Avoidant Paruresis – Three Tips For Successfully Urinating in Public Rest Rooms

When attempting to overcome bashful bladder and become more comfortable urinating in public restrooms, try to identify and implement different strategies that can set you up for success. Each man with bashful bladder has a separate list of factors that make public urination easier or harder. The following are a few methods that could work for you.

1) Fullness of bladder. 

For many men, a bladder that is full to bursting will make it easier to urinate in front of others. During early phases of behavior modification, if your bladder is not full, it is prudent to hold off urination in front of others until it is. 

2) Holding yourself emotionally separate. 

Some men find it easier to urinate if they avoid eye contact or conversation with others in the room. They may repeat to themselves, “I really don’t care what they think of me. They are not important to me. They are nobodies in my life.” I do not believe this is a positive reaction as it feels to me to be shamed-based. For a while, however, you may find this negative response to others useful. Eventually you can work your way to being emotionally open as you enter a restroom. Some men close themselves to a point of having hateful and condemnatory thoughts about other men to help them urinate. I don’t think this is acceptable even for a short time. Why would you want to fill your mind with negative thoughts? To some extent, your openness or closeness mirrors your openness and closeness with men in general. Accept it as an indicator of work needing to be done–or successfully achieved.

3) Appreciating that practice it self.

especially in its early stages, can make you very nervous and tense. This is the result of your old self-concept resisting new behaviors. (“I’m not a man who can…”) As you explore new personal identities, you are bound to be uncomfortable. In looking into your past and into you emotions, it’s not that you should dwell there. You do, however, need to know what thoughts are crowding into your mind, often filling it with terror and fear. In thinking about your current men’s room experiences, you will learn much about the feelings that dominate you in situations where others are present when you need to urinate. These feelings obviously lead to behaviors. If you can alter the feelings, you can alter the behaviors and vice versa.

Good Luck! 

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Mental Toughness Secrets of the Navy SEALs

Every year, thousands of young men enlist in the armed forces. Some of them have one goal in mind: become part of the U.S. military’s most elite combat units, the Navy SEALs. Many of them train ahead of time, anticipating the hardships that lie in front of them. Even still, well over 60% of recruits drop out of training. This statistic hasn’t changed much since the Navy SEALs were first created in the 1960′s.

No doubt the training is rigorous, the cold is severe, and the stress is beyond what most people have ever imagined. But it typically isn’t the biggest, strongest, “toughest” guys that get to call themselves Navy SEALs. It’s always the guys who wanted it the most, the ones with the greatest mental toughness, the ones who were willing to pay the price to earn the right to be part of the world’s most elite commando unit. In fact, the SEALs like it this way and simply view the attrition rate as a weeding process where the people who aren’t really ready for the task filter themselves out. During Special Operations training, candidates are subjected to a brutally rigorous battery of physical and mental challenges. But one thing Navy SEALs will tell you is that pain does not stop the body. They echo the fact that there’s nothing that can hurt so bad that will stop you from pushing just a little bit more. In fact, the pain and stress forces you to break your life down into small, measurable goals, which you can celebrate, albeit not for long. Simply making it to breakfast on the second week without quitting is an admirable goal. Sometimes you have to celebrate the last step you took on a long run, the last stroke on a long swim, or the next freezing cold wave that ran across your body. These small milestones help prepare you for the next one.

Inevitably, everyone hits a rock bottom point where they just feel like they can’t go any further. And for most, this is where they humbly bow out. Many feel disappointed in themselves, but just couldn’t punish themselves anymore and are glad that the pain is finally over.

But the ones who make it beyond the pain devise an ingenious loophole. They know that if your body simply can’t tolerate the pain, the instructors won’t hold it against you. Lots of guys try to push themselves so hard that they pass out, knowing that they’ll get to lie face down in the dirt for a few minutes until the medics come in and revive them. Surprisingly, they worked harder and pushed themselves further. They’d keep going and going and eventually just work through the pain. Passing out from exertion was acceptable, quitting was not. A lot of guys would hit bottom one day, and think they could finally reach their breaking point if only they pushed a little bit harder. But it never worked. The agony would only increase. But so would their capacity to keep going. Pain, in other words, never actually broke their bodies.

The truth is that they didn’t know what they were actually capable of, so they just kept going, and eventually realized that they can do more than they ever thought possible. They also realize that when they wanted to say “I can’t” they were really saying “I don’t want to”. 

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Reactive Hypoglycemia and Weight Training: What You Should Be Eating!

If you are anything like me when it comes to weight training, or exercising period for that matter, you hate to miss a workout! When I first started having problems with Reactive Hypoglycemia or Idiopathic Postprandial Syndrome, it affected everything!

I could no longer eat like before. I could no longer train hard like before. I had no idea what was going on, what to do and couldn’t seem to get a straight answer from anyone on what I should be doing…and yes, anyone included my doctors!

So, I had to try and beat this thing on my own. The dizzy spells, the panic attacks, the hypoglycemic episodes, the weakness, the fatigue, the shakes, the heart palpitations…and, well, I did!

I didn’t get the right formula in a day’s time! It literally took almost 2 months to get my diet nailed down and for my body to adjust.

I researched everything on the net. I talked to dietitians, nutritionists, bodybuilders, personal trainers and honestly tried to avoid doctors, they only seemed to make it worse! For the sake of keeping things short, and getting right do the heart of what “works” (for me anyway), I found that a diet high in fat, protein, fiber and very low in carbohydrates kept me from having any episode at all! That’s right! My diet eliminated my episodes all together and for good!…but don’t ask your doctor(s) about this, because chances are they have no idea and only want to stick you on some medicine!

Hopefully by now you know that eating refined foods, simple carbohydrates and sugars, caffeine and alcohol will cause you (a person with Reactive Hypoglycemia or Idiopathic Postprandial Syndrome) to have an episode. However, if you are working out, you are definitely going to need some carbohydrates right?…Complex carbohydrates that is!…but getting the perfect amount and knowing how to eat them is key!

What I did when I first changed my diet was to go on the Ketogenic diet for about 5 days straight. (You should research the Ketogenic diet more. Basically it’s a diet that gets your body to switch from burning carbohydrates as a fuel source to burning fat as a fuel source.) I recommend not working out and consulting someone knowledgeable about this diet (or your physician, if they truly know about it) before doing this.

I can’t tell you how long you will need to stay on the Ketogenic diet, it will vary from person to person. However, after you think you have reached ketosis (the state where your body is burning fat as an energy source), you should be ready to re-introduce small amounts of complex carbohydrates (raw oatmeal) back into your body to help you through workouts. If you are going to be training, and especially training hard, you will need some form of carbohydrates.

