Allergy Season Strikes Again

More than 20% of Americans suffer from the oh-so-lovely symptoms of allergies. You know what they are: itchy, watery eyes, sore throats, sneezing, just to name a few. Those who are affected deeply also experience headaches and low-grade fevers. (This is their body's way of trying to fight the attack.)

The Truth:

Allergies are genetic. This means if your parents had allergies, you have a higher chance of getting them too.

The Bad and the Good News

Over the counter drugs have side affects, as do prescription medicines. Before you get to the point of: "I don't care I just want to get my nose to stop running!" check out these natural methods to lessen the symptoms of allergies.

Health Benefits of Drinking Water

Water is the liquid of Life." There is not an inch of exaggeration in this statement. We all know the value of water for our existence. Now we shall see how vital it is to us, in keeping us healthy and ailment free. Just off hand, I could remember 14 benefits of drinking adequate quantity of water.

This subject is vast and we shall briefly state the various benefits in a way for the non experts to understand its importance.. Nothing would please me more than to converting you into " waterholics".

Requirement of drinking water:

The normal requirement of water everyday, in ounces is weight in lbs divided by 2. So if you weigh about 180 to 200 lbs, you require about 100 ounces of water everyday, which is roughly = 3 litres, which again is roughly = 13 cups.

5 Elements For Your Fitness Routine

Your fitness routine needs to include five elements in order to be balanced: aerobic fitness, muscular fitness, stretching, core exercise and balance training. If you are just getting started with a fitness routine or if you have been following a routine but want to improve your results, all 5 of these elements need to be included so that you can optimize your results.

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Aerobic ("requiring the presence of air") exercise is at the core of most fitness routines. The primary benefit of aerobics is that you can maximize the amount oxygen in your bloodstream. This occurs because you breathe faster and more deeply than during normal daily activities. Aerobic exercise will help to improve the efficiency at which your heart, lungs, and blood vessels transport oxygen throughout your body. Ultimately, this allows you to complete routine physical tasks more easily.

Gout - The Diet to be Followed

Gout is a disease which currently has no cure. Fortunately, this affliction can be controlled by the intake of a proper diet and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, apart from taking prescribed medicines.

The primary cause of gout is excessive accumulation of uric acid in the blood. Purines are the substances found in food materials which are hydrolyzed metabolically to yield uric acid. So the key to alleviating gout symptoms is to avoid purine rich food.

The foods that are exceptionally abundant sources of purine are:

o Offal

o Red meats

o Organ meats like kidney, liver

o Shell fish

o Fish roe

o Scallops

7 Fantastic Low Carbohydrate Diet Foods for Phenomenal Weight Loss

Low carbohydrate diet foods can be your best ally, if you want to lose body fat fast and look absolutely ripped. Combine them low carbohydrate foods with exercise and you are sure to get you six-pack abs.

There is some debate among fitness professionals about the best diet food around for weight loss. If you are serious about losing that stubborn fat really desire about getting a flat stomach, getting nice toned legs, losing that back fat and getting an all round well defined body, you have to be serious about understanding and implementing the 3 key foundations on weight loss.

Key number one is you need to do weight training; key number two is that you have to include cardiovascular training and the third one, which a lot of people hate which is dieting.

Breakfast At Your Desk: Amy's Breakfast Burritos

Morning! You guys love Amy's Organics, right? Well, if you haven't tried their breakfast burritos yet, do. Here's why I think we should all stock them in our office freezers...

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You guys already raved about breakfast burritos, so I know you will fall in love with the breakfast burritos from Amy's, if you haven't already.

Here's what's to love (approx): 300 calories, 11 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, and just 9 grams of fat. And, guys, they taste amazing!

And, my friend Shaun Chavis over at Health magazine raves about how Amy's burritos fall into her weight loss plans--and why frozen foods may help you drop pounds too.

7 Energizing Ways to Increase Metabolism

Follow these 7 tips to energize your metabolism and add more spring to your step.

Some days it just seems hard to get going. Trying to find that extra bit of energy to get you through your day but it just isn’t there. The periods of low energy may not be what they seem. Sometimes just doing a few simple things will not only help your energy levels but it can increase your metabolism as well. And anyway you can increase your metabolism is a good thing.

Here are 8 ways to help energize your days and increase your metabolism at the same time.

1.Get up and get out: Exercise is one of the most important energy boosters there is. Living the life of a couch potato lowers your energy levels. Your heart and lungs do not work as efficiently supplying less oxygen to the cells. Oxygen is a key component in cell metabolism and less oxygen means a slower metabolism. As your metabolism drops you burn fewer calories and gain weight. A slow metabolism will also cause you to feel fatigued and run down.