Benefits Of Having A Home Sauna

By D_S | Friday, 9 January 2015 Leave a comment





By adding a home sauna to your home you not just add the touch of luxury to your lifestyle but it also gives you plenty of health benefits. The cost of installing sauna in your home is not expensive these days and they come in easy-to-install kits, which can be assembled in very less time. It is not a major remodeling project in your home and can truly add to the value of your property. Sauna can be added to any place in your home according to your convenience. Despite all the reasons mentioned the main reason or installing sauna at home are the health benefits that you will get.

Benefits of Having a Home Sauna

·         Removes Toxins
While taking sauna due to the increase in the temperature of your body, the toxins present in it are naturally released from your body. The whole process of sweating during the sauna bath is helpful in the removal of harmful toxins, like mercury, lead and nicotine. This removal of toxin helps in improving the immune system of your body and also helps in getting better results if you are following some weight loss routine.

·         Relaxes Muscles
When you take sauna, the blood circulation in your body is improved due to the heat in the environment. This increased blood flow helps in the soothing and relaxing of muscles. By regular use of sauna you will also see reduction in the amount of pain in joints and backs; you will also get temporary relief in diseases like arthritis.

·         Reduce Stress
While you take sauna your body releases endorphins. These endorphins are responsible for increasing the energy level of your body and they help in reducing the stress levels. Endorphins are several times credited with increasing youthfulness of your body and mind.

·         Healthy Skin
When you take sauna, the pores of your skins are opened and this makes your skin breathe in a better way. Taking sauna also relaxes the facial tension of your body. It also brings nutrients to the epidermis and therefore resulting in promoting the cellular growth in your body. This helps you in getting a healthy, glowing and youthful skin.

·         Improved Blood Circulation
When you take sauna, the heat that is generated in your body brings the blood closer to your skin. Due to this the flow of blood is improved and it reaches the extremities of your body. This results in overall better heath as it improves the immune system of your body.

·         Increased Metabolic rate
When you use sauna regularly, your body burns plenty of calories every time you use it. After frequent usage your body starts to improve its rate of metabolism. This higher metabolic rate makes you feel more energetic.

·         Relief from Sinus Congestion
For the people who are suffering from sinus, saunas can give temporary relief from the symptoms of the disease. Saunas can also help in reducing the symptoms of common cold and normal throat infections.

Conclusion
You can see that the benefits of adding a home sauna far exceed its luxurious feel and its value addition to the property value. Saunas help you in keeping a healthier lifestyle.

Benefits of Walking After Dinner

By Unknown | Wednesday, 29 May 2013 Leave a comment





There are several people who want to follow a healthier lifestyle, or at least they say so. But their common excuse is they don’t have time or the changes are difficult to make. There is one simple habit that can really help you in living a much healthier life. That habit is of walking daily after your night meas. Yes! Just by walking a few minutes after your dinner you can actually save yourself from several health problems and maybe even build a base for further important changes for a healthy living.

Benefits of Walking After Dinner

·         Weight Loss
This is something which is not hard to guess, walking is better for weight loss anytime of the day but it has additional benefits in the night. The metabolism of the body slows down in the night time, when you walk in the night, the increase of metabolism that your body experiences are actually beneficial. This way your body results in better burning of calories and there is no accumulation of fat.

·         Insomnia
If you have a problem of not getting regular sleep or you have a problem of light sleep, in which you are awake even on little noises. Then walking after dinner can be highly beneficial. The chemicals that are responsible for sleeping are the result of the metabolic activity of your body, therefore walking after dinner results in better quality sleep.

·         Better Digestion
After having you’re a good meal walking a few minutes can help your food get digested in a better way. But you must remember that you shouldn’t walk just after the dinner, but take some time between the meal and walking. This increased pace of digestion goes on throughout the night even when you are asleep. This is another reason why there is no fat accumulation in your body if you take regular walks after the dinner.

·         Decreases Depression
The chemicals that are released in your mind due to walking not just helps you in getting a good sleep but they also relaxes your mind. This is very beneficial for the people who are suffering from depression.

·         Prevents Hart Diseases
When you walk after your dinner your body produces more amount of High-density Lipoprotein or HDL cholesterol, this cholesterol is also called good cholesterol, as it helps in fighting heart diseases. Waking in the night also helps the people who are suffering from high blood pressure.

·         Better Immune System
By walking every night after dinner you help your body in developing a better immune system.

Things to Remember

You should not walk immediately after the meal. It is always better to take a break of 30 to 45 minutes after dinner. This is because your body needs the blood for digestion after meals and walking will divert the blood flow to other organs. If you have eaten a heavy meal then it is adviced to take even longer break. But you must remember that after the break, walking will be more beneficial in case you have taken a heavy meal.