Making the switch from carbohydrates as a fuel source to fat as a fuel source will not be fun at first! You will be tired, cranky and have zero energy! However, your blood sugar is stabilizing. Again, consult with someone knowledgeable about this diet before you begin.

Now, once you have gone “x” period of time on the Ketogenic diet (amount of time depends on individual), start having some small amounts of complex carbohydrates in the morning such as raw oatmeal (quarter to half cup with butter and/or coconut oil if you are weight training). The important thing here is to eat this with butter, some heavy cream and/or a tablespoon of coconut oil. This will slow down the absorption of the carbohydrates and keep your insulin levels from spiking. This is crucial to avoiding a reactive hypoglycemic episode. So remember that as a general rule; whenever you eat complex carbohydrates, make sure to eat them with fat.

Depending on your day, and how intense your workout will be, you may want to have a quarter to half of a sweet potato at lunch with butter and a tablespoon of coconut oil. Along with each meal, have some protein and fats like steak, cottage cheese, whey protein, peanut butter, etc. (I have a sample diet on my website.) You will want to eat small, frequent meals about every 2 to 2 and a half hours. Your body will adjust and you will be back to feeling normal.

Now, it’s workout time, what do ya do? Well, remember, your diet has to always fit your activity. So, you have to take in enough carbohydrates to get through your workout (think about intensity and the length of time you will be training), but not so many carbohydrates you kick your body out of ketosis (that whole deal where your body is burning fat as an energy source). Your complex carbohydrates from breakfast and lunch may work fine, but, if you are doing high intensity training, you may want to try eating 2 to 4 glucose tabs while working out. These tabs are made of Dextrose and are immediately absorbed and will be used immediately for energy to help you get through your workout.

Now, if you are eating every 2 to 2 and a half hours a day, you will be eating about 7 meals a day give or take, and only 2 of those meals will include small servings of complex carbohydrates depending on your workout for the day. The rest of the meals should include foods like, whey protein shakes, cottage cheese, steak, eggs, fish, bacon, almonds, peanuts, peanut butter, decaf coffee with heavy cream, etc. (For more information on a sample diet, see my website.)

There are a lot of unknowns in all of this because obviously every individual is different. It make take some people 5 days to reach Ketosis and other people 10 days to reach Ketosis on the Ketogenic Diet. Some people may do just fine with a half of a bowl of oatmeal in the morning for their workout others might need the quarter to half sweet potato and the glucose tabs. You will have to learn by trial and error what works for you. Keep a detailed food journal and tweak your diet as needed, but remember the key points here. Don’t eat sugar, refined foods, simple carbohydrates, caffeine or alcohol. Eat more fat, protein, fiber and when you do eat your small amounts of complex carbohydrates, eat them with fat. Eat small meals 2 to 2 and a half hours throughout the day, and be consistent! This is the key to stopping your episodes! 

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Celebrities Diet Plans – What One May Encounter On The Menu – Don’t Miss Out!

Countless people struggle with Weight Loss and wonder what they are doing wrong. There is no point in eating a couple of bananas a day or a bowl of cabbage soup and think that you have succeeded in your weight loss goals.

You haven’t.

Celebrities all over the world are renowned for their weird and wonderful diets. Many of them rake thin with no meat on their bones. And as a result thousands of people are sucked into their latest fad diet without a clue what they are doing to their own bodies.

At the end of the day celebrities are no better than anyone else. They have the same body types as you, the same metabolism as you, the same range of foods available to them.

So what do the sensible celebrities incorporate into their diet. Now having money is one thing. Being able to fork out for your very own chef is a must have in the celebrity world. And that can be very advantageous. Not only do chefs know their food and how to make it taste nice they are also knowledgeable about what great source of nutrition each food type can have.

Chefs are not the only people they hire. Celebrities talk to nutritionists. They formulate a diet plan that will help them achieve their weight loss goals.

So what are the celebrities diet plans?

Any nutritionist worth their salt will incorporate a lot of healthy eating so here goes.

Let’s start with the basics – Water is one of the most important things to have during a diet. Yet often people disregard this for its simplicity. They even substitute it for things like coffee and soft drinks.
It is simply not enough to have fluids during a diet. Water flushes away toxins that can be trapped in fat cells. Drinking coffee or soft drinks do not flush those toxins away and inhibits weight loss so drink 6 – 8 glasses of water per day.

Eating negative calorie foods on a regular basis can help aid weight loss. By eating 5 to 6 small meals a day and making sure the last meal is before 6pm can really lose the pounds. Negative calorie foods include most green vegetables, like spinach, broccoli, kale beans and salads. You can eat tomatoes, lean meat, salmon, yogurt and eggs. And lastly most fruits are beneficial. These are especially good for those people who have a sweet tooth. In case you need a sugar fix substitute sugar for cinnamon. This can give you a sugary delight without harming your weight loss goals.

I am only touching the surface on what you can eat but if you do a little research or find out what you can and cannot eat you are well on the way to living that healthy lifestyle you always dreamed about.

Celebrities have advantages but with a little determination you can live like a star. Consult your local nutritionist and form a diet plan and then simply…

Stick To it! 

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Asbestosis Mesothelioma Facts

Asbestos exposure has been found to result in a wide variety of conditions, including asbestosis mesothelioma, a deadly cancer that attacks the lungs, heart or abdomen. This cancer is almost entirely caused by exposure to the fire retardant asbestos.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral that was used widely in a variety of applications by many industries for the majority of the 20th century. When left alone asbestos is harmless. If damaged or disturbed, however, microscopic fibers release into the air where they are inhaled or ingested and then lodge in the tissue linings of organs.

If you live in a house built before 1980, chances are asbestos was used. So, if you ever do any renovating, be sure to consult an inspector first to find out if there is any asbestos present. If there is, don't try to remove it yourself. Hire an abatement company to remove it for you, because they will be prepared to remove and dispose of it properly. While you're at it, you might want to use house siding to cover up any old lead paint hazards, which are also very dangerous.

The biggest obstacle in mesothelioma treatment is being able to detect it early. Asbestosis mesothelioma has a long latency period and symptoms don't usually begin for 25-50 years after exposure. Since this form of cancer is usually diagnosed in later stages, treatment options are usually limited and therefore inadequate. As a result, electricians, military personnel (especially those who had been in the U.S. Navy), firefighters, auto mechanics and people in other occupations who contracted mesothelioma look to law firms to help them receive compensation. Many feel it's their only course of action, because they know their efforts to affect cures may be fruitless and they want to leave their families with something. The reason these lawsuits are such big business is because many of the corporations and industries that incorporated asbestos into products knew of the dangers and kept using it. That makes them responsible for the resulting health effects in their unsuspecting employees.

