Top Mobile Apps for Monitoring Health and Fitness

A great article I found from author Chandra Heitzman about different health and fitness apps for your mobile, check them out now, and let me know what you think.

Healthcare costs are rising for consumers and for companies providing health insurance to their employees. One solution many companies have explored to help mitigate healthcare costs has been to encourage individuals to focus on preventative care and overall healthy lifestyle choices. When people develop healthy habits, the need for medical care tends to go down and the amount of money spent on medical care goes with it.

Mobile applications exist for virtually every purpose, including a growing number of apps designed to help individuals monitor their personal health and fitness. Some great examples of these apps can be found for both iOS users and Android users:

• Loseit! (iOS): Loseit! is a free app designed to help users count calories. It also provides nutrition information for many popular restaurants, allowing users to make intelligent choices while dining out. This particular app also allows users to keep track of physical activity, to monitor both caloric intake and calories burned while exercising. Again, this is one of many apps for the purpose of monitoring diet and fitness, and it happens to be free of charge


• iBody (iOS): On the other end of the price spectrum at $9.99, the iBody application provides many of the same functions as the free Loseit! app, but goes much further. Space for recording heart rate and blood pressure can help users maximize the effectiveness of their workouts. These are but two example of a myriad of options available up and down the price scale, so depending on your specific goals and needs there is an app out there that will meet the cost and functionality parameters for which you are looking.


• Endomono Sports Tracker (Android): The Sports Tracker helps users map jogging routes and track distance and average speeds. It also provides audio feedback for every mile/kilometer traveled and a history of users' lap times and music playlists. This app also includes elements of gamification, allowing users to challenge friends to beat their time on routes and share the results of their workouts on Facebook.


• Food & Nutrition (Android): The Food & Nutrition Tracker is helpful when used in conjunction with the Sports Tracker if weight loss is one of your specific goals. This app provides nutrition information on thousands of foods which makes it easy to make decisions that best mesh with your physical activity level as you work to achieve your goals.


• AllSports GPS (Android): If you find using two free apps to be too cumbersome, the AllSports GPS app is $9.99 and it tracks exercise information such as calories burned, distance traveled, and average speed. It also functions as a calorie counter to help keep track of caloric intake. This app is also great for individuals who like to share goals and progress with friends and family.

There are many more apps available than can be discussed here, so rest assured that one or more exists (or will exist soon) to help anyone get healthy and stay healthy. You'll save money in the long run by avoiding many health problems associated with a lack of proper nutrition and exercise. Your body will thank you and perhaps your employer will thank you as well.

For more information about mobile application development, visit Magenic Technologies who have been providing innovative custom software development to meet unique business challenges for some of the most recognized companies and organizations in the nation.

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Healthy Eating; Starting Young!

Good nutrition doesn't have to be complicated – for most children, and parents too! it boils down to eating more fruit & veg and eating less junk food.

By encouraging good eating habits in our children from an early age we can help to prevent health problems in later life, such as:

• Overweight and obesity
• Heart disease & stroke
• Type 2 diabetes
• Certain cancers

You might think that these illnesses strike later in life – and you’d be right – but they take a lifetime to develop and have their roots in childhood. By helping our kids to eat right from an early age, we can help them to avoid these illnesses in the future. It is up to you as a parent to help your children  get the healthy diet, as they don't have the capability of making the correct decision when it comes to health eating. Children follow trends and what their friends are having, so start your children trending fresh fruit and vegetables now!

Eat More Fruit & Veg

Eating fruit and vegetables every day is vital for good health. Worryingly, most children (and most adults!) do not eat enough of these essential foods.

Reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) reckon that up to 2.7 million lives worldwide could be saved every year if we simply ate more fruit and vegetables.

Experts recommend that we eat 5-10 portions of fruit and vegetables per day – where a portion is roughly a handful. So in the case of a small child, a small apple or a handful of chopped carrots would count as a single portion.

Remember that the recommendation “eat 5 servings of fruit or vegetables every day” is a minimum – 5 pieces per day is not the target, it is the minimum that you need for long term health!

So start getting the health eating habit into your child from as early an age as possible. And encourage cooking and baking with your children; this will help them gain more knowledge of foods and health, and will help them try more variety of foods. Healthy foods can be tasty foods!

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Quick Muscle Gain For Men And Women

There are many great shortcuts when it comes to quick muscle gain. If you think that building muscle has to be a major task, you will want to look at the many quick ways you can gain muscle in a very short time frame. This does not have to interfere with your life, but you will have to make some changes in your life that can have some very positive consequences.

It used to be that the requirements for building muscle were about an hour per muscle group. This could leave someone in the gym for hours each day to get the body benefits they seek. Exercise has come a long way over the years and the days of hours in the gym are over.

