Doctor Recommended Prenatal Vitamins - August 10th, 2010
Pregnant women and those who are trying to get pregnant have always been advised to use prenatal vitamins. They may be natural, they may not require a prescription. But for once, whether they are MD or DO, doctors agree that prenatal vitamins are actually essential to the health and wellbeing of the everyday fetus. It’s one thing that most will always agree on. And of course, everybody has an opinion. But while there are many resources out there, we often trust the judgment of a doctor even on something as simple as prenatal vitamins over anything else. So what are the doctors saying?
Most doctors will never recommend a specific set of prenatal vitamins, unless of course they are getting paid. They will talk about certain factors to look for. But most leave it up to the everyday consumer to decide for themselves. For example, doctors will tell you that you need to have certain vitamins and minerals such as folate to see success. With folate, you improve the development of the brain and other vital organs, avoiding certain birth defects. Likewise, iron can actually help you to avoid early delivery! Too much iron can be more harmful than helpful. But that’s something to keep in check with your own body.
But many are starting to recommend other ingredients. For example, while breastfeeding is essential to healthy adult weights according to some studies and a decreased risk of eczema in others, they actually say that probiotic supplementation during pregnancy can help you to avoid those same problems in the fetus! Likewise, some are recommending more basic vitamins such as vitamin C and E as well as B vitamins for more energy and other valid ingredients. In the past, they kept it more basic. But as time goes on, we are quickly doing more research and therefore finding out quite a bit more about what people actually need.
Eat fiber to lower Cholesterol - September 26th, 2009
high cholesterol is when you have a plaque build up in your arteries that causes your heart to have to work harder to pump the blood your body needs and then after a while your heart just gives up and you die. This is the kicker though it totally is preventable and if you find yourself in this situation you can totally reverse it before it gets too bad.
The best way to help you get your life back and lengthen your life all you have to do is eat better and start exercising. I know this may not be the most appealing thing to tell you, that your going to have to go on a pretty strict diet but the truth is this diet will save your life and make your life longer so it really is worth it all you have to do is cut out salt and unhealthy fats out of your diet and all you have to do is add more fruit and vegetables to help you with fiber which really helps you lower your cholesterol too. So add a few more fibers to your diet and take out salt and bad fats and you will find yourself in a lot better situation.
Controlling Cholesterol - September 25th, 2009
There are so many new ways to help you cut down your cholesterol but the real truth is we need to just be healthier I was watching the news ans they were talking about kids in high school sports having heart attacks that totally blew me away we are supposed to be the healthiest we are going to be in our younger years and these kids are so unhealthy they are having heart attacks on the fields before they even graduate.
Most of the kids they talked about are kids playing football because they want to be so big that instead of building good muscle and being healthy they are just eating crap and building fat instead of being healthy and that is not good for these kids at all they are killing themselves before they even graduate high school we have a responsibility as a parents and as a nation to teach these kids the right way to add bulk to their bodies and we need to live what we preach and eat healthier ourselves instead of always looking for a pill to stop our aches and pains this is not the way to teach our kids to be healthy and happy.
cholesterol - September 20th, 2009
If you don’t know what your cholesterol number is you may be living in a life of fantasy because you may thing your ok and you may not be. There is no way to tell what your body is doing inside and you don’t have to be really overweight to have high cholesterol. I am only 37 years old and I am 5’ 7” and I weigh 153 pounds so I thought ok I have a few pounds of fat to lose but I never thought I would have a problem with my cholesterol and be in danger of having a heart attack.
I just thought I was a little overweight and needed to exercise a little more to lose the weight I wanted to and I would be fine but that was not what happened I had to go in to the doctor for something and my doctor decided to check my cholesterol and it was way high I guess all those fried foods and things just caught up with me and I had to quit. I had to go on a very restrictive diet and I had to go on a cholesterol lowering pill to help me lower my cholesterol. If you want more information you can go to www.americanheart.org
The Best Way To Lower Cholesterol - September 16th, 2009
We all know by now that to really change your cholesterol levels you have to get up and move and change your diet but the truth is you really have to do what is best for you. You know your body and you downfalls and if you go by what other people are telling you to do you will never be able to stay on your diet and stick to your exercising plan. The best thing to do is sit down and figure out what you can do and what is best for you.
