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Encyclopedia of Health Benefits of Berries

Women Fitness has made an effort to provide a collection of all known Health Benefits of different types of Berries. Here they are to quench your informational needs of our visitors.

  

Kiwifruit : Its a Super Fruit

The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in many parts of the world, is the edible berry of a woody vine in the genus Actinidia.

 

Health benefits of Gold

The earliest records of the use of gold for medicinal and healing purposes come from Alexandria, Egypt. Over 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians ingested gold for mental, bodily and spiritual purification. The ancients believed that gold in the body worked by stimulating the life force and raising the level of vibration on all levels.

 

Zucchini : A Multi Health Benefit Powerhouse

Zucchini or courgette is a summer squash belonging to the species Cucurbita pepo. Zucchini can be dark or light green. Botanically, however, zucchini is an immature fruit, being the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower.

 

Chlorella : A Nutritional Supplement Dissected Threadbare

Chlorella is a genus of single-cell green algae, belonging to the phylum Chlorophyta. It is spherical in shape, about 2 to 10 μm in diameter, and is without flagella. Chlorella contains the green photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll-a and -b in its chloroplast. Through photosynthesis, it multiplies rapidly, requiring only carbon dioxide, water, sunlight, and a small amount of minerals to reproduce.

  

Health Benefits of Green Pistachio: A Miracle Nut

The pistachio, Pistacia vera in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Greater Iran which now can also be found in regions of Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Italy (Sicily), Uzbekistan, Afghanistan especially in the provinces of Samangan and Badghis, and the United States, specifically in California. The tree produces an important culinary nut.

 

Health Benefits of Eating Black Grapes

Black grapes have been associated with health and nutrition for centuries and they even appear in ancient literature and works of art.

   

HPV: Uncovering the Cancer Risk

HPV or Human Papilloma Virus  is the name for a group of viruses that affect your skin and the moist membranes lining your body, for example, in your cervix, anus, mouth and throat.

  

Benefits of Black Tea

Black tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green and white teas. All four types are made from leaves of the shrub Camellia sinensis.

 

Health Benefits of Cranberries

Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right. They can be found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere.

  

Tips to Manage Alcohol Intake During Holiday Parties

Alcohol continues to be a big part of holiday celebrations. There are plenty of opportunities for toasts and alcohol around the holiday season, this does not mean that you have to spend the holidays alone and avoid people.

 

The Big Chill

The winter season along with the chilling air, brings about its own problems of dryness, brittle nails, cracked feet, and all the rest of those cold discomforts.

Fresh Juice : for a Complete Rejuvenation Program  

With the holiday season nearing down, there stands a huge chance of you feasting on food and drinks. Before you really step into that arena try out the Juice Crafters detox plan. The whole idea of a detox program is to remove the toxins from you body caused by substances such as alcohol, tobacco and food consumed.

 

 

IUDs: Birth Control Option for Teenagers  

In new guidelines, ACOG says IUDs and contraceptive implants should be considered "first-line" birth control options for teenagers.

 

Herbs for Optimum Menstrual Health  

If your period is heavy enough to require changing more often than every one or two hours, or if you have a period that lasts more than a full week, you may be experiencing menorrhagia or heavy menstrual bleeding.

 

Olive Oil: Laudable in Every Drop  

A Recent research has provided firm proof that a Mediterranean diet, which includes olive oil, is not only generally healthy, but that consuming olive oil can actually help lower harmful LDL cholesterol. Olive oil contains antioxidants that discourage artery clogging and chronic diseases, including cancer.


Meditation for Pain Management  

In over 1,000 published research studies, various methods of meditation have been linked to changes in metabolism, blood pressure, brain activation, and other bodily processes. Now, meditation has been used in clinical settings as a method of stress and pain reduction. A recent study shows that only a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation.


Magic Wand for Teenagers to do Away with Depression

The estimated rates of major depressive disorder jump from 2 to 4 percent in pre-adolescent children to 10 to 20 percent by late adolescence, an alarming rise. The first sign of depression is change in “level of function.” For instance, if a girl used to perform well in school/college and suddenly flunks in class, he or she may need extra care and attention. 
  

