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Three Reasons Why Drinking Too Much Coffee Is Not Good For You

Joshua Smith — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:00:29 +0000

You must have heard at least once that coffee is not good for your health but perhaps you have never heard why this may be so or if it is even true in the first place. The fact is that coffee can actually be healthy for you in moderate amounts but when overdone, it could have negative side effects. In this article, we’re going to show you the 3 reasons why you should not drink too much coffee.

1. Caffeine

Coffee contains the chemical caffeine, which raises the level of the stress hormone, catecholamine, causing cortisol to be released, and making you to be stressed, ans increasing your blood sugar.

High blood sugar levels can cause atherosclerosis, which is blockage of the arteries, which may lead to heart and other cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes.

Caffeine also disrupts sleep patterns so you tend not to sleep as long or as deeply as you should, making the benefits of sleep to occur less frequently with you.

Caffeine may cause you to feel anxious, jittery and even experience heart palpitations all of which may worsen into panic attacks where you have an overwhelming sense of fear and anxiety.

2. Bad For Ulcers

Coffee contains acids which means ulcer sufferers should avoid it completely. But not only do they worsen or aggravate already existing ulcer cases, new studies have also shown that these acids also help in creating new ulcers by weakening the stomach lining.

3. Bad For Digestive System

Coffee also causes indigestion problems as when you drink it, Hydrochloric acid (HCL) is released in the stomach. HCL, in the body, is responsible for digestion of meals and other things you eat. So when you drink coffee and HCL is released, your body will produce less HCL, later on when you do eat a meal, and food will pass through the digestive system without getting digested properly. This may lead to stomach aches and trouble defecating. Also HCL released into an empty stomach may cause or aggravate ulcer.

So now you know a few reasons why drinking too much coffee is not good for your health. Remember them the next time you’re about to have your second or third cup of coffee for the day.

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3 Benefits Of Green Tea For Health

Joshua Smith — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:00:55 +0000

Green tea is an ancient herb that is revered for its medicinal properties, and was first brewed in China, four thousand years ago. It has spread to many cultures and regions of South East Asia, and now to the whole world.

In this article we’ll focus on three of the major benefits of green tea for health:

1. Weight Loss

Green tea contains caffeine, which can stimulate fat reduction. It also contains catechins, which are antioxidants that will boost your metabolism and cause your body to burn more calories.

2. Antioxidation ability

As mentioned earlier, green tea contains antioxidants in the form of catechins. These catechins help to prevent oxidative cell damage in the body by neutralizing free radicals. In their absence, free radicals would attack and damage cells in the body and possibly lead to conditions such as heart disease and cancer.

3. Prevents Cardiovascular Diseases

Green tea contains polyphenols, which are thought to reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol levels, by blocking the intestines from absorbing them. LDL in the body may cause cardiovascular diseases, as they may clog, and even block arteries, when in excess.

When you drink green tea, your body is in better shape, better health, and with a healthier weight, which makes the organs of your cardiovascular system, much less likely to fail.

These are three advantages you will get from drinking green tea, and unlike other drinks, the more you drink tea, the more benefits work on you, with no side effects. In some cultures, green tea is drunk up to 10 cups a day.

In case you are worried that it contains caffeine, the caffeine levels in green tea are not as high as in coffee, so there is a much lower chance of you overdosing on it.

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5 Convenient Fat Burning Foods

Joshua Smith — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 13:00:34 +0000

Weight loss can be a very complicated journey, involving a wide range of factors, one of which is diet. Diet is so important for all fitness goals. As the saying goes, you are what you eat, and this is true because the tissues and organs in the human body are built up from nutrients sourced from food.

There is another, often ignored way by which diet can help with weight loss: certain foods actually have the capability to trigger fat burning, once ingested, and if you make such foods a part of your diet on a regular basis, you will find out that your weight loss experience will be made much easier.

Five of such foods are listed here, below:

1. Berries

Berries are rich with fiber, which causes the body to expend more calories in trying to digest it, than the amount of calories it supplies to the body. This is because fiber cannot be easily digested.

For every gram of berries you eat, your body will spend seven calories. That means that if you were to make berries a part of your diet, you would lose thirty pounds in one year.

2. Eggs

Eggs are rich in a variety of nutrients including protein, but have no fat. This means the body also spends more calories, digesting them, than the calories they supply to the body.

3. Fish

Fish like tuna and wild salmon, contain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and omega 3 fatty acids, the good types of fats which stimulate weight loss.

