Copyright (c) 2009 Neal Spruce

Somehow during the last few decades, somewhere between 20 and 40 years of age, you’ve gained about 20 pounds. This didn’t have to happen–if you had walked an average of 150 more steps daily (which takes about three minutes) during a period you would normally have been sitting, chances are you would still have that same 20-year-old body. If only you’d paced around your office or home while you were on a three-minute phone call, or walked around your house once daily. If you had gone to the gym only ten times each year for approximately half an hour, engaging in a light workout, you would be 20 pounds lighter. And that’s without changing what you ate and drank during those 20 years!

Now, imagine you gained 40 pounds during the last 20 years. Simply double the above numbers and picture yourself 40 pounds lighter. You get the picture. Most people don’t gain weight because they are slothful creatures. Instead, slow, steady weight gain creeps up on us. Many people arrive at a point where they feel it’s too late, the damage is done, it’s too hard to lose weight or they don’t have enough time in their busy lives to make changes.

Take it up a notch If you need to lose weight and don’t want it to take the 20 years it took to put it on—but at the same time you fall into that category of “no time” or “can’t stick to a diet”—use the formula above and accelerate it up to the point where you can erase the weight over the next year. Like the sound of losing weight without working out and dieting? Basically, you can consume the same foods and fluids but simply move more within your normal daily activities. Here is an example of what a 175 pound person, who does not wish to change his/her lifestyle and eating habits, can do to lose 20 pounds. Refer to “Your Life is Exercise” on page two for additional calorie burning tips.

Start here: Put a stop to the instinctual habit that tells you to take the path of least resistance, the easy way out. Instead, choose take the path of more resistance anytime you can. In other words, anywhere you can squeeze in some extra steps or movement, do it. Park further out from your destination, pace or stand at home or in the office while on the phone, reading or simply talking to someone. Think “why sit when I can walk or stand”? Get a pedometer and find out how many steps a day you are currently walking. Gradually add an extra 500 steps to your day until you are regularly averaging 2500 steps more per day than you were prior to reading this article. Maintain your same basic lifestyle and eating habits, but incorporate the “move when you can” attitude and stand or pace when performing tasks you previously would have done sitting down. You don’t have to do all this at once; break it up any way you want to. Just average an extra 2500 steps daily.

A little goes a long way For a 175 pound person, every ten minutes of normal walking or pacing while doing something equates to burning approximately 20-30 more calories than sitting down doing the same activity. So, by moving upright for one hour (about 2500 slow steps) more than before, you will lose about 1.5 pounds per month or 18 pounds over the course of a year without working out in a gym (as long as your food intake doesn’t increase). If you did add gym time and a slight reduction in your food intake as well, you could lose significantly more. Not so daunting of a task anymore, is it? Note: the lighter you get, the fewer calories your body burns, so for every 5-7 pounds you lose, you should add about 500 more steps per day if you choose not to slightly reduce or alter your food intake. Continue the process until you achieve your goal weight.

Tips for extra movement in the gym, but use them in the gym or while going to the gym.
- Park your car in a safe place at least 1250 paces from the gym
- Always pace or stand between sets
- Circuit train (i.e., move from one exercise to another with little to no rest but rotating body parts)
- Get all 2500 steps/day using cardio machines. On non-workout days, follow the daily life tips or simply do more steps during the three days you are in the gym using a treadmill, stepper, etc., to make the weekly total.

Bottom line: We all spend at the very least an hour of our day sitting; the vast majority of people sit a minimum of eight. Find the parts of the day when you can stand, sit or pace while performing something you would normally do sitting down. No matter what you do or how, just be sure you have added an average of 2500 steps to your daily routine and as you lose weight, slowly increase your steps. Always remember, every calorie counts, in or out. That’s a scientific fact. Remember this: if you are wearing it, you ate it.

Your Life is Exercise Around the House
- Get a cordless phone if you do not have one. When you’re on the phone, walk around instead of remaining seated.
- Put away the remote control a few days a week and change channels on the TV itself.
- Forget the car wash! Do it yourself and burn about 200 cal.
- Cut back on your cleaning service; schedule them less frequently to save money and boost your activity.
- During commercial breaks on television: When you’re unloading the dishwasher, do it one rack at a time. Put in or take out one load of laundry. Clean out one shelf in the refrigerator. Clean out what’s fallen under the sofa cushions. Take out the trash.
- Put smaller loads of your laundry away at a time. You’ll make a few extra trips to burn some extra calories.

Traveling
- When traveling by air, walk around the airport till boarding time.
- Walk rather than using moving sidewalks.
- Walk to the airport gate or parking lot instead of using a shuttle.
- Walk to nearby restaurants rather than dining in the hotel.

Errands on the Run
- Bypass the drive through. Use walk-up options at the bank, pharmacy, cleaners, etc. Park at the back of the lot and walk.
- Carry smaller loads into the house to make a few extra trips.
- Hit the mall instead of the Internet.
- Take a lap of the mall or grocery store before starting to shop.
- When loading your purchases, park the shopping cart at the front of the car and carry the bags to the trunk.
- Offer to run errands for an elderly or ill neighbor or friend.

