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4 ways to stay fit during holidays
If you are like many people in North America, Europe, and other places, you are concerned about gaining too much weight during the Christmas holiday season. You can eat some things and enjoy yourself during the holidays and still avoid becoming a blimp to do so. There are ways to eat and still stay slim. Lets look at four ways to stay slim for the holidays.
The best and healthiest way to stay slim is to not feel hungry. How do you do that ? Carry a quick snack in your pocket. You can carray a small bag of peanuts or something similar in your pocket or purse and snack on it during the day. This will prevent those cravings that are hard to deal with. You do not have to choose only peanuts of course. You can use chewing gum or anything that will increase your blood sugar level. Your natural hunger kicks in when you reach a certain low level of blood sugar. As long as you stay above this level, you may not ever feel hungry.
Winter Health
The latest “cold season” is practically here. You can take that two ways. Since the Winters are getting colder, not warmer, the Winter temperatures are going to be extended. Practically no one likes this, but you can prepare for the “cold and flu season” by doing a few simple things. Read on to find out how to survive Winter and hopefully not get a flu.
An evaluation was done recently on five hundred adults. They were asked how many colds they got during the year. They were also asked how often they exercised in more than just a mild way. This physical exertion was more than just normal household duties. A short trip walking would not be included on the list as “exercise”. Those who did the most active exercise received twenty five per cent less colds during the year. The point here is that a good round of exercise, one that is a bit tiring, is a way to avoid a cold or flu. During the Winter months therefore, you can help your own body ward off the cold or flu by being not just more active, but by actually partaking in strenuous exercise. Remember the old saying; ” No pain, no gain. “.
The hidden secrets of yawning
Yawning may not be so boring after all. As some have suggested it is the brain looking for more action and getting it by using the yawn. Take a look at some other tips on yawning here in this article.
One of the best things a yawn may do for you is to wake you up. Why do we yawn when we are tired ? It is the brain revving up areas of itself because of the sluggishness we have through lack of sleep. Brain scans reveal that the area called the precuneus is activated neurologically by a yawn. The cortex along with the precuneus seem to hold the self-memories and self-perceptions as they work in harmony. This activation of the precuneus would seem to also be the preparation for storing the memories of the day. Dreams are the the replaying of many of the activities of the day. This combined with the expectation of sleep could very well be the preparation of the brain for the body to enter sleep. That is quite a complicated way to explain that a yawn is the precursor to sleep, but now you know why.
The most needed vitamins for Winter.
One of the most needed vitamins during the Winter season is Vitamin D. This vitamin is associated with so many good biological events in the human body that it is hard to imagine it not being consumed regularly for its many benefits. Here we will talk about why Vitamin D is needed more during the Winter months and where you can get it naturally.
Vitamin D is formed when the oils on the skin and ultraviolet rays from the sun mix together. The sun in the sky is the first and most important source of vitamin D for our bodies. For this reason, those in the northern latitudes are going to be naturally receiving less of this important vitamin, simply because they get less sunlight in their section of the world. Some places like Alaska only see the sun for limited time periods. For two months out of the year the folks in Barrow, Alaska will not even see the sun because it will not come up. These folks need to supplement their intake of Vitamin D during this period and whenever their skin is not exposed to the healthy benefits of being exposed to the sun.
10 tips to avoid flu
Flu season is here. Regardless of whether or not you think some forms of the the flu are more dangerous than others, they all get transmitted the same ways. The flu is transmitted by contact with someone who has it. Flu viruses are of course; ” viral “. Here are ten tips to avoiding getting the flu this year.
1 ) Do what you are doing now. Read up online and get more direct information from sources that are proven sources of reliable health information. You can get more information by learning to search google about flu symptoms and avoiding the flu than you will get from your doctor or government. I can not say it enough; “Read !”.