Fish is also rich in protein, which means that they will increase your metabolism rate, by building and adding to muscle mass, and burning fat in the process.

4. Pepper

Peppers, especially hot peppers, contain the substance capsaicin (responsible for makes the pepper hot) which helps to boost your metabolism rate, burning more calories and fats, and also causing more calories to be burnt in the process of digestion.

5. Avocados

This fruit contains monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) that help increase good cholesterol levels, while reducing bad cholesterol levels. It makes you feel full for much longer, so that you do not have to eat more than you need.

These foods have been proven to be very effective for burning fat, and hence reducing weight. If you include them in your diet consistently, they will produce remarkable changes in your body.

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3 Natural Remedies For Depression You Should Know About

Joshua Smith — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:00:14 +0000

Depression is a terrible mental and emotional condition that affects billions of people around the world, drastically reducing their quality of life, and in severe cases leaving affected individuals needing to be institutionalized.

It is important that you know how to get rid of depression or prevent it from happening to you, and we will show you how in this article:

1. Sleep

Sleep has been one of the most undervalued aspects of health for the longest time, but it is slowly coming into the limelight, with numerous studies confirming its benefits.

One of the benefits these studies suggest sleep gives you, is that it relaxes your mind and your body, and it releases feel good hormones that may keep you up throughout the day, helping to keep depression far away.

Make sure you get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep daily, to enjoy the full benefits of sleep.

2. Exercise

When you exercise, your body pumps blood faster, and quicker to your brain, and makes you breathe faster and deeper, so more oxygen also reaches your brain, which makes it works better, making you feel more alive. “Feel good” hormones are also released when you exercise

3. Eat well:

Some forms of depression are caused when your body does not have enough nutrients or energy to function at its best, so it has to shut down, or minimize some non-essential processes, to provide for the most important ones.

But if you eat a healthy, balanced diet, your body,your brain in particular, will have all the nutrients and energy to function at its peak, making you sharper to observe, and to see life to be interesting.

Also, when you have eaten a hearty meal, you end up feeling good and satisfied, which researchers have found, can influence the rest of your day positively.

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3 Drinks That Will make You Feel Sleepy

Joshua Smith — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:00:53 +0000

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of health and has been called the ‘third pillar’ of health (after exercise and good food), by some. Unfortunately, it is one of the most neglected and undervalued. Proper sleep could make you sharper at work or at school, and give you more energy to carry out your work and activities, during the day, with excitement and gusto.

Many people live very hectic lives and are always on the move, so they have precious little time to sleep. Some others suffer from a natural disorder called insomnia, that makes them not to sleep; but a majority of people do not get the recommended amount of sleep per day (7-8 hours), do so for avoidable reasons.

Now these are three drinks that if you consume, no matter where you are and what you are doing, will make you want to sleep, and hence get to enjoy the benefits of sleep.

1.Cherry Juice and Vanilla drink

This drink is made with the tart cherry which is full of melatonin, the hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycles, and vanilla which has a soothing quality that helps to calm your nerves down.

2. Fresh Chamomile-Lavender tea

This drink is a very powerful sedative because it combines two of the most powerful natural relaxing herbs known: chamomile – which contains a chemical called apigenin, which mimicks the response of an anti-anxiety drug – and lavender – which has been proven to induce drowsiness, and was known for centuries to have a soothing scent.

3. Warm milk

This drink is made with warm milk of course, but you could add some honey, and a little sprinkling of nutmeg. Warm milk has been known for ages to induce sleep because it raises internal body temperature, and has a psychological sleep inducing effect.

Honey contains the amino acid L-tryptophan which is converted into serotonin in the body, and at night times, is converted into melatonin which as we have earlier seen, induces sleep.

Nutmeg also contains a lot of very powerful chemicals that it is possible to overdose on it and fall ill; but if this spice is taken in the correct amount (not more than a quarter teaspoon), it can act as a very powerful tranquilizer.

These drinks are easy and cheap to make, at home or anywhere else, and they are guaranteed to make you feel sleepy, so you are able to finally catch up on all that sleep that you have been missing.