 

"No Need For Pap test every year": Says American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society released new screening recommendations(14 March,2012) for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. Screenings are tests for women who have no symptoms of cervical cancer. Among the changes: the American Cancer Society no longer recommends that women get a Pap test every year. 
  

Going Citrus Way to protect the Heart

In a recent study, researchers have identified a compound found in oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits that may lower a woman’s risk of stroke. Flavonoids have been shown to improve blood vessel function in addition to their myriad and powerful anti-inflammatory benefits.
  

Stomach Acid essential for Calcium Absorption

Do you often suffer from heartburn or an upset stomach – particularly after you eat? Do you feel bloated or gassy, or have irregular bowel movements? this might be sign of vacillating stomach acid.    

Boost Vitamin D Intake: Why?

For nearly a decade scientific evidence has been mounting to show that the vast majorities of adults (and many children) are grossly deficient in circulating blood levels of vitamin D.  The conditions and diseases responsive to vitamin D that account for over half of the world's mortality include cancer, cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis and respiratory diseases and infections.  

  

Finding ways to a lasting Orgasm

An estimated 30 to 39 percent of women in any given population will report little or no interest in sex at any given time in their lives. Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), more commonly referred to as low sex drive or libido is a deficiency or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).  

  

Chest Opening Yogasanas

If you are trying to give up smoking and nicotine consumption there is no doubt that chest opening yoga exercises can go a long way to support your effort. Besides, opening the chest helps to tone the spine and increase the breathing capacity of the lungs. It relieves tightness in the back and shoulders. By lifting your heart, moving your shoulders back and lengthening the front and back of your body, you decrease back pain and shoulder tightness, and improve your spirits.  

  

 

Pap Smear: Facts you Should Know

According to a recent news (Oct 17,2011) published by Medscape.com "Screening for cervical cancer is equally effective with conventional Pap testing and liquid-based cytology with human papillomavirus (HPV) testing."

 

Outdoor Exercises: Better Suited to Fight Depression

Exercise helps patients with depression re-establish positive behaviors. For patients with anxiety disorders, exercise reduces their fears of fear and related bodily sensations such as a racing heart and rapid breathing. After just 25 minutes of your workout, the mood improves, you are less stressed, you have more energy — and you’ll be motivated to exercise again the next day. WF experts suggest 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week to overcome depression.

 

How Health Friendly is your cookware?
Choosing a cookware can be a tough job both for one's own health, as well as that of the family. Quality cookware helps you maintain good health and, in some cases, even enhances flavor. Before making your next kitchen purchase, consider the reactivity of various tools and cookware and, whenever possible, favor inert or non-reactive. Or, as second choice, use moderately reactive pots and utensils. As possible, avoid more reactive cookware.

 

Yoga for Healthy Liver
The liver has many functions; stores certain vitamins, minerals and sugars for use as fuel, cleanses/filters the toxins out of your blood and controls the production/excretion of cholesterol. Your overall health and vitality, to a great extent, depends upon the health of your liver. The thousands of enzyme systems that control virtually every body activity are created there. If your liver fails to create even one of these enzymes, overall body function is impaired, creating greater metabolic stress on your body.

 

EOSS: Evaluating Need for Surgical Management of Obesity 

Dr. Arya Sharma, an obesity expert from the University of Alberta, has developed a new classification system to help doctors assess and treat obese patients (published on 16 Aug 2011/medicalnewstoday.com). If proven successful, this system would be used in tandem with the BMI measurement to help identify the health differences between people with similar BMIs.

 

 

Teenage Obesity on Rise: Time to Take Action 

Doctors recommend consistent exercise in combination with healthy eating as the best way for growing females to lose weight safely and keep it off.  Besides, gaining control over the body at a younger age helps  in future years when losing extra weight gets tougher.

 

Turning gardening into a complete body workout  

Trust me you could turn gardening into a complete body workout, and at the same time make your environment more beautiful. Gardening involves a number of different kinds of exercises, including stretching, weightlifting, and a moderate cardiovascular workout.
 

