Exercise Benefits for Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Sufferers

Exercise Benefits for Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
If you have always wanted to know more about fatigue and
exercise, you are not alone. I mean, doesn't exercise
contribute to fatigue? No! The benefits of exercise to
fatigue sufferers are so great, they cannot be ignored.
Exercise for fatigue? You bet! If you are not doing
exercises for fatigue you may be suffering more than you
need to. So where do you start? What kinds of exercise
should you be doing with fatigue problems.

There are many new exercise gadgets, videos, and other
paraphernalia out there on the market today, and it can be
confusing whats good for fatigue sufferers. I mean, just
turn the television on and you will see a bun slimmer here
or a weight loss machine there, you may even hear of a
total fitness machine to help your strength and overall
health. All of this is nice but what can help with fatigue
and exercise. I mean really what can help relieve the
tiredness, suffering, and devastating pain of fatigue
sufferers? Well, there is an answer. You can help relieve
your fatigue with exercise.

To understand what exercise can greatly benefit fatigue
sufferers, its necessary to remind ourselves of two key
symptoms of fatigue. The two symptoms I am talking about
are pain and tiredness. There is one exercise that that
benefits fatigue sufferers more than any other and can
provide relief to these two main symptoms. Yoga. Fatigue
and exercise can be incorporated in a way like no other to
aid in your healing and complete recovery with the
Ridfatigue system. Yoga is one of the components.

Yoga is a proven exercise that improves the fatigue
sufferers body and psychological state, addressing and
aiding in the recovery of the two symptoms pain and
tiredness, giving you a sense of well being. It can
increase your energy and help you feel revitalized.

With regular yoga, you will realize positive energy,
increased flexibility, decreased pain, stimulation to
organs and glands, increased blood flow, and more.

Yoga consists of many stretches, poses, and movements which
act on joints in your body rarely used. This helps with
flexibility in the joints and tendons. When stretching and
using muscles to hold poses during Yoga, it helps your
bodys posture and tones you up.

Other benefits that Yoga has to fatigue sufferers are:
improved sleep, decrease in pain of the joints, increased
energy, mental calmness, range of motion increase, strength
building, endurance increased, lowers stress hormone, and
psychological benefits.

An exercise like Yoga has many benefits to the sufferer of
fatigue. Yogas many benefits can be implemented into your
life today. Hopefully, you realize the importance of this
great exercise in regards to the healing potential of your
condition and start implementing it into your life right
away.

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Hailey Harris is an expert in dealing with Chronic Fatigue
and Fibromyalgia symptoms after suffering for more than 8
years with health problems. She is now symptom free and
living a pain free life. She developed Ridfatigue.com found
at http://www.ridfatigue.com to help others learn to do the
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The Hormone Wars: Small Business and Patients Duke it Out Against Big Pharma and Win

The Hormone Wars: Small Business and Patients Duke it Out Against Big Pharma and Win
In an August 30, 2007 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge
Robert Junell, patients and physicians appear to have won
the battle against Big Pharma, and therefore will continue
to have access to vital compounded medicines. This was a
big victory for patients who rely on customized medicines,
especially for women taking bio-identical hormone therapy.
Advocates including small pharmacies and makers of
alternative therapies including T.S. Wiley, developer of
The Wiley Protocol® bio-identical hormone replacement
therapy, patients, doctors, the International Academy of
Compounding Pharmacists (IACP), Patients and Professionals
for Customized Care (P2C2) and other pharmacy associations
stood up to this legislation and fought hard to keep it
from becoming a law, and they won.

"It is in the best interest of public health," ruled
Junell, to uphold the legality of compounded drugs. He also
said that this legislation passed by Congress exempts
compounding pharmacies from such detailed Federal Drug
Administration (FDA) inspections. "It is not feasible,
either economically or time-wise, for the needed
medications to be subjected to the FDA approval process."