At the Office
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Get off the elevator two floors early—walk the rest of the way.
- Park a couple of blocks away from your office and walk. - Use the restroom or coffee maker farthest from your office.
- Use a smaller water bottle and coffee cup. You’ll get up for refills more often.
- Take regular breaks and walk once around the office building.
- Walk to lunch instead of ordering it.
- Sit on a fitness ball instead of a chair. You’ll burn more calories and strengthen those abs.
- Waiting for copies? Take a quick walk while the copier finishes your job.
- Don’t eat at your desk. Take a walk, eat in a nearby park, or climb a few flights of stairs.
- Visit people’s offices instead of calling or e-mailing them.
- Walk the entire office a couple times/day. Visit departments you don’t normally deal with.
- Start an office walking club. You can meet before or after work or even at lunch.

Taken together, can these things really help? Refer to the two figures below. They illustrate the impact adding daily movement can have on the same person. All of these “little” tweaks to your daily activity have a significantly greater impact than the daily exercise session. Now, if you did both you’d be golden!

Exert Yourself Daily physical activity has declined because of modern technology, but the appetite our ancestors needed for survival remains the same. To combat this dilemma we have to go “back in time” before technology did everything for us and our normal day required considerably more movement. In the table you see how easy it is to gain weight. But notice how simple it is to reverse the trend. For the 20 activities listed, a person who chose the sedentary path would expend 8,800 fewer calories a month than someone choosing the more active modes. This is the equivalent the 2.5 pounds of body fat a month or 30 pounds in a year! Get into this mindset to begin with: Why drive when I can walk? Why order take-out when I can cook? Why take the escalator when I can take the stairs?

Copyright (c) 2009 Stephen Lau

In Western medicine, health is “absence of disease.” Hence, without disease, you are deemed “healthy.” However, from the Oriental perspective, “absence of disease” may not be an indicator of “good health.”

Are you healthy? If absence of disease is health, then how does disease begin? If we know how disease begins, can we prevent it? If disease can be prevented, why do we get sick?

Disease begins with the mind, not the body. The mind and the body are two fully integrated features of life. As a result, disease of the mind is reflected as disease in the body.

How does disease begin in the mind? According to Oriental medicine, good health is a state of positive consciousness. If we are conscious of the true self: who we are and what we are, we make a conscious effort to keep us healthy, physically, mentally, and spiritually. This is mindfulness: mindfulness of eating, mindfulness of self and others. On the other hand, if we are conscious of the material things in this world, instead of self, our focus will be on what pleases the senses; our emotional and mental commitment to these things will create craving and attachment that ultimately brings imbalance and disharmony. From the Oriental perspective, all things are impermanent, and attachment is the source of anxiety and anguish, as well as emotional and mental disturbances.

We become what we think. A toxic mind brings about a toxic body. The body’s ability to metabolize begins to deteriorate: this affects assimilation of nutrients from food to build healthy cells and tissues; metabolism of emotions, resulting in anger and stress. Poor metabolism also adversely affects elimination of toxins, leading to accumulation.

Another element of health and wellness is life nourishment, which has to do with the mind too. Thoughts of appreciation, generosity, compassion and love nourish not only the spirit but also the body. Mindfulness of positive thoughts enhances the immune system. On the other hand, anger, resentment, and fear elevate blood pressure and constrict the body’s circulatory channels. According to Oriental medicine, the human body is a network of channels through which biological energy flows. Once the smooth flow of this internal life energy is obstructed, stagnation leads to production of toxins.

Accumulation of toxins is the initial stage of disease in the physical body. This stage may continue for some time without showing any physical symptoms. The individual may feel that he or she is healthy.

As the toxicity accumulation continues, distortion of normal functioning of body organs, cells and tissues begins to occur subtly and almost imperceptibly. Again, this may take some time.

At some point, however, the toxicity level may be elevated such that it can no longer be contained, with vague systemic symptoms such as chronic fatigue, headaches, or complaints of minor pain. With further aggravation, the toxic imbalance may manifest itself in the form of an infection in an area of the physiology where some weakness preexists.

If nothing is done to reverse the conditions of the body and the mind, disease may disrupt and become full-blown.

To add insult to injury, pharmaceutical drugs or invasive procedures are applied to remedy the conditions or to remove the symptoms of disease.

We all have the innate potential and power of self-healing provided by Nature. But Nature cannot be rushed, and, unfortunately, many of us have neither the patience to wait for Nature to run its course, nor the willpower to reconnect ourselves to the wholeness of the body and mind that we have lost at the pathogenesis of disease.

If you are unsure of whether you or someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder, it would help for you to know the key features of eating disorders. The simple fact of the matter is, everybody is different and there is no blanket statement or recipe for an eating disorder. You could know someone who has a hearty appetite and not realize that he is binge eating, or know someone who looks like she’s a healthy weight who is starving herself in order to avoid gaining weight. Nevertheless, there are some key features of eating disorders that can help you determine whether someone is in danger as a result of an eating disorder.

