8 Benefits of Yoga for the Body

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:45 Written by Natural Health Team Monday, 31 August 2009 09:42

Yoga became one of alternative sport options that has many benefits and make more people taking yoga classes. Peep the benefits of yoga for the body.

As quoted from WebMD, Monday (13/7/2009) there are at least 8 benefits which is the most widely felt of yoga. Yoga practitioners themselves refused if yoga being associated with a particular religion.

Here are the benefits of yoga for the body:

Flexibility

When some people thinking of yoga, they imagine such as fitness, and they feel too old, and is not fit to do yoga. One part of yoga, called asanas are safe for your muscles streching. This process releases lactic acid which usually causes stiffness, tension, pain and fatigue. In addition, yoga also increases range of motion in the joints and increase the lubrication in the joints.

Stretching on yoga not only for muscles but for all the cells of your body. In a study there is found that there is increased flexibility by 35% after 8 months of doing yoga. The greatest advantage is the flexibility in the shoulders and body.

Strength

Some styles of yoga such as ashtanga and power yoga is the most powerful than the others. Practicing one of these styles will help increase your muscle. Other yoga styles such as lyengar yoga, which focuses only on small movements and setting a more appropriate position, can improve strength and stamina.

Several other styles like: downward dog, upward dog, and Plank, build upper body strength. This becomes important at a certain age. Hollywood stands, especially if you spiked on how long you breathe, can build muscle strength in harmstrings, quadriceps and abdominal. If done correctly, almost all of these styles to build core strength in the abdominal muscles.

Posture

With the increased of flexibility and strength will produce better posture. The number of standing and sitting style will develop core strength. Another benefit of yoga is to raise awareness of ourselves. High awareness of this gives you a warning if you bend or slumping, so you can instantly adjust the attitude.

Respiratory

Breathing is also included in the yoga that will increase the capacity of our lungs. This can improve the appearance and performance. But, typical of yoga is not focused on aerobic fitness as running or cycling. Most styles of yoga emphasizes deep and long on your breath. It also stimulates the relaxation response that will contrast with the increase of the stress response.

Reduce stress and more calm

Some styles of yoga use special meditation techniques to make mind stress becomes more calm. Other yoga styles also depend on deep breathing techniques to focus the mind, which makes the mind becomes more calm.

Some of the benefits of yoga anti-stress associated with biochemical, such as catecholamines decrease which is the hormones that produce adrenal glands that have response to stress. Neurtransmitter hormone levels decrease, dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine and create a sense of calm. Some studies also focus on improving the oxytocin hormone which is the hormone that associated with relaxed feeling and connected to the others, thats why so many romance began at the yoga studio.

Concentration and a better mood
Almost every student of yoga classes feel happier and satisfied. A recent study explored the effects of yoga on depression and yoga benefits are the increased flow of oxygen to the brain. Yoga is also recommended as a therapy to relieve symptoms and obsessive disorder.

Healthier heart

Perhaps one of the benefits of yoga that are most studied is the effect on heart disease. Yoga has long been known to lower blood pressure and slow heartbeat. The benefits of slowing the heart rate are for people who hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Yoga is a key component for heart disease program that was designed by Dean Ornish, MD. This is the first program for the treatment of heart disease with lifestyle through diet compared with surgery. Yoga has also been associated with decrease in cholesterol and triglyceride levels and in improving immune system function.

Effect on the medical condition

Yoga has become popular in the world, medical researchers began studying the therapeutic benefits of yoga, which is called the integrative yoga therapy IYT. There are used as additional medical treatment for certain conditions from clinical depression to heart disease. Yoga another benefit also can be used for chronic medical conditions, such as eliminating the symptoms of asthma, back pain and arthritis.

Several studies also suggested that yoga has a positive impact on learning and memory. To be sure, and feel the benefits of yoga, you can try to start practicing of yoga, and start to feel the benefits.

Prevent Diabetes by Doing 30 Minute Walk

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:45 Written by Natural Health Team Monday, 31 August 2009 09:21

Walking did give a variety of properties. Starting from body fit, increasing stamina, prevent osteoporosis. Also turned out to walk can also prevent diabetes.

Who is not familiar with diabetes? This disease can affect anyone whether male or female and did not look at the age of the patient.

Living with diabetes very uncomfortable. Besides can cause complications, diabetics must also depend on medicines and diet all his life.

Well, one easy way to prevent this disease is by doing foot. Physical activity, including mild to moderate and physical activity that are more intensive, can reduce the risk of diabetes.

As quoted from diabetesvic.org.au, Sunday (12/7/2009) lowering blood sugar levels by reducing liver glucose production by the fat people. Increasing the average arrangement of the cell and glucose sensitivity of glucose, improve insulin sensitivity up to 12-24 hours after physical activity, and increased high-density liporpotein (HDL-good cholesterol) levels.

Study in Australia indicate that participants who walked between 85 minutes-3 hours per week, may reduce the risk of diabetes by 31%. The intensity of running a routine (5 days per week) for at least 3 hours per week can reduce your risk of diabetes in adolescents 31-42%.

Other studies have also shown that active women who do physical activity like walking can reduce the risk of diabetes compared with women who do not do physical activity at all.

Walking is also associated with weight loss that can reduce the risk of diabetes. Teenagers who are classified as overweight or having inactive physical activity has a 3 times greater chance of getting diabetes compared to them who have a normal weight.

By walking for 30 minutes can improve glucose control, which helps muscles absorb blood sugar and prevents blood clots. This effect can last for hours or several days, but not permanently so that regular walking is required to controlling blood sugar.

