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More than 250,000 hip fractures occur every year in the U.S., often resulting in hospitalization, surgery, nursing-home admission, long-term disability, and/or extended periods of rehabilitation…

Prolonged Sitting Increases Risk Of Blood Clots In Lungs Of Inactive Women

According to a latest study published on bmj.com, women who sit for extended periods everyday are twice or even three times as likely to develop a life-threatening blood clot in their lungs as compared with active women…

Stressed? Learn to Relax

Here are two relaxation methods .  When practiced , and applied over time, they can assist  you to become aware of tension, and help you relax. Before you start : if you have a mental illness, sometimes get confused, or have periods of depersonalisation, you should consult your GP or a mental health professional before trying these relaxation methods . If these methods do not help, Stress is causing you issues, and you live in the London area , you may consider getting London Therapy, perhaps with a London Psychologist.

Benson’s Relaxation Response

• Once or twice a day , sit comfortably  and quietly, with your eyes closed , for fifteen to twenty minutes.
• Sense your breathing .
• Breathe easily and naturally.
• On every breath out , mentally say a word like “relax” or “one” .
• Maintain a passive, accepting attitude.
• Have no goals during your relaxation time, other than to comfortably follow this method .
•  Don’t try too hard to think of your word, or try to resist other thoughts
•  Simply return your attention back to your word, if you are distracted by other thoughts.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

  To assist you in distinguishing between tension and feeling relaxed, exaggerate and feel the tension. You can do this with different muscle groups: clench your fists, tightly close your eyes, and shrug your shoulders. Tense each muscle group like this for a slow count of three, then let go and release the tension, breathing out as you do . Feel the sense of release. Spend more time on the release than on the tensing.

You can work systematically through your different muscle groups to achieve more relaxation in your muscles.   Here is an alternative you can do at work, at home or in a chair.

• contract your belly muscles, hold for a count of three, and then release and relax.
• Clench your fists tightly, hold, then relax.
• Extend your fingers, hold, and relax.
• clench beneath the seat of your chair, pull up, hold, and relax.
• Press your elbows tightly towards and into the sides of your body, hold, then relax.
• Push your feet down onto the floor, hold, and relax.
• Relax yourself briefly, give your arms a shake, then let them dangle.

If you feel that you need something more than a  method to help you overcome Stress, you may consider  seeking   assistance  using Psychology for Stress.

Bursting Ovarian Cysts

Since most ovarian cysts never cause a problem, it can be particularly alarming if you are the victim of bursting ovarian cysts. This is never a good situation even if it is not life threatening. If you, like a majority of women out there suffer from common cysts, you need to be fully aware of what is happening to your body. You will be able to better inform your doctor if you know without a doubt what is normal and abnormal for you.

What Happens When A Cyst Bursts
There are many reasons and situations that can lead to bursting ovarian cysts. Most cysts that do not require medical intervention simply dissolve and never cause an issue. They will shrink. Even if they do not shrink on their own, a doctor can prescribe medication which will cause the cysts to shrink usually within two menstrual cycles. When a cyst grows larger rather than shrinking, it can end up bursting.

This is the worst possible outcome. When a cyst bursts, it releases fluids and sometimes blood. It is this fluid release that causes your pain, but because the fluid often contains bacteria and other infectious material it can cause a spread of infection through the reproductive system..

Signs of bursting ovarian cysts

There are many subtle symptoms that you may have a burst ovarian cysts and many of these symptoms can feel like other ailments or just like strong premenstrual aches.
1 – The pain involved is usually the first indicator. If you have ever had any cyst issues before, you will be able to differentiate between the pain associated with bursting as opposed to the pain of a normal cyst.
2 – You may also have an unexplained feeling of fullness in your abdomen. If this feeling continues even when you have no other reason for it, such as overeating, it could very well mean your ovarian cyst has burst.
3 – Periods that are light one month and really heavy the next can be a strong indication that you have a problem with burst ovarian cysts. As a general rule, your periods should be consistant and regular and any great variation should be looked into by your doctor.
4 – Any vaginal bleeding that is not able to be attributed to having your period is a definite sign that something is not quite right. This should lead you to call your doctor immediately so you can get answers.

