Our church music team is currently having their 3 days fasting in preparation for our upcoming concert. I also fast but I only did it for one day. I have tried fasting before for 3 days and we just stayed in the church. My fasting diet is only water and juice but I thanked God that I was able to survive it. For some people,they fast as a way to lose weight or to cleanse the body. Some fasting diets involve drinking nothing but water or eating only raw foods for a period of one or more days, while others restrict food on alternate days. Certain fasting diets only allow liquids like water, juice or tea and that’s what I usually do.

When you fast, your body is actually forced to dip into energy stores to get the fuel it needs to keep going, so you will lose weight. The big question is how long you will keep that weight off?  you will probably gain back the weight you lost and possibly even put on more weight when eating the same calories you did before the fast. Research has shown that fasting on alternate days can help people lose weight, but not for long. I think this one will one work out for me because people who followed an alternate day fasting diet shed weight, even when they ate all they wanted on the non-fasting days.

Who doesn’t want some good deals online? of course we all do specially for frugal mom’s like me who loves to shop using coupons and vouchers. I’m glad I have found Healthy Deals Philippines which is an awesome group buying site where I could find some good deals about health and wellness.

The site created a unique social shopping platform for deals for our convenience where we could check out the most awesome deals at unprecedented savings from all our local health, beauty and wellness products and services providers.

Their deals are not only good for our health but also for our wallet. They help us in bringing the best deals on health options and wellness program to keep us in shape with less hassle on our pockets. I would like to try this Glow Antioxidant Capsule and Glow Herbal Juice from Business People Inc. which is valued at P250 each instead of P500. Wow! isn’t that a great healthy deal?

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I don’t know why but I noticed that I always feel sleepy this time. It started when I’m having a reverse sleeping routine where I usually sleep at around 2 am dawn time and I wake up at around 10 am in the morning. I sleep for eight hours but I still wake up tired, groggy and unrefreshed.

Ive searched about this kind of sleeping disorder and I found out there is something  happening that prevents my body and brain from entering those deep, restorative levels of sleep. They call it Narcolepsy’s where its main symptoms are excessive sleepiness during the day  that cause people to fall asleep uncontrollably during normal waking hours.

I think I should do something about it and don’t just live with a sleep problem since it will be a sign of laziness and lack of motivation. I need to have a significant help with these always sleepy disorder  in order to keep being physically and mentally healthy.

Did you know that people who meditate everyday are many times happier than those who don’t? They’re also healthier and their sense of well-being is much greater . I have a meditator friend who shared to me her experience on how she live a life that’s stress free! She told me that with the help of meditation, she dramatically had a better mental health.

She has less anxiety, anger, depression and fear and she also has better human relationships,  made more friends and feel much more fulfilled in her life.  I think its also time for me spend some time for myself, be alone and meditate.  I want to get the overall sense of well being and get benefited from it in order to continue having that positive outlook in life. Perhaps a meditation program could help me on it.

The Apple founder and visionary leader Steve Jobs, the guy that brought us the iPhone, iPod and iPad died last Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004 and had battled cancer in the recent years. Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive, fast growing form of the disease which often takes its victims within five years after diagnosis.

Pancreatic cancer is categorized depending on whether it affects the functions of the pancreas. There is an important distinction between the two broad types of pancreatic cancer because they have different risk factors, causes, symptoms, diagnostic tests and treatment.

Tumors that affect the exocrine functions are the most common type of pancreatic cancer. Sometimes these tumors or cysts are benign and cancer is ultimately the result of cells that uncontrollably grow and do not die. Normal cells in the body follows an orderly path of growth, division and death.

Although cancer  may be treated but it depends on the type of cancer, the stage on how much it has spread, age, health status, and additional personal characteristics. Pancreatic cancer is usually only curable when found in its earliest stages. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are the most common treatment types. This kind of treatments seek to remove the cancer and relieve painful symptoms that causes the cancer.

My hubby used to have that six pack abs before. He has a good body and muscle tone but when we got married, he started having some belly fats. I think one of the main reason is that he doesn’t have time to do some exercise. He told me lately that he wants to get back his sexy abs so I advise him to do some six pack abs workouts that includes an intense abdominal workout.

Ive heard about this kind of workout routine from my friend who also did this stomach exercise. He told me that its the fastest way to get that rock hard abs. The most popular ab exercises are usually planks, crunches and bicycles. Ill ask more info about it here in our local gym and hire a personal trainer for my hubby.

Most of us wanted to have that perfect body right? women wants to have a flat stomach while men wants to have that six-pack abs. There’s no doubt that people are learning how to live better as they watch their diet and do some exercise.

Health related fitness is another thing altogether and it is the origin of the quest for the perfect body. It’s a good thing to see that there are some efforts to return to this. The perfect body is not one that can be found on a billboard but it actually reflects you at your healthiest. It’s not one that can be attained, but is rather maintained through healthy diet and plenty of exercise.

In doing exercise for our health, one  should work for flexibility, strength, stamina as well as cardio-vascular fitness. Health related fitness  takes the best that exercise can offer and puts it to proper use for a longer and happier life.