Are You Ready To Take A Death Clock Quiz?

Posted on August 16, 2009 by admin

Death clock quizzes are now becoming popular especially for those people who just want to have some fun. These quizzes consist of questionnaires that they say would help in determining the exact date when a person will die or pass away. Some people think that it is kind of interesting to know the specific date when you will leave the world of the living. But not all people are happy with death clock quizzes.

For some people, these things are supposed to be serious matters and should not be used for fun. For them, only God knows when a person will die and people should just leave it that way. It will all depend on your own beliefs regarding these things and it would be up to you if you will take these things seriously or if you will find death clock quizzes to be fun and interesting.

If you will try some of these death clock quizzes, you will be required to answer several questions regarding some details in your life that they say would greatly affect your life span. Your birthday will be asked to determine your age and so is your gender. They say that females live longer than males but there’s no clear explanation why. You will also be asked about your status in life and how you see your life now. You will be asked about your satisfaction level about your life, family, and even work or career. Some death clock quizzes will even ask about certain things about your intimate moments with your partner or spouse.

Death clock quizzes will also ask you about your daily routine. How many hours a day do you work? How many hours a day do you exercise? Do you engage in any kind of sports? How many hours a day do you sleep? You will even have to determine your stress level. Your health should also be put into consideration in order for death clock quizzes to determine your life expectancy so you will be asked about things like smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, taking prohibited drugs, and even the number of cups of coffee that you take daily. Your families and your own medical condition also plays an important role so you can expect death clock quizzes to include questions about these matters. You will also be asked about your diet and the kinds of food that you eat daily and so is the kind of environment in your neighborhood.

If you are the kind of person who doesn’t take things too seriously, there is a possibility that you will find death clock quizzes fun and interesting. But of course you should not believe in whatever results you could get from death clock quizzes because as we all know, nobody and nothing could really tell when a person will die. You could get involved in an accident anytime and there’s no way you can tell when that’s going to happen. If you are going to try death clock quizzes, you must remember that these things are only just for fun and must not be taken seriously regardless of the result or the verdict that you would get. If you will just observe death clock quizzes and the questions that you have to answer, you can say that you could prolong your life by living a healthy lifestyle and a happy and contented life.

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Is Your “Altitude” Determined By Your Attitude?

Posted on August 16, 2009 by admin

Keith A. Shaw, of http://www.MindBodySpiritCentral.com is an authority on motivation, success, qigong, self improvement, health and happiness. For more “secret recipes” on how to win at any game, no matter how challenging, see my website to order my Powerful Motivation and Success Systems.

Are you currently where you want to be in life?

Do you have control over your life?

Are you getting what you want out of life?

Are you winning, (or losing)?

If you can not answer “YES” to any of the four questions above then perhaps you need to take a good look in the eyes of the reflection in the mirror (yes, I mean you!).

I will bet the problem is your attitude. Not just for today, but for tomorrow and the next day, and so on. It all comes down to what I call the “attitude of your mind”. The attitude of your mind affects many things including the expressions of your face and impacts your internal and external physical health – it controls and regulates your entire being.

And there’s more. Your attitude determines and fuels your actions. You must realize that every action you take, no matter how big or how small, defines everything that you achieve in life. If you want to lead a great life, you have to take great actions.

As you prepare yourself to take great actions and steps toward what you want everyday, you must begin to condition your self to always having and maintaining a great attitude.

Think how much better you would be at everything you do, if you had a great attitude toward life. For example, if you practiced being respectful to others, no matter how they treat you, you become more respected. If you practiced looking for the good in others, you would begin to attract more of the good in others. If you practiced smiling more often, you will see more people smiling back at you.

Anything you do repeatedly becomes a habit – either good or bad. There are some people that have conditioned themselves to be cynical and negative. They always question things and doubt things will work as planned. They tend to be very pessimistic and would be considered a naysayer.

At this point many of you, especially those who have painstakingly built your life around negative habits like those above may ask: “How can I improve the attitude of my mind? How can I, after months and years of crushing defeats and of going through the motions, suddenly develop and implement a plan for doing something that will create a positive change in my current situation and make my life more satisfying?”

The answer is that it can always happen, and others just like you have done so when they have taken action.

