Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Few tips to lower your cholesterol level

Cholesterol is a fat-like substance which is formed in the human body. Cholesterol should be balanced to lead a healthy life. When the blood contains too much of cholesterol the excess cholesterol gets deposited on the inner lining of the artery wall. This reduces the space in the artery and thickens and hardens the artery.

There will be a difficulty in blood flow due to the space reduction in the artery. This will lead to the chest pain. If the blood flow is stopped in the coronary arteries it will lead to heart attack.

Cholesterol can be controlled by good exercise and a balanced diet. To increase the good cholesterol, body exercising is the best way. Regular exercise and balanced food can reduce your cholesterol.

Few tips to lower your cholesterol level:

  • Having fresh fruit juice and vegetable juice, coffee and tea is harmless.
  • Fish does not contain fat so it can be used.
  • Only white part of the egg can be eaten by those who have high cholesterol.
  • Clear soups can be consumed.
  • Wheat food can be used in high quantity than the rice items.
  • Comparing to rice wheat is having lower fat.

Few Don’ts:

  • To control the cholesterol mainly, we should avoid fat items in the food. Milk, milk products like yogurt, condensed milk, butter, cheese which contain fats should be avoided.
  • Try to avoid meat and fleshy items, fried oily foods, chocolates, cocoa, cream dessert, which increases the fat.
  • Oils like coconut oil, dalda, saturated oils are also not good for those who are having high cholesterol.
  • Eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly to lower your cholesterol and live healthy.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sound sleep for a healthy body

Sleep plays a vital role in human’s health. Each and every one has to sleep at least 8 hours a day. This will make us fresh, will help us, to make our mind think and act swift lee and will improve our life span. Enough sleep will make us fit always.

Due to lack of sleep blood pressure will raise and cholesterol will get reduce. By avoiding or reducing the time of sleep will only make us weak and we won’t be active all the day.
It is very important for those who work in the night shift to take care of their health by balancing the sleep.

Go to bed daily at 10:00pm and wake up at 4:00am .This will help our health in many ways.

“Early to Bed and early to rise will make a man healthy, wealthy and wise”

Sleeping one hour during 9:00pm to 12:00am is equal in sleeping for 3 hours. Like wise sleeping one hour between 12:00am to 3:00am is equal in sleeping for one and half hours.

Lack of sleep will lead you to fatigue. One of the main and common reasons for Obesity is also because of lack sleep. To get sound sleep, avoid having coffee or tea during the bed time. At most try avoiding a nap during the day time.

In order to get a good sleep take a glass of warm milk and a banana before bed. Alcohol will disturb the sleep. Eat moderately, neither over eat nor sleep in empty stomach. Exercise regularly in the morning, and in the evening do exercise before 4 hours going to bed.

Sleep well, dream and have a healthy and fit body.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Be fit and healthy by exercise regularly

Spending some time to do exercise and make us fit is an art. Exercising on a regular basis makes one fit. We should exercise to improve our health and to tone our bodies. Start doing exercise; plan for 20 minutes make it as a habit.
There are many ways to exercise one of the easiest way for most of is to walk.

Walking early in the morning along with a good companion will help in relaxation. Walking along with a companion makes exercising much more fun. Set a goal to finish at least 10,000 -15,000 steps a day. Walk freely; do not hold weights on your arms or legs when you walk.

When you walk, you work more than one muscle group at a time and use full-body movement as much as possible; it takes less time than to do a thorough weight- training workout. Try doing dumbbell shoulder presses upper body. Exercising in treadmill by hearing music will also get relaxation.

Even small quantities of exercise and activity add up to big benefits. Begin with a 10-15 minute daily and just fit it in whenever you can. Exercising means it is not necessary to go to gym or to do with hard equipment. You can set some easy ones by your own choice.

Keep your selves fit by exercising regularly.