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Asbestosis Mesothelioma Symptoms

*  Fatigue
*  Coughing up blood
*  A persistent, dry cough that's sometimes accompanied by chest pain
*  Shortness of breath that first occurs when you exert yourself, and as the disease progresses, 
    when you rest
*  Difficulty when swallowing
*  Fever or night sweats
*  X-rays show opaque areas that first appear at the bottom areas of the lungs and may slowly 
    extend into the upper areas over time
*  Restriction of lung functioning, either before or after any lung changes show on x-rays
*  Unexplained loss of more than 10 percent of body weight

Surprising Uses of Asbestos

Asbestos has been used in numerous industrial and military applications over the years, but you may be surprised to learn that it was also used in a wide variety of common items. The following are just a sampling:

Adhesives	Gloves	Rope
Canvas	Cigarette filters	Fertilizer
Curtains	Duct tape	Hair dryers
Felt	Crock pots	Packing materials
Popcorn poppers	Vinyl wallpaper	Cork boards

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6 Ways To Eat Children gusto

Many parents are still confused and find different tactics so that the baby can eat with gusto. Here are some tips to keep in mind to provide food to children.

1. Breakfast is an important food for the child's activity day.
    For that, parents should still set aside time at least for
   10-15  minutes for kids to finish breakfast before he went
    to school.

2. Make the kids think food is something fun.
    Do not make the child feel like a chore food. Still, substantial material enter the carbohydrate and protein
    in the diet to keep the energy level of children remains high.

3. Give your food a different menu every day at the plate son. Variety of food is a recipe for good health. 
    Try varying the form of an egg dish, bread, cereals, and fruits. Let he also chose his favorite menu.

4. Basically, food for children should include green leafy vegetables and beans.

5. Please note, saturated fats are not good for health. So, avoid fried as a snack during the day. Also 
    avoid giving excessive sweets.

6. Because the activity of play will make children sweat a lot, make sure she drinks plenty of fluids. 
    Give the lemon juice or orange juice in addition to milk and yogurt.

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16 Tips Increase Infant Stimulation of the Brain

0-3 years of age is the golden period of infant brain development. Therefore, parents should provide a variety of brain stimulation to develop intelligence, whether it be in terms of nutrition or stimulation in the form of communication, swabs, views, or a hug to a child.

Newborn brain consists of some 100 billion cells are connected since birth and will end at the age of 3 years. Until the age of 6 months, 75% of the babies' brains mature brain. Until the age of 8 months, babies' brains enough to respond to events around him. Give the proper stimulation!

*  Perform a baby with a relaxing massage. Each massage stimulates the brain's nerve cells to connect.
*  Perform moderate exercise for babies, for example, move your baby's hands crossed over his chest 
    as much as 4 kali.gerakkan sperti foot pedal, a total of 4 counts. Babies love to enjoy it, as long 
    as not too long.
*  Talk to your baby whatever you are doing, he will learn to speak and speak. With members pause at 
    the end of a sentence, you teach speech patterns and conversations.
*  Talk with changing intonation extreme to stimulate the brain.
*  Sing to your baby every day the same song, by repeating the song, baby learns to predict and memorize
    the song.
*  Show pictures of baby books with bright colors and contrast, but not more than two images so that 
    the baby is not confused.
*  Encourage play peekaboo to teach him about object permanence, although he did not see you does 
    not mean you are not there. These show a foundation of trust on your baby.
*  Imitate the expressions and sounds your baby so he learns that he can make an impact on lingkunganya.
*  Change the position of the baby every 30 minutes so he could look around from several 
    viewpoints. Standing upright, prone and supine. Lap he was in his lap, gently rocking with your foot to 
    teach him bout the slag.
*  To test hearing, ring rattle in her ear, then toward the rear. He will learn to focus their hearing in noise.
*  Give bayu objects of different textures to touch.
*  Provide safe toys to chew on so that baby learns to recognize textures through his tongue.
*  Singing and clapping their babies so that mimicked tanganlah applause. Applause is important 
    for the coordination of both hemispheres baby.
*  Encourage the child out of the house, show a variety of living beings and objects outside the home.
*  Tell your child you love him. Baby will soon learn the meaning of your love before she was able to repay.
*  Recommend a baby with another child, say take him out to see the other bigger kids were playing, 
    or, often to meet his cousin. (Uncle and Aunt)

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7 Health Problems When Children Sleep Deprivation

Children who have less sleep time, can cause adverse effects to health, according to research from New Zealand to find any children's sleep time is reduced one hour, at risk of weight gain 0.7 pounds.

School age children need to sleep at least 10-12 hours per day. Several things can make a child become less sleep as too much activity, watching television, playing video or computer. If your child has less sleep then it will affect such things as quoted from Lifemojo, Tuesday (06/28/2011), namely:
1. Lack of concentration
    Lack of sleep can make children become tired, so out 
    of focus or concentration is reduced. 
    This condition would make it difficult to receive information from the outside.

2. Irritable
    This causes the child easily iriatsi or irritable, hyperactive behavior that sometimes 
    can make a parent or caregiver upset.

3. The decline in IQ scores
    Researchers from the University of Virginia found the children who sleep deprivation 
    can impair cognitive development and IQ, so it has lower grades in school and 
    hard to build good relationships with peers. 
    Experts believe the sooner the child to sleep after learning the ability to 
    remember the greater.

4. Emotional problems
    Lack of sleep can raise levels of the hormone cortisol setrs, that allows him to experience the 
    problems associated with depression and anxiety. This can make children easy sadness, anger,
    fatigue, nausea and worry all the time.

5. Problem with weight
    Studies of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found children who sleep less at 
    risk of obesity is around 92 percent. Researchers said that for every 1 extra hour of sleep obtained 
    the child can reduce the risk by 9 percent.

6. Risk of diabetes
    Lack of sleep will affect the absorption of glucose, any lack of sleep as much as 2 hours in a week 
    was associated with increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokins and low grade inflammation that 
    can affect insulin resistance thus increasing the risk of diabetes.

7. Potentially ADHD (hyperactivity)
    Studies conducted by the University of Michigan and published by Pediatrics Magazine found 
    sleep disorders in children such as sleep apnea, snoring, frequent waking at night or anxiety can 
    contribute to the condition of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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Bananas are good for Neck Pain Relief

Banana synonymous with food primates proved to have very high potassium content. There are about 350 mg of potassium in a medium-sized banana. That's why the banana is great for neck pain.

