Healthy Life

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...

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...

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...

Many people nowadays wanted to lose their weight as quickly as possible by relying on supplements and drugs which can be unhealthy and have unwanted side effects.  However, there are other ways to lose weight naturally without having any of these risks. Here are several ways to lose weight naturally: 1. Exercise An easy way to lose weight is to do exercise regularly. Doing exercises such as sprinting, swimming or cycling can burn through your calories significantly if you do it regularly. This might takes weeks or months to see the physical effects of the exercise. 2. Diet If you want to lose weight, you need to reduce consuming food that are containing sugar and carbs. According to the NCBI research, if you reduce the consumption of sugar and carbs, your body will start feeding off stored fat instead of carbs for energy. Additionally, you also need to eat more proteins and vegetables such as egg, beef, chicken, fishes, broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, etc. An NC...

Both physical and mental health are important for humans. “Poor physical health can lead to an increased risk of developing a mental health problems and similarly, a poor mental health can also increase a possibility of creating physical health problems”. In other words, both physical health and mental health are associated with one another. For example, if you have a chronic anxiety and depression, you may have trouble sleeping which put your physical health at risk. According to numerous studies, a person with a depression will have a higher risk of heart diseases. There are several lifestyle factors that can influence both physical and mental health: 1. Exercise “Research shows that doing exercise influences the release and uptake of feel-good chemicals called endorphins in the brain”. Those who exercise regularly will have more positive mental state and good mood. Exercises also significantly improve physical health because by moving our body regularly, it can kee...

With busy daily lives, the first we forgo is sleep. But why is this? To some sleep is a waste of time and that a lack of sleep can just be countered with caffeine and energy supplements. In the long run though this is both unhealthy for you physically and mentally. Many people don't know this but a lack of sleep can actually make you gain weight. Not getting enough hours of sleep leads to a fluctuation in appetite hormones and causes poor appetite regulation. This leads to eating more in quantity or in frequency. In many studies it is actually shown that people with short sleep duration are more likely to become obese. Short sleep has become one of the leading risk factors for obesity.  Getting enough sleep can also help you enhance your athletic performance gains. In studies involving many athletes, it was shown that a longer sleep would allow for a significant improvement in speed, accuracy, reaction times and mental well-being. Even your day to day performanc...

These are the main ways people are changing their diets to lose weight and become healthier. The top 3 methods are cutting down on fats, cutting down on sugars and eating more fresh foods. But just why is it that most people have chosen these methods? First off a drastic change to one's diet while in some cases necessary should not be done immediately. Plenty of people, especially around the new year time, decide to change their diets altogether and eat completely differently to get into shape and stay healthy. But for many people they end up going back to their old habits and are unable to get accustomed to the sudden change.  As is with anything progress take time and effort. Rather than changing everything you eat right away things should be done slowly. This way your body and your mind loose the craving for unhealthy foods and make it less likely for you to relapse and fall back into bad habits.  The 3 simplest methods to change your diet to a healthier one ...