Use a Treadmill Desk (Video)

Bring Movement to Your Workplace

Dr. James Levin from Mayo Clinic discusses ways to bring more movement to people’s workdays, including a treadmill desk; it allows people to walk while they work.  Other ways to bring movement to the day are mentioned.  Health benefits include weight management, and body and brain optimization. 

 

  

Superstar Anti-Aging Foods (video)

Check out this wellness website!

Dr Ann Kulze, M.D., delivers wellness pure and simple with dozens of free videos addressing anti-aging, kids nutrition/health, weight loss/appetite control, general nutrition tips, fruits and vegetables, pregnancy, exercise/fitness, immunity, cancer, supplements, and beverages. Dr. Ann’s articles are worth reading as well.

Eat More to Lose Weight (video)

Healthy eating tips help trim calories

RealAge video compares different plates of food showing how wise food choices provide more food, and more nutrition with fewer calories. That’s especially good news for those of us working to lose or maintain body weight. Healthy cooking tips are also shown on various RealAge videos.

Join the Muvement

Muve Towards Gruve Solutions

Gruve is not the latest fruit, and Muve is not a dyslexic version of move. These terms are part of a fascinating way people can track their daily exercise on line. Instantly, people can see how they are tracking toward their daily caloric burn goal. I am eager to try this out. What a brilliant way to use technology to inspire Muvement!

Use It... Or Lose It!

Wellness Quest for Your Best! Walk, bike, skate, swim, dance, or move another zestful way for 30 minutes today staying well within your fitness comfort zone. If you haven’t been exercising for a while, choose a shorter time period and activity you enjoy doing.

Health Benefits: Aerobic exercise helps build heart strength and efficiency, increases endurance, improves sleep, raises good cholesterol, and lowers blood pressure. Over time, aerobic exercise helps burn excess body fat and reduces risks of diabetes and other diseases including heart disease and certain cancers.

Quote: He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. Arabian Proverb

Humor: Just think, if you exercise for 1200 months you are guaranteed to live to a hundred! Author Unknown

Post Script: Be safe, check with your fitness specialist or health service before starting any new exercise program, especially if you are out of shape, over 40, or have a medical condition.

Quick Quest Link: The Benefits of Aerobic Exercise and many other excellent health related articles can be found on WeightLossforAll.com

Take Steps: How to Start an Aerobic Routine by eHow.com

Video: Walking -- Part 1: Start Quick and Easy

Note: The health cartoon is taken from the Health Care-toons Calendar by Jeff Haebig and cartoonist Ed Fischer.

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Pedometer Walking Programs

Top 10 Pedometer Walking Programs are suggested

Wendy Bumgardner writing for About.com has done her homework, describing free and fee online walking programs that use pedometers and journaling to keep on track. Assistance is provided, helping people choose the right pedometer.

Yoga – The Benefits

Yoga exercise will stretch your body and brain in powerful ways

If you were to choose one exercise to do for the rest of your life – what would it be? For me, it’s yoga! For a comprehensive reason why I chose yoga, visit HolisticOnline.com and read the extensive list of benefits including healing, anti-aging, weight reduction, mental health, beauty, sex, pride, knowledge, wealth, and insomnia. Quite a list! Read more about yoga on HolisticOnline.com. Teach yourself or find an excellent teacher who has a solid understanding of the body. Take it easy and enjoy your life-enhancing yoga venture.

Obesity -- Learn to Cut Your Calories

Dr. Hans Diehl is the Real Deal when it comes to eating well!

Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute and originator of CHIP, Coronary Health Improvement Project -- Hans Diehl provides clear voice and many useful ways for you to achieve body brain well-being through healthy eating.

Watch http://www.chipusa.org/about_hans.html video entitled, 'Obesity -- Learn to Cut Your Calories' and see why Dr. Diehl has a vast following of nutritional enthusiasts around the world, many of whom like myself are vegan or vegetarian.

http://www.chipusa.org/ offers free nutritional videos and articles -- they are excellent! This is the site to get "healthy not by chance but by choice!"

http://www.dumpyourplump.com/ Dump Your Plump offers a team approach to weight management. Created by Don Alsbro, this fun incentive program is simple to conduct and highly effective.

Jeff Haebig