Archive for April, 2008

Best tips for maximum weight loss

There are many ways to lose weight like fat burners, diet pills, diet foods and special fitness programs. But most of us want to lose weight at a fast pace that was gained in many years of time period. But most of these programs are gimmicks. They will not teach you how to solve the problem that made you gain so much of weight and how to adopt a healthy lifestyle.


Follow the following weight loss tips that will help you lose maximum weight:



  1. Weight training – With weight training, one will keep on burning high amount of calories compared to the fat for the whole day. Initially, you should go for weight training 2-3 days a week. One should do weight lifting on alternate days to give proper rest to their muscles initially. You can practice it at home or at a gym with free weights.

  2. Eating 5-6 meals a day – Instead of 3 heavy meals, take 5-6 small meals during the whole day. Men should go for 6 meals and women should go for 5 meals throughout the whole day. With small & frequent meals, you will feel the highest level of fitness. When you take frequent and small meals during the day, you will be speeding up your metabolism and thus will be able to burn more calories. And one more thing never skips your breakfast.

  3. Drinking high amount of water – You must have heard too much about it in the past drinking high amount of water is the key to lose maximum weight loss. According to the experts, one should drink 8-10 glasses of water everyday. And in case you try to fulfill your thrust with other resources like soda, coffee or tea, you will be missing the opportunity to drink one more glass of water.

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An Ancient Prescription

Live in rooms full of light.
Avoid heavy food.
Be moderate in the drinking of wine.
Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics.
Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water.
Change surroundings and take long journeys.
Strictly avoid frightening ideas.
Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements.
Listen to music.

–Aulus Cornelius Celsus, ca. 25 B.C.—ca. 50 A.D.

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Are You In Line For A Skatepark Injury?

We can’t prevent all accidents from happening, but we can make smart choices about how we spend our leisure time.  If you’re the type of person who loves a little pavement adventure on your skateboard, rollerblades, or freestyle bike, you already know you can easily get hurt—if you don’t take proper precautions.  But have you stopped to consider the other possible consequences of your leisure-time injuries?

According to researchers at the Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention at the University of California-Irvine, the average cost per skatepark injury is about $3,200.  Medical costs are around $2,100, while lost wages run about $1,100.  Adults (over age 25) miss an average of 17 days of work from skatepark injuries.  Once man actually lost his job because his injury prohibited him from working for weeks; subsequently, without an income, he also lost his apartment.  Likewise, a piano and guitar tuner was fired for similar reasons when he fractured his forearm, the researchers report.  

Before you show off on your skateboard or skip wearing a helmet when rollerblading or biking, consider the impact any potential injury could have on your ability to maintain an income.  Don’t let a little fun become a life-altering event.

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Some basic tips for losing love handles

I think we all know what love handles are. And there is no shortcut or magical formula to remove this fat which is around our belly.


So we have to be very careful and strengthen our willpower towards losing love handles. We have to understand that our eating habit and lifestyle have great impact on our body. So we have to bring positive changes in our life style which will not only help us in losing extra lose handles we are occupying for years but will also help us look fit and fine.


We must understand what we eat and what their impact on our body is. Once we start eating healthy food, we will get used to them and then can eat them frequently and quickly as well. And there are many healthy foods that have great taste. There are some tips you can follow to lose these extra love handles around your belly:



  • You have to keep the movement going. You should aim at moving for 30 minutes everyday whether it‘s in the form of biking, rope jumping, walking or running.

  • Don’t bring junk foods including chips, Burger, cookies etc in your house.

  • Need to make healthy food choices.

  • One should never skip his/her breakfast.

  • Do cardio at least 3 times a week

  • Use stains instead of lift

  • Do some weight lifting


In the end I need to mention one more thing : we should aim at the targets that we can achieve easily. When we set easily achievable targets, we feel more confident when we have achieved them.

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Death By Medical Intervention

You know you’re supposed to wash your hands, but have you ever stopped to consider just how critical it can be?

You might be surprised to learn that in 1881 a few sets of dirty hands changed the course of U.S. history.

On July 2 of that year a gunman attempted to kill the 20th president of the United States, James a Garfield.  The would-be assassin shot the president twice, and one of the bullets lodged deeply in Garfield’s body.  A well-known surgeon was called, and he probed the wound with his unwashed finger in an attempt to find and remove the bullet.  Other doctors were brought in who also probed the wound with unwashed fingers.  They, like most doctors of the day, knew they should wash their hands, but they chose to ignore the practice.  The wound festered.

After more than 10 weeks of languishing, Garfield died—not from the bullet he had taken but from the subsequent massive infection that caused blood poisoning and eventually a heart attack.  Today, medical experts believe that had the president’s doctors not invaded the wound so aggressively with their unclean hands, Garfield would likely have survived the shooting.

A president paid the ultimate price because a few MD’s didn’t take the time to perform a simple, seemingly unimportant act.  The final insult: Garfield’s attending surgeons submitted a $91,000 bill for medical services rendered (that’s more than $1.8 million in today’s currency), and deemed it fair and reasonable.

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