This is good news for women on new alternative therapies
such as compounded bio-identicals because this battle over
hormones for women affects a huge market. There are over 40
million women in the U.S. from the age of 40 to 60. About
25 million women worldwide enter menopause annually. It is
estimated that by the year 2030, that number will increase
to 47 million women per year.

Advocates like Wiley, a medical theorist in the field of
environmental endocrinology and a writer and researcher on
the use of hormones, testified on April 19, 2007 before the
Special Committee on Aging at the United States Senate.
Wiley's in depth testimony is available in the Library of
Congress.

This testimony sites those who would have been affected --
menopausal women and andropausal men; the Autistic
community; individuals living with HIV/AIDS; infants and
young children with conditions like gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD); hospice and nursing home patients; people
who are extremely allergic or sensitive to fillers, dyes,
and additives in medicines, and head trauma victims whose
lives and minds can be saved by a compounded bio-identical
hormone.

It all started when last October of 2006, out of the blue,
Wyeth (WYE), filed a complaint with the federal FDA to take
action against the small pharmacies making bioidentical
hormones from soy and other plant materials. There was
initially some concern of the dangers of prescription
hormones for women thanks to a major study conducted and
then stopped in 2003 by the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) known as the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). It
suggested that taking hormones made by Wyeth could lead to
increased risk of heart problems and breast cancer.

Recently a new study was published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, mentioning that the risks
were overstated. Since the synthetic hormones - Premarin
and PremPro were deemed too dangerous, the common
assumption among women using bio-identical regimens is that
they are doing something "safer."

As some experts pointed out, the WHI never looked at
hormones, but only drugs with "hormone-like" effects that
were dosed in a regimen far from that of human replacement.

In summary, the fact that the Court ruled in favor of
patient access to compounded medicines not only ensures
that patients and physicians will continue to have access
to vital compounded medicines including bio-identical
hormones, but also will allow more research and clinical
trials to take place. This could prove that Wiley's
revolutionary discovery is accurate - the fact that it's
the rhythm that matters in the accurate physiological
replacement of hormones without side-effects for women in
the second half of life.

Wiley's findings may have important implications across a
wide range of areas, from the treatment of menopause and
anti-aging to all of the other diseases of aging such as
heart disease and stroke, Type II diabetes, cancer and
Alzheimer's disease.

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Kristin Gabriel is the director of marketing communications
for T.S. Wiley, who is a medical writer and researcher in
chronobiology, environmental endocrinology and circadian
rhythmicity. Wiley is the author of "Sex, Lies &
Menopause," Harper Collins, 2005. She is also the developer
of The Wiley Protocol (http://www.thewileyprotocol.com), a
trademarked patent pending delivery system consisting of
bio-identical estradiol and progesterone in topical cream
preparations dosed in a rhythm to mimic the natural cyclic
hormone levels replicated in serum blood produced by a
twenty year-old woman.

Recognising & Testing for Diabetes

Recognising & Testing for Diabetes
Diabetes is a very serious medical condition. It occurs
when your body does not produce and use enough insulin
(which controls glucose levels). Diabetes can be
categorised as either Type 1 or Type 2 and is a condition
which is on the rise. You therefore need to know what to
look out for.

If you have diabetes you may not notice any symptoms but
there are two main signals; hypoglycaemia (low blood
sugar/glucose) and hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar). If
you are hypoglycaemic then your insulin has lowered your
glucose levels too much and this may lead to dizziness,
shaking, hunger pangs and sweating. On the other hand if
you are hyperglycaemic this can result in weight loss,
nausea, dizziness and/or light headedness.

Some more extreme symptoms you may notice as a diabetic are
peripheral neuropathy (the loss of nerve functions in the
arms and/or legs) and diabetic retinopathy (when the blood
vessels of the eyes change, limiting or even eliminating
vision). If you notice any of these extreme symptoms you
should seek emergency medical care immediately. This will
reduce the chances of permanent damage to your body.

