach of yours doesn't seem any flatter, does it?
You might also think that anything labeled at the grocery store as "low fat", "sugar free", "low-carb", or "whole grain" are good for you, right? Think again! You've been deceived by the clever marketing of huge multi-million dollar food corporations...
FACT - Did you know that most foods labeled as "sugar free" or "low-carb" actually contain artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohols, and other additives that create a hormonal mess inside your body, actually stimulating your body to STORE more belly fat and stimulate cravings! And foods labeled "whole grain" only have to contain a small fraction of whole grains where the majority can still be refined starches and sugars that spike your blood sugar faster than a sugar-laden soda!
What About Ab Machines?
You may also have tried a couple of those crappy "abdominizer machines" or "ab rocker-roller-lounger" gadgets you saw on the late night infomercial, yet you still see no signs of toned sexy abs developing, right? And don't even get me started on those worthless "ab-belts"!
You've probably also done the hours and hours of boring cardio in the past, and that didn't seem to strip off the unsightly belly fat either, right?
And you were just flat out scammed at the supplement store when you bought those "advanced fat burner" pills that you saw in the clever magazine ad...
FACT - Did you know that supplements like the bogus fat burner pills aren't even regulated in the US to assure that there's even any active ingredients at all in the pills?
Yep, according to US law (ever since the DSHEA Act of 1994), there's no oversight or regulation of supplement companies to assure that their claims are accurate or that they are even honest about what's in the bottle. With several thousand supplement companies, that leaves room for a lot of scam artists and a LOT of worthless products that don't cause any fat loss in your body at all.
Well, that was a waste of money!
So... If Hours of Cardio, Hundreds of Crunches, $100's of Dollars of Wasted Fat-Burner Pills, and the Gimmick Ab-Belts & Abdominizer Machines Don't Work... What Does Work to Get That Tight Sexy Stomach?

The miracle of virgin coconut oil

Vitamins massages how to stay healthy eat healthier

Natural Vitamin and Dietary Supplements

Natural vitamins and vitamin supplements are the body's key to processing and metabolizing nutrients essential for proper health and vitality. NutraSanus offers a comprehensive guide to natural vitamins and vitamin supplements that are trusted by millions of people world wide.
Tips : For optimum effect supplement should be taken as prescribe by the physician and follow by healthy lifestyle as :
i) Exercise regularly at least for half an hour ; three times weekly .
ii)Avoid smoking
iii) Avoid drinking
iv) Follow the pyramid dietary
v) Getting sleep early at night
vi) Involve in community activities to reduce stress
Try to practice it and feel the different of our life quality

Guava (Psidium guajava), an important food crop and medicinal plant in tropical and subtropical countries is widely used like food and in folk medicine around of the world. In many parts of Africa, the leaf, stem-bark, and roots of guava are used traditionally for the management, control, and/or treatment of an array of human disorders.

Guava fruits and leaves

Ancestral medicinal use of guava today is however supported by numerous biomedical studies concerning the properties of leaf extracts. Guava leave is used traditionally in African folk medicine for several ailments, including diabetes mellitus, diarrhoea, cough, painful menses, and hypertension. It is also used to treat tooth decay, gum infection, sore throat, to disinfect wounds and as an antiseptic.

For instance, the Southeast Nicaraguan indigenous communities of Cuna and Waunana, make a tea from the leaves and bark of the guava for treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery, while the Sumu, Panamahka, Twahka, Ulwa, and Bawihka tribes use it for upset stomachs, vertigo, and to regulate menstrual cycles.

In India, decoction of the leaves and bark of guava is used to cure diarrhoea, dysentery, vomiting and sore throats, and to regulate menstrual cycles. The tribes of the Amazon use leaf decoction for mouth sores, bleeding gums, as douche for vaginal discharge and to tighten and tone up vaginal walls after labour.

Some of the anecdotal, folkloric, ethno medical uses of guava leaves and bark has been scientifically appraised by experts and found they indeed have there scientific basis under experimental paradigms. A study in the 2005 edition of the American Journal of Chinese Medicine assessed the effect of using the extract of guava leaves and Juglans regia (walnut) leaf extracts to germs that cause pimple(acne), and found it to be beneficial in treating pimples on the face, especially when they are known to have anti-inflammatory activities

The study was done by Qadan F, Thewaini AJ, Ali DA, Afifi R, Elkhawad A, Matalka KZ., all from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Technology, The University of Petra, Amman, Jordan. It enrolled 38 men and women with pimples on their faces.

They cultured acne-causing bacteria Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) as well as Staphyloccocus aureus and epidermidis from 38 acne patients. They then tested the effectiveness of these extracts of guava and walnut leaf in killing acne-causing bacteria.

It found that these two extracts have significantly better antimicrobial effects on the Staphyloccocus bacteria in vitro (or in test-tube environments) as compared to tea tree oil, as well as doxycycline and clindamycin antibiotics. However, it has lower antimicrobial activities on P. acnes, as compared to the chemical antibiotics.

There are many over-the-counter (OTC) preparations for treatment of acne. Sold as lotions, gels, creams, and cleansers, OTC products can be unsafe to buy because of the potential adverse effects chemical agents have on natural skin.

This is especially true for skin conditions like acne, where the use of harsh chemicals could further worsen the matter. Therefore, an alternative treatment for acne was needed. This created a great interest towards the possible effect of natural substances that are obtainable from medicinal plants that have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity, which are commonly employed for the treatment of acne.

