Archive for the ‘General Health’ Category
The Grand Canyon
July 28th, 2010 | 
Author: There is lots of fun activates to do at the Grand Canyon that doubles as a awesome workout. Some of these activates include hiking, rafting, and climbing. Click on one of the links for more information on the activates at the Grand Canyon.
Hiking trails are plentiful around the canyon. Some are relatively easy flat trails along the rim, while others go all the way down to the river. If you plan to hike, be sure to get a backcountry permit, take plenty of water and be sure you are fit enough for the hike you are attempting, taking elevation into account. Hiking to the bottom takes an entire day, and a round trip is dangerous. If you’re hiking all the way down, plan to camp or stay overnight at the Phantom Ranch.
Too Much TV Can Make You Depressed
Are you depressed? If so is there a certain reason you are depressed? If there is no particular reason you are depressed. It might be because you watch to much TV. Studies have shown that to much TV can make you depressed. Click on the link to get more information on this new study.
Research has already shown that watching less television can make you happier. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has found that the opposite is also true. That is, watching too much TV is an unhealthy habit—it can make you depressed, anxious, and altogether out of sorts.
5 Ways to Boost Wintertime Energy and Happiness
Even though it is in the middle of summer (and a lot of people don’t want to think about this), winter will be here before you know it. In the winter (depending on where you live) it can get really cold and it may snow a lot, those two things may make you not want to leave your house or even get off of the couch. So here are five ways to boost your energy and happiness in winter.
THE DETAILS: The five studies conducted by an international team of researchers appear in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. The different studies all came to the same conclusion?that being outdoors and exposed to nature is linked to greater vitality. The study authors described vitality as feeling enthusiastic, alive, vigorous, happy, alert, and full of energy.
5 Fun Summer Workouts to Blast Calories
Exercising can get boring after a while if you do the same thing over and over again. It is super easy to mix up your work out and exercise routine in the summer. Here are five fun ways that can help you stay in shape this summer.
Recreational pursuits such as biking, hiking, and inline skating allow you to reap up to six times more fat-blasting, body-shaping benefits than cruising around the neighborhood on foot. And you don’t have to be a hard-core athlete or fitness freak to get the most out of the five we’re suggesting. Top off your normal weekday exercise routine with one of these exhilarating weekend activities, and you’ll be firmer and fitter by mid-July.
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Tags: exrcies, fun, fun exercises, summer, yahoo, yahoo health | 
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Is Your Produce Losing Its Health Power?
Are all of the produce today losing is health power? Will, it turns out it is. The produce to day is not as healthy as it was 50 years ago. Here are nine simple ways to keep your produce healthy.
While we’ve been dutifully eating our fruits and vegetables all these years, a strange thing has been happening to our produce. It’s losing its nutrients. That’s right: Today’s conventionally grown produce isn’t as healthful as it was 30 years ago—and it’s only getting worse. The decline in fruits and vegetables was first reported more than 10 years ago by English researcher Anne-Marie Mayer, PhD, who looked at the dwindling mineral concentrations of 20 UK-based crops from the 1930s to the 1980s.
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Diet vs. Exercise: The Smackdown
A lot of people go on diets and a lot of people exercise. But is one better for you than the other? Click on the link to find out if one is really better that the other.
In a perfect world, everyone would work out enough and eat right all the time. But that’s not always possible, so we turned to the experts to find out what really matters most—dieting or exercise—for losing weight, fighting disease, and boosting overall well-being. Here, we crown the champ in each category
The Worst Burgers in America 2010
When I say “worst burgers” I don’t mean it as tasting bad. I mean ‘”worst burgers” as in unhealthiest burgers in America. Click on the link to get the nutritional information on the seven most unhealthiest burgers in America.
Ground meat and bun, maybe a slice of cheese. Ideally there’s a pile of produce as well, but if not, so be it. The perfect burger doesn’t benefit from frilly accoutrements. Those “upscale” burger places that insist on embellishing with onion rings, gourmet cheeses, and herb-infused mayonnaise? They’re just showing off, like painting flames on a muscle car. The key to quality is in simplicity, and that’s what the best burgers have in common.
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Tags: applebees, denny's, red robin's, unhealthiest burger, Wendy's, worst burger, yahoo, yahoo health |
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Worst Fast-Food Meals in America
Even thought it really isn’t healthy people eat fast food all of the time. Here are the worst five fast food meals you can order when you go out to eat and a healthier meal (still not healthy, but healthier than the other meals) that you can order at the same restaurant.
In the past few years there’s been some progress on the fast-food front. Many chains have answered our calls for healthier, lower-calorie options. Thing is, these efforts are almost always undermined by the rest of their menus. Show me a laminated menu (or plastic menu board), and I’ll show you a meal that will absolutely obliterate your waistline. To wit: These five caloric calamities—among the worst fast-food meals in America.
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Get Healthy Teeth For Life
Your smile is one of the first thing people notice about you. Even if you have a sparkly white smile doesn’t mean that it while stay that way for ever. Unless you know what to look for. Here are some symptoms that if you tell your dentist about can make your healthy white smile for years and years to comes!
For decades, Conni Sota left every dental checkup with a clean bill of health. But then came a string of troubles: first the "twinges" with cold drinks, then thinning gums. Inconsistent flossing got some of the blame, admits Sota, 51, who works in a Philadelphia-area law office. But the bigger culprit was age: "Teeth and gums are vulnerable to wear, and it’s during your 50s and 60s that problems often start to show up," says Robert Palmer, MD, head of geriatrics at the Cleveland Clinic.
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Four Ways to Order Low-Sodium Fast Food
We all know that eating out isn’t healthy. Some fast food chains are making an effort to cut down on the amount of fat in their meals. But a new study shows that fat is not the only thing they should be cutting down on. There is 2,300 milligrams of salt in one fast food meal. That is way over the daily healthy amount of sodium. But there are a few things you can order that are low in sodium next time you go to a fast food chain. Click on one of the links to find out five low sodium meals you can order at fast food chains.
Eating out can be a headache these days for people who are trying to stick to a healthy diet. Meals are intentionally loaded with sugar, fat, and salt to make them more palatable, and while most chains are making efforts at cutting down on fat, a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that they’re doing a pretty poor job of reducing the salt, exposing a large percentage of Americans to more than an entire day’s recommended sodium allotment of 2,300 milligrams (mg) in a single entrée. Concerns about America’s over-salted diet have prompted the federal government to consider regulating the use of salt in packaged and restaurant food.
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