Conclusion

Despite so many benefits of walking after the dinner there are very few people who have this activity in their daily routine. The information above is enough to make you join those few people and help you experience a healthy lifestyle.

Benefits of Whole Wheat Bread

By Unknown | Monday, 20 May 2013 Leave a comment





Bread is an integral part of breakfast of numerous people all round the world. But there are several people who still think that “A bread, is just a bread,” it sounds true, but it’s not! There are many differences between in various varieties of bread and choosing the right bread for your breakfast can not only help you in improving your health, it can actually save you from several diseases. That’s why this post will inform you about the various benefits of whole wheat bread.

Benefits of Whole Wheat Bread

·         Weight Loss
Whole wheat bread has high fiber content and this makes you feel full after breakfast for a longer period of time than white bread. This results in decreasing your appetite and hence helps you if you are trying to decrease your weight. Eating whole wheat bread in breakfast makes you less hungry in lunch time.

·         Better Digestion
Because of high fiber content in whole wheat bread it is easily digestible and also helps in better bowel movement. This high fiber content prevents constipation hemorrhoids and colon cancer.

·         Prevents Diabetes
The amount of insulin produced in your body by the consumption of this bread is also less when compared to other breads. That’s why it is better for prevention of diabetes. Also the high fiber content provides better protection from diabetes.

·         Prevents Heart Diseases
It has been proven by many studies that whole wheat bread results in reducing the risk of hypertension. Also the high fiber content is good in reduction of bad cholesterol, which is god for your heart. The nutrients and minerals in this bread are responsible for a healthy heart. Recently a study conducted by Harvard University, found that people who consume right amount of wheat in their diet are less prone to heart diseases.

·         Better Immune System
By consuming this bread you get a better immune system in your body. This gives your body the ability to fight many diseases. By consuming whole wheat bread your body gets enhanced cardiovascular health; it increases the ability of your body to fight cancer. You get quicker recovery from diseases due to better immune system.

Conclusion

There are several benefits of whole wheat breads as it contains many vitamins like vitamin B and E, it has high fiber content and also has high quantities of iron. The quality of fiber that is found in whole wheat bread offers great anti-oxidants for your body. Therefore consuming whole wheat bread is much better than white bread.

Benefits of Plank Exercises

By D_S | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 Leave a comment





Contracting your muscles against stationary resistance is called plank exercise. They are famous constituent of isometric training. This is the reason that plank exercises are frequently recommended for persons who are recovering from some type of injury or are in a phase of reconditioning. These exercises are very reliable for improving the energy flow between your upper and lower body. They are also highly beneficial in building up of strength. Unlike some other isometric exercises, plank exercises are well known for their benefits in improving the multiple elements of your fitness as well as your general health.

Some of the plank exercise benefits are:

·         Strength
These exercise help in improving the strength of your lower body, upper body and midsection. This gain in strength is usually on the front of the body. Plank exercise also gives immense strength to the muscles which are in the inner core of your body and support your joints. The inner and outer abdominal are formed by, rectus abdominis and transverse abdominis, and these provide the primary support needed while doing plank exercise. These obliques in the abdominal part of your body also give stability to the plank position isometrically. These stabilizer muscles can be divided into two groups; upper body stabilizers and lower body stabilizers. Pectoral and serratus muscles come in the category of upper body stabilizers and quadriceps, Sertorius comes in the category of lower body stabilizers.

·         Flexibility
The flexibility in the posterior muscles is increased throughout the body by doing plank exercises. Several muscles near your shoulder blades, collarbone and shoulder are stretched with the expansion of your shoulder griddle while doing these exercises. The hamstrings which are present on the back of your thighs are stretched when you try to lengthen your legs as much as possible while pushing front portion of your thigh upwards. There are plank exercises which you can do to increase the flexibility of your feet and toes.

·         Aesthetic
As by doing plank exercises the posture of your body is dramatically improved and so they also provide the aesthetic benefits to your body and better your appearance. These exercises stabilize the muscles which support your hips and spine. If someone is suffering from deficiency in their posture than plank exercises can help them immensely in recovering from those deficiencies. There are several deficiencies which happen due to flexor weaknesses or abdominal weaknesses that can be cured by plank exercises.

·         Mental
Plank exercises can also help you in improving your mood. Several times stress happens due to the stiffness in muscles due to your daily routine and plank exercises help you in easing out these muscles, thus resulting in less stress. While doing your work, if you have to sit on a chair for several hours then it could result in stiffness of your legs.  If while working your shoulders are always bending down then stiffness can occur there also. In both these situations plank exercises can help immensely.

Conclusion

Plank exercises have several benefits and thus doing them regularly will make you fall in love with hem. As with the help of these exercises you will become happier, stronger and calmer in your life. In short these exercises will make you a better person.

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