Its use to treat painful menses was substantiated by another study titled: “Effect of a Psidii guajavae folium extract in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea: A randomised clinical trial” which was published in the March 2007 edition of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

A double-blinded randomised clinical trial was conducted in 197 women with primary dysmenorrhea. Four intervention groups were defined: two extract doses (3 and 6 mg/day); ibuprofen (1200 mg/day); placebo (3 mg/day). Participants were followed-up individually for four months. The main outcome variable was abdominal pain intensity measured according to a visual analogue scale (VAS).

The average age of participants was 19 years; they started menstruation about the age of 12 years. Participants had menstrual cycles of 28 or 29 days, with menstruation lasting five days and mean of pain intensity of 8.2 on the VAS. During each successive treatment cycle, participants experienced a lower pain intensity score.

After adjusting each cycle for baseline pain, treatment compliance and other variables, the group receiving 6 mg/day extract had significantly reduced pain intensity while the group receiving the 3 mg/day extract did not show a consistent effect throughout the three cycles.

They concluded that at a dose of 6 mg/day, the standardised phyto-drug (Psidii guajavae folium extract) reduced menstrual pain significantly compared with conventional treatment and placebo. In addition, the traditional use of guava in the treatment of such ailments like diabetes and hypertension was corroborated by another study by Ojewole JA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

The results of the experimental animal study titled “Hypoglycemic and hypotensive effects of Psidium guajava Linn. (Myrtaceae) leaf aqueous extract,” indicated that the leaf aqueous extract of guava leaves possess hypoglycemic and hypotensive properties, and thus lend pharmacological credence to the suggested folkloric, ethno-medical uses of the plant in the management or control of adult-onset, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in some rural African communities. .

Although the exact mechanisms of action of the plant’s extract still remain speculative at present, but it was suspected that its numerous chemical compounds constituents such as the tannins, polyphenolic compounds and flavonoids, account for the observed effects of the plant’s leaf extract.

Guava leaf tea of guava is commonly used as a medicine against gastroenteritis(Dysentry) and child diarrhoea by those who cannot afford or do not have access to antibiotics. A study that screened the antimicrobial effect of essential oils and methanol, hexane, ethyl acetate extracts from guava leaves against diarrhoea-causing bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli.

The essential oil extract showed ability to kill some of these diarrhoea-causing germs like S. aureus and Salmonella spp. thus supporting the use of guava leaf extracts and essential oil in cases where access to commercial antibiotics is restricted.

The Brazilian researchers said guava leaf extracts and essential oil could be important potential sources of new antimicrobial compounds, according to the study published in the 2008 edition of the Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo.

Garlic not effective for cholesterol control

A study from Stanford University casts doubt on the effectiveness of garlic to lower LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels in adults with moderately high cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is widely known as “bad cholesterol,” and is believed to be a leading contributor to heart disease.

Christopher Gardner, Ph.D., and colleagues conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial studying whether three different formulations of garlic could lower LDL cholesterol. The study participants were randomly divided into four groups to receive raw garlic, a powdered garlic supplement, an aged extract supplement, or a placebo.

The 169 participants who completed the study had their cholesterol levels checked monthly for the duration of the 6-month trial. None of the formulations of garlic had a statistically significant effect on the LDL cholesterol levels.

The authors caution that these results should not be generalized for all populations or all health effects. An accompanying editorial in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine points out that LDL cholesterol levels are only one factor contributing to heart disease, and that this trial did not investigate garlic’s effects on other risk factors, such as high blood pressure.

Christopher D. Gardner, Larry D. Dawson, Eric Block, et al. Effect of Raw Garlic vs. Commercial Garlic Supplements on Plasma Lipid Concentrations in Adults With Moderate Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Archives of Internal Medicine, February 2007

Eat Your Sunscreen

Focus on these five foods to boost your defenses against sun damage and skin cancer.

By Catherine Guthrie

When it comes to protecting your skin from the sun, what you put on your plate may be just as important as what you slather on your body. "Foods that are high in antioxidants can help reduce your free–radical load and protect your skin from the sun's worst effects," says Homer Black, Ph.D., a professor of dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Free radicals generated by the sun�s ultraviolet (UV) rays are the main cause of sun damage–like burns, premature aging, and liver spots–and certain skin cancers. Over the past decade, an array of studies has suggested that dietary antioxidants can mop up free radicals and significantly reduce your risk of sunburn, precancerous skin growths, and squamous cell carcinoma (see "Skin Cancer Basics," right).

1. COLORFUL FRUITS
Too much sun can hurt plants as much as it can hurt humans. "When you and I go out in the sun, we put on sunscreen. Plants use color as sunscreen," says Ralph Felder, M.D., Ph.D., author of The Bonus Years Diet (Perigee Trade, 2008) and an internist in Phoenix. "The more colorful the plant, the higher its protection against unwanted rays." Some of the most colorful plants get their hue from lycopene, a naturally occurring pigment–or type of carotenoid–found in red and pink fruits. Carotenoids help people by clustering in those places most vulnerable to sunlight: the eyes and the skin.

Raw tomatoes are high in lycopene, but cooked tomatoes are even better for you, since cooking releases lycopene from its "packaging." In a 2001 study, volunteers who ate 40 grams (about 3 tablespoons) of tomato paste, plus 10 grams (about 2 teaspoons) of olive oil (to aid absorption) daily for 10 weeks, were 40 percent less likely than their tomatoeschewing peers to get burned when researchers exposed a patch of their skin to ultraviolet rays.

TRY IT
Cooked tomatoes are in everything: tomato juice and paste, soup, sauce, and ketchup–all of which contain the highest concentrations of lycopene your body can use. You can also get helpful amounts of lycopene from watermelon, guava, and pink grapefruit. Other carotenoids are easy to find: Stick to brightly colored fruits and veggies such as blueberries, strawberries, and red, yellow, and orange peppers.

source : naturalhealthmag.com/healing_foods