Mind Body & Soul

Archive for September, 2008

Here are ten tips to improve your fitness health. Even athletes who are incredibly fit may not be really healthy. They often tread a fine line between health and illness or injury.

1) Listen to your body. As you are training it is easy to become preoccupied with the repetitions you are doing, or the time you’ve been exercising. Leave your watch at home and slow down or walk when your body hurts.

2) To improve your fitness health you need to eat a varied diet. Five fruit and vegetables a day should be your minimum target. Your health will improve if you eat at least five different kinds of fruit, then any vegetables will be a bonus.

3) Take a complete day off from exercise every once in a while. It doesn’t have to be every week, but doing extra training when you are tired may have a detrimental effect on your health and fitness. You become fitter and healthier through rest as much as exercise.

4) Limit the number of supplements you take. Adequate amounts can in fact be absorbed by modifying the diet without the risks involved by taking a dietary supplement. Consult a professional dietician. Many sprinters and power athletes, for example, take creatine supplements because it gives them a legal edge. There is a risk, though, as it is possible that they have been contaminated by banned substances. This is a risk to your fitness health, and a risk financially if you are a professional athlete.

Although you must seek for your physician or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding pain, there are some alternative solutions to deal with some minor conditions.

At some point the physical pain is something that no human being can avoid in their lives, and therefore the concern about the pain relief has existed since the beginning of humanity. The medicine of all times has had glorious progress with respect to the treatment of pain, and the more famous drugs are a valuable resource dealing with the severe pain, an injury or just a simple extraction of a tooth.

There are countless trademark medicines to treat pain, as well as creams, but in addition of all the drug options there are a lot of herbal supplements and natural treatments that can help you deal with some of the more common pains. Here are the more common alternative methods for pain relief.

1) Herbs: Used since the beginning of the times to relieve pains, they are still a valuable source of alternative health for pain treatment. There are many supplements manufactured by reputable companies that can help you with some minor ailments.

2) Relaxation therapy: It is shown that the deep relaxation of body and mind can mitigate and control some pain, provided they are not severe. Yoga and Reiki have much to offer in this field.
Any alternative treatment could be very useful if you have a preliminary consultation with your personal physician. Don’t forget this point.

By constipation hard stool assembles in the lower colon or rectum without coming out in due time. This causes the stomach region to engorge, causes diffuse discomfort and sometimes sharp pain. When the hard stool eventually pass out it can overstretch the tissue in the anal region and tear up the mucosa and skin in this area.

Hemorrhoids are dilated veins in the anal area. They often get infected and inflamed, making them even more engorged and causing itching and other uncomfortable feelings. Inflamed hemorrhoids often rupture and cause bleeding and sharp burning sensations.

Prolonged or frequent constipation often causes hemorrhoids by increasing the pressure in the anal region. To treat hemorrhoids effectively, the constipation must be treated simultaneously. Here are some measures to cure constipation and hemorrhoids:

Your diet must contain fiber in each meal, since fiber stimulate the bowel to work better and empty itself in due time. Food sources containing fiber are full corn cereals, full corn bread, vegetables and fruit.