Natural Health Tips

Archive for December, 2009

–  If you can tolerate any food, try the BRAT Diet (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast).

–Dry crackers by your bedside work, but only if you nibble on them! And eat them in bed before you attempt to get up and move

–Avoid greasy or spicy foods, or foods with a strong odor

–Have your foods and beverages at room temperature, hot food sand drinks may add to nausea

–If you want cooked foods you can cook fruits and vegetables (like apples and carrots) Cook them lightly with fresh ginger

–Drink peppermint tea or ginger tea

–Peppermint essential oil, Spearmint essential oil, Ginger essential oil (place drop on finger and touch tongue with finger). Make       sure to use only therapeutic grade oil with the Supplemental Facts on the label (Young Living fulfills these qualifications)

–Small sips of room temperature filtered water with a drop of one of the above essential oils. Do this every fifteen minutes to prevent dehydration.

–Juice fresh celery juice with carrot and ginger

–Small sips of cool not cold, naturally carbonated unsweetened beverage such as Perrier, or Pelligrino

–If you vomit make sure to replace fluids along with mineral sand electrolytes. Sip any fluids that you can keep down including broth, clear juice, and natural nectars.

–If you need to replace electrolytes and can’t get to a health food store or your Young Living supply, you can drink Pedialyte bought in drug stores or Gatorade (try to get everything without sugar when possible) in regular stores.

I have to blog about hotels with spas – I recently went on a spa trip and it was brilliant. I treated myself and the wife to a spa break at one of the Shire Hotels numerous hotels and I cannot rave about it enough. We could play sports, chill in our room or hang out one of the many bars and restaurants the hotel had to offer, plus the spa facilities were great.

On our spa breaks uk we managed to relax and unwind, get massaged and the wife had loads of treatments that were available. The food was excellent and I really would recommend a Shire Hotel near you – check out the site.

With the opening of the holiday season most people are thinking of a few traditional things – food, celebrations, cold weather, and the coming New Year. When the holidays end, however, most people begin to consider a change of pace that often incorporates some sort of exercise to make up for any overindulgence during the early winter months.

Is there one “universal” exercise activity that can be done by people in need of post-holiday weigh loss? Actually, stationary bikes are among the most beneficial and widely used options. This is because they provide a form of exercise that is of the “low-impact” variety and because the equipment is available in such a wide range of styles.

Modern consumers can choose from designs that offer upright or recumbent positions, a range of resistance options, and even some programmable features. For instance, it is not all that unusual for a consumer to be able to choose from several recumbent stationary bikes with either manual or electronic resistance features and the availability of built-in computers that can automatically take them through a pre-programmed workout.

How do you know which bike to choose for your New Year’s program? The first thing to always consider is the safety of the equipment. Regardless of your budget and other needs, choose only from a range of stationary bikes that provide a wide base to counterbalance the weight and activity of the device. Next, the machine must have a covered flywheel. This is the area below the pedals (or in front of them in the case of a recumbent bike) which can easily snag clothing or harm those who get too close.

One of the most popular misconceptions about the male swimmers physique (the classic V-shaped body type) is that the only way to achieve this look is by spending hours and hours swimming! Although swimming is one of the best forms of exercise, it is not how the body type is achieved! If that were the case we would see more men walking around looking like Michael Phelps or Ian Thorpe!

So how do you get a swimmers body build without swimming? The answer is very simple – weight training to build lean muscle! Now while the answer may be simple – what it takes to do it isn’t so easy, especially if you aren’t a fitness trainer or trained in muscle development. While nothing compares to step-by-step instructions, I do have several tips that will help you get on your way to getting that swimmers body build that you desire.

1. Decrease your body fat percentage: Most medical experts agree that to be considered fit, the average man should have 15 percent body fat or less. For elite swimmers this may very will vary between 6% and 20%. However you should strive to get your body fat percentage somewhere between 10-15% Generally speaking, the male body tends to store most of it’s fat at the waist and above. Since one of the more noticeable features of a swimmers build is the defined waist line and broad back, it is important for you to be especially mindful of your body fat in that area.

2. Include cardio into your workout: Aerobic exercises will not only increase your endurance, which will prove beneficial to your workout regimen, it will also help you to burn fat. The importance of reducing your body fat percentage can’t be stressed enough. You will flat out not achieve your desired result if your body is carrying too much fat.

3. Watch what you eat: Once again, this speaks directly to the need to lose that extra fat that your body is holding on to. Remember that to lose one pound of fat, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 3,500 calories. This will be achieved by a combination of diet and exercise. You will need to burn more calories than you consume. Stay active, stay moving, commit to your workout regimen and you will see results.