Sunday, January 29, 2012

Swimming for your blood

Swimming can lower blood pressure. This is proven through research at the University of Texas at Austin. This research report published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

The participants are 43 healthy adults aged 60 years, they have high blood pressureor pre-hypertension. Pre-hypertension is blood pressure exceeds120/80 mm. The participants were asked to swim. During 12 weeks, the group swam three or four times a week, gradually, to be reached within 45 minutes. At the end of the study, the swimmers managed to reduce blood pressure systolic with an average of nine points. Systolic blood pressure is a number at the top of the blood pressure readings. In contrast, the rate of blood pressure in the relaxation group did not change. The average results, the group swimmers has a systolic blood pressure119 mm Hg. This figure is down from 128 mm Hg at baseline.

Concluded, swimming proven to improve blood vessel function of older adults and put a halt to blood pressure. Swimming can be risky because it is in cold water. That caused a change in hear tand vascular system. But most studies have shown that swimming is safe as well as a walk. Swim definitely can be a safe activity. So let's swim to the routine as needed.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Protect Your Healthy Skin from Melanoma

Do you want to have healthy skin? Healthy skin is necessary for boosting your performance. If you concern about your skin, you need to know also how to keep your skin healthy. Skin cancer is a serious issue lately. Skin cancer can attack anyone no matter how good the look of the skin is.

To prevent skin cancer you should be aware of some of the things out there. Although sun rays can be good for your skin but ultra violet rays may endanger your life. To save your skin from any risk of getting skin cancer, you should avoid any exposure toward sun and sun radiation. When the sun burns your skin, it damages also your skin cells. Tanning is a big no also if you want to prevent yourself from getting skin cancer. This can increase the risk of getting melanoma. Melanoma is the skin cancer that has been killing so many people out there. Consume certain vitamins and minerals can strengthen your skin health. Vitamin E can surely protect your skin. Consume antioxidant foods can be a good way also to treat your skin.


Your skin is quite sensitive. If cancer genetically runs in your family, you should be careful also. There are some types of skin cancer but the famous one is triggered by sun exposure. Tan skin might look great but healthy and protected skin is much better when it comes to prevent skin cancer. 

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Better Ways to Cure Hangover

Having fun is nice. Going to a party can be fun. Unfortunately this fun thing sometimes turns out to be an awkward situation when you are hangover. Hangover is something you probably never want to have but it happens all the time whenever you drink liquors a bit too much. If you can not handle yourself well, hangover can be so irritating the next day. Getting an aspirin probably won’t work so well for you. Is there anything you can do to cure hangover effectively so that it won’t ruin your daily schedule?


So, tonight you plan to have fun with some friends. As somebody who gets the hangovers so often, you certainly need some tips to relieve from your hangover. Before you drinking alcohol, make sure you have proper food in your stomach. Carbohydrate absorbs alcohol well. Avoid any drinks contains of caffeine such as tea, coffee, an energy drink. Caffeine triggers dehydration and this cause bad hangover. Less sugar is necessary before you start drinking alcohol. Too much sugar will raise your hangover and trigger headache as well. Water is so essential to avoid hangover. Make sure you drink a lot of water during the night and get some water too before going to bed.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Simplest Ways to Gain Healthier Skin

Beauty is not always about face. Your skin is essential also when it comes to beauty issue. Healthy skin is what most women would love to have. Healthy skin glows and it makes you look more attractive. Although many women would love to have healthy skin, there are only few people who know well how to maintain the beauty of their skin.
Do you know how to keep your skin healthy? Harmful chemicals around you can reduce the glow of your skin. Apart from that, ultra violet can endanger your skin too. Is there anything you can do to gain healthy skin?
To get healthier skin, you should do some efforts. There are some simple efforts which are so useful for maintaining or getting healthier skin. First of all, you need to drink a lot of water. The more water your drink, the healthier skin you can achieve. Lack of liquid can will dry your skin. Dry skin surely doesn’t look great. Secondly, wear sunscreen everyday. Sunscreen is very good at protecting your skin from harmful sun rays. Sun rays can endanger your skin yet make you look older easier. Thirdly, go to dermatologist if you have some skin problems. Dermatologists know well how to handle your skin problems.