Even if you consider yourself just an average Joe (or Mary), you can taste the delicious flavor of success, become independent from your shackles, free yourself and loved ones of worry, and become the master of your own destiny, forever if you can commit to do these things.

1) Become forever dissatisfied with what you are doing and forget the things that have happened to you in the past. 2) Know that the word IMPOSSIBLE was not intended for you. 3) Build confidence in your mind that enables you to realize your full potential.

Instead of negativity, which is a reflection on your self, what if you tried these attitude adjustments? Imagine that every time you got out of bed to face the day, you said “YES” with an eager and enthusiastic attitude. Every time you met someone you looked for the good in them. What if you spent more time thinking about what you do want, rather than what you don’t want?

You must condition your attitude everyday for making it a great day. By doing this, you’ll soon develop great habits that will have a positive impact on both your personal and professional life.

Mental Relaxation and Your Mental Health

Posted on August 15, 2009 by admin

658899_lemon Relaxation is important to both physical and mental health. Mental relaxation benefits not just your mind but also your body.

Stress is part of life; it is almost impossible to avoid stress. In fact, attempting to avoid stress is enough to create stress. Stress is what you experience emotionally and internally in response to a given situation with which you are incapable of coping. However, stress, ironically enough, may also be beneficial in that it teaches you about how to handle difficult situations in life. Learning to deal with demands in life keeps your mentally healthy, just as exercise keeps you physically fit.

Stress is related to your feelings, which signal that “something is not in order.” Stress, therefore, requires expression of these emotions in an appropriate way – in the form of mental relaxation.

Mental relaxation is possible only when you have a plan for a balanced lifestyle, including regular bedtime, even on weekends and holidays. The reason is that your body’s biological clock plays an important role in regulating your sleep patterns, which are critical to your mental well-being. Plan your daily routine and pace your life.

Take full responsibility for you own stress. This is the key to managing stress in your life. Never say, “You give me stress!” Nobody gives you stress but yourself. You are responsible for your own feelings. Otherwise, you would be passing the responsibility to others – that does not work in real life.

Change your attitudes and perceptions of what you experience in your life. Events that happen to you remain the same, but your perceptions may vary. Change your attitudes and perceptions to change the way you think about your experiences. Learn to laugh at others as well as at yourself. According to studies, children laugh 40 to 50 times a day, and that is why they are happy; adults, on the other hand, laugh only 10 to 15 times at the most. Do not take life too seriously, develop and nurture a sense of humor, which is a component of mental relaxation.

Enhance your physical capabilities to cope with difficulties encountered. These capabilities include physical fitness, good nutrition, and deep sleep without sleeping aids.

Change the environment that gives you stress. If your job gives you stress, change the job or take a vacation to de-stress yourself, although this may be a passive way of dealing with your stress.

Life is full of problems. Understanding yourself and the things that trouble you most is an important step in solving your life’s problems, thereby eliminating much of the stress. Your mental health is determined by the way you work with and relate to others. In other words, you may have behavioral problems that create stress for you at work and in relationships. Isolating yourself in order to avoid these behavioral problems only makes you more difficult to enjoy good mental health.

To deal with any behavioral problem, you must learn how to communicate easily and clearly with others. You must be a good listener. You must be assertive without being critical or aggressive. You must learn to trust others, and see the good, instead of the bad, in others.

Eliminating stress is not equivalent to producing mental relaxation. To help your mind relax, you need to give it “a break.” When you are asleep, your mind remains very active and does not “rest.” When you are awake, your mind is preoccupied with mostly past and future thoughts. Nearly all your thoughts, including your desires and fears, are based on either the past or the future. Your desires are no more than recollection of the past pleasure and hope of repeating them in the future. Fears are also memories of past pain, and your desire to avoid them in the future. To give your mind the rest it rightfully deserves, help your mind focus on the present moment. Meditation does just that: it enables your mind to focus only on the present moment to the exclusion of past and future thoughts.

In meditation, you focus on your breathing, noticing your inhalation and exhalation, directing your mind to the present, thereby shutting off wandering thoughts of the past and future. In meditation, you are essentially giving your mind a period of relaxation. There is no other way as effective as meditation in giving your mind total relaxation. Modern medicine is beginning to use meditation to cure mental disorders because it works at your subconscious level. In Buddhist meditation, you experience “nirvana” only through meditation, in which you empty your mind of impure thoughts to arrive at a mental state of enlightenment.