It is now believed that muscles need an optimal amount of rest for optimum building power. This requires you to work out for a shorter time period each day with adequate rest for each muscle group. The beginner will be delighted with the new muscle building techniques.

It is now recommended that you only work each muscle group very hard only one day per week. Years ago someone would work his or her muscles to exhaustion every single day. This is a routine that can be very disruptive to life and relationships. The new recommendations make it much easier to have a life outside of building great muscles.

When you are training very rigorously, you will want to monitor your diet closely. You want to eat more to gain the muscle you need. If you are eating less, you may not be giving your body the fuel it needs to help build muscle. You can achieve great results by obtaining more calories and this can help you to make better food choices.

Small meals are often recommended compared to large meals. If you are continuously replenishing your body, it can help the body from going into starvation mode. More of the energy your body converts from food can be used to build muscle and this can help you to achieve great results.

When you are looking for quick muscle gain, many things have changed over the years and the guidelines for building muscle have changed dramatically. When you explore the new guidelines and recommendations, you will be giving your body the ultimate chance at gaining muscle in a very short time frame and this can help you to achieve your goals quickly.

Mark Babcock helps average people learn how to build muscle fast. Anyone can achieve this goal effectively with the correct muscle gain information. If you are searching for information that will allow you to find out how to lose weight and gain muscle, then you need to drop by and visit his website today. http://www.havemuscle.com

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2 Vital Health Questions Answered

Here I have another short blog answering a couple of questions I have been asked myself, as well as seeing them in various magazines and websites.

Along with reading the blogs I publish, check out the adverts at the side and between the blogs. These will show you equipment, supplements, additional advice and much more!

So here we go, the first question I'll be answering today is one asked quite frequently.

Q. Is chicken a better choice than beef? A. All in all the answer is not about whether chicken is a healthier choice than beef, its all about how the animal has been raised. Free-range chicken is extremely healthy! The cheaper version has 266% more fat than it did in 1971 according to studies from the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition! Again with beef, grass-fed is better than grain-fed, with 27% less fat and 10% more protein. Its important when shopping to check different products and their nutritional information. You will find the healthier more expensive!

And the second question is; Q. 'is brown rice a lot healthier than white rice?' A. It sure is! The extra fibre content ensures you feel fuller for longer. But if this fibre is removed (as with white rice), rising blood sugar triggers a flood of insulin from the pancreas, which encourages the body to store fat. Studies showed that people eating wholegrains lost 2.4 times more fat!

I hope these questions and answers were helpful and please leave comments and check back soon for more blogs.

By James Harvey

3 Quick Health Facts

3 Quick Health Facts
1. You can burn an extra 11% of calories when completing fast reps when working out, opposed to normal speed reps with the same size weight!
2. Take 2-3 tumeric tablets a day to get rid of those aching joints. Get yours from revital.co.uk
3. Enjoy sardines to keep your sperm healthy and reduce your risk of prostate cancer. 100g of these supply 70% of your RDA of Selenium.
And there you have it! Just a brief blog with 3 vital facts about health and fitness.
By James Harvey

3 Incentives to Lose Weight and Gain Years

Most of us out there fear death! So why do we make ourselves so unhealthy and continue to ignore the advice of the so-called 'experts'!

Now's the time to start paying attention, do something about your health, and even add years to your life! No excuses!

1. Studies from the Journal of American College of Cardiology shows that if your body mass index(BMI) is between 25-30, your more likely to suffer your first heart attack 3 and a half years earlier!

Now you know, go do something about it!

2. Men over 25 years of age, who cut their calorie intake by at least 15%, or 300 calories, increased their average life expectency by a huge 4.5 years. This information is sourced by St Louis University.

3. And finally, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism say that losing 13.5kg, if your overweight, can raise your testosterone to the level of a man 10 years younger!

Now surely that's reason enough to lose that gut!!

So there it is, just a couple of tips to give you the push you need to lose weight, and even gain years on your life!

Building Muscle - A Great Diet For Gaining Weight

This is a great article I found by a guy called Adi Crnalic, about the foods to eat when trying to gain muscle. Give it a go and let me know how you get on. I will get more articles from this guy.



Building muscle mass means that you'll have to consume more calories than your body burns on a daily basis. In this article, I'll outline an effective sample muscle building diet and proven guidelines that you can use to pack on muscle mass and gain weight fast.

Too many guys make the mistake of training too frequently in the gym and not feeding their body's properly to in order to support muscle growth and recovery. Eating to build muscle and gain weight is not rocket-science, but there are certain guidelines that you'll need to follow in your diet to ensure optimal muscle growth and recovery.

When you eat the correct muscle building foods, your mass gains will increase almost overnight because certain foods produce an anabolic environment in the body, which means that your body will be very efficient at building new muscle tissue.