If you notice any of the above symptoms you should consult
your doctor immediately. They will discusss your family's
medical history, any history of diabetes in the family, any
medication you are taking and any medication you are
allergic to. Your doctor is then likely to recommend one
of the following tests to you:

FINGER STICK TEST:- This involves pricking your finger to
draw a single drop of blood, placing this drop on a
disposable test strip and then analysing the concentration
of glucose in your blood using a small glucose meter
machine. This test is the easiest but has approximately
10% of the accuracy of a laboratory test.

FAST PLASMA GLUCOSE TEST:- You cannot eat for 8 hours
before this test. It involves having blood drawn and
tested before you arrive. Once tested your blood reading
should not be above 126 mg/dl. Otherwise, you could be
diabetic and will need to confirm through either a Glucose
Tolerance Test or Glycosylated Haemoglobin Test.

If the tests conclude that you have diabetes then don't be
alarmed. In most cases diabetes can be managed effectively
with a proper diet and natural remedies. Even if you don't
notice any symptoms it is still a good idea to see your
doctor and get yourself tested. It's the only way to
identify the problem and if neccessary start taking
preventatory measures.

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7 Ways How To Lose Weight Fast And Easy

7 Ways How To Lose Weight Fast And Easy
It's pretty safe to assume that most people in the western
world have been on a diet of some sort at some stage of
their lives. Majority of people want to lose some weight
from somewhere on their bodies, though the most common
complaints are from women around their buttocks, hips, and
thighs. Based on this, the question of how to lose weight
fast and easy is widespread.

The problem with most diets though, is that they take so
long. Who wants to be deprived of their favourite junk
food, alcohol, and takeaway for months at a time? Who wants
to be locked into regular exercise? The answer is easy:
nobody.

So, for the couch potatoes of you who want to know how to
lose weight fast and easy, here are seven tips to help make
things faster and easier:

1. Drink lots of water. Water fills you up and cleans you
out. In fact, the Chinese and Japanese swear by it. They
even have a "water diet" which begins the day with drinking
half a litre of water before you've even cleaned your
teeth! If you get sick of water, you can always eat ice,
which can take the edge off hunger for a while, and numbs
your mouth so you don't want to eat any real food anyway!

2. Halve your portions. It stands to reason that if you
don't consume as many calories, you won't need as much
effort to burn them off. Most fad diets or short-term diets
are based on a low consumption of calories, around 1300 a
day, but who wants to count calories? Pile on your plate
the way you normally would, but only eat half. You'll be
surprised at how easy it is. You may even discover that you
didn't 'need' such a big plate to fill you up in the first
place.

3. Eat slowly. It has been proven that chewing your food
more times and eating slowly results in you eating less,
therefore consuming fewer calories. Most people,
particularly if they're hungry, eat relatively quickly not
giving their stomach a chance to feel full when it really
is and ending up "over-eating" without intending to. By
slowing down your eating habits, you can lose weight
without even changing what you eat.

4. No fizzy drinks. Soft drinks are renowned for their high
sugar content, which definitely means more calories to get
rid of later. In addition, they don't actually quench your
thirst, so you need to keep drinking them when you're
thirsty. Replace each time you would normally have a fizzy
drink, with water and see the difference!

5. Sleep early. When you are sleeping, you are not eating.
When you sleep early, it means you eat earlier, which gives
your body a good chance to digest the food properly.

6. Move more. It's not necessary to spend hours at the gym
working out, however you do have to do is more exercise
than you do now. It doesn't have to be set exercises
though. It could just be walking from the parking lot to
the supermarket, but parking further away or it could be
walking up the stairs instead of taking the escalator.
Small things which, done on a regular basis, make a big
change.

7. Eat more often. This is probably the best tip of the "7
ways how to lose weight fast and easy". By eating little
and often during the day, you will naturally speed up your
metabolism, meaning you will burn calories more
effectively. Of course, it doesn't mean eat a 3-course
meal, 6 times a day…snacks such as raisins, an apple,
celery or carrot sticks are good options and because you
are eating continuously, you are less likely to stray
towards foods you should be limiting.

