Health Articles and Advice
Exercise Tutorial: Side Plank
The side plank is uses muscles we don't usually use that often. You will feel it in your shoulder, obliques, and serratus anterior muscle.
Exercise Tutorial: Step Ups
Today I want to introduce you to one of the exercises you can do at home or outdoors. Just find yourself a step and do as follows.
In-between runs...
To make your run a bit more interesting I have 3 in-between run exercises for you.
Tone your arms!
Tone your arms to look great this summer. Here are three exercises to help you do so...
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How to get abs of steel?
To flatten your stomach and even get a six pack you need to perform different kinds of exercises to strengthen all muscle groups in your abdominal area.
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Do spoil your dinner – Don't spoil your waste line!
Remember when your Mum said "Don't eat anything now you'll spoil your dinner!". What she should have been saying is: "Have a healthy snack now, boost and keep your metabolism going and have a smaller portion for dinner. This prevents your body from going into starvation mode and starts storing fat."
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Coffee - The Facts
Most people kick-start their day with a cup of coffee in morning. Coffee is known to contain some antioxidants and increase the metabolic rate (your ability to break down food). But what about the bad sides?
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Alcohol - What Does It Do To Your Body?
Alcohol is really a poison to your body! If you are trying to loose weight or want to build muscle, stop ruining your efforts by ordering another drink.
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Fight the Cold with Olive Leaf & Garlic
We all know olive oil has great health benefits. The leaf of the olive tree are good too, though! Garlic does not only add flavor to your food, it is one of nature's strongest immune system boosters.
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Broccoli - A Green Superfood
Broccoli contains a high amount of vitamin C, folic acid, potassium and fiber. It also contains components that can help prevent hormone-related cancers, such as breast- and prostate cancer.
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Water - Good for your skin, organs and joints
Our bodies are made of 55% to 78% water depending on body size. It forms the basis of blood, muscles, lungs, etc. Your body needs water to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to all your organs.
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Good Fats and Bad Fats
The low-fat diet is often misunderstood. Fats provide essential fatty acids, which are not made by the body and must be obtained from food...
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Salmon - Pink, Omega-3 and Protein
Salmon is low in calories and saturated fat, but high in protein. Protein provides essential amino acids which are vital for growth and muscular development...
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Berries - Sweet, fresh and juicy
Berries are a good source of dietary fiber, minerals and are loaded with Vitamin C which we need for our immune system and for strong connective tissue...
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Find your 30 minutes of activity a day
Find your 30 minutes of activity a day is a great campaign from the Queensland Government tackling the obesity problem of Australians....
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Increasing obesity in Australian teenage girls
The number of teenage girls becoming overweight or obese is alarmingly high and increasing more and more. Why the girls and what can you do as a parent?
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