Essential Eye Care Tips for Computer Users

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 0 comments

Typical PC users spend quite a few hours of a day in front of an emitting monitor which may cause ample damage to the eye. During a visit to an optician recently, one of my best friends was advised an eye exercise by a specialist doctor for the eyes which he named as 20-20-20. This exercise is very much effective to get relief from the pressure that the eyes experience during long time use of computers.

The exercise actually refers to a step by step procedure that helps the eyes to neutralize the tension and maintains a good blood circulation over the body.

Step 1: After looking into the PC screen every 20 minutes, turn your head to another direction and try to look at an object located at least twenty feet away. By doing this, your eye's facial length will change which will help the tired eyes to relief some pressure.

Step 2: It is very much important to keep your eyes moisturized. In order to moisten your eyes, blink them for 20 times after every 20 minutes of continuous computer use.

Step 3: If possible, you should walk 20 steps after every 20 minutes of sitting on your chair in one particular posture. Doing this will help efficient blood circulation over your entire body.

Eyes are the mirror of your soul and they are priceless. So, take care of them properly and share these steps among your friends who you really care for.

 

Is Diet Soda Making Us Fat

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In our culture, diet sodas have been used for years as a guilt-??free replacement for calorie and sugar-??laden sodas and other sweet beverages that are known to have deleterious health effects.  The school of thought has been that consuming beverages without sugar would prevent the increasing weight, waistline, blood sugar, and heart disease risk that is associated with drinking sweet beverages like soda, juice, lemonade, sweet tea, and even some of those "sports" and "vitamin" drinks.  While it is my belief that choosing diet beverages and using sugar substitutes in moderation can be a part of a healthy lifestyle, there is nothing better and more pure than the original thing – H2O.

New research coming out of The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging showed that over a 9.5-year period, diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference than those who did not drink diet sodas.  Furthermore, people who consumed two or more diet sodas per day had waist circumferences that increased 500% more than non diet soda drinkers!!  This is pretty alarming, since it is widely known that waist circumference is associated with chronic conditions and diseases such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.  Another study published in 2009 showed that "consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes".  In addition, research is also starting to show links between consumption of artificial sweeteners and increased blood sugar and diabetes risk.

Much of the research is showing an association between diet soda drinkers and the negative outcomes listed above, but not necessarily causality. I can't help but wonder if diet soda drinkers have more abdominal fat and more risk factors for chronic disease because of their overall lifestyle, and not just the fact that they drink diet soda.  Often times, those who are diet soda drinkers will make poor food choices and believe that choosing diet soda lessens the damage.  An example of this is the person who goes to McDonald's and orders a Big Mac, french fries, and a diet soda.  Do regular diet soda drinkers use the soda for caffeine because they are generally lethargic, and have an inactive lifestyle?  In my experience, water drinkers make healthier food choices and exercise more on the whole – they take better care of their bodies.  What do you think??

Next time you think about choosing a diet soda or artificially sweetened beverage, try one of the following instead:

Water (Tip: If you don't like plain water, keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator with some cut up orange, lemon, lime, or cucumber slices.  This will give the water some flavor and make it extra refreshing!)Unsweetened iced tea or hot teaFlavored seltzer or club sodaHint Water (naturally sweetened water in various flavors)

What other natural, sugar-??free, beverages do you recommend???

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Shana Maleeff, M.A., R.D., ACE-GFI, received a B.S. in Nutrition from Penn State University and an M.A. in Nutrition Education from Immaculata University in Pennsylvania. She works in the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan areas counseling clients on nutrition, exercise, medication adherence, and stress management to help them with weight management and treatment/prevention of heart disease and diabetes. Shana is the creator of the groundbreaking weight loss program "The 21 Diet and Exercise Weight Loss Solution". Previously, she worked as a hospital dietitian and as an adjunct professor of nutrition at Philadelphia Community College.

Shana takes a special interest in fitness and works as a group fitness instructor at Crunch Fitness and Equinox gyms in Manhattan. She currently resides in New York City and enjoys living a healthy lifestyle.

Learn more about Shana at http://www.foodandfitnesspro.com/ or email her at Shana@FoodandFitnessPro.com.

 

Move Over P90, New Xtreme Workout Rebounds

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Urban rebounding has become my newest cross training addiction, and NikkiFitness Fave. The "mini trampolines" are not new, they have been in gyms across America for a while now. What's new is the innovative workouts in a new line of fitness DVDs they have just released called URX. If you thought rebounding was just about jumping and cardio, think again!