So there you have it. These tips can show you how to lose
weight fast and easy. All you have to do now is put them
into action!

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Steve Magill has written several articles with regard to
the weightloss business. As a Fellow in the (FBAE) he is
considered an expert consultant when it comes to helping
people to lose weight.

Liquid Vitamins versus Chewable Vitamins

Liquid Vitamins versus Chewable Vitamins
Nearly half the population of Americans residing in the
United States, use some type of vitamin or vitamin
supplement ever day. Even though they may take vitamins,
most are unaware of the fact that nearly 90% of the
nutrients and minerals found in the vitamin isn't properly
absorbed by the body, which means they are virtually
watered down and most of their benefits proven to be not
effective.

Almost all individuals who take vitamins use the pill form.
Pills were once thought of to be the best, simply because
they were the only vitamin sources. These days, liquid
vitamins are much more effective, and people are starting
to realize it. Although many use pills or chewable
vitamins, they aren't getting near the benefit they think
they are.

Vitamins and supplements are very popular, especially for
those who have active lifestyles and find it difficult to
consume the necessary vitamins and minerals they need from
the proper meals. Therefore, those with busy lifestyles
turn to vitamins and supplements to give their bodies what
it needs to carry out day to day activities. Even though
you should never replace food with vitamins, vitamins can
help you to get the nutrients and minerals you need on a
daily basis.

The main reason why liquid vitamins are more effective than
pills and tablets is due to the nature of their liquid
base. With the vitamins being liquid, they are easier for
the body to digest and easily absorbed into the digestive
tract as well. Chewable tablets and pills will pass through
the body in hard form, making them hard to digest. Liquid
is always digested when it passes through, so it will go
through your body quicker and take effect faster.

Due to the body having to work less to break down and
absorb liquid vitamins, they will pass through the body
much faster.

The nutrients and minerals contained in liquid vitamins
will reach vital areas faster through the bloodstream, and
they are easier to use by the most important organs in your
body that need them the most. Liquid is also easy to
swallow as well, as you can add the liquid vitamins to your
favorite juice or just take it right out of the bottle if
you prefer.

With pills or chewable vitamins, the majority of the
nutrients and minerals that are contained in the vitamins
aren't normally broken down in the digestive system. With
these types of vitamins being in hard form, they are harder
for the body to pass at the most crucial moments, where the
body needs to have nutrients and minerals. Unless you
completely chew up the vitamin, it can stay in hard form
until it passes through when you go to the bathroom. If
this happens, you are normally just wasting the vitamin as
it doesn't have a chance to get into the bloodstream.

Liquid vitamins have proven themselves to be the best way
to get the minerals and nutrients your body needs.

As more and more people discover the benefits of liquid
vitamins and how easy they are to digest, they make the
switch. Liquid vitamins are far superior to tablets and
pills, simply because it tastes better, it's easier to
digest, and it travels through the body faster. You can
find many different flavors and types of liquid vitamin
supplements at your local nutrition store, or get online
and order what you need there. Either way you go - you'll
find liquid vitamins to be the ideal way to get the
nutrients you need for you body on a daily basis.

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Steven Godlewski is a self-made millionaire and is
currently working with the staff at PillFreeVitamins.com He
has an extensive background in nutrition as well as other
health related fields. For more health-related articles or
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The 7 Ways Women Can Lose Belly Fat Naturally

The 7 Ways Women Can Lose Belly Fat Naturally
Can you really lose belly fat naturally without using
dieting pills? The answer is yes,and in fact you don't
need any weight loss pills to lose belly fat. There are so
many diet pills that claim they will speed up your
metabolism and lose stubborn belly fat. There is a better
way then relying on these types of products which really
are stimulants and does not teach you to lose belly fat
naturally. The best route to go is always the safest. Many
women become impatient with losing belly fat, but when you
do things the right way you will see that it isn't a quick
fix and that your results are long lasting.