Surviving Nuclear Radiation 

An explosion Monday(14/3/11) rocked the second of three reactors at earthquake-ravaged Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex, but officials insisted that radiation levels near the facility were safe, according to news reports. A similar explosion at a second reactor at the complex occurred on Saturday. The explosions prompted an order for hundreds of people to stay indoors, the Associated Press reported. Following Monday's explosion, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yukio Edano, said the containment vessel holding radioactive nuclear rods at the reactor was intact, allaying some fears of health threats to the public.

 

Stomach Bloating: Its Herbal Management  

Your intestines are home to hundreds of good and bad bacteria and in a healthy individual the amounts balance each other out. When you ingest certain foods high in sugar or gas producing ingredients, the bad bacteria multiply at a rapid pace, causing excess gas and bloating. Lack of water intake and exercise also contribute to bloating and gas issues.

 

Choosing the right exercise for banishing back pain

Weak muscles are often at the root of back pain, especially lower back pain. The muscles of the back, the abdomen, and the buttocks all support the spine - these muscles are called the core muscles.

 

Gastric Imbrications: the latest weight loss surgical option

A new gastric sleeve plication or gastric imbrications weight loss surgery - a reversible procedure that is differentiated from existing bariatric procedures in that it does not require device implantation nor the removal of stomach tissue.

 

Waist Size: a predictor of your health status

Storing excess fat around the waist poses a significant health risk, even in people not considered to be overweight or obese. The doctors should measure a patient's waistline and their hips as well as their body mass index as part of standard health checks.

 

Lifesaver on Weight loss hurdles

We all have days like this when our motivation is low and our need to overeat or be a couch potato takes over. But it's best to bust those excuses before they become a well worn mantra of failure. Cultivating true resilience is a lifelong process.

 

Fighting Genetic Predisposition to Obesity
Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity. Separating these lifestyle factors from genetic ones is often difficult. Still, growing evidence points to heredity as a strong determining factor of obesity.

 

Canned Foods: Checking out health hazards
Canned food has taken over our lives and our cabinets providing a simple way to get lunch or dinner on the table quickly. Canned goods comes from various food products from soups to meat loaf and corned beef. We all love to enjoy canned goods because of it is very convenient and easy to prepare. But did you know that there is a reported dangers about canned goods for your health?

 

Gaining Weight the healthy way

Some people are naturally thin and would like to be larger. Exercise is important for good health and the right type of exercise can help you gain muscle, which will give you more body mass. Weight-lifting exercises that are designed to build muscle should be included with your weight-gaining diet and perhaps aerobic exercise should be cut back a bit.

 

Restoring a healthy appetite

We all loose interest in food from time to time - and this isn't always for negative reasons. It's well known that falling in love can make all else pale into insignificance, including food. But you've been eating poorly, whatever the reason, it's important to restore your appetite to good health.

 

Yoga for a strong Immune System

If the immune system is weak, the bacteria can go into the lungs and cause bronchitis or pneumonia. Viruses go deeper into the system, causing chills, fever or pain and aching in the joints. Here are 6 yoga postures that should be practiced on a regular basis to build a strong immunity.

 

Antibiotic use during pregnancy

It is a well known fact that infections usually happen to a lady when she is pregnant. The most prone areas for infection are the reproductive or the urinary tracts. Infection in these sensitive areas can even harm the baby and that is the reason why they should be cured. Mostly women use antibiotics in order to treat these as well as other infections at the time of pregnancy.

 

 

The Sleep Factor in Muscle Building
Sleep research indicates that the average sleeper will sleep approximately eight hours and fifteen minutes when uninterrupted. During this research, there were no alarm clocks or disturbing noises to interrupt normal sleep patterns. When we deprive ourselves of sleep, there is a delicate cycle that we disrupt.

 

Treating High Cholesterol During Pregnancy
Recently, studies have shown that pregnant women who have high blood cholesterol are at risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening condition where the pregnant woman’s blood pressure becomes dangerously high that is directly correlated to pregnancy and high cholesterol.