Anytime you have these warning signs coupled with pain, you need to be seen. There are many other conditions or perfectly natural explanations that may not have anything to do with bursting ovarian cysts, but you and your doctor will want to be certain.

It is normal for you to feel that you want to keep any of these symptoms under wraps. You may be embarrassed and some will even say they are just too busy to worry about these issues. However, knowing your body and knowing what is normal for you is the best way to gage whether what you are feeling is normal or not. On the off chance that your symptoms and signs clearly point to bursting ovarian cysts you will want to know you acted quickly. The sooner your doctor is aware of these signs, the sooner you will be properly treated for your cysts problems.

While medical diagnosis is very important, to get permanent relief from your cysts you need to look at a natural cure for ovarian cysts. Have a look at how Laura Hennings Natural Ovarian Relief Secrets can instantly relieve your symptoms and permanently rid you of your cysts.

Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat At The Same Time: Is It Possible?

Tom Venuto,  Is a Body Transformation Expert  and #1 Best-Selling Fitness Author and Hailed By Oprah Magazine as “Honest”.  He is also a respected fat loss expert, natural bodybuilder and personal trainer. He has kindly agreed to let me share this article with all of my readers as long as I do not change any of the wording and give him exclusive credit for writing the whole article, which I am doing.  Please enjoy the article.

Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat At The Same Time: Is It Possible?

By Tom Venuto

www.HolyGrailBodyTransformation.com

“How can I gain muscle and lose fat at the same time?” That’s right up there with “How do I get six pack abs” as one of the most frequently asked fitness questions of all time. The problem is, when you ask it, you get all kinds of conflicting answers – even from experts who are supposed to know these things. So what’s the deal? Is it really possible to lose fat and build muscle simultaneously?

 

Short answer: Yes it’s possible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.

Long answer: It’s difficult and it’s complicated, unless you really know what you’re doing. Allow me to explain….

First we have the issue of whether you really lose fat and gain muscle at the “same time.”

Well, yes, if your definition of the “same time” is say, a month or 12 weeks. But in that case, you’re probably not gaining muscle at the “same time” literally speaking, as in, right now this very moment you are reading this, or 7 days a week, 24 hours a day for months in a row.

The best explanation for what’s really happening is that you alternate between periods of caloric surplus (anabolism) and caloric deficit (catabolism) and the net result is a gain in muscle and a loss in body fat.

You see, if you stay in a calorie surplus, it’s the body’s natural tendency for body fat and lean body mass to go up together. And if you stay in a calorie deficit, it’s your body’s natural tendency for body fat and lean body mass to go down together.

There may be exceptions, but the general rule is that it is usually very difficult to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time – the mechanisms are mostly antagonistic to one another. When big increases in muscle and big decreases in fat are seen at the same time, it’s almost always the result of “unusual conditions” – I call them X factors.

The 4 X-Factors

The first X-factor is “training age” . Ever hear of “newbie gains?” The less trained your body is and the further you are from your genetic potential, the easier it is to gain muscle. The reverse is also true – an advanced bodybuilder with 20 years experience would be thrilled just to gain a few pounds of solid dry muscle in a year!

The second x factor is muscle memory. It’s easier to regain muscle you’ve lost than it is to gain new muscle in the first place (ergo, the fat out of shape semi retired bodybuilder who starts training again and blows up and gets ripped “overnight”).

The third X factor is genetics (or somatotype). Ever heard of the “genetic freak?” That’s the dude who sprouts muscle like weeds even when he’s on the “50-50 diet” (50% McDonald’s and 50% pizza)… and he never gets fat. (That dude chose the right parents!)

The fourth X factor is drugs. It would stun (or sadden) you if you knew how many people take performance and physique-enhancing drugs. I’m not just talking about pro bodybuilders, I’m talking about “Joe six pack” in the gym – not to mention those fitness models you idolize in the magazines. How did some of them get large muscle gains with concurrent fat loss? Chemicals.