Here are some of the following ways you can lose belly fat
naturally:

1. Eat every 3 hours- this will speed up your metabolism
while keeping your energy levels up. Many women will skip
meals or think if they eat very low calorie diets it is the
only way to go. This not only slows down your metabolism,
but your body will rebound after you go back to normal
eating, thus making it harder to lose the unwanted fat.

2. Eat unprocessed foods- foods that are natural that
haven't been processed in ways like additives and chemicals.

3. Eating foods that are full of fiber- these are foods
like broccoli and green beans. Fiber is important not only
for losing fat but for regulating all the systems in your
body.

4. Drinking water- filtered water is the best to drink, if
you are relying on drinks like soda even if it is diet does
affect both health and fat loss. Artificial sweeteners
confuse to brain to think it's sugar and can trigger
cravings. Also, the caffeine can cause fatigue and
digestive disorders.

5. Interval cardio- to lose belly fat naturally, especially
the abdominal fat interval cardio is one of the best
techniques to do this. An example of this would be to do 1
minute of sprints followed by 1 minute moderate walking.

6. Resistance training- many women think that weight
training will make their bodies bulking. This is a myth,
in fact weight training for women is one the best things
they can do to lose belly fat naturally since it increases
lean muscle. Every time you increase your muscle you
increase your metabolism.

7. Becoming what it is that you want- this goes beyond just
thinking positive in order to lose belly fat or whatever
your goals are you need to think from the end result.
Having that sense of already accomplished what it is that
you want will allow you to create the body you want.

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Review of Ultimate Stair Exercises For Fitness and Weight Loss

Review of Ultimate Stair Exercises For Fitness and Weight Loss
When I first came across Virgil Aponte's information , I
thought that I knew everything there was to know about
stair training. After all, I had used them effectively as
an athlete, a coach and a personal trainer. What could a
P.E. teacher from New York City teach me anyway…

But, the more I read information from Mr. Aponte, the more
I became impressed with what he had to say. So impressed,
that I decided to give his Ultimate Stair Exercises For
Fitness and Weight Loss a fair shot. Good decision on my
part.

First of all, Virgil is more than just your ordinary gym
teacher. He has also worked as a personal trainer in New
York City for over 12 years and a high school physical
educator for over 10 years. During these years he has
helped hundreds of people from all walks of life reach
their strength, fitness and health related goals.

Not only that, but in 2001 Virgil served as a
baseball/conditioning coach with the New York Mets Summer
Instructional Baseball Academy in Queens New York. Here he
got the opportunity to work along side major league
baseball coaches and players like Mookie Wilson, Howard
Johnson, Bobby Ojeda and Cookie Rojas teaching baseball
skills and concepts to kids ranging from 7 to 15 year olds.

Plus, in 2002 Virgil served as an assistant with the WNBA
New York Liberty's strength and conditioning staff… the
same year the Liberty won the Eastern Conference Finals and
played the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA finals. This
background and experience come across in Virgil's stair
training product.

Here are the top 3 reasons that I recommend it.

1. I was very happy to find out that Mr. Aponte is a
believer in using "real stairs" whenever possible - not
jump on the latest and greatest stair climbing machine at
the gym. Like me, Virgil says that these machines are
O.K., but won't give you the same results as actually
moving your body weight up a real flight of steps. The
experience just doesn't compare - and neither do the
results. For weight loss, muscle building, cardiovascular
fitness, functional strength (or all of the above) these
workouts will get you where you want to go.

2. I am also impressed with the progressions demonstrated
on Virgil's DVD's. This makes the exercises powerful for
you no matter what your current state of fitness. Whether
you're trying to get into shape or already performing at a
high level, there are stair exercises to take you that next
step. Young and old, man or woman, the progressions can
move you safely from beginner to advanced - continuing to
challenge you as you reach new levels of success.

