Archive for November 2009
Women who have children naturally in their 40’s and 50’s live longer,report journal of gerontology. The benefits of longevity are also shared by their blood brothers wives did not have the advantage, suggesting that the same genes that promote female fertility may also prolong life, and and may be more important than social and environmental factors.
The study looked at the records of 11,604 Utah men born between 1800 and 1869 and 6206 Quebec men who lived between 1670 and 1750 with atleast one sister who lived up to age 50 or beyond.
Physicians need solid evidence that a treatment works before they’ try it . According to the National Center for Complementary and alternative Medicine in Bethesda , Marryland , that yet doesn’t exist for these therapies .
Color Therapy Proponents believes that each organ has its own “vibrational energy” and that applying certain colors can restore natural energy balance .
Craniosacral Massage : This treatment works on the premise that organs and tissues operate according to certain rhythms ; when we’re ill, the affected area becomes inert . To “bring it back to life ” a practitioners massahes your head and spine , supposedly coaxing the body part back to its natural ” rhythmic state”
Kinesiology : Energy flow in the body is ‘tested’ by examining the function of different muscles throughout the body ; massage – like techniques are used to correct blockages and treat problems such as digestive disorders and back pain .
Neurolinguistic Programming : Supporters believes that identifying too closely with one’s illness or feeling hopeless about the cure makes it more difficult to heal . NLP focuses on changing a patients beliefs , which couldn’t hurt – but still isn’t proven to help, either .
Brown fat found abundantly in infants helps them stay warm by generating heat. While white fat stores energy, brown fat burns calories for heat. It was assumed that humans lost their brown fat, or it became inactive as they grew. Three new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that adults retain their brown fat and those who are slimmer and younger have more active areas of brown fat. Brown fat is activated more in colder weather. Scientists are hoping to find way to stimulate growth of brown fat to help people burn more calories and lose weight without diet control or addition exercise.
There are so many ways to stay slim but exercise is the better way to stay slim and make your body fit. There are so many effective diet pills to stay slim.