 

Managing cholesterol with exercise

A sufficient weekly volume of exercise can lower both total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and increase HDL-cholesterol (the ''good'' cholesterol).

 

Training While Sick

Nothing can bring progress to a halt more than when you are sick. We are often asked the question, should I train while I am sick? The answer to that question really depends on what you mean by sick. Is it a cold? The flu? Allergies? Most people confuse the common cold for the flu. However, these are different types of illnesses.

 

Why don't I Sweat? Finding Answers.

The purpose of sweat is to cool the body by sitting on the surface of the skin and allowing heat to escape from the body. Effective sweating is when someone is glistening as the moisture forms a cooling film over the skin. An abnormal lack of sweat in response to heat may be harmful, because sweating allows heat to be released from the body.

 

Dealing with Sleeplessness

A lack of quality sleep may lead to love handles and double chins. Doctors at the University of Chicago found that not getting enough sleep altered basic bodily functions such as regulating blood-sugar levels, storing away energy from food and the production of various hormones.

 

Fitness rewards for women at 50

A fit body can't be bought, but the good news is, women in middle life can build muscle, gain strength, and increase their stamina and flexibility. They can discard one of the common myths of aging: atrophy and crippling are not inevitable.

 

Diabetic Foot Care

Diabetes can decrease the body's ability to fight infection. When diabetes is not well controlled, damage to the organs and impairment of the immune system is likely. Foot problems commonly develop in people with diabetes and can quickly become serious.

 

Managing Insomnia

Trouble sleeping - either falling asleep or staying asleep - is a common problem that affects everyone at some time. There is no "normal" amount of sleep. Some people need ten hours a night, while others do well on as little as four hours of sleep.

 

Herbal medicine: how does it work?

Healing with herbs is the oldest therapy in the world and remains the medicine on which many countries, including China and India, largely rely. Herbalists in the western tradition combine the examination methods of conventional medicine with a “mind and body” approach to diagnosis and treatment. The results can be remarkable.

 

Maintaining skeletal health after 40

Bone density naturally decreases with age, so the older you are, the more risk increases for diseases such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Sedentary women are also more at risk.

 

Alcohol and Pregnancy

Health experts are calling for women to avoid alcohol completely during pregnancy in the light of a new study has found a little evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms the developing foetus.

 

Exercise: another excellent way to combat anxiety 

Anxiety is an emotion everyone has experienced. It is a distressing feeling of apprehension and uneasiness. Being anxious causes changes in your thinking (fear, worry), bodily functions (rapid heart beat, sweating), and behavior (pacing, tapping the table), all of which only reinforce your feelings of distress.

 

Tips to survive a Healthy Thanksgiving Feast 

Thanksgiving meals are traditionally family events where certain kinds of food are served. First and foremost, turkey is the featured item in most Thanksgiving feasts. Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, turnips, rolls, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner.

 

Hamstring Exercises for Lower back pain

Since your pelvis is the foundation of your lower back and spine, having tight hamstrings contributes to an unstable lower back and a greater chance of intermittent sprains and strains.

 

How To Cope When You Have Low Back Pain

Due to excess weight or improper daily practices or incorrect exercises or various other causes are there which can cause lower back pain. With a little change in our practices we can avoid them and can benefit ourselves.

 

EMG Test for Back Pain

An electromyogram (EMG) is a test that is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. When muscles are active, they produce an electrical current. This current is usually proportional to the level of the muscle activity. An EMG is also referred to as a myogram.

 

Lift your spirits via food

The food you eat affects your mental health as well as your physical well-being. A bad diet can be one of the causes of depression on food swings. A healthy diet, on the other hand, may be enough to lift your spirits without the need for medication and counseling.

 

Stress Management

The word Stress is used to describe both external events that make demand on us and the internal responses they trigger. Stress is the body's general response to any demand made on it, regardless of whether that demand is pleasant or unpleasant, or whether it is emotional or physical.