3. Finally, there is enough variety in the Ultimate Stair
Exercises For Fitness and Weight Loss program to keep your
workouts motivational and fun for a very long time. Runs,
hops, jumps, lunges in a huge number of variations and
difficulty levels are presented in easy to follow
demonstrations by Mr. Aponte himself. (He even includes
one of my all-time favorite exercises - the stage jump -
not to be confused with the stage dive…). The detail is at
just the right level - giving you information on why you
should use proper techniques without getting too bogged
down in boring, scientific details…

All in all, I believe the Virgil Aponte has succeeded with
this product to fulfill his mission of giving and sharing
knowledge of strength and health with people anywhere and
everywhere. If you're looking for "real world" exercises
that work (and can be done in just a few minutes just about
any place you've got a couple of stairs), then I highly
recommend you give the Ultimate Stair Exercises For Fitness
and Weight Loss program a try.

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Tim Alan Kauppinen, or Coach K, has over 20 years
experience as an athlete and coach. He has developed
champion athletes across multiple sports through speed
training, strength improvement and conditioning. Coach K
is the author of the Uphill Fitness Training, and publishes
a FREE daily training email newsletter. Tim can be
contacted through his website at http://www.makesyoufast.com

Managing High Blood Pressure Medically & Naturally

Managing High Blood Pressure Medically & Naturally
High blood pressure is a very serious disease which can
cause large amounts of damage to your body's vital organs.
The first step is to diagnose whether or not you have high
blood pressure. Although there are a number of signs you
can look out for, the quickest and most accurate method is
to go and see your doctor and get tested for high blood
pressure. If this reveals that you do have high blood
pressure the next step is to go about managing your
condition.

The first step to combatting high blood pressure is by
taking the appropriate prescription medication which your
doctor recommends. Anti-hypertensive drugs are often
prescribed to help reduce high blood pressure, often
alongside alpha blockers and beta blockers. In emergency
situations medication may be prescribed that lowers blood
pressure suddenly, but this practice is very dangerous.
Before you even consider taking any medication be sure to
consult a trained doctor and seek advice.

Apart from medication there are a number of other solutions
to high blood pressure. Improving your diet can help
reduce blood pressure. A poor diet leads to the insides of
your veins and arteries being coated in a layer of fat
which increases the pressure of your blood. Eating more
fruit and vegetables will help because they are high in
fibre and contain lots of vitamins and minerals. High
blood pressure can also be caused by chronic dehydration
and as many of us know alcohol causes dehydration (hence
why you often want another beer, then another beer etc).
Therefore, drinking lots of water and reducing your alcohol
intake will help keep you hydrated and reduce the risk of
high blood pressure. Although it is a good idea to make
positive changes to your diet, this is best done under the
supervision of a trained dietician or your doctor. Make
sure you consult with them before making any drastic
changes to your diet.

Improving your lifestyle will also help lower your blood
pressure. A daily exercise routine and/or yoga routine
should help reduce your body fat and therefore lower your
blood pressure. Before embarking on an exercise routine
you take the advice of a personal trainer and have them
forumlate an exercise plan for you. If you smoke, cutting
down can yield positive results. Smoking releases
chemicals into your body which make your blood vessels
sticky and causes fatty deposits to collect in the
arteries. Furthermore, smoking can cause your arteries and
veins to shrink which will increase your blood pressure.

You can also try natural remedies which include
aromatherapy, herbs and yoga. With aromatherapy you should
choose oils which have a soothing effect and relax your
muscles including rose, lavender and cypress. There are
also a number of herbs which can help reduce your blood
pressure including stinging nettles and lemon balm.
Finally, yoga may help you relax and therefore lower your
blood pressure.

In conclusion, you should first seek the advice of your
doctor before attempting to treat your high blood pressure.
If medication is required then they will let you know.
However, making improvements to your diet and lifestyle, or
even trying some natural remedies can assist you greatly in
combatting high blood pressure.

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