New Life Diets

Whole house water filters

2010-09-09T19:09:00.001-07:00

Installing a whole house water filter system can solve a range of problems affecting your water quality.

But maybe you don't want to go all out for a whole house water filter just yet.

Don't worry, start out small, like a countertop water filter, or a faucet water filter.
This way you can try before you buy and see if a whole house water purifier could be in your future plans.

Have your water tested as soon as possible to see if your water is harmful to your health.
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Symptoms of Mesothelioma

2010-09-08T21:12:00.001-07:00

Asbestos exposure at work is linked to about 70 percent to 80 percent
of all cause of mesothelioma lung cancer.

Working with asbestos and inhaling or swallowing asbestos particles is the main cause of mesothelioma and a noncancerous, chronic lung condition called asbestosis.

There are no early symptoms of mesothelioma cancer.
Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until 12 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos.

New Life Diets and Weight loss

2009-08-16T16:19:00.002-07:00

New Life Diets and Weight loss

2009-08-16T16:19:00.001-07:00

Master Your Metabolism

2009-04-08T08:02:00.000-07:00

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Wipe Out Cellulite

2009-03-26T20:29:00.000-07:00

PART 2: TONE, SMOOTH AND FIRM
These six moves tone your hips, butt, and thighs—the most common sites for cellulite. For each move we offer an easier option, in case the main move is too difficult. If it's too easy, increase the intensity of the standing exercises by holding dumbbells. To avoid injury, warm up with five minutes of marching in place or do these moves directly after your cardio workout when muscles are already warmed.

1. Squat Kickback
Stand with feet together, toes pointing forward, and arms bent at sides.

Bend knees and hips into a squat, as if you were sitting in a chair (A), and hold for three counts.

As you rise, press right leg back and squeeze glutes (B). Hold for one count, then lower. Switch legs after each set.

Make it easier: Don't squat as deeply, and keep toes on floor when pressing back.

2. Curtsy and Kick
Stand with feet together, hands on hips.

Step right foot behind left leg and bend knees until left thigh is almost parallel to floor (A). Keep left knee over ankle. Hold for three counts.

As you stand back up, kick right leg out to side before doing another curtsy (B). Switch legs after each set.

Make it easier: Skip the kick and bring feet together between each curtsy.

3. Plié Sweep
Stand with feet wide apart, toes pointing out, and hands on hips.

Keeping back straight and abs tight, tuck tailbone and bend knees, lowering until thighs are almost parallel to floor. Hold for three counts.

As you stand up, sweep left leg across body, as if you're kicking a soccer ball. Switch legs after each set.

Make it easier: Eliminate the leg sweep.

4. Glute Squeeze
Lie on floor with knees bent, feet beneath knees and hip-width apart.

Keeping hips level and abs tight, press into heels and squeeze glutes, lifting hips to form a bridge.

Lower hips halfway to floor for two counts, then press back up. (Instead of pulses on your third set, do a Hip Rock: In bridge position, squeeze left buttocks and lift left hip. Repeat on right side. That's one rep.)

Make it easier: Lower hips to floor between reps.

5. Bun Burner
Get on all fours, with hands beneath shoulders, knees beneath hips, and abs tight. Extend right leg behind you so it's in line with back, toes pointed and hips square to floor.

Pull knee into chest (A), contracting abs, and extend leg back out 12 times.

Next, extend right leg and pulse, lifting and lowering a few inches, 12 times. Then bend right leg so sole of foot faces ceiling and pulse 12 times. That's one set.

Repeat with left leg. (No need to add additional pulses when you progress to three sets.)

Make it easier: Place forearms on floor.

6. Pass-Through Lunges
Stand with feet together, hands on hips. Step right foot forward 2 to 3 feet and bend knees, lowering until right thigh is parallel to floor. Keep right knee over ankle. Hold for one count.

In one swift movement, press off right foot and bring it behind you. (Left foot doesn't move.) Lower into another lunge so left thigh is parallel to floor, holding for one count.

Continue passing right foot through into a front then a back lunge without bringing feet together. Switch legs after each set.

Make it easier: Rather than pushing through from front to back in one swift movement, bring feet together before going into back lunge.

