Healthy Eating Tip: Use Smaller Plates and Salad Forks
Posted by admin in Exercise on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Looks can be deceiving. Your double serving of pasta might look like it’s a normal size when served on a big plate, but you’re probably eating more calories than you intended. When you’re dishing out dinner at home, reach for the smaller plates rather than your big entree plates for...
Pistachios Subject of Newest Salmonella Scare
Nipping on the heels of the ongoing peanut butter salmonella outbreak is a new scare in tainted nuts, and this time salty fingers are being pointed at pistachios. Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc. has recalled more than two million pounds of roasted pistachios shipped since last Fall, just fraction...
Prenatal Diagnosis
As prenatal diagnosis (antenatal = before birth) be conducted at the unborn child and the pregnant women called. Prenatal diagnosis is used for early detection of potential risks. There are investigations that are outside of the body (for non-invasive), such as ultrasound (nasal bone measurement, Doppler...
Another Reason to Stop After One Glass: Endorphins
By now we all know that drinking in moderation, especially wine, is beneficial for your health. However, it is important to remember to drink in moderation, and for women that means stopping after one glass . Here’s another reason to keep your alcohol intake in the moderate zone: endorphins. Recent...
Pop Quiz: From Pepsi Natural to Bikram Yoga
Posted by admin in Exercise on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Spring has arrived, bringing with it warm weather and a bevy of FitSugar posts. Take this short quiz to make sure you haven’t missed anything this week. If you feel like you need a little review, all the answers can be found in this week’s posts. Good luck! Source Take the quiz
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Partner Yoga Pose: Twisting Seated Straddle
Posted by admin in Exercise on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments
When I need a good hamstring stretch, Seated Straddle is one of my faves. To feel an even deeper stretch in the backs of my legs, I like to do this pose with a friend as in Seated Straddle Lounge . If you liked that one, here’s another variation to try. This partner yoga pose, Twisting Seated...
Health Commercials Quiz - Do You Recognize These Ads?
One woman jumps in the pool, then another, then another and now they’re synchronized swimming. Any idea what they’re trying to sell you? Ciprodex (ear drops) Aleve (used to treat aches and pains) NuvaRing (birth control) Lexapro (used to treat depression) The commercial begins with just...
The Magic Ratio For Recovery
Posted by admin in Exercise on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Replenishing your body post-workout is just as important as what you eat before you hit the road or gym. If your workout is over an hour, or you run over six miles , you need to refuel your muscles so they will be ready for your next workout. Thirty to 45 minutes after working out, your body is more...
Speak Up: What Are Your Healthy Tricks When Dining Out?
Going out to eat is meant to be fun, but when you’re trying to watch your waistline, the experience can be more overwhelming than anything. While it’s true that healthy eating is much easier when you dine at home, you shouldn’t deny yourself the occasional pleasure of eating at your...
Valerie Bertinelli Rocks a String Bikini
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss , Celebrities and Entertainment Talk about inspiration! Valerie Bertinelli, one of the most recent spokespeople for Jenny Craig, is one heck of a success story. She looks positively amazing, and is showing off her sleek new physique on the cover of “People”...
Weight Loss - Will It Change Your Relationships?
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss , Celebrities and Entertainment Many people who need to lose weight look at their goal weight like it’s the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. As if, when they lose the weight, they’ll have great self-esteem and better relationships, and life’s...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]