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About Stretch marks - How to Treat Stretch marks
Stretch marks are bands on the skin with a different color than the normal skin around, firstly reddish, but later whitish. The skin in the bands are loose and little elastic, irregular and somewhat deepened. They can appear in males and females at any age, but often during puberty, in over-weighted individuals and during pregnancy. They are common at the thighs, the hips and lover abdomen, but can develop at any place in the body. The bands tend to run parallel and are somet
February 3, 2013
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Stretching Exercises to Increase Flexibility and Mobility
Doing regular stretching exercises will make you steadily more elastic, flexible and mobile, and hinder you from getting physically rigid and stiff as you get older. Here are some principles for good stretching exercises: - Take a thorough stretching session at least every second day. During this session you should stretch out all parts of your body: Your arms, neck, torso, pelvic area and legs. - It is an old principle to stretch out after other types of training. This princ
February 3, 2013
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Stretching Exercises to Increase Flexibility and Mobility
Doing regular stretching exercises will make you steadily more elastic, flexible and mobile, and hinder you from getting physically rigid and stiff as you get older. Here are some principles for good stretching exercises: - Take a thorough stretching session at least every second day. During this session you should stretch out all parts of your body: Your arms, neck, torso, pelvic area and legs. - It is an old principle to stretch out after other types of training. This princ
December 29, 2012
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Learn the Principles of Classical Yoga Exercises
Yoga originated in India and has the purpose of stimulating both spiritual growth, mental wellbeing and physical health. Yoga contains many exercise programs, of which physical exercises, or hathayoga, is one. In the following the basic principles of hathayoga are outlined. An important part of physical yoga is the breathing exercises, or pranayama. This part is in many ways the most fundamental, because the basic type of breathing is also a part of the yoga postures - the as
December 29, 2012
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A Complete Program to Get Strong and Fit
By this 4-day program you can develop and maintain strong muscles, a nice body, good condition, good flexibility and a good mental health.The author himself has used this program in several years with successful results. In this program you exercise in a different way each of 4 consecutive days. You repeat this program continually, but more powerful each time. You train 30 - 90 minutes each day. If you are not used to training, you start out easily and you gradually increase
December 29, 2012
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About the Vulva - the Female Sexual Organ
The vulva begins over the pubic bone and extends between the legs of the woman far back to only a short distance from the rectal opening. In young girls or some women the vulva begins fairly far up at the lowest part of the belly. As the pubic bone grows during maturing, the vulva is often pushed further downwards between the legs. The parts of the vulva that are most easily seen are the outer genital lips, called the great lips or the Labia majora. Between the upper parts of
September 1, 2009
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Smoking Addiction - Its Components and Causes
The addiction to smoking, which implies addiction to the substance nicotine, has several components. The better one is aware of these components and understands them; the better is the chance for succeeding in stopping the smoking habit. Here is a survey of the components that addiction to smoke consist of.nnTHE SOCIAL COMPONENTnnTo some extend the habit of smoking is a product of socialization. Socialization is simply the tendency to repeat patterns of behaviour one sees oth
February 24, 2009
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How to Keep Yourself Young and Healthy
The aging process is for the greater part no mystery anymore. It consists for a great part of daily damages done on the macroscopic, tissue, cellular and genetic levels. These add up as the years are passing. These damages have specific causes like oxidating agents, sun beams, mechanical wear and tear, psychological stress, lack of some nutritional components and too much of others, like fat. nnAnother component of aging is the reduction of the telomere chains at the chromoso
February 24, 2009
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Vitamin D and Its Importance for Health
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble substances (calciferols) of which the most important are D2 and D3.The liver and kidneys convert vitamin D to the active form called calcitriol that is used to regulate many processes in the body.nnThe best natural source of vitamin D (D3) is fat fish. The skin also makes vitamin D3 with the help of energy from sun light.nnnTHE ROLE OF VITAMIN DnnVitamin D promotes the uptake of calcium from the intestines and the re-uptake of calcium from
February 24, 2009
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Sexual Arousal and Excitement - How to Maximize them
You can stimulate the sexual excitement and lust both in yourself and your lover by the surrounding you choose for making love, by the atmosphere you create at that place, by special actions and by using special products targeted for this purpose.nnnHERBAL PREPARATIONS TO INCREASE AROUSALnnOn the market you can find many herbs or herbal blendings capable of increasing the sexual arousal. Many arousing herbs are also found as common spices. Examples of arousing herbs are ginse
February 24, 2009
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How To Prevent Heart Disease And Circulatory Problems
Lifestyle factors cause most incidents of heart disease and diseases in the blood circulation, either wholly or partially. Bad lifestyle can cause blood vessels to be narrowed, high blood pressure and inflammatory processes in the circulatory system. These changes will themselves decrease the general condition and tissue health, and can cause more dramatic events like blod clots, heart infarction or stroke. nnHere are some simple advices to avoid disease in the heart and bloo
August 11, 2008
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Pain And Stiffness In The Back, Joints Or Muscles - Prevention And Cure
Most orthopedic problems, like pain and stiffness in the joints, muscles and back, are not due to any specific disease in progress. Such problems are mostly symptoms of wearing, small injuries and tense muscles. The problems rise because of wrong use of the body during work and spare time. They also rise because of constant stress and lack of rest. However, if something is not done to treat such simple problems, they can over time evolve into a more serious condition or damag
August 11, 2008
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September 1, 2009
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September 23, 2007