Healthy Life

Cough, Cold, and Flu  We've all have had that time where we are so busy with our work and job that we actually forgotten to take care of own body, keeping ourselves healthy. During rush hours, we don't care much about what we eat for lunch and dinner. This habit can get us ill especially when we consume too much oily or junk food. Because of this, we can easily catch common cough, cold, and flu. Most of us wouldn't care as its not a big deal cause its common for everyone, but these illness can lead sometime serious and deadly if not cured as soon as possible. Everyone's number one solution to this is to go to the doctor but that will only waste both time and money. So before going to the doctor, Here's some Home Remedies that may help: 1. Honey and Lemon Tea It kinda sucks to have your throat itching and annoying every time you drink something. This is a very easy homemade remedy that will help you cure that pain. In order to make this, you will o...

Vitamins are needed for our body in order to help it develop, grow, and maintain health. These vitamins are vitamin A, B, C, D, E, and K. Each vitamin have different sources. They can be obtained from fruits, vegetables, meat or dairies. 1. Vitamin A Sources of vitamin A include of food such as sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, squash, spinach, mangoes, beef liver, eggs, shrimp, fish, milk.  2. Vitamin B The main sources of vitamin B are whole grains, potatoes, bananas, lentils, chili peppers, beans, yeast, avocado, and molasses. 3.Vitamin C Mostly, vitamin c comes from fruit and vegetables such as oranges, guava kiwi, potatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, spinach, strawberries, and etc. 4. Vitamin D Vitamin D can be found in Fortified milk or margarine, fortified cereals, fatty fish. Other than that, vitamin D can be easily obtained from a direct contact of sunlight. 5. Vitamin E Vitamin E can be found in a wide variety of foo...

Common Causes of Eye Strain As our modern world has changed, more people spend their days sitting in front of computer screens. Computers and televisions are back-lit, meaning that they emit a glare. Staring at this glowing screen makes your eyes work harder, straining the delicate muscles that control your eye. Eye strain is especially problematic for office workers and individuals who perform detailed, close-up work.  People with eye strain often complain of headaches, blurred vision, or eye pain. Fortunately, resting your eyes can prevent eye strain and alleviate its symptoms. Giving Your Eyes a Rest Resting your eyes alleviates the hard work they perform by continually maintaining focus on nearby objects or glowing screens.  Follow the 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes, take a break for approximately 20 seconds in which you look at an object at least 20 feet away. Looking at objects in the distance reduces eye muscle tension and lowers your risk of eye st...

Vitamins are important for our bodies. They are essential nutrients that our body needs to grow and develop normally. If you have a low level on some vitamins, you may encounter health problems. Each vitamin has different benefits and uses. This list will help you to better understand about vitamins and their uses in order to help you to live a long healthy life. 1. Vitamin A Vitamin A helps improve and maintain your vision, teeth, reproduction, and immune system. The lack of vitamin A will cause dry skin, dry eyes, and poor wound healing. On the other hand, too much vitamin A “can lead to toxicity and problematic symptoms, such as vision changes, swelling of the bones, dry and rough skin, mouth ulcers and confusion”. 2. Vitamin B Vitamin B helps your body to process energy you get from consuming food. It also help forming red blood cells. The deficiency of vitamin b will cause several health issues such as, anemia, skin rashes, and cracks along the sides of the mo...

This is probably one of the most common questions nowadays, What's the difference between being a vegetarian and vegan?  Both are often misunderstood and thought to be the same. Both vegetarian and vegan are similar but they are some differences between them. Here's why: Differences Vegetarian Vegetarian diet is when a person doesn't consume  any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or by-products of animal slaughter. Most vegetarians only consume vegetables and fruits, this includes all sort of beans, nuts, grains, and seeds. Consumption of eggs, milk, and other dairy products depends of what type of vegetarian diet one follows.  The most common types of vegetarian diets are: Lacto-ovo vegetarians :   Vegetarians who avoid all animal flesh, but do consume dairy and egg products. Lacto vegetarians :   Vegetarians who avoid animal flesh and eggs, but do consume dairy products. Ovo vegetarians :  Vegetarians who avoid all animal products exce...

Let’s just get to the point, can you imagine a meal timing strategy where you don’t eat for 16 hours of the day? ⠀⠀ It sounds scary, right? Well, the truth is it isn't. ⠀⠀ This  diet that I’m referring to is called Intermittent Fasting, or IF for short. ⠀⠀ Intermittent Fasting is essentially a meal timing strategy (or preferred eating pattern) that cycles between “fasting” and “eating” windows throughout the day. ⠀⠀ So, for some parts of the day you don’t eat, and other parts of the day you do eat. Doesn’t sound too bad when you put it that way, right? Right! Now let me explain the 16 hour break ⠀⠀ Generally, this is how your day might look when on an Intermittent Fasting program: ⠀⠀ You “fast” (or don’t eat) from the time you wake up until about 12pm, noon. Then from noon until roughly 8pm you enter your eating window, where you’ll have your meals for the day. Then, at 8pm your eating window closes and you go back t fasting until you fall asleep. Make...

