Beauty Of Health

Look and Feel Younger

Dec 252012

It is a fact that the younger you look the younger you feel, time is a hard task master and before you know it lines are starting to appear on your face and crows feet are starting to develop around your eyes, you spend a lot of money on creams and lotions to try and slow down the process of aging, but short of plastic surgery nothing seems to work.

Slowing down the aging process is a little easier though with a few little changes in your daily life and changing your beauty regime, can help to avoid the formation of wrinkles and a good hair dye can hide the little stands of grey hair that appear from time to time.

10 things that you didn’t know were aging you and how to avoid them. Continue reading »

Fat Burning: High vs. Low

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Dec 112012

Q: Will people lose body fat more efficiently by performing their aerobic workouts at a low, rather than a high, intensity?

A: Unfortunately, many fitness professionals advocate low-intensity workouts as a way to maximize fat burning. The theory is that low-intensity aerobic exercise training will allow the body to use more fat as the energy source, thereby accelerating the loss of body fat.

While it is true that a greater percentage of calories burned during low-intensity exercise come from fat (about 60 percent as opposed to about 35 percent from high-intensity exercise workouts), high-intensity exercise still burns more calories from fat in the final analysis. Thirty minutes of low-intensity exercise (e.g., 50 percent of maxžmal exercise capacity) burns approximately 200 Calories, and about 120 of those come from fat (i.e., 60 percent). However, exercising for the same amount of time at a high intensity (e.g., 75 percent of maximal exercise capacity) burns approximately 400 calories. At the 35 percent fat utilization figure, 140 Calories burned come from stored fat. Continue reading »

Can you work strength & aerobics at the same time

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Dec 112012

For years, the lure of maximum benefits with minimal effort has been a common theme in the marketing of health and fitness products. Recently, this same theme is being used in advertising new fitness products that promise the benefits of both aerobic training and strength training in one workout — with minimum time investment. Although heart rates are elevated on these machines, it’s important to realize that elevated heart rates alone are not direct indicators of an aerobic training stimulus.

This article will illustrate why resistance training is not physiologically effective as an aerobic training method, and why the majority of home gyms have limited effectiveness in increasing VO2max. The relationship between heart rate and oxygen consumption necessary for maximum aerobic benefit and the corresponding heart rate/oxygen relationship during resistance training will be examined. In addition, the pressor response, which may help you understand why these differences occur, will be examined.

Heart rate, oxygen consumption and aerobic benefit

The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that to improve cardiorespiratory endurance most effectively, an exercise must utilize large muscle groups, must be rhythmic in nature and must be sustained for a minimum period — usually 20 to 30 minutes. In addition, the exercise intensity should be between 40 and 85 percent of an individual’s functional capacity. Continue reading »

Beauty:-Going Natural

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Nov 142012

With so many chemicals and substances going into your daily beauty products, you will never know what’s actually happening to your skin. Your best bet? Opt for natural and organic ingredients as that’s the way to go now when it comes to beauty and skincare.

Take a quick look at the ingredients label of any beauty products and you are bound to read a list of ingredients that don’t mean a thing to you – Titanium Dioxide, Isotropy Alcohol, Sodium Laureth Sulfate or Formalin. Sure they sound impressive and therefore should be the best ingredients for your skin, right? Continue reading »

Beauty Sleep

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Nov 122012

Regardless of how much you spend on beauty products and facials, skimping on sleep will cause your skin to look dull and tired. We takes a look at why this relaxing activity does so much for your skin and health.

We spend so much time popping vitamin pills and making sure we eat the right amount of nutrients so that we stay healthy. Why it is then that some of us are guilty of not doing the most basic thing our body requires? The crime? Not getting the adequate amount of sleep. Continue reading »

Flatten the Tummy to Shape

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Nov 092012

Have a Happy Tummy!

1. Stand upright, bend down so that the palm of your hands slap on to the floor on both sides.

2. Sit up, legs laid straight in front of you, bend your head to reach or almost touch in between your knees.

3. Kneel straight with your toes bending and holding to the floor, hold your hands each to the sides of the heels of your feet, then bend forward, slowly, to have your forehead touch the floor.

