HEALTH N FITNESS ZONE

If you have a yeast infection then don’t worry as a number of yeast infection treatments are available in the market which are both oral as well as vaginal (in case of candidasis)

The yeast infection treatment includes:

Creams: in case the infection is not very severe and in case of the candidasis the creams which are used are include: clotrimazole, nystatin, and miconazole. They are used once a day for a fortnight.

Oral treatment: in case the creams fail and the infection worsens then the oral dose of antibiotics is given and these include medicines like fluconazole.

In case both the above fail to improve the condition then the fluid is taken and is tested for the type of infection caused.

You can also go in for herbal or homemade treatments and remedies.

But it is advisable that you seek a doctor as soon as you contract a yeast infection or the case may worsen and something terrible may happen…LINK

That one item that has long been a constant at our breakfast tables, has earned quite a bad rap in recent years.

Keep being told that white bread is bad for you, for your health; why exactly is this so? What is it about white bread that is so bad for you? There are several reasons:

Refined flour

The refining of wheat flour strips it of many of the nutrients and health giving properties that wheat has.

The wheat germ and bran, which are the most nutritious part of the wheat grain, which includes vitamins and minerals are removed when making refined flour. What remains are starch and some protein.

The protein is not good quality protein. The starch is converted into sugar and is stored in the body as fat. Refined flour provides what are sometimes known as empty calories, or calories without the goodness or nutritional value of wholesome food.

Low Fiber

Fiber is essential for the healthy functioning of the human body and for the efficient working of the digestive system. In milling of refined flour, the fiber of the wheat grain is removed and what is left is not healthy.

Lack of sufficient fiber in the body also makes it difficult for the colon to evacuate the bowels of waste matter effectively, which can lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and even cancer of the colon.[colon cancer]

Digestive rates and the efficiency with which the food is digested slow down. There are also greater amounts of fat deposits and this increases how negatively eating white bread can impact health.

Bleaching

Ever wonder why that loaf of white bread is so white when the grain that it supposedly comes from is brown? Well the fact is that the flour that is used to make the bread is routinely bleached using chemicals, which results in the white color.

There are several harmful bleaching agents used for this and among them is chloride oxide, which, when combined with whatever proteins are still left in the flour, produces alloxan. This is a poison and has been used to produce diabetes in laboratory animals. Chlorine oxide destroys the vital wheat germ oil which is another nutritive element destroyed.

For someone who is used to eating white bread all their lives, the switch to whole grain bread (as against brown bread, which may simply have some caramel added for the color) may be a bit difficult however one can soon get used to it, and can also start to appreciate a healthier and tastier meal option.

You have probably heard the old saw; breakfast like a king, lunch like a commoner and dine like a pauper. This one still holds true in that you must have a healthy breakfast every day, it is the one meal you should not be skipping.

It should be a healthy but hearty combination of carbs and protein that will give you sustained energy all through the day.

Breakfast helps you build muscle

Since the stomach is empty in the morning this is the right time for it to fill it full of nutrients which the body will be more receptive to in the morning.

A high protein breakfast is helpful in one’s aim to gain lean muscle.

You won’t overeat during the day

If you have had a nutritious breakfast in the morning, you will feel full and satisfied for a longer time as a day progresses and you won’t be ravenous when the next meal time comes along, making it less likely that you will over eat.

You have more energy throughout the day

A healthy well balanced breakfast will make sure that your body has the fuel and the energy to face the day ahead and not flag or feel tired....LINK

By now is it is a well known fitness fact that six smaller, more frequent meals are better than three big meals during the day.

Earlier the accent was on eating during meals and not snacking in between; now however, nutritionists and fitness experts have come down heavily in favor of the six small meals (or three meals and three healthy snacks depending upon how you look at it) as being good for health and forweight loss is that is one’s aim.

The converse view is that all that matters is how many calories you are eating at the end of the day; not in how many meals or snacks. However there are several arguments in favor of the 6 meal theory.

What this eating pattern does is it speeds up your metabolism helping you burn more calories than you would otherwise have done. The body is given the impression of plenty, giving it the signal that there is no need to store and horde calories in the form of fat rather that there are enough calories available for all the body’s needs. This is what keeps the metabolic rate up.

Also if you are dividing your daily intake of calories into 6 or more meals a day that means that you are taking in smaller portions at every meal. Cutting down on meal portions has repeatedly shown itself to be an effective weight loss gambit.

For many it is important to have that sit down meal rather than six or eight snacks. For these people they may continue to have three substantial meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner but also intersperse those with a mid morning snack, a snack late in the afternoon and perhaps a post dinner snack as well.

What this does is it helps a person not to get too hungry between meals. In particular the gap between lunch and dinner can get very long if a person has a big commute. Further when you do sit down to your meal, it will consequently be a smaller one; portions are likely to be smaller since you are not going to be starving.

Things to make sure when you have to take six meals are:

• Make sure the meal portions are small not more than 500 calories
• Make sure your snacks are healthy and low calorie not more than 100 calories

If you can do this, then 6 meals may well work really well for you!

Exercising has never been more popular than now. The trend that dictates healthy life is promoting exercising as one of the options for having it.

Expensive marketing campaigns are launched every day showing us how the perfect body should look like and giving us solutions to get to it.

Products and routines that promise effective fat burning and results in no time appear to be growing in numbers day by day.

Some claim one thing others claim another, it is hard to keep up and it is hard to know the truth. That is why a lot of studies and researches have been made. The truth must be known.

The recent studies show that while exercising besides burning calories and fat we also lose some of the essential and beneficial elements of our body.

It goes without saying that if the level of these elements drops the exercise is less effective than the case where this level stays put. It is just that simple.

What to do in order to make the exercise as effective as possible?

Well, having effective exercises is very important because such a routine generates results. The more effective the exercise is the better and faster the result will be. So basically, this means that effective exercises save you time. And this is something you would definitely want to achieve.

Introducing food that will increase the antioxidant levels in your body could be very helpful. Eating oranges, cherries, all sorts of berries, all sorts of beans, chili peppers, red cabbage, parsley, spinach, lemon, ginger or drinking green tea, will certainly boost these levels. And these fruits and vegetables are just a small part of the list containing food rich in antioxidants.

For example if an orange, or any other type of food from the list, is eaten after the fitness routine it will help the body rebuild the reserve and prevent the loss of hydration, thus making your exercising more effective.

Also the antioxidants give the body a lot of energy for an effective fitness routine, so taking them some time before exercising would also do you a lot of good.

As a conclusion, adjusting your diet so you will take sufficient antioxidants and continuing exercising giving your maximum effort will surely get you to your desired goal.

All you have to do is be patient and stick with it until you achieve the purpose. Patience and perseverance always guide you to a great result.