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4 Simple Remedies For Headaches

Joshua Smith — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 02:00:10 +0000

Headaches may usually range from light to terrible, and are almost a daily occurrence for a large number of people. They are caused when blood passing through arteries in the brain push on the vessel walls, causing them to get inflamed, expanding and pushing on nerve cells nearby, and thus creating the sensation of pain we feel as headaches. This usually happens when your blood pressure gets raised, and also when you’re mentally or emotionally disturbed. Fortunately, these foods and drinks will help fix these issues:

Fish oil

Even though this may sound disgusting, to some, studies have shown that fish oil contains omega 3 fatty acids which improves heart function, stabilizes its rhythm, and also helps reduce blood pressure and inflammation of arteries, so they do not expand to cause headaches.

Mix a teaspoon of fish oil in a tall glass of cold orange juice and drink, or stick to the prescription if you are using fish oil tablets or supplements.

Drink water

Another major reason why headaches occur is because of dehydration: your brain loses water, shrinks, and pulls away from the skull, triggering pain receptors around the brain, and giving you a headache.

Statistics show that most people do not drink enough water throughout the day, but instead consume other liquids like coffee, alcohol, and other sugary drinks, which studies have shown, dehydrate you instead.

This may sound too simple to be true, but try it and see; drink a tall glass of water the next time you have a headache, and continue sipping water the rest day, you will see a remarkable change instantly, and in the long run, headaches will become alien to you.

Chew on ginger roots

Ginger roots have been proven to inhibit prostaglandin – a synthesis process in the body that produces fatty substances that are needed to alert the body to pain, and to inflame blood vessels, thereby reducing the chances of headaches occuring.

Spice it up

Cayenne is a spice that contains capsaicin, a substance that inhibits Substance P, another chemical that is needed in the body to help in pain perception.

This spice is famous for curing headaches, and can be crushed and drunk with warm water.

All these foods and drinks are easy, quick and cheap to make, and are guaranteed to work instantly. In the long run, they will eliminate headaches almost completely.

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3 benefits of chia seeds to your health

Joshua Smith — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:00:18 +0000

This is a relatively unknown seed that you may not have heard of, but they are incredibly beneficial to your health, and are the talk of the health community at the moment.

Chia seeds are native to Mexico, where the word ‘chia’ means strength in a local language, and were relied upon by ancient Aztec warriors for strength and nourishment.

Apparently, chia seeds are so nutritious that just one tablespoon can sustain a person for twenty four hours.

Here are three benefits of chia seeds to your health, if you are thinking of adding them to your diet:

Contains Fiber.

Chia seeds are rich in fiber, and about twelve grams of fiber can be acquired from one ounce or two tablespoons of them.

Foods that are high in fiber, cause the body to spend more calories, during metabolism, as fiber cannot be digested by the human body. This means that eventually, as more fat is burnt, there would be a reduction in weight.

Fiber also stays in the belly longer than most other nutrients, making you to feel full, so you do not end up eating more than you need.

Contains Antioxidants

Chia seeds are so rich in antioxidants that they can be stored for long periods of time without damage.

Antioxidants help prevent cell damage in the body, by neutralizing free radicals produced from the metabolism of oxygen, which would otherwise attack and damage cells. In this way, antioxidants help keep the body looking young.

Improves Cardiovascular function

Chia seeds contain omega 3 fatty acids which improve cardiovascular activity by removing the bad cholesterol from your bloodstream to the liver to be disposed of, and increasing good cholesterol levels.

Chia seeds are easy and simple to add to your diet making it the ideal food for you. Sprinkle a few teaspoons over your breakfast and watch it do its magical work in you.

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3 Benefits Of Dragon Fruits To Your Health

Joshua Smith — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:30:10 +0000

Dragon fruits, to many, are weird looking–with white insides, and black seeds–but nonetheless delicious fruits. Fruits in general are full of nutrients and benefits for you, but dragon fruits are in a different class of their own, providing most of the benefits that many other fruits provide, plus a few more that are almost unique to them.

Contains Antioxidants

Dragon fruits are rich in antioxidants that help prevent cell damage in the body by neutralizing free radicals produced from the metabolism of oxygen, which would otherwise attack and damage cells. In this way, antioxidants help keep the body looking young.

Weight Loss

Dragon fruits have the ability to cause weight loss as they are rich in fiber which causes the body to expend more calories in handling them, as fiber cannot be digested. This eventually means that over a long period of time, more fat is burnt, leading to a reduction in weight.

Fiber also stays in the belly longer than most other nutrients, making you to feel full, so you do not end up eating more than you need, and helping in weight reduction.

Dragon fruits are low in calories, and will also increase your metabolism rate, burn calories and help you lose weight.