Here are some proven guidelines that you'll want to follow when you're looking to design your own muscle mass building diet.

Guideline #1: To gain weight and build muscle fast, eat at least 2 grams of carbohydrates per pound of bodyweight each day. So for example, if you weight 160 pounds, you should be consuming at least 320 grams of carbohydrates every day to support energy production and muscle growth.

Guideline #2: To support an anabolic or muscle building environment in your body, strive to eat at least 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight every day. Taking the example from above, you should be eating at least 160 grams of protein every day in order to pack on muscle size.

Protein helps to re-build damaged muscle tissue from intense weight training and speeds up to recovery as well as the muscle growth process.

Guideline #3: In order to support muscle growth and reduce muscle inflammation that's caused by intense weight training, eat plenty of healthy omega-3 fats in your diet. If you weigh 160 pounds, you should consume at least 70 to 80 grams of fat every day which comes out to roughly 0.5 grams per pound of bodyweight.

Now that you know how much protein, carbohydrates and fats you should be eating every day to gain weight and build muscle, let's design a sample muscle building diet based on the guidelines above.

Breakfast:

2 Whole Eggs (Boiled)

21 grams Protein powder

1 cup Low-Fat Milk

1 cup Oatmeal

2 tsp Olive, Flax or Salmon Oils

Pre-Workout Snack:

28 grams Protein powder

1 cup Low-Fat Milk

2/3 cup Oatmeal

1 ounce of mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts)

Post Workout Snack

30 Grams of protein powder mixed with 3 cups of fruit juice

Post Workout Meal (Lunch):

6 oz Tuna Steak with Rice and Vegetables

1 cup of rice. Season the rice and vegetables

2 Bell Peppers

2 tsp Olive, Flax or Salmon Oils

Dinner:

6 oz Chicken breast, skinless. Chicken with Salad and Applesauce

1/4 cup Cucumber. Baking the chicken is an easy way to cook it.

1 Pepper. Can make a tasty salad dressing from balsamic

1/8 head Lettuce, iceberg, vinegar, olive oil, garlic and any spices of your choice

1 cup Cherry tomatoes and a side of rice.

Dessert

1/2 cup Applesauce

1 Ounce of almonds or walnuts

Before Bed Protein Shake:

28 grams Protein powder. Late Night Protein Shake with Oatmeal

1/3 cup Oatmeal. Put all ingredients in a blender over ice and blend.

2/3 tsp Olive, Flax or Salmon Oils. Adding water to create desired consistency.

1 cup Low-Fat Milk

Total Daily Calories = 2500 to 2700

Total Carbohydrates = 340 to 360 grams

Total Protein = 160 to 180 grams

Total Fats = 65 to 80 grams

The diet above is an a good example of what your day to day diet should look like if your goal is to build muscle and gain weight through healthy foods and high-protein snacks.

Notice that the diet above includes pre and post workout protein shakes. Although protein shakes are not essential to build muscle, they're very convenient and allow you to easily meet your daily protein requirements.

You can substitute some foods that you don't like or don't have access to with foods that are similar. The muscle building diet that I've outlined above is a great example for someone who weighs 150 to 170 pounds and wants to pack on muscle mass quickly with very little fat gain.

If you weigh more than 170 pounds, you'll have to increase the portion size of each meal in the sample above in order to meet your daily carbohydrate, protein, fat and calorie requirements.

To sum up, building muscle and gaining weight means that you'll have to eat plenty of muscle building foods on a daily basis. Foods that are high in protein, healthy carbohydrates as well as healthy fats will all support weight gain and muscle growth if they're eaten in the proper amounts every day.


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About the author

Once a skinny, pencil-necked weakling, Adi Crnalic is now an all natural bodybuilder, certified personal trainer and creator of the explosive new muscle building course that shows you how to pack on 20-40 pounds of muscle in just weeks! - Massive Muscle Building

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How To Beat Cancer With Natural Remedies

Every year around the world between 2 and 3 million people are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancer, about 132 thousands are diagnosed with a melanoma and the numbers are increasing every year due to the thinning out of the ozone layer.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that skin cancer amounts to more than 30% of all types of cancers diagnosed every year.

An increasing number of people turns to alternative non-invasive natural therapies to treat cancer. One alternative to deal with skin cancer, but also to get rid of other types of cancers as well, is a black salve, also known as "cansema".

Black Salve is an escharotics, from the Greek word which means "to burn", made of a combination of four different herbs (bloodroot, galangal, chaparral and graviola) in a solution of zinc chloride. The resulting paste, which is a very dark brown colour, when put on a spot where cancer cells are present, will go through the layer of skin to reach the cancer cells, kill and enclose the malignant cells in what looks like a black scab. The tissue surrounding the scab may look slightly inflamed with a white circle of pus around the scab. After 7 to 10 days the scab will fall off leaving a clean healthy wound where the cancer was. The wound will then quickly heal and fill up with new healthy cells in a very short time.

