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Health and Wellness at Workplace

Start a path to a healthier lifestyle with this useful tips and beneficial ideas in starting a health and wellness practice in the workplace. Determine how employees lead a healthy lifestyle before starting an employee wellness program. For employers, look around and check employees, try to observe employees who smoke during breaks, see if smoking cessation program could help. Observe and watch their progress, see if they are more into junk foods, by how easily the junk food laden machines are replenished. Seek to know if there are employees who take advantage of exercise or local walking trails as part of their quest for healthy living. These ideas will be helpful to provide the employers and the company better idea for the right and proper employee wellness program to be observed and implemented. Survey employees to know and determine their health lifestyle or habits. Check on their routine meals, if they eat the right amount of food and nutrient recommendations or

Continued...Signs and secrets to longevity- How to live to 100 (Part II)

To finish off what I've started, here are the other signs and secrets to Longevity: -Social Life Whenever you are friendly and really like your friends. Having a good interpersonal relationship can buffer stress. With more people, their support can keep you healthy mentally as well as physically. According to one study, chronic stress can weaken the immune system and makes the cell age faster that is linked to an ultimate shorter lifespan. Having healthy friends is another plus factor to longevity. To maintain healthy lifestyle, stick with people who have similar goals. You can also join a weight loss group or a charity or walk for a cause. -The Mind Another factor link to longevity shows that If you have undergone college freshman you are less likely to become a smoker. The recent study by the Harvard Medical School found that people who have more than 12 years of formal education live months longer than those with lower years of education. This may be

Signs and secrets to longevity- How to live to 100 (Part I)

Here are some facts on latest science research for longevity that shows surprising signs and tips on how to get in tune. -Body types Having a relatively flat belly after menopause is linked to longevity. According to National Institute on Aging, women who are round in the middle are more likely to die sooner. Try to do workouts for at least 20 mins per training sessions to rev up our metabolism. Eating daily servings of vegetables and omega-3 fatty acids can lessen your fat storage as well as decrease risk of heart ailments. If you are a healthy weight teenage during your teenage period. When you are overweight as a teenager, the risks of developing diabetes during adulthood has a likelihood to increase. With diabetes, adults are more likely to develop heart diseases, -Eating Habits If you love to eat your oatmeal with raspberries, there is a good chance of improving your health. Reduce your risk of dying from heart ailments by eating more fibers in your

Ways to Cut Yourself Out from Heart Disease Risks

Drink Green Tea - as already discussed before, this potential beverage contains powerful antioxidants that helps lower your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Italian cooking - use oil which are MUFA rich olive oil whenever possible. This oil contains heart-healthy fats that lowers the LDL-bad cholesterol while raises HDL-good cholesterol. Aside from that, this oil is also rich in antioxidants that helps reduce risk of chronic disease like Alzheimer and certain cancers. So it’s advisable to substitute your daily use of butter and margarine or vegetable oil for baking and cooking whenever possible. Use fiber rich foods in your diet -It has been observed among studies that the more fiber you eat, the lesser you will be likely to have a heart attack. Aim for at least 25 to 38 grams of fiber each day, use beans for your soups, salads or casserole. Scan food labels -It is advisable that you read food labels and nutritional facts. According to some research and study, thos

How to Prevent Heart Attack Arise: Protect yourself from heart attack occurrences

Below are some classic ideas and prevention of heart attack occurrences. Be mindful of the following useful facts and situations. 1. Every Monday mornings It was studied that about 20% of heart attacks occurs every Mondays, as science shows that there is a good reason to dread the first day of work. This fact maybe attributed to the fact that most people are more stressed and depressed about returning back to work.  What to do: Prevent this to occur by relaxing every Sundays. Getting up early on Mondays will make your body rhythm in order. After you may have slept late Saturdays could raise your blood pressure as your body is fatigued. Try to maintain regular sleeping hours as well as waking hours and make sure your schedule is fixed for the whole week so as not to upset your routine. 2.  After a voluptuous meal An indulgence on a great tasting and five course meals with lots of calories especially for dinner can place an impact on your heart health. As it

What to Eat Best that’s Right for Your Age

The fundamentals of healthy living remains the same whether you are on your 20’s or 50’s, the difference comes on age stages and lifestyle of living. It’s a fact that people eat differently at different stages in their life. At twenties it can be observed that people of this ages work hard as well as play and enjoy social functions that they have no time to look for themselves more properly. Some would stay out late at work during the time that they are about to establish their goals and careers early in life but they love to night out with friends giving them no time to prepare healthier and balanced nutritional foods for themselves. In their hectic 20s, for people of this age and stage, eating healthy slips far down their priority list. Twenty-something people gets into the bad habits of skipping their breakfast meals. It’s important to cram into calcium intakes at this point of stage to reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis since our bones keeps on growing until

Healthy Drinks to Choose

The following are popular drinks that do not only provide warmth to your body, but heats up your immune system and may possibly prevent ailments. This is due to the antioxidants found on these drinks that help counteract the damage effects of oxygen on our body tissues.  Our body tissues are stripped off of electron molecules from inside tissues that leaves behind free radicals that are the agents in causing heart problems, cancers and other diseases or ailments. Coffee- These must be consumed in moderation, recommended with a well balanced diet. In a certain research hot cocoa has about 4 to 5 times more antioxidants than black tea, 2 to 3 times more antioxidants than green tea and almost 2 times more antioxidants than red wine. Tea- Studies showed that drinking chamomile tea increases the levels of compounds hippurate (hippuric acid) and glycine that helps in female reproductive activity. And also lowers the levels of creatinine that may have been the result of the activ

Nutrition and Diet

Diet is what makes up the food eaten or the sum of food consumed by a person. While nutrition, in diet is how the food nourishes our body through the foods eaten. A good nutrition means that you are getting the proper nutrients, minerals and vitamins essential for the body to work at its best. Through good nutrition, you can achieve improvement in cardiovascular functions, metal well-being that includes good cognitive performance, fast healing of wounds, recovery from certain ailments, reduced risk of acquiring heart problems and osteoporosis, as well as high resistance of the body to fight illness. There are several factors that impact a person’s level of acquiring healthy diet or good nutrition. Such factors like the age group, gender, person’s height and weight, culture or beliefs, health status and activity level. Therefore, in order to observe a healthy and nutritional based diet, you need to consider the following information on good nutrition: Eat variety of