High mineral content of potassium in bananas are known to restore electrolyte balance and reduces painful muscle contractions. Also bananas are known to contain levels of fat and low cholesterol and high in vitamins and minerals.
Eating bananas combined with rest and proper fluid intake could be a simple and effective drugs to overcome some kind of pain or pain in the neck, as quoted from the LIVESTRONG, Wednesday (06/29/2011).

Pain or tenderness in the neck often caused by muscle tension due to injury, spent time at the computer or driving. Besides the pressure on the nerves located in the neck can also cause pain.

Low levels of certain minerals in the body, especially potassium or calcium can trigger muscle spasms. This effect will be felt even worse when a person is dehydrated at the same time.

One of the ways you can do to reduce neck muscle cramping and pain is to increase consumption of foods rich in potassium. These foods include bananas, orange juice, tomatoes, raisins or baked potatoes with the skin.

A medium sized banana is known to contain as much as 422 mg of potassium, and the level of daily intake of potassium for adults about 4,700 mg, while higher intake for athletes anymore because in order to avoid sore muscles.

But if the pain or pain in the neck is also reduced or even become worse, you should immediately consult a doctor. Because it can be a pain that arises not due to a strained muscle, but rather as a symptom of more serious health problems, especially if the pain spreading to the arm or shoulder.

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Health and Prevention with Water

An increased intake of healthy water will enhance digestion, nutrient absorption, skin hydration, detoxification and virtually every aspect of better health!

So many common ailments and illnesses can be prevented and greatly reduced by an increased intake of healthy water. Headaches, hypertension, back pain, arthritis, ulcers, asthma, morning sickness, fatigue and metabolism can all benefit (and in many cases be prevented) by regulating the body's natural fluid levels.
Recently there has been a dramatic change in medical theory and a long overdue realization about wellness.

The best way to prevent, help, overcome and, in many cases, eliminate illness is to give the body the right tools and let it go to work. With the proper intake of healthy water, and the right minerals and nutrients, the body can overcome many challenges.
The human body is an amazing healing machine, with bad cells being replaced by good ones millions of times per second!
Constant regeneration of skin, bones, hair, nails, damaged nerves, organ linings... virtually every healing process that happens in the body happens primarily with water!

Hundreds of recent studies have confirmed that many of the medications our society has become dependent on, primarily antibiotics and analgesics , often do much more harm than good. Antibiotics can be extremely damaging to the liver and have an adverse effect on the immune system. The more frequently we turn to synthetic medicines to overcome infections, the weaker our natural defenses become and the more likely we are to have repeated incidences of infection.

An increased intake of water and the proper immune-enhancing nutrients, combined with a little patience and common sense, are by far the best defense against most minor infections. Allowing the body to overcome minor infections with fever, fluids, nutrition and rest increases natural resistance and makes us less susceptible to biological intruders in the future. Truly the best offense to maintain a good defense.

Pain medications also work contrary to the way the body naturally heals itself. In a very informative book called "Your Body's Many Cries for Water" (very highly recommended), studies by medical experts explain how many of the pain sensations we experience are initially the result of moderate or acute dehydration.

Headaches...The brain is more than 75% water and when it detects a shortage of available fluids it implements a water-rationing process by producing histamines, causing pain and fatigue. This natural process is meant to slow us down and conserve water for defense uses (just as an animal lies in the shade when ill). Histamines are released as a warning signal that something is wrong. When we take antihistamines or analgesic medicines like acetaminophen or ibuprofen we mainly turn off the signal and do little or nothing for the problem. A big glass of pure water and a 20 minute decompression break will overcome most common stress-related headaches. (It takes medications longer to work than that!)

Back pain is often the result of a deficiency in body fluid levels. The discs in the back are really little hydraulic shock absorbers. These discs are made up of an outer shell of flexible joint tissue filled with fluid pockets, primarily water. A properly hydrated disk creates a cushion that absorbs the normal shock of physical activity and supports the weight of the upper body. These discs are self-hydrating as long as there are adequate fluid levels and regular movement. Movement that compresses and releases pressure on the disc creates a suction that allows body fluids (99% water) to be pulled inside the disc, keeping it properly hydrated. When a disc is fully hydrated, the shell of the disc supports 25% of the weight load and the fluid supports 75%. When these discs become dehydrated, the shell has to support a larger portion of the load, causing pain, swelling and soreness which can lead to more serious problems, also more permanent ones.

Passive activities like standing in one place or sitting at a desk without regular movement for prolonged periods, allow constant pressure on the discs which slowly forces the fluid out. Without sufficient body fluid levels and spine movement, the pressure on the discs increases,resulting in pain and stiffness. Simply by maintaining a constant and adequate intake of water, as well as regular movement such as bending forward, backwards and side to side, with your head and upper body allowing the discs to hydrate, you can prevent most minor back and neck pain. Try it; you'll be amazed how easy and effective these natural solutions can be.

Hypertension is very often a result of the body's adjusting to blood-volume loss. The most common cause of lower blood volume is dehydration. Since blood is more than 83% water, its total volume is heavily affected by water intake. When the body detects a loss of blood volume, it closes off less active capillary beds in order to maintain proper blood flow to the more active areas. These vessel closings cause a rise in tension throughout the circulatory system, which is known as "hypertension." More water allows proper blood volume and a lower level of circulatory tension.

Arthritis pain and stiffness are now understood to be initially a result of increased friction and swelling in the bone joints. Water is what the body uses to lubricate the pliable joint cartilage. When the water level is reduced, there is increased friction between the cartilage surfaces, resulting in swelling, stiffness and pain. Movement of the joints causes a suction that pulls water from the bone marrow into the joint cavity if there is proper hydration. Increased intake of water and gentle rhythmic movements of the joints can ease and, in many cases, overcome minor arthritic pain and swelling. A more detailed explanation of this natural process can be found in "The Body's Many Cries for Water" and a recent publication by three very highly respected medical doctors called "The Water We Drink."

Asthma, which affects over 12 million children in North America alone and causes the deaths of several thousand each year, is a direct result of increased histamine production. Dehydration initiates exaggerated histamine production as a water-regulating control. It is well known that asthmatics have excessive levels of histamines in their lung tissue, causing constriction of the bronchial passages and increased mucus build-up. Water is used in the lungs to keep the tissues moist, but each time we exhale, we expel moisture from our lungs. Under normal hydrated conditions, the moisture is rapidly replaced. If we are in a dehydrated state, the tissues inside the lungs begin to get coated with mucus to prevent drying. It has been demonstrated in many animal studies that increased water intake will reduce histamine levels and, over a two to three week period, restore normal hydration to lung tissue and reduce mucus build up. Once this occurs, the bronchial passages begin to open and normal breathing is restored. The same histamine related effects apply to allergies, and again, significant benefits can be seen with an increased intake of healthy water and increased movement.

