Posts Tagged ‘health’

The Impact of Exercise For Addiction Recovery

Thursday, January 20th, 2022
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Looking to give your addiction recovery a good boost? Recovering addicts should not ignore the positive benefits of exercise for addiction recovery. Exercise has an impact on just about every aspect of our lives: from our mood, self-image, and even energy levels.

This COVID pandemic lockdown of 2021 (and now 2022) did nothing to help addicts and it definitely helped a bunch of folks slip into a habit of addition. If you’re one of them, and you’ve been struggling to keep the pounds off and avoid relapse, it’s time to hit the gym.

Addiction is all about control: the loss of it, the hunger for it and finally getting back in control after beating your body’s dependency on substances or behavior. Achieving sobriety means learning how to deal with temptations head-on and finding healthier ways to cope when things get tough. Exercise is one of the most powerful tools for changing your life around.

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The Sounds of Disco and Workout Tempo Are a Perfect Match

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
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It can be difficult to garner the motivation to work out. Between finding the time and overcoming the fatigue of day-to-day life, it isn’t hard to understand why committing to a regular exercise routine is so challenging. That said, no challenge is without a solution. Introducing some fun and excitement to the mix could be all you need to help make your routine effective and fruitful. Adding music to your routine is a proven way to elevate your experience and get you on the right track. Given the intense tempo of your typical workout and the righteous beats of disco, we can’t help but think the sounds of disco and workout tempo go together perfectly.

While music is highly subjective and a matter of taste, you may be surprised to learn that certain styles have characteristics that lend themselves to ensuring a fiery workout time and time again. Universally loved for its driving tempos, motivational lyrics, and energetic nature, Disco seems to be tailor-made for cardio, weight training, and more! 

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New Year, New You! Try These Workouts in 2022

Monday, January 17th, 2022
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The start of a new year is the perfect time to improve yourself. Hitting the treadmill day after day can start to feel tedious and repetitive. This year, try something new to help you stick to your resolution. Of course, you can use a full-body workout routine, you can add HIIT to your daily routine, and you can try 3×5 workouts in 2022, but if you think outside the box you’ll realize there are a ton of other classes you can try.

Yoga, spin, kickboxing, jump rope, and even the hula hoop have conditioning benefits. If you’re ready to get in shape, here are the best workouts to try in 2022.

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How Much Fat Should I Eat in a Day?

Thursday, January 13th, 2022
How Much Fat Should I Eat

Almost all nutritious food has fat in it. Fats are used for a variety of purposes including transporting vital nutrients to cells, assisting in the digestion of certain foods, and providing us with energy in times of nutrient depletion. To be healthy you can’t, and shouldn’t, stay away from fat. Still, we find ourselves asking: how much fat should I eat in a day? What are the pros and cons of eating low-fat or fat-free? What kind of fat should I be eating most? Which foods provide healthy fats and which foods will kill me quickly?

As with my other articles how many carbs to eat in a day and how much protein to eat in a day, all depends on a couple of factors:

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  • current bodyweight
  • dietary goals
  • cholesterol profile
  • activity level
  • lifestyle
  • time of day

The American Heart Association recommends limiting dietary fat to 30% of total calories. Take into consideration, however, if you are overweight, need to lower blood cholesterol, or have another medical concern, you may need less than the recommended 30%.

Let’s stop to consider all of the factors that go into determining how much fat we should eat.

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How to Improve Your Body Composition With Diet and Exercise

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
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Carrying extra weight around has many negative side effects. It can lead to everything from serious health conditions to unnecessary pain. If you’re considering trying to shed some extra weight this year, dieting and exercise are crucial for long-lasting change. The effort should not necessarily be about “losing weight” thought, right? You want to focus on how to improve your body composition by losing fat and gaining muscle in order to keep your metabolism as high as possible.

Let’s think about a few of the most important lifestyle habits we’ll need to change in order to get our body composition moving in the right direction.

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Tips to Start Exercising in the New Year

Thursday, January 6th, 2022
Start Exercising in the New Year

Do you want to start exercising in the New Year and get in amazing shape for 2022?

While this may seem like a simple goal, the majority of people who try to start exercising end up failing. To ensure you crush your New Year’s Resolution and your fitness goals, follow our simple tips and find out how to start exercising again to start off the New Year strong!

