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Aiming for healthy lifestyle and body?

I always dreaming for a nice body five years ago, and wishing having a good lifestyle. I remember, I do a lot of research and consulting my friends of how to achieved this, I gain something from them but it doesn't last, I do exercise, eat right foods, but you know the problem is I cannot continue this stuff because I don't have the exact program to maintain it, sometimes I'm tired to do this things, so I failed. One day I was browsing on the net, and I found this Personal Trainer London I decided to hook this site. It changed me a lot. They teach you how to motivate myself how to gain head turn body. They don't limit their shared knowledge for you have good lifestyle. Now I am very confident to wear fit shirt, it boost my confident. Now I am very thankful that this site really helps me a lot to gain nice body and a good lifestyle, and of course it comprises a strong determination to achieved those goals.

US unveils graphic cigarette warnings

Tue, Jun 21, 2011 A lifeless body, a scarred mouth and a blackened lung were among the graphic images in a new set of cigarette warnings unveiled Tuesday by the US government to highlight the health risks of smoking. The warnings will occupy the top 50 percent of the front and rear panels of cigarette packs sold in the United States and the top 20 percent of cigarette advertisements beginning in September 2012, the Food and Drug Administration announced. The nine color images, which can be seen at fda.gov/cigarettewarnings, mark the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years and are "a significant advancement in communicating the dangers of smoking," the agency added. One of the images, which shows a man with his chest sewn up, bears the caption "Warning: Smoking can kill you." According to the FDA, smoking kills 1,200 people a day in the United States alone. Another picture shows a close-up of a mouth filled with scattered, brown teeth and a lip with

Weekend Not Long Enough to Recover From Workweek Sleep Loss

Men and women who get just six hours of sleep each night during the workweek will need more than the weekend to recover from the cumulative effects of this mild sleep deprivation, a new study revealed. Researchers also found that women are better able to cope with and recover from this kind of sleep loss than men. "The usual practice of extending sleep during the weekend after a busy workweek associated with mild sleep loss is not adequate in reversing the cumulative effects on cognitive function resulting from this mild sleep deprivation," said the study's principal investigator Dr. Alexandros N. Vgontzas, professor of psychiatry and endowed chair in sleep disorders medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine, in an American Academy of Sleep Medicine news release. In the study, researchers installed 34 people, with an average age of 25 years and no sleep problems, in a sleep lab for 13 nights. There, they periodically measured sleepiness and performance. Participants

5 Ways to Keep Your Metabolism Up

Amy Paturel, SELF magazine You're eating healthier than ever, but your muscles feel flabby, your energy is sapped and your jeans feel increasingly snug, particularly in the belly, hips and rear. The sad truth: Metabolic rate (the number of calories we burn in a day) plummets as we age, decreasing about 1 percent each year after we hit 30. But research shows there are things you can do to help combat metabolic slowdown. "When our metabolisms slow down isn't just age-related," explains Christine Gerbstadt, M.D., registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "Body composition, which is determined by genetics, diet and activity, also plays a major role." 1. Build muscle. Since fat is burned in your muscle, you want to activate as many muscle fibers as possible. Weight training increases lean muscle mass, which raises the amount of calories your body uses, even when you're at rest. What's more, since there's less fat in y

Good Sleep Raises Quality of Life, Lowers Depression

TUESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- People who get six to nine hours of sleep each night rate their quality of life higher and are less likely to feel depressed than those who sleep less, according to a new study. But, sleeping more than nine hours each night is ill-advised, the researchers found. The study examined the records of 10,654 patients, who were about age 52 on average, over a two-year period. After accounting for differences in the participants' age, gender, race and marital status, researchers gathered information on their quality of life, feelings of depression and sleep duration. Among the findings, slated for presentation Tuesday at a meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Minneapolis, those with a "normal" night's sleep of six to nine hours reported high scores for quality of life and lower scores for depression severity, compared to short sleepers (fewer than six hours of sleep) and long sleepers (more than nine hours of sleep). &