URX uses about 10 different trainers and hundreds of new moves that help you get ripped without ripping your body. The new set of 13 "intense and insane full-??body metabolic workout" DVDs give you a different routine for each day for two weeks.

And if you live in a small apartment like I do, the equipment needed is super easy to put together and won't wake your neighbors. The rebounder folds up so it is thin and easy to hide, but also keeps the floors from shaking, unlike most cardio and plyometric workouts. They include a "Get Started DVD" by JB Berns with help from nutritionist Shana Maleeff to get kickstart your kickboxing, cardio, yoga, toning and fusion workouts. V-??ups, triceps dips, push-??ups, lunges and weights are introduced in a fun, heart-??pumping way that make time fly when flying through the air. Just remember to stretch your calves, hamstrings, quads, glutes and arms afterwards… you're going to feel it the next day.

Check out my video review of URX and let me know what you think. For more information visit http://?www?.urbanrebounding?.com/

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Crunch Manhattan Group Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer

NikkiFitness is a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, writer and publicist living in New York City. She started as a cheerleader at Syracuse University, but became certified in fitness before her beach wedding so that she could get back in shape. Laura, a graduate student, working mom, and military wife, inspired Nikki's Military Wife Workout (MWW) for all military wives. Find more articles by Nikki at her Military Fitness Center archive. Learn more at http://www.nikkifitness.com/.

 

Tips on Drug Abuse Testing

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Drug abuse testing is the only way of determining if someone is under the influence a harmful drug. There are many techniques of carrying out different types of drug tests. Sports officials, law enforcement officers and school authorities often carry out these drug abuse tests.

Monitoring behavioral changes is a good way of detecting drug abuse. These changes may range from mood swings to sense of low self-esteem. Moreover, general lack of interest, decrease in grades and withdrawal from involvement with family members are few noticeable signs among drug abuse youngsters. Frequent absenteeism from school as well as changes in dressing style or taste in music is symptoms of drug abuse too. For drug abusers, a decrease in their efficiency in the workplace is most noticeable.

The drug test procedure is a two-step process. First a urine sample is collected from the individual and separated in two parts. One is tested with immunoassay, a relatively inexpensive, simple, yet highly precise test. If this test shows negative result, then the result is confirmed to be negative, and further tests are carried out if more confirmation is required. But if the readings of the first test are positive, then the second test is done using the other portion of the sample.

This confirmatory test is performed with a more sophisticated and costlier technique known as mass spectrometry/gas chromatography (MS/GC) or thin-layer chromatography (TLC). If result of this test shows positive result too, then the person is acknowledged to be under the control of drugs. If this experiment shows negative, the previous test is deemed erroneous. As this almost a 100% accurate procedure, the results can be sustained in a court of law.

Also, there are many drug abuse test apparatuses available around. The saliva drug test can be conducted using integrated cups and strips now. The result of this analysis can be attained in a matter of minutes. These tests are usually done in schools in order to check drug abuse in young adults and children, as they are extremely impressionable and more vulnerable to drug abuse.

 

What is the best exercise to lose weight

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It is a fact that if you want to lose weight needs to be physically active. You must make exercise part of your routine. Probably one of the biggest concerns among people seeking to lose weight is to know the best exercise. So if you want to know what the best routine for this read below.

The best exercise to lose weight is to walk with an inclination of 15 degrees. I'm sure if you're to lose weight walking as often as possible. However, if you want to lose weight fast walking uphill.


You can probably find somewhere in your city where you can walk this way. If not you can replace it with a treadmill that allows you to have a walk bent. Anyway keep in mind that outdoor exercise is always more attractive.

With regard to the duration of the walk: to start walking uphill at least 20 minutes for 5 days a week. Gradually you will feel a change in your physical condition. The muscles of your legs will develop. As you progress through the routine you can extend exercise time or, if you want, try jogging.

As you go you will find yourself becoming more active much better, and consequently also improve your mood.

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CLA SOFTGELS

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What are Conjugated Linoleic Acid pills getting so much buzz recently? It is a newly discovered "good fat". It is naturally found in the grass fed animal dairy and meat products. Recently, it has been made into a synthetic version. Its has many uses include promoting fat loss and muscle building.

It is not a get skinny quick scheme. CLA softgels show substantial affects when used with regular exercise and sensible eating habits, by helping you maintain a lean muscle tone. It is not one of those miracle pills, but it will assist you in the long term with your goals.

This is how CLA works :

It slows the growth rate of fat cells. CLA helps the body by taking the glucose we normally ingest and moving it more quickly and efficiently to muscles cells. Glucose no longer feeds the fat cells. Instead you are now growing and rebuilding the muscle cells. What all this means to you is your fat cells are now growing much slower and your muscle cells are growing at a much faster rate.

