Health
Health · 15. April 2022
Just because you are getting older does not mean you will have to face medical conditions or have a poor quality of life. What is important is to know how to age healthily. Aging well and gracefully does not mean that you will look like a teen or in your 20s but you will live with some fewer wrinkles and sagging.
Health · 15. March 2022
Every parent wants the best healthy and happy lifestyle for their kids. We are certain to this point that every family benefits from adopting healthy habits. As a parent, it’s our responsibility to set an example of a happy and healthy lifestyle as children look up to us, if we will have a habit of consuming junk food, same the kid will do.
Health · 01. March 2022
Maintaining a healthy weight, the so-called Ideal Weight, is very important for health. Recently, Virtual Personal Trainer has shown that, in addition to reducing the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and many types of cancer, it can also lower the risk of Coronavirus and future epidemics/pandemics to come. Excessive weight accumulation outside your healthy/ideal weight range can have serious health implications.
Health · 15. November 2021
How your body and mind understand the states of "emergency" Stress and weight gain are related to each other, like "cousins". In the first part of this series, we explored a very common psychological reaction to stress – emotional eating. Now, we dive into a physical response, triggered by the hormone cortisol.
Health · 08. November 2021
How your mind and body interpret your states of "emergency" Stress and weight gain often go hand in hand, so understanding your behavioural patterns in stressful situations can do wonders for your waistline, as well as your general health and wellbeing. We live in a stress-full culture, so it is understandable if the efforts necessary to maintain or obtain the “perfect” weight and body shape just seem impossible sometimes. We should also reject all the body-shaming we “normal” people...
Health · 08. July 2021
The magic of sleeping and resting There is a fear of giving the body too much rest and sleep, feeling this is wrong for the body and will make it lazy. Nevertheless, ghrelin is closely related to hunger, while leptin connects to the feeling of fullness and satisfaction. Lack of sleep has found to increase ghrelin levels, leading to the necessity to eat. But, what are ghrelin and leptin? Leptin, a hormone made by our fat cells, minimizes our appetite. Ghrelin, on the other hand, is a hormone...
Health · 01. July 2021
There is an important relation between sleeping and maintaining a healthy weight. There is a strong belief out there that to have a beautiful and healthy weight, an individual should be highly active and keep the body loaded with tasks and activities for the whole day. You will be surprised to know that, our body burns calories while sleeping and resting too!.
Health · 15. June 2021
Mary L. Gavin (2018) remarks that preventing kids from becoming overweight means making choices in the way your family eats and exercises, and how you spend time together. Helping kids lead healthy lifestyles begins with parents who lead by example. There are more and more women getting incorporated into the world of work. Lifestyle has become very hectic for both men and women, not being able to reach out everywhere. As a result, parents do not spend enough quality time with their children. A...
Health · 01. November 2020
UPDATE: Extra-Weight May Increase the Risk of Severe Coronavirus Current Coronavirus pandemics represent one of the greatest challenges of humanity. With millions of reported infections and deaths around the world, it looks like we are still far to be back to our previous "normal". Digital technology is being used in different ways, from tracking and tracing apps to very sophisticated AI-based tech for early diagnosis and prevention. In the meantime, novel innovations are currently being tested...