Wipe Out Cellulite

2009-03-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

A slew of new ingredients and formulas to help.
By Allison Winn Scotch, Prevention

Last year, American women spent nearly $100 million on creams, lotions, and other topical treatments in hopes of eradicating cellulite from our thighs and butts. We're going to make a wild guess that very few of those products worked as well as you'd hoped. That's because, despite its infamy, cellulite is just plain old fat (albeit dressed up in slightly more offensive attire), and a key to minimizing it is to drop pounds, according to a 2006 study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

But how you lose weight matters: Crash dieting can make cellulite worse by reducing skin's elasticity, making more of those little puckers noticeable. Gradual weight loss (to better preserve skin's suppleness and reduce fat) accompanied by targeted muscle development, which firms and smooths underlying tissue, is the most effective cellulite solution, says Glynis Ablon, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at UCLA.

When Wayne Westcott, Ph.D., co-author of No More Cellulite (Perigee, 2003), tested such a strategy on 115 women, all of them reported a reduction in cellulite appearance at the end of 8 weeks, and ultrasound measurements confirmed a higher proportion of muscle to fat in their thigh areas.

Now, it's your turn. This comprehensive exercise and eating plan—based on Westcott's findings—will burn fat, build muscle, and shed pounds safely. We know it's not as easy as applying a cream. But it's more effective. See for yourself.

The Workout: A science-based, fat-blasting plan for a firmer butt and sleek thighs.

This two-pronged exercise program helps minimize the lumpy, bumpy appearance of cellulite. Aerobic exercise like walking and running burns fat, while lower-body moves such as squats and lunges build muscle.

To maximize fat loss, you'll do 200 minutes of cardio a week—the amount found to produce the greatest weight loss—including high-intensity exercise to rev your calorie burn for up to 19 hours after a workout. You should see the slimming, smoothing results in four weeks!

The Expert Chris Freytag, contributing fitness editor and creator of Prevention's "Fight Cellulite Fast!" DVD, designed these workouts and models the moves.

Your plan at a glance

Part 1: Burn off cellulite (five days a week)

Blast fat with two types of cardio routines: Intense Workouts (an interval program that builds from fitness walks to calorie-blasting runs) and Moderate Workouts (any aerobic activity you enjoy).

Part 2: Tone, smooth, and firm (three days a week)

Tone your muscles by doing six strengthening moves. (Take a day off between these workouts.)

Weeks 1-2: Do one set of 12 repetitions of each exercise.
Weeks 3-4: Repeat the circuit twice so you're doing two sets of each exercise.
Weeks 5-8: Repeat the circuit three times, so you're doing three sets of each exercise. On the third set, instead of holding each move, pulse for three counts by lifting and lowering a few inches before returning to the start position.

PART 1: BURN OFF CELLULITE

Week 1
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, two minutes; run interval*, one minute
Number of intervals: 10
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 40 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: walking, swimming, or cycling, 40 minutes

Week 2
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, one minute
Number of intervals: 15
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 40 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 3
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, two minutes
Number of intervals: 10
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 40 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 4
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, four minutes
Number of intervals: Seven
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 45 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 5
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, six minutes
Number of intervals: Five
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 45 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 6
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute run interval*, seven minutes
Number of intervals: Four
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 42 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 7
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, eight minutes
Number of intervals: Four
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 46 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes

Week 8
Intense workouts (three days a week)
Brisk walk interval, one minute; run interval*, nine minutes
Number of intervals: Three
Total workout (five-minute warm-up, five-minute cool-down included): 40 minutes
Moderate workouts (two days a week)
You choose: Walking, swimming, or cycling: 40 minutes
*If you have joint problems, you can substitute fast walking for running.

Injectable Birth Control Causes Significant Weight Gain And Changes In Body Mass, Study Finds

2009-03-11T07:05:00.000-07:00

ScienceDaily (Mar. 10, 2009) — Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, gained an average of 11 pounds and increased their body fat by 3.4 percent over three years, according to researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).

However, women who switched to nonhormonal contraception began to slowly lose the weight and fat mass they gained – nearly four pounds over two years, while those who used oral contraception after the shots gained an average of four additional pounds in the same time span. The amount of weight gain was dependent on the length of time DMPA was used, as the rate of weight gain slowed over time.

The study, which appears in the March 4 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind.

