Leisure Special

Perhaps the cheapest and most expedient way to lose weight is to walk it out. Most people can lose at least one pound a week by walking at a moderate pace for at least thirty to sixty minutes a week. Walking is not only great for weight loss but it also cuts your risk of stress related mood disorders, heart disease, colon cancer, stroke, breast cancer and diabetes.

Every individual is different when it comes to how long it will take for him or her to burn the fat off. To put it simply, a pound of fat equals 3500 calories. In order to lose that one pound a week you will need to burn off 3,500 more calories than the total calories that you consumed for that week. Time does not matter as much as distance. However the faster you walk the more calories you will be burning per mile.

Walking your weight off is not the same as strolling. You can stroll weight off but it will take a lot longer than if you walk at the optimal fat burning pace. This determined pace means that you are breathing a little hard but not so hard that you cannot carry on a conversation in full sentences. This will help pretend that you are walking fast, like you would if you were a bit late for an important appointment. When you are walking at this speed it means that you are exercising at sixty to seventy percent of your maximum heart rate, which burns calories efficient, helps create lean muscle and elevates the efficiency of the metabolism. So, enjoy walking!

Since we only have one heart, we should do something to keep it in good condition. Appearing in the latest issue of the leading cardiology publication European Heart Journal, the study shows that happiness, content and enthusiasm are among the emotions that may be tied to a much better level of health, regardless of age and gender. The new, major review showed that happier people tend to experience a lot less hearth problems that those who spent less time laughing or feeling good.

According to scientists involved in the new observational investigation, the conclusions were produced only by looking at how people evolved over time. But the leader of the work, Dr Karina Davidson, an expert at the Columbia University Medical Center, says that the results could in the near future inform physicians on developing new approaches to safeguarding people from the risk of developing heart conditions. The scientist adds that more studies are needed on the issue, before medical recommendations can be given by experts without any risks.

Today, I schedule a pampering weekend for me and hubby. Yep! I will try to lure him to a health and beauty-break in a nice day spa. What better way is there to relax after a long week at work other than a soothing massage with aromatherapy?

Pampering beauty treatment breaks will rejuvenate and leave the pampered person feeling like a new person. There are lots of hotels or beauty spas that offer a combination of gracious accommodation, fine dining, superb entertainment and luxury spa.

I just found the many benefits of going to a spa beyond mere relaxation and beautification. Below are as follow

• enhancing spiritual awareness
• increase the body’s energy flow
• improving flexibility of our body
• reducing high blood pressure and hypertension
• healing emotional distress
• reduce the effects of ageing
• soothing tired muscles
• toning and nourishing the skin
• detoxifying our body
• stimulating circulation
• reducing weight and weight-related problems
• reducing insomnia, stress and fatigue

Weekends are the perfect time to soothe the mind and revitalise the soul. Hubby and I deserve to be really pampered. Hopefully he’ll agree with me.

The moment the doctor said that hubby has acute appendicitis, I couldn’t help ask why. What’s the reason behind that? I am really dumbfounded about the fact that we are still very happy shopping the day before his operation. And just out of nowhere, he is already scheduled for operation, just like that.

Well, I found an insight of what might cause appendicitis. According to the researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) appendicitis may in fact be caused by a viral infection of some sort. The condition refers to the inflammation of the appendix, a protuberance in the gut that is believed to be holding a safety cache of bacteria to repopulate the intestines if the need arises. Common knowledge has it that inflammation in the appendix needs to be treated immediately via surgery and removal, but the new study questions whether this is truly the case.

After the appendix was first identified in 1886, doctors started extracting it at the first sign of trouble because the operation was relatively simple and uncomplicated. In addition, a burst appendix causes a lot more problems, and such an incident is generally considered to be an emergency. Therefore, throughout the 20th century, this became a standard medical practice.

Dr. Livingston is suggesting that non-perforated appendicitis could be resolved without surgery. He and his team base their statement on cases of sailors or other people with no immediate access to doctors, and on children. In some children hospitals, removing the appendix when the first troubles appear is not treated as an emergency, and surgery is generally avoided. In their investigations of hospital admission records, the researchers noticed a strong hint to the idea that appendicitis might be caused by a viral agent, such as the flu virus that caused influenza.

There are lots of controversy surrounds the role of exercise in the development of menstrual problems. Researchers have noted that more female athletes have amenorrhea, prolonged cycles, or delayed menstrual onset than those other women, but there is no general agreement on the reasons.

According to one theory, the lack of menstruation among athletic women stems from loss of weight and body fat. Glandular problems have also been blamed. Low estrogen levels, vitamin deficiency, and the stress of rigorous training and competition are other proposed causes.

On the positive side, many athletes do have regular menstrual cycles — and they have milder cramps, less PMS, shorter-lasting periods, and fewer headaches than their sedentary sisters. On balance, most doctors recommend regular, reasonable exercise.

My brother is spending lots of cash every time he goes to beauty clinic. Actually, he has a bad case of acne that puts a toll in his face. But, I really wonder why he has acne in his legs, arms, back and chest as well. I can visibly see them spread all over his body.

At some point I just found out that acne is at least partly caused by hormonal fluctuations, which is often categorized as hormonal acne. Despite my brother’s effort, he may well still experience breakouts because the cause lies inside, with the hormones. I am just wondering if his skin doctor told him that.

For sure there are lots of hormonal acne cures out there. That is a much better idea than going to beauty clinic every month. But, I don’t want to meddle towards his activities, he might be offended.