Some benefits of CLA Softgels are:

It increases calorie burning and the destruction of fat cells, while increasing the energy level at the same time (Park et al., 1997).CLA Softgels decreases body fat by increasing the rate of fat metabolism and fat breakdown in fat cells. It also decreases the amount of fat that is stored after eating and the total number of fat cells (Evans et al., 2000).At the same time, CLA acts to prevent fat cells from reforming, so it helps not only those who want to lose weight, but also those who don't want to yo-yo diet and put the weight right back on (Close et al., 2007).

CLA will not cause you to lose weight overnight, as other supplements claim to. It will work slower, but it will work for sure. And it will not only help lose weight, but will also keep it from coming back.

People of all ages have benefited from the effects of CLA Softgels – from teenagers to seniors.

 

Fit for Duty Operation Heavy or Not

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Work every muscle in your body and burn more than 700 calories! We are back with "Operation Heavy or Not." Plus, CDR Dave Keblish provides some advice on how to keep your feet in good condition.

Hope you enjoy the workout!

You can find all of my episodes on the the Fit for Duty channel on the Pentagon Channel which can also be downloaded on iTunes.

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Ken Weichert (a.k.a. "SGT Ken") is an international speaker, six-time U.S. Army Soldier of the Year, Master Fitness and Master Resilience Trainer, and veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Desert Storm. In 1998, Ken founded the longest-running Boot Camp fitness program in America, START Fitness®. Ken has led thousands of Soldiers and civilians to better health through Operation Fit to Fight, a tactical fitness instructor training and testing program designed to prepare Soldiers for Basic Combat Training ("Boot Camp"), deployments, leadership schools and post-deployment recovery. Ken was the focus of an Emmy award-winning feature on CBS, and has been featured numerous times on ABC, NBC and FOX news. Ken was featured in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Business Times newspapers, and 7X7 magazine. Ken has also written over 100 fitness and health articles for magazines such as GX®, Backpacker®, Outside®, Health®, and for the National Guard website.

 

Hill Running on the Treadmill

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Many runners dread going up the hill. Hill running hurts and it makes you lose breath. It's like the hill wants to eat you alive and suck the air out of your lungs. Yes, they may have divine benefits, but hills are tough.

Hill running hurts because it requires more energy. You use more muscle fibers, and the muscles get tired faster. But, this type of training is extremely beneficial and with that goal in mind you must accept and win the challenge.

So what are the main benefits of hill training?

- Hills improve your speed. Specialists confirm that this exercise is the most effective when it comes to improving speed.

- Running uphill strengthens the calves, glutes, hips flexors, hamstrings and the Achilles tendons.

- You burn more calories than when you run on a flat surface.

- You improve your aerobic and anaerobic capabilities. This means you will run easier on flat surfaces.

- Plus hill running is known to reduce the risks of injuries.

Now let me tell you secret I've learned from experience. Hills are scary at the beginning, but when you run over them week after week, they become easier. And the results are amazing.

If you are like me, and you don't have a hill near you to use as training base, choose the treadmill as an alternative. Hill workouts on treadmills are equally effective. Plus, the treadmill can prepare your body for the actual hills you must face outdoors or in a race.

Next is a hill treadmill workout recommended by Jeff Galloway, from Runner's World:

Warm Up: minimum 3 minutes (the more the better)

Workout:

After warm-??up, change incline to 2% and run for 1 minute.

Next, change incline to 4% for another minute.

Then decrease to 0% incline and run at a slow pace for 1 minute.

For the next 2 minutes increase incline to 4%.

Next decrease incline to 0% and run at a slower pace for 1 minute.

Repeat the last 2 steps as many times as you can.

Cool Down

Decrease your speed at a level you can catch you breath, and continue for minimum 3 minutes.

During this exercise, the speed you select depends on your fitness level. It doesn't sound that difficult, right?

This was my first hill workout done on the treadmill. I found it easy and inspirational. And yes, results are seen from the second day.

In time, I started to use the preset Hills Intervals found in treadmills' consoles, and so I decided to increase the exercises' difficulty. The preset workouts I enjoy doing the most are found in the Smooth Treadmills because there are 12 incline intensity levels to choose from (1 is the easiest, and 12 is the toughest).

I usually do a level 5 workout, that goes like this:

Preset Duration: 24 minutes (with the note that the default duration can be edited from the beginning).

