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How to Improve your Ocular Health

Amanda — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:36:51 +0000

The visual system is one of the most complex and demanding systems of the body. The muscles around eyes are the most used muscle groups in the body, and more than 25% of the nutrition in your body is absorbed through this system.

1. Take Multivitamins – The amount of vitamin C and other nutrients is higher in the eyes than anywhere else in the body. Proper nutrition is an extremely important in preventing and treating most common eye problems including cataracts and glaucoma. Keep in mind that proper nutritional balance is important. The body does not use each vitamin and mineral separately, but it allows specific vitamins and minerals to work together in order to nourish the body.

2. Hydrate your eyes – A saline solution can go a long way in keeping your eyes soothed and lubricated. Other problems such as mild allergy problems can be relieved with over the counter anti-histamine eye drops.

3. Eat your Veggies! – Green vegetables such as spinach, collard, and kale can help to prevent degenerative eye problems such as macular degeneration. When the macula doesn’t work, there is blurriness or darkness in the center of your vision.

4. Eat your Fruits! – Blueberries and apricots are especially good for ocular health because they help reduce eye fatigue and are full of beta-carotene and lycopene which encourage good eyesight.

5. Take a break – If you spend most of your time on a computer, take a break every 20 minutes. Every 20 seconds look at least 20 feet away to refocus your eyes and give them a break.

6. Eat fish – Omega 3 fish oil is a key ingredient in having healthy eyes. Omega 3 is good for the heart, and as a general rule, heart-healthy diets are also good for the eyes. Make eating salmon and tuna a part of your weekly routine.

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Benefits of Giving Centrum Junior to Children

Tanveen — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:32:00 +0000

Centrum Junior is a great vitamin and mineral supplement for your child. Often it is difficult to incorporate a balanced and nutritional diet for your child. They may make a fuss about eating their vegetables or refuse to eat altogether. Providing your child with Centrum Junior will ensure that he/ she gets all the vitamins and minerals that their body needs. Some of the benefits that your child can receive include:good eyesight, a strong immune system, healthy teeth, body growth, greater concentration at school, and more energy.

Along with Centrum Junior, feeding your child a diet including all four food groups would be highly beneficial. If healthy living is implemented in your children from a young age then when they grow older they will be used to making more healthy living choices.

5 Ways to Stay Energized

Amanda — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:07:00 +0000

If you aren’t an athlete in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, you probably start off your day with average energy levels that are increasingly hard to maintain throughout the day. Try these energy preserving tips so you can feel your best all day long.

1. Drink water – Dehydration will cause you to quickly become tired. Often, you may feel like eating even if you aren’t very hungry without realizing that what you really need is water.

2. Take Vitamin B – Vitamin B12 helps provide your body with a boost of energy. Its job is to release the energy contained within the food that you consume so that its easy to use. Try taking vitamin B supplements if you want an added boost of energy to your lifestyle.

3. Snack regularly – eating snacks high in protein every few hours is beneficial for your mood and energy. Stay away from sugars, though – sweets will make you crash. Try nuts and seeds, eggs, nut butter on crackers, and strips of chicken or turkey.

4. Avoid drinking coffee after 3pm – Yes, coffee has many health benefits, but when it comes to energy boosts, the time you drink coffee is crucial. The high your coffee gives you in the morning can cause a low around 3pm if you consume it too early in the morning. Try not to drink coffee in the evening – even if you think it doesn’t effect you, the caffeine can keep you up at night causing minor insomnia, preventing you from getting a full nights rest – the critical key to high energy levels. If you are going to drink coffee, have it in the late morning.

5. Exercise – going for runs, doing pilates, or taking a 30 minute walk can increase your energy levels and keep you going. A study by Patrick O’Connor at the University of Georgia found that sedentary people who completed a regular exercise program reported improved fatigue compared to groups that did not exercise at all. Nearly every group studied benefited from exercising, and if you don’t exercise now, or if you are constantly tired, being a bit more active will help your energy levels.

5 Weight-Loss tips

Amanda — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Lower Fat Intake

Diets that are high in fat will promote obesity. Try to consume under 25% of your calories from fat (non-saturated fat)

Watch that sweet tooth

Sugar = carbohydrates. Carbohydrates = fat. New studies have linked sugar to increased calorie consumption – we tend to eat more of what tastes good. Sugar also makes your body burn through chromium – and chromium is a mineral that helps you loose weight by making calorie burning tissues.

Drink Water

Drinking lots of water everyday will help your deliver vitamins and minerals to all parts of the body. Water also helps carry wastes out of the cells that that the body functions properly. Stay away from the flavored vitamin and mineral enhanced water and go with the old fashioned unflavored type.

Eat fibre

Fibre will give you a feeling of fullness so you will be full and eat less. Fibre can also lower cholesterol and fight against heart disease.

Exercise!

It is almost impossible to maintain a healthy beautiful body without exercise. Even a brisk 20 minute walk everyday will improve your health conditions and keep you in shape.