Key Features of Anorexia

If someone has anorexia, it likely that she will exhibit some of the following signs. She might refuse to keep her weight in a healthy range. She might express to you an irrational fear of getting fat. She might repeatedly deny that there is anything wrong with her weight, even though she is visibly too thin. It is also possible that she might stop menstruating, so if she ever mentions this to you, convince her to seek professional help immediately.

Depending on the kind of anorexia, she might exhibit some other signs. You might notice that she restricts her diet and exercise to an unhealthy level, or find her binge eating and purging. If you notice her losing weight rapidly, avoiding fattening foods, or saying she is never hungry, these are also good indicators that she is not willing to eat.

Key Features of Bulimia

In general, bulimia is characterized by frequent “purging”, or getting rid of food in your body before it can be absorbed or digested. This can be done either through the repeated abuse of laxatives, excessive exercise, self-induced vomiting, diuretics, or fasting. If someone has bulimia, she will likely have recurrent episodes of binge eating, followed by purging. If any of these signs happen at least twice a week consistently, the victim has bulimia.

Like with anorexia, a bulimic is deliberately hoping to avoid getting fat, often with an irrational fear of it. They counteract the intake of calories by using drugs or purging their bodies. Often, they are always preoccupied with eating and food because their bodies aren’t getting enough nutrients. If they consistently engage in overeating, followed by purging, they should seek medical help.

Mental Disorders

Anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating are not just physical illnesses. For someone to being suffering from a full-fledged eating disorder, they are also suffering from crippling self-doubt, low self-esteem, a distorted view of reality, abuse, or something that has convinced them that what they are doing is not only okay, but necessary. They may or may not want to change once they do it, because it starts to feel good. Unfortunately, they are on a slippery path once they start down it. Now that you know the key features of eating disorders, you should consider whether you or anyone you know is exhibiting those indicators and seek professional help immediately.

Advanced arthritis has to be diagnosed. A doctor will review your medical history as well as giving you a physical examination of the joints affected by arthritis – sometimes x-rays are also used. Although your doctor can help with this diagnosis, it is usually something that the person affected knows about both on a physical and emotional level.

Don’t despair if you have been given the diagnosis of advanced arthritis as there are lots of treatments and options available. You can go and see other health care professionals, such as a rheumatologist (if you have rheumatoid arthritis) or a physiatrist who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as occupational therapists and even chiropractors.

All of the above specialists can help with your condition but are there any more natural solutions? The short answer is yes. There are alternative therapies such as acupuncture as well as certain forms of manipulation and gentle massage. There are also herbal remedies, both herbs used in the west for arthritis but there are also Chinese and Indian herbs that can help. You can visit a doctor who specializes in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) as well as an Ayurveda specialist who can help you using certain herbs and spices well known in this ancient healing system of India. Nutritional supplements can also help and they often include glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin sulfate. You could visit a Naturopath who can help you with supplementation. It is wise to consult your doctor if you decide on natural supplements, in case they are contra indicative of any other medication you are taking.

For natural alternatives to pain relief, try honey and apple cider vinegar as this has proved to be very effective in a lot of cases. Other alternatives include cinnamon – either the powdered bark or cinnamon essential oil as well as blackstrap molasses.

You can find out more about these natural remedies for advanced arthritis by simply searching the internet or going to any of the specialists mentioned above.

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As we age, our skin produces less collagen and elasticity that gives our skin its suppleness and tone. Dead skin cells are replaced more slowly and blood vessels slowly weaken, resulting in dull looking skin. For women going through hormonal changes, this exacerbates the process resulting in fine lines and wrinkles.
Is there a way to halt the ageing process, at least as far as our skin is concerned?

There are a few lifestyle changes that can help us restore our skin’s youthful appearance:

•    Sun protection- Most skin damage is caused by ultraviolet rays. While sun exposure is beneficial (because it’s the best source of Vitamin D), it is recommended to apply sunscreen and try to stay out of the sun as much as possible.
•    Stop smoking - Smoking is not only bad for our health, but it also makes our skin look older. The smoke dries up our skin and constricts the blood vessels, depriving the skin of the oxygen it needs to stay young and supple.
•    Exercise- Improving posture and boosting circulation can help with a youthful appearance, while keeping skin hydrated with 8-10 glasses of water a day.
•    Skin care regimen- The best thing to do is to cleanse in a moisturizing, gentle way and then use a good lightweight moisturizer. Exfoliating is good, but it must be done gently. The older you get, the less resilient your skin is, so stay away from products containing AHAs (fruit acids) because they are just too harsh.
•    Diet- Eating fruits and vegetables containing natural antioxidants, help to combat skin cell damage.
It is also recommended:
•     To eat foods high in alkali content such as papaya, mango, apples, and white cabbage.
•     To take multivitamins, particularly Vitamin E and B complex which are beneficial for aging skin and Vitamin C for collagen production.
•     To take Omega oil and fish oil supplements which contain amino acids.

Fedora is a natural health and beauty specialist. To read more of her tips and advice visit her at fedorazine.com.

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