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Try an MMA Fitness Workout To Spice Things Up

Thursday, January 6th, 2022
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Martial arts are useful for a lot more than just learning how to fight or protect yourself, or to pursue as a profession. For those of us who do not regularly practice, we often forget about the potential health and fitness benefits of martial arts. Forms like Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA, and any other MMA fitness workout make not just the body fit but also help to keep the mind healthy.

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Can Blackout Shades Improve Health? 8 Reasons Why They Can

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
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How many times has anything like this occurred to you? You get home after an exhausting day of work where you’re already attempting to function without enough sleep. then you have a refreshing bath, sit down to eat your meal, and power down on your couch or bed. Just as you’re about to fall asleep, you’re startled to awaken by the cackling laughter next door, dogs howling outdoors, or a car honking someplace nearby. If you’ve returned home after a night shift and are attempting to sleep during the day, a flood of sunshine flowing in through your windows may interfere with your slumber. Can blackout shades improve health by blocking out these intrusions? We think so!

Thankfully, there are methods to prevent these hassles while still getting a decent night’s sleep. Blackout shades are the finest solution since they completely block light and sound. These are soft and long-lasting window coverings that provide various benefits like room darkening, noise cancellation, heat resistance, energy savings, and personal privacy. Here are some of the best reasons to utilize thick, dark curtains in your house.

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Can Sermorelin Therapy Enhance Mass in Bodybuilding?

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
sermorelin therapy to build muscle

People have always been attracted to achieving extraordinary strength, but it’s important to have some knowledge on the subject before proceeding on a hardcore fitness regimen. Sermorelin therapy helps in attaining and maintaining such a feat. It is a GH-RH (growth hormone-releasing hormone) with a peptide sequence of 29 amino acids which works by acting on the pituitary gland in the brain and increasing the endogenous release of HGH (human growth hormone). Nobel Laureates R.Guilleman and Andrew Schalley described the necessity of GHRH for the development and growth of the body, it has been used for both therapeutic age-related diseases and enhanced growth purposes since the 1970s. 

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Green Carpet Cleaning – What Are the Health Benefits?

Sunday, December 26th, 2021
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Carpets are an incredible way of adorning your space and will transform the look of your home. However, they attract allergens and dust, and a dirty carpet will likely cause asthma and breathing problems for your loved ones. For this reason, carpet cleaning is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Although you can go the DIY way, hiring professional green carpet cleaning services has numerous health gains.

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5 Ways to Boost Your Mental Health

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
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Your mental health has a more significant impact on your entire health than you would imagine. For example, your body suffers when you’re anxious, angry, or depressed, whether it’s in the form of stomach problems, migraines, back pain, or any number of other physical symptoms. One you are able to boost your mental health, these ailments frequently can subside.

The majority of the patients I see in my practice want to enhance their health and happiness, but they often feel helpless to do so. It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that our troubles are wholly beyond our control or that they are the fault of others. 

However, many problems may begin to change just by changing our own actions and forming new habits. For example, your body feels better when you’re happy and at peace, and you can respond to challenging situations more effectively.

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6 Activities Students Can Use To Stay in Shape Over the Holidays

Monday, December 13th, 2021
Stay in Shape Over the Holidays

Sticking to a fitness routine and staying in shape is important to your health, but if you’re a student heading home for the holidays, it can be tough to do so. It’s hard to find outdoor activities in the winter and you may not have access to the same fitness resources at home. Here are six activities students can use to stay in shape over the holidays.

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What to Consider When Choosing a Gym

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
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Gyms are everywhere, and you could even be having more than five in your location. But not every gym will give you the results you need. When choosing a gym, consider the offerings and the facility amenities. From hours of operation, the instructors, to guest privileges and equipment – these features could make or break your experience at the gym. 

Here are a few factors you must consider before starting at a gym, fitness center, or training facility.

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Maintaining a Healthy and Strong Body All Year Round

Sunday, November 28th, 2021
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When you are busy working, sometimes you may find that your levels of health and fitness can take a backseat. Often they take a backseat unintentionally. To regain and take control of your body and your overall health, you have to put in the legwork. Maintaining a healthy and strong body all year round requires dedication to a few lifestyle fundamentals.

