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10 Surprising Benefits of Yoga for Your Mind and Body

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  About 5,000 years have passed since the invention of yoga, and it is still popular today.  Why? Since it is effective.  There are several advantages to including yoga in your fitness regimen, whether you're an experienced yoga or you've never tried it. Here are 10 unexpected advantages of yoga for your body and mind: 1. Improved range of motion and flexibility Did you know that yoga can expand your range of motion in addition to helping you become more flexible?  You may stretch your muscles and improve joint mobility by performing yoga poses frequ...

The Ultimate Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Health

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Since individuals are trying to get healthier and feel better, intermittent fasting has become a trend. What is intermittent fasting exactly, and how might it improve your health? We'll go through the fundamentals of intermittent fasting, its advantages, and how to start using it in this manual. Intermittent fasting: What is it? A form of eating pattern known as intermittent fasting alternates between periods of fasting and eating.  The goal is to eat less frequently overall, which can have a variety of positive effects on your health.  There are other forms of intermittent fasting, such as time restricted fasting, where you eat only within a certain time each day, and alternate day fasting, when you don't eat for two days in a row. Intermittent fasting advantages Intermittent fasting has a number of health advantages, such as lower inflammation, better insulin sensitivity, weight loss, and enhanced cardiovascular health.  Intermittent fasting may also benefit brain healt...

ACAI BERRY JUICE AND BERRY DIETS – WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS?

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Do you know what acai berry is? Do you know about berry diets? Do you know about the health benefits that are interlinked with them? Let’s have a look upon some of the health benefits which are linked by them. Acai berries are highly advertised by the marketers as they claim that it has weight loss and anti aging properties. They widely employ them to use in various beauty and cosmetic products. But the question arises that whether it really has such properties? Read on further to find out! Basically acai berry is a reddish purple fruit which is about one inch in length. It has its origin from the acai palm trees scientifically ‘eutrepe oleracea’. It is mostly found in the south and central parts of America. Scientists are busy finding the antioxidant properties linked with it. If it is an efficient antioxidant, it can be of much use in treating diseases caused by the oxidative stress like cancer and heart disease. Besides its antioxidant properties, question also a...

Diabetes and Diet for Diabetics

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  Diets for diabetics are a kind of diet which is applied to the diabetic patient. Diabetes is a kind of disease which attacks the metabolism system of a body. Once the patient had diabetes, he or she will lose his or her insulin hormone. The insulin hormone plays the role as the percolator of sugars which are contained in the blood. It makes the body become more resistance toward the disease. It can be said that insulin hormone also support the immunity of the body. That is why, a solution of diets for diabetics exist today. The diets for diabetics are meant to help the patient of diabetes to be able to have a healthy life, beside diets for diabetics are also able to lower the risk of getting diabetes. Diets for diabetics 8basically, there are two types of diabetes; they are Type I and Type II. Type I commonly referred to as juvenile diabetes (children diabetes) although it can also occur in adults  It is caused by the pancreas which is low in produ...

The Courage to Change: An Interview with Tia Lewis (Part 2)

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“Eventually, one time, I did go to rehab and I stayed.    I was really angry. My daughter was locked up.  Also, even though my significant other was abusive, I still loved him and he was dead.  At the rehab, the counselors had a bet I would not stay.  I think I stayed this time to prove them wrong.   “After rehab, they suggested I go to a halfway house so I went to Casa de Vida , a halfway house for women recovering from substance abuse. I remember the counselors there were peeking out the windows watching me walk off thinking what would they do with me.  Casa de Vida is where my spiritual awakening happened.  “I was back in drug court.  I had turned myself in.   Because I was with my peer Mona White, the judge did not lock me up.  Mona spoke up and encouraged the judge to give me another chance and he did.  I worked closely with Mona. “Casa de Vida staff saw something going on with me.  I could talk about the in...

The Courage to Change: An Interview with Tia Lewis (Part 1)

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Tia Lewis is a mother of five, grandmother of one and a peer support specialist at the Mental Health Peer Connection in Buffalo, New York.  She provides empowerment and support to individuals who need employment and who are hard to employ.  Tia recently sat down and discussed her long road to recovery from alcohol and drugs with Mental Health World.  “I first became involved with Mental Health Peer Connection through drug court.  I have been in and out of the penal system since the age of 11.  I am now 48 years old.  I have spent about 20 years of my life incarcerated, give or take a year. “I was in and out of the court system quite a bit.  I became a ward of the state.  I lived in many group homes.  I did this until my mother gave me to a member of our family who was a madam.  I was sixteen when I got involved in a life of prostitution, pimps and drugs. At the age of seventeen, I eventually ended up robbing a bank for a pimp.  I wa...

HOW TO GET PERFECTS BIKINI BODY (Part 4)

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Is Tummy Tuck A Better Option To Get The Desired Perfects Bikini Body? Tummy tuck are considered to be major surgical techniques and are commonly availed by both men and women across the globe. But the question that arises in the minds of many is, does the procedure really work. The fact is that this procedure, when availed can help to enhance your appearance and to eliminate that extra skin and fat as well as bulging belly on your stomach. If you had a baby recently or lost weight or simply not happy with appearance of stomach, then you can consider going for this particular procedure. Tummy tuck is known to be quite different from that liposuction, which majority of the people often confuses it with. While liposuction focuses mainly on eliminating fat in small pocket, however, not tightening skin on stomach, it is tummy tuck that is known to eliminate those additional skin present. Also, it tightens remining skin and muscles. This surgical option is quite ideal for people, having los...