Exercise Helps Lower Cholesterol

Exercise Helps Lower Cholesterol

Exercise is something we know we need to do, but when you are at risk of higher cholesterol levels or you know that you already have a high reading, it’s time to take action. By exercising more, you can ensure you are keeping your body strong and healthy while also keeping your cholesterol levels within a normal range.

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Healing Time for Smoking

Smoking Healing Time

I have always wondered what the healing time for smoking actually is. How long does it take for your lungs to heal from years of being filled with tar, nasty chemicals and smoke? I’m sure there are many other people out there who are wondering the same thing, so I have done some research and here’s what I learned.

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Weight Gain During Menopause

Menopause Weight Gain

Women do not have to gain a lot of weight when they begin menopause. By learning what causes women to gain weight during the menopausal years, a lot can be done to stop the scale’s ascent to higher numbers.

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5 Simple Tips for Easy Weight Loss

By following these 5 Simple Tips for Easy Weight Loss you should start to see a drop in your weight in a few days. Although these tips aren’t the answer for long-term weight loss or weight maintenance, they will show you how making just a few small changes in your daily diet can help you start losing weight.

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Weight Loss and Pregnancy Do Not Mix

Needless to say, I am thrilled beyond belief, but I am also scared about how pregnancy will make me gain weight. I have been thinking about this a lot and have come to the conclusion that weight loss and pregnancy do not mix. The bottom line is that I have to stop being so concerned about my weight as it appears as a number on a scale and just focus on eating a healthy diet and getting regular exercise.

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How Antioxidants Enhance Weight Loss

Losing weight can be a difficult process. Nevertheless, there are certain things you can include in your weight loss program that can help make the process a little easier and faster, such as providing your body with antioxidants.

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Exercise + Healthy Diet = Weight Loss

Exercise + Healthy Diet = Weight Loss. This equation, one which seems completely common sense, has been the center of conversation lately because some say that exercise may cause weight gain and work against your weight loss efforts. This misleading fact about losing weight was recently promoted in a Time Magazine article “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” and has been at the center of some fiery debate.

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Weight Loss Can Relieve Back Pain

It makes common sense that weight loss can relieve back pain, but I never really thought about its importance before. However, for those people who suffer from back pain, most will tell you that they would do almost anything to get rid of it, even if it requires them to shed some pounds.

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Eating After Exercise

Eating after exercise is meant to help your body to recover from exercise and be ready to perform optimally the next day. After all, using your muscles to a certain degree does indeed damage them and providing them with the nutrients they need to repair is a natural process that helps them grow.

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5 Ways to Naturally Increase Metabolism

What we ingest and how much we eat, as well as how much we rest and exercise has a dramatic affect on our bodies and will impact both our health and our metabolisms negatively or positively depending on what we do. To make sure you are doing everything you can to help your body lose weight, here are 5 ways to naturally increase metabolism you should make sure you are doing every day.

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