Friday, July 10, 2009

Eating For A Healthy Heart

Bad cholesterol or a bad diet is something we all go through sometime in our lives. Now you should know that its next to impossible to eat healthy everyday of our lives, even though we plan to we have many factors in our everyday lives that prevent it. But when it comes to keeping the heart healthy, there are some things you should know.A diet that is high in saturated fats will indeed raise your cholesterol level, which we all know is a big role in heart disease. We all know this but, people that are obese are more likely to obtain heart disease. A high sodium diet will raise your blood pressure, causing inflammation and heart disease.

To help stop and prevent heart disease, you need to improve your overall health. To do that you should definitely eat fish and lots of it. Salmon and sardines are all rich in Omega 3. All fish is good for you but, its the Omega 3 that can help you lower your cholesterol level. Now there are healthy fats as well. Saturated fats are known for increasing the chance of heart disease. Mostly found in coconut oil and meat. It would be wise to avoid until your cholesterol levels have reached a healthier level. Meat lovers can get their protein from seafood and nuts.

Some monounsaturated fats such as olive oils is great a much healthier choice to keep your healthy. Many people use olive oil for cooking instead of butter. Fiber is a great choice for lowering your cholesterol. Not only does it help to lower your cholesterol, but it also helps in controlling your sugar absorption. It also helps to keep your digestive track functioning healthy and regularly.

Nowadays its carbs this, carbs that, which ones should you eat and which ones should you stay away from? If you are trying to be more healthy then should avoid foods such as cakes, cookies, and candy. Eating large quantities of sugar is bad for the heart, now you don't have to aviod them altogether but don't over do it neither. There are many healthy carbs and these are the ones you should try and consume everyday if not twice a day. Whole grain pasta and breads, brown rice and of course vegetables are great healthy choices.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Fight Muscle Fatigue

In order for one to fight the problems of muscle fatigue and prevent it from happening all together, you need to properly train your body to deliver energy faster. Your muscles get energy from your body in two different forms. Of course the first one is from oxygen, which makes an aerobic metabolism. The other form happens to be anaerobic metabolism, which is from the stored energy from the muscles themselves.

The biggest problem with muscle fatigue is that anaerobic metabolism does not store that much energy and your aerobic metabolism is to slow to get the energy to the muscles. A problem for many people and the end result is muscle fatigue. Many pro athletes and some personal trainers know how to the energy from the oxygen to their much needed muscles, which is known as your aerobic metabolism.

By training the body to deliver vast amounts of oxygen to the body it is very much possible to quickly raise the level of energy that is available for you muscle to use. Thus reducing the chance of you experiencing muscle fatigue and allows you to workout for extended periods of time. You should know that, it can take anywhere from several weeks to months to properly train the body to rapidly increase the flow of oxygen enough to keep up and prevent muscle fatigue.