4. Sit up with left leg tucked under the right thigh. Bend head to touch right knee. Do same for the other leg.

5. Lie flat with your chin to the floor. Hold your feet to touch your buttocks, from the back.

Always check with a Consultant before taking any exercise.

Do the exercise daily and 2 or 3 times a day

Have a warm shower after every exercise and get results within weeks.

The Best of What We Know

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Jun 262012

As we all know, the health and fitness industry has gone through some unanticipated, even remarkable, changes over the past decade and a half. Burn-baby-burn exercise , once touted as the only way to get fit and trim, is out. Enjoying yourself at whatever physical activity you endeavor is in. In fact, while exercise was once thought of as a means for looking better, today most people do it to feel better – mentally, emotionally, physically, even spiritually. To wit: Fifteen years ago, who would have thought that freshwater fishing would be the fifth most-popular physical activity with women in America? Continue reading »

The Perfect You

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Jun 072012

for your MIND

Going through all the pages, talking about makeup, afterall there are things that are more important than your look – your mind and your body – a kind heart, a wise mind and a health body. There is a Chinese saying, “The look on your face grows from your heart”. It’s easy to understand.

Here I am sharing with you some of the good readings I got. Some of them make you smile, some of them make you drop tears, some of them make you wiser! Continue reading »

Botox: : Beauty secret in Hollywood

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Jun 032012

Botox has been a well-kept beauty secret in Hollywood since it was first developed by dermatologist Dr. Jean Carruthers in the late ’80′s for immobilizing facial ticks and spasms. No one dreamed it would become one of the most popular rejuvenation techniques in the plastic surgeon’s and dermatologist’s arsenal. But now Botox-mania has hit mainstream Hollywood harder than “Titanic” and has created the biggest wave and hottest trend. Dr. Steven Hoefflin, plastic surgeon to the stars, who has been using Botox on his star-studded clients for the past nine years says, “Through the years, Botox injections have allowed stars to remain subtly beautiful and they love it because it is very effective, simple, safe and long lasting,” Counting himself among the ranks of conservative doctors who don’t want people to “look done,” Hoefflin says Botox’s subtle enhancements make it one of the greatest techniques to use. Continue reading »

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…

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May 262012

We’re not supposed to judge people by their looks, but we do it every day. Many Americans use appearance as a measure of worth. Numerous studies have shown that looks influence job opportunities, salaries, the perception of one’s intelligence, kindness, fitness as a parent, talent as a lover — even the chances of getting acquitted by a jury. But enough about O.J.

We all know there’s a double standard for looks and age: silver-haired men “mature,” women just get old (“She must have been really pretty”). And as psychologist and body image specialist Dr. Debbie Then tells us, societal pressures are now worse than ever because many women think they’re supposed to be successful professionals and look like Barbie. Park Avenue plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Kane says, “It’s just another acquisition that successful people look for somewhere along the ladder.” Continue reading »

What’s the Skinny on Fats?

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May 182012

We love fat, there is no doubt about that. In fact, 33 to 42% of calories in the typical American diet come from fat, well above the recommended 30% or less. Unfortunately, fat is…well, fattening. One gram of fat delivers nine calories, whereas a gram of protein or carbohydrate provides only four. Besides expanded waistlines, too much fat can lead to an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. There is a lot of conflicting information about fats in the media,and many of us are understandably confused. We hear about the “good” omega-3 fats, the “bad” saturated fats, and the evil trans fats recently in the spotlight. There is also the dizzying array of food labels promising “fat-free”, “reduced fat”, and “light.” But wait, before you give up and grab another holiday cookie, read this to get the true skinny on fats. All fat is not bad. Continue reading »

Hard Body, Hard Bones

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May 182012

We used to snack on cookies and milk. Then somehow, counting calories seemed more important than nutrition, so the milk gave way to a diet soft drink or coffee. The good news is that now you don’t have to lose the nutritional benefits of milk to count calories. Go ahead and treat yourself to a cookie…and a cup of non fat milk. Dairy and other calcium-rich foods can be both heart and bone healthy.

How much is enough?
Calcium, a mineral found naturally in our bones, is vital for healthy bone formation. So a calcium-rich diet is one of the most important steps you can take to help build strong, Healthy bones and to help prevent osteoporosis. The recommended daily allowance of calcium is: Continue reading »