Prevents Cardiovascular Diseases

Dragon fruits help to eliminate the two major factors that lead to cardiovascular health conditions, which are: blocked arteries and oxidative stress, which is when free radicals become too many for the body to handle by itself.

Eat at least one dragon fruit everyday, and you will see the remarkable changes that will take place in your body.

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4 Postural Exercises For Relieving Back Pain

Joshua Smith — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:00:42 +0000

Back pain is what it sounds like; a pain in the back (which statistics show will affect everyone in their lifetime), and are manifested in varying degrees, from low, negligible and almost unnoticeable aches, to very sharp, and intense pain which could reduce your effectiveness at work, and may remain for up to several hours.

You should not take back aches lightly, because your back contains one of the most important structures of your entire body, your spinal cord which enables you to move around and control other parts of your body.

In fact, the main component of your back is your spinal cord, and any pains you feel there are most likely as a result of your spinal cord being under stress (though muscle spasms and contractions may also cause backaches), and though backaches may not be a sign of anything serious, it is better not to take any chances.

Static Extension

The participant kneels down with their hands on the floor, back arching inwards, elbows straight, and hips forward a few inches so that they’re not aligned with their knees.

The participant holds this position for one to two minutes which helps to remind the back the proper way of extending, after it has gone through years (probably) of bad sitting and slouching positions, causing it to be flexion (rounded back).

Static Back

This is a famous method for relieving one of back pain, and involves one lying on their back with their legs bent over, at a right angle on a chair, or block, or other elevated surface, with your hands resting on your stomach or on your side with palms facing up. Then breathe deeply from your stomach for between five to ten minutes, and with your back resting the whole time.

This exercise ensures that muscles which have been weakened and tightened because of extreme inactivity are relaxed, freed and loosened for action.

Modified Floor Block

This postures involves you lying on your stomach with your forehead on the floor, and your elbows resting on blocks or books, so that your hands do the ‘i surrender position’. Breathe deeply for six minutes with your shoulders level, and lowering your body weight into the space below.

Supine Groin Stretch

This postures is similar to the static back posture, and it involves lying on your back with one knee bent at a ninety degree angle on a chair and your foot fully extended. Keep the other leg resting straight on the floor, and your legs in alignment with your hips and shoulders for ten minutes after which you should repeat this with the other leg.

If you’ve experiencing any challenges with your back, the exercise moves we have shown here should be of great help. These exercises will help to fix your posture, and relieve you of backaches.

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The Top 3 Natural Remedies For Dealing With Pimples

Joshua Smith — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:15 +0000

Pimples are an age-old problem, a condition that for those who have it, is often hugely embarrassing and viewed as an impediment to beauty. They aren’t just a fashion issue to be dismissively brushed off, though, as at times there are health concerns with pimples.

Though great efforts have been made to fight this problem, most of it has focused on artificial or synthetic substances, which are expensive to use and may also have other side effects on the body.

However, there are some natural foods and substances which could have a positive effect on pimples and have very little-to no side effects on the body. If you’re struggling to get rid of pimples, you can read on to learn more about the top 3 natural remedies for pimples:

1. Egg whites

The white part of a raw, uncooked egg absorbs excess oil from the surface of the skin, removing the critical ingredients crucial for pimples to form, and also contains vitamins and proteins, nutrients that also help fight pimples, and to rebuild your skin cells.

It is applied to the surface of the skin, with a moisturizer afterwards, and is a solution that has been popular for decades now, which not only removes acne, but removes the scar left behind.

Papaya fruit

Papaya contains the enzyme papain, which fights inflammation, and also removes dead skin cells and excess sebum. When applied to the surface of the skin, it could also make the skin soft and smooth.

You apply it on your skin for between fifteen to twenty minutes, after you have pounded it to a mash.

Mixture of honey and strawberries

Honey is an anti-inflammatory substance, which also fights against the bacteria that may be the cause of your acne.

Strawberries are rich with salicylic acid, a chemical that increases cell growth, and makes the epidermis to produce more cells faster, so that hair follicles are dropped faster, giving very little time for acne to develop, and killing bacteria in the process.

It is applied to the skin for twenty minutes after having mixed the honey with the mashed up strawberries.

Most of these solutions are essential elements of most cosmetic products today; but you do not have to buy the finished products, as these raw, uncut methods will do just fine, ensuring you save money while you get a result as good as the finished products.

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