The success of Black Salve in treating skin cancer has also been documented in a scholarly article published in November 2001 on the journal Dermatologic Surgery by Brown, Goldstein and Birkby. In the article the three doctors present two cases in which the patients self applied the black salve on a basal cell carcinoma and on a squamous cell carcinoma. After the cancerous scabs fell off an histopathologic analysis of the wounds were conducted and no cancer cells found.

My partner Craig and myself have been personally using Black Salve for several years now always with very positive results. Other members of our family and friends as well have been using it on skin cancers of different sizes and in different parts of the body.

Black Salve has also been successfully used to treat other types of cancers and several testimonials can be found on many webpages, as the following one:

http://www.blacksalve.info/testimonials.html

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for educational purposes only; it should not be used for diagnosis or to guide treatment without the opinion of a health professional. Any reader who is concerned about his/her health should contact a licensed medical professional.


Laura Ancilli (PhD) is a researcher and a journalist. Her life long interest in nutrition, energy medicine and alternative therapies took her on a 20 years learning journey during which Laura has studied, researched and often experienced on herself different healing techniques, from foods, to herbs, to massage techniques, to EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). http://earthlyenergies.blogspot.com/

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Recognizing The Truth About Health And Exercise

Imagine the frustration if you were performing some exercise for years and discovered you were doing it wrong. Think of the person injured while performing an exercise incorrectly because of bad information. These are very real considerations and they happen to people all the time. That is why it's so important to make sure you get your information from experts and credible sources. Your health depends on you doing your research because bad information is everywhere. The world of health and fitness are no different so here's some solid information for you.

Have you ever heard that swimming is a great way to lose weight? This is a fallacy. Swimming has many benefits but losing pounds isn't one of them. The reason for this is because as you are swimming the water is doing the work to support your body weight (called buoyancy) which basically means you aren't getting the workout you think you are or that you might if you were running or jogging long distances.

If you want relieve your feeling of stress, do some exercises. You may be wondering how exercising or working out can be stressful. Performing exercises causes your body to produce a relaxation response. Granted, you may not necessarily feel it if you're running or sweating all over the place in the gym. If you are looking for a way to take your mind off your stressful life for a while do some exercises. There is also the point about endorphin release which helps to calm you and can create a natural feeling of euphoria.

You will also see improvement to your physical and mental performance when you get regular, quality exercise. Greater strength and stamina will help improve your physical performance. People who exercise regularly enjoy a greater degree of clarity, which obviously helps with mental performance. When people exercise regularly, they carry those positive habits to other areas such as their diet and nutrition. If you are totally new to working out, then health and fitness truths and falsehoods are more important than ever. Because you are still forming your fitness habits, this is extremely important. You will be setting yourself up for a painful re-education if you cultivate the wrong habits now. Forming good habits is crucial not only to your success but to actually sticking with your fitness routine.


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Natural Pain Relief

Here I've found a natural way to take away the pain after a tough workout! Dont go for the medicine cupboard and take pills, try these 3 naturals instead!

For tired muscles go for ice and heat. According to studies at the Australian Institute of Sport, putting muscles in hot then cold conditions, enhances recovery. For a simple way of doing this just grab an ice pack(or a bag of frozen peas will do) and press against the sore muscle for 60 seconds, then place in hot water for a further 60 seconds. Alternate this for 5-10 minutes.

For Pain Relief, instead of taking pain killers, try Brazilian Tea! Like ibuprofen, Brazilian Tea has shown to reduce pain and swelling according to researchers at Newcastle University. So go switch the kettle on and put your feet up!

For Joint Ache get your intake of tumeric extract! Tumeric can stop cartilage from beaking down and, according to researchers at the University of Arizona it can also reduce pain and swelling! Buy tumeric tablets from revital.co.uk


And there you have it, 3 great ways to ease the pain and all done without the need of pills!

Top 5 Reasons to Eat Fruit & Veg!

Here I have found some vital information on the importance of eating your fruit & veg; Top 5 Reasons!

1. Studies have shown the risk of a stroke will decrease by 42% if eating nine portions of fruit and veg a day.

2. Bananas lower blood pressure and their potassium helps to regulate your heartbeat.

3. An orange a day will reduce your risk of larynx and stomach cancer by 50%.

4. Eating foods high in vitamin C, like oranges and broccoli, increases your protection from heart disease. It is said that men can even achieve a six-year life extension as a result of this.

5. And finally, your chances of a long life increase by a quarter if you eat a fig a day.

So, there you have it. A few vital facts about the importance of eating your fruit and veg. Please keep checking back for more great information and this subject and much more, and please recommend my blogs on twitter and anywhere else you can, thank you.