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August 30th, 2009 admin Posted in health |

By Bennett Diaz

If there were a pill you could take that could help you lose weight, get in better shape, and live a longer, healthier life, wouldn’t you want to know about it?

The good news is, there is such a pill, and it doesn’t require a prescription, nor is it available “over the counter.” It’s a simple step counter, or pedometer, and it has powers you would not believe to improve your health and wellness, lose weight, and live longer.

What’s a pedometer? It’s a simple electronic device you wear on your waistband that counts steps. Technically, a pedometer calculates distance, as opposed to a step counter, which only counts steps. The pedometer still counts steps, and uses a user-input stride length to calculate the distance. Other pedometers show calories burned, elapsed exercise time, steps per minute, and on and on. All you really need is something that accurately counts steps. Other features can be nice, but many are not necessary.

Why is it important to count steps? It’s a primary indication of the activity you are engaged in during the day. Studies have shown that you don’t need to dedicate a specific time to exercise, per se, but smaller bouts of activity can have the same effect as one longer, extended period.

That means that making small changes in your daily routine can have tremendous effects on your health. Park farther from the store, take the stairs instead of the elevator, pace while you’re on the phone, walk with the dog instead of just letting her go, and go down the hall instead of sending an e-mail or picking up the phone.

By taking more steps-essentially increasing your daily activity and burning more calories-you are becoming more physically active. The American Medical Association says that by increasing your activity level, you will:

Increase stamina

Stimulate weight loss

Lower blood cholesterol

Lower blood pressure

Improve self image

Improve mood

Enhance quality of life

As if that weren’t enough, the AMA says you will also:

Sleep better

Strengthen your heart and lungs

Decrease stress

Increase energy

Maintain appropriate weight

Lower triglycerides

Control blood sugar levels/diabetes

Feel better

Reduce feelings of depression and anxiety

Improve productivity

Build an maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints

Increase muscle tone

Reduce risk if dying prematurely

If any of these benefits are important to you, it’s vital that you begin to move more. The American College of Sports Medicine traditionally prescribes the following as the appropriate level of activity in order to get these benefits:

Frequency: 3 - 5 days per week

Intensity: 60% to 90% of maximal heart rate

Duration: 20 - 60 minutes

If you can’t take 30 minutes to exercise, try three 10-minute walking sessions throughout the day. Walk briskly to get the maximum benefit. If you have been sedentary, check with a doctor and start slow.

Your new life begins today, and it will be a healthier, longer, and happier life!

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The Importance of Lecithin

By Damien Fowler

Our cells need it. Our tissues need it. Our muscles need it. In fact, our whole body needs it. So what is it about lecithin benefits that our body craves? Especially when lecithin is apparently no more just another type of lipid, and lipid, if you don’t know yet, is just another term for “fat.” Yes, that’s shocked right there, and there’s dumbfounded, along with a whispered: “So…fat…can be good for the body, too?”

The answer is an absolute YES! But before we drop our jaws completely at that shocking news, let’s discuss what lecithin is, shall we? And while we do that, why not include in our discussion the lecithin benefits that make this type of fat so uniquely good for the body?

Lecithin, the Good Fat

Depending on who you’re talking with, lecithin can have two different meanings. Commercially, the term refers to a complex mixture of neutral and polar lipids that is popularly used as an emulsifier and/or lubricant. In biochemistry, it refers to phosphatidylcholine (PC), a phospholipid compound comprised of glycerol, two fatty acids (linoleic acid and inositol), a phosphate group and choline (a type of B vitamin).

Lecithin is typically found in the cell membrane or cell walls of every single living cell of an organism, whether plant or animal in origin. As you may already know, the cell membranes or cell walls are a semi-permeable layer that is responsible for regulating the passage of nutrients into and out of cells. Lecithin forms one of the major components of this membrane. In addition, lecithin is also a major component in the protective sheaths that surround the brain, muscles, and nerve cells.

Although lecithin is essentially a lipid, it is also partially soluble in water due to its phosphate group. This unique structure of the compound contributes to one of its lecithin benefits, which is to act as an emulsifying agent, making it a convenient ingredient to use in many processed foods.

Lecithin for Health

While there is little doubt that lecithin is indeed a powerful emulsifier, there is more to lecithin benefits than that. For decades, people have been touting that treatment for high cholesterol is one of the many lecithin benefits.

There is little evidence to support this claim, mostly because when the studies conducted were largely unreported. Still, these claims about lecithin benefits on high cholesterol may have something to do with the fact that lecithin, specifically phosphatidylcholine, appears to have the ability to disperse cholesterol in the blood, thus keeping them from sticking to the walls of our arteries. In doing this, lecithin may also help prevent atherosclerosis.

Another one of the lecithin benefits is that it displays potential as a remedy for various psychological and neurological diseases, such as Tourette’s syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression). The claim is based on the significant role that lecithin plays in nerve cell signaling as well as in synthesizing important neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, without which many of our cognitive functions could be impaired.

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