Energy expenditure through physical activity is an important part of a person’s day-to-day activity that balances and maintains body weight. This emphasizes consideration of the impact of physical activity along with the aspect of diet, nutrition and health. Physical activity has great influence on body composition and is one of the major causes of overweight and obesity. Your diet plan and exercise programs are the most cost effective, affordable and sustainable course of action to combat chronic diseases. Modern dietary patterns like fastfoods and physical activity patterns like escalator and elevator are communicable risk behavior affecting us globally. Technology no matter how much convenience and comfort it has given us makes us pay the other way round – our health. Technology oftentimes makes us lazy to do more physical activity which makes us all the more susceptible to chronic diseases. Learn to walk those stairs on your way to the office and be able to breathe in and out and maintain your abs. Hmmnn are you aspiring to be sexy? Walk the stairs and trim those tummy and be healthy!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Prevention of chronic disease
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/22/2008 03:35:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: abs trim, chronic diseases, diet plan, exercise, health, lose weight, nutrition, tummy trim
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Never too late to start exercising
There is no “from” period and “to” period starting out an exercise and creating better health habits. The moment you get aware of the benefits it brings to your beauty, career and outlook in life – do it! When you start walking or even just use your treadmill and stationary bike at home you improve your exercise efficiency. You get to have a lighter effect, change in mood and change in the way you think and decide on things. Your mind seems to work when you burn those fats out instead of sitting on them!
Those who maintain physical activity burn more fats and lose less muscle than those who focus on pure diet plans without exercise. People lose lean muscle mass with age. Losing much could be risky and may interfere with daily living. Exercise produces metabolic changes which require burning of calories to perform physical activity. Tablets, pills or multivitamins do not and can never replace proper diet and physical activity. Grow old healthy and mentally alert – exercise daily!
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/20/2008 01:10:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: burn calories, burn fat, diet plan, exercise, lose muscle mass, walking
Friday, September 19, 2008
Handling chronic pain
There’s nothing more painful than heartache and a slip disc…. on my terms, laugh! These are the two pains in my life which I can faithfully describe to you in detail. And for this reason I can guarantee that even people who are suffering from stroke conditions are able to manage their activities and be able to walk again if they do this everyday – simply walk!
When I started to do my early morning walk, I almost failed. There were times that I should stop to ease out my pain. And it really feels like I got pinched on my back which makes it difficult to move any part of my body. So I need to freeze, as in literally freeze! And this happens even while I am crossing the street or sometimes in the middle of the road. It was really catching up with my confidence and self esteem but I kept up with my early morning walk.
Why would I ever do that? It is because I believe I could be a better person if I lose a little weight as a result of that daily activity. But then as I progress I discovered that my pain gets to its minimal level too because of the weight loss. My body feels lighter and my mood improves. Along with it, I noticed that I can write more easily and freely with the given condition. And hey my friends kept saying I am sexier lol.
So the target was to lose weight first. I was really making great efforts to accomplish my goals. I do my early morning walk and then swim in the weekend. I did it! The pain was gone and I was able to keep it at minimal level if it recurs. Another thing that I did was eat a lot of fish and unsalted vegetables. Yaiikksss!!!! I love salty foods and I suffered keeping up my goals. Haay torture but then it was the most effective way to lose weight and minimize your back pain.
Exercise… exercise… and exercise. Avoid salty foods and sugar. Do not drink colas nor rely on sugar cubes. This will help you out get a lighter feel, lose weight and manage chronic low back pain.
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/19/2008 04:39:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: chronic low back pain, lose weight, pain management
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Home insemination
Hmmnn want that coo cooo angel smiles in your living room? Wanting to cuddle a live one instead of a teddy bear? Home insemination is the answer to those who want to be mom and dad but haven’t been fortunate enough to create one angel. Maybe it is just not the time yet but if you feel that you really want to take care of your big hubby baby and little baby at home to complete your happiness then there is no reason you should delay home insemination.
The most common method couples used is the collection cup and a syringe which is about 4 inches long or longer. The collection cup contains the semen and the hubby injects it to the wife. Of course there are things that should be done before the injection that your doctor will teach you later when you consult them of the subject. I came across this home insemination idea and was really amaze by the cost it had saved couples going to clinics for test tube babies.
