Joomla! site syndication http://yourhealthmagazine.com Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://yourhealthmagazine.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://yourhealthmagazine.com Joomla! site syndication http://yourhealthmagazine.com/content/view/17/35/ Blackheads are little plugs that develop in the pores of the epidermis. They are caused when the over active sebaceous (oil producing) glands in the skin become clogged with oil. This sebum then begins to solidify in the pore. Since skin pores are exposed to the air, the top most part of the hardened sebum or oil oxidizes, turning black. This black top of the oil plug is then forced closer to the surface of skin by the oil hardening under it. This then causes the blackhead to be visable. It is not clearly understood why Skin care - Blackheads Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:01:26 +0100 http://yourhealthmagazine.com/content/view/15/34/ There are additional benefits to a treadmill besides helping you lose weight, staying fit and protecting you from age related diseases like diabetes, heart disease and loss of bone density. Here are three more things you might not have considered. Using a Treadmill Can Help with Depression. A Duke University study discovered that even short eight minute sessions on a treadmill can help to temporarily reduce symptoms of depression. It was already known that sustained regular exercise helps to alleviate depression over the long term, but now there are known immediate effects. Fitness - Excercise Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:23:32 +0100 http://yourhealthmagazine.com/content/view/16/34/ We all know that exercise is necessary to safely losing weight and keeping it off. Exercise benefits people that are not overweight also by reducing their risk of heart disease, accidents or other health concerns. The reasons that people give for not doing more exercise are that they don't have the time, it is boring to exercise, it is too difficult, or they have other things to do. Some people just don't know what to do and don't want to ask others for help. A treadmill in the home can alleviate these reasons and give you the benefits associated with regular exercise. Follow our tips for a more enjoyable treadmill workout. Fitness - Excercise Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:31:00 +0100 http://yourhealthmagazine.com/content/view/14/34/ You have decided to buy a treadmill so you can lose weight whenever you want, at your convenience, no matter what the weather is like. How do you decide which brand and why do different people have different opinions about which is better? Treadmill reviews, like all other reviews can be confusing because there does not seem to be a consensus among users. While one person would not have anything but a Proform treadmill, others say it is junk. Some experts say only use Nordic Track while others say to stay away from it. Who do you listen to, how do you reconcile these opinions? Here are three things to keep in mind when reading treadmill reviews: Fitness - Excercise Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:07:27 +0100 http://yourhealthmagazine.com/content/view/13/26/ You increase weight when your calorie intake is higher than your calorie expenditure. But if this calorie equation is reversed, it results in a negative calorie balance in your body. In this negative calorie case, you expend more calories than you take in, resulting in a decrease in the stored calories in the form of body fat, eventually resulting in weight loss. About 10% of daily caloric consumption is used to process foods in the body. You can thrive more by doing physical activities. There are certain foods that show negative calorie effect because the body has to expend additional energy to extract calories from these foods. The negative calorie foods need more calories to break down the foods and digest than the calories the foods actually contain. The additional calories are taken up from the stored fat in the body. Thus the negative calorie foods (may also be called as minus calorie foods or fat burning foods) are great for reducing the body fat and for losing weight. Weight Control - Weight loss tips Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:44:38 +0100