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Partying Health Hazards

January 29, 2009 by Carolin · Leave a Comment 

Welcome back!

The downside of partying.

The smoke.

The noise.

The .

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Chocolate Prevents Diabetes

January 26, 2009 by Carolin · Leave a Comment 

The flavonoids in have been getting a lot of praise lately.

The ironic part of the health benefits of is that the brown pigment has been shown to prevent type 2 . And it’s good for your blood vessels.

But remember, this is not true for just any bar or cake. It has to contain at least 70% pure cacao to give you any benefit.

Whenever you’re in New York City make sure to pass by Max Brenner’s Chocolate Bar. If you like this is a place you don’t want to miss.

chocolate_bar

Image courtesy to *0ne* on Flickr.

Wii Exercising

January 24, 2009 by Carolin · 4 Comments 

wii-fit

I got a Fit for Christmas. And I love it!

I don’t have any illusions that it will give me as effective as going to the health club. But it is fast, easy and a lot of fun.

I use it instead of watching TV.

There are many games that are really quite good . If you swap your regular screen time for some active games you’ve definitely won.

This tables shows the kcal per minute that you burn when playing on your console compared to the real live thing.

Where:                            Live

Golf:                 3,1                 3,9

Bowling:         3,9                 7,2

Baseball:         4,5                7,3

Tennis:            5,2                 8,1

Boxing:           7,2                 10,2

Though I wonder if American College of Sports Medicine took all the walking and running into account when they did this research..
The results feels a bit high to me.

Of course it depends on HOW you play it. You can play tennis with one hand in your pocket and the other just waiving your fist. You can also do the ski jump on the Fit by simply standing on your board without moving.
But if your not doing anything then; what is the point?

Even if I find the resluts from American College of Sports Medicine high I absolutely find the sports games great . It is also very convenitent and a lot of fun.

There is a reason that even health clubs are adapting this type of exercising.

Check out the Fit trailer.

Image courtesy to kelvin255 on Flickr.

Yellow for Your Immune System

January 19, 2009 by Carolin · Leave a Comment 

Oranges

That oranges are good for our comes as no surprise. But it is not only the vitamin C that helps your .

The yellow pigment, yellow carotenoids, is a great .

Free radicals damage immune cells and the antidote to free radicals is the .

Yellow carotenoids can be found in oranges, mandarins, peaches, mangoes and apricots.

Image courtesy to wgyuri on Flickr.

Exercise While You Are Shopping

January 15, 2009 by Carolin · 3 Comments 

American women spend on average one hour a day . Men spend 40 minutes.
On and sports men spend 25 min a day. Women spend only 13.

One hour a day and only 13 min exercising..

I started to look around and found some easy exercises that you can do without anyone really paying attention to it. This is true multitasking where you strengthen your arms, shoulders, abs, thighs and lower legs as you do your daily .

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