Safely and Naturally Prevent Heart Disease

Millions of people suffer with heart disease and many have heart attacks and other problems way to early in life. In this day and age it is almost impossible to meet someone who does not have heart disease or at least have a family member or friend with it. Heat disease is the number 1 killer in America and is making its way into other countries as well.

There are many things you can do to prevent heart disease or if you already have heart disease, you can prevent any further problems and probably even improve your heart health.

Quit Smoking: I am sure you have heard this one before if you already have heart disease. Smoking is a huge risk factor for heart disease, heart attack and so much more. Cigarettes are full of toxic chemicals that can cause damage to not only your own health, but those around you.

Walk: Walking is the best exercise there is. You can walk anywhere you want, even in your living room in one place. You can also do things like park further away from the store and even spend a little more time in the store walking around. Walk outside in your neighborhood or anywhere you can and have a little extra time. The great thing about walking is that you can walk 1 mile in a day, but you don’t have to do it all at once! Take your time if you need to and walk in smaller intervals.

No Low-Fat Diet: Many low fat diets can harm you because you are not getting enough of the good fats. Choose healthy fats like coconut oil, olive oil, salmon, walnuts and whole organic eggs.

Eat Saturated Fat: Eating saturated fats is not what causes heart disease. Things like processed foods, sugars and an overabundance of refined carbohydrates cause so many health problems. Watch the video below and let Isabel De Los Rios who is a certified nutritionist and exercise specialist explain more about the truth about saturated fats.

Begin implementing these 4 things and you will surely help your over all health plus prevent heart disease. Heart disease is a very real and very serious. Remember if you have heart disease or think you might, you need to be under a doctor’s care and follow his instruction for diet and exercise.

Workout Routine to Melt Leg Fat Away

One of the main reasons people exercise is to lose weight. Having excess weight can cause numerous health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, some types of cancer just to name a few. Losing weight not only helps your health it can also boost your self esteem. Below is a simple workout routine to melt leg fat away without the use of leg exercise machines.


1. Leg Squat. To perform a leg squat you need to place your feet shoulder width apart. Now start to lower yourself as if you were going to sit on a stool or chair. Keep your back straight and go down slowly until your legs are parallel to the ground. Start to raise back up slowly until you are in the same position you were in when you started your squat.

2. Calf Raises. To execute calf raises stand with your feet a few inches apart and your body straight. Raise your heels in the air as high as you can and then lower your heels back to the ground. If you feel unsteady while performing a calf raise you can hold on to a chair to steady yourself and keep from falling.



3. Walking, Jogging, or Running. All three of these exercises build leg muscle and as an added benefit you get a cardiovascular workout as well. Some find it best to start out walking when they first start exercising and then later on, if you feel you are ready and want to, you can start to jog or run.

4. Stair Stepping. Stair stepping does not have to be done on a real set of stairs. All you need is a raised surface that is high enough to comfortably step on. This exercise is also good for cardio workouts as well.



Exercise alone is not enough to effectively lose weight. You will also need to change your eating habits and possibly follow a diet plan that fits your life style. Combine these two together and the fat will melt off your body. Remember to stick with it and never give up.

Top 3 Ways to Lose Fat Fast and Easy

If you want to lose fat but don’t feel you have time to work out or the money to buy all those “expensive” healthy foods, then you are reading the right article. There are 3 things you can start doing right now that will help you start losing fat fast and easy and if you continue to follow these steps you will keep the fat off too!


Water:

Make water your main beverage. You can add a cup of un-sweet tea or a cup of black coffee here and there but you should drink mostly water. Plain water can get a little boring, so you can change it up by adding fresh squeezed lemon, lime or even orange juice.


Stay away from sodas, even the diet ones. Diet sodas contain artificial sweeteners that can cause weight gain, contrary to popular belief. Artificial sweeteners such as Equal (Aspartame), Splenda and Sweet and Low put toxins in your body that can cause weight gain among other health issues.

Avoid 4 White Devils:

White Flour, Refined Salt, White Sugar, and Dairy are the four white devils to avoid. We all know about the flour, salt and sugar but now dairy too? According to Isabel De Los Rios who is a certified nutritionist and exercise specialist, “Dairy is one of the number 1 reasons people have such a hard time losing weight. It causes inflammation in the body, digestive problems, clogged arteries, and weight gain. Get your calcium from leafy greens and avoid dairy at all costs.”

Walk:

This is where a lot of people say they just don’t have time to walk every day. If you do anything at all, you have a chance to walk. If you don’t get out much, walk in your home. Walk in place or just walk around your home several times a day. Instead of finding the closest park available when you go to the store, park down the isle and walk a little further. When you go to work, park further away than normal, take the stairs instead of the elevator and things like that. Every extra step counts!

If you take these 3 things and put them into play immediately, you will see results. Just remember that the more active you are and the better you eat, the more you will lose.

Top 3 Antioxidant Rich Foods

For quite some time now, antioxidants have been a popular subject. There are a lot of great foods that provide antioxidants for you such as vegetables, fruits, most nuts, fish, shellfish, red meat, grains, eggs, chicken and garlic. We will discuss them later but first let’s learn more about antioxidants.

Many people do not understand what antioxidants are or why they are good for you. Antioxidants can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. When our body cells use Oxygen, they naturally produce bi-products which can hurt us.  Many health problems and diseases are helped along by oxidative damage such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and macular degeneration. Antioxidants act as scavengers and help prevent and repair damage done.

As stated above there are a lot of foods that have antioxidants in them. That is great news but there are some foods that are very rich in antioxidants and can give you a good extra dose.

Here are the top 3 choices:

The Pomegranate

The Pomegranate is a shrub that produces an exotic fruit that originated out of Asia and the Middle East. This fruit can be prepared in many different ways to eat and drink. Pomegranates are also known to help blood pressure levels and low cholesterol. They are proving to be especially helpful for men as studies have showed them to help prevent prostate cancer and growth.

The Acai Berry

Acai is a fruit that grows on the Acai Palm Trees in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. This fruit is claimed by many to be a miracle fruit that can fix all that ales you. Acai berries are very small but they are full of antioxidants and amino acids. Acai berries hava 10 Times the antioxidant power of red grapes.

Green Tea, Black Tea and more

The Camellia Tea Plant produces green tea, black tea, oolong tea, and white tea. All of these types of teas from the Camellia are also very rich in polyphenols which is a type of antioxidant. These teas will provide you with 8 to 10 times the amount of antioxidants fruits will.

So, as you can see it is very important to make sure that we get antioxidants into our body on a daily basis.  Drinking a cup of tea a day can make a difference.