Category Archives: Health

New and Upcoming Exercise Routines that are Fun and Challenging

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Greg Asseff

With most individuals leading a fairly hectic and hurried lifestyle, finding the time and energy to regularly exercise can be challenging. Couple this fact with one of the primary reasons given by individuals who quit their exercise routine, “Boredom”, and you have a recipe for failure.

It is important to continually modify your workout program and to be open to trying different fun exercise routines and activities. By continually modifying your workout routine you will force your body to adapt to the varying stresses that you are placing on it.

The end result, more well rounded results that are achieved in a shorter period of time. A second benefit associated with regularly modifying your exercise routine is that you will reduce your level of boredom when actually performing your workout.

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A Look Inside Healthy Sports Mascots

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Greg Asseff

What better way to promote a healthy lifestyle than by combining athletics and vegetables? What are we talking about? Well, more specifically, over the last several decades, several high schools and colleges have adopted some type of vegetable as their sport team mascot.

Some American sports teams are making quite an effort to differentiate themselves from their rival sports teams by opting for a more non-traditional team mascot; when compared to the more typical mascots that have been used for years – Mascots resembling lions, tigers, and bears. In addition, several of the sports teams are choosing various vegetables as a way to encourage healthy well balanced eating habits. Below are a few examples of the vegetable choices that some sports teams have chosen as their mascot and to represent their team.

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Six Medical Tests Every Woman Needs To Get Between the Ages of 20 and 40

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Greg Asseff

As women age, as with men as well, so to do their individual health requirements and concerns. With so many possible medical tests, designed to cover such a broad range of health concerns, for women to consider, it is imperative that each women discuss the following medical tests and/or procedures with their medical professional.

Recently, Dr. Roshini Raj, a frequent medical adviser and contributor for Health Magazine, compiled the six crucial medical tests and procedures that all women between the ages of 20 and 40 should have performed. However, it should be noted that the procedures and tests that Dr. Roshini Raj recommends that all women have performed are the minimum number of tests and that regular visits to your physician are highly encouraged as each woman’s health concerns will be unique to them.

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New Study Shows Link Between Exercise and Good Test Scores

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Greg Asseff

A recent study conducted by the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, Spain, concluded that there was a correlation between students that walked to school and higher cognitive test scores. The study, conducted by David Martinez-Gomez, included 1,700 Spanish students living in urban communities. Of the students that participated in the study, 65% stated that they either walked or rode their bike to school rather than getting a ride in a vehicle.

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Nutritional Facts Associated with Buying Salmon

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Greg Asseff

With so many different words, terms, and definitions used to describe the food labels associated with buying salmon, it is no wonder that there is a lot of confusion. Most typical salmon food labels include terms that utilize words like genetically modified, Scottish, farmed, organic, and wild.

Unless you have a thorough understanding of each of the previously mentioned terms and words, an understanding of the process that is associated with each of the words, and to a slight degree, a basic understanding of chemistry, it can be fairly difficult to choose the type of salmon that is the most nutritious and healthy for you. Below are several definitions and descriptions associated with the various ways in which each type of salmon is raised and how they are processed. From there, you can then determine which type is best for you and your family.