Morning sickness, something thought of as normal, is a direct result of dehydration. The fetus lives in a world of water, which the body naturally prioritizes above all other needs. Throughout the night, which is the longest period without water intake, the uterus draws water from the mother's system to maintain its fluid levels and that of the fetus. In the morning the mother awakens in a state of dehydration, histamine nausea and fatigue. Hence the term "morning sickness", more appropriately "morning dehydration."

A common hang-over produces the same symptoms and has essentially the same cause, (dehydration), as morning sickness... only with a less noble purpose. Alcohol is a very strong diuretic that causes the body to excrete water, often leading to advanced dehydration. Both morning sickness and the common hang-over can be prevented by drinking plenty of water before going to bed and throughout the night.

While water is certainly not an absolute cure-all, we must recognize it as the primary ingredient to every preventive and healing process inside the body. The body is truly a magnificent creation capable of preventing and curing even the worst disease and illness.

Understanding how the body works is the first step toward achieving optimum health. It's easy to grasp if you just remember that we are more than 70% water!

Once we gain this simple understanding, our actions will usually begin to work in better harmony with our body's natural instincts, ideally creating the perfect internal environment.

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Drugs In Drinking Water, A Shocking Realization...!!!

As if we didn't have enough worries about the quality of our drinking water, we now find that antibiotics, growth hormones and many prescription drugs are being detected in our public and private water systems.

It's not a very pleasant thought, but on the average, about 10% of the water we drink has been used before.

The same amount of water that exists on this planet today... existed millions of years ago... to the drop! There is no such thing as new water. Our planet continuously recycles and re-uses this finite supply of water. Only recently have we learned how fragile and finite our water resources really are. We are finding traces of compounds in our water that no one ever thought to look for before. We have finally realized that any chemical used in our society will eventually wind up in our drinking water
While the current focus by the media on tap water problems has raised long overdue concerns, it is not a new issue. In 1999, a 17-year-old West Virginia high school student, Ashley Mulroy, read a report in a science magazine describing how European scientists had recently discovered that "drugs of all kinds, including antibiotics, were flowing in rivers, streams, ground water and even in tap water" and decided to embark on a science project of her own. Over a ten-week period Ashley and her mother drove for miles along the Ohio River taking samples of the water from different sites. She then returned to her hometown and had the samples tested for three common antibiotics: penicillin, tetracycline and vancomycin... to her surprise she found traces of all three in each of the samples she had taken. Ashley then sampled tap water in three near by towns. All three, including water from the drinking fountain at her school, were contaminated with the antibiotics in question. Ashley was awarded several science project awards and more importantly opened the eyes of many U.S. scientists.

Researchers from the U.S. EPA and the National Geological Survey have now found traces of antibiotics, birth control drugs, anti-depressants and even caffeine in many water samples taken across the country. Large animal farming operations and wastewater treatment plants release billions of gallons of contaminated wastewater into our environment every day. A large percentage of the drugs that are given to humans and animals pass through the body and wind up in this recycled wastewater and then in our drinking water.

As early as 2000, USA Today, in a news release, stated that "experts fear that even low levels of antibiotics fouling the nations water supply may help create super-bugs: micro organisms that have evolved to survive an antibiotic's lethal assault." And that these super-bugs may be causing 'tens of thousands' of deaths each year in the U.S.A., according to Abigail Salyers, an expert on antibiotic resistance at the University of Illinois.

Christian Daughton, a Chief of Environmental Chemist for the E.P.A., warns that "Water pollution by drugs is a newly emerging issue." The reality is that there is little information on the long term effects of consuming low levels of antibiotics and growth hormones, but everyone agrees that they will not be good.

Our public water treatment plants are not designed to remove drugs and other synthetic chemicals from our water. Without waiting for the final verdict on the actual effects of drinking a mixture of drugs and other chemicals, we can assume that they will be negative. The only question is... how negative and why wait?

Most all prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals are synthetic organic chemicals (SOCs) and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and can be filtered out with quality home water filtration. Look for systems that are certified for the reduction of VOCs and THMs to address this issue.

The only way to get truly healthful drinking water is to make it yourself with point of use water filtration.

Aquasana makes healthy water affordable and convenient.

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The Health Effects of Drinking Water Contamination

U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer. --Ralph Nader Research Institute

The following report summarizes factual information on tap water quality and the effects of tap water on human health. For information on bottled water quality and the misconceptions surrounding it, visit our bottled water page.

Our hope is that you will take a moment to review this valuable information and consider the facts. We are not trying to scare you, we are only trying to inform you of the threats to our environment and health that became the driving force behind the formation of our company. Increased awareness of this serious issue can only benefit us all.


We also hope that you will review the product information about Aquasana Pure Water Systems, the highest-rated home water filtration products in America. After reading this page you can tour the rest of our site for additional topics of interest or visit the product catalog for great savings on Aquasana purchases. Once you have all the facts, the decision is easy. Even if you don't buy one of our water filters, please buy a water filter. There is no such thing as a bad water filter. Thank you for coming this far!

The causes of tap water contamination are many, ranging from agricultural runoff to improper use of household chemicals and everything in between. Few of us realize the extent or impact of these low level synthetic chemicals in the water we use. While the standard use in our society of over 80,000 different synthetic chemicals has led to added convenience and productivity in our lives, these come at a tremendous price... drastic increases in degenerative disease.

In the early 1900s, before the prevalence of chlorine, pesticides, herbicides and the tens of thousands of other chemicals that we are exposed to every day, the average American had a 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer, today one out of three people can expect to get cancer in their lifetime, one out of two males.

Our use of man-made chemicals has become so extreme that we can now find traces of these low level SOCs (synthetic organic chemicals) in virtually every public water supply around the world. A recent report by the Ralph Nader Study Group, after a review of over 10,000 documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act, confirmed that "U.S. drinking water contains more than 2,100 toxic chemicals that can cause cancer."

We've learned that any chemical we use in our society will eventually wind up in our water supply. There is no "new" water! Our planet reuses the same water over and over. And as our use of SOCs increases, so does the toxicity of our water. Earth's natural filtration process is not effective at removing these toxic SOCs, nor is municipal water treatment. Industry, agriculture and individuals all contribute to the problem. Many of the contaminants found in water can be traced back to improper or excessive use of ordinary compounds like lawn chemicals, gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents and cleaning products.