DMPA is an injected contraceptive administered to patients every three months. More than two million American women use DMPA, including approximately 400,000 teens. DMPA is relatively inexpensive compared to some other forms of birth control, has a low failure rate and doesn't need to be administered daily, which contributes to the contraceptive's popularity.

"Women and their doctors should factor in this new data when choosing the most appropriate birth control method," said lead author Abbey Berenson, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health at UTMB.

"One concern is DMPA's link to increased abdominal fat, a known component of metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes," said Berenson.

The study followed 703 women in two age categories, 16- to 24-years-old, and 25- to 33-years-old, using DMPA, oral (desogestrel) or nonhormonal (bilateral tubal ligation, condom or abstinence) contraception for three years. DMPA users who discontinued this method and selected another form of birth control were followed for up to two additional years. Throughout the course of the study, researchers compared changes in body weight and composition and took into account the influence of age, race, caloric intake and exercise, among other factors.

When researchers compared all three groups, DMPA users were more than twice as likely as women using nonhormonal or oral birth control to become obese over the next three years. "The findings are worrisome; however, more research is needed to determine if DMPA use directly contributes to obesity-related conditions and puts patients' overall health at risk," said Berenson.

Women using oral contraception did not gain more weight than those using a nonhormonal form of birth control. However, the study found that their body fat increased slightly while their lean body mass (muscle) decreased. Researchers said this was less likely among those women who exercised regularly and consumed a healthy diet that included increased protein intake.

The study will enable physicians to counsel women accurately about the body changes associated with widely used forms of contraception and also shed light on how weight gain might be reversed, said Berenson.

According to Berenson, the mechanism by which DMPA causes an increase in weight gain and fat mass is not known, and no connection was found between DMPA use and caloric intake, fat consumption or amount of exercise on body mass changes. The findings seem to argue against the theory that weight gain could be due to the drug's perceived effects on increased caloric intake and decreased energy expenditure, but ongoing research is needed to confirm or discount varying possible explanations, she said.

UTMB researchers are conducting follow-up studies to determine which subset of women is most likely to gain weight on DMPA. Berenson noted that in ongoing research, preliminary data has shown that approximately 25 percent of women on DMPA experience significant and potentially dangerous body composition changes.

The study was supported by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. Mahburbur Rahman, MBBS, PhD, MPH, Research Scientist, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health, contributed to this research.

Hoodia Gum

2009-02-15T14:04:00.000-08:00

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Hoodia gordonii is a completely natural supplement, a traditional South African botanical highly in demand in the United States now that its benefits have been proven through the strict testing methods of western medicine. Even people classified as "morbidly obese" were able to cut their food intake dramatically when given Hoodia in a British medical study.
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Scientists have identified several compounds in Hoodia that chemically communicate a sense of fullness, which our brains interpret as a signal that we've had quite enough to eat, thank you, and couldn't possibly eat even a little more. In other words, Hoodia creates the chemical equivalent of being completely satiated. Yet, while you're eating less and slimming down, the chemicals you're relying on are completely natural, similar to the glucose your body produces when you eat, but much stronger. Apple Patch Diet Hoodia Gum contains no dangerous stimulants that cause adverse side effects.
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Acai Berry

2009-02-15T14:00:00.001-08:00

Acai Berry on Rachael Ray:

Rachael Ray Show:
"It may seem odd to start this list of superfoods with one you've likely never even heard of. But studies have shown that this little berry is one of the most nutritious and powerful foods in the world! Acai (ah-sigh-ee) is the high-energy berry of a special Amazon palm tree. Harvested in the rainforests of Brazil, acai tastes like a vibrant blend of berries and chocolate. Hidden within its royal purple pigment is the magic that makes it nature's perfect energy fruit. Acai is packed full of anti-oxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids."

Acai Berry on CBS News:
"Food For Your Heart! Acai berry is among the most nutritious foods, containing more polyphenol antioxidants than green tea, blueberries, cranberries and red wine."
Colon Cleanse With Dr.Oz:

Dr. Mehmet Oz:
"I mean, their bodies are screaming to them," Dr. Oz says of Susan and Maureen's health. "'Help me. Help me.' Their colon is saying, 'I need cleansing.' And they're not processing it. We are the best health educated society in the history of mankind but we don't take information and use it to motivate us to change our behavior"

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