  • you have to prepare for results – mentally and by keeping your body healthy
  • you have to follow a healthy, maintainable diet and nutrition plan
  • you have to follow a proven workout routine customized for your personal needs

If you do not have a mix of all of these elements, then you will struggle to get your body looking and feeling how you want it to. When it comes to getting in shape, there is no overnight fix. You need to put in the work, and you need to maintain the work to get visible results that last.

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Benefits of Working Out from Home – A Beginner’s Guide

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
Working Out from Home

Exercise is key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. But it can be hard to find the time and motivation to go to a gym or fitness studio, especially if you’re not very good at socializing. Luckily, there are many benefits that come with working out at home. Let’s unpack what we mean by “working out from home.” 

It doesn’t matter how old you are – your exercise routine should always include some form of physical activity such as walking or running (or even doing crunches) for at least 20 minutes per day. If this seems like too much work, think about all the things you could do during those 20 minutes! You could walk laps around your block, jog through your neighborhood, or even do squats and lunges in your living room. If you’re feeling motivated enough, you could create an entire workout routine using either online video exercises or checking out this article for some workout ideas.

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Self-Care for Nurses: How to Stay Fit With a Busy Job

Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Self-Care for Nurses

It’s no secret that nursing is a career choice that can get very demanding and taxing on a person, both physically and emotionally. Nurses would mostly agree that the reward and satisfaction they get from their jobs make all the hard work worth it. However, there’s no denying that nurses are often in positions where they are under a lot of pressure at work, with patients’ lives sometimes riding on the decisions that they make. This sometimes makes self-care for nurses an afterthought, but it shouldn’t be!

Working as a nurse often means spending most days at work in a very high-stress environment, meaning that along with having the necessary knowledge, education, and work experience to do their jobs well, nurses also need to be dedicated to looking after themselves and keeping themselves strong and healthy both mentally and physically. If you are currently in nursing school, there’s no better time to get started with self-care. 

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Everything You Need to Know About Antibody Production

Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
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Antibodies are immunological proteins that develop in reaction to foreign substances entering the body. These invading molecules are known as antigens, and the immune system recognizes them molecularly, resulting in the creation of antibodies that can attach to the particular antigen. During antibody production, B-lymphocytes produce antibodies that circulate all the lymph systems, binding to their specific antigen and removing it from circulation.

So, what is the meaning of antibody production? The phrase “antibody production” has a broad and narrow definition. In a general sense, it includes the process of developing a usable specific antibody, which includes stages such as immunogen production, vaccination, hybridoma formation, collection, selection, isotyping, filtration, and tagging for immediate use in a technique.

In a more limited sense, antibody manufacturing refers to the processes building up to antibody synthesis but excludes different methods of isolating and identifying the antibody for specific applications. Read on to know the best steps and ways to produce antibodies commercially.

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5 Strategies For Successful Weight Loss

Friday, September 24th, 2021
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Hundreds of weight loss programs will promise quick results, but the truth remains, there is no shortcut to long-term weight loss results. The foundation of losing weight remains a healthy lifestyle which includes a calorie-controlled diet with more physical activity. If you want long-term successful weight loss results, you need to make several permanent changes in your lifestyle and health habits.

As much as they say it will be easy, the fact remains you will have to get uncomfortable and put in the effort required to get results. How fast it works depends on a number of things but primarily the amount of effort you are putting in. So stick around to learn several strategies that will help you shed some weight.

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How to Better Support Your Workout Routine

Monday, September 13th, 2021
Support Your Workout Routine

Are you trying to get in the habit of working out but just not feeling motivated? Or, maybe you’ve been working out for a while and you’re not seeing results. There are many factors that can lead to that sluggish feeling and to a lack of results. Here are a few tips and tricks to better support your workout routine.

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3 of the Toughest Steps to Take in Your Life When Things Aren’t Working

Friday, September 10th, 2021
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With the stresses of work, money, and relationships, life can get complicated, stressful, and scary for everyone.

Add on top of that, social pressures to achieve, to end up with the right person (or to end up with someone at all), and to live a fulfilling life, living in the 21st century is a balancing act of figuring out how to survive and how to live.

Of all the challenges that come through in all the phases of life, there are some that stand out as the most painful, most difficult to accept, and most frustrating on which to follow through. Here are some of the most challenging things we as humans have to do when life deals us a bad hand:

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