What was funny about the articles and emails I read was that the hubbies are the ones exchanging ideas and comparing notes. They were actually helping each other excitedly talking about how they do it. Home artificial insemination is something that is new and strange for me. The first time I read the article I shrugged my shoulders but when I read two more coming from excited husbands I became interested and research about it.
For couples who had been living together for a long time and still don’t have any babies but want to have at least one baby then maybe it’s high time you go to your doctors and consult them about home insemination.
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/14/2008 03:24:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: artificial insemination, babies at home, home artificial insemination, home insemination
Friday, September 12, 2008
Save a heartache drop the defense!
Pride creates the most reasonable number of relationship breakups and heartaches. If we can just waive it for a moment then maybe we can prevent stabbing our own hearts. But then that is not the only problem that links to it. Most couples do not know their direction and do not know how to seek help. Well then if they know how to seek help and are thinking of going to a counselor they still do not know whom to approach.
Let me introduce to you Fred Talisman of talismaninstitute
He has a good understanding of the human nature and is driven by the compassion to keep marriages and relationships last. Honestly he was a good morale booster and the very reason I am still working online now. He never stops believing in me and he trusts me like no other person have done when you meet the first time. I always remember how kind he was to coach on me and really bridge our communication gap.
Cultural diversity could be such a problem for two people if one won’t patiently try to discover how to tap the other skills and see your potential despite the difference. There’s really no problem whether you come from US or anywhere, he surely will bridge your communication gap and relay to you perfectly. He is not only best at saving marriages but he is also good getting that work related stress out of your system. He will help you manage how to be creative enough to live a real healthy happy life. Call on Fred Talisman about your relationship problems and learn the skills you need to live a good life!
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/12/2008 10:19:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: dating, Fred Talisman, relationship counselor, relationship skills, TalismanInstitute
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Plumpy’nut – a cure for malnutrition!!!
Plumpy’nut is made out of a concoction of peanut butter, vegetable oil and powdered milk which are enriched with vitamins and minerals and requires no cooking or refrigeration. It has an estimated shelf life of 2 years when unopened and is categorized by WHO as a cheap, easy to make and ready to use therapeutic food that’s considered by Nobel prize winning relief “Doctors Without Borders” as the most important advance ever to cure and prevent malnutrition. The standard treatment is usually set to 4 weeks for about 2 to 3 times a day and reverses malnutrition problems in severely malnourished children.
Plumpy’nut has been one of the key tools used to save thousands of lives during the crisis in 2005 across
Malnutrition damages the immune system. A room crowded with sick children is considered as a perfect breeding ground for infection. The only likely solution is home treatment made possible by distributing Plumpy’nut without worries on handling and shipping contaminated milk and dirty water. Plumpy’nut opens a lot of oors to fulfill any person’s mission to save lives. A child can definitely feed himself to it and just self regulate!
Maybe you would want to help and contribute or coordinate with WHO. There is nothing more important that you can give to the world but the act of love and compassion saving children’s lives who may grow to be good leaders someday. Plumpy’nut is not so expensive to give now than the options we had before. Production is minimal and least costly if done locally I guess. Good idea?
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/10/2008 10:48:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: help aid WHO, malnourished children, Plumpy'nut, severe malnutrition, WHO
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Getting appropriate medical information
Readers don’t have to do a lot of browsing to make research in order to get information about their illnesses and chronic diseases these days. Google has been kind enough to give the information to you for free at a very easy to navigate application. You can do it in two ways: subscribing to Google alerts and by subscribing to the blogsites which you feel you like to read the content every now and then. Google alerts will be delivered to your inbox while blog contents can be read by clicking the button at the top of your email named Reader. It will then lead you to another tab or another window depending on your settings and make you enter the URL of the site you want to subscribe. Wait for about 3 minutes and you will see the contents of your favorite sites popping up ready for you to read and digest. As you progress reading it will then mark those that you have browse as read. Google reader makes it easy for you to keep up with the latest content of the sites you like by presenting it one reading list. No need for you to hop from site to site. Are you experimenting with the application now? Happy reading then!
Posted by Shirley Bongbong at 9/03/2008 08:58:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: blogs, Google Alerts, Google Reader, research