The truth is, doing ab exercises may actually be hurting your six-pack ab results, therefore, instead of solely doing ab exercises, we must rev up our metabolism and stick with healthy eating to get ripped abs.
When we want six pack abs, we automatically think of doing ab exercises like sit-ups and crunches. Unfortunately, done improperly, these exercises train the hip flexors instead of the abdominal muscles resulting in muscle imbalances. Ab exercises also tend to put our backs in an awkward position causing potential injury.
A more effective way of getting ripped abs is to increase our metabolism through resistance and interval training as these have proven to yield relatively quick and successful results.
With the holiday season beginning in North America, parties and gatherings are sure to be part of your social calendar. You can help minimize empty calories this holiday season with our list of unhealthy drinks to avoid.
Salt is a common seasoning in a normal diet. Many people add it to recipes and use it as seasoning on food. Many people claim that they cannot taste their dinner without adding some seasoning, but cutting back will enable you to discover flavors that you never knew were there.
We've known for years that omega-3 fatty acids are good for the heart. These healthy fats down-regulate inflammation, and may help reduce the risk and symptoms of disorders influenced by inflammation, including heart attack, stroke and several forms of cancer. Now researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have found another action of omega-3s that may help explain why they offer benefits for the heart. The investigators found that the more omega-3 consumed by patients with coronary heart disease, the slower the structures called telomeres at the ends of chromosomes shrank. (Telomeres have been likened to the caps on the ends of shoelaces that prevent the laces from unraveling. In cells, telomeres prevent chromosomes from fusing with one another or rearranging - undesirable changes that could lead to serious diseases.) The more times a cell divides, the shorter telomeres become, a change that makes them a marker of biological age. The California investigators followed about 600 patients with coronary artery disease and measured their blood levels of omega-3s and telomere length at the beginning of the study and again five years later. They found that the higher the blood levels of omega-3s, the slower telomeres shortened, suggesting that the rate of biological aging - as mirrored by telomeres - decreased.
Teens are notorious for skipping breakfast and then snacking on high calorie, high fat and high sugar junk foods. They also tend to overeat, especially at night. A small study from the University of Missouri suggests that a protein breakfast of cereal and milk or of high-protein waffles, syrup and yogurt is filling and reduces hunger throughout the morning. The higher protein waffle breakfast also changed the appetites of the teenage girls participating for the better so that they were less hungry. The researchers divided 10 girls into three groups that: 
Various programs have come into existence for weight loss for men in the past years. Initially, more focus was on programs for women as it appeared they were more concerned about their bodies than men. Increased concerns about the health of men in the 21st century however made weight loss programs a necessity for most men in order to stay healthy. As most men like to take care of such problems alone, several personal attempts were made by such men which included indulging in shortcuts that promised rapid results.
Stress is a part of our everyday life and the human body is designed to respond to psychological stress and its effects. There is a big variation in the perception of stress by people which makes it impossible to categorically state that a gender of the two sexes is more sensitive to stress than the other. How does stress affect men? This question has been pondered upon by wives and women generally who have one thing or the other to do with men. Even in the same sex such as men, there are differences in the way they are affected. The same response may be elicited from the same type of psychological stress by most men but largely, responses in relation to stress management are varied.
It takes some training, but practicing mindfulness meditation does seem to help ease hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia in menopausal women, according to study results from the University of Massachusetts. Researchers there taught mindfulness meditation to 55 women between the ages of 47 and 69. A comparable group of 55 women of the same age who had the same symptoms were placed on a "waiting list" for training. The women in the first group attended classes once a week for eight weeks and also had a full day of training in mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing on the present. When the study began, the women reported five or more moderate to severe hot flashes or night sweats daily. After nearly two years of practice, the meditating women reported their symptoms bothered them about 15 percent less than they had at the outset, compared to a decrease of only 7 percent in the women who were on the waiting list. The study was published in the June 2011 issue of Menopause.
