Health

One of the most common excuses asking or to meet the daily quota of exercise is, "no time". For many people, lack of time is the biggest obstacle to fulfilling this need to maintain health proven.

According to experts, can be exaggerated the amount of exercise you really need to get the benefits of it, so explain that instead of spending an hour in the gym, a good option is dosed in small sessions of 10 minutes for example Several times a day.

Referring to evidence that the planning of short but frequent periods of exercise can provide many health benefits.

Considering the following conclusions about the exercise:

• A study showed that short walks after dinner were more effective than long sessions of exercise in reducing the amount of fat and levels of triglycerides in the bloodstream after a meal.

• Research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health showed that short bouts of exercise helped lower blood pressure and cause the reduction of a few inches of waist and hips.

• In one study researchers found that several training sessions as short as 6 minutes each can help sedentary adults reach fitness goals similar to those achieved by a 30-minute session at a time.

• They found that short bursts of exercise could help reduce the anxiety of habit cigarette, prompting people to quit smoking.

So no excuses for not exercising as little time for exercise is performed, it produces beneficial health effects ever.

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We have always heard this famous phrase, on the ability of our body to self-balance, something which allopathic medicine called "Homeostasis", (the process by which all structural and functional organization of a living organism tends to the dynamic balance, regulating the internal environment to maintain a stable and constant condition).

In the alternative therapies or complementary knowledge of this innate capacity of all human beings is the foundation of the natural understanding of the functioning of all self-repair mechanisms, which since these therapies are only encouraged and not replaced, using all the techniques of natural origin such as herbal medicine, hydrotherapy, floral systems, energy technologies in general.

In order to give the agency the tools inside that physician will be able to use to restore the balance, accompanying the process of healing.

The explanation of the role of internal physician from the viewpoint of oriental therapies is that, the mind represents the energy part of the process, which inhabits that medical procedure.

Y is in charge of restoring power where needed and then somaticize the process on the physical plane, seeking the restoration of health, where mind-body association is a priority, unlike Western medical systems, whose concepts differ , but now have begun to put their skills in this direction, heralding a new future for medicine in the world.

Western medicine has long been skeptical about these relationships, that almost all ancient therapies understood and used for healing processes, understanding that, as well as a disease should be treated in physical form should be addressed alongside the spiritual where ancient science went hand in hand with religion or spirituality, to restore balance and health.

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The elderly people who walk often have a significant improvement in their health, compared to the do not walk, says a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia.

The study had several old followed a walking program for four months and his health was greatly improved over that of those who had not walked.

"Our study found that walking offers tremendous health benefits that can help older adults remain independent," said M. Elaine Cress, director of the study.

The study involved 26 people aged 60 or more. The subjects were divided randomly into two groups, those who walked, and the control group who did not walk. The walkers began walking 10 minutes without stopping, then 40 minutes, with 10 pre warmup, then stretching.

Both groups underwent a series of studies of aerobic capacity and physical function, which included how well they could perform simple tasks of daily living, such as put the jacket, carrying a shopping bag with the store, etc.. Were made at the beginning, middle and end of the study.

After four months of study, the walking group, said it best served in these tests.

Aerobic capacity is really what helps us do all the chores, and walking increases, and to have better aerobic capacity tasks that an elder can be made every day with more ease, and independence is achieved that many older people do not have time to perform daily tasks, say the authors.

Here in Demedicina talk a lot about how beneficial a good daily walk is for everyone, not just for older people.

Source: WebMD

Why is it that we press the button "snooze" alarm clock? Why are we a bit longer? Why are we so hard to get out of bed in the morning? "Loitering? Not necessarily, it is more likely that the biological clock of our body is out of step with the demands of everyday life.

The biological clock of our body is controlled by the suprachiasmatic nucleus, a part of the brain that controls our circadian rhythms, or biological rhythms of the body.

Says Jean Matheson, a specialist in sleep disorders Center physician in New York, these natural rhythms of our body, usually are not aligned with the realities we live during the day. The work or school start times that do not program can be set to sleep people.

The people who have a hard time getting up, probably have their biological clocks programmed for a wake up late and to go to sleep later, which makes it go against the timetable set by society.

According to Matheson, you can adjust the biological clock that dictates the society. But it has a price that we might not want to face: do not sleep more on weekends. "When people sleep late on weekends, everything reverts to its natural rhythm. So during the week while your body accustomed to the artificial rhythm at the weekend as we take it all away back to zero.

One can be trained, says Matheson, setting the alarm 15 minutes earlier each day, and respect, of course. ... But who can put aside those precious weekend mornings where one is left unchecked sleep?

Source: PopSci