Once we realize that everything that goes down the drain, on our lawns, on our agricultural fields or into the environment by any means eventually winds up in the water we drink, we begin to see just how vulnerable our water supply really is.

Our municipal water treatment facilities do not remove SOCs and typically consist only of sand bed filtration and disinfection, like a standard swimming pool filter. For the most part, today's water treatment facilities are much the same as they were at the turn of the last century: they filter out the visible particles and add bleach!

"Drinking water plants are old and out of date, and water supplies are increasingly threatened by and contaminated by chemicals and microorganisms.," Natural Resources Defense Council.

"The way we guarantee safe drinking water is broken and needs to be fixed," Carol Browner, U.S. EPA chief.

One of America's leading authorities on water contamination, Dr. David Ozonoff of the Boston University School of Public Health states, "The risk of disease associated with public drinking water has passed from the theoretical to the real."

Many illnesses that in the past could not be linked to a probable cause have now been linked to toxins in our drinking water.
"While levels of these carcinogens (SOCs) in drinking water are low, it is precisely these low levels that carcinogenists believe to be responsible for the majority of human cancers in the U.S.,"
U.S. Council on Environmental Quality.

The use of pesticides and herbicides has become so excessive that they are now commonly found in household tap water and bottled water with alarming frequency.

A 1998 study of 29 major U.S. cities by the Environmental Working Group found that all 29 cities had traces of at least one weed killer in the drinking water. The report titled "Weed Killers by the Glass" went on to say that "millions of Americans are routinely exposed to one or more pesticides in a single glass of tap water."

These first ever tap water testings found two or more pesticides in the drinking water of 27 of the 29 cities, three or more in 24 cities, four or more in 21 cities, five or more in 18 cities, six or more in 13 cities, and seven or more in the tap water of five major U.S. cities. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, nine different pesticides were found in a single glass of tap water!

As a startling side note, it was reported that in these 29 cities, 45,000 infants drank formula mixed with tap water containing weed killers and that "over half of these infants were swallowing four to nine chemicals in every bottle!"

The tragic health effects of consuming these highly toxic chemicals are magnified many times over for small children because their systems are more sensitive and still developing. Small children also consume a much larger volume of fluids per pound of body weight and therefore get a bigger dose, yet none of these factors are considered when the EPA's maximum contaminant levels are set. The National Academy of Sciences issued a report in 1993 on this subject, stating "children are not little adults" and their bodies are less developed and simply incapable of detoxifying certain harmful compounds.

Another major flaw in the estimated risks of chemicals in our drinking water is the false assumption that only one chemical is being consumed. The regulations are set based on what is assumed safe for a 175-pound adult drinking water with only one chemical present and do not take into account the combined toxicity of two or more chemicals.

In a 1995 Science Advisory Report to the EPA, it was stated that "when two or more of these contaminants combine in our water, the potency may be increased as much as 1,000 times!"

It has been shown that areas with the highest levels of SOCs in their water supplies also have the highest incidence of cancer.

Jacquelyn Warren of the Natural Resources Defense Council commented on the subject, "The one thing we know for sure about toxins in our drinking water is that the more we look, the more we find."

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Trying to Lose Weight? Want Healthier-Looking Skin...???

An increased intake of pure, healthy water will enhance nutrient absorption, weight loss, skin hydration, detoxification, metabolism and virtually every aspect of better health.

Natural, healthy weight loss can occur only by increasing one's intake of pure, healthy water. Water is not only the number-one ingredient for a healthy body on the inside, it also plays the lead role in maintaining a healthy and youthful appearance on the outside.

The quantity and the quality of the water we consume determine the body's ability to metabolize and shed excess fat and properly maintain the largest organ, the skin.

Weight loss is primarily the result of the liver converting stored fat into usable energy. This process not only requires sufficient water intake, but it can be greatly accelerated by consumption of an abundance of clean, healthy water. Water also suppresses the appetite naturally and helps digest food properly.

Increasing water intake naturally speeds up metabolism and allows the body to better assimilate nutrients from the foods and nutritional supplements we consume, the result being natural and healthy weight loss.

When we do not consume enough water, the upper and lower intestine have a reduced ability to absorb nutrients. The result is that most of the value of our foods and supplements is lost and passes through our body with out being absorbed.

Sugars and carbohydrates are absorbed and processed faster than other nutrients, so without an abundant intake of clean water, we can end up getting all the calories without any of the nutrition. Food cravings are primarily the result of nutrient deficiencies; it's the body's way of telling us we need something. If our food is not properly digested, then nutrient absorption is not sufficient, and the body keeps telling us we need something in the form of food cravings.

"Sixty percent of all Americans are over weight. It's our number one health problem." -Surgeon General

A good indication of how much water is enough is to notice how much color is in your urine. Any color at all in the urine usually indicates a water deficiency, resulting in reduced nutrient absorption and a slower metabolic rate.

The quality of the water we drink also greatly impacts the body's ability to achieve or maintain a certain weight. One of the main functions of the liver is to act as a filter and eliminate toxins from the body. The liver performs this vital process using water in a joint effort with the kidneys. If the water we consume contains chemicals like chlorine, lead or agricultural and industrial pollutants, then much of the liver's energy is spent on filtering contaminants instead of processing fat into energy. Many recent studies have shown a link between consuming chlorinated water and thyroid dysfunction, which can lead to weight gain.

All weight-loss programs are based on reduced caloric intake and increased metabolic rate, both of which are naturally achieved with an increased intake of clean, healthy water.

Water is also the key ingredient to keep the skin moist, supple and resilient. The best way to moisturize is from the inside.

Drinking more water will result in softer, healthier, younger-looking skin. Try it: drink an extra glass of water in the morning, one before lunch and one an hour before bedtime. You'll be amazed at the results!

Truly, water is the key ingredient for healthier skin and natural weight loss.

Aquasana Home Water Filtration makes the healthiest water on Earth affordable and convenient.

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Thigh Exercises For Women

For women, shaping the muscles of the thighs is an important fitness goal. A shapely lower body is considered very feminine, and the right proportion of the waist to the hips is part of the equation. It's surprising, but true, thigh toning exercises can be done at home, without equipment and results can be seen in 4-6 weeks. Also, did you know that thigh and hip toning gadgets are not required if you know which exercises work, and how to do them. Most importantly, thigh exercises are most effective when combined with aerobic exercise and a healthy diet.

This means that women must not only do the right thigh exercises, but also include aerobic exercise and sound nutrition to get best results. The following exercises are the most effective front thigh exercises for women. The routine also includes inner thigh and rear thigh exercises.

