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April 19, 2012

Inner Health versus Outer Health

How young do you feel?

Looking Good and healthy is not enough! Your heart could be more aged than your age.

How many times have you marveled at a parental or in older age in your life? Maybe the answer lies in your vascular age! Did you know that your vascular age can be different from your chronological age? As 17th century English physician said, “A man is as old as his arteries.”

Your arteries reveal the true age of your heart and fitness quotient.

The vascular age tell you how old your arteries are after enduring the steady beating of your heart – 70 times a minute or more than 100,000 heartbeats a day, which account for the wear and tear on your vessels.

February 29, 2012

Tea Types and There Good and Bad Health Benefits


Tea has long been thought to have health benefits for the heart and in the prevention of cancer. Studies have found that some teas may help with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes; encourage weight loss; lower cholesterol; and bring about mental alertness.

The degree of processing the leaves of camellia sinensis determines whether a tea will be green, black or red (oolong). Green tea is the least processed. These are simply steamed quickly before packaging. Black and red teas are partially dried, crushed and fermented. The length of fermentation, which causes the leaves to blacken, determines whether the tea will be red or black.

Types of tea
White Tea: White tea is similar to green tea, in that it's undergone very little processing and no fermentation.

November 2, 2011

Dance For Health

Dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage in a social activity. This is especially stimulating to the mind, and one 21-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine even found dancing can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in the elderly.

 

Benefits of Dancing
To dance for 30 minutes continuously or in sessions (no less than 10 minutes per session) every day will bring you a lot of physical benefits, such as: