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Power walks, gym workouts, and yoga may not get rid of hot flashes and night sweats, but women who exercise regularly are better able to cope with symptoms of menopause and are more likely to prevent serious diseases. No gain, no pain As women go through menopause, changes in hormone levels may cause some weight gain and an increase in fat. At the same time, excess weight, especially in menopausal and postmenopausal women, is linked to an increased risk of health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. Those diseases and conditions can lead to serious, long-term health consequences. But they can also be prevented through regular exercise and a nutritious and balanced diet—both of which are vital for menopausal women to maintain a healthy quality of life. |
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 Look-alike medicines
Two over-the-counter products, Seasonal Allergy Relief and Intense Sinus Relief, both made by Zicam, promise to relieve hay-fever symptoms. Intense Sinus Relief contains oxymetazoline, a nasal decongestant the Food and Drug Administration has found to be safe and effective. The other Zicam product is homeopathic; it hasn't been reviewed by the FDA and its active ingredients, including sulphur, have been diluted almost to vanishing.
But despite this major difference between the two products, our 11 mystery shoppers, who visited 52 drugstores throughout the U.S., frequently found them alongside each other on drugstore shelves. So consumers might mistakenly buy a homeopathic remedy when they're really looking for conventional medicine. That wastes money and might lead to inadequate treatment. |
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Super-sized fries. 16-oz Starbucks lattes. 64-oz Double Gulps. It's no coincidence that just as Americans are growing larger so is the size of their meals and snacks. When nutritionist and NYU faculty member Lisa Young noticed this trend several years back, she took to the streets of Manhattan with scale, notebook and camera in hand. Her goal: record the size of food people were handed at delis, hot dog stands, bakeries, and all-you-can-eat buffets. "What I found was appalling," says Young in her book Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss. "The foods we buy today are often two or three times, even five times, larger than when they were first introduced into the marketplace." |
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Fitness is defined as a state of being healthy, which prepares the body for the physical necessities of daily life. To be more precise, fitness provides strength, flexibility and stamina for the proper functioning of the body. It is a total solution for a perfect, fine-tuned life. The five main components of fitness are aerobic endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility and body composition. The right kind of physical and mental exercises and proper intake of nutritious food are the factors that contribute to fitness. A well-balanced diet not only makes one fit, but provides all necessary nutrients for the body. |
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There is a universal, absolute, immutable, infrangible, and inviolable fact of the universe (like gravity and bad breath) that one rarely considers: No matter what you tell your haircut person (notice how nonsexist that was) about how you want your hair cut it will NEVER come out the way you want it, EVER!
You will get the haircut the person who is cutting your hair wants to give you.
This has always been true since Adam first asked Eve to cut his hair and it came out looking like the raccoon he just named. This is true. It's in the Bible.
This has always been my experience whenever I went to the barber in the United States. He or she (there I am again acknowledging both sexes) would ask me how I wanted to have my haircut. I would mumble something incomprehensible, to which they would always say, |
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