For best results, start with 15-20 repetitions and one set. Increase gradually to 2 sets. Complete the routine at least 2 times a week for best results. This is an effective beginner to intermediate toning program. Please remember that these numbers are general guidelines only. For an optimum program tailored to your needs, please consult a certified personal trainer. If you have any injuries or medical ailments, please obtain a physicians clearance before starting any exercise program.

Wall Squat: Front Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position: – Place your upper back against a smooth wall. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, toes pointed slightly outward. Distribute your body weight equally between both feet and lean back against the wall. Movement: – Inhale, keeping your heels in contact with the floor at all times, slowly lower into a squat position while sliding down the wall. Exhale as you slowly straighten your legs, keeping your head and chest up, returning to the starting position. Repeat as required.

Standing Dumbbell Squats: Front Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position:- Hold a dumbbell in each hand and allow them to hang down at your sides. Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, toes pointed slightly outward. Distribute your body weight equally between both feet. Movement:- Inhale, keeping your heels in contact with the floor at all times, slowly lower into a squat position. Exhale as you slowly straighten your legs, keeping your head and chest up, returning to the starting position. Repeat as required. 5 lb dumbbells work well, but you can start with 2 lbs and then work your way up to 5 lbs within 3-5 weeks.

Lunges: Front Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position: – Assume a standing position with your feet slightly less than shoulder width apart. Grasp a barbell with a wider than shoulder width grip and place it across your shoulders. Movement: – Inhale, keeping your back vertical and slightly arched, slowly step forward with one leg making a long stride, lowering your body down slowly until your rear knee lightly touches the floor (if you cannot go as low as this, then work your way up to it over 2-3 weeks). Exhale and shift your weight backwards, taking one step (or 2-3 small steps if that sounds difficult) to return to the starting position. Repeat on the other side. Remember to consult your doctor before this or any other knee exercises if you have had any knee trouble!

Lying Face Down: Front Thigh Stretch.
Starting Position: Lie on your stomach on a matt with your legs together. Movement: Reach behind you and grasp your right ankle with your left hand. Pull your right heel up as far as you can. Hold this position for thirty seconds. Repeat as required on other side. Please remember to hold for 10 seconds for this stretch.

Seated Split Stretch: Inner Thigh Stretch.
Starting Position: Sit on an exercise matt and spread your legs as far as you can. Movement: Lean to your right side and reach for your toes. Rest your hands on your toes or at your ankle. Hold this position for thirty seconds. Repeat as required on other side.

Seated Butterfly: Inner Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position: Sit on an exercise matt with your back straight. Movement: Bring the soles of your feet together and pull them in as close to your body as you can. Allow your hands to rest on your feet or to apply light pressure to your thighs. Hold this position for thirty seconds. Hold this position for 10 seconds. You will find this most effective if you gently push your knees down using your hands, be careful not to push too much.

Seated Hip Twist: Outer Thigh And Rear Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position: Sit on an exercise matt with your legs straight out in front of you. Movement: Bend your right knee and place your right foot over your left leg. Wrap your arms around your right knee and gently pull it in towards your left shoulder. Hold this position for thirty seconds. Repeat as required on other side. Remember to hold for 10 seconds.

Lying Leg Pull: Total Thigh Exercise.
Starting Position: Lie on your back on an exercise matt with your knees in the air and feet flat on the floor. Movement: Bring your right heel to rest on your left thigh. Loop your hands around your left thigh and pull it towards your chest. Hold this position for thirty seconds. Repeat as required on other side. Remember to hold for 10 seconds in each set.

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Natural Tips for Fair Complexion

Few very good masks to lighten the skin tone and add a glow to the complexion. continue to care your skin is always important to maintain your skin and look fresh all the time.

Mix 1 table spoon of milk powder, 1 table spoon of honey, 1 table spoon of lemon juice, and ½ table spoon of almond oil. Apply on face and wash off after 10-15 minutes. This pack helps bring shine to the skin and also removes tan.

You can do a fairness massage easily at the privacy of your home. Soak four almonds overnight. In the morning remove their skin and grind them fine. Make a paste by adding one teaspoon of gram flour, one teaspoon of milk and four drops of limejuice. A regular massage with this paste will assure a long lasting fairness to you.

For 15 days, apply a paste of gram flour (besan), milk (2 teaspoon) and lime juice(3-4 drops) on face and neck for 15 minutes and wash with water. You complexion should improve. Repeat every 2 weeks.

SANDALWOOD:

This is best home remedy for dark skin. Sandalwood is one of the most expensive, most exotic, and most aromatic plants known to humans. Sandalwood has a use in treating most skin problems. It is a cooling agent, stimulant, and blood purifier. It protects skin from the sun's rays, acts an anti-aging agent, and keeps skin smooth and aromatic. Sandalwood is extremely effective on pimples, prickly heat, skin erruptions, itching, rashes, spots, freckles, and swellings.

Mix oatmeal with yogurt and tomato juice and apply on the face. Wash it with cold water after 15 minutes.

Apply a mixture of 3-4 drops of lime juice and a grated tomato on face and neck for 15 minutes for 15 days. Wash with cold water.
Mix almond, neem leaf , turmeric, sandlewood and poppy seeds.
Blend this mixture into a fine paste using milk . Apply this paste on face and allow it to dry. remove the dried mask by massaging your face in circular motion and wash your face using luke warm water.
Wheat germ scrub:

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon oatmeal powder
1 tablespoon wheat germ (powder)
1 tablespoon skimmed milk powder
1 teaspoon sandal wood powder.

Rose:

This is a popular herb for dark skin. Rose oil is a cooling agent and is excellent for tired skin. It is a good source of vitamins C and E. Rose oil has a very pleasant fragrance to it. It removes dead cells from the skin, and provides relief from burns. It slows the aging process and balances the skin's chemistry. Rose oil is used for cleansing, toning, moisturizing, and nourishing of the skin.
Mash the cucmber with the skin still on to get the juice. You may then need to squeeze the juice out with your hands. You can use lime juice with haldi and besan, and scrub your face with this to try and remove the tan. However. simply applying lime juice and cucumber will help lighten skin over time.

Fair look, dry skin:

Apply a mixture of equal amounts of cucumber juice and honey on the face and whole body. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash off.

Fair look, oily skin:

Apply a mixture of equal amounts of lemon and cucumber juice on the face and whole body. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash off.

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How To Get Nice Muscle Tone And Build An Attractive Muscular Body

Most people know that they need to lift weight build muscles. However many just want to have nice muscle tone and an attractive but not too muscular body as they do not want big muscles. So they just lift light weights with high repetitions. Well, it is not going to work. To have nice muscle tone, you will have to build some muscles right? So you will have to lift heavy to force your muscles to grow. Once you are satisfied with the size of your muscles, you will then need to cut your body fats for your muscles to show up well and that means nice muscle tone.

