Archive for July, 2010

exercise to maintain a healthy weight

Although most people understand the fact that exercise burns calories, many do not realize how exercise and diet affects our bodies. Many experts now believe that while exercise alone is not an efficient way to lose weight, it can; however, help you maintain a healthy weight once you have already shed the pounds.

“In general, exercise by itself is pretty useless for weight loss,” says Eric Ravussin, a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and an expert on weight loss. His research has shown that people who eat poorly and exercise tend to eat more to compensate for the calories lost during exercise. The result is a “wash” when it comes to calories burned vs. calories consumed each day; this leads to no weight loss or even weight gain in some cases. Read the rest of this entry »

Health Tips: Are you getting enough water?

Posted by admin On July - 8 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Minimum eight glass of water a day is recommended for the people to drink. As per the WEBMD, the early symbols of dehydration are increase in thirst, dry mouth and sticky saliva that can reduce urine that will result in dark yellow urine. It may also experience a lack of energy or headache. Some of main things will help you in remembering to drink water and to make it a little more enjoyable or interesting.

Unluckily, many of the individuals have gotten so out of tune that our bodies feels hungry when we are actually thirsty. If anyone is feeling hungry then try to drink a glass of water first. Always carry a water bottle of with you when you are going outside so that you will not going to feel thirsty. Our body uses and needs huge amount of water, when it sweats a lot. So, do not forget to fill back up water at the time of doing exercise. Always pay special attention as how much you drink water in a day.