Archive for April, 2008
“According to the studies 90% of people think that their diets are healthy. However, the bitter truth is that only a scant of 1% meets the minimum standards of a healthy diet….”
You rarely eat chocolate and live on a stellar diet, but still can’t lose weight. You have been exercising, running miles everyday and going to the gym regularly. Even after weeks of doing everything right to drop a few pounds, all you have lost is patience. Before you lose your sanity in this process, check if there is a medical explanation to your problem. Read on to check if you have been hit by any culprits that sabotage even the best weight loss programs.
Saboteurs undermine your weight-loss programs!
Drug Intake: Check if you are taking any drug that leads to weight gain. Have you been taking any anti-depressants, mood stabilizers, or antipsychotics? All these have weight-gain as their side-effect.
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Can’t Lose Weight? The Reason May be Medical!
Are you scared to go to the beach due to the sweat season? Do you dream of a sensational skin when you are back from a sun bath? Exposure to direct sunlight might cause irreversible damages. The UV rays, which is an invisible radiation that alters structure of the skin cells, might cause wrinkles, blackheads, acne, scaly temples, tanning, and so on. Read on to get ready for basking the sun and enjoy the beach this summer to the fullest.
Beach Safety Must Have’s
Clothes for Your Body
Wear the ones that block the UV light. Prefer tight and dark shade clothes. You can go for garments made especially for sun from lines like Solarveil.
Sunglasses for Your Eyes
Buy the glasses carefully. Purchase that have the label reading “Blocks 99% to 100% of UVA and UVB rays” or “UV absorption up to 400 mm” or “Meets ANSI UV requirements”. Ensure that you don’t buy a blue-tinted pair of glasses. They do look cool, but don’t block the UV rays. Wear them especially during log hours on the beach.
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Beauty at the Beach - Summer Sun Wise-ups
Sweating is natural, but rarely do we think about it. We do things impromptu to curb and then fall prey to myths….
Hardworking in gyms, nerve over-stimulation due to stress, or high air temperatures and humidity, whatever the reason is for the extra heat, sweating is body’s natural way of heat regulation. During any of vigorous activities, a person may loose considerable quarts of fluid through perspiration. According to clinical researchers, only one percent of sweat is produced under arms. An astonishing fact most of us are unaware of is that sweat itself is odorless. It is actually the bacteria that live on the skin and breaks down the sweat are what create the odor.
How to control the odor?
Keeping yourself odorless is assumed to be keeping you sweat-less. You might have followed a number of tricks, but couldn’t stop sweating. Don’t worry! There is yet a solution to stop sweating. Follow these steps to stop sweating and start living.
The most common ways to control the odor, however, have always been deodorants and antiperspirants ever since inventions and discoveries were made in this regard. According to researches, Americans spent around $1.7 billion in 2004 on antiperspirants and deodorants. Other products included sprays, aerosols, pumps, roll-ons, solid sticks, gels, creams, and so on.
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Antiperspirants and Breast Cancer - Is There ANY Connection?