 

Dealing with Sleeplessness

If you’re like many people, you've also experienced any one or more of the symptoms of sleeplessness for more than several nights running. If so, you probably had (or have) insomnia, the medical name for inadequate sleep that occurs for at least one week. Among the causes are a noisy environments, high caffeine or alcohol intake, use of recreational or prescription drugs, an existing illness, stress, a fidgety bed partner, or something else completely.

Nutritional Management of Breast Cancer

The chances of cancer are less on a diet which is vegetarian, raw and free of hydrogenated fat and heated oil. According to researches, diet is a risk factor for the disease.

 

Diet and Detox

The detox diet helps to cleanse your system! The plan begins with a juice fast, which eliminates toxins at a very low level, and then continues with a highly nutritious food that promotes cellular renewal. Read on....

 

Exercise for relaxation

Like As well as helping your body to relax by reducing muscle tension, these stretch exercises can be done to increase flexibility or to ease muscles, or cool down after exercising.  Ease your body into these stretches: you should not be jumping or bouncing around, and the exercises are not supposed to be uncomfortable.  Remember to breathe slowly and rhythmically too.

 

Supplements: Can they stop the clock?

Trials consistently show that at the right potency, "natural" remedies may rival conventional medicines.  Doctors & Dieticians often prescribe nutritional and herbal supplements as effective but gentler alternatives to conventional drubs for problems ranging from depression to indigestion.

 

Healing Your Muscles

Muscles pain is usually not a signs that there is something violent or destructive going on in our muscles. Rather, pain in a result of the massages about substances imbalance being conveyed between, the nerves and the brain.

Celebrating Health in 2004  

Physical activity supplemented with healthy food can be a practical means to achieve numerous health gains, both directly or indirectly. Check out ways to enjoy living actively and eating well in the year 2004.


Weight Loss Important for Treating, Preventing Hypertension

One reason obesity is considered a serious health problem is because it is an important factor for essential hypertension (high blood pressure with no identifiable cause). The exact mechanisms for obesity to cause essential hypertension are not fully understood, but it has been linked to the kidneys.

 

Understanding Drugs

In order to make the best use of drugs treatments and avoid any possible adverse effects you must follow the instructions given by your doctor or pharmacist or those supplied by the manufacture.

 

Food For Diabetics

In people with diabetes the amount of glucose (or sugar) in the blood becomes abnormally high. This is due, either to failure of the pancreas to produce enough of the hormone insulin or to the lack of insulin actions. Read on...

For  Lower Cholesterol Make It  A Double
 The cardio-protective effects of red wine have been attributed to several polyphenolic antioxidants including resveratrol and proanthocyanidins. Read on...

 

Fruit-vegetables and bone health
Acid-forming foods (protein and carbohydrates) drain calcium from the bones; alkalizing foods (fruits, vegetables, seaweeds) neutralize the acids and prevent calcium drain. Read on...

 

When you call "Quit" to smoking
View all of the daily reasons to quit smoking. Read on....

 

Being Active at all Sizes
Being overweight, obese or even extremely obese in no way should interfere in your determination towards achieving health & fitness goals. Read on....

 

Every Breath You Take
Breathing properly is relaxing and stress-reducing, and it is less taxing on your neck muscles. And, yes, it will improve your performance as well by giving a push to your body's metabolism. Read on....

 

Depression: the silent epidemic
Every one of us experiences depressed feelings from time to time; no one can escape the hurtful things in life. Its how we react that matters in the face of adversity. Read on....

 

How Does Weight Affect Length of Life?
Many women are most interested in the simple bottom-line question: how does my weight affect my overall risk of dying prematurely. Read on....

 

Hormone-Related Disorders - Their Symptoms & Treatment
Disorders of the endocrine glands can have wide-ranging effects throughout your body. A malfunctioning gland influences all of the parts of the body that are stimulated or controlled by the hormones which the gland secrete. Read on....

 

Resolve to Be Healthy in 2002
The American Council on Science and Health offers you 12 New Year's resolutions to help you increase your chances of having a healthy and happy 2002. Read on....

 

Full-body workout: BODY, MIND AND SOUL
We've dug up a bundle of  reasons for you to make exercise a part of your daily lifestyle. 

 

 

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