If you are the type of person who can change your whole life around and make it work for you then powers to you. But most of us are not that way and we need to start smaller if you have to lower your points a ton then the task can seem like it will never happen so you give up before you even start but if you take it one point at a time you will be so much better off. All it takes is one point to lose and you will get the motivation you need to get to two and before you know it you will be at ten points.
Tracking cholesterol - September 15th, 2009
We all know that when you’re losing weight that you have to track your progress but did you know that online you can find cholesterol trackers. It is one of the best motivators for weight loss is to see your progress and that is true for your cholesterol too. If you’re really serious about bad cholesterol and turning it around (If you have any bad cholesterol you really need to get serious because it is a very serious problem) then you really should sign up for a cholesterol tracker.
The best part is they not only track your progress they also give you tips and tricks to keep you going so you can get your bad LDL level down to what you want it to be. This gives you a buddy that knows all about bad cholesterol and they share their information with you all the time giving you the best information you can have to help you on your way to lowering your bad cholesterol. So go a sign up and get serious about changing your life because you really only get one and it’s important to make it the best you can with what you have so let’s do it and lower your cholesterol.
Diet & Exercise To Lower Cholesterol - September 13th, 2009
If you are serious about losing the bad LDL levels and raising the good cholesterol in your heart and body than you really only need one tip and that is you’re going to have eat right and exercise. You can take a medication that your doctor gives you but if you keep putting all that crap back into your system you are never going to break the cycle and you will be stuck taking medication until you die. When we get older we already will have to take so much medication that it will just be one more pill you will have to take in order to not die of a heart attack.
Why not save yourself the trouble and get up and get moving and eat what your body needs to help it be healthy rather than all the bad things for it the you’re giving it now. The cycle has to end sometime let’s make it today before you have to have a bypass surgery because you didn’t do it earlier. This problem is reversible and you can do it all you have to do is commit and stick to it best you can and you will be better off for it in the long run.
Preventing High Cholesterol - September 12th, 2009
My grandma just had to have a triple bypass heart surgery this last spring and let me tell you once I say her and saw what she had to go through it made me totally rethink what I was eating and that I needed to start exercising. I had to take care of my grandma after her surgery and let me tell you she was pretty active before she had her surgery and when she came out it was like someone had sucked the life out of her. She had nothing in her at all for the longest time.
It took me so long before she could even use the bathroom again by herself that was when it really hit me. I do not want to end up like this if I don’t have to. I needed to start eating right and skip all those fried and calorie loaded things. I needed to start working out regularly and getting my heart into shape so I don’t have to go through what she went through. It took her a good 7 – 8 months before she even started to recover and start feeling good if I can avoid that I am going to no matter what.
Oatmeal For High Cholesterol - September 11th, 2009
There are many foods you can eat that will help you lower your bad cholesterol level or your LDL levels. We all know about the cereal that can help but let me tell you about one I found. You can eat oatmeal and this will also help you with all your cholesterol problems too. I decided to try this because I am not a big fan of cereal and so I decided to ear oatmeal instead of the cereal and see if it will work. So I went out to the grocery store and stalked up on oatmeal and began my new diet.
My favorite was the cinnamon roll oatmeal. It is so yummy and it really tatstes like a cinnamon roll except the icing of course but it is really good. Another one of my favorites is the maple and brown sugar but I also top it with blueberries fresh from my garden which also helps lower my cholesterol. It makes it really fresh tasting and yummy. And let me tell you it really worked I went and saw my doctor after having been on the oatmeal diet for a while and I really did lower by bad cholesterol by 3 points it was so fun to see the number drop.
Do Cheerios Lower Cholesterol - September 2nd, 2009
I had never had to worry about cholesterol until I turned 50 and then all of the sudden by bad cholesterol started creeping up on me like a purse thief in the night. Some of my friends had problems with cholesterol but I pretty much took care of myself and did what I would to exercise and watch what I ate but I guess it still wasn’t enough. So my Dr said I had to start being serious about lowering my cholesterol level.
So I decided to do the whole cheerios thing I liked cheerios already so I just decided that would be a good way to start so I did it I ate cheerios at every breakfast for almost 6 weeks and the next time I went to my Drs I had a good surprise I had lowered my bad cholesterol two points I was so excited that after I got home I decided to take it a little further and start really working out. And in time I got my bad cholesterol down to what is should be. Now if I could only get my husband to start doing these changes too he would be better off like me.