Getting cardiovascular or heart health better, because people with diabetes will increase the risk of heart disease, so the foot can reduce heart disease as well.

To begin, start slowly by doing walk for 5-10 minutes on the first day, the important thing is not to get hurt or sick for your body.

Anti Aging Drug Found In Soil

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:45 Written by Natural Health Team Monday, 31 August 2009 09:10

Land in the South Pacific islands known to contain minerals that can fight the aging process. A study has proven it.

When the U.S. researchers who try it on the old rats, the results could extend the life of these mice from the previous estimate of more than 38%.

The findings which are published in the journal Nature gives new hope for the world of health in an effort to slow the aging process for old people.

But the experts in the UK still opposed to the discovery for extending human life, because the drug can reduce human immune system.

Rapamycin, a drug which had actually been first discovered in the eastern islands in the 1970′s, usually used to prevent organ rejection in patients who will be transplanted, open coronary arteries, and also as a cure for cancer.

Researchers from Texas, Michigan and Maine gave the drug in mice of an age similar to humans at the age of 60 years, and also his physical condition that was susceptible disease.

“I never expected to find anti-aging pill at the present time. Rapamycin can promise this,” says Barshop Institute researcher, Dr. Alan Richardson, as quoted by BBC News, Saturday (11/7/2009).

The effect offered by rapamycin equal to restrict the entry of food calories, which is also known to prolong life.

“Rapamycin is looking for protein target in the cell, called mTOR, which functioning in the body’s as metabolic processes and stress response,” said Alan.

However, researchers must find a way to reformulating this drug to remain stable when entering the rat digestive tract before the drug effect decreases.

“Although the experiment was successful in mice, but again should be developed more for humans. Environmental experiments in mice are sterile and free from infection which is not possible in human populations’” said Dr. Lynne Cox, an expert on aging at the University of Oxford.

“Apart from the effects that can prolong life, it’s best not to try the drug now, because it still must be developed. The most important thing is not extend life, but health age,” he added.

Shopping Can Increase Women Mood

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:45 Written by Natural Health Team Sunday, 30 August 2009 06:58

Women who have many problem or depression can try to entertain themselves by taking the time to shop. Mood of the women were immediately increased when shopping.

A survey in the UK that quoted from health24, Saturday (11/7/2009) mentioned that some women who have financial problems and depression became even more enthusiasm when doing shopping activities.

A poll conducted on 700 women showed that 79% of them will go shopping to make their mood increased. As many as 40% of those classified as ‘depressed’ and 60% are classified as ‘less eager’ to make these reasons for doing shopping.

The women who followed the survey said when their shopping they feel the power of the new spirit that makes them feel better.

Shopping unwittingly did provide a positive effect on the mood. A sense of adventure in search of goods, and a sense of fulfillment after receiving the goods sought to make sense of security that affects the inner satisfaction and increased morale.

Professor Karen Pine of the University of Hertfordshire as the chairman of the survey confirmed the above information. “Activities consumption or shopping is one way to regulate the intensity of emotion,” he said.

He explained that the ability to regulate emotions is essential to mental and physical health of a person.

Each person has their own way to regulate emotions, such as using drugs or consuming alcohol, and shopping is one way that is generally done by women.

But not all women feel happy after doing shopping. In the survey also found that 25% of respondents said that they felt sorry and guilty after shopping. While 70% of respondents worried about their financial situation after shopping.

Shopping was able to arouse passions and one way of eliminating stress, but do not get too far. Be a ‘Smart Shopper’ who knows when and what should be purchased to improve your morale.

Vegetables Diet Can Prevent Chronic Diseases

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 07:45 Written by Natural Health Team Sunday, 30 August 2009 06:38

Vegetables Diet which rich in nutrients believed to help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. This diet can be done by teenagers, children, babies and pregnant women.

Quoted from MSNNews on Saturday (11/7/2009) the association of America diet, planning to create a diet consisting of vegetables, can be total vegetables or some vegetables part but still healthy and nutritious food that might prevent people from chronic disease.

Vegetable diet is usually got lot’s of benefits such as low cholesterol, small heart disease risk, normal blood pressure levels, the small risk of hypertension and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

“Vegetables have low body mass index and low average cancer risk. Diet vegetables tend to give the unsaturated fats and high levels of fiber, magnesium, vitamin C and E, folate, carotenoids, flavoid, and other pitokimia. This difference nutritional provide variety of health benefits and balance diet of vegetables, “says Winston Craig, PhD, MPH, RD, a professor and chairman of the Department of Nutrition and Wellness at Andrews University.

The analysis evidence which had been made by American diet association showed that the vegetable diet nutrition are sufficient for pregnant women and showed positive results on the health of the mothers and the babies. In addition, the basic evidence also shows that a diet of vegetables associated with lowering risk of death due to ischemic heart disease (obstruction of blood flow to the arteries in the heart).

The association of American diets is also developing the details of the factors that are available in vegetables that can protect human body from cancer. Other factors that having contribution to preventing osteoporosis are found in fruits, vegetables, soy products, protein, calcium, vitamin D and K, and potassium for healthy bones.

The dietitians list issued by the association of the American diet may provide important information about nutrition, modification of the vegetables diet to meet dietary needs and restrictions because of illness or allergies, and provide guidance to meet the needs of people in various health fields.

For those who want to go on a vegetables diet, should consult with your nutritional doctor first to find out what vegetable diet is right for you.