Warm Up: 2 minutes (by default). But you can run more, if you need do
Segment one: incline — 4%, duration – 2 minutes, speed — 2.0 mph
Segment two: incline – 8%, duration – 2 minutes, speed — 3.2 mph

Keep in mind these tips to make your hill workout more efficient:

- Look ahead, not at your feet.
– Keep your hands lose, not fists.
– Keep the interval short. Specialists confirm that short hill intervals have the maximum effect, with minimum injury risks.
– Remember that repetition decreases difficulty.

Happy running!

If you are interested in trying treadmill hill workouts, and you don't have your treadmill yet, take a look at RunReviews Smooth treadmills reviews.

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Anna Ursu started running 5 years ago and this helped her improve her health and lifestyle in unexpected ways. At the beginning running was just a curiosity. Now she is addicted to this sport and she can not see her life without it. Her workout routine includes running on treadmills most of the time, mainly because it is convenient. But in time, as she started testing treadmills for RunReviews.com, she discovered that treadmills come also with advantages..

Through her work she wants to help people discover the benefits of running, no matter what workout type they prefer. In the end, the purpose of a runner must be to run, and have fun. The rest of a runner's story will write itself.

 

Tips On How To Have Healthy Eyes

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A healthy muscle of our eyes ultimately governs your visual health. Your two eyes contain 6 muscles which are surrounded by eyeballs. Our eyes moves down, up, right, left, outward and inward, it's always parallel towards each one. This eye muscle is attached to your sclera, which is the white part of your eye. The ability in coordinating movements of your eye muscles checks the fitness level of your vision.

For you to maintain the eye muscles fitness, you need to exercise these muscles as if it's another type of body muscles, always start with warm-ups. Then seat on a relax manner, then both of your hands are supported, both of your feet are on ground. Your eye can either be closed or open. Take deep breathes. If you're prepared, stretch them higher as possible but your eyes mustn't be strained when you're inhaling. Hold your breath, when you're ready for exhaling, stretch out eye muscles in down most position, then breath. Keep repeating up then down eye movements, for 3 breathings.

Then stretch your eyes to right direction. Stretch it up then right, next will be down then left and lastly up then left, go down and then right. When you're feeling a residual muscle tensions, extend your breath then reduce your eye stretching. Avoid utmost stretching or straining of your eyes.

Always be reminded that, fitness in vision develops when you're exercising. Just like all fitness step do some cool off exercising. Keep rubbing your hand till the palm will be warm, and then keep covering the closed eyes, with your hand's palm. And then overlap your fingers higher up the nose's bridge, thus, creating darkness in your eyes. Lastly, keep the eyes concealed in minute/two, count up to 40 – 50 breathings. It will not only relax both of your eyes, you'll be feeling a fresh feeling, a sudden quietness in mind too. It's like eye meditations. While you are removing the hands palm, you will be observing a brightened color, there are more contrasts and you will be enjoying something relaxing and wonderful eye feelings as well in the eye brows.

Here is other beneficial eye activity: Open both your eyes and then cross them, don't worry because it will not get stuck as other people might be telling you.

Attempt looking on you're nose's bridge. When you're not concentrated at your nose, might as well try to focus the thumb which is few distanced away from the face. And slowly bring the thumb closer to the nose, you'll feel that the muscle of your eyes pulling inwards. When your inner recti don't coordinate very well, your eyes can rely at ciliary muscles, it can result to focusing muscles blurring and spasms. You need to let people check up your eyes that they're turning in at equal length. You breath in when you're moving the thumb towards the nose. Breath out when you zoomed the focus in faraway objects. Be sure that your body muscle and shoulders are thoroughly relaxed.

 

To ensure the success of the diet need counseling

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Psychological support is essential for success in our diet.

The author of "Stop the anxiety," Ros Ricardo says that dieters end up leaving on their own. And given what we know as the "rebound effect".

However, the psychologist who comes to support your eating plan, they succeed in meeting and maintaining the diet.

We tend to form emotional bonds with some foods; they turn to when we want to cover up negative emotions. And this is the fundamental reason that makes understanding the diets from different perspectives: the physical and the psychic.


Who undergo a strict meal plan must be able to distinguish hunger from other feelings, to have the support of a specialist who understands and can convey this difference can mean the success of our diet.

Another of the statements made Ros was: "We must note that the diet does not solve our problems. That thin is not going to make us feel less alone. Be healthier not to alienate the sadness of a loss."

Here are some reasons to suggest that when faced with a weight loss treatment, an approach that combines dietitians, nutritionists and psychologists or endocrine disorders can be very effective. The joint work of these specialists can help combat obesity.

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