Stress has become part in our daily lives. Most of us will have much work to do, worry about our jobs, money, relationship, and so many more. Because of this, we will become stressed and caused other physical health problems such as increased blood pressure and the risk of heart diseases. Most people are having trouble in dealing with stress. Many of them seek medications that can help them deal with stress. However, these drugs will have side effects that are risky for your health. According to a research in 2010 “people who use anti-anxiety medication have a 36% increased mortality risk”. Because of this most people prefers a more healthy and natural way such as consuming herbal tea. Here are 3 common herbal teas that can help you deal with stress: 1. Chamomile Tea Chamomile tea is made from a dried chamomile flower. According to a study, it “contains apigenin, an antioxidant that binds to certain receptors in your brain that may promote sleepiness and reduce ins...

How to Sleep? Getting a good sleep is one of the most important factors in our lives. For some it's very easy to fall asleep, while others suffers and won't even sleep for a day. We've all had those days in which there are so many things going in our mind. Because of this, we can't focus our mind into going to sleep. This can also be caused by sleeping disorders or stress that will turn into insomnia. Here's a list of ways to fix this habit: 1. Sleeping Schedule Every morning, our minds will have a long list of different things to do throughout the day. We may become so busy at work that we can even forget to spend time on sleeping. To fix this, setting a sleeping schedule is a great way. According to most doctors, it's much better to sleep earlier than late, so that your body will get enough to start tomorrow. These days, smartphones have built-in applications in which will remind you to get some rest, when your phone is still active d...

When people decided to ditch their un-healthy lifestyle and decided to do diet and healthy lifestyle, they have choice between Weight-Loss or Fat-Loss. A lot of people been asking about what's the difference between those two method and what's best for them. The main goal between Weight-Loss and Fat-Loss is basically the same; to lose weight as much as possible or be below a certain weight. The only different is how to do it. The whole idea about Weight-Loss is to lose as much weight as you desire to, but you end up losing your muscle mass as well. To do the Weight-Loss method it's pretty simple; big caloric deficit and a ton of cardio work. People who want to do Weight-Loss have to has a caloric deficit for about 800-1000 caloric deficit from daily calories intake. Average calories intake is 2000-2500 calories, depend on the body weight. People who do Weight-Loss will struggle or even can't gain their muscle mass. Therefore, people who want to gain muscle a...

Stress Sometimes in life, a regular morning can turn out to be a disastrous day and all of this is caused by one good reason, Stress . People can suffer from stress through various of symptoms which includes headaches and lack of energy. The cause of this are most likely to come from personal problems and past experience. But why it is so bad? Stress can be said as the stage after anxiety and before depression. It is where people starts to get affected physically because of the inability to control their emotions. Some example of cases linked to stress are break-ups and failures (educational), which often occur in teenagers. Even though there has been many cases of deadly acts due to stress and anxiety, there are always ways to avoid these cases from happening to us, so here are some tips and ways in order to relieve stress: 1. Exercise Exercise can be one of the ways you can do to combat stress. According to research, it turns out that physical exercising c...

Cardio is one of the best ways to reduce weight. Here are several cardio exercises that can reduce your weight Sprinting Sprinting is a great way to burn a lot of calories in the least amount of time. Moreover, you don't really need and equipment such as a treadmill to do this particular exercise because you can do it almost anywhere. If you're outside, try to sprint one lap then jog one lap. Keep repeating this as much as you can for a maximum result. If you're on a treadmill, try to sprint continuously for 20 to 30 seconds, then slow down and jog for one minute or so before repeating. If you want to lose weight quickly, try to do this regularly on the weekend and you will see your physical result in a couple of weeks because in sprinting, you can burn your fat faster. According to an NCBI research, " fat metabolism is most effective during running at intensities between 47 and 64%, depending on athletic ability". Other than that, sprinting can also ...

You may or may not be surprised to hear this but, many things in our diets actually contain sugar. Of course this is also in varying amount. The worst of all being things like candy and soda which is basically just soda. Of course most of what is shown in the example above is not surprising. Like how pancakes with syrup and whipped cream would have a high amount of sugar. What should surprise you is just how much sugar is in yogurt.  Sugar is a very addictive substance and in many cases leads to addiction or cravings for sugary products. To an extent this is normal given just much of the products we consume on a daily basis consumes added sugars. An excess in sugar could lead to obesity, heightened blood pressure and bad cholesterol. Studies have even shown a decrease in brain power from eating to much sugar. In certain cases causing impaired cognitive function such reduced memory and responsiveness.  So how do you cut back on sugar? For certain products this i...