I’m not a gambling man, but I’ll place a wager on this any day: I’ll bet that in 99% of the cases of large muscle gains with concurrent large fat losses, one or more of these x factors were present.

That’s not all! There are actually 5 more X factors related to your body composition and diet status (the X2 factors). I talk about those in my new program, the Holy Grail Body Transformation System. More on that later.

So you’re not a beginner, you don’t take roids, you’re not a genetic freak and you have no muscle memory to take advantage of. Are you S.O.L? Well, I do want you to be realistic about your goals, but…

There IS a way for the average person to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.

The Secret: You have to change your “temporal perspective!”

Traditionally nutritionists and fitness pros have only looked at calorie balance in terms of 24 hour periods. At midnight, you could tally up the calories like a shopkeeper closing out his register, and if the balance were positive, you’d say you were in a surplus for the day. If the balance were negative, you’d say you were in a deficit for the day.

But it’s entirely possible that you might pass through periods of “within-day” surplus where you were in a highly anabolic state (for example, you eat the biggest, highest carb meal of the day after your workout), and you were in a deficit the rest of the day.

Furthermore, exercise changes everything. certain types of training will alter your hormones and physiological response to how you handle calories and nutrients.

If you did intense weight training, and you timed your nutrient intake just right,isn’t it possible that you could gain a small amount of muscle during those anabolic hours, while losing fat the rest of the day? Granted it might only be grams or ounces – but what if you kept that up for a week? A month? Three months?

As you pan out and look at the bigger picture, what if most days of the week you were in a deficit for the entire day, and on some days of the week you were in a surplus? If so, then isn’t it possible that over the course of the week, you’d have a small net gain of muscle and loss of body fat as a result of the caloric fluctuation?

These within-day and within-week phases are what I refer to in my new body transformation program as nutritional microcycles and mesocycles. If you also had a primary goal with a longer term focus of several months, say 12 weeks or 16 weeks, that would be a nutritional macrocycle.

What I’ve just described is nutritional periodization. Some people call it cyclical dieting. It’s where you manipulate your calories (primarily by fluctuating carbohydrate intake, hence “carb cycling”) in order to intentionally zig zag your way through periods of surplus and deficit.

The end result: muscle gain and fat loss during the same time period!

I know that someone out there is having a hissy fit because I’ve only talked about calories: deficits and surpluses. Rightfully so. Calories matter but there’s more to it than calories – most importantly, hormones and “nutrient partitioning.”

If you’re in a calorie deficit you are going to pull energy from your body. The question is: From WHERE? If your hormones are out of whack because you’re eating crap and you’re living an unhealthy lifestyle, you could lose more muscle than fat in a deficit and gain almost pure fat, not muscle, in a surplus!

But WHAT IF you could manipulate within day energy balance, use nutritional periodization AND control your hormones with food and lifestyle strategies?

NOW we are seeing how concurrent muscle gain and fat loss are starting to look possible!

Make no mistake – concurrent muscle gain and fat loss is a difficult goal to achieve. It’s the “Holy Grail of Fitness Goals.” The good news: difficult does not mean impossible. Or as George Santayana said, “The difficult is that which can be done immediately, the impossible, that which takes a little longer.”

If you’d like to learn more about losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time, I just recorded a fantastic introduction to the subject in a one hour interview and you can get it for free as a gift from my new website because I want to get the word out about my brand new  Holy Grail Body Transformation System.

In my new program, you’ll hear all the details about nutritional periodization, cyclical dieting, hormonal manipulation, within day energy balance, nutrient partitioning, AND the all the X factors, including the 5 “X2-Factors” – which are the keys to gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time.

You’ll also get my new “TNB” training system, which was originally published as a workout in Men’s Fitness magazine. Then I expanded it into a total program that has never been seen before except in my member’s only inner circle.

My new free report that you can download now in MP3 and PDF (transcript) is available for a limited time this week over at The Holy Grail website. It’s a great introduction to the program and you’ll pick up some great tips just from this free report alone.

Download your Free “Holy Grail Body Transformation Revealed” report at:

www.HolyGrailBodyTransformation.com

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