All Entries in the "HEALTHY LIVING" Category
Lifestyle and the Importance of Physical Education
For sure you know that physical education is part of the curriculum at school, and this also shows the importance of physical education. This is meant to develop and to take care of the human body while maintaining physical fitness. In the same time, at school, children have the possibility to develop their cognitive skills [...]
Inadequate Sleep Can Impact Your Health and Fitness
Sleep is more than just a relaxing and pleasurable activity, or to put it more precisely, a cessation of activity. There is a growing body of evidence to show that lack of sleep; in particular lack of restful sleep, can have negative consequences on one’s health and wellbeing in the short term as well as [...]
Learn How to Calculate Your Ideal Weight
The best way to calculate your ideal weight is to find out your body mass index (BMI). Many people think it is time for them to cut a few pounds, but are unaware of what their target weight should actually be. Individuals need to be realistic about how much weight they can afford to lose. [...]
Halitosis – What Is It and What Are the Causes?
The term halitosis is used to describe a very common condition; that is Bad Breath! It is when there is a noticeably unpleasant odor that the mouth produces when breathing out that a person may need to get medical help for the condition. Bad breath can be variable and can be worse or better depending [...]
The Benefits of Healthy Eating for Children
Children need plenty of nutritious food during the growing years. Well-balanced food is essential to ensure that a child has a well-rounded growth. Healthy eating for children requires a balanced diet with carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, vitamins and fat. Good eating habits inculcated at a young age can mean a lifetime of healthy eating. It may [...]
Busting 8 of the Common Sex Myths
There are a lot of myths and a lot of fiction that tend to get intertwined with the sex act. We look at some of the sex myths that are commonly perceived as being true. 1. A woman cannot get pregnant the first time A normal healthy woman has a certain chance of getting pregnant [...]
Managing Anxiety – Why it Is Important and How to Manage Anxiety
Anxiety is a term used to denote a multitude of emotions; including fear, apprehension, worry, dread, uneasiness and stress. Managing anxiety is important because it is something that can spiral out of control and become a mental disorder if not properly controlled. Why managing anxiety is important A small amount of anxiety is not necessarily [...]
What Does Smiling Really Do for the Health?
We’ve all heard the old adage, laughter is the best medicine; some of us even know about laughter yoga and its many supposed benefits. And yet it seems a little farfetched that a simple rearrangement of features or some amount of activity of the lungs and diaphragm could produce significant benefits. Is smiling and laughing [...]
The Importance of Stress Release and How to Release Stress
Most of us have heard that stress is a ‘killer’, but do we really know why and to what extent this is so, and consequently why stress release is so important? Stress can manifest in many different ways – it can impact emotional, physical, cognitive and behavioral aspects of life. The importance of stress release [...]
How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle? 10 Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
While the question how to live a healthy lifestyle could yield different answers for different people, the fact remains that there are certain tenets of a healthy lifestyle that apply to everyone, regardless of their health, age, occupation, location or lifestyle. Here are 10 answers to the question how to live a healthy lifestyle that [...]
