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Step your way
To add strength to leg muscles and get a cardiovascular workout at the same time, try climbing plain old stairs. This can be done at home, in your office or apartment building. Climbing two steps at a time is good for building the quadriceps (thigh muscles) and the gluteus (butt). |
5/8/2002 |
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A 5 min break
For every one hour of work, take a five minute break and stretch,
walk, or meditate. With just a few minutes of relaxation (or doing something other than work), you'll increase your physical activity as well as productivity and feel better throughout the day. |
28/7/2002 |
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Eat your beans!
Nutrient compounds called 'flavonoids' have been found to be effective antioxidants that help protect against heart disease and cancer. These flavonoids are found in the coating of such beans as navy, pintos, kidney, great northern and black beans. |
22/7/2002 |
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Diet Write
If you're trying to lose weight, keep a food diary. In it, write
down every morsel that goes in your mouth each day. Do this for a week to become aware of what you may not have realized goes into your mouth. Then modify your portions and think twice before taking "just one bite". |
14/7/2002 |
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Water
Water not only fills you up and lessens your appetite, it prevents those "hungry horrors" we all encounter when our blood sugar drops and we reach for cookies, ice cream, fries or other high-calorie treats. Water also flushes out the system, rids the body of bloat and toxins and rosies up the complexion. Now, start splashing. |
8/7/2002 |
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Where diets go wrong
When we discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a natural inclination to eat less food. We may skip lunch or eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. But that is not necessarily true. Eating less actually makes it more difficult to lose weight. |
29/6/2002 |
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Sunblock
Protect your skin from the sun with a block that screens both UVB and UVA light. Make sure your sunscreen contains both titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Sunblock manufacturers went ballistic about popular ingredients avobenzone or Parsol 1789 when it was discovered that the chemical deteriorates in sunlight. There is no perfect sunblock, but wearing any lotion with a SPF of 15 to 30 is still effective. |
3/6/2002 |
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Avoid over-eating (Part 4)
Wait 10 minutes before snacking: Between meal snacks are usually impulsive acts. A wait before eating them will often make you realize you aren't hungry after all. Also, keep the right stuff up front - make such foods as fruit and vegetables readily available by keeping them in the front of the refrigerator shelves. |
6/5/2002 |
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Avoid over-eating (Part 3)
Eat off smaller plates!
Drink a 12 ounce glass of water before eating - it will take up room in your stomach and make you feel less hungry. |
29/4/2002 |
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Avoid over-eating (Part 2)
Eat only while sitting down:
Much extra food in consumed on the run. Making it a point to sit down while eating. It will help you think about how much you are consuming. |
15/4/2002 |
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