Archive for August, 2000

The Surgeon General of the United States has stated “Smoking cessation (stopping smoking) represents the single most important step that smokers can take to enhance the length and quality of their li…

Menopause is a change that any woman would undergo whether she likes it or not. A woman can be considered menopause when her period ceases. There are changes that occur in the woman?s body during menopause, like lesser production of hormones like estrogen…

Staying Toned After Weight Loss

Staying Toned After Weight Loss
——————————-
Following significant weight loss, it is vital to have an
exercise routine to keep your muscles firm and help to
tighten the skin. One of the biggest drawbacks to
significan…

How sleep affects our skin

Sleep is a “natural, temporary loss of consciousness” (Robinson, 1941) necessary for our bodies to build up energy reserves and regenerate body cells and tissues. During sleep, the heart beats more …

Affordable Health Insurance, an overview

Affordable Health Insurance offers you a wide variety of medical insurance policies to protect you and your family against the high costs of health care. Affordable individual health insurance is likely fo…

Serial Killers

Countess Erszebet Bathory was a breathtakingly beautiful, unusually well-educated woman, married to a descendant of Vlad Dracula of Bram Stoker fame. In 1611, she was tried - though, being a noblewom…

Most people who want to burn off some excess pounds and tighten and tone their bodies simply don’t have 2 hours each day to spend in the gym performing the bodybuilding style workouts that most “fitn…

It is a common misconception that aerobic exercise tones/firms muscles. Actually it accomplishes very little toning/firming. Resistance exercise (weight training) is where real toning/firming of muscles occurs.

Doing both aerobics and weight train…

There?s been a lot of buzz recently about Interval Training. So, you may be wondering what it really is and, more importantly, why you should incorporate it in your fitness workouts. Well, if you wan…

If you are looking for a way to lose fifteen pounds in two weeks, a high protein diet, a low carb diet, a fruit diet, a no fat diet, a blood type diet, a juice fast, a diet named after a place in Mia…