You need to have a solid commitment and knowledge to get nice muscle tone and build an attractive muscular body. Here are some muscle building tips. Before you commence weight training, remember to warm up and as well as doing some stretching exercises.

• Train Muscle With Free Weights


Machines will have its uses, but for a start, concentrate on free weights. That means work almost exclusively with barbells and dumb bells. Free weights recruit many stabilizing muscles for balance and control. That means you will work a lot more muscle parts other than the intended ones. That will give rise to little bumps, striations and definitions all over your body instead of one huge lump of muscle on your intended muscle. Because of the extra stimulant created, your muscles grow faster too. Why else do you think all professional body builders almost exclusively use free weights?

• Train With Compound Exercises

Incorporate as many compound exercises as possible to your routines. Compound exercises are exercises that involve 2 or more joint movements. Because they utilize more joints, which means greater muscle mass are involved. Greater muscle mass means heavier weights. Heavier weights mean encouragement of greater muscle growth. More muscle growth means more tone to your muscles.

Some excellent compound exercises are the Squat, Deadlift, Chin ups, Dips, Bench press, Barbell Press, Lunges, Bent-Over Barbell Row...etc.

• Train Intensively But Do Not Over train

You must train intensively for your muscle to grow. Try to do more reps or add more weight than the previous session or else your muscles will think (actually muscles don't think, they adapt), "Ah... we've done that. Nothing new, so no need to grow bigger and stronger." That being the case, you will wreck your chances of attaining an attractive muscular body.

Because of this, it is important that every time you train hard, you give your body time to recover as it has suffered strains and actually sustained many small scarring. Contrary to popular belief, your muscles grow when you rest, especially when you sleep and not in the gym. So sleep at least 8 hours a day. Also, do not train everyday or work the same muscle group more than once or twice a week. If your training was vigorous enough, do no more than an hour per session.

Try not to do cardio work on the same day as your weight lifting work. In fact, during the muscle building phase, you should do less cardio work as aerobic exercises burn muscles. You can increase your cardio work at cutting body fat phase, so as to lose body fat in order for your muscle tone to show up nicely.

• Technique And Form

This is the most neglected fundamental of bodybuilding. Everywhere, everyday, you will see people using wrong forms and techniques. This not only compromises your growth, it will also make you susceptible to injuries... sometimes even permanently putting you out of the gym.

Wrong form occurs usually when people try to lift weights that are too heavy, whether out of vanity or ignorance. As a guide, always lift with strict focus on the muscle you intend to build for that exercise. Feel it contract and extend. Lift the weights deliberately and slowly. Never ever swing your weights up especially when doing bicep curls or the military press.

• To Build Muscles Fast You Must Perform Lower Body Exercises!

This is what most people don't realize. Your lower body makes up 60-70% of your musculature. If you don't train them, not only will you look spider-legged, your entire body will not grow as quickly and as large. Don't think that you can hide those skinny limbs in pants! Most people do not train their legs because squats, dead lifts and lunges can be very grueling exercises. But it is precisely because of such intensity that you will produce more growth hormones when you sleep and overall muscular development is stimulated. Your body shape will also be more balanced and therefore more attractive.

Do read up more to understand how your muscles work and then work on it so that in no time you will be a proud owner of a well tone attractive muscular body.

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HOW TO GET PREGNANT : 4 Secrets On How To Get Pregnant Finally Revealed!

There isn't anything more precious in this world than a beautiful newborn baby. One of the greatest joys in life comes from being the parent of a healthy baby boy or girl. The deep, emotional bond between mother and child begins in the womb. But not everyone is able to experience this joy in their lives, due to several factors, including age, and ailments like endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and ovarian cysts. If you are experiencing difficulties with getting pregnant, and have considered in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intra-uterine insemination (IUI), or you taking dangerous fertility drugs, you may be putting your life, as well as the life of your potential child, at risk. The best approach to getting pregnant is always the natural and holistic approach.

But what is the correct way of using a natural and holistic approach in order to get pregnant quickly? Due to my own issues with fertility, I have done extensive research into the various safe and natural methods of getting pregnant. I would like to share with you four of the many secret tips I have learned for getting pregnant.

- I Was Able To Get Pregnant With Natural And Holistic Methods In Less Than 90 Days. If You Too Want To Get Pregnant Like Me Click Here And Find Out More.

Unfortunately, because so many women are desperate to get pregnant, drug and pharmaceutical companies are selling expensive prescription fertility pills in hopes of cashing in on this desperation. And of course many snake oil salesmen have appeared with fraudulent claims of instant fertility cures. These fertility drugs have been proven to lead to an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. The truth of the matter is that infertility is a message telling your body that something is wrong on the inside. Instead of relying on dangerous prescription pills to get pregnant, you should take the route that Mother Nature has provided. There are many different vitamins and minerals you should be taking right now to improve your fertile health, and there are vitamins and minerals that your significant other should be taking as well to help with the process. This includes Vitamin C, which boosts sperm mobility, and zinc, which will maintain his testosterone levels and sperm count.

Avoid Fertility Treatments and Surgeries like the Plague

If you are currently having difficulties getting pregnant, you may believe that you have to resort to expensive and painful medical procedures, such as IVF and IUI. But these types of treatments often do more harm than good, and can lead to some very serious consequences for your child, including increased risk of premature birth and 9 times the risk of developing cerebral palsy. This is why natural methods of getting pregnant are always the safest route, because it increases the chances of your baby being a healthy and vibrant child.

Eat the Best Foods for Fertility and Avoid Foods That Lead to Infertility

As mentioned previously, infertility is a sure-shot sign that there is something wrong on the inside. And of course one of the best means of keeping your internal system in order and more conducive to getting pregnant, is by being selective about what you eat and don't eat. There are many foods that will assist you in your efforts to become pregnant, such as whole grain breads, beans, and full-fat dairy products. There are also foods and beverages that can decrease your chances of conceiving significantly, in some cases as much as 50%.

Always Use the Holistic Approach

If you notice one thing in common about the other three tips, they involve a strategy for getting pregnant naturally, without the use of medicines, chemicals, or fertility surgery procedures. Your body has been naturally designed to provide the best environment for your baby to grow. Any interference with this system can lead to many problems down the line. While you may be on the hunt for shortcuts, the quickest way to get pregnant is typically the natural way.

Click Here To Find More About Natural And Holistic approach that I took to get pregnant even at the age of 42.

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