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Policosanol: Side Effects and Cholesterol » iFitandHealthy.com
Policosanol’s Side Effects: No side effects are known at this time.Cons: Those with dangerously high cholesterol levels might use it instead of an effective treatment.
Those seeking an effective over-the-counter treatment may have to look further (though we hear diet and exercise remains popular among some sects.)
Refrigerator Raid: Cut Your Health Care Bill
According to a recent AP News article, health care costs will only continue to climb during the next decade. In fact, the article reports that ten years from now, $1 of every $5 spent will be for health related expenses.
However, there is one simple way to help keep your health care costs low: stay healthy for as long as possible.
And to do that, Refrigerator Raider suggests, you should:
Those sound like solid tips whether they end up reducing the healthcare bill or not.
Exercise May Protect Women Against Colon Cancer
“Postmenopausal women who had never used hormone therapy and who exercised at least four hours a week had nearly a 50 percent reduction in their colon cancer risk,” says Leslie Bernstein, professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. “Overall, the evidence is convincing that long-term moderate and strenuous physical activity reduces the risk for women not receiving menopausal hormones.”
There are many good reasons.
We hear so much about what we shouldn’t do its good to see the fun things we should do to live a longer, healthier life. You’ve probably heard of most of these, so we’ll just list them. You can see the full article for more.
Top Fun Ways to Live Longer : RISMedia
Now get out there and start doing them.
Otherwise, you might forget to exercise.
Exercise gives a boost to brain cells - Fitness - MSNBC.com
Exercise boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Don’t go too far down the rabbit hole chasing the ramifications of the title/lede. Go out and exercise instead.
Nudists sweatin’ it out at the gym - Fitness - MSNBC.com
Nude exercisers were required to put towels down on weight machines, use disposable seat covers while riding bikes and disinfect the equipment.“There are things that you like to do, and for a nudist, it just feels better to do them with your clothes off,” said Ron van der Putten, who drove for more than an hour for the event. “You feel more free.”
Free until the Nautilus nabs your nether regions. I don’t care how much disinfectant they used - if you want to work out naked do it at home.
It may be better than the alternatives. According to Are You Sugar Coating Your Workout:
Most personal trainers surveyed (65 percent) said their clients are fueling their workouts with nutrition bars or shakes. However, both personal trainers and consumers are unaware of the wide range of nutrition content found in popular nutrition bars.
When asked which in a list of food items has the most sugar, more than one in three personal trainers incorrectly identified a Krispy Kreme(R) glazed doughnut as having more sugar than many popular nutrition bars. In an October 2006 consumer survey, half of American adults surveyed made the same mistake in response to the same question. In reality, a PowerBar Performance top-selling* Chocolate bar (18g of sugars) and Clif Bar’s top-selling* Crunchy Peanut Butter (18g of sugars) tip the sugar scale more than a Krispy Kreme glazed doughnut (10g of sugars).
Of course I’m being sarcastic about the doughnut. The article identifies low-sugar nutrition bars as an alternative. But why stop there? Why not have a megamuffin, or a grilled chicken salad? Or a chicken salad made with non-fat yogurt rather than mayonnaise? Why, in other words, turn to a highly processed nutrition bar at all?
Weight loss tip: Think you are thin! : Scientists, body mass index, weight : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
Researchers made the discovery after monitoring 84 women hotel housekeepers who cleaned about 15 rooms a day.Even though they exceeded daily recommended exercise levels to stay in trim they were “less healthy” than expected.
Half of them were told that their work gave them enough exercise to lose weight and keep fit.
They were told how many calories their daily tasks burned off every 15 minutes such as 60 for cleaning, 50 for vacuuming and 40 for changing beds.
The rest were not told about the health benefits of their work. Four weeks on the first group had lost 2lb on average, cut body fat by about 0.5 per cent, body-mass index by 0.35 and blood pressure by 10 per cent.
The others saw no improvement in health or physique. All the women were aged 18 to 55.
So if you think you’ll lose weight, you will? Sounds like shoddy science to me. Could telling them that their work was exercise possibly have motivated them to eat less or get a little additional exercise after work compared with their peers? The article is silent on that, but if you are going to claim the weight loss is due to the thought process it seems you would want to control for such factors.
ScienceDaily: Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Male Sexual Function, According To New Study
In a study published in the February 2007 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers report that erectile dysfunction was significantly and independently associated with age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and lack of physical activity. There was an especially high prevalence of erectile dysfunction among men with hypertension and diabetes.
So let’s see… obesity leads to higher cardiovascular and diabetes risk, and also makes you less attractive to potential partners, so it seems like the link to erectile dysfunction is sort of self-reinforcing.
So eat less, and have more time and energy to… well… you know.
Refrigerator Raid: Government Says: Get Kids Outside!
According to a recent USA Today article, President Bush is encouraging parents to send their kids outside for play time. The president hopes that outside activity will help stop–and reverse–the growing number of kids who are becoming overweight and obese.
Probably just wants to keep an eye on them.
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