Her Active Life

Facts first: Goji berries have more protein than whole wheat, about 500 times more vitamin C than oranges and more carotene B than carrots. And do you think this is enough? Those berries are considered to have high concentration of anti-carcinogenic and anti-aging compounds.…

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Metabolic syndrome means you have abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL (good) cholesterol and high blood pressure, and are high risk for diabetes and heart attacks. It is caused by an inability to respond adequately to insulin. A study from the

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Q: Should I train my abdominal muscles every day? Also, how many repetitions of crunches should I optimally perform?

A: You should treat your abdominal muscles like any other muscle group, which means you shouldn’t train them every day. Your abdominals, like…

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Unless you’re camping out underneath a rock, you’ve heard about the heart-healthy benefits of red wine.  But few of us have heard about the hearty power of apples and pears.

According to the American Journal of…

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Fifty percent of North Americans are lactose intolerant. They lack the enzyme to split the double sugar, lactose, found in milk and other dairy products. Since you can only absorb single sugars, if you can’t split the double sugar, it passes to your…

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Second wind means that when you run very fast, you reach a point where you gasp for breath, slow down but keep on pushing and after a few seconds, you feel recovered and pick up the pace. Some people think that you just slow…

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Most athletes know that lack of fluids weakens and tires them, so they take adequate amount of fluids, before, during and after competitions.  However, many do not know how much they need extra calories.  They often are told incorrectly that the human body…

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Women pay millions of dollars for products that are supposed to get rid of cellulite, but there is no such thing as cellulite. The fat on a woman’s hips and thighs is the same as the fat anywhere else. She has skin on…

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“Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau

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“The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.” -Ken Doherty

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Fatigue during hot-weather exercise is caused by lack of water, salt, sugar or calories.  Of the four, exercisers are most ignorant of their sodium needs.  A study from The University of Otago in New Zealand shows that taking a salty drink prior to…

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“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.” -Tagore

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“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

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“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.” - Juma Ikangaa, Tanzania

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“Goals in writting are dreams with deadlines.” -Brian Tracy

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