The Negative Effects Of Belly Fat Can Be Reduced By Modest Exercise

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: A little exercise goes a long way. A study from the University of Illinois suggests that the negative effects of belly fat can be reduced by moderate exercise, even if you don’t change your diet. That fatty midsection can increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Read more at medicalnewstoday.com.

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Smoking during Pregnancy may Cause Aggression in Children

Newsflash—smoking is bad for pregnant women. And not just them. New evidence from a Canadian study suggests that smoking during pregnancy is a cause of aggression in children, making them quicker to hit, kick, bite or bully than the children of women who do not smoke. This is on top of the established health problems related to the children of smokers, including prematurity, SIDS, low birth weight, respiratory problems and birth defects.

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3 Natural Ways to Curb Bad Breath

Bad breath is bad news for your social life and your oral health. Instead of reaching for the mouthwash or those zesty mints, reach for these three simple tips from Dr. Andrew Weil.

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Emotional eating — healing starts with awareness

On womentowomen.com, Nurse Practitioner Marcelle Pick has an excellent—and hopeful—piece on emotional eating. While emotional issues are unique to the individual, certain universalities do apply. It’s important to understand the root of your eating behaviors, or else when I say, “Three meals, no snacks,” you’re going to think, “Well, I’ve already failed before I’ve started; why bother?” And what is thought of as emotional eating often has its roots in physiology. Please, if you sense that what’s eating you is what’s making you eat, get help. When you want to feel better and be healthier, the resources are there for you.
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Go Ahead, Push Your Weight Around

You know that body weight you’ve been lugging around? It can make itself useful. With your bodyweight as the resistance in certain exercises, you get a perfectly good workout without spending on weights or a gym membership. Some of the best of these exercises are collected in an article on goodhealth.com, a website of the Seton family of hospitals. This idea also goes along with one of my main principles, which is that people will exercise if it’s convenient. And what’s more convenient than needing no equipment and being able to exercise wherever and whenever you have a few spare minutes?

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Music That Soothes The Heart

Did you know that listening to mellow songs help people with heart problems? Sounds interesting, doesn't it?

According to a study conducted by Temple University, patients with heart problems who listen to mellow music reduced their heart rates, breathing rate and blood pressure. It is more effective if the patients choose their own tunes than listen to tunes chosen by the researchers.

Music with sedative qualities such as slow tempo is able to relax people with heart problems due to its soothing effect and relaxing beat.

People with heart diseases should make music their daily medicine and a part of their daily routine. Listening to music can help them slowly overcome their sickness and make them feel that everything will be alright. Music has a truly therapeutic effect. Stress, heartaches and weary minds are miles away if you drown it in the magic of music.

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Depression Increases Possibility of Heart Attack

According to a study conducted with 63, 469 women, researchers found that women who were clinically depressed were more than twice likely to suffer a fatal heart attack. The study started with women who were healthy and followed them as they started showing symptoms of depression or started taking anti depression drugs. Once the woman is depressed, she will more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes and elevated cholesterol, factors which can trigger heart disease.

The study also raised the possibility that those symptoms were caused by the drugs, which in my opinion and experience working with people can be very true.

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