Meditation, in conjunction with self-effort in changing attitudes and lifestyle, provides the best mental relaxation for your mental health.

Stephen Lau is a researcher, writing synopses of medical research for scientists. His publications include “NO MIRACLE CURES” a book on healing and wellness. He has also created several websites on health and healing. http://www.longevityforyou.com http://www.zenhealthylifestyle.com http://www.chinesenaturalhealing.com

Make Positive Changes For Your Health

Posted on August 13, 2009 by admin

A Positive Attitude Can Lead To Positive Changes

I was browsing through an online magazine the other day and came upon a story that I thought truly illustrated how much our own positive thinking can lead to positive changes here .

The story goes like this:

Positive Thought- A Strong Tool Of Success

Once upon a time there was bunch of tiny frogs that arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.

The race began. Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of tower. You heard statements such as, “They will NEVER make it to the top. Or: Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”

The tiny frogs began collapsing, one by one, except for those, who in fresh tempo were climbing higher and higher.

The crowd continued to yell, “Its too difficult! No one will make it!”

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up, but one continued higher and higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up!

At the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a big effort, he was the only one who reached the top! THEN all the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?

A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out…. that the winner was deaf!

Ignore Negative Opinions To Achieve Positive Changes. We all would like to think that we are above allowing others to influence our daily lives, including our goals and aspirations, whatever they may be. When it comes to getting fit , positive changes are the first line of defense.

Here are some great ways to begin to change your thinking:

Make a list of what you want to achieve and keep a journal of your successes. Allow for mistakes, if you slip behind, don’t procrastinate or worry, get up and fix it Listen to yourself, are you giving yourself thoughts that will hinder your goals? Get inspired, read books or watch encouraging stories of people who had similar goals and take inspiration from them. Surround yourself with people who will not bring you down, misery loves company and you could get consumed by that.

Don’t allow yourself to believe that the goals you have set to lose weight or get in shape are out of reach. Close your ears to those that want to bring you down, think positive and positive changes will follow.

Zach Hunt is a Positive Changes Spokane expert and the owner of Physzique, a personal fitness coaching company in Spokane, WA helping people to look and feel great. Go here: Spokane personal trainer for more info on these services and more great fitness tips.

6 Ways to Slow Down the Adult ADD Brain

Posted on August 1, 2009 by admin

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If you have adult ADD, then you know that sometimes, slowing down is a very hard thing to do. There are so many tasks to accomplish and so little time to get them done.

So your mind goes into high speed, trying to accomplish it all and more, or worrying about the fact that it seems impossible to get it all done. As a result, you spend a lot of time stressing, and very little time enjoying life.

While slowing down is a difficult skill to build, it can be done. Here are 6 proven ways to slow down the adult ADD brain:

1. Leave Work
Set your business hours and stick to them! Although sometimes it’s necessary to work late, don’t do it unless you absolutely have to! You’ll work more efficiently during the day when the time you have to accomplish your tasks is limited. And take weekends off (or at least 2 days a week)! You deserve it.

2. Plan a Night Out with Others
Nothing is more fun than a night out with people you like. This could be coworkers, friends, family, or members of a group you belong to. Enjoy yourself.

3. Make a Weekly Commitment (Like Taking a Class or Participating in a Group)
Get an excuse to get out of the house and out of the office every week! Take a class, preferably learning something you always wanted to know how to do. Make sure you *pay* for the class in advance so you won’t be tempted to skip it!

4. Journal
Journaling forces you to stop, reflect and process. It helps you manage stress and gain clarity. Make the decision to do it every day – even if it’s just for 10 minutes! Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, punctuation, or flow because no one else ever has to see it.

5. Meditate
There are many different ways to meditate, but I prefer mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness meditation is simply the act of being in the present moment – whether you are working, walking, or doing the dishes! Try to keep your mind in the moment, and don’t follow stressful or worrisome thoughts when they arise. It’s okay to begin slowly by doing 5 minutes of mindful meditation a day, and then building on your practice as you become more comfortable.

6. Turn off Your Computer 2 Hours Before Bed
Computers are quite stimulating, especially for ADDers. Oftentimes, you’ll find yourself sitting at your computer at 3 o’clock in the morning totally engrossed in researching something completely random. You just can’t step away from it to go to sleep, and that’s because the computer wakes up your brain. Turn the computer off two hours before bed in order to properly wind down, and slow down, at night.

Jennifer Koretsky is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the ADD Management Group, LLC. Jennifer and her team work with ADD adults who are overwhelmed with everyday life in order to help them simplify, focus, and succeed. For free resources and more information, visit http://www.ADDmanagement.com .

Healthy Living Generates a Positive Mindset!

Posted on July 31, 2009 by admin

We see this popular thought everywhere. But what does it really mean? Bean sprouts for breakfast? Grueling, pre-dawn jogs? Lettuce-leaf lunches? Zen Master training? Hardly!

Healthy living isn’t about starving yourself or testing your limits. It’s all about achieving balance between the physical, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual elements in your life.

Take a quick “balance” inventory. What foods do you eat or crave most? Fruits, vegetables, lean meats, along with plenty of water and a limited intake of alcohol and caffeine make a pretty good recipe for nutritional balance.

Too much fat or too many carbs can easily affect it. How much exercise are you getting? Even a short walk has some physiological benefits.

What about rest? Unless you make a concerted effort, you probably don’t get enough. These factors and others can directly affect your weight, mood, attitude and general sense of well-being-your “balance.”

Striking a Balance. (Tips to restore your body’s balance)

Exercise: Exercise has also been proven to improve cardiovascular function and reduce your risk of certain health conditions. If you’re not getting any, you’re missing out. Regular exercise-even for brief periods-can help you feel more energized and more alert. So get up and get moving!

Nutrition: With the proper nutrition, your body will function more efficiently, resulting in more stamina and more energy for the things you want to do. In a recent review of food intake surveys by the USDA, experts declared that it should be a moderate approach.

Moderate Intake of high-carbohydrate base foods predicts successful weight loss. With the proper nutrition, your body will function more efficiently, resulting in more stamina and more energy for the things you want to do.

Stress: Prolonged periods of mid- to high-level stress can have detrimental effects on your body. Everyone experiences a certain amount of stress. That’s life. Stress reduces immune function. Be aware of your stressors and develop strategies for managing them.

Sleep: If you don’t snooze, you lose. Pick a bedtime that will allow you to wake up naturally, without an alarm. Forty winks? Most people get twenty, if they’re fortunate. But a good night’s sleep can make all the difference in how good you feel. Avoid alcohol and caffeine before bed. Turn in at the same time every night. If possible, sneak a nap in on the weekends.

Attitude – Attitude – Attitude: Try to cultivate a positive outlook. No one expects you to walk around giddy and grinning all the time, but your emotional responses can affect your physiological function.

Hang out with fun, positive people. Read motivational or inspirational literature. Re-read the tips above! Even small behavioral changes can produce big attitudinal improvements.

Additional Thoughts:

Most of us know that we should eat five servings of fruits and vegetables each day to achieve a healthy diet.

But here’s an even easier five-a-day concept that provides several tangible ways to temporarily escape the demands of the day.

At least five times a day, whenever you get a small window of time, treat yourself to a little mental break, choosing from the activities below.

Distracting yourself for a few minutes a day is a great way to regroup and refocus, and recharge your mental batteries.

Give yourself a facial. Take a short “book break.” Experiment with new hairstyles in front of the mirror. Browse your favorite magazine. Watch part of your favorite TV show. Go into the garden to smell or pick flowers. Pour a tall, cool glass of water and daydream out the window. Pet your cat or dog and reflect on your favorite “pet memory.” Cuddle up with the .kids and ask about their day. Put on a favorite CD – and either dance or kick back, depending on what song you choose. Sit outside and feel the fresh air on your face … and let your mind wander. Take a few minutes and create your own list of “mini-escape” activities.

Remember, just as five-a-day fruits and vegetables nourish your body, five-a-day mental breaks can do wonders for your mental health.

Committing yourself to a healthy lifestyle means changing long-established eating patterns-some of which have been in place for decades. The change requires knowledge, vigilance and support. Your friends and family may want to help, but not know how. To help them help you, print out this list:

Focus on my successes-not my failures. Please notice when I make the right choice and don’t be afraid to comment. If I slip up, don’t berate, nag, threaten or bribe me.

Remind me, instead, that this was a one-time indulgence, not a complete “diet buster.” Don’t bring sweets or salty snacks into the house or try to force me to have “just a bite” of a food I’ve already rejected. Don’t expect me to bake for you. Instead, praise me for preparing healthy meals that make you feel better, as well.

When I’m tired, stressed, bored, and angry or frustrated, I may be more inclined to eat. Please recognize these times and help me choose an alternative activity.

Exercise with me. Think of new ways we can get out and play. Remember, when you help me, you’ll be helping the family. Supporting my efforts will also make you look and feel better. Best regards

John Schmidt – Weight Loss Nutritionist

John Schmidt is regarded as a leading weight loss and nutritionist expert. John has writen many informative books and articles on the subject of weight loss. John takes the subject deeper into the inner peson. The emotions, fears, past histories etc. all need to be addressed for successful and permanent weight loss. John recognizes that the problem is occurring from modern day processed foods. http://skyrocketweightloss.com

3 Simple Techniques to Help You Deal With Stress

Posted on July 25, 2009 by admin

When we are stressed our bodies go on alert and hold on to tension and fatigue. I have researched many ways to help me to relax and de-stress and I found three simple techniques that really helped me, and I hope they help you too.

De-stressor No 1 – Body Attention

Martial arts and yoga practitioners know that where you focus your attention in the body has a big effect on how you feel. It is known as centering and this is how you do it:

start by standing up in a relaxed fashion, with your feet parallel and about shoulder width apart
place one of your hands over your stomach so that the index finger is directly over your navel, now look down to where your ring finger is resting and imagine a point at that level right in the middle of your body. In the martial arts traditions this is the centre of power in your body and is known as the tan-tien in the Chinese tradition.
relax your eyes and let your eyes soften and go into peripheral vision
allow your body to relax, and make sure your knees aren’t locked
keep your attention focused on that central point inside your body and continue to breathe easily and naturally – don’t force it
notice where you are holding tension in your body and just calmly direct your attention to that point and keep breathing.

This level of focus on your body will help you to block out worry, panic and fear. It is also very useful to practice if you suffer from anxiety or panic attacks. You can use it anywhere because the point is in the focus inside the body, you don’t have to be standing still or sitting, Just allow your attention to go 100% to that spot and breathe naturally and easily to help you relax.

De-stressor No 2 – Forming a protective shield

If things seem to be just too much for you to cope with and the thought of coping with just one more thing is unbearable, then this technique can be helpful to distance you from the confusion and chaos that goes on in the outside world. It might seem a little strange, but it does work, so try this:

imagine that you are sitting in the centre of a clear bubble which is acting as a protective shield between you and the outside world.
the bubble is transparent so you can see what is going on, but it is also very, very strong so that everything stressful that happens outside just bounces off and away from you.
as you are safe inside this bubble you are able to stay calm, and relaxed. In fact, the more stressful it is outside, the calmer you are inside.

This exercise works because your unconscious mind doesn’t distinguish between imagination and ‘reality’. This means that if you imagine you are shielded from stress, you will feel exactly as if you are being shielded and protected from it.

If you have to do any public speaking and are feeling nervous, this is also a great technique to heop with that. Just extend the bubble to cover the whole room and let yourself know that nothing outside can get in to disturb your concentration or upset your presentation.

De-stressor No 3 – Become detached

Sometimes in emotionally fraught situations, or if there is an argument or disagreement that is upsetting you, it can be helpful to use this very simple technique to detach or distance yourself from what is going on.

It helps you get a clearer perspective and stay calm by literally allowing yourself to detach and float above the situation. Here’s how it works:

imagine that you are floating up and out of your body, higher and higher, as far up as you feel comfortable and where you are able to look down on yourself.
what you will notice is that the higher up you float, the more detached and calm you will feel.
stay ‘above’ the situation until you feel comfortable enough to gently come back down to earth and releasde yourself fully into the moment.

These are three simple techniques that you can try anytime. I hope they are as effective for you as they have been for me in dealing with stress.

AnnA is the author of the ebook,’How To Handle Stress’ and is an inspirational writer and speaker on health, personal development and creativity. For more information on her Stress ebook please visit http://www.sortingstressout.com If you would like free email newsletters and creative resources then visit her main website at http://www.catalystonline.co.uk

5 Stress-Relieving Tips For The Ever-Tired And Always Wired

Posted on July 22, 2009 by admin

Believe it or not, I know exactly what to do when my clients have lost their “center,” and come to me “for balance.” They usually report feelings of “being wired,” or say things like “I just can’t seem to shut my mind off at night” or ” I’m always on the go.” The stress and insomnia are written all over their faces. In my world as an Exquisite Living Designer, these stressed-out statements are commonplace.

What do I suggest? Well, in the world of finding balance, if you’re “wired,” you’ve got to pull the plug. I suggest removing or creating distance between yourself and “the wire” to bring you back to your center. Unfortunately, this suggestion is getting hard to achieve these days, and quite frankly, “the wire” is getting harder and harder to physically locate. Wireless technology has blurred the line between where “the wire” is and where it’s not.

I used to get the most mileage out of asking my clients to unplug gadgets from their sleep spaces. The sleeping area is the most coveted space to work with because it is where we “press the reset button” on our bodies. We need rest. If sleep spaces are gunked up with electromagnetic and electrical field-spewing objects, trust me, sleep deprivation is happening. And last time I checked, sleep deprivation is listed as a form of torture. When my clients unplug, life starts improving. Sounds too simple to work? If you’ve got other wireless technology, perhaps it is.

Thanks to Wifi and other wireless technologies like cordless phones, your whole home has become “the wire.” And when you are living inside the wire, chances are you’re feeling “wired,” at least in some area of life. So now what? How do you get out of the wire, or at least minimize your exposure? Here’s my hit list: (hold on tight!)

1. Get household corded telephones, and ditch the cordless ones. Check it out. I’ll bet your cordless phone says something like 2.4 or 5.8 or higher GHz on it. Do you know what that means? GIGAHERTZ. The tip off that hints of IT’S A LOT is the GIGA part. To get a little perspective, microwave ovens hang out in the 2.4GHz range. Boy, they are getting harder and harder to find, but trust me, for every “mini cell-phone tower” cordless phone you replace with a corded version (that doesn’t even need electricity!) your body will breathe a sigh of electro-relief.

2. Turn off the wireless hub. I’ll wait if you have to read that one twice, so go ahead. Seriously, if you can’t live without it, you’ve got some thinking to do. Remember good ol’ stress hormone Mister Cortisol knocking at your door, right? Yes, it is a tradeoff, I know, but what’s more important really, your being able to surf the net in bed, or your being able to do anything else in bed? OK. OK. Can’t hang with me on this one? At least turn it off at night while your body is trying to catch up from the micro-wave thrashing it got that day.

3. Peel the cell phone off your head. I know there’s no return in this cell phone-wielding era, but PLEASE – limit your exposure. Some say that for every minute you spend with a cell phone to your head it takes 24 hours for your brain to unscramble itself from it. If something like the word Yikes! went through your brain right now, take heed.

4. Don’t eat microwaved food. Hey, you wanted tips, you got ‘em. If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got. Putting microwaved food inside your body is just adding insult to injury. If you want to feel like you can think straight, focus, or just plain relax, you’ve got to start somewhere. I know I’m way out of the currently politically correct wired-up circles with these tips, but denial ain’t going to get ya where you want to go, sorry.

5. I’ll give you one low tech tip to certainly try alone, although I’d say you’d definitely see quicker improvement if you did all five of these tips at once, and that is BREATHE. Literally and consciously breathe. Try formal meditation, or simply sit for 2 minutes every hour, taking the time to just breathe and be aware of it. From a traditional Chinese medicine point of view, the kidney meridian governs inhalation and the liver meridian controls the lungs. These two also control fear, anger, anxiety and worry. A nourished liver creates a calm mind and nourished kidney energy creates a fortified brain (memory especially,) and adrenals. And, as an added bonus, it also supports your sexual vitality, hormones (take that you nasty cortisol!) and breathing supports it all.

I could go on, with what foods do what to support you, but I’m guessing you’re not in the mood right now. Hey look, any movement towards getting out of the wire is taking a step in the right direction.

In case you’re wondering, I don’t have a wireless router in my home and I can tweet just fine. I don’t heat my food in a microwave and I eat just fine. I don’t have any cordless phones in the house and I can chat anytime. I’m saying this to let you know it can be done – without any major drama. Experiment. Give it a month. You might learn something about your habits.

Karen Rauch Carter, founder of Life With Zing, motivates people to rethink their day to day choices by implementing simple, yet doable fixes for home, health, relationships and more. Karen wrote the best-selling book Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life, and designed the ultimate site to empower people to create, shift towards, and live their fullest, most vibrant life. Learn free tips and gain valuable tools by clicking http://www.lifewithzing.com

8 Health Benefits Of Walking

Posted on July 21, 2009 by admin

There is an easy way to get – and stay healthy. Almost anyone can do it, it fits into just about any schedule, and best of all, it can be done alone (enjoying nature?) or with company (catching up with your neighbor or sister?)…

It isn’t a miracle cure, but at times it sure seems like it. If you’re tired and don’t feel like exercising, once you start, you’ll feel so much better. What is this amazing way to achieve and maintain your health?

WALKING!

I know, it sounds too simple. But – here are some statistics:

Reduce your risk of breast cancer by 20%, heart disease by 30-40%, and diabetes and stroke by 50% just by walking 30-60 minutes a day.

But that’s not all, you can also:

Raise your high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (which is the good cholesterol)

Lower your low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (which is the bad cholesterol)

Lower your blood pressure

Reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety

Maintain lean muscle

Increase cardiovascular endurance

Reduce the pain and joint swelling that accompanies arthritis

Increase weight loss and reduce body fat

If you want to live healthier longer, start now with daily walking or exercise. A study in the November 14, 2005 “Archives of Internal Medicine” showed that exercise levels directly related to years lived without cardiovascular disease. They found that 30 minutes of walking a day adds an average of 1.3 healthy years to your life.

30 Minutes of Walking a Day Adds 1.3 Healthy Years

A moderate level of physical activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day, lengthened life by 1.3 years and added 1.1 more years without cardiovascular disease, compared with those with low activity levels. Those who chose a high physical activity level gained 3.7 years of life and added 3.3 more years without cardiovascular disease.

If you are walking at 3.5 m.p.h., in one hour you will burn an amount of calories equal to twice your pounds of body weight. Take that amount of calories and divide it by 3.5 to see how many calories you burn per mile.

Let’s talk about burning fat vs. burning carbohydrates. Many people are confused about this and are making some erroneous exercise choices based on their goals (weight loss, building muscle, etc.).

When you burn fat, your body reacts to the sudden loss of fat by replenishing the fat that has been lost, so that you still have those reserves to pull from. You are training your body to replace the fat that you are burning.

When you burn carbohydrates, the body first burns the carbohydrates stored in muscle tissue before it starts burning fat. Therefore, your body doesn’t tell itself to replenish the fat, but to replenish the carbs.

What does this mean?

Walking – a low-intensity workout – will allow your body to burn carbohydrates first, and then fat. If you are looking to lose weight and build muscle, walking is a much better option that jogging or aerobic activity.

When you do low-intensity exercise (like walking), you burn 5-8% protein (or muscle), 70% carbohydrates, and 15% fat. What does this mean? After you’re done walking, your body continues to burn fuel – this means that you are burning fat after you are done with your walk.

When you do high-intensity exercise, you burn 2% protein, 95% carbohydrates, and 3% fat. What does this mean? From a health perspective, it means that you are burning fat throughout the day by depleting your carbohydrates.

In sum, the key to a successful walking regimen is having the motivation to walk every day, to be consistent with your walking, for 30-60 minutes. As with all activities, having the right equipment helps. It starts with a quality pair of walking shoes. Don’t skimp! This is an area in which you should never cut corners. Walking affects your ankles, knees, hips – your whole body. A good walking shoe should promote the proper mechanics of walking, in which your heel should strike the ground first, and then roll through the step to your toe. People often think that walking is basic. But as with any activity, proper form and equipment will ensure maximum workout and minimum damage to your body.

Personally, I have found MBT shoes to be the best shoes for walking. They are designed based on Masai Barefoot Technology, and promote proper walking form. The proper heel-toe action will both change your stride while walking and greatly increase the effectiveness of your workout. Having the proper mechanics while walking will increase the health benefits of walking.

Ed Forteau is the co-publisher of WanderingEducators.com his review of MBT Shoes